94th Annual Academy Awards

[Drizzle]

I watched Licorice Pizza yesterday and I have to say that both Cooper Hoffman and Bradley Cooper would have been more appropriate picks for Best Supporting Actor than Jesse Plemons.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Power of the Dog felt like it was missing a proper ending.

I loved The Power of the Dog's ending. It gives you so much to think about.

The Green Knight not being in cinematography baffles me.

 

[Pennywise]

Oscars: Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer to Host - Variety

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

That is random as hell, but I'm here for Regina Hall. I'm sure they'll be funny.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Oscars: Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer to Host - Variety

Regina Hall
Wanda Sykes
Amy Schumer

 

[Enriquespy]

Im glad we get a rooster of hosts that everyone will approve.

 

[Arachnerd]

*sees Amy Schumer's name*

Welp, time to skip on the Oscars again. Shame though 'cause I really like Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Drizzle]

Feels like a random grouping, like they picked them out of a hat. I'm indifferent to them hosting but I guess it's better than no hosts at all. I was sick of Amy Schumer at her peak popularity a few years back but she hasn't been in the spotlight as much lately. I feel like I haven't seen Wanda Sykes or Regina Hall in years but Hall always made me laugh in the Scary Movie series so I'll give them a try.

 

[samsnee]

Oscars: Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer to Host - Variety

Oh great. Schumer makes jokes about her vagina in 3..2..1…

 

[DarkKnight88]

At least they’re comedians, there should be some nice mocking going on lol

 

[Broseph44]

This would’ve been better.

 

[Kane52630]

‘Drive My Car’: Best Picture Oscar Nominee To Premiere On HBO Max In March – Deadline

 

[Drizzle]

‘Drive My Car’: Best Picture Oscar Nominee To Premiere On HBO Max In March – Deadline

Nice. I just might be able to check out all the Best Picture nominees before the Oscars after all. Only ones I haven't seen yet are Drive My Car, Belfast and CODA.

 

[Kane52630]

CODA is probably the most underrated one on the best picture list.

 

[Kane52630]

I feel like this is gonna end badly...

Oscars: Twitter’s Fan-Favorite Film to Be Recognized During Broadcast – The Hollywood Reporter

 

[DarkKnight88]

Yeah, please don't let Twitter decide anything.

 

[Drizzle]

They wouldn't have had to do that if they had just nominated No Way Home in the first place....everything the hard way.

 

[metaphysician]

Its one of those stop-gap efforts they seem to want to do to avoid acknowledging the real problem: Hollywood doesn't want the Oscars to just be an industry award, where insiders pat the backs of other insiders for doing stuff that insiders think is cool. They want the Oscars to be a part of the cultural conversation, as a measure of the wider artistic success and importance of movies. . . and they especially want *the viewing public* to view them as such, so that they watch the Oscars on TV and produce ratings and ad revenue. Which is increasingly not the case, because put bluntly a huge amount of Oscar-nominated films, and films pursuing said nominations, *have no wider artistic and cultural importance*. They are not made with any effort to be part of the larger popular culture, merely to appeal to a small cadre of artistic insiders.

In order to change this trend of the public not caring about the Oscars, the Academy can't just throw out some vague "Popular Movie Award" or whatnot. They need to care about making movies that actually matter to people outside the Academy, as a general fact.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The problem is also the audience...an audience that now scorns all new IP and prefers massive already established name brands and endless sequels working an already established formula and template.

 

[Drizzle]

The LEAST the Academy could do to be a little more relevant is to finally give us a Best Stunts category

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

The LEAST the Academy could do to be a little more relevant is to finally give us a Best Stunts category

The most thankless and dangerous job in the whole industry. Stunt people should’ve been awarded.

 

[Mysteryman]

Nice. I just might be able to check out all the Best Picture nominees before the Oscars after all. Only ones I haven't seen yet are Drive My Car, Belfast and CODA.

Loved Belfast.
Still working on catching the others.

 

[Kane52630]

I got to see Drive My Car today (loved it) and I'll say there will be people who will see this next month and call it overhyped and slow.

 

[Drizzle]

Loved Belfast.
Still working on catching the others.

I watched Belfast last night. Definitely felt like Branagh's love letter to not just the city but his childhood. It was a very well made film. It got extra brownie points from me for the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang scene because I loved that movie when I was little so it got me right in the feels.