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I say semantics, but yes, I do agree that the thread is ultimately about this years nominees and for those that care to celebrate the Oscars and ceremony.

I only asked because the poster went through and disliked 8 of my posts within a 2 minute time frame. I don't believe they even bothered to read them properly. I don't think it was fine with them. I am content to leave the thread if it is causing precious umbrage with my subjective opinion...

I would beg to differ over the past 20yrs, compared to the last 20/30yrs of the 20th century.

So was mine.

A buzzword for films produced over the past 2 decades. Are you trolling me?

I'd say the doco's would perhaps be far more interesting and inviting than most of the nominated features.

I use instinct to be drawn to something that I find appealing. Watching these films, from what I have read of them and clips I have seen, would pretty much be a forgone conclusion in my eyes as to how I would feel about them. Even if well made and with the best of intentions, my point will still...

AMPAS can only go with current trends, yet these trends just don't seem to be representing anything fresh or original anymore and not to mention the deviation away from what cinema represents and Oscar is/was all about the cinema experience too. Best is all in the eye of the beholder, but I am...

I have already answered that in an earlier post.

There are some genuine pearls amongst the imitations, just not as much as there used to be. I guess I have just pushed a few buttons, but like I said earlier, like what you like and indulge in the 'millennial stuff' as you wish. Oscar has made many missteps in the past, to me, it appears he is...

'Millennial Stuff' is just my facetious way of saying I don't really care so much for what has been produced since the millennial hit, compared to what went before it. Like you said, the number of films released today may not be as deep, or perhaps not as substantive with original thematic...

I haven't seen any of them. If I do, it will be this one. Hollywood is at its best, when it represents its Hollywoodized versions of true stories. I believe Sidney Lumet's now classic Dog Day Afternoon - 75' met with similar criticism, yet what do critics expect from a story told in around 2hrs...

It has been the bane of a massive marketing machine to pander to current base tastes and exploit it for fiscal gain. That said, discussing Marvel is a little off topic.

Go on you tube and watch some Oscar presentations past. One may not agree with the choices, but the quality was far superior last century as far as I'm concerned to what Oscars present today. Subjective take, yet I feel most films today don't hold a candle to what has gone before and I'd say if...

I agree with you on Superhero movies. They have been the bane of cinema existence for the past decade. Whose to know if there would have been other potential Oscar contenders, but without the lockdowns, there would have been more films cinema released that would have made more of an impact on...

The cinema experience appears to be breaking down. It is now all supermarket movies. Oscars were already endorsing films from streaming services pre-pandemic. This year, they really haven't had much choice, but this has already been a calling card. If there was one beneficial thing to come out...

I am old school and I have been watching the Oscars since the very early 80's. Have not missed a show, yet I have also seen it degenerate and the quality of product is just not the same either. Old stuff rehashed as new when I feel and believe that much of it has been done better before. It is...

I'm not even interested this year. So much was shut out of competition due to pandemic and being held back, these films are just nominated for the sake of it and keeping in tradition of the ceremony.