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It's worth finding a list of academy members - it's surprising how many crap actors and directors get to join. But it is by nomination, so it's who you know, etc etc.
I've not been a fan of the Oscars even since Tom Hanks got one for not being gay, but they do still carry weight, and are a great way to recognise technical achievements outside the niche awards.
With the best foreign film (not film in a foreign language, I think??), I believe the originating country has to submit the film, and it can also only submit one film. It could be that India submitted another film, or didn't bother this year.
I hope Everything Everywhere gets enough extra attention from all these nominations to get a DVD/Bluray release in the UK. I mean it did come out in Germany so I could buy it from there as it's the same region, but it's odd it skipped the UK seeing as the film apparently did really well in the box office here.
I'm also gonna have to check out 'An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It' from the best animated short category just based on the strength of the title.
I'm also gonna have to check out 'An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It' from the best animated short category just based on the strength of the title.
Man, I've been out of the loop this year with short films.
@Kermit1 Yeah I can't say I'm really aware of most short films that come out in any year. The only one I've heard of (and seen) from the Oscar nominations this year is The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse because it was shown on BBC1 over here.
Cool to see Top Gun: Maverick & Avatar: the Way of Water nominated for best picture.
Now, I absolutely don't expect either of them to win anything outside of technical awards, but if they absolutely had to honor anything from the blockbuster-sphere, they definitely picked the right ones.
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@RR529 I wouldn't say that myself, I know people love their nostalgia pop-culture reference sequels and I've not seen either Top Gun or Avatar (I'll see them at home as I wasn't in love with the first ones) but I can think of a few original non-sequel blockbusters more deserving simply in terms of not everything has to be a franchise.
You're got the kinetic madness of RRR, the nihilistic epic The Northman, The Woman King which turned Viola Davis into an action star and the darling auteur Jordan Peele's latest Nope.
@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I see why people like it though. I just have some trauma from when/where I watched it lol, it has nothing to do with the beginning of the film, I knew about that before seeing it.
@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Better Call Saul shouldn't win an Oscar since it's a tv show and Oscars are for movies. It has won multiple Emmys which if the high bar of telly awards.
Bias works both ways, it's all well and good complaining they are neglecting low rent cartoons and superhero movies through snobbery when you're skipping nuanced and thought provoking dramas and thrillers. Women Talking, Tar and The Banshees of Inisherin are all great films deserving of praise and considering Everything Everywhere the movie genre geek film of choice this year has been backed hard and nominating Top Gun and Avatar they have made concessions for the lowest common denominator.
There’s nothing wrong with only liking cartoons and superheroes films but it gets so boring listening to people pretend that is all and the best of cinema.
@SlashFuture Star Wars has won a Best Movie Oscar though.
There’s nothing wrong with only liking cartoons and superheroes films but it gets so boring listening to people pretend that is all and the best of cinema.
Especially when there are threads dedicated to the topics, but it permeates everything. Hey-ho
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