2018 was waaay worse.
2018's Oscar Nominees
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
Haven't seen Drive My Car or Licorice Pizza yet, but on the whole this year's batch looked to be just about as decent-to-mediocre, on the whole, as most other recent years. The Power of the Dog is better than anything from the 2020 lineup, but even though I really disliked King Richard, I don't think it is really a whole lot worse than, say, Mank.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:20 (two years ago) link
guess i agree with BradNelson here at least w/r/t to things I saw with the exception that I thought Belfast was good (though not great). finally watched Nightmare Alley this weekend and enjoyed it but it's no best picture fare.
― akm, Monday, 11 April 2022 16:24 (two years ago) link
Good to Great
Drive My CarThe Power of the Dog
Sound, Solid
Licorice PizzaDuneWest Side Story
Meh
Nightmare AlleyBelfastKing RichardDon't Look Up
The Hague
Coda
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:30 (two years ago) link
I give you 2008:
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonSlumdog MillionairesFrost/NixonMilkThe Reader
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
Oh, come on: I'm no fan of CODA, but King Richard is definitely worse (for reasons I've gone on about upthread).
And yeah, 2008 is the all-time worst. That 2018 list at least had BlackKklansman.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:34 (two years ago) link
CODA is shorter though.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
2008 was the slate that made us all irate.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:43 (two years ago) link
1975
Barry LyndonDog Day AfternoonJawsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestNashville
Personally, there's probably more there for me than the last decade of BP nominees.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 April 2022 16:53 (two years ago) link
I've heard 1975 held up as the best BP lineup ever, and it is hard to disagree.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:56 (two years ago) link
It's got two all-time top 10 movies, so it scarcely matters that I run pretty cool on the other three.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:58 (two years ago) link
Cuckoo's Nest (the winner) might actually be my least favorite of the five, and that is about the strongest thing that I can say against that film.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 April 2022 17:00 (two years ago) link
Well, 2021 may not be the worst year, but I think it's going to be the most forgettable.
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Monday, 11 April 2022 17:08 (two years ago) link
There are 4 or 5 decent choices. I think Drive My Car will be remembered as the rare foreign film that got a worthy nomination.
― adam t. (abanana), Monday, 11 April 2022 17:32 (two years ago) link