SmytheKing
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I don't think any of us outside of the industry really know what "Directing" is. I've worked in theatre for over two decades and I get it to some degree, but that's still different than movies. I think she should have gotten a nod, but I couldn't elucidate WHY she should have. I just think it was a really well put together movie that felt fresh.FWIW, I think that the nominations in the Production Design and Adapted Screenplay categories cover a lot of what you listed, so Gerwig and her team are being recognized by the Academy for those things, even if the voters didn't think that they added up to enough to warrant a Best Director nod, as well.
I think it's mostly that they (the public) saw a wholly unique looking film among the by the numbers stuff we get and you add in the hold it had over the movie-going public (got SO MANY people back into the theatres and with Oppenheimer teamed up for a fun meme thing) and people see that as an accomplishment too. I'm not sure that matters, but to them it should.
I see it similarly as I did with Fury Road. Several people I talked to said they didn't understand the best picture nomination. Even after explaining that the Best Picture isn't just the most enjoyable movie you watched, that it also includes how it was filmed, the music, the colors, the costumes, and everything else...they still were like, "I don't think it deserves to be nominated". It's all subjective really. Best Director doesn't have any criteria like awards in sports so anyone and everyone is an actual snub if you think they are.