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1 posted on 01/23/2025 8:09:39 AM PST by Red Badger
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All these movies when introduced at golden globes. The young people around here averted their eyes. They said they were horrific movies. I know wicked is horrific


2 posted on 01/23/2025 8:11:08 AM PST by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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Didn’t see any of them, and don’t intend to see any of them.


3 posted on 01/23/2025 8:12:02 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Already posted. And my thread has a better headline

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4292122/posts


4 posted on 01/23/2025 8:12:05 AM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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Never heard of them. Typical liberal Oscar nominations.


6 posted on 01/23/2025 8:13:58 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The Dark Days are over. We don't want your criminals. Stop sending your scum to America!)
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Who gives a good rat’s ass about anything spewed by hollyweird?


8 posted on 01/23/2025 8:18:30 AM PST by Redleg Duke (“Time to Play Cowboys and Snowflakes!”)
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Does anyone even care about these stupid awards anymore? I have no interest in watching a bunch of elitists pat each other on the back and preach to us how we should be living.


10 posted on 01/23/2025 8:23:25 AM PST by BobinIL
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Remember when they used to make films we would actually watch?


11 posted on 01/23/2025 8:23:42 AM PST by MAGA2017
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This will be the first year I haven’t seen a single one of the “Best Picture” nominees - and I have no plans to see any of them.

All appear to be uninteresting, except for “A Complete Unknown” - I’m waiting for that one to come on streaming.


13 posted on 01/23/2025 8:24:58 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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Wicked is fantastic. Wife and I have seen it 8 times in various cities and large venue settings. The music is awesome, the story is clever and in the stage version the end of act one, “Defying Gravity,” should bring you to tears unless you have no heart.

The film adaptation was good, very complimentary to the stage production but the only big thing it did was add A LOT of CGI so I don’t believe it should take Best Picture. We like this far more than we like Hamilton.
14 posted on 01/23/2025 8:27:06 AM PST by The Louiswu (You get what you vote for, good and hard.)
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“Reagan” totally shut out. Of course it is.


18 posted on 01/23/2025 8:31:28 AM PST by MikelTackNailer (NewRome Tacitus)
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I just read the other day that the order has come down that nominees must be trans, other aberrant types, or poc. Sorry, can’t remember where I read it.


19 posted on 01/23/2025 8:31:56 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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Oscar’s first name is 2025?

WGAF ...


20 posted on 01/23/2025 8:38:41 AM PST by ByteMercenary (Liberalism is a mental disorder.)
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Emilia Pérez is transgender Woke nonsense. The Brutalist is disappointing. It could have been good but isn’t. Wicked is a nice movie with catchy tunes. None deserve Oscars or even to be nominated. Then again, I never watch them so I don’t care.


21 posted on 01/23/2025 8:39:39 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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I think the Emilia Perez movie is all about gender dysphagia and trans surgery. Not suprised it had the most nominations. Hard pass on that one.


22 posted on 01/23/2025 8:51:01 AM PST by vivenne (7Come to think of it. )
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The best movie ever made has already been made. If you love movies, buy physical media while you still can.


24 posted on 01/23/2025 8:52:10 AM PST by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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The best woman for the job is a man.


27 posted on 01/23/2025 8:54:54 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I’m under the impression that the goal of wicked is to find excuses for wicked and evil behavior.


30 posted on 01/23/2025 8:56:40 AM PST by DouglasKC
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RE: 2025 Oscar nominations: ‘Emilia Pérez’ leads with 13 nods, followed by ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Wicked’ with 10

Honestly, other than ‘Wicked’, I am not aware of any of these films listed.


36 posted on 01/23/2025 9:03:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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The thing that jumped out at me was how heavily the Best Picture, Best Director and acting nominations are concentrated on a handful of films. I’ve been arguing all year that 2024 was an awful year for movies because, given the lead time on movies, we’re still in the rainshadow of the actors’ and writers’ strikes. In prior years, I’ve had no difficulty finding a half a dozen or more movies to recommend; not so in 2024. My fingers are crossed on 2025 as more post-strike stuff starts to come out. I also think that we are clearly past peak woke, which can only help.

Of the current Best Picture nominees, the only one I’ve seen is Dune 2, and that did not impress me. We enjoyed Wicked when we saw it on the stage, but the movie holds no interest for me. I will probably check out a couple of the others eventually, but I am under motivated at this point.

I’m a bit surprised that Saiorse Ronan didn’t get a Best Actress nomination for The Outrun, but not having seen any of the others, I will withhold my grumping.


37 posted on 01/23/2025 9:04:23 AM PST by sphinx
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How that snide donut licking midget cheating homewrecker, got nominated I don’t know, but then I don’t watch anyway.


38 posted on 01/23/2025 9:08:25 AM PST by Whatever Works (The real power lies in who counts the votes and controls the teleprompter.)
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