Back in the 1970s...there was a particular year where just about every movie up for Oscar status was one step down from ‘super-status’. I see 2019 as a repeat...none of the eight movies seem to be that good (I’ve seen four of them). On Bohemian Rhapsody, it’s a nice tidy movie with the musical scores but beyond that....it’s not ‘super-status’. The Favorite is more of a ‘wicked’ comedy and maybe sixty chuckles throughout the movie, but it’s not ‘super-status’. Black Panther was your typical Marvel movie with a great theme, and decent story....but it was not ‘super-status’. From the 15 minutes I spent watching A Star is Born....it doesn’t measure up with the 1937 classic.
The sad thing is that last year....there were five terrific movies up and you could only select one of them....all five would have easily bested anything for this year’s Oscar.
And the best nominated movie, is “Cold War” which is nominated for Best Foreign Language film.
Being a fan of Polish music, I saw, and it was great.