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seaweedstarshine · 9 months ago

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To be fair they NEVER let franchises win anything I swear

They’re snobs !!!!!

Don't get me wrong, I think it deserved Best Picture!!! but I know that's unreasonable to expect of those snobs. </3 Like, sometimes they make exceptions for categories that are less about the main content of the films, most often Best Visual Effects.

I remember last year Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was nominated for Best Original Song (it deserved to WIN). A Best Original Score nomination for A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes shouldn't be too much to ask for 😭

(You're SO right anon and they need to take a real hard look.)

#I can't lie I saw Barbie and Oppenheimer and very few of other things that were nominated this year (some that were just in one category)#so *maybe* there's something else spectacular I didn't see. MAYBE. (I can bet the Oscar ppl didnt see aBoSaS)#but the message of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes felt more culturally *relevant* to this moment than either Barbie or Oppenheimer #coming on an election year where the country is extremely divided. lotta dehumanizing of political opponents happening #not to mention some of the things being said by our leaders about the genocide in Palestine are very reminiscient #the way it shows someone as evil as Coriolanus Snow as just a normal guy with good and bad in his life- capable of evil bc of his choices?#it isn't done nearly enough in villain origins and rarely as well as it was in this one (or the book!! the book <3 )#it’s something a lot of ppl need to hear right now if I’m being honest #I also think a Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has more complex themes if I might be so bold #and I liked barbenheimer!! they were both fine. just not as much so. but the Oscar snobs will never see that #Oppenheimer didn't grapple with the impact of the bomb nearly enough let alone that nuclear testing site #words by seaweed #thanks for the ask anon I fully agree with you!

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