Best Picture Nomination Break Down
By David Josselyn
The 92nd Annual Academy Awards is just around the corner, Sunday, February 9 (already?), so here is my take on the Best Picture nominations, plus a few others. To prepare, my lovely and talented daughter and I have been drilling down on the technical aspects of the nominations, at least those we have been able to see to this point. With five under our belt, we have seen the majority and by the time the ceremony airs, will have seen them all. This year’s nominations come with cultural and gender controversy and the Academy is once again accused of “white-washing” their awards which seems to communicate a clear message to people of color and women, “you are not welcome here.” In fact, Joaquin Phoenix said as much when he accepted a Best Actor award at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards show. This begs the question, did the American Academy fare any better or were excellent movies overlooked? It is my opinion that the Academy did not dive deep enough into 2019’s repertoire of film’s offered for their consideration to find the very best; instead defaulting to what they were already familiar with or were affiliated with. Nevertheless, the films considered have been narrowed down to the following nine: “1917,” “Ford V Ferrari,” “The Irishman,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Joker,” “Little Women,” “Marriage Story,” “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood,” and “Parasite.” Emulating the Academy voters themselves (not watching all of them at time of voting), I will now present my own predictions for each movie.
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