Power Rankings for 1/26/14
Best Director
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| P/R |
Last |
C/R
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Person/Film |
| 1 |
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95 |
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity |
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Cuaron's victory at the Director's Guild of America fundamentally alters this race. It goes from competitive to a blowout. The last time a person nominated for Best Director failed to win at the Oscars after winning at the DGAs was 2002. Yes, Ben Affleck did not win Best Director after winning the DGAs, but he wasn't even nominated. |
| 2 |
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71 |
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave |
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The problems McQueen face are two-fold. The first is that his effort is not as showy as Cuaron's. The second is that Quentin Tarantino failed to contend last year with a variation of this premise. |
| 3 |
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70 |
David O. Russell - American Hustle |
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A lot depends on how many friends Lily Tomlin has in the Academy. |
| 4 |
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35 |
Alexander Payne - Nebraska |
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The Academy likes Payne rather than loves him. For that matter, so does BOP. |
| 5 |
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25 |
Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street |
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He will remain tied with 36 Mafia for another year. |
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