Oscars Race 2024-25
- Thread starter strangekin
- Start date
Sickening.
Glad the Academy are rightfully getting backlash for their poor (basically lack of) response to Hamdan Ballal's lynching and subsequent kidnap.
Glad he's free now, but I'm so tired of the double standards again proving that Palestinian lives are not considered as equal. How are you awarding an Oscar to someone, and then a few weeks later not even explicitly condemning when they were attacked for creating that very film.
Glad he's free now, but I'm so tired of the double standards again proving that Palestinian lives are not considered as equal. How are you awarding an Oscar to someone, and then a few weeks later not even explicitly condemning when they were attacked for creating that very film.
This is the letter from AMPAS members which is being signed to condemn the attack on Hamdan and the failure in Hollywood to defend him: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfF5c2R4oVkXjrsr2jHA_bJBp2Hx-25y2eugSxrKL5eYKmbBQ/viewform
Obviously, it's not the most important thing to see which famous people in Hollywood have signed it, but it's still nice to know.
Obviously, it's not the most important thing to see which famous people in Hollywood have signed it, but it's still nice to know.
he/him
And there’s been a further statement which still isn’t great:
“On Wednesday, we sent a letter in response to reports of violence against Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, connected to his artistic expression. We regret that we failed to directly acknowledge Mr. Ballal and the film by name. We sincerely apologize to Mr. Ballal and all artists who felt unsupported by our previous statement and want to make it clear that the Academy condemns violence of this kind anywhere in the world. We abhor the suppression of free speech under any circumstances.”
she/her
I watched A Real Pain last night now that it's on Disney+, it was enjoyable but I'm so confused by Culkin winning everything. From what I've seen of him in interviews and Succession, he basically played himself dd. I haven't seen the other 4 actor's movies (I know, I know, I need to see Anora) but was Culkin really the best choice?
Not to mention he was without a doubt the lead actor in the film, very egregious category fraud in that one (which I know happens all the time, but I'm surprised it's still allowed.)
Not to mention he was without a doubt the lead actor in the film, very egregious category fraud in that one (which I know happens all the time, but I'm surprised it's still allowed.)
I’d have given it to Yura Burisov but honestly the category wasn’t very strong this year.
Definitely Yura or Guy Pearce deserved it, as many have pointed out Kieran was just playing himself - he was still good but it was undeserved to sweep like that.
I liked all the nominees but I thought Jeremy Strong was the clear standout. I think people just weren't keen on the movie's subject matter in our current political climate, which makes sense. But he absolutely killed that role, and he gave a really transformative and nuanced performance as Roy Cohn.
I liked Kieran's performance, but I never really understood why it swept everything in awards season.
Obviously there are myriad reasons why that happens, and occasionally it happens because the performance is simply in a class of its own (both Supporting winners in 2009, for example) but I don't really think that applies here.
Obviously there are myriad reasons why that happens, and occasionally it happens because the performance is simply in a class of its own (both Supporting winners in 2009, for example) but I don't really think that applies here.
