I’ll never forgive Sony for opting not to campaign Asier at all. An unknown needs a campaign and Antonio was only ever going to waffle about Pedro in his speeches…

Unsurprising that nobody wanted to watch the likes of Laura Dern and Brad Pitt win Oscars for playing themselves.

It’s too funny that after they snubbed JLo she ended up beating their ratings at the Superbowl. The flavour!

Regarding The French Dispatch…it saddens me slightly in the years since their breakthrough that Seydoux has a career and Exarchopoulos doesn’t. Watching their talent Blue is the Warmest Colour it was like night and day. Where are the roles for Adèle?

This x100000. While it was a remarkable and refreshing sleight of hand from the Academy, it still won’t erase the fact that the four Acting winners were straight white Americans (again). Too many great performances from acclaimed foreign movies were ignored. It’s not good enough!

And I totally agree about your thoughts on Dern and Pain and Glory.

So they finally nominated Judi Dench for dressing up as a cat but didn’t finally nominate Meryl Streep for dressing up as a Latina? The double standards! Shocked Gary Oldman was ignored too.

The Tyler Perry nominations are stale and a waste. Jason Derulo and Idris Elba were more deserving.

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Kate Winslet should have won 2 first for Revolutionary Road/The Reader (Actress/Supporting)…

Oh another vanity project, how original of him. The thirst!

De Niro and Leo in another Scorcese picture? Yawn. Other actors exist.

Leonardo Sbaraglia and Asier Etxeandia were made available a few days before the deadline. I agree that there probably wasn’t enough time for exposure. They both got my #1 and #2 votes, shame nobody else did the same. Hence the boring sheep votes for Pitt, Pesci and Pacino.

Actually I refused to list my nominees until I asked for the supporting actors from Pain and Glory to be made available to choose. Unfortunately they weren’t listed until not long before the deadline so I can’t see any chance of them getting votes from everyone who voted early sadly…

Did we have to click a submit button or anything? I remember listing and saving my nominees but then forgot about the deadline completely so didn’t do anything further than that…sorry if this is dense lol

It was an engaging and thought-provoking film, but felt too similar to All the President’s Men for my taste. And Rachel McAdams being a filler nominee, she was fine but not remotely Oscar worthy. One of those films I’m glad I caught on Netflix than the theatre.

The leading performances of Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt…what was Oscar worthy about them?

Theron felt like an SNL sketch, what is Oscar worthy about wearing prosthetics and make-up. Barbie Quinn wasn’t outstanding either…

Pesci was on autopilot and Pacino was back to his loud days. Nothing new or Oscar worthy about either of…[Read more]

Sigh…I thought he’d been exiled after being exposed as an arrogant wannabe-auteur hack. I’d rather watch Caniba on loop than sit through another of his narcissistic, obnoxious and offensive pantomimes.

Although I do sometimes re-watch the clip where Emmanuelle Riva won her BAFTA for the sheer entertainment of seeing his shameless reaction…so…[Read more]

The reaching lol, someone didn’t pay attention.

What do you expect with a Best Picture list entirely made up of derivative films?

Ford v Ferrari/Rush
Joker/Taxi Driver/The King of Comedy
OUATIH/Tarantino’s comedy career
Parasite/La Ceremonie
The Irishman/Scorcese’s career
Little Women/Little Women
Jojo Rabbit/Look Who’s Back
Marriage Story/Kramer vs Kramer
1917/Dunkirk/Saving Private Ryan

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Such a sad lack of diversity in this category in a year of strong supporting roles. I will never forgive Sony for not even bothering to campaign Asier. Anyone from Parasite would have been welcome too. Did we really need to see 4 actors (Pitt, Hanks, Pesci and Pacino) Oscar nominated for characters so deeply within their comfort zones? I mean at…[Read more]

Lol I’m always here to stan a strong, independent and confident queen.

Haven’t read through this entire thread but Emily Lloyd springs to mind. Plenty of potential wasted.

Another Emily (Watson) while having had a great career I believe could have had so much more if she hadn’t turned down lead roles in the likes of Elizabeth, Amelie, Gangs of New York etc…but at least she now has a decent career in TV.