I liked her in the clip. I don’t see where the hate is coming from. I guess my issue has more to do with how badly it was cropped.

Echoing all of this as I have also seen Mank. I can’t wait for everyone else to see it because Seyfried is just spectacular.

But Frances’ Oscar scene is actually good acting. I am not trying to be shady to Amy here, but Frances is incredible in the film.

Edit: I just saw you were referring to Amy in Arrival, and not Hillbilly. In that case, I guess McDormand is a lot safer than Amy for two reasons: 1) Nomadland is a frontrunner to win Best Picture which Arrival was…[Read more]

Where can I sign-up for organising this party with you three?

I’ve seen Nomadland and Frances is not getting snubbed. She even has an Oscar scene (you’ll know what it is once you see the film).

I mean Rami won with a score of 49, but his film also made a billion dollars so I don’t like using that comparison. Also 49 is still 10 points higher than 39.

I saw it. Here are some of my observations.

1. The film is genuinely awful. Like I’m sorry but the writing and directing, and the editing for that matter, were really all over the place. I can understand critics giving it a rotten score, and the MC score of 40 is actually not that underserving. However, those MC scores of 0, 10, 20, did seem a…[Read more]

Also like whatever first reactions I read on Twitter, many were praising Zengel. Some even said she is better than Hanks.

Mid 60s is exactly where I thought this will land. Although I don’t know what that does for its award chances.

Amanda Seyfried

Olivia Colman

Ellen Burstyn

Helena Zengel

Yuh-Jung Youn

I think it’s quite logical to say that Davis and McDormand are locks, while Kirby is not, even if the latter is getting the best critical acclaim of the three actors.

Both Davis and McDormand are in films with a Metacritic score of either late 80s or 90s, and both are likely to be in Best Picture contenders. Not to mention, both McDormand and…[Read more]

India is literally the largest producer of films in the world and home to the second oldest film industry in the world. The Bollywood erasure!

I know you were referring to international films, but to say that people don’t watch movies in India is ridiculous.

Also Three Billboard won two acting Oscars after being snubbed in directing. So I don’t think you need a directing nod per say, although I do have it in directing

I said she is coming for the Oscar, which means she is in the best position right now to win and is IMO the frontrunner. That doesn’t mean her position is locked up and no one can overtake her, which is what you are implying I said when I clearly did not.

I just read all the reviews for Ma Rainey and the absolute stellar acclaim for Goddess Viola. I feel so vindicated because I was expecting this after seeing the trailer and had even commented here that she is poised to win. But those early tweets discouraged my initial instincts. These reviews however have reinforced them. She is coming for that…[Read more]

2007 too comes to mind. Lead actress was quite up in the air and Julie Christie was the odds on favourite. And supporting actress not many were predicting Tilda Swinton to actually win.

I will echo this. The White Tiger seems like the kind of film that comes out of nowhere. It reminds me a lot of Lion actually, which also came out of nowhere and got in everywhre. I also feel Rahmin Bahrani is too talented to not deliver the goods.

She literally was able to express all of the complex emotions Queen Anne was feeling in a single take without uttering a word (the “stop it” at the end doesn’t count lol). I think this scene won her the Oscar tbh.

If we are talking about a performance that was confined to just one scene then

If we are talking about the best single scene of any performance, then

I think you’ve perfectly summed it up