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[ayayrawn]

Other Oscar nom takeways:

- Emilia Perez with most noms of the year. About 13 too many.

- Horror's breakthrough!! 6 noms for The Substance and 4 for Nosferatu.

- Great year for animation. Loved 4/5 of the nominees and glad Wild Robot and Flow broke out into other categories.

- Monica Barbaro getting in supporting actress i am pleasantly surprised with. She was maybe the best part of a complete unknown.

- Sing Sing and Challengers deserved way better.

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

With the Stan getting into actor for Apprentice I can’t wait for hilarious moment where Trump tweets about it and the host reads off the tweet live as if that’s an epic troll moment and not just giving the narcissist exactly what he wants and having no actual effect on stopping how much harm he does

 

[ayayrawn]

I’m really not a movie guy so take anything I say here as an outsider giving his opinion. Man compared to last year the is abysmal. Last year I saw 6 of the noms and I absolutely loved 5 of them. This year I’ve seen 7 of them and I only liked 2ish of them, The other ones I saw ranged from really bad to just kinda boring. The first time I even heard of I’m Still Here was yesterday so I’m going to hold off on judging that but I have no interest in Brutalist or Nickel Boys so looks like I may be done with the movies for this year

My ranking

1. Wicked
2. Substance
3. Anora (I have a lot of huge problems with this one but there is a lot of fun in it)
4. Complete Unknown
5. Dune Part II
6. Conclave
7. Emilia Perez

Brutalist is great and with Nickel Boys are two of the most acclaimed movies of the year. Worth seeing.

Last year all of the best picture nominees were at least good, so anything was going to be a step down from that.

 

[mdmost]

I've only seen Wicked and Dune 2. Planning to watch The Substance, Anora, Conclave, A Complete Unknown, and The Brutalist before the awards. Emilia Perez just looks so terrible but yet has the most nominations.

 

[ayayrawn]

Best Picture ranking having not seen Nickel Boys or I'm Still Here yet. Will be remedying within the week.

1. Anora (8.75/10)
2. The Brutalist (8.5/10)
3. The Substance (8.5/10)
4. Conclave (8/10)
5. A Complete Unknown (7.5/10)
6. Dune Part 2 (6/10)
7. Wicked (4/10)
8. Emilia Perez (2/10)

 

[ayayrawn]

Also distributors need to nut the fuck up and pick up No Other Land now that it's oscar nominated. It's the most acclaimed documentary of the year and nobody's touched it. It's made by a Palestinian and Israeli collective about injustice in the west bank.

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Brutalist is great and with Nickel Boys are two of the most acclaimed movies of the year. Worth seeing.

Last year all of the best picture nominees were at least good, so anything was going to be a step down from that.

As a non movie fan I feel like Nickel Boys may be too artsy for me lol. As for the Brutalist I absolutely won’t be able to sit through a 3 hour movie. My boyfriend is a movie buff and he said I would hate it so I’m trusting his opinion there lol

 

[EvanBenner]

One of the weaker best picture lineups in recent years, but some solid movies here. I'm Still Here is a surprise! Looking forward to that and Nickel Boys.

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"Nominees to be determined?" Were thes eall last-minute inclusions or did someone just forget to update the placeholder text?

 

[ayayrawn]

"Nominees to be determined?" Were thes eall last-minute inclusions or did someone just forget to update the placeholder text?

I'm not entirely sure, but when a movie is nominated for BP, the producer(s) get the nom, and I guess for some movies it's not clear who all that is? I think?

 

[EvanBenner]

I'm not entirely sure, but when a movie is nominated for BP, the producer(s) get the nom, and I guess for some movies it's not clear who all that is? I think?

If so there must be some sort of verification the academy didn't receive in time for announcement because you'd think the credit scroll on each of these would hold those answers unless there's more to it LOL

 

[tvham]

Snubs that I'm upset about:
-A Real Pain for best picture
-Challengers for best score
-Kneecap for best foreign language film

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Snubs that I'm upset about:
-A Real Pain for best picture
-Challengers for best score
-Kneecap for best foreign language film

The lack of Challenges overall sucks but it not getting into Score is especially absurd

 

[gaporter]

No Best Picture nomination for Nosferatu and nothing for Furiosa

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

With the Stan getting into actor for Apprentice I can’t wait for hilarious moment where Trump tweets about it and the host reads off the tweet live as if that’s an epic troll moment and not just giving the narcissist exactly what he wants and having no actual effect on stopping how much harm he does

Wicked is mediocre as hell. A text book 2.5/5. Emila Perez is at risk of being the worst film to win BP in the history of the universe. Yes, even more so than Crash.

Haven't seen A Complete Unknown, Conclave or I'm Still Here (which is supposed to be a masterpiece and has one of the highest scores in Letter Box history.

The other 5 are incredible films.

The Brutalist is a stunning accomplishment that may signal the second coming of PTA. (5/5)

The Substance is one of the best horror films ever made. Gorgeous, funny, risk taking. (4.5/5)

Nickle Boys is a masterpiece with extremely experimental cinematography. (5/5)

Dune II is one of the best sci-fi films ever crafted. (4.5/5)

Anora is wonderful and left me thinking for days. It manages to have a completely different tone in all 3 acts and yet feels seamless. (4.5/5)

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

Best Picture ranking having not seen Nickel Boys or I'm Still Here yet. Will be remedying within the week.

1. Anora (8.75/10)
2. The Brutalist (8.5/10)
3. The Substance (8.5/10)
4. Conclave (8/10)
5. A Complete Unknown (7.5/10)
6. Dune Part 2 (6/10)
7. Wicked (4/10)
8. Emilia Perez (2/10)

That's certainly a take on Dune II. Would have been a firm 5/5 in my book if it hadn't sped up the pacing in the 3rd act. Denis is the best blockbuster director we have.

I'd rank it
1. Nickle Boys
2. Brutalist
3. Substance
4. Anora
5. Dune II

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Throw Wicked and Emila into the dumpster. And I'd agree that of the films that traditionally have a chance at BP, Challengers is probably the biggest snub. A Real Pain is very good too though and Sing Sing is supposed to be excellent. I also like Furiosa more than most and would have included it.