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The Academy said “NO” to Oscar bait movies this year. What went right?


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Every year, movies that nobody wants to see in theaters wins big across the board at the academy awards. 
 

Every now and then, a big mainstream movie that was well liked and well received by the GP wins big. That seems to be the case in 2023 with EEAO cleaning up in almost every major category. 
 

Is Hollywood changing its ways? 

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I don't agree with this. The whale was Oscar bait from the first screenshot.

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EEAO is oscar bait written by redditors

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3 minutes ago, Take Me Apart said:

EEAO is oscar bait written by redditors

Nonsense. The movie is intelligent, diverse, and highlights kindness / love / acceptance at its core. Almost the antithesis of Reddit. 

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All Quiet was pretty baity, but the industry is clearly losing their taste for traditional bait based on how The Power of the Dog and Fabelmans both flopped.

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Thank god, it they continue to reward those Oscar bait films, Hollywood might as well die at this point.

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What do you mean? The whale and AQATWF are the movies that won most awards and they are pure oscar bait
Also all of the acting wins are exactly what always wins at the oscars. Career awards 

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I was gonna tell y'all to stop before someone calls EEAAO an 'Oscar bait' when it's literally the complete opposite of it (and actually INSANE to say when you look at some of the other movies it was up against), but I see I was too late :dies:

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The whale is very oscar bait. 

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Not someone calls EEAAO an ‘Oscar bait’ with buttplug and dildo in it.:ahh:

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22 minutes ago, Take Me Apart said:

EEAO is oscar bait written by redditors

Maybe in your head, but not in real life :rip:

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22 minutes ago, Take Me Apart said:

EEAO is oscar bait written by redditors

Drag IT

 

Most of the recent BP winners haven't been Oscar bait anyway and the narrative surrounding EEAAO was way too loud to ignore it

 

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7 minutes ago, Digitalism said:

What do you mean? The whale and AQATWF are the movies that won most awards and they are pure oscar bait
Also all of the acting wins are exactly what always wins at the oscars. Career awards 

The Whale won 2 awards, and All Quiet won 4, how did they win “the most” when EEAAO won 7? :rip: Learning to count is so important, dear.

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25 minutes ago, Take Me Apart said:

EEAO is oscar bait written by redditors

The movie literally came out in March/April of last year. No one was even expecting it to be nominated during awards season back then let alone be the darling of it.

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1 minute ago, Betty White said:

Drag IT

 

Most of the recent BP winners haven't been Oscar bait anyway and the narrative surrounding EEAAO was way too loud to ignore it

 

You've been on every thread thrashing (best picture winner) EEAAO :skull: Did The Daniels kill your dog or something?

 

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Excellence won for once! The most anti-Oscar movie winning BP... yeah that's history

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28 minutes ago, Take Me Apart said:

EEAO is oscar bait written by redditors

Oh just ******* seethe :ahh: 

 

6 minutes ago, Betty White said:

Drag IT

 

Most of the recent BP winners haven't been Oscar bait anyway and the narrative surrounding EEAAO was way too loud to ignore it

 

What exactly is Oscar bait about it? :ahh: 

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8 minutes ago, TROPICUM said:

You've been on every thread thrashing (best picture winner) EEAAO :skull: Did The Daniels kill your dog or something?

 

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Excellence won for once! The most anti-Oscar movie winning BP... yeah that's history

It's the worst BP winner of the century, you know I had to drag it a bit. Haven't seen Crash and No Country yet tho xx 

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38 minutes ago, Take Me Apart said:

EEAO is oscar bait written by redditors

I get “Reddit” even tho I disagree but it’s not Oscar bait ..like it’s just not.  :michael:

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EEAAO was just beloved and had a great narrative. all quiet (a classic oscars choice) beat top gun, avatar 2, wakanda forever, and other crowd pleasers in the technical categories EEAAO didn't win. wouldn't really consider it a sea change for the academy but EEAAO's power probably wouldn't be something anyone would've predicted a year ago. 

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27 minutes ago, Digitalism said:

What do you mean? The whale and AQATWF are the movies that won and they are pure oscar bait

that's correct.

 

A Transformative Makeup Performance, directed by Aronofsky

A Remake of a BP winner

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1 hour ago, Take Me Apart said:

EEAO is oscar bait written by redditors

Say what you want about EEAAO but it really couldn’t be less of Oscar bait, from the multiverse concept, to the humor (dildos and Racacouille), to the casting (predominantly Asian), to the release (spring).

 

I see what you mean about the Reddit thing, but it’s still an excellent film, annd easily the best since Parasite.

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I'm glad Austin Butler lost. 

Posted
1 hour ago, Take Me Apart said:

EEAO is oscar bait written by redditors

You don't know what an Oscar bait is. Next time do your research before say something that doesn't make any sense.

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1 hour ago, Take Me Apart said:

EEAO is oscar bait written by redditors

:giraffe:

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as someone with newly divorced vietnamese immigrants as parents, while also having them come to terms with my sexuality, EEAAO is absolutely not oscar bait lmao. :giraffe:

 

and i supposed this music video that the Daniels directed is also a “reddit thing”… give me a ####ing break

 

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