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*with the likely exception of a certain movie getting 13 noms (haven’t seen it but is seems pretty insulting if well-intentioned)

it wasn’t a very good year for The Movies but a lot of good ones in the mix for best picture for a change, and some actual suspense as to who’ll win. I hear great things about Nickel Boys from trusted sources and I loved Anora. gonna watch The Substance today but I liked her first movie and it’s wild to see a hardcore genre movie in the mix.

as someone with no interest in tennis, threesomes, zendaya, or luca guadaguido (still in movie jail for what he did to suspiria sorry) I am pleased with it getting snubbed

No Other Land making it in for feature length doc also a nice surprise.

(quick EDIT to say I finally watched The Substance and it rocked, some of the best effects work I’ve seen in years and wonderfully, hilariously unsubtle)

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      6 days ago

      A lot of good movies not even nominated, as usual. LLB was great. There was also:

      • I Saw the TV Glow
      • MaXXXine
      • Monkey Man
      • Furiosa (I thought for sure this would get a tech nomination)
      • Look Back (Hollywood is still against the idea of animation being anything other than children’s movies)

      Stuff that would get nominated if the Oscars were a serious event with more categories than White Man Biopic and Theater Kid Self-Indulgence:

      • Lovely, Dark, and Deep
      • Cukoo
      • Smile 2
      • Abigail

      Stuff I want to see that are probab award-worthy:

      • Immaculate
      • Azrael
      • Heretic