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RE: How are you ranking the Academy Award Nominated films

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In Reply to: RE: How are you ranking the Academy Award Nominated films posted by RGA on February 28, 2023 at 16:22:37

For me, among the list of nominees, the one I liked all around was Tar, but I love classical music and it is rare to see it treated so seriously in a movie. I was surprised how much I liked Top Gun, and Avatar was a visual delight, but neither will or should win Best Picture. I was not a huge fan of Everything Everywhere- I think the multiverse has been done to death and done better by Rick and Morty. Women Talking seemed like it would have made a good talky stage play, not cinematic or very interesting to me. Banshees has a lot going for it, but I don't think it will quite win. I think Everything Everywhere and All Quiet are the ones with momentum. All Quiet swept the BAFTAs and it is extremely well done, an old fashioned war movie with a "war is hell" message that always resonates. I expect it probably to win.

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RE: How are you ranking the Academy Award Nominated films - RGA 05:10:07 03/02/23 (0)
I would defend Everything because most sci-fi (multi-universe) has been done before - Star Trek, Doctor Who and so on. But then most good sci-fi just has this as a top layer.

AO Scott noted, "the movie is a metaphysical multiverse galaxy-brain head trip, but deep down — and also right on the surface — it's a bittersweet domestic drama, a marital comedy, a story of immigrant striving and a hurt-filled ballad of mother-daughter love." And it is here where the film's heartbeat lies. I will probably up my rating of it now that I am thinking more about it. I could say that too about TAR.

I just watched the Fablemans and this too is a reasonably layered movie and worthy of the nomination. 5 down 5 to go.

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