With 10 slots for Best Picture and only 5 for Best Director, it's guaranteed that half the Best Picture directors are going to be snubbed. I probably would have preferred to see Gerwig nominated over Scorsese, but that is just one person's preference, and one the Academy voters obviously didn't share. And is Gerwig being snubbed if Barbi…
With 10 slots for Best Picture and only 5 for Best Director, it's guaranteed that half the Best Picture directors are going to be snubbed. I probably would have preferred to see Gerwig nominated over Scorsese, but that is just one person's preference, and one the Academy voters obviously didn't share. And is Gerwig being snubbed if Barbie doesn't win Best Picture?
Barbie already won the only award that matters, really (Biggest Box Office Take of 2023). Gerwig will have her choice of projects going forward, and a LOT of directorial control. Those are the wins that actually matter!
With 10 slots for Best Picture and only 5 for Best Director, it's guaranteed that half the Best Picture directors are going to be snubbed. I probably would have preferred to see Gerwig nominated over Scorsese, but that is just one person's preference, and one the Academy voters obviously didn't share. And is Gerwig being snubbed if Barbie doesn't win Best Picture?
Barbie already won the only award that matters, really (Biggest Box Office Take of 2023). Gerwig will have her choice of projects going forward, and a LOT of directorial control. Those are the wins that actually matter!