Because it was considered by most to be one of the best films of the year. It received critical and FAN praise, it destroyed the box office and it was also nominated and I believe won a few categories at the Golden Globes. Many people expected at least one Oscar nomination.
shareI would rather have you explain why it couldn't be nominated. What was it about deadpool that made it a picture not worthy of the praise of the academy?
shareit was a pile of trash
shareMature response that definitely warrants a conversation :S
shareDO you really think anyone would place Deadpool on the same line as Manchester by the Sea or Arrival? LOL.
Deadpool is recycled trash. It has plot that is as generic as any Marvel comicbook hero. You can literally replace Spider-man or Ironman with Ryan Reynolds acting as himself or his big screen version, Van Wilder, in the origin movies of Spider-man or Ironman and you get Deadpool. Guy has a girl, then gets powers. He is then overwhelmed by this power, has some existential crisis, eventually overcomes this to show off to the girl. He then faces a cartoony villain that has the same plastic, 2-dimensional, cardboard traits as any villain in any superhero movie. Of course, the hero aways has a loser sidekick who provides the laughs, and the villain has his own henchmen who always appear like morons. Hero fights the villain, and then wins with the girl.
That is the plot of Deadpool, with a screenplay straight from a comic book. It's extremely silly and mediocre. If a film like The Dark Knight could not nab a nomination, then let's not be too ambitious for Deadpool.
"DO you really think anyone would place Deadpool on the same line as Manchester by the Sea or Arrival? LOL. "
- Did i say this? - But since you ask. I would never directly compare movies from such different genres, but i would compare the quality of the content of the genres to each other. - And vis-a-vis quality etc. arrival is poor, and a typical "oscar" bait movie, that morons always fall for.
As far as the rest goes... you can do that to most any movie, especially if you hate the movie. So i would never response to such trivial negativity.
No, Oscar bait would be something like Spotlight, Hidden Figures, Fences.
It sounds like you have not even seen Arrival. Go watch it, and educate yourself. It should cleanse yourself from the filth of Deadpool.
Haha, little loser hating on Deadpool? Life hasnt been kind to you has it? Fucking tool
shareIt had a generic plot, a one-dimensional villain, and was filled with juvenile humour (dick jokes and such). Don't get me wrong, I loved Deadpool, I gave it an 8/10. It was hilarious but other than the funny one liners and the leading performance, it really wasn't anything special. It just felt fresh in the genre that many people are already getting tired of (I am still a sucker for comic book movies though).
Maybe I am just accustomed to how pretentious the Oscar's are and how they are always up their own ass, so I don't see a movie like Deadpool doing well there anyway. Deadpool just didn't scream Oscar caliber to me when I saw it. Although I would watch Deadpool a hundred times before rewatching many movies that are considered Oscar caliber. At least Deadpool was entertaining and fun.
That explanation is my problem with this whole thing. People love it, people like you would watch it over so called oscar movies and so on... yet deadpool shouldn't be considered by the academy? Wether you realize it or not you act exactly like that which you said you didn't like, they have accustomed you to it.
Just imagine if deadpool would have been nominated, that could have opened the whole game up and get more movies considered going forward. No genre should be dismissed by default, like people do with comic movies, even if the quality is as high as deadpool.
I said I enjoyed Deadpool and found it hilarious, I didn't say I thought it was of an exceptionally high quality. I like to rewatch movies like The Other Guys and Step Brothers, does that mean they should be Oscar worthy? Maybe I am accustomed to the Oscar's traditional style, but in the end I don't need a movie to win an Oscar for me to enjoy it. I can see that the Oscar prefers to look at the screenwriting and the subjects discussed in the film (with a few exceptions of course). If Deadpool blew me away and made me think it was groundbreaking and truly magnificent then sure, I would be complaining that it didn't get nominated. But it didn't blow me away, it was just funny and had an accurate depiction of a comic book character. The Oscar's also like to go for unique and original movies and ideas, Deadpool may have been R rated which allowed for more raunchy comedy (and the focus on comedy while making fun of the superhero genre was great), but in the end the story was pretty much something we have all seen before.
shareNo, you said "I loved Deadpool, I gave it an 8/10" You said you loved it, seems like high praise, no? I am confused, people use wrong wordings then... and no, movies you like to rewatch does not automatically warrant award nominations, did i in any way imply this?
I do not know what you think the academy does, but you write they go for unique and original movies and ideas... but i can guarantee you that is incorrect. The academy is foul and full of politics, and that is a problem and exactly why a wuality movie like deadpool should have been considered. - But you will never agree, since you have a preset determination and opinon about what qualifies as "oscar material", which is sad, and the fact you mention movies like the other guys and step brothers just further proves my point.
Let's just be done with this conversation, it will go nowhere... and you can rest easy since deadpool did not get any nomination, and the oscar will remain as fou las it has been.
lol. 65 metascore says it all. It's an overrated, excessive violent, juvenile humorous POS.
I for one loved that it didn't get 1 single Oscar nomination.
It's just too shallow.
Just su*k it up, fanboys!
Fucking loser hater. Go get laid for once why dont you! Or no, please dont, theres a chance you might reproduce... Fucking beta faggot
shareI don't think it was. It was very good, and hilarious, but I wouldn't put it on the same level as the films that were nominated.
Time wounds all heels.
Dude is right, it wasnt a snub. Some people were hoping for a nom, but I think that wouldve been a pretty big stretch. I mean the Golden globe noms and win(s) were already epic enough!
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