I watched all Oscar -nominated films. I have two favorites that Aden will not win

97. Oscars are approaching the Oscars. Although the weight of the event and awards has been undermined for years, the statuettes remain the most prestigious in the film industry. Both the prize and the nomination itself open the next door to the implementation of their dream projects. This year, a lot is going on around the nominees for the main category. Before the announcement of candidates for the statuette, it was wondered if the performer of the title role in the film “Emilia Perez”, the posts were racist and Islamophobic.

Oscars 2025. I watched all the movies nominated in the main category

As part of the discussion around this year’s Oscars, the question once again arose, for which film prizes are awarded and whether the Academy is obliged to verify the past and views of thousands of people responsible for individual projects nominated for the statuettes. The issue leads us to the next recurring topic: Should we separate the work from the creator?

You can’t get a clear answer to the question. Similarly An objective rating is not possible, which nominated for an Oscar in the main category of the film deserved it the most. 10 of the films selected by the Academy It differs in species, style and form. Experts will have to choose between the flourishing of “Duna”, the madness of “Emilia Perez” and the transgression “substance” full of transgression. Although I think that the level of titles nominees this year is more diverse than a year ago, I do not envy the Academy at all.

After watching all 10 productions that are fighting for the Oscar for the best film, I hesitated to the end whether I would admit the Coralie Fargeat or Brady Corbet statuette myself. Because it was the “substance” and “The Brutalist” that made the biggest impression on me. Ultimately, the story of a Hungarian architect who emigrates to the United States, came out. For it A film that intimidates. The maturity and awareness of the director in using the language of cinema is even embarrassing here. The creator has been able to create a barely 36-year-old creator Monumental, epic and finished work in its form and message.

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In the film, not only the fate of his heroes touches, but also, and maybe even above all, Dialogue, what work conducts with art. The title Brutalism is associated with ugliness. Gray concrete rarely harmonizes with the surroundings, does not know compromises and cannot smoothly enter the panorama of cities. Buildings created in this style always manifest their uncomfortable presence for aesthetics. They perfectly correspond to the history of emigrants, who, although often educated, hard -working and friendly, are not welcome even in seemingly open, helpful and tolerant America. We can add perfect acting to clever metaphors, beautiful photos. Adrien Brody is doing unbelievable on the screen. Exceeds the boundaries of “ordinary” acting and He creates a perfect, monumental and emotional creation. Felicity Jones and the fantastic Guy Pearce keeping his pace.

In turn, in “substance” Demi Moore played the role of life. Production pointing out Hollywood hypocrisy and ageism is a transgressive creative creature that takes the viewer to the land of contrasts. It is a cinema focused on details, arthouse, immersed in the attractive aesthetics of intricate close -ups, bright colors, sophisticated frames and perfectly creating suspense shots. At the same time, it is a film full of macabre, blood, abomination and testing of the viewer’s strength. However, one that I don’t want to stop watching, although every muscle tightens with inconvenience And he sends a message to the brain that it is enough. Coralie Fargeat has proved that Body Horror can be more than sharing uncomfortable images and crossing the boundaries of the viewer’s strength. She found an excuse for her macabre, and realized ideas with love for genre cinema.

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Among the nominations for Oscars, there is also a biographical film. The Academy loves biopicswhich sometimes ends with such absurd situations as handing four statuettes to the creators of “Bohemian Rhapsody” at the gala. The film deserved at most for the award for the best reproduced concert on the big screen, but such a category does not exist, because in total, why would she have? This time Eight opportunities for an Oscar, including for the best film, has “completely unknown” – Bob Dylan’s biography. I honestly admit that I hate the production of the life of musicians, especially rock. They are full of clichés, distortions and stereotypes, but it stands out. James Mangold voted in his work to music and its author, Odtabloidized the collected material and showed us as much privacy as he considered necessary to understand Dylan not as a man, but as an artist. In the second part of the movie Timothée Chalamet (playing the main role in production), admittedly acting He lavocked on the verge of exaggeration, but he never fell into ridicule.

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It is rare that film adaptations match their prototypes. “The conclave” adds a story written by Robert Harris credibility, transparency and equalizes the pace of action. Production cleverly uses the language of cinema to convince the viewer that he is watching a racial political thriller, which has more cards to discover than those he actually has. Beautiful photos make the biggest impression on the screen massive, raw interiors, from which it blows cold, and the sense of loneliness and insulation even beats from the screen. Edward Berger’s film is also flawless acting. Ralph Fiennes stands out among the great roles, who is convincing both as a proud Catholic dignitary in the crisis of faith, as well as the aging man, aware of his spiritual and bodily restrictions, lost in his own doubts and dilemmas. After the screening of “Conclave”, however, it is difficult to drive away that the creators to create a deep work that prompted serious reflection lacked courage.

