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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9286577" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>Final wrap up and my own personal analysis-</p><p></p><p>1. The Oppenheimer "sweep." This is a hard one for me. On the one hand, in true Academy fashion, they finally awarded a deserving director not for his best film, but for ... a different one. That said, it wasn't a bad choice, or undeserving in any way. In addition, I think that after the last few years, the Academy really wanted to reward a movie that both did big box office and also had a ton of artistic merit. No complaints.</p><p></p><p>2. Emma Stone. So I watched Poor Things just before the Oscars, and I have to say ... totally deserved the win. To be honest, I think that, at least at the margins, Lily Gladstone was hurt by the choice to put her in this category instead of best supporting; if you've seen the movie, you know that she has a meaningful role, but you also know that she's on-screen for well less than 1/3 of the 32 hour run-time of the movie (time is both approximate, yet deeply accurate). In addition, and as a general rule, the awards for acting tend to go to "more" and "brave" than "understated."</p><p></p><p>3. The Zone of Interest. If you read my post above, you know that I'm happy that it won best foreign film. In addition, it won a completely deserved Oscar for sound. Just ... chilling.</p><p></p><p>Overall, I'd have to say that this was one of the better nights in a while. No slaps. No card mixups. Just breezy and relatively fun. Also? If you haven't already, go watch the clip of <em>I'm Just Ken</em>, and thank me later.</p><p></p><p></p><p>ETA- also, given my earlier post, I would be remiss is not noting that Wes Anderson finally won his Oscar for .... The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. The same year that Asteroid City got shut out of having a single nomination.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9286577, member: 7023840"] Final wrap up and my own personal analysis- 1. The Oppenheimer "sweep." This is a hard one for me. On the one hand, in true Academy fashion, they finally awarded a deserving director not for his best film, but for ... a different one. That said, it wasn't a bad choice, or undeserving in any way. In addition, I think that after the last few years, the Academy really wanted to reward a movie that both did big box office and also had a ton of artistic merit. No complaints. 2. Emma Stone. So I watched Poor Things just before the Oscars, and I have to say ... totally deserved the win. To be honest, I think that, at least at the margins, Lily Gladstone was hurt by the choice to put her in this category instead of best supporting; if you've seen the movie, you know that she has a meaningful role, but you also know that she's on-screen for well less than 1/3 of the 32 hour run-time of the movie (time is both approximate, yet deeply accurate). In addition, and as a general rule, the awards for acting tend to go to "more" and "brave" than "understated." 3. The Zone of Interest. If you read my post above, you know that I'm happy that it won best foreign film. In addition, it won a completely deserved Oscar for sound. Just ... chilling. Overall, I'd have to say that this was one of the better nights in a while. No slaps. No card mixups. Just breezy and relatively fun. Also? If you haven't already, go watch the clip of [I]I'm Just Ken[/I], and thank me later. ETA- also, given my earlier post, I would be remiss is not noting that Wes Anderson finally won his Oscar for .... The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. The same year that Asteroid City got shut out of having a single nomination. [/QUOTE]
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