As I post yearly after the noms come out I try to watch all the movies up for best picture and as many as I can of those for other major awards like best actor etc. Here is my list (I won’t include dune2 cause it came out long ago and most have watched it as have I. And really enjoyed it) The brutalistA complete unknownConclaveEmilia PerezI’m still hereNickel boyzThe substance ***Sing singThe apprentice A real painAnoraSeptember 5I will update the thread when I have watched them. Let’s start with going. A big 0 for 1I watched the substance. What a piece of garbage. It started off ok. Very slow burn. But none made logical sense. And the ending was the biggest dumpster fire iv ever witnessed. God awfulMovie. I have no clue how Demi Moore won a GG for this. And no clue how it can be up for best picture 2.5 out of 10 - avoid
I watched "Conclave" and while my wife and I initially found it interesting (with good performances), the ending isn't good and as recovering Catholics, we found it quite offensive and wouldn't recommend it. I used to do the same as far as watching all of the Oscar nominees, but I'm past that now. I haven't watched the show in years because of their on stage preaching. To paraphrase Gervais, "Take your award, thank your agent and family and get the eff off the stage. No one cares what you have to say." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCNdTLHZAeo&ab_channel=NBC
There is an important obsercvation here, about Demi Moore and the Golden Globes. Simply, who votes for the Golden Globes? There has often been scandals about this and they recently said, they have fixed it. But who are the voters and what are their credentials? They are anonymous, international, people somehow connected to "journalism" but not necessarily the arts, or movies, or anyhting. But who chooses them? You know they are allowed to take brides, which they call "gifts? These are worthless awards, really. Celebs get a free dinner and CBS get 9 million viewers and Demi Moore already has golden globes.
Regarding what's in bold - now that's news to me!! ???
It’s bribes, I fixed it.
Watched September 5 tonight My kind of movie!! Period film. True story. Suspenseful Amazing how much technology has evolved in a short ammount of time. Now everyone has a live new studio in their pocket. Good or bad thing Worth a watch definitely Nominated for best original screen play.