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All the 2024 best picture Oscar nominees ranked, from worst to best

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  1. [8]
    cloud_loud
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    Holdovers being 10 is wild lol. I 100% guarantee Chang did that cause of the (probably false) allegations against Payne from McGowan. I haven’t seen Zone of Interest as it’s barely being made...

    Holdovers being 10 is wild lol. I 100% guarantee Chang did that cause of the (probably false) allegations against Payne from McGowan.

    I haven’t seen Zone of Interest as it’s barely being made available to me this weekend. But I’d go:

    1. Oppenheimer
    2. Killers of the Flower Moon
    3. Past Lives
    4. Poor Things
    5. The Holdovers
    6. Maestro
    7. Anatomy of a Fall
    8. Barbie
    9. American Fiction

    American Fiction is easily the weakest nominee this year. It’s got weird pacing issues and feels rough all around.

    5 votes
    1. [7]
      chocobean
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      I live under a rock and had just heard about Poor Things and watched the trailer. Greatly looking forward to watching it as quickly as possible and then comparing it to Barbie (the only one in the...

      I live under a rock and had just heard about Poor Things and watched the trailer. Greatly looking forward to watching it as quickly as possible and then comparing it to Barbie (the only one in the list I have seen). We cheer as Girl becomes real and finds herself kind of story, I suppose?

      2 votes
      1. cloud_loud
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        Yeah it’s a coming of age story.

        Yeah it’s a coming of age story.

        1 vote
      2. [3]
        Dr_Amazing
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        This is a real thing ive noticed happening to me. Used to be I'd have seen most of them. But now adays I'm lucky if I've even heard of half the movies on the best picture list.

        This is a real thing ive noticed happening to me. Used to be I'd have seen most of them. But now adays I'm lucky if I've even heard of half the movies on the best picture list.

        1 vote
        1. [2]
          chocobean
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          I can't speak for you but I'm definitely getting old. And more fragile. I have heard of Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon but actively avoided watching them. I am excited about Poor...

          I can't speak for you but I'm definitely getting old.

          And more fragile. I have heard of Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon but actively avoided watching them. I am excited about Poor Things because several reviewers have mentioned it's fun and more joyous than nuclear destruction and genocide.

          1. cloud_loud
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            I don’t think it’s a getting old thing.

            I don’t think it’s a getting old thing.

            1 vote
      3. SpruceWillis
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        The books meant to be pretty great as well. Its been a while since I read Lanark but Alasdair Gray is a great author.

        The books meant to be pretty great as well. Its been a while since I read Lanark but Alasdair Gray is a great author.

        1 vote
      4. Gazook89
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        I saw Poor Things with my wife, who picked it out based on what was available at the discount theater at the time we had a babysitter (basically two options), and with literally no prior...

        I saw Poor Things with my wife, who picked it out based on what was available at the discount theater at the time we had a babysitter (basically two options), and with literally no prior exposure/knowing nothing about it except it was the same director as The Lobster which I recommend to everyone.

        I wouldn’t generally recommend Poor Things to everyone in the same way. It’s not bad, and it’s probably even good, but it’s not a general audience kind of thing. Unfortunately, I think I’m probably in the group that I wouldn’t recommend it too.

        Even so, it was very imaginative, had lots of humor, certainly elicits a variety of emotions throughout. It is a coming of age story, as you say.

        Not really a spoiler but maybe it is, I dunno

        In the end, I’m not sure any of the characters are better than when they started, though.

        1 vote