Yep, I'm very surprised at some of these nominations and then other getting (almost) completely shut out.
Why do you care exactly that it got nominated. It means almost literally nothing.
Honestly the craziest nomination to me is Crazy Rich Asians. At least with Black Panther and Bohemian I still kinda get why they are nominated. I personally disagree that those were among the best of the year, but I get it.
You seem like you're trying really hard to pick a fight over someone not liking the same movies that you like.
True, but it's not even like the story is that uniquely Asian. It lays a heavy focus on family and the family not approving of the not-rich, not-native Asian girl. We've seen the same story a thousand times.
Naw I'm calling bullshit on the people that try lumping Black Panther in with Bohemian Rhapsody as some sort of way of calling out the absurdity of the picks. As though they are equal. It's happened several times in this thread, with those two films. 🤔
It's about what these nominations mean for the cultural landscape at large.
And the Toni Collette Hereditary snubbing begins.
Glad Dafoe and Theron got recognised tho.
Nominating Crazy Rich Asians for anything beyond production design, and cinematography though:
This. Possibly the most overrated movie or the year behind A Star is Born. TBH lot's of these choices are..Choices!
Of course! That's why I think Black Panther being nominated is a good thing. It's a good movie. Do I think it'll win? No. Do I think it should? Probably not. I don't know what's wrong with acknowledging such an important film to the black community and arguments against its perceived worthiness are missing the point imo. I don't understand why someone would care SO MUCH as to argue against this movie in particular getting nominated.
It's because both of those aren't considered serious contenders and are generally viewed as being the weakest of the ones nominated. This isn't a conspiracy.
I wasn't wild about BKM but I can understand why it got nominated. I need to see Beale some time later this month, same with Widows.
Just call out the specific people you think are racist as being racist instead of this nonsense.
Black Panther probably is a better film overall than BKM, IMO, but the direction in BKM has a very auteur feel to it much more so than Black Panther. In addition the material itself for BKM lends itself better to critics than BP. So again I can understand why it made it even if I didn't particularly like the film.
