calistan
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I wasn't expecting to like it, but my daughter forced me to watch it on Netflix and I thought it was great. A really unique animation style and some good songs.
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Oscars 2026 - The nominations
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Just watched "The Smashing Machine" and only a make-up nom is CRIMINAL. Dwayne should have been nomed as best actor 1000%, he was magnificent. As a guy who is The Rock in almost every movie, to see him in this was amazing. Blunt was great as well. Keeping that 90's style handheld cinematography was very refreshing as well.
Definitely DO NOT watch this film with your spouse/SO if there is any discord....it's very uncomfortable at times
Definitely DO NOT watch this film with your spouse/SO if there is any discord....it's very uncomfortable at times
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I didn't love Sinners and didn't really get why it was so well received. The prolonged fawning over the film really surprised me and so has now seeing it getting so many nominations.
I also didn't love OBAA or Marty Supreme but the latter getting a lot of award nominations makes sense to me. Of the nominees, that feels like the film that is most like my image of an oscar winner. I fully expect it to take best film and actor.
Weapons is my film of last year and I'm pleased to see it get some recognition, but I don't know if I think of the role of Gladys as being an Oscar winner. Excellently played, and serves the film, but I wonder if the sensibilities of what an Oscar winning role "should" be preclude it from actually being suitable for the award.
If I'm honest, I hope Sinners doesn't get much, I am a bit sick of hearing about it. However, I feel like win or lose some people will view it as the biggest story of the event.
My local cinema will screen the nominated movies so I might go see a couple that I've missed. I want to see Bugonia, and might be able to convince myself to reluctantly give F1 a try now it's on the list - I don't really like sport or sport films and I especially have no interest in motor racing, but I presume it must be reasonable. But part of me thinks that because F1 (the film) was so important to F1 (the sport) that the F1 (film backed by the sport) Oscar campaign will have been seen as a massive business opportunity* and so will have been very well resourced - I kinda can't bring myself to believe it should be on the list...
Edit: *The film itself exists to promote the sport after all.
I also didn't love OBAA or Marty Supreme but the latter getting a lot of award nominations makes sense to me. Of the nominees, that feels like the film that is most like my image of an oscar winner. I fully expect it to take best film and actor.
Weapons is my film of last year and I'm pleased to see it get some recognition, but I don't know if I think of the role of Gladys as being an Oscar winner. Excellently played, and serves the film, but I wonder if the sensibilities of what an Oscar winning role "should" be preclude it from actually being suitable for the award.
If I'm honest, I hope Sinners doesn't get much, I am a bit sick of hearing about it. However, I feel like win or lose some people will view it as the biggest story of the event.
My local cinema will screen the nominated movies so I might go see a couple that I've missed. I want to see Bugonia, and might be able to convince myself to reluctantly give F1 a try now it's on the list - I don't really like sport or sport films and I especially have no interest in motor racing, but I presume it must be reasonable. But part of me thinks that because F1 (the film) was so important to F1 (the sport) that the F1 (film backed by the sport) Oscar campaign will have been seen as a massive business opportunity* and so will have been very well resourced - I kinda can't bring myself to believe it should be on the list...
Edit: *The film itself exists to promote the sport after all.
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RCX
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Good to see Frankenstein get some recognition.
That film was a genuine surprise to me. Easily one of the most memorable films of 2025 and definitely the best adaptation of the book ever made.
F1 was a great time, not world beating though. Sinners was good but I liked it better when I saw it the first time when it was called "From Dusk 'til Dawn"
That film was a genuine surprise to me. Easily one of the most memorable films of 2025 and definitely the best adaptation of the book ever made.
F1 was a great time, not world beating though. Sinners was good but I liked it better when I saw it the first time when it was called "From Dusk 'til Dawn"
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So I watched One Battle After Another. Good grief this is a chump year for oscars, thats for sure. Meandering, obnoxiously scored, waaaay too long. Extremely well funded terrorist organization doing....what exactly? Anyway, not sure its earned the accolades but its a low bar kinda year and this one checks a lot of boxes for hollywood.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
yes really, it's an excellent movie and should've straight up gotten a best picture nomination.
near
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near
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To be fair, there's almost always at least one big popcorn flick in the Best Picture mix. F1 isn't half bad either.
damn, that summed up that film in a nutshell. especially Penns weird biceps and that road chase
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
From Dusk Till Dawn is just an inferior version of Assault on Precinct 13 as well.
and Assault on Precinct 13 is superior to Rio Bravo, before you say it
they deliberately do this because oscar viewership is tanking.
between near total disillusionment and lack of glamour of hollywood, celeb overexposure through social media, and a general over pretentious film selection, oscars are becoming more and more irrelevant. its bounced back a little in recent years but is still way down from their usual.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
they deliberately do this because oscar viewership is tanking.
between near total disillusionment and lack of glamour of hollywood, celeb overexposure through social media, and a general over pretentious film selection, oscars are becoming more and more irrelevant. its bounced back a little in recent years but is still way down from their usual.
