In Reply to: Re: Best Director Award: obsolete? posted by Victor Khomenko on January 22, 2002 at 15:39:34:
I'll readily admit that Scott has lost his way in recent years (how the cartoon-epic Gladiator ever scored Best Picture is beyond me -- next thing WWF will be in the Olympics). Nevertheless, he has redeemed himself to a degree with Black Hawk Down. Why? Although visually he completely knocked of Spielberg's SPR he does manage to tell a plausible story almost completely using visuals -- in many director's hands it would have become complete chaos. And finally, he thankfully resisted including *most* flag-waving, rah-rah-shish-boom-bah-type speeches that take over films like this.Doug Schneider
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- Re: Best Director Award: obsolete? - Doug Schneider 06:24:14 01/23/02 (7)
- Black Hawk DOES intrigue me a bit - Victor Khomenko 06:51:54 01/23/02 (6)
- Re: Black Hawk DOES intrigue me a bit - Joe S 15:13:12 01/23/02 (2)
- Good summary Joe - Victor Khomenko 15:42:45 01/23/02 (1)
- Re: Good summary Joe - Joe S 16:12:11 01/24/02 (0)
- Re: Black Hawk DOES intrigue me a bit - Doug Schneider 10:45:31 01/23/02 (0)
- How... - Victor Khomenko 07:25:12 01/23/02 (1)
- Totally agree with Doug's Comment on BHD - ToshiroMeyers 12:30:43 01/23/02 (0)