Little rant: This is the time of year for anti-Oscar gripes, and the one I like least is "I haven't even heard of these movies!" Folks, that's on you. The 25 or 30 films in the mix have been talked about incessantly in entertainment media since September. Many are in theaters. Many are streaming. >
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You support the kind of content you want to see, support the artists and trades people who worked on it, plus get to rewatch them again whenever you want. Win, win, win.
And I’d think, Why would you have? You stopped caring about new music when Dylan went Christian in 1979.
They're the film version of the dude who calls every band that's ever headlined a venue larger than an outhouse "sellouts".
I told him he was wrong and ignored him. I still have a career in this industry. He doesn't.
Unless you're watching the Grammys, which are a joke.
"Never heard of it." Ok, AND...? A nomination means academy members thought it was a great film, that's it.
2. September? These flicks usually come out in one or two theaters the last week of December.
So it's not on me.
And I refuse to subscribe to any part of the Disney bundle.
When was it easier?
but i tend to find local copies "easier" than constantly hopping streaming services
A Disney flick can churn out billions at the box office, but be devoid of quality beyond nostalgia.
A24 films often have emotionally powerful scripts, yet barely see most theaters.
But my point was that the awards are for artistic merit only. Not sales, not media outreach.
That's what the awards should be for. Not to pad some trophy cabinet for a big named studio.
So much for holding in abeyance.
He did seem to have a big dick, though.
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It's not available yet.
But no Oscar - not even the Geraldine Page or Julianne Moore afterthought - for Thelma Ritter? Absolutely criminal. She died 56 years ago (when I was two) and I'm still not over it.
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Visit websites, listen to podcasts, etc. They are right there.
Seriously, though, there’s something different about a print mag arriving vs having to think about searching it out.
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…I don’t work in the movie industry admittedly.
It's like admitting you haven't heard the name of a book that won a pulitzer, make a mental note, don't advertise ignorance.
Nobody wants that.
But my only gripe with the oscars is the historical (and still present) racial bias. Otherwise I didn't even know it was happening.
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The obsession with applying an objective lens to something subjective is film snobbery.
I keep wishing there was a way to pay to rent them all for a couple of months. I would happily pay for that.
Had to have an opinion on a movie I can't see.
I saw the Sting when I was about 9-10, did not understand all of it...but it was good. A few clips later in life.
However, rainy summer Sunday - watched the full movie. Wow, it really holds up!!! Great performances, writing, directing, scenery, etc. Treat yourself with a revisit.
Many of the Oscars nominated movies just aren’t appealing to many ppl. And boring.
The Oscar’s should be honest it is just a bunch of movie snobs and maybe they are wrong.
If it doesn’t appeal the masses maybe it’s not the masses fault.
I was always excited by the nominations -- growing up in rural Arkansas meant access to global cinema was limited in theaters, but the Oscars were a great way to learn about films to rent / see in the future.
There's an opportunity to find a new film that wasn't on even on their radar -- that's usually exciting when it's generating critical praise!
I love having an opportunity to share movies with others, and "House"/"Hausu" deserves (demands) to be seen by as many as possible.
We usually wait until the buzz starts before awards season, then watch them all so we can critique like the self proclaimed experts we are 😉
We are experts in what we like or not.
Why are the Oscar’s people the only ones who know?
If I listened to them I would have never seen a Black movie.
How many non-white people have been nominated or even won.
How many black directors?
But I guess they just weren’t good movies?
It’s like saying “I’m not racist because I have a Black friend.” Or
“America isn’t racist, we had a Black president”
Shhhhh….you are making yourself look worse and proving my point-like
LITERALLY
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PS - Yay for Demi Moore.
And there are the impossible years like Bette Davis, Judy Holliday, and Gloria Swanson in 1950.
I just love movies.
So it’s a bit alienating when one of 2 movies winning every award
The industry has trained a substantial portion of the audience that a lot of its output “isn’t for them,” over 2-3 generations.
It ceded to the audience generational and culture wars, and is losing both as a result.
Maybe don't watch what you don't enjoy. Sick of the whining.