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Nomadland is a film that is literally about social-economic inequality. I was listing things that I’m worried voters will look at Chicago 7 and think it represents and not saying that each film represents everything listed. <i>Promising Young Woman </i>is after all not about racism in America and neither is Nomadland etc. But they do encompass some of those things that people think <i>Chicago 7 </i>represents.
Don’t get me wrong as a writer Sorkin can be great but his ideas are cringe. I love the writing on The West Wing but some of the political points can be a cringefest.
nomadland is about nomads lol – nothing more, nothing less.
while nomadland does offer some limited political commentary and economic analysis of the causes of the 2008 recession, it is certainly nowhere near enough to liken it to chicago 7, judas, promising young woman or minari. thats not to the film’s detriment, far from it really – i think it benefits from the the absence of a direct political/economic analysis, and actually gains more from its more subtle, lyrical humanity.
nomadland is more concerned with the nomads’ rejection of a conventional lifestyle, a choice often brought about by economic hardship, in order to forge a more diverse, unorthodox and often unvoiced way of living. nomadland is more about the meanings, experiences and close relationships that are shaped by the nomadic lifestyle than its social and economic circumstances.
to say that the film is literally about social and economic inequality is disingenuous at best, and ignorant at worst.
it appears that you’ve misinterpreted the entire film.
FYC:
Picture: Nomadland
Director: Chloe Zhao
Leading Actress: Frances McDormand
Leading Actor: Anthony Hopkins
Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung
Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya
Adapted Screenplay: The Father
Original Screenplay: Promising Young WomanGotta agree with Occult here. Nomadland has little to nothing to do with what went down today. Of course it’s politically relevant, but in a completely different way.
And I’m not talking about neccesarily what happened today I’m saying if voters want to choose a film with a positive message about how to respond to the last four years, the socio-economic alienation and division and rejection that Nomadland is that film. But anyway I should have phrased myself better.
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I think TToTC7 is winning Drama and Screenplay at the Globes now. And I guess probably the CC award for BP as well. Not sure if it’ll win anything else though.
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Judas also probably gets a boost from what happened today.
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I think TToTC7 is winning Drama and Screenplay at the Globes now. And I guess probably the CC award for BP as well. Not sure if it’ll win anything else though.
Nomadland easily has that one in the bag. TTOTC7 is not a critics movie. I would be shocked if it won there. Agree about the GG.
Nomadland easily has that one in the bag. TTOTC7 is not a critics movie. I would be shocked if it won there. Agree about the GG.
The CC’s give Best Picture to whoever wins at the Globes. They don’t care what the actual Critic’s Choice is. That’s why OUATiH beat Parasite last year.
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The CC’s give Best Picture to whoever wins at the Globes. They don’t care what the actual Critic’s Choice is. That’s why OUATiH beat Parasite last year.
That’s not true
They gave BP to Roma, Spotlight, The Shape of Water, The Hurt Locker, No Country For Old Men, The Departed etc, none of which won the Globe
FYC
AOTY - Renaissance
Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, Brian Tyree Henry.
Judas also probably gets a boost from what happened today.
Shame it won’t be enough to get a HBO Max film to win on the ranked ballot.
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The CC’s give Best Picture to whoever wins at the Globes. They don’t care what the actual Critic’s Choice is. That’s why OUATiH beat Parasite last year.
That’s not true. The Shape of Water literally won over Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Roma won over Green Book. Nomadland is eating with critics, while TTOC7 is literally flopping with them. And regarding OUATIH, there was a certain hope/narrative to finally give BP to Tarantino.
They gave BP to Roma, Spotlight, The Shape of Water, The Hurt Locker etc, none of which won the Globe
Well Roma was ineligible for the Drama Globe because it’s a Foreign Film. ☠ If it was eligible it probably would have won Drama. It did win Foreign Film at the Globes though, so I’d say the CC’s were just riding the bandwagon there since it was the frontrunner at that point.
You’re right about the others though. Still, the CC’s reputation as bootlickers stands firm and I think they’ll continue that this year.
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Worst case scenario they’ll just tie Nomadland and TToTc7 because why the hell not.
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What people really underestimate about Sound of Metal (other than the fact Amazon are campaigning tf out of it and it looks like their main campaign priprity right now) is that it is a film that several disability groups have endorsed for its depiction of deafness. Something that is quite rare and unprecedented. The Oscars love to award films about people with disabilities and with this one as a result of its endorsements (something Amazon is making known) gives it a sense of urgency for recognition. I’m not saying it’s going to win Best Picture but I see no reason for one to not consider it a top 5 contender in Picture or to consider Ahmed more than Oldman (whose buzz seems to be dying) or Stanfield (who doesn’t seem to have much buzz).
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Worst case scenario they’ll just tie Nomadland and TToTc7 because why the hell not.
Again, you’re reading too much into into their basicness. BP is one of the places where they rarely go with something they didn’t like that much. Nomadland is safely winning BP there. Aaron Sorkin, on the hand, will most likely win Screenplay. I also think it will probably win ensemble.
Sorkin will win the Globe but Chicago 7 will lose Screenplay to one of Promising Young Woman or Minari at the Oscars.
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