Apparently some of you want me to watch through the rest of Promising Young Woman despite me clearly not enjoying it at all. EDIT: Just finished it and my rating didn't change. What a surprise.
His experience is no different than a critic walking out of a movie they could not stand. I thought Promising Young Woman was not that bad. I don’t think it deserves the nomination cause its a movie that doesn’t explore the character deeply. Pieces of a Woman should have gotten the nomination.
Could you review The Empty Man? Disney deliberately mismarketed and smothered this movie, and as a horror, it's honestly a fiercly original masterpiece. PLEASE LOOK AT IT. A movie like this needs to get some attention
I came here to give you a hard time about that, but I'm glad you finished the movie. I disagree with your evaluation of it, but at least I can't accuse you of not giving it proper consideration. 7/10 movie to me. Liked it a lot, but saw it more as a decent contender in an otherwise weak year.
Prom had Oscar heavyweights in it and is a far more accessible movie. I get it. The academy is full of old ppl and ppl who make Hollywood movies. Not a bunch of cinephiles who love art film. You gotta know your demo.
A lot of it has to do with the films producers giving Netflix money to do for your consideration campaigns. I can see Kaufman and other producers seeing that as a waste of money and time
steven soderbergh is in charge of the ceremony this yaer, and wants to structure and shoot the oscars like a movie, so it will be interesting to see how Adam and pals react to that stupid idea
@@iansmart4158 this is the man that made a 2 and a half hour video about kimba that was supposed to be a short part of the lion king review (not complaining tho) Are you really surprised?
To be fair I know what's it's like to hear a piece of score/music in a film/game that sounds identical or familiar to another film/game, it can be incredibly distracting. (For instance there was a piece of music at the beginning of Minari that sounded almost exactly like the OST of ''I saw the devil'' and it completely took my focus away from the movie for a minute) In this case of course Adum wasn't aware of where that piece of music originated from.
@@iansmart4158 Remember Adum himself is a musician and songwriter, so it wouldn't be far fetched to say that the score is probably the aspect of a movie that Adum most analyses.
The Oscars is very good to watch because they are refined and have excellent taste, that the general public just does not have the capacity for. I am very happy while watching it. Everyone that does not like the Oscars is stupid and not smart and should learn how to be better at being intelligent because you are bad.
@Sebastian Seward No, they are cool and good at being cool, and life, and being smart. They are good wholesome people that are incredibly tasteful in their recommendations. The Oscars would be disappointed in you if they saw you talking like this. I will give you time to reconsider your stance and decisions in life, for your own sake. I mean this in a nonthreatening way, and that you don't want to be considered a not smart and tasteless person, because it feels bad. I am sorry you think this way.
About I'm Thinking of Ending Things not getting any nominations: My theory is that the Oscars probably shadowbanned Charlie Kaufman from the ceremony after 2016 because he (rightfully) called them "phony" and "self-congratulatory." He clearly doesn't like the show, and the Academy clearly doesn't take his movies seriously enough.
It does happen. Which is why SPIKE LEE was absent from any oscars for like 23 years. He routinely called out the racism and incorrectness to the hear of the enterprise. Hopefully they kind of thing happens less these days.
@@raulruizdevelasco6215 That's definitely true, but I also don't think it generated enough attention for Netflix to even consider pushing for it. They probably thought it was too polarizing to risk marketing it (even though they put The Prom on their For Your Consideration page lmao)
@@iansmart4158 Maybe they'll finally take Kaufman more seriously once he makes another movie that nobody can ignore, like Spike did with Blackkklansman. They definitely shouldn't shadowban artists for speaking up about issues regarding these awards shows, but sadly that's Hollywood
@@matthewdeckers spike Lee made some amazing movies between Malcolm X and Blackkklansman but they still ignored him. We see it today in normal discourse. Ppl don’t want to be told they’re in the wrong. And especially with how Blunt Lee is he straight up called the academy racist. And that kind of thing makes ppl very upset. But it just further proves Lee’s point funny enuff. Haha.
I think or either this will be the shitiest Oscars yet (uneventful and boring with an annoying host), or they will try to cheer up everyone due to the pandemic as Adum and the rest will laugh at their attempts.
I wouldn't say that Nomadland's plot went nowhere, just that it was an extremely internalized plot that had very little exposition. The entire plot was playing out in Frances McDormund's head, as she went back and forth with herself about how long she could keep living in a van and what any of it really meant to her. She kept facing new challenges, difficulties and temptations to settle down, but time and time she returned to van, more resolved than ever to live the life of a nomad. There might have been some missed opportunities with how certain side characters developed, but I think overall the film did an excellent job of reinforcing its themes and portraying Frances' character's journey as one of personal actualization, with occasional, fleeting connections with other nomads along the path. Developing any of them too much would defeat the whole point.
I'm so happy to see that Collective garnered so much attention. Collective is a very important part of our recent history and, by extension, an important part of my life. To see people actually caring and being interested by it makes me feel very happy and somewhat proud of my fellow countrymen.
@@alexresa9039 Really? Wow, that really reveals the Academy Awards for what they really are: commercials. Not recognition of artistic achievement. If they were, why would you care how it was aired?
Idk, I still can't get over the whole "Amazon is a great place to work and doesn't abuse their employees at all!" in Nomadland. It's like Amazon produced the film themselves.
That Criticism is a stupid Cinema sin, level criticism, and i don't know why everyone is saying that. Because the fact she works at Amazon for like 7 minutes of the movie is irrelevant as it could have been literally any low paying retail giant in the USA, the point is to establish that she is in here 60 yaer old women working for a labor-intensive job with home or family , and to establish how nomads make money. Besides no company is going to allow you to use their trademark or facility in your movie if your going to criticize them, And the film takes place in like 2011 , back when they were just seen as online Walmart, not The modern day standard oil company.
I imagine they’d have to sign off on the film’s usage of their name and brand so it does kinda track. They wouldn’t let them make a movie that says “Amazon fucking sucks, here’s their logo” without insisting on changes or even suing them.
@@My1es How Do you know the real person didn't have a positive experience working at Amazon back in 2011? As someone who worked At Wal Mart for a summer, there were pepole who liked working there, as well as the corporate culture was very similar and in no way felt it positive towards Amazon. I felt Chloe zheo was objectivly showing the life of an Amazon worker, no opinion.Even still dismissing a movies qaliuty entirely because it was positive towards a billion dollar corporation, is stupidest thing ever. Like You might as well attack Minari for being extremely Positive towards Pespsi CO's mountain dew. or Littaly any Columbia pictures movie set in modern-day post-1983.
Also the "we live out of vans and move around but we're just like the pioneers!" Like not even close, but good job romanticizing living on the road to legit hardship and struggle of 'settling' a land.
When said "If you want to watch a much better courtroom drama focusing on racial issue", I thought you were going to recommend 13 reasons why for some reason
The editing in Charlie Kaufman’s movies is always underrated. I am both surprised and unsurprised that he wasn’t nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, but I guess if you don’t campaign, you can’t complain
im thinking of ending things was my favorite movie of the year and it would have deserved best picture. but the fact that it isn't even nominated for best editing, even though it was the best and most purposeful editing i personally have ever witnessed, is crazy to me.
Agreed. I can enjoy a lot of movies as I watch them, and then forget them. But it's one that didn't leave my mind, and I wanted to rewatch it after leaving the first viewing confused and disappointed. But then really loved it later. The film made me think about every aspect of it.
I think Netflix did have I’m Thinking of Ending Things on their “for your consideration” page for a while. It was at the bottom and probably had the least push, but I remember it being on there earlier this year
Nomadland is a film about people who lost their families,their houses and their jobs. I'm not gaga about the film but it describes 2020 in a nutshell. I can see why there is hype.
I'm incredibly surprised that Portrait of a Lady on Fire wasn't nominated for Best International Film or hell even Best Picture. I thought that was a masterpiece and I expect Adum will really enjoy it
@@blaisetelfer8499 true! Parasite was amazing! Rewatched it last night! Would’ve been cool to see Portrait up there alongside it. That was a pretty great year for movies
Although I wasn’t a fan of “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” (a big pet peeