Oscar Nominations
Once again I've seen almost none of the nominated films/actors. Of the ten films nominated for Best Picture, I've seen one. Banshees if Inisherin (reviewed on Pg 164 of this thread).
Avatar? No. Elvis? Fuck no. Top Gun? No, but probably will. All Quiet on the Western Front? Maybe in the 70s or something. Everything Everywhere All At Once? Nope, never heard of it. The Fablemans? Nope, sounds shitty. Women Talking? Fuckity fuck fuck no. Triangle of Sadness? Or whatever Madonna calls her poon these days....NO.
Small blessing that Disney's disastrous Wakanda wasn't given a sympathy nod I suppose.
But back to Banshees.
It's taking all the glory that In Bruges truly, honestly, deeply deserved. It's 10x the movie this one is. Banshees is nominated not only for Best Picture, but also Best Actor (farrell), Supporting Actor twice (Gleeson and some other dude), Supporting Actress (Kerry Condon), Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, Original Score... a total of nine nominations.
All of that belonged to In Bruges. Actor Gleeson or Farrell, Supporting Actor Fiennes, Supporting Actress Posey, and so on. That film got ONE nomination -- Screenplay -- while Oscars that year went to Slumdog Millionaire and fucking Jeff Spicoli for playing a gay guy named Milk.
I won't watch the Oscars - what's the point. This film will win nothing, and even if it did, it can't make up for the failure to honor it's better older brother In Bruges.