Do you have any idea what a DIRECTOR does brehits much more than yelling “ACTION!” And hoping for the best.
A DIRECTOR has to also be in charge of storyboarding. Where so you think the “skilled individuals behind VFX and sound design” get their initial instruction? Who do you think actually recruits the cinematographer and works with him setting up shots? Who do you think has to approve the final VFX designs? Who do you think has to approve the final placement of songs and score? Who do you think spends most of their time during pre-production putting all of this together?
Its the DIRECTOR.
One wrong choice and an epic, special effects heavy film can be dead on arrival. Denis Villeneuve is the anchor that made all the moving parts of that film come together. He deserved a Directing nom.
• Best Picture
• Best Adapted Screenplay
• Best Cinematography
• Best Film Editing
• Best Visual Effects
• Best Original Score
• Best Production Design
• Best Costume Design
• Best Sound
• Best Makeup
Look at the categories that it got nominated for. The movie looked good, it was a blockbuster with impressive visuals, camera work and production. But actual execution around how the STORY was told (which is the most important element that the director is responsible for) was LACKING.
They nominated it for Best Picture because of how great it was from an aesthetic standpoint, every other category is for rewarding the people who actually EXECUTED the task they were called on to do. It's not for who cut the check or who hired them... BREH. All the categories listed are a result of the sum of multiple different teams efforts. It's just unfortunate that all that great work was put into what was a boring ass movie. But it happens.
