Academy Awards 2024

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I found Lily Gladstone's performance to be a bit one-note, and also the script didn't give the character much of an arc.

Emma Stone's performance isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I do think it was more interesting and challenging showcase of acting.

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Anonymous wrote:The straps on Emily Blunt's dress drove us nuts all night.

The way they were two inches above her shoulders. I did not like that effect. It was so distracting, even more so when sitting.

I know it was constructed like some armor suit--but no Bueno.

Florence Pugh also. WTF. I consider myself a fashion victim sometimes but this was just too much.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

Gladstone gave a more subtle and restrained performance, and the academy members often vote for bigger, showier performances like Stone's instead. In fact, the same thing happened when Glenn Close was widely expected to win Best Actress for The Wife, which was a masterpiece of subtlety, but Olivia Colman took the award for The Favourite, in which she squawked and screamed the whole movie. Both Stone and Colman were directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

Olivia Coleman was great in The Favourite

I bet even Emma Stone wishes Lily Gladstone won

I promise not to make this whole thread about Gaza - but hot d**n it would have been nice for even one of the people who felt compelled to make last night about Gaza to have mentioned the hostages.

Jonathan Glazer spoke to ALL the victims of the current conflict:

It was not appropriate to appropriate a holocaust movie to talk against holocaust appropriation by “the occupation”, especially when the pro Palestinian side absolutely is appropriating the holocaust constantly.

You are not the arbiter or gatekeeper of who gets to invoke the Holocaust. If a Jewish man who produced an Oscar winning movie about the perpetrators of the Holocaust isn’t allowed to make a statement about Holocaust appropriation, I’m not sure who fits your criteria. Probably only those who involve the Holocaust to defend Israel’s attacks on Gazan civilians.

The movie stands on its own, for its own important historical value, especially since Glazer was granted exceptional access and support to tell his story. Given this, any appropriation, from any side, is inappropriate. I am not surprised you make assumptions though.

He has said that the purpose of the film was to draw lessons for today. In fact, that’s basically the main lesson from the Holocaust- Never Again. I’m not sure why drawing those lessons is now called “appropriation.”

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Anonymous wrote:Couple weeks? When is couple weeks? Is it like Valentine’s Day but for an extended period of time?

feck off.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

Gladstone gave a more subtle and restrained performance, and the academy members often vote for bigger, showier performances like Stone's instead. In fact, the same thing happened when Glenn Close was widely expected to win Best Actress for The Wife, which was a masterpiece of subtlety, but Olivia Colman took the award for The Favourite, in which she squawked and screamed the whole movie. Both Stone and Colman were directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

Olivia Coleman was great in The Favourite

I bet even Emma Stone wishes Lily Gladstone won

I promise not to make this whole thread about Gaza - but hot d**n it would have been nice for even one of the people who felt compelled to make last night about Gaza to have mentioned the hostages.

Jonathan Glazer spoke to ALL the victims of the current conflict:

It was not appropriate to appropriate a holocaust movie to talk against holocaust appropriation by “the occupation”, especially when the pro Palestinian side absolutely is appropriating the holocaust constantly.

You are not the arbiter or gatekeeper of who gets to invoke the Holocaust. If a Jewish man who produced an Oscar winning movie about the perpetrators of the Holocaust isn’t allowed to make a statement about Holocaust appropriation, I’m not sure who fits your criteria. Probably only those who involve the Holocaust to defend Israel’s attacks on Gazan civilians.

The movie stands on its own, for its own important historical value, especially since Glazer was granted exceptional access and support to tell his story. Given this, any appropriation, from any side, is inappropriate. I am not surprised you make assumptions though.

He has said that the purpose of the film was to draw lessons for today. In fact, that’s basically the main lesson from the Holocaust- Never Again. I’m not sure why drawing those lessons is now called “appropriation.”

Also, the Israeli government itself routinely invokes the Holocaust in defending its actions in Gaza, including at the ICJ genocide trial.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

Emma Stone’s performance, and the movie Poor Things, are riveting. She is not undeserving. I haven’t seen KORFM yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

Gladstone gave a more subtle and restrained performance, and the academy members often vote for bigger, showier performances like Stone's instead. In fact, the same thing happened when Glenn Close was widely expected to win Best Actress for The Wife, which was a masterpiece of subtlety, but Olivia Colman took the award for The Favourite, in which she squawked and screamed the whole movie. Both Stone and Colman were directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

Olivia Coleman was great in The Favourite

I bet even Emma Stone wishes Lily Gladstone won

I promise not to make this whole thread about Gaza - but hot d**n it would have been nice for even one of the people who felt compelled to make last night about Gaza to have mentioned the hostages.

Jonathan Glazer spoke to ALL the victims of the current conflict:

It was not appropriate to appropriate a holocaust movie to talk against holocaust appropriation by “the occupation”, especially when the pro Palestinian side absolutely is appropriating the holocaust constantly.

You are not the arbiter or gatekeeper of who gets to invoke the Holocaust. If a Jewish man who produced an Oscar winning movie about the perpetrators of the Holocaust isn’t allowed to make a statement about Holocaust appropriation, I’m not sure who fits your criteria. Probably only those who involve the Holocaust to defend Israel’s attacks on Gazan civilians.

The movie stands on its own, for its own important historical value, especially since Glazer was granted exceptional access and support to tell his story. Given this, any appropriation, from any side, is inappropriate. I am not surprised you make assumptions though.

He has said that the purpose of the film was to draw lessons for today. In fact, that’s basically the main lesson from the Holocaust- Never Again. I’m not sure why drawing those lessons is now called “appropriation.”

Also, the Israeli government itself routinely invokes the Holocaust in defending its actions in Gaza, including at the ICJ genocide trial.

There is a Gaza thread you can head to.

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Anonymous wrote:The straps on Emily Blunt's dress drove us nuts all night.

The way they were two inches above her shoulders. I did not like that effect. It was so distracting, even more so when sitting.

I know it was constructed like some armor suit--but no Bueno.

Florence Pugh also. WTF. I consider myself a fashion victim sometimes but this was just too much.

It’s called floating straps. I don’t like it either. Must be a British trend.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

Gladstone gave a more subtle and restrained performance, and the academy members often vote for bigger, showier performances like Stone's instead. In fact, the same thing happened when Glenn Close was widely expected to win Best Actress for The Wife, which was a masterpiece of subtlety, but Olivia Colman took the award for The Favourite, in which she squawked and screamed the whole movie. Both Stone and Colman were directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

Olivia Coleman was great in The Favourite

I bet even Emma Stone wishes Lily Gladstone won

I promise not to make this whole thread about Gaza - but hot d**n it would have been nice for even one of the people who felt compelled to make last night about Gaza to have mentioned the hostages.

Jonathan Glazer spoke to ALL the victims of the current conflict:

It was not appropriate to appropriate a holocaust movie to talk against holocaust appropriation by “the occupation”, especially when the pro Palestinian side absolutely is appropriating the holocaust constantly.

You are not the arbiter or gatekeeper of who gets to invoke the Holocaust. If a Jewish man who produced an Oscar winning movie about the perpetrators of the Holocaust isn’t allowed to make a statement about Holocaust appropriation, I’m not sure who fits your criteria. Probably only those who involve the Holocaust to defend Israel’s attacks on Gazan civilians.

The movie stands on its own, for its own important historical value, especially since Glazer was granted exceptional access and support to tell his story. Given this, any appropriation, from any side, is inappropriate. I am not surprised you make assumptions though.

He has said that the purpose of the film was to draw lessons for today. In fact, that’s basically the main lesson from the Holocaust- Never Again. I’m not sure why drawing those lessons is now called “appropriation.”

Also, the Israeli government itself routinely invokes the Holocaust in defending its actions in Gaza, including at the ICJ genocide trial.

