![]() Interestingly, one is about the first case of J. They are told from two different perspectives at different times in history. So that’s gonna be a fun one to wade through.īy contrast, Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon are American sagas about our complicated, often ugly past. But Poor Things, directed by a man, is the better film. Greta Gerwig directed Barbie, which shattered box office records and has become a cultural phenom. But that also pits them against each other - and when that happens, Poor Things runs the table in nearly every area except one. The two films are great fodder for exhaustive essays on feminism, coming soon to a media outlet near you. But ultimately, their messages are exactly the same thing: an awakening that educates them of the trappings of a repressive patriarchy that they then must escape in order to forge their own paths. One is completely absent sexuality (until the very end) and one is defined by it. Both are kind of about the same thing, more or less. Poor Things and Barbie are the two films with female leads that seem headed for Best Picture. Poor Things is absolutely in keeping with this ideology, as it centers on female empowerment, feminism, and more or less portrays a protagonist who doesn’t really need a man at all except as either emotional support or sexual satisfaction. It feels like it’s related to what has happened to the industry over the past seven years or so, where identity politics has swallowed up nearly every aspect of American culture. You’ll notice that since the expanded ballot era, Best Actor and Picture have gone to the same film only twice. Meanwhile, Best Actor has matched with Best Picture 26 times, consecutive years in bold:ġ934 - Clark Gable, It Happened One Nightġ946 - Frederic March, The Best Years of Our Livesġ949 - Broderick Crawford, All the King’s Menġ957 - Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwaiġ966 - Paul Scofield, A Man for All Seasonsġ967 - Rod Steiger, In the Heat of the Nightġ971 - Gene Hackman, The French Connectionġ975 - Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nestġ991 - Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs ![]() Last year was the fourth time it happened in such close proximity, after 1934 & 1936, 1975 &1977, and 1989 & 1991.ġ934 - Claudette Colbert, It Happened One Nightġ975 - Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nestġ983 - Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearmentġ991 - Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambsġ998 - Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in LoveĢ022 - Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once Let’s take a quick look at movies that won both Picture and Actress - just 13 times in all Oscar history. Two out of the three won both Best Actress and Best Picture, which does seem like a reemerging trend that not been seen in a very long time. The last three Best Picture winners have all been driven by female leads: 2020’s Nomadland, 2021’s CODA, and last year’s winner, Everything Everywhere All at Once. Visually, it’s wild, surreal, and beautiful. Yorgos Lanthimos has made a must-see film on the basis of the sexual content alone, but it’s more than that. The film played like gangbusters at the Academy apparently, but more importantly, it could be that Everything Everywhere All at Once-kind of movie that reawakens a generation to movies. I can sense already just from Twitter’s reaction to Poor Things that they have likely chosen their mojo movie. It’s kind of a game of Goldilocks - the porridge is too hot, the porridge is too cold, the porridge is just right. Which film does the hive mind identify with? Which film do they feel connects with them? ![]() ![]() Oscar season now seems to be kind of like watching a reality show: which favorite captures the heart of the hive mind and which one doesn’t is usually how things seem to be playing out now. Several upcoming titles might shift things again significantly - but at the moment, the most-buzzed film so far has been Poor Things without a doubt. The film festival phase isn’t over yet, as each new festival rewrites the narrative. This is a cautionary tale from last year when Cate Blanchett took the early lead and was widely expected to win her second Best Actress Oscar. The biggest shake-up is Poor Things, which launched Emma Stone into frontrunner status in the Best Actress category. Now that Telluride and Venice have concluded, some things have changed, others have stayed the same. Download: 2024 Oscar Predictions for Best Picture - "Poor Things" Shifts the Race
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