This was so mediocre.

I wouldn't go in as hard as you did movienerd. I definitely think Mortensen and Ali are both excellent in this. But boy did it knock us on the head that the south was racist as hell, how many scenes of Ali been racially abused or turned away from somewhere. Do they need 5 or 6 scenes to tell us that. Also at 2hrs 10mins it was far too long, could have done with 25 mins cut out of it. I did like it dealt with Don Shirley sexuality and that Tony Lip was racist and filmmakers didn't cover it up.

Ali does deserve the award's he's getting but I wasn't blown away by this.

Maybe, but in the desolation of a movie industry that produces so much trash I guess mediocre can win awards.

I totally agree. I have just seen it, and can't believe this Very average movie has had such a buzz about it. Very very dull really

The Oscars have become so pc that they have diluted the meaning of art.

I'd pull out the world's smallest violin but I hate classical music.

It felt very shallow. No depth. And longer than it needed to be.

I do know that most of what comes out of Hollywood is mediocre these days and this is definitely a step above.
I liked it and most everything else bores me silly ....so I refrain from dissing anything that entertains me.

Not mediocre. A very good film. Well acted and directed. In most true story movies, the pacing suffers but that was not a problem here (like it often is in other true story films like Fargo). The movie was pleasant and engaging.
Oscars mean nothing to me so I don't really care if a fine movie like this won or didn't. Awards shows are arbitrary. Have always been.