2019 Oscar Nominations

Hadn't seen a bunch of these. And the only one I thought was the best is getting controversy for making it about a "White savior." Actually two of them play this..."BlacKKKlansman" is about a newly minted Black detective who has to use his White partner to infiltrate the Klan. And "Green Book" is about a Black musician who is driven around by a White man through the deep south.

Personally, fuck both these films and let "The Favourite" win. I enjoyed the film for it simply existing as a film. You know if you gave the Best Picture to "Bohemian Rhapsody" the name Bryan Singer will come back to haunt you. And what the flying fuck is the deal with putting "Roma" in Best Picture and then Foreign Best Picture. These awards are getting weirder and weirder. It's like the adults left the business and handed it to their Ritalin induced kids.

I haven't seen "A Star Is Born" since Lady Gaga's face troubles me. Not that I don't think she's pretty, but she really wants everyone to think she is, by protesting how it's not about looks...then dressing up like a freak doll my Grandma use to have around in the 70's. So if it's not about looks, why not just always have t-shirt and jeans and go out on stage. Why the elaborate get up?
Oh right, it's a show.

The biggest gripe is the gripe I have every year. ZERO Asian actors ever. I challenged a friend to name one (trick question, there has only been ONE Best Actor). He won both times. Ben Kingsley. Who isn't even what you would consider the Asian we recognize as Asian cinema.
Now you can argue that Hong Kong, China, Japan and Korea have their own cinema. But so does Mexico. Yet...fuck Alfonso Cuaron. I can't get through any of his films. Guy rides on Hollywood's sympathy of being just a Mexican director of human stories. They're fucking boring (I guess so is life). But also...he was nominated for cinematography. Seriously. Because he shot a home movie. This is what it comes down to.

But whatever, I've said it in the past, these awards mean nothing, but at least don't pretend to be progressive and for humanity and minorities when it really is to hate on the President you hate so much. Be honest, even though your movies aren't.