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This movie is a 6/10…

posted 8 months ago by MoviesStillSuck (520)
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At MOST. Nothing personal against Nolan, but Best Picture? Really?

[–] Tina (725) 5 months ago

This movie is overrated. I can see why Cillian Murphy was nominated but the win was unjustifiable. Robert Downey Jr performance was okay. It's not memorable at all.

[–] MoviesStillSuck (520) 5 months ago

I think my dislike of Downey makes it hard to judge his performance in the movie, though I truly remember nothing about it.

[–] Tina (725) 5 months ago

I know what you mean. Robert Downey's behavior when he won the Oscar made me dislike him.
But I don't feel biased at all. I'm still able to identify a great performance when I see one. I felt that Downey Jr's performance in this film probably wasn't the best out of the nominees.

I thought Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things was a stronger performance.

[–] capuchin (3182) 5 months ago

I'd probably stretch to a 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. But it wouldn't have been my choice for best picture either. It's solid, it's well-crafted and it's precisely the kind of thing that the Academy usually rewards: 'important' subject matter. Historical epic / biopic. Big name director with a track record. Mostly rendered in classical style (despite being non-linear). Etc. Not terribly interesting as a piece of filmmaking, but unquestionably polished. That's the kind of thing they routinely go for. *Shrug*

[–] SemiAnimus (2353) 4 months ago

This tedious example of poor editing would have been overlooked and forgotten by now if marketing hadn't convinced so many people that they were supposed to either like Barbie or Oppenheimer, with a preference for the latter supposedly being a mark of intelligence and sophistication.