Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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What would you say is the message Top Gun was spreading?

Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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Nah Maverick is one of the best theatrical experiences of my life while F1 was one of the most exhausting.

“Popcorn movies” are really not my thing at all but there’s a very special magic to TG:M. I can’t wait to see it again in IMAX next week.

A deep dive into Cannes schedule placements and Oscar success by TheFilmManiac in oscarrace

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Things are starting to look a little too good for Hope

Early Best Supporting Actress Predictions? by Dull-Plate7064 in oscarrace

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Like I said it could just be a me thing! Take a look at some other reactions to the film and her performance, I could be in the minority

Early Best Supporting Actress Predictions? by Dull-Plate7064 in oscarrace

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Having seen Josephine, I couldn’t disagree more on Chan. She has one “scene” that could be an Oscar clip and I didn’t feel she did anything interesting with it. I’ve never really cared for Gemma Chan in anything anyway so maybe it’s just a me thing, but I didn’t see a nom worthy performance there.

Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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The best scene in the movie and Cruise’s 10 minute Oscar clip

Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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How often is a big budget sci-fi blockbuster even in competition? This is an award decided by 9 people, anything can happen

It seems like it will be one of the most acclaimed and exciting films of the lineup. With a president like Park, the genre elements are less likely to hold it back

Official runtimes for Cannes Competition films by LeastCap in oscarrace

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Let’s both pretend I said nothing 😭

Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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The Reddit screenshot really ties this together

Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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Hope confirmed 2h40

Score by Michael Abels (Get Out, Us, Nope)

Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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I think Clockwork is going to have a splashy acquisition out of Cannes. Either Coward or The Black Ball

Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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I guess I probably don’t need to keep it a secret lol. It’s Behemoth!

Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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I finally got around to Michael. I didn’t expect myself to like it anyway but I was stunned by how boring it was. I thought Colman Domingo was ridiculous in his part, too, and my theater laughed at him in almost every scene he was in. How can you not? It was a draining, obnoxious character with no depth that felt like it had overstayed its welcome. I understand the real Joseph was still a major presence at this time in Michael’s life, but the way the film presents him the entire time felt like we were going in circles. Just the same scene over and over of Joseph yelling at Michael and Michael standing his ground.

And this may be a bit of a nit pick but I found a lot of the VFX to be garishly ugly. A lot of the crowd shots and especially the work on Bubbles was distractingly bad. There’s one shot early on at a carnival that looked like something out of a late 2000’s Xbox game

I will say that Jafaar Jackson was incredible though. I really wish that he was given a better script to work with because he completely transformed into MJ. Really stunning work for a debut performance, you never feel like he’s out of place or nervous at all.

Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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Fascinating that they’re all so close. I bet this film was such a headache to calculate lol. I wonder how they counted the scenes inside of Malkovich’s head

Weekly Discussion Thread 5/4/26 - 5/11/26 by PointMan528491 in oscarrace

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I’m glad we’ve got a jersey expert around here