I hadn't thought about celebrity over exposure being a reason for public interest dropping, but I think it's a good point. When I was a child, seeing clips of movie stars coming and going at awards shows was in itself slightly novel and made the news the day of the Oscars, but now that actors have multiple social media accounts and are making video clips non stop to promote not only the films they're in, but their tequila brand, football team that they bought into, gym supplements and shapewear, plus appearing on any YouTube channel that has more than a few million viewers, it means that there's none of that novelty and much less casual interest.
I think it's not isolated to the Oscars either - there used to be a number of awards shows that were televised, but I think those things are much less interesting to casual audiences now.
It's sort of a shame really, fewer and fewer things are special because we're being conditioned to have too much of everything.
Boss Mog
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So they're they're not even trying to disguise their propaganda anymore? And then they will have the audacity to lecture the public while accepting their self-awarded award.
DKehoe
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It's not propaganda. That term is massively overused these days.
Have you seen the film?
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Boss Mog
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I don't need to see the film, the description by the poster I quoted is enough for me to determine that it is propaganda. All the bad guys are white and stereotypically racist, while all the good guys are people of color is what the poster who saw the movie said right? That's extremely common propaganda these days which aims to convince the public that white people are inherently evil, while people of color are always virtuous. The problem with this narrative is that crime statistics paint a very different picture. The definition of propaganda by the Oxford English dictionary is: "Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a particular cause, doctrine, or point of view.", so this deceitful narrative falls right into propaganda territory.
DKehoe
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I would say you need to have seen the film to be able to engage with it on a meaningful level yeh. Just talking about what you read online does mean that you are just going off of second hand information, which can often be inaccurate, as is the case here. The daughter's mother, who is black, murders an innocent person and abandons her child.
Also, you think the Avatar movies are propaganda.
I've seen people on the other end of things claiming that the film is "anti-revolutionary." I think approaching movies like they're out to get you is such a dull way to go about things.
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OBAA has a solid understanding of the negative traits of both far-left and far-right extremists. It portrays both in a negative light and shows how similar they can be to each other in practice, per the horseshoe theory. The leaders of both factions are horrible people who end up in a relationship with each other, even. It's satire.
I can point to at least one far-left political commentator who was upset about "her team" being portrayed so negatively in the film. And far-right people have also been upset. Both teams lack critical thinking skills.
Obviously the far-right fascist militants being satirized are concerned about racial purity, as they are in real life. The far-left group is more diverse but includes white people.
Best to not be triggered by something you haven't seen, via received opinions alone.
I can point to at least one far-left political commentator who was upset about "her team" being portrayed so negatively in the film. And far-right people have also been upset. Both teams lack critical thinking skills.
Obviously the far-right fascist militants being satirized are concerned about racial purity, as they are in real life. The far-left group is more diverse but includes white people.
Best to not be triggered by something you haven't seen, via received opinions alone.
Boss Mog
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I do, and apparently you're one of those weirdos that goes through a person's post history.
kruis
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Paul Thomas Anderson wants to have his cake and eat it too. The movie is based on Pynchon's satirical novel Vineland and is obviously satirical in many ways (esp. the neo nazis exemplified by Sean Penn's character, but also that group of weapon toating nuns, Di Caprio's telephone conversation with the home base where he cant remember the password phrase, etc) But the movie mixes it with today's politics. Those old style revolutionaries were already rescuing illegal immigrants and Benicio del Toro's character is doing the exact same thing. So what you get is a movie that is partly satirical but doesn't feel that to a large section of the audience because they agree so much with the message of the movie. That's what you see in reviews as well.
DKehoe
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Like I said, I think propaganda is an overused term, so I was curious how often you called things that. It seems like it comes up quite a lot for you.
The illegal immigrant stuff is not exactly based in the real world, with the elaborate Underground Railroad out of a martial arts dojo. It's all a trip. Are there supposed to be Venezuelan gang members who do bad things in the story to balance out the innocent illegal immigrants who help Leo? That's really not a great way to approach film and it's getting far away from the point.
calistan
Member
That's not exactly what One Battle is about, but whatever you do, don't watch Sinners! You'll have an apoplexy.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
I thought the film had a very muddled message and the satire didn't work because the director was in two minds about it. The Coen Brothers could have done the original story by Pynchon so much better (if they hadn't parted ways).
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
Man I just want Leo to star in another psychological thriller or horror. These political movies bore me.
He has Heat 2 coming up and a psychological thriller directed by Scorsese, so you're in good shape.
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
I knew about Heat 2, but not about the other. Nice.
YCoCg
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This sadly seems to be a big problem these days with the media, every side goes on the auto defense if their views are criticised in any way.
"Oh no, this movie is far left/right propaganda because it was critical of my views!"
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
I haven't got a clue what Scorsese is working on after reading his Wikipedia article.
Article: In November 2021, Scorsese was set to direct a biopic feature about rock band the Grateful Dead for Apple Studios featuring Jonah Hill. In July 2022, it was announced Scorsese would direct an adaptation of David Grann's non-fiction novel The Wager for Apple Studios, reteaming once again with DiCaprio. In May 2023, after meeting with Pope Francis, Scorsese said he was considering writing and directing a new film about Jesus. More details were revealed in January 2024, revealing that it would likely be Scorsese's next film and that he had co-written it with Kent Jones, based on the Shusaku Endo novel A Life of Jesus. In 2023, during an interview with GQ, it was revealed that Scorsese was working on an adaptation of Marilynne Robinson's Home with Todd Field and Jones. It was reported in February 2025 that Scorsese would be directing a mob film set in Hawaii, starring and being co-produced by Dwayne Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt. Johnson and Blunt pitched the plot to Scorsese and DiCaprio, which was described as being "a cross between Goodfellas and The Departed", and Nick Bilton was hired as a screenwriter. In March 2025, it was announced that he would be adapting Robinson's Home for Apple TV+ with DiCaprio starring. On September 18, 2025, it was announced that Scorsese would direct an adaptation of the Peter Cameron novel What Happens At Night as his next film, with DiCaprio set to star alongside Jennifer Lawrence and a planned production start in January 2026.
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Was referring to What Happens At Night. That one's definitely happening since Leo and Jennifer Lawrence were doing promotional appearances together for it earlier this month.
RCX
Member
We know far too much about them now and the mystery has been shattered. It's become obvious that most of the people involved in film and tv are ego-maniacal halfwits.
thefool
Member
I heavily disagree with the boss here. OBAA is not subtle enough to be propaganda. But it's unabashedly supportive of the terrorist apparatus that right now is wrecking chaos all over the west, dehumanizes conservatives and portraits terrorists as quirky dudes who are fighting the good fight. The epilogue of the film is the nazi conservatives betraying their pawn while PTA tries to redeem the terrorist mom and ends pushing for more inorganic organized violent protests, it doesn't hold to scrutiny its neutrality when only one side is portrayed as irredeemable.
I could also say The Searchers is a both sides movie because Ethan Edwards is a bigot racist asshole. That does not change what the film is about.
I could also say The Searchers is a both sides movie because Ethan Edwards is a bigot racist asshole. That does not change what the film is about.
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John Marston
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While I'm glad horror gets a nod with Sinners I'm just baffled at all those nominations.
Sure it was a good movie but Oscar worthy? Hell no.
The Oscars are a joke, have been for the last few years.
Sure it was a good movie but Oscar worthy? Hell no.
The Oscars are a joke, have been for the last few years.
Perfidia is never shown to have cared about her daughter at all, so it's heavily speculated that Bob wrote the letter at the end to give Willa closure. No way to know for sure unless you ask PTA though.
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DKehoe
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Since this thread is kind of a look back at last year's films, I thought I'd share this here. Each year, film critic David Ehrlich puts together a video that's a retrospective of the year's films and a ranking of his top 25 They're always really well edited and a fun watch. This is the one he posted a few weeks ago for 2025.
Damn F1 is a fun and exciting flick. I know shit about F1 but the use of the commentator to fill in the audience is genius. This is a legit BP nom I think, as it blends special effects and a strong human story pretty well.
Kerry Condon....OMG!!!!
I also like the use of a hot blonde to personify the pit crew, the world is healing
Kerry Condon....OMG!!!!
I also like the use of a hot blonde to personify the pit crew, the world is healing