My not nearly lucid Oscar commentary

[bill_schubert]

I did not watch the Oscars.  Maybe I'll watch some of the Youtube version.  As in the past I did not like the winner.  I finally watched Parasite a year ago and thought it was an OK film.  A little disjointed and kind of pointless.   This year's winner was about the same.  More than a little disjointed and pointless.  I've yet to get through it.  I've watched over half and had to put it down. 

Sinners, on the other hand, was a really good move.  Actually it was half a dozen movies squashed together looking for a coherent plot.  Was it a vampire movie?  Was it a commentary on the KKK and being black in America?  Was it a love story?  Was it a movie about blues in the south?

The answer is yes.

It actually did all of those pretty well all in the same movie.  It would have been a lot nicer to have made three or so movies and split the plots off.  But it was more coherent and watchable than One drug addled battle after another drug addled pointless battle.

 I didn't see any of the others.  They were probably better.

Comments

[mallorys_camera]

Hamnet and Train Dreams are both very good. I agree that One Battle After Another was pointless & meh (and I lived through some of that stuff.)

[mollywheezy]

I didn't watch the Oscars and haven't seen any of the movies. I think the last time I saw a new movie might have been pre-pandemic . . . At least that's the last one I remember seeing.