THE NOMINEES:
David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon"
Gus Van Sant, "Milk"
Stephen Daldry, "The Reader"
Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
WHO SHOULD WIN:
Fareed Ben-Youssef: Danny Boyle
Boyle, along with his cinematographers, creates a movie defined by its stunning and bold visual panache.
Adam Tanaka: Danny Boyle
"Slumdog Millionaire" definitely isn't Boyle's greatest film, but it's a solid effort from a man who can claim to have made several modern classics.
Jun Koh: Danny Boyle
The directing is all in your face. The audience is really pulled into it.
Isia Jasiewicz: Danny BoyleIt did everything it was supposed to do to uphold what's good about its medium. It moved fluidly in time and space, which is a quality that's particular to film. It's the art form that's most suited for allowing the viewer to quickly understand what's happening so that we traverse huge expanses of story.
WHO WILL WIN: Danny Boyle
'Slumdog' is emblematic of a trend this year to films with a lot of visual style. — FBY
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