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Name
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Pick
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Why
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Ray Allen
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Steven Soderbergh: "Traffic"
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My first instinct is "Gladiator." It really makes you feel like you're in the middle of ancient Rome. However, the more I think about it, I'll have to go with "Traffic." When they're in Mexico, it's got that gritty film, that sepia-toned background. It depicted life. The way it ended gave you no inkling that the drug war was over with. I think it was dead on as far as the war we're dealing with.
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Tiki Barber
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Ang Lee: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
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It was just an all-around great movie. The director brought it all together and I loved it.
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Rob Dibble
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Ridley Scott: "Gladiator"
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It was amazing he was able to get all of those extras on the same page. Like the "Ten Commandments," "Braveheart" and "The Patriot," it's just another great film -- when you're dealing with that many extras it's difficult to get everyone together and in sync.
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Rick Fox
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Steven Soderbergh: "Traffic" and "Erin Brockovich"
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In the same year, he simply put two movies at the caliber of "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic" both up for best picture of the year. In his world, he is Shaq on steroids.
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Vivica A. Fox
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Ridley Scott: "Gladiator"
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Excellent graphics and story.
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Denny Neagle
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Ang Lee: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
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This movie was a throwback to those martial arts action movies we watched on Saturdays and would laugh at with the dubbed-in English, where they're talking a million words a minute just to say, "How are you?" But he put a new spin on it and made it fresh and creative and new. And any movie with subtitles that keeps you interested and you can enjoy and not be distracted by having to read the English, that's a great achievement.
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Lance Pitlick
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Steven Soderbergh: "Traffic"
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The camera work and editing from the scenes shots in Mexico vs. the U.S. or the city vs. the country were contrasting and provoking, but not distracting. Good stuff and probably the most interesting.
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Dan Patrick
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Ang Lee: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
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Ang Lee will win because he took state of the art special effects and blended them with old fashioned story-telling and produced the year's most memorable movie.
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Trey Wingo
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Steven Soderbergh: "Traffic"
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Soderbergh may split the vote...for himself...but that movie was so good on so many levels...and his direction was unparalleled.
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