![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
OK... I have a hard time with this one. Not because I don't know who will win, but rather because of why that person will win.
The winner will be Kathryn Bigelow. Was she the best director? Not by a long shot. But she is going to win because the Academy feels like they need to give a directing statue to a woman. I am not being sexist, just honest. Watch The Hurt Locker and tell me its direction was better than that of Avatar.
Avatar is not the best film of last year, don't get me wrong. But it was the best directed. Hell, James Cameron created new technology.
BUT, and I say this with only slight pause, the winner could be Lee Daniels. Why? Because it would mark the first directing win for an African-American. When Bigelow wins tonight, look for Oscar to give the win to an African-American in the near future. It is sad the Academy thinks like this, but that's the way it works.
Winner: Kathryn Bigelow
I am now 23 for 23.
The winner will be Kathryn Bigelow. Was she the best director? Not by a long shot. But she is going to win because the Academy feels like they need to give a directing statue to a woman. I am not being sexist, just honest. Watch The Hurt Locker and tell me its direction was better than that of Avatar.
Avatar is not the best film of last year, don't get me wrong. But it was the best directed. Hell, James Cameron created new technology.
BUT, and I say this with only slight pause, the winner could be Lee Daniels. Why? Because it would mark the first directing win for an African-American. When Bigelow wins tonight, look for Oscar to give the win to an African-American in the near future. It is sad the Academy thinks like this, but that's the way it works.
Winner: Kathryn Bigelow
I am now 23 for 23.
