Oscar snub?
Surprised by its lack of oscars tbh. Foster nomination especially. Best picture nom? The special FX, for Petes sake. Screenplay? Strange.
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Those were the years when Oscar categories actually made sense. None of the "Best Actor, male" and "Best Actor, female" crap. People were properly awarded with "Best Actor" and "Best Actress" awards.
And none of the International movies winning in International category and Best Picture category.
I looked up the Oscars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_Academy_Awards and yeah, it was a joke.
I mean for Visual effects Titanic won over Lost World: Jurassic Park and Starship Troopers.
Hollywood is stupid and racist and biased as usual. Giving wrong awards like Oscar to Denzel for Training Day over Russell Crowe, Roberto Benigni over Tom Hanks, Heath Ledger because he OD'd and died etc.
Foster was terrible. The film was terrible. The effects were good.
shareI thought the film was pretty mediocre. If you want good sci-fi see 2001: Space Odyssey, the original Star Wars, and Logan's Run. This one wasn't quite as bad as that Amy Adams one though.
shareIt's a fine film but it's not an Oscar level film. Not even close.
shareThis is a B-level film. Maybe B+ max. Good movie, but not legendarily good.
Not Oscar level.