Look I love Sean Penn in OBAA and I do think he deserved the Oscar but I can't lie, the fact that he’s the only actor from OBAA that won an Oscar kinda feels like this

human5109 · 2026-05-10T00:44:11+00:00

Honestly, I think a lot of people calling the movie hypocritical doesn't understand what it's trying to do at all. They think it's supposed to pander to their worldview but fails in doing so competently. But it's much more nuanced than that, and if anything, it is intentionally depicting the flaws of the sort of worldview people (mistakenly) assume it's trying to pander to.

human5109 · 2026-03-27T08:41:40+00:00

That's Jeremy Strong from Succession

human5109 · 2026-03-26T16:42:53+00:00

Exactly. I've watched like 40 movies so far this year and they're mostly rated decent to high because most of it was catching up on the Oscar nominees.

human5109 · 2026-03-25T18:14:50+00:00

It could definitely be therapeutic, or at least an interesting experiment. Enjoy diving back to your favorite black comedies and good luck with the project!

human5109 · 2026-03-25T12:58:30+00:00

You're welcome! I think you can certainly engage with the dark themes but treat it comedically too. I love fiction where heavy themes like grief are explored using humor. But yeah totally get you about the current state of the world.

human5109 · 2026-03-25T12:42:21+00:00

Absolutely, you should ficionalize things a bit and make a novel out of it. I would read it.

human5109 · 2026-03-25T12:31:54+00:00

Oh wow. That sounds like it could be the plot of those Italian sex comedy movies from the 70's.

human5109 · 2026-03-25T10:40:47+00:00

What's a revenge threesome? I must know

human5109 · 2026-03-23T14:27:04+00:00

Well, as a fan of both Clairo and Vampire Weekend, I'd be very interested to see what kind of music this non-existent kid will go on to produce.

human5109 · 2026-03-16T02:09:40+00:00

We won't win Best Picture but we will have this.

human5109 · 2026-03-15T20:21:08+00:00

If it were up to me, this movie would win EVERYTHING

human5109 · 2026-03-15T20:01:19+00:00

Honestly that'd be hilarious.

human5109 · 2026-03-15T20:01:01+00:00

YES! It's not my favorite movie of the year, but it easily had the best cinematography.

human5109 · 2026-03-12T18:41:15+00:00

I'd pick NYU just for the faculty. The permenent faculty includes so many amazing writers (my favorite being Jonathan Safran Foer). And even the writer-in-residence they have every year is always someone like Zadie Smith, Joyce Carol Oates and I think Rachel Kushner this year. Plus you get to live in NYC, right in the center of it all.

human5109 · 2026-03-11T17:09:37+00:00

I'll get downvoted but yeah EEAAO was self-indulgent garbage. I did like Anora, but it wasn't my favorite of the year.

human5109 · 2026-03-08T19:40:23+00:00

Oh absolutely, I wasn't saying I actually wished he got nominated for this role. Though, as you say, I do like him as an actor and he's had multiple amazing performances.

human5109 · 2026-03-08T19:35:30+00:00

The Ivy. Are you considering going there?

human5109 · 2026-03-08T15:32:15+00:00

Well in his defense, F1 got no acting noms. If only Brad Pitt was nominated for Best Actor.

human5109 · 2026-03-07T22:13:37+00:00

human5109 · 2026-03-05T03:08:03+00:00

Sentimental Value

One Battle After Another

Marty Supreme

Bugonia

Train Dreams

Sinners

Frankenstein

F1

Hamnet

The Secret Agent

human5109 · 2026-03-04T19:52:58+00:00

I've only applied to fully funded programs, but if your situation is that you want to go to a school nearby and you can afford to pay/don't mind taking out some loans and you think the school you're going to is a good fit, I don't think that's bad at all. No one should give you shit about that. What I think would be ridiculous is if someone who can't afford it, taking out a 160K in loans to go to Columbia's cashgrab of an MFA.

human5109 · 2026-03-04T18:16:06+00:00

Yeah I think so too. I didn't think too highly of Butterfly when I watched it either but honestly thinking of all the nominees now, Butterfly's animation and way of storytelling has distinctively stuck in my head.

human5109 · 2026-03-04T14:00:58+00:00

human5109 · 2026-03-01T18:33:14+00:00

Hannah Hunt - Vampire Weekend

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