Oppenheimer wins 7 Oscars (Best Picture) (film & awards)

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I think biopics should be banned from acting nominations (or at least handicapped): the subjective measurements that actors normally get judged on are thrown out (such mere trifles as conveying emotions) and instead actors are judged on how easily they can do a pantomime of a public figure's persona. It's less great acting, more parlour trick.

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Does it annoy anybody else that this thread is a megathread? Im sure making one thread every year won't be too overbearing on the site.

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 the reason why the Oscars resisted the MCU were twofold: 1) the oscars prefer self-contained movies rather than being part of some broad narrative dictated by a studio and 2) the sheer quantity of them.

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Of the nominees I've seen:

1) Oppenheimer (not a nolan superfan, but it genuinely worked for me)
2) Zone of Interest (never want to watch it again, but very chilling
3) Past Lives
4) Poor Things (although ruffalo is the best performance of the year)
5) Barbie
6) flower moon

Will probably watch Anatomy of a Fall, Holdovers and American fiction. I can't see why I'd watch maestro though.

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I enjoyed the editing on Oppenheimer but I would lose my mind if too many films were edited like that - it's very much like being on a three hour rollercoaster.