Power Rankings for 12/27/16
Best Director
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| P/R |
Last |
C/R
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Person/Film |
| 1 |
1 |
80 |
Damien Chazelle - La La Land |
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La La Land may be in a tad of rough waters but the project is very much Chazelle's baby and it is impressive. |
| 2 |
4 |
79 |
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight |
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Moonlight is, meanwhile, La La Land's biggest competitor. Could it be that the Academy finally gives this prize to a black person? |
| 3 |
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75 |
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea |
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Manchester is obviously in the thick of it so it would be odd for Lonergan not to get recognition here. |
| 4 |
5 |
74 |
Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge |
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It seems like Gibson has been rehabilitated and although I wouldn't do it, it seems that they will reward him with a return here. |
| 5 |
-- |
73 |
Denzel Washington - Fences |
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Though the branch does not like its own, it does like actors that venture there. Still, it seems odd that they will reward known quantities over new artists, but that appears to be the way it's shaking out. |
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