Carl watches Motion Pictures I aim to share my thoughts and opinions on the films I watch as I watch them

I rented X-Men Origins: Wolverine on Blu-ray, unfortunately I will be honest, I fell asleep but it did remind me of Gavin Hood, local hero.

Gavin Hood, local director went from directing A Reasonable Man in 1999 to acting in Stargate SG1 to winning an Oscar for Tsotsi in 2005, after that its block buster after blockbuster the last one being X-Men Origins Wolverine. He has gone from directing local talent to huge casts of the likes of Meryl Streep, Jake Gyllenhall, Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Jackman!

This very motivated hard working director deserves everything he now has but I cant help asking the what if question. What if he never won the Oscar? Gavin Hood’s career has absolutely skyrocketed after the Oscar. So how come no one noticed his talent before? Why could he not get a star studded block buster to direct before the Oscar?

Its a crazy industry where the know are know and the unknown (no matter how talented) stay unknown, the studios with the money only bet on sure things, so how does an unknown director from South Africa become known?

All you need is an Oscar.