10 Academy Award-nominated films this year ranked from worst to best. A pretty weak group all things considered. Out of 5.
10)Dune *1/2
9) The Power of the Dog **
8) Don't Look Up **1/2
7) West Side Story ***
6) Belfast ***
5) Licorice Pizza ***
4) Nightmare Alley ***
3) King Richard ***1/2
2) CODA ****
1) Drive My Car *****
Edits: 03/20/22 03/20/22
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Topic - Academy Awards 2022 ranked - RGA 00:27:07 03/20/22 (53)
- The award ceremony itself gets an A+ for drama. Nt - geoffkait 15:16:45 03/28/22 (0)
- Catching up with CODA - tunenut 21:40:01 03/21/22 (3)
- CODA - Mike B. 10:46:39 03/27/22 (0)
- Perhaps the best 'Hallmark' movie ever. Nt - johntoste 11:11:31 03/22/22 (0)
- RE: Catching up with CODA - RGA 01:02:11 03/22/22 (0)
- Watched #5 last night... - musetap 16:51:13 03/21/22 (13)
- Sorry, but pointless is pointless . . . - Billy Wonka 15:24:42 03/24/22 (12)
- RE: Sorry, but pointless is pointless . . . - RGA 01:54:27 03/26/22 (5)
- RE: Sorry, but pointless is pointless . . . - Cut-Throat 05:47:28 03/28/22 (4)
- RE: Sorry, but pointless is pointless . . . - RGA 16:47:33 03/30/22 (3)
- You have the thrust of tragedy a little wrong? The idea of catharsis - tinear 08:35:24 04/03/22 (0)
- I thought it was clever ............... - Cut-Throat 16:55:03 03/30/22 (1)
- RE: I thought it was clever ............... - RGA 01:37:14 03/31/22 (0)
- Not pointless: You simply missed it (nt) - Steve O 10:26:16 03/25/22 (0)
- That makes no sense... - musetap 00:05:35 03/25/22 (4)
- Virtue signalling was the point . . . - Billy Wonka 21:43:13 03/28/22 (1)
- You'd have to use that or "woke" in some fashion since those are the... - musetap 17:34:54 04/03/22 (0)
- +2 ^ - Steve O 14:21:10 03/25/22 (0)
- +1 ^ - Road Warrior 06:58:55 03/25/22 (0)
- Could #7 been any duller?... - musetap 12:52:21 03/20/22 (0)
- RE: Academy Awards 2022 ranked - Mike B. 10:29:07 03/20/22 (0)
- Only one serious film, the rest are entertainment. Easy choice: - tinear 06:00:25 03/20/22 (31)
- RE: Only one serious film, the rest are entertainment. Easy choice: - geoffkait 08:51:56 03/20/22 (30)
- Huh? Name some films you think were passed over because of censorship. nt - tinear 07:25:19 03/22/22 (8)
- I didn't say censorship was involved or that any were passed over for any reason. Nt - geoffkait 13:16:16 03/23/22 (6)
- Then what did you mean by the political correctness comment? nt - tinear 12:42:27 03/24/22 (5)
- Same thing for Wash., DC or Harvard - geoffkait 09:28:41 03/25/22 (4)
- I'm afraid you must explain, not just type nouns. nt - tinear 12:45:19 03/26/22 (3)
- OK, if you insist - geoffkait 08:16:28 03/29/22 (2)
- No, I don't follow, at all. But then, I don't believe there is - tinear 18:26:07 04/04/22 (1)
- Yikes! - geoffkait 05:49:29 04/05/22 (0)
- Maybe not censorship per se' - Des 18:50:54 03/22/22 (0)
- RE: Only one serious film, the rest are entertainment. Easy choice: - RGA 18:01:16 03/20/22 (19)
- I think you've mischaracterized PotD - Steve O 20:17:28 03/22/22 (11)
- +1 - MaxwellP 04:37:41 03/27/22 (0)
- I disagree. The director makes gender issue a central theme in her films, from "The Piano, forward. nt - tinear 16:53:48 03/26/22 (1)
- "Gender" as such wasn't a significant factor in PotD - Steve O 22:09:31 03/26/22 (0)
- The 3 Most Disappointing Movies of 2021 Are Best Picture Nominees! - RGA 19:32:40 03/23/22 (2)
- Maybe Academy Awards should be cancelled some years - Steve O 19:53:04 03/23/22 (1)
- RE: Maybe Academy Awards should be cancelled some years - RGA 07:36:04 03/24/22 (0)
- Great summation of POTD... - musetap 22:32:08 03/22/22 (4)
- Film could have categories like music does. That way, - tinear 12:49:54 03/26/22 (1)
- Film DOES have categories like music does... - musetap 13:07:13 03/27/22 (0)
- Not a very strong field this year - Steve O 05:01:03 03/23/22 (1)
- Watched Belfast last night... GREAT music... - musetap 00:14:03 03/25/22 (0)
- Except for your praise of the over-sensationalized, "Titane," - tinear 07:29:44 03/22/22 (1)
- Girl, You'll Be a Cannibal Soon - RGA 08:19:48 03/25/22 (0)
- Except for your praise of the over-sensationalized, "Titans," - tinear 07:29:13 03/22/22 (4)
- RE: Except for your praise of the over-sensationalized, "Titans," - RGA 18:52:58 03/22/22 (1)
- I found it gratuitous. I don't like a director to forcefully manipulate by - tinear 12:46:10 03/24/22 (0)
- RE: Except for your praise of the over-sensationalized, "Titans," - Des 18:43:30 03/22/22 (1)
- Titane has zero sense of humor. It could maybe work as a comedy. Ichi, otoh, - tinear 12:47:39 03/24/22 (0)
- Bingo!. You win a cast pewter bronze horse!. NT - Coner 14:23:24 03/20/22 (0)