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The creators of “Wicked” served viewers with an important message about inclusiveness and tolerance. They dressed the message in beautiful words and colors, and in the roles they cast beautiful people dancing around a beautiful scenery. The huge strength of this, rather classically and without unnecessary tailored avant -garde, the musical are the invaluable skills of artists who can be seen on the screen. Speech, and perhaps above all, about these second and third-line actors. Unfortunately, the story stretched indefinitely begins to get bored quickly, And each subsequent (as if it was not beautifully sung) the song irritates, because it slows down the way to the destination. In addition, by dividing the film into two parts, the narrative is limping here. Despite almost three hours of screening (such an area only for real connoisseurs of musicals) it is difficult to resist the impression that little happened during this time. Production seems to be only a long introduction to the right history and leaves it unsatisfied.

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He also participates in the Oscar race for the best film AntiMusical – “Emilia Perez”. Production combines species seemingly impossible to combine. Once he is a crime story about a Mexican cartel to become a family, social, romance, musical and soap opera. And all this mixes in a bright, even flashy aesthetics, from which their eyes hurt. The mixture is impressive because Something that did not have the right to go – it worked. In addition, Jacques Audiard rested the film on a simple, obvious idea, which has not been somehow a miracle. However, with each hour after the screening, the shock passes and there is not much left after the film. Is in “Emilia Perez” A lot of courage, but also arrogance. Production did not deserve to be the prize in the main category, but flawless zoe balances She should leave the gala with the statuette for a feminine supporting role. The award is also due to the charismatic composition “El Mal”, which stays in the head much longer than the film itself.

The biggest surprise and at the same time the black horse of this year’s Oscars is “Anora”. After the trailer I expected the mix “Romeo and Julia”, “Pretty Woman” and “Cinderella” passed through a modern filter and illuminated by disco headlights. It quickly turned out that Sean Baker neatly using the grotesque, serves us Anti -Baby, social class drama, in which the highest rate is not money but dignity. “Anora” is a surprisingly funny, moving and honest production. Mikey Madison shines from the first to the last stage, deserved the statuette as much as Demi Moore. However, although “The Brutalist” is the best film nominated this year in the main category of awards, It is “Anora” who has the best chance of winning. The film statuette for the best film of 2024 was awarded by a guild of producers, he also received the Critics Choice award and the Independent Spirits Awards, the course of these events is usually a forecast of what will also happen to Oscars.

A film that deserves distinctions in “technical” categories, but among the candidates to the main I would not put it is “DiUna: Part Two”. Called by many ideal blockbuster, production is for me a denial of what I am looking for in entertainment. Denis Villeneuve created a great work that bursts with seriousness, pathos and technical perfection. I miss the distance, a bit of madness and surrealism, which appeared in David Lynch, far from the ideal interpretation. In the new “Duuna”, I was only delighted with the staff from the planet Giedi Prime. Each of the scenes knocks down with the artistry of an original visionwhich consists of perfectly selected in terms of formal and emotional puzzle. The icing on this small, but effective cake of quirks made of darkness and ruthlessness is Austin Butler in the role of Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen. The actor rewards the absolute lack of chemistry between the numb Zendaya and the sleepy chalamet.

“I’m still here” is a very needed film. Walter Salles precisely closes in subsequent frames a portrait of a family who lived in a state of military dictatorship. What happened in Brazil in the 70s should hear and remember the whole world, which is why I am awkward to point out the production of mistakes, and it has a few. The film half loses the pace and does not let the punch back through the recombined tip. Almost all the burden of production rests here on the shoulders of a wonderful Fernanda Torres, Paiva playing in Eunica. Her heroic attitude raises respect and admiration, but deprives the film of tangible, deep emotions. Eunice’s weaknesses can be seen in subtle flashes, but It is difficult for me to understand why the most important element of her work with trauma was completely omitted in the film. In the lack of insight into the heroine’s many years of dedication to the fight for human rights, she loses the end of the story, which resounds here much quieter.

The last of the list of Oscar nominees in the main category also hit the tape to the Polish distribution. Thanks to the Prime Video from February 27, the inhabitants of our country can read the work of Ross Ross. “Nickel Boys”, in the Polish translation of “Miedziaki”. It is a pity that production is almost ignored in Oscar discussions. The director adapted the shocking book by Colson Whitehead awarded with Pulitzer about hell, which black boys passed over the years in one of the judge in Florida. The most devastating – this school really existedand the unidentified graves of her students were found only after more than 100 years after the start of her activity. The director of “Miedziaków” decided on a risky form, a oneiric narrative consisting of symbolic, perfectly realized impression. The treatment creates a unique intimacy on the screen, but a perfect work in terms of aesthetics can be chaotic and tedious. Paradoxically, Ross Ross, approaching the heroes, moved away from their emotions. “Miedziaki” is a film not without flaws, but certainly one of those that is worth catching up even after the Oscar gala. We invite you to participate in the poll and commenting.