This is how sad award shows are now... Look at the faces of the men there.

[Tommi]

A woman directed Wonder Woman, one of the biggest movies of the year.

I stand corrected.

[Nellise]

Nothing questionable about it. Between best comedy/ musical and best drama, there are 10 movies in play, but only 5 nominees for best director. The exclusion that people are suddenly and naively outraged about happens all the time.

4 of the 5 directors nominated also had their movie nominated for best drama. So that fifth spot was up for grabs it seems. All I meant by "questionable" was that you could argue for different directors getting that last spot if it wasn't going to the remaining director for the best drama nominees, not that any one in particular deserved it.

I'm mostly arguing against the claims here that there was no woman that could have taken that spot.

Btw, I think it's shitty what Portman did to crap on what should have been a nice moment for those directors. They didn't nominate themselves.

[Tommy T]

Why do they need an awards ceremony in the first place

To give them a platform to moan about a supposed injustice in the world.

Always the same unfortunately. My only regret, was that Ricky Gervais wasn't presenting. He would have put cold water on the entire thing.

[urasim]

Yeah movie-making bootstraps! It's not men's fault they have been directing movies for a century, women are just lazy! /s

Strawman. Nowhere did he mention that women are lazy. Just that they suck at making movies.

[Deleted]

Name me one successful box office movie (apart from Wonder Woman) from last year by a female director please?

[Queen of Hamsters]

Or incompetent. The lack of rewards say it all.

So a lack of rewards, which are a decision made by people, speaks of incompetence in the entire female gender that's involved in Hollywood?

Wow.

[Krawu]

The movie was a succes at the box office, but that doesnt mean the director was the best director.

Might as well give best director to Michael Bay then, for every box office succes he had with Transformers.

Don't even joke about that!

[ParanoiD84]

What a bitch.

[Happy Shoplifter]

To give them a platform to moan about a supposed injustice in the world.

According to that Meryl Streep speech, Hollywood is the most vilified and oppressed.

[Deleted]

Maybe women just aren't that interested in directing? Or maybe they prefer directing a type of movie that's more of a small niche?

But no, they MUST be nominated, no matter what. It's just as stupid as demanding to nominate people with a certain skin color, cultural background, age-group, etc.

[Aggrophobic]

I'm pretty sure that my "cringe reaction" when reading this thread was way worse than theirs.
What's your point?

[Doctor Amadeus]

I personally love it always loved bad ass kick ass women not willing to back down or apologize.

[d00mGuArD]

If any of those directors do a movie with her again, they deserve it

[ItsRainingMetal]

So a lack of rewards, which are a decision made by people, speaks of incompetence in the entire female gender that's involved in Hollywood?

Wow.

It speaks for the female directors atleast, or, you know, they might have been rewarded.

Make good movies and get rewarded, make shit and get shit on. That's just how that works.

[msdos]

I'm pretty sure that my "cringe reaction" when reading this thread was way worse than theirs.
What's your point?

Your post is so obviously reactionary.

His point is he hates all women and he's a big bad evil monster misogynist, is this the answer you're expecting to receive?

[Doctor Amadeus]

Maybe women just aren't that interested in directing? Or maybe they prefer directing a type of movie that's more of a small niche?

But no, they MUST be nominated, no matter what. It's just as stupid as demanding to nominate people with a certain skin color, cultural background, age-group, etc.

That’s a nice excuse do reward them, don’t invite them “ oh maybe women don’t wanna to direct or have ideas?” Nope I’m all for the landscape changing.

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It speaks for the female directors atleast, or, you know, they might have been rewarded.

Make good movies and get rewarded, make shit and get shit on. That's just how that works.

Who decides that a bunch of men voting on another Clint Eastwood puke fest.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Name me one successful box office movie (apart from Wonder Woman) from last year by a female director please?

"Name a successful box office movie, but disregard a top 3 title box office hit of the year, plz."

Box office success =/= a good movie though. As a woman I couldn't stand Wonder Woman.

Besides, people focus their gender grievances on the Director seat, but name the movies and TV shows that have all-male production teams.

[Happy Shoplifter]

You'd think those delicate flowers would rather stay at home than be in a room full of BEASTS that just want to rape them and murderer their foetuses

[Daelak]

Strawman. Nowhere did he mention that women are lazy. Just that they suck at making movies.

Or, they cannot get the same opportunity to make movies that end up being in the running for award shows. Let's see, shall we go with the conspiratorial and stereotypic view that all women are shitty directors, or back in reality, that women don't have the same opportunities as men in show business.

[Paetolus]

They definitely should've included the director of Lady Bird, she deserved the nomination more the Ridley Scott did in my opinion.
Though her comment should have been saved for afterwards, not really their (the directors) fault only men got nominated, and intentional or not, that comment was aimed at them.