Let's be honest. Ridley Scott will probably win Best Director, for the seventh best film of his career. It's tragic, really. Of course not. It will win, and Scott will win, because the The Academy is no different from the rest of the world.
Mediocrity rises to the top.
Connections matter more than talent. True genius is misunderstood and therefore ignored. He who has the best publicist wins. The Academy is no different from the rest of the world. Mediocrity rises to the top.