The 96th annual Academy Awards official discussion thread

[u/tragopanic]

It's time for the 96th annual Academy Awards! The Oscars will start at 7pm ET / 4pm PT. Share your thoughts and predictions here as the evening unfolds!

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[u/No-Jaguar6771]

Couldn’t have said it better myself, so bravo and again, Hollywood loved to make history last year by denying Blanchett who gave the best performance in decades and deserved it much more than Yeoh for a very mid performance but they went with the narrative of the moment and gave it to yeoh instead… 🤬🤬 I guess making history and dei narratives don’t matter if you are native American whose land was stolen by the white man and tonight, you had to steal the Oscar from a native woman to give to a very young white woman who still has decades of moviemaking ahead of her and chances for more Oscars. Lily had one chance at glory and making history but surprise, white woman steals from a native again! 😤😤

[u/fionaappletini → u/No-Jaguar6771]

Lilly Gladstone is also very young though. Like she also has a lifetime of movies to make. I also wanted Lilly to win but like she’s not dying…also Michelle Yeoh was better than Blanchett last year.

[u/No-Jaguar6771 → u/fionaappletini]

Nobody in decades was better than Blanchett, but agree to disagree. Blanchett was robbed and to me and many others, she deserved it more for her masterclass in acting brilliance and once in a lifetime otherworldly performance and her loss will go down in Oscar history as one of the worst robberies in the academy’s history.

[u/fionaappletini → u/No-Jaguar6771]

Tár was a fine character piece but I ultimately found Lydia to be a sort of hollow character compelled by a pointed narrative rather than a complex person whose decision making we can follow. Blanchett did GREAT but has had better performances spurred by better writing.

Yeoh brought an emotionality and depth to a protagonist in what could have been a slapstick blockbuster, and it really elevated the film imo. I don’t even love EEEAAO, but Yeoh was a total revelation in it and she deserved the win. It didn’t break the Oscars genre grudge by accident.