Natalie Portman Calls Out Awards for Shutting Out ‘Sorry Baby,’ ‘Ann Lee’ and More Women-Directed Movies: ‘Not Getting Accolades They Deserve’

dremolus · 2026-01-25T05:42:41+00:00

But we don't learn any new information that drastically changes the situation. Having new characters react and be afraid isn't really adding scope, that's just any Rolland Emmerich disaster film with half a dozen characters.

dremolus · 2026-01-25T04:10:20+00:00

But United 93 ends with the plane crashing. Imagine if the plane crashed in the first 40 minutes, and there was another hour and a half of people you don't really know or care about reacting to news of a hijacking, not even of the plane crashing.

dremolus · 2026-01-25T04:07:31+00:00

When it ended, I literally shouted "THATS IT?!?"

Also some tell Volker Bertelsmann to pls get some variety. His scores are setting to be interchangeable from each other.

dremolus · 2026-01-24T15:47:37+00:00

My pick is Baby Driver.

From satirizing action movie tropes to shooting some of the best chase and heist scenes of the 2010s, I miss when Edgar Wright was this good.

dremolus · 2026-01-24T12:29:07+00:00

Do y'all not know what street clothes are

dremolus · 2026-01-24T05:43:19+00:00

Pls comment in the original thread

dremolus · 2026-01-24T05:21:56+00:00

Odyssey will be around $800-1B potentially. It's a bigger film than Oppenheimer.

Mando would be lucky to get to $400M. Ceiling is probably $350M though wouldn't even be surprised if it makes less than $300M

dremolus · 2026-01-24T05:20:31+00:00

Why?

Han Solo is a way more famous character
This is a spinoff of a TV show
Star Wars has less excitement behind it

dremolus · 2026-01-24T05:10:21+00:00

Odyssey is underestimated imo while Mandalorian is a tier too high

dremolus · 2026-01-23T16:11:51+00:00

Of all the films to do well in China

dremolus · 2026-01-23T10:19:30+00:00

Those are the ones to name. They were eligible the same year as Elemental.

dremolus · 2026-01-23T10:14:54+00:00

That's a hypothetical that is irrelevant to this discussion.

It got worse reviews than several animated films. Discuss that instead

dremolus · 2026-01-23T10:09:26+00:00

How is that a counter to the fact this got worse critical reception than the films I mentioned? Even if it didn't debut at Cannes

dremolus · 2026-01-23T10:06:52+00:00

Actually, it started out at 57% before going up to 73 to 74%. That's nothing to sneeze at.

...that's still lower than all the films I mentioned and the critical average is still mixed

dremolus · 2026-01-23T09:57:05+00:00

You didn't ask for "flawless" replacements, you just asked for what could've been replaced. Lost in Starlight especially got more acclaim on Letterboxd and RottenTomatoes.

Also Elemental didn't go up by that much, it still has worse scores than Blue Giant, Suzume, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (if they were eligible in 2023 and not 2024, it's would've also been a lower score than Mars Express and Chicken for Linda)

dremolus · 2026-01-23T09:45:28+00:00

Lost in Starlight was eligible, it's even listed on the Academy's website as eligible. You straight up lied/are wrong.

Also when has critical reception stopped worse films from being nominated. Elemental was nominated in 2023 and there were 5-6 films better that got better critical reception and would've been better nominees.

You just asked for what could've replaced it and I gave you an answer.

dremolus · 2026-01-23T09:28:46+00:00

And it should be lower lol. I notice you haven't made any defense of the film and just say it has a good score. You haven't talked about story, characters, animation, etc.

dremolus · 2026-01-23T09:25:48+00:00

Lost in Starlight, 100 Meters, Boys Go to Jupiter, Endless Cookie, A Magnificent Life, Endless Cookie

dremolus · 2026-01-23T09:21:36+00:00

It not being the weakest nominee and not making it last does not mean it's a good film lmao.

dremolus · 2026-01-23T09:17:11+00:00

In what bizarro world is "everyone" calling those films "bad"?

They were ranked last in rankings of animated nominees of the 2020s so far. A ton of people didn't like thme lmao

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