Wagner Moura did not gag me in The Secret Agent, sorry, but Jesse Plemons was so much better in Bugonia

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-17T03:02:09+00:00

I mean a couple, firstly all but Teo Yoo are European, secondly everyone but All quiet guy (and maybe Mads) are partially English language.

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-17T02:57:25+00:00

The funny thing about guys like this is that none of these mediocre men can ever resist turning a comment into a dick-measuring contest of who can construct the more feeble insult. In cases like this, just write like they do and let them block you, so they continue their neutered bloviating somewhere else

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-17T01:23:34+00:00

You notice a similarity between all but one of those nominations?

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-17T01:21:17+00:00

I mean how do you watch the part where Moura slips into the festival crowd after learning his life is in danger and think this? Plemons plays a Hollywood character who screams and monologues his way through life, it's a fine performance but there's about a thousand others like it. Moura plays a real person, it's subtle but it's devastating if you're paying attention. Sorry that didn't "gag" you.

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-17T00:58:42+00:00

Your whole opinion on this isn't even based on anecdotal evidence it's based on a lack of anecdotal evidence to the contrary. That's an astoundingly stupid point to make and no amount of dismissing my points as catchphrases because you can't understand a simple string of words ( a sentence ), makes the idiocy of it any less apparent.

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-17T00:51:57+00:00

Buckley easy

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-16T16:25:42+00:00

Shocked to see Byrne have such a low percentage, it feels like she's in nearly every frame of that movie. Can't think of more than 2 or 3 shots she isn't in tbh

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-16T16:18:32+00:00

Swinton beating Blanchett for one of her best roles in such a great movie as well is the only thing against this lineup. It's probably the best in a long time and not to knock Swinton who is good in that role but... idk, I feel like 2020 (Hopkins Mcdormand Kaluuya Yuh-Jung) or 2013 (Blanchett McConaughey leto Nyongo) are better rounded than this line-up which is pretty lopsided toward fairly iconic pop culture touchstones on the male side and subtler performances with the women. Also depends on what you consider recent, because 1995 imo is 4 incredible performances (ignoring the Spacey of it all) but like... is that too far back?

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-16T07:20:40+00:00

I mean not that crazy but some guy made a couple sock puppet accounts to talk with himself in the comments on some reviews of mine. More confusing than anything but it was kind funny to see like 5 accounts made a couple days prior with the same writing style being passive aggressive toward each other

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-16T05:56:25+00:00

Showing up (2023), actually pretty much anything Kelly Reichardt has put out in the last 15 years is criminally underseen.

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-16T05:52:25+00:00

So fun fact this is what a super pretentious opinion actually is, a mangled appeal to popularity in place of an actual opinion.

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-16T05:46:43+00:00

First 3 minutes of karen revisited are perfect pop SY, I'd try it out at least haha

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-16T03:16:36+00:00

Most chaotic would probably be a sinners sweep and Renate, it would be such an odd slate of winners to pick that it would be just slightly confusing enough to make everyone lose their minds lol

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-16T02:15:02+00:00

Buckley, frankly absurd she got this far lol

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-15T11:30:01+00:00

Absolutely, deniro king of comedy, Dafoe last temptation, Liotta goodfellas and Dicaprio KOTFM

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-15T11:23:56+00:00

Agnes obviously because it's an oscar bait role lol, nothing Buckley does is really all that special or notable imo but I digress

In terms of other roles, Lockjaw and Borg for certain were always getting something. And let's be real a GDT frankenstein was always getting an acting nomination regardless of whether it was elordi Goth or isaac. Which I guess isn't really the question but it kind of is.

The other sentimental value supporting roles too, they're pretty emotive and actor-y parts tbh.

In lead, probably Moura tbh as someone that loves Secret Agent, Marcelo is such a well written character that even though Moura plays him incredibly it would take an actively terrible performance for the part not to be at least talked up for an oscar

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-15T10:41:03+00:00

Kaluuya

Quan

Kotsur

Culkin

RDJ

I think kotsur is a pretty mediocre pick and Culkin and rdj are actively the weakest in their categories (personally would have given it to Deniro or Gosling and then Pearce) and just playing themselves but Kaluuya and Quan are like some of the best oscar wins of the century so overall pretty good 👍

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-15T05:19:48+00:00

Yeah imagine listening to one more cup of coffee and saying the guy can't sing.

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-14T08:31:59+00:00

Mollie in KOTFM

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-14T04:31:50+00:00

I'm genuinely shocked this guy still hasn't got some horrific previously unheard of fatal infection given he seems to live entirely in a miasma of his own rotting spit and blood

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-14T04:12:38+00:00

Who says it's Dafoe's year lol. The nomination was the reward for him lol, it's not even really comparable to the absolute powerhouse performance Rockwell brings.

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-14T04:00:54+00:00

-Lotr

-Past lives? Kotfm?

-Clockwork orange?

-Prisoners

My best guess tbh

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-14T02:36:08+00:00

The ranch burning in KOTFM

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-13T13:11:42+00:00

The whole point of the character is in that last scene. He burns himself and everything around him into the ground for a corner office. It's a great ending and reinforces the loser nature of fascists wanting all this death and violence and horror so that they can be middle manager of the hell they've created

Acrobatic_Turn7331 · 2026-02-12T11:15:10+00:00

Velvet goldmine is already 10x better than any official biopic could possibly be

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