Fernando MeIrelles for City of God
PRO: That Miramax machine works in mysterious ways
CON: No-one-here-gets-out-alive suspiciously like The Most Dangeous Game with a camera
Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
PRO: C'mon, he's made THREE movies to get this award
CON: Will accept from New Zealand, where he's busy making his speech longer
Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation
PRO: Hollywood royal family, plus only third woman to ever be nominated in directing category
CON: We hear this year's the "Year of the Man"
Peter Weir for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
PRO: Rip-roarin' adventure, with the best string scene since Deliverance
CON: Sailor-movie director portrays rum and the lash, but chickens out on sodomy
Clint Eastwood for Mystic River
PRO: Maybe he feels lucky
CON: Hifalutin' wild-and-wooly flick = "spaghetti Northeastern"
The Barbarian Invasions (Canada)
Evil (Sweden)
The Twilight Samurai (Japan)
Twin Sisters (The Netherlands)
Zelary (Czech Republic)
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