My thoughts on the Oscars
/You may be wondering why this post is coming out so long after the Oscars, but I wanted to make sure that I saw most of the important nominees before posting this!
I was unable to watch every movie out there but I did manage to watch quite a few. These are the ones that I have seen:
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Lady Bird
- Darkest Hour
- I, Tonya
- Dunkirk
- The Shape of Water
- The Post
I want to first discuss a huge Oscars snub for Martin McDonagh for Three Billboards, how and I mean HOW was Martin not nominated for Best Director? Three Billboards was one of the best movies I have seen in the last five years. It is funny, sad, slick as hell and oh so witty! There was nothing I disliked about the film or cast, hands down this was the best movie nominated this year.
Since Martin was not nominated as Best Director, I assumed that Christopher Nolan would win for Dunkirk. Anyone that saw this movie would of gasped at how beautiful it was, the soundtrack and ambience of this film kept me on the edge of my seat and holding my breath without me even realising. We have all heard this at some point, but this year was meant to be Nolan's year, he DESERVED to win Best Director and has definitely paid his dues.
Moving on to the Best Actor category, Gary Oldman won and rightly so! Although I was not the biggest fan of Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman's performance was nothing short of brilliant. While I was watching this movie, I did not fall in the love the film per se but I believed that I was watching Churchill on screen and not Gary Oldman. His acceptance speech was also the best one of the night. (I may be a bit biased since he is one of my favourite actors)
Frances McDormand went on to win Best Actress for Three Billboards and I couldn't be happier for her. She was the best thing in the film and you can totally see that the role was written with her in mind, no one could of done it better justice.
I think it is quite clear how much I love Three Billboards, and if you have not yet seen it make sure you go soon, you may even still catch it on the big screen. You will not regret seeing this masterpiece, I assure you.
So we have discussed who should of won, but who actually won Best Director and Best Film? Yup, you guess it! Guillermo Del Toro won for The Shape of Water which also went on to win best movie. I am not saying that Guillermo is a bad director, I just don't think this movie was very good. I was not invested in any of the characters, and the movie did not draw me in at all. What I will say though, is visually the movie was stunning, just lacking a story is all! Another Director I thought was overrated and should not have been nominated was Greta Gerwig, I was really looking forward to watching Lady Bird and was then hugely disappointed. There are just better movies out there if one were to compare that genre to others such as Juno and Thirteen (be warned, Thirteen is dark but oh so good)
Once again the Oscars got it wrong, every year I lose faith in them even more, if that is even possible at this stage. At least the BAFTA and SAG awards got it right! Did your favourites win this year? Although the Oscars can be quite disappointing, I always love watching all the nominees and scoring them to my standards ... I look forward to next year!