Right. It would be good if some of these people talked just once about the hostages. We know you all hate Israel, blame Israel, etc etc. Just, acknowledge the hostages. Acknowledge them without your "BUT" that comes next, every time. Or even with the but. Just acknowledge them.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

Gladstone gave a more subtle and restrained performance, and the academy members often vote for bigger, showier performances like Stone's instead. In fact, the same thing happened when Glenn Close was widely expected to win Best Actress for The Wife, which was a masterpiece of subtlety, but Olivia Colman took the award for The Favourite, in which she squawked and screamed the whole movie. Both Stone and Colman were directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

Olivia Coleman was great in The Favourite

I bet even Emma Stone wishes Lily Gladstone won

I promise not to make this whole thread about Gaza - but hot d**n it would have been nice for even one of the people who felt compelled to make last night about Gaza to have mentioned the hostages.

Jonathan Glazer spoke to ALL the victims of the current conflict:

It was not appropriate to appropriate a holocaust movie to talk against holocaust appropriation by “the occupation”, especially when the pro Palestinian side absolutely is appropriating the holocaust constantly.

You are not the arbiter or gatekeeper of who gets to invoke the Holocaust. If a Jewish man who produced an Oscar winning movie about the perpetrators of the Holocaust isn’t allowed to make a statement about Holocaust appropriation, I’m not sure who fits your criteria. Probably only those who involve the Holocaust to defend Israel’s attacks on Gazan civilians.

The movie stands on its own, for its own important historical value, especially since Glazer was granted exceptional access and support to tell his story. Given this, any appropriation, from any side, is inappropriate. I am not surprised you make assumptions though.

He has said that the purpose of the film was to draw lessons for today. In fact, that’s basically the main lesson from the Holocaust- Never Again. I’m not sure why drawing those lessons is now called “appropriation.”

Also, the Israeli government itself routinely invokes the Holocaust in defending its actions in Gaza, including at the ICJ genocide trial.

Right. It would be good if some of these people talked just once about the hostages. We know you all hate Israel, blame Israel, etc etc. Just, acknowledge the hostages. Acknowledge them without your "BUT" that comes next, every time. Or even with the but. Just acknowledge them.

They were acknowledged by Glazer when he specifically noted the victims of the October 7th attack in Israel.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like people who can't see the worth in Moonlight are either racist, homophobic or both.

It's considered one of the best films yet made in this century and I'm still angry that the cast and crew didn't get their moment in the sun because of the cockup with the envelopes at the Oscars that year.

It's a brilliant film, full of brilliant performances.

And yes, I'm going there - Oscars so white 2024. Again.

25% of the acting winners weren't white, and 50% of the writing winners weren't white.

Yup - two black people took home Oscars and a group of Asians did. And all the rest where white, white, white.

So what? You’re petty.

You’re in denial.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

Emma Stone’s performance, and the movie Poor Things, are riveting. She is not undeserving. I haven’t seen KORFM yet.

I have seen Killers of the Flower Moon and Lily was absolutely fantastic. Deserving of an Oscar for sure. But Emma Stone... I'm sorry but that was an Oscar winning performance in every sense of the word. Riveting is exactly the word for it. She breathed life and soul into a character that could have gone over the top and completely unbelievable so easily. They were both deserving - which is why they were both nominated - and I completely understand why one would want one to win over the other - but Emma Stone was certainly not undeserving of this win.

[Anonymous]

Hearing about Trump again was annoying. That parasite thrives on attention, people need to stop giving it to him.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that Lily Gladstone should have been awarded the Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mollie Burkhardt in Killers the Flower Moon? Sorry, but it smacks of the usual Academy racism to hand that to Emma Stone. Seriously?!

She wasnt going to win because of Leonardo (didn't he boycott academy?) connection.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like people who can't see the worth in Moonlight are either racist, homophobic or both.

It's considered one of the best films yet made in this century and I'm still angry that the cast and crew didn't get their moment in the sun because of the cockup with the envelopes at the Oscars that year.

It's a brilliant film, full of brilliant performances.

And yes, I'm going there - Oscars so white 2024. Again.

25% of the acting winners weren't white, and 50% of the writing winners weren't white.

Yup - two black people took home Oscars and a group of Asians did. And all the rest where white, white, white.

So what? You’re petty.

You’re in denial.

Your whining would be better received if you pointed out who was more deserving instead of mindlessly tallying up people of color. I really don’t think Lily Gladstone or Jeffrey Wright were that great in their roles.