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Big yes to this. I am interested in what films get chosen and why, but it’s obvious it is way too analysed by people, it’s rarely surprising certain films and actors get nominations/wins, not for being good, but for meeting certain criteria that the academy likes at the time/creates an image the academy wants to project to seem “woke”, like if they nominate the affront to cinema that is the “Avengers” just to get young people watching again ($$$).I don't understand the obsession with Oscars and all the speculations... It's obvious that only a narrow particular set of films get attention every year. I don't understand film critics like Haimar or Beat and never will.
100% Agree with this.Blown away by Renee in "Judy". It was a not-bad movie, though nothing I'd ever scramble to see again, but her performance amazed me. Instantly one of my all-time biopic performances.
I have high hopes in Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story”. This will be available in Netflix the first week of December I think and in selected cinemas a couple of weeks earlierlooking at my letterboxd, it wasn't a great year so far, especially not for american movies. i haven't seen a single 2019 US Movie that i LOVED. i think "us" (which everybody seems to have forgotten about) might have been the best, which is depressing in itself.
the trailer for "jojo rabbit" was cringe in a sub-wes-anderson way. i don't think waititi should be in his own movies.
I think that's part of the allure. As much as film enthusiasts want to pretend that the winners represent the best, that is rarely the case. We all know it, and if you read these threads through the years, you'll notice that participants understand the politics that go into selecting winners. And that's often mentioned in the the posts. It's a movie or a performance, there's hardly a formula to objectively identify what's "best." Winners, after all, aren't picked by omniscient robots. We all know this. People's opinions are just that: opinions. It's fun to have conversations and debates with likeminded people.Big yes to this. I am interested in what films get chosen and why, but it’s obvious it is way too analysed by people, it’s rarely surprising certain films and actors get nominations/wins, not for being good, but for meeting certain criteria that the academy likes at the time/creates an image the academy wants to project to seem “woke”, like if they nominate the affront to cinema that is the “Avengers” just to get young people watching again ($$$).
What makes u say Waves is? I agree on the other 3, although Ford v Ferrari might get some techs, the sound is pretty good.Ford V. Ferrari
Waves
Rocketman
Motherless Brooklyn
these 4 are non factor in BP