Originally Posted by
JasonEvans
I found things very predictible until Hurt Locker started winning all those technical awards that I was sure would go to Avatar. At that point, all you had to do was revise your previous Avatar picks and move them to Hurt Locker and there were no surprises at all.
While I am pleased the Academy finally recognized a female director, I find myself disgusted that Cameron did not win. He opened new worlds, literally and figuratively, in Avatar. He took Hollywood where it will go for the next decade or two... and for that he has to watch his ex-wife win the award he should have gotten. ...
Was his film the best of the year? No. But, his directing -- his mastery of a technical medium that no one had mastered in quite that way before -- deserved Best Director. ...