Chadwick Boseman has to be like -100000 at this point, right?
yeah, the only reason to do BP early was to end the show with Boseman
Wow at Frances winning a third Oscar. I thought it had to be between Andra and Carey.
How fucking drunk or whatever is Frances McDormand?
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gasp
well Iâm completely shocked
She speaks from the sword, man.
OMG WHAT
I donât know if Iâve ever been more shocked at an Oscar selection
This is Brock Lesnar beating The Undertaker at Wrestlemania level shocking.
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Iâm still LOLing at that ending.
The producers rearrange the whole tradition of the Oscars awarding Best Picture last only to have Anthony Hopkins win and not even be present for a speech.
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Hopkins over Boseman is OMGWTFBBQ111!! Levels even for somebody who doesnât follow oscar prestige even the tiniest bit.
Good job, academy.
This is why I donât bet on things.
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I was a big fan of Nomadland, so happy to see it do well. Also happy though that it didnât win the Screenplay category because lol at it even being nominated for that, cmon.
I searched the thread for Nomadland before commenting and saw this:
Thatâs a weird take on what is depicted on screen imo.
The object of the movie is to give us a feeling for what itâs like to be the character Frances McDormand is playing. Amazon is in the movie for the same reason that all the outdoor scenes are in vast, empty landscapes; itâs portraying the backdrop of isolation and atomization within which McDormand is moving and seeking community. A gigacorporation with massive warehouses full of robots is perfect for this. Cramming overt political commentary in there would have made me want to shoot myself.
Edit: Like what the movie depicts is the effects of political, economic and social forces on McDormandâs life. That corporation destroyed the life she had in the town with her husband, thatâs true. Amazon offers her a place to work casually and earn money, thatâs also true. Deriving general conclusions from this - including what Zhao said in the interview you quoted - is up to the viewer to figure out. The movie deliberately makes no explicit value judgements, because taking a wider perspective than that of McDormand would destroy what it is trying to do.
PS: I love this movie but Iâve only seen it once and feel a little ashamed that I have no recollection at all what the name of McDormandâs character is. To some extent McDormand is one of those actors now who transcend their roles; itâs like with Jack Nicholson, when watching him youâre acutely aware youâre watching Jack Nicholson and it should pull you out of the suspension of disbelief, but somehow doesnât. I spent this movie going âFrances McDormand is greatâ but at the same time totally buying the character she was selling.
Side language note, and Iâm sort of serious but also think this sort of thing doesnât ultimately matter: isnât it weird that we have gendered words for people who perform in stage and screen plays? We donât have gendered words for âsingerâ, or âpainterâ, or âauthorâ. Why is âactorâ an exception to the rule? Imagine in that third paragraph in my last post, if Iâd had to formulate that second sentence to be gender-correct. Like âMcDormand is one of those actresses similar to actors such as Jack Nicholsonâ or something. Why the fuck does this exist?
âActressâ is rightly frowned upon here. âManageressâ and âauthoressâ used to be things too lol.
âChanteuseâ, âsongstressâ and âsculptressâ still exist for some reason.
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I watched Hot Rod for the first time. Itâs a bit dumb but if you like Andy Samberg youâll enjoy it.
Isla Fisher is so pretty itâs almost distracting.
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One of my favorite dumb movies.