Something in The Last Duel, or maybe Gaga
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Gaga was probably the best chance. I don't think anything else Ridley was involved in had a chance (since Gucci's only nom was makeup/hair).
I do agree to some extent, though in fairness I still believe that at least Vice got strong performances, while the whole exercise was more or less succesful: characterizations were relatively focused, the satire/cynical component was a bit more restrained and served to accentuate the central drama, a story that never got too lost or too far from its main character and topic. Let's say there are categories of disappointment and Don't Look Up is in a sphere of its own, in my opinion well below anything McKay's done earlier. Except for the jazzy score, I can't name a single thing that worked for me in that movie.Don't Look Up is this year's Vice: a star-studded and heavy-handed Adam McKay satire that no one seems to like but still somehow gets nominated everywhere.
Is a shame that Last Duel didn't get nominated. Matt Damon, Adam driver and Jodie Comer were excellent and the final act was heart pounding edge of your seat drama.
I just finished watching King Richard. It is basically this year's Bohemian Rhapsody: aggressively bland and sanitized "official" celebrity biopic carried by a hammy central performance.
And if King Richard is this year's Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Look Up is this year's Vice: a star-studded and heavy-handed Adam McKay satire that no one seems to like but still somehow gets nominated everywhere.
I think a big problem with the film was that there was hardly any setbacks for its heroes after like the first 20 minutes (basically after they found a coach). That might be how it was in real life but it doesn't really make good drama.I basically cry at any movie worth a damn, plus I have a four-year-old so parent/kid relationship movies kill me (see: Mitchells vs the Machines). The fact that I didn't shed a single tear during King Richard is pretty bad, in my eyes. It was a good, enjoyable movie, but lacked the emotional punch that would have elevated it to something special for me.
Today I remembered that I had forgotten C'mon C'mon. Not like the film had much traction but in a different year I'm sure this would've been the kind of indie film that gets voters' attention.
Gaga stans are DEVASTATEED.
Also, the Best Picture slate this year....I haven't seen Drive My Car nor Coda, but for the rest of them: Woof. They should have re-nominated The Father and give it the top prize. It's better than all of the nominees combined
It's definitely happened before. Without exhaustively searching, I'm pretty sure the 85th Oscars counts:This has to be the first Oscars with two couples nominated for acting in the same year (Cruz and Bardem in lead, Dunst and Plemons in supporting).
This has to be the first Oscars with two couples nominated for acting in the same year (Cruz and Bardem in lead, Dunst and Plemons in supporting).
I meant real life couples.It's definitely happened before. Without exhaustively searching, I'm pretty sure the 85th Oscars counts:
Lawrence/Cooper* in lead *AND* De Niro/Weaver in supporting, all for Silver Linings Playbook, and then also Hoffmann/Adams for The Master.
(*They start out more as a duo but wind up a couple in the end.)
The 87th also fits, with Theory of Everything in lead, and Boyhood in supporting.
Best Popular Film was almost a category a few years ago.Best picture shouldn't even be put to a vote. It should be based on gross sales.
Yeah Dunst blew me away in it, whole different side to herWatched Power of the Dog today. Dunst 100% deserved a nod. I didn't even know she can act like that.
I agree that she should win but unfortunately Kidman is probably the front runner. The Academy loves that kinds of roles (doing an impression of a beloved show business figure).I don't want to disrupt the happiness behind a cute couple being nominated, but if Kristen Stewart doesn't win for Best Actress I riot.
I'm surprised that Being the Ricardos received so many acting nominations. The casting of the movie made me have no interest in it. I guess I'll have to give it a shot.
oh lol, damn, i know nothing about their private lives lmao
wAIT, Kristen Dunst is married to meth damon??This has to be the first Oscars with two couples nominated for acting in the same year (Cruz and Bardem in lead, Dunst and Plemons in supporting).