Oscars 2025 • Page 21

Sing Sing is fantastic but cool brag

 

I liked The Brutalist a whole lot. Definitely the most technically well made film of anything nominated. I think a few other films had tighter scripts and more standout performances so I dunno if I'd pick it for BP. Certainly think it should win for Director and Cinematography though.

 

Haven’t seen Emilia Perez or Wicked. Wicked is still $20 to watch and yeah not watching Emilia Perez.

 

Wicked hitting Peacock 3/21. It'll be after the Oscars.

 

I'm Still Here turns out, is very good! EP the only movie on this list I fully hate

If I filled out the ballot:

1. Nickel Boys
2. The Brutalist
3. Anora
4. Dune: Part Two
5. The Substance
6. I'm Still Here
7. A Complete Unknown
8. Conclave
9. Wicked
10. Emilia Perez

 

1. Nickel Boys
2. Anora
3. The Brutalist
4. A Complete Unknown
5. Dune: Part Two
6. Conclave
7. Wicked
8. The Substance

haven't seen emilia perez or I'm still here

 

Can’t wait for some spoiler-y clips

 

if a movie is in position to win oscars I think it's fine to spoil it

 

Not everyone has the chance to see every film before the ceremony. I personally don’t care, but I just always thought it was an odd choice showing death scenes and shit in their clips.

 

yeah for sure but like, it's a celebration of the movies. how can you celebrate it without acknowledging the finished product

 

Use clips that aren't from the end of the movie? lol

 

Brutalist has fell to 3rd in GoldDerby's BP odds. Right now it's Anora 1st and Conclave 2nd.

 

or just like, be an adult about it lol

 

Conclave is gonna win and it’s gonna be lame and I enjoyed that movie.

 

Like I said, I personally don't care, but showing the very end of movie clips is weird. Idk what that has to do with being adult. If you wanted to show your friend a movie, would you should them a clip of the ending first? It's not just about you. The general audience watches the awards too. I'm just saying it's reasonable to not use scenes that give away the ending.

 

and what i'm saying is that, as an adult, you (not actually you but you know what I mean) should be able to understand that if you're watching an annual awards show that's celebrating the previous year in movies, everything is fair game

I don't think that's unreasonable at all and your example of showing 1 individual the end of a movie is pretty weak lol

 

Is it though? Because the awards are just as much about marketing the films as they are the awards. Not everyone gets to see everything or knows every movie. The general audience isn't seeing all nominees every single year. Why should an adult that maybe never heard of a movie get spoiled for the ending? So just make the show universal to everyone by using 1 other minute of the 2-3 hour movies.

 

90% of trailers show ending/climax scenes in them lol

 

Which is also a problem that a lot of people have and why some don't watch trailers at all. So why keep doing it is what I'm saying? It's easy to just not do it but still draw people in with something. Is it really that weird to think about people besides us? lol

 

me and stale azzwater each get a bag of popcorn then sit down to watch a new trailer when it drops.

Goal is to eat the whole bag before the trailer ends.

Loser has to pay for the movie tickets when it comes out.

 

man this is not some kind of empathy issue lol what are you talking about

 

Sean Fennessey is probably jumping for joy about this

 

I think you're taking me far too seriously. I'm not playing at that at all. lol

 

it's anora