'I f**king hate when Best Picture goes to a different film than Best Director,' so the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' director writes on Twitter, prompting a lot of responses from other users.
- Feb 29, 2016
AceShowbiz - Did James Gunn disagree with "Spotlight" Best Picture win at the 2016 Academy Awards? Shortly after the winner of the coveted prize was announced at the Sunday night, February 28 ceremony, the filmmaker took to Twitter to express his feeling about the results of the awards show.
"I f**king hate when Best Picture goes to a different film than Best Director," he lashed out, apparently thinking that "The Revenant" should've taken the honor instead. "Does our own industry not understand what a director does?"
His post prompted responses from other users. Sela Shiloni commented, "The Revenant was an incredible achievement in directing. After it got through editing, though, not the greatest movie...." Gunn wrote back, "The director also directs the editor. That is what a director does. And THAT is the misunderstanding."
Kale smith wrote, "while Innuritu did a good job, I don't think he deserves the award over Miller or McCarthy." Pedro Cruz said, "Dude, I respectfully disagree. The Revenant was greatly directed. Spotlight was more deep and thought-provoking. #bigfan" Jesse Rolufs added, "Yo you're important but more goes into a movie than directing."
Responding to another follower who asked, "so, you're saying the rest of the crew/producers/screenwriters/etc have nothing to do with best picture?" Gunn responded, "NO. But the director directs ALL of those people; you can judge a director's performance in 1 way: by the film itself."
He later explained in another tweet, "Directing is a collaborative thing by its very nature. And that's really all it is. So you can't detach the two."
While "The Revenant" lost to "Spotlight" in Best Picture category, the former title grabbed Best Director for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's work. The movie also helped Leonardo DiCaprio win his first-ever Oscar for Best Actor.
