Comment on Am I strange for not loving Everything Everywhere All At Once?

• AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Kind” of movie? No particular kind. Here, look at the Wikipedia page on the best picture awards and scan through the winners. There’s quite a variety of type of movie, but I feel like the caliber is generally higher. You, of course, might disagree.

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  • xyzzy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m very familiar with the best picture winners. The only qualification is that the members voted for it. And the members are creatives in the film industry who either have already won an Oscar for something like best actor or best director or who have been sponsored by multiple other members for membership.

    So those members clearly recognized or connected to something in the movie that has merit to vote for it for best picture. I think it was the fact that it was both unique and surreal but also accessible with an emotional core. Personally, I’d rather see more films that take chances like that than traditional “Oscar bait” (most of which I also enjoy).

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    • AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Honestly, I’m glad people enjoyed it. I also have zero problem with unusual Oscar winners, and I love movies that take chances. And, as I keep saying, I didn’t dislike this one. It just didn’t seem remarkable to me. But it’s a subjective thing - as you say, clearly a lot of other people felt differently.

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