Oscar Movies: Why are they always about suffering ?

[Renus]

There's no joy at the Oscars.

Only movies of war, sickness and injustice make the cut.

I can't name even one Oscar movie with an alien in it.

The real suffering is watching the bore-fest.

I tried to watch that "Lady Bird" thing, honestly ... yawn.
Moonlight, I still don't know what it was about. I was busy playing computer chess and left it on for noise.
I kept making fun of the Lion guy, like going "he's a lion, roar, roar". His suffering gives India a bad name.

Please avoid Oscar movies.
Don't waste your life watching suffering, when you can watch joy and laughter. Thanks.

 

[superstar_88]

Are you saying you didn't enjoy Chariots of Fire?

 

[blueray]

The real suffering is watching the bore-fest.

Well, you're right on that account.

 

[shack]

Are you saying you didn't enjoy Chariots of Fire?

Or Greenbook?

 

[shack]

I can't name even one Oscar movie with an alien in it.

This might hurt your credibility level in terms of critiquing movies. It was only a few years ago, 2017.

 

[shack]

I tried to watch that "Lady Bird" thing, honestly ... yawn.

Some movies rely on the acting, the dialogue and the story as opposed to just the visuals.

 

[The Oracle]

This might hurt your credibility level in terms of critiquing movies. It was only a few years ago, 2017.
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That was one strange film........

 

[shack]

That was one strange film........

Not one of my favourites but I enjoyed it.

I didn't see any movies this year that I got really enthusiastic about. Nomadland might have been but I haven't seen it yet.

 

[Butler1000]

This might hurt your credibility level in terms of critiquing movies. It was only a few years ago, 2017.
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Which I might add is a part of the Hellboy Comic Universe and so a Comic book based Film.

 

[shack]

Which I might add is a part of the Hellboy Comic Universe and so a Comic book based Film.

Interesting tidbit.

 

[Insidious Von]

Of the current Best Picture noms, the only ones I'm interested in watching are Sound of Metal and Trial of the Chicago 7, Mank was shit.

Renus is right, it was a gross injustice that The Room didn't win best Picture in 2003.

 

[The Oracle]

I didn't see any movies this year that I got really enthusiastic about. Nomadland might have been but I haven't seen it yet.

I've seen Nomadland and really liked it.

Francis McDormand just nails it. As she usually does come to think about it.

The movie is simple yet has an underlying message at the same time.

I couldn't help but wonder if given different circumstances that could have been me.

 

[shack]

Of the current Best Picture noms, the only ones I'm interested in watching are Sound of Metal

I went to watch that on Amazon the other day and the message was "not available at this time". It's on their roster, though.

 

[Insidious Von]

I went to watch that on Amazon the other day and the message was "not available at this time". It's on their roster, though.

That settles it, I'll have to sign up for Prime. Riz Ahmed floored me in The Night of... the best limited series prior to The Queen's Gambit. I wasn't expecting that much range. I figured the show was a contest of wills between his defense lawyer (John Turturro) and the lead detective (Billy Camp) which for the most part it was. Ahmed didn't take a back seat them, he played it in such way that you were never sure if he was guilty or innocent. Billy Camp was also in The Queen's Gambit, Joker and Birdman, eventually he needs to be acclaimed for his brilliant character work.

As much as I respect Riz Ahmed, no film this year measures up to The Queen's Gambit. Billy Camp is Mr. Shaibel.

 

[glamphotographer]

The academy is made mostly of 50-year-old white men, depression is high among that age category in men. If they diversify the academy, perhaps The Avengers would be academy movies.

 

[Insidious Von]

Riz Ahmed also played Carlton Drake/Riot in Venom which he could have played in his sleep. Tom Hardy is The Duke of Warwick.

 

[Insidious Von]

The academy is made mostly of 50-year-old white men, depression is high among that age category in men. If they diversify the academy, perhaps The Avengers would be academy movies.

There are exceptions, MM:Fury Road won six Oscars. Not sure The Avengers would qualify, there's not enough humanity to them but I do consider Infinity War a classic. Endgame was downright silly but not as schlocky as SW:Return of the Jedi.

 

[glamphotographer]

There are exceptions, MM:Fury Road won six Oscars. Not sure The Avengers would qualify, there's not enough humanity to them but I do consider Infinity War a classic. Endgame was downright silly but not as schlocky as SW:Return of the Jedi.

What about Forrest Gump?

 

[Insidious Von]

What about Forrest Gump?

Forrest Gump is a humanist fantasy, which is what the Academy likes. It won for the same reasons The Shape of Water won. Pulp Fiction came out the same year, Quentin Tarantino makes entertaining films but he dehumanizes his characters which the Academy doesn't like.

 

[Insidious Von]

Is Marvel bowing to SJWs? Tony Leung is supposed to play The Mandarin, but that character is too controversial for sensitive types. The character is known as Wenwu instead. The story of Shang -Chi is loosely based on Shakespeare Henry IV Part II. The Mandarin is a warlord with Genghis Khan ambitions. He learns the secrets of the Shaolin monks then betrays them. The fallen monks become his elite army. His son Shang Chi breaks away only to be brought back into his father's sphere.