[wideawake]

The direction in Selma, at least from the about 10% of the film I've seen from promos, looks like a very plain vanilla piece of direction.

Best Director is not supposed to be about displaying competence, but excellence.

Not that the work it honors is always excellent (it isn't), but it is meant for auteurs who take chances that work.

[PJ-Comix]

I've seen Selma. BORRRRIIINNNG!!! Only two interesting parts were the clubbing on the bridge and the march to Montgomery. Guess what? Archival news footage already covers that. In fact the MOST INTERESTING part of the movie was the news footage. The rest was a bore-fest.