Quentin Tarantino and David O. Russell were edged out of the pack in today’s Directors Guild Award nominations announcement, giving way to a rather conservative quintet of Oscar hopefuls. So let the DGA backlash begin: Between Ben Affleck ( Argo ), Kathryn Bigelow ( Zero Dark Thirty ), Steven Spielberg ( Lincoln ), Tom Hooper ( Les Miserables ), Ang Lee ( Life of Pi ), which nominee should have gotten the shaft to make the DGA race even remotely interesting? Ben Affleck & Argo : A solid pick and, before ZDT came in and stole its thunder, the crowd-pleasing (and Hollywood ego-boosting) Middle Eastern true story political potboiler of choice. Kathryn Bigelow & Zero Dark Thirty : I mean, obviously . Steven Spielberg & Lincoln : It’s three-time DGA winner Spielberg’s eleventh DGA nod. Let’s face it, this was a gimme. Ang Lee & Life of Pi : Let’s think for a minute on how Quentin Tarantino was not nominated for the much better, much ballsier Django Unchained (even including David O. Russell’s solid rom-com Silver Linings Playbook would have suggested the DGA had more of a pulse), but — sigh — it makes complete, safe sense that Lee’s breathtaking 3-D CG work earned snaps from this guild. Tom Hooper & Les Miserables : The bigger WTF: Tom Hooper’s Tom Hooperness bamboozled the DGA. I blame Claude-Michel Schönberg’s music and Anne Hathaway’s tears for why the DGA nominated one of the worst directing jobs of the 2012 awards season. What say you, Movieliners? PREVIOUSLY IN AWARDS: Writers Guild Awards Unveils 2013 Nominees Oscars To Fete James Bond – Finally Producers Guild Of America Unveils 2013 Nominees Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
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Directors Guild Award Nominations: Was The Wrong Director Snubbed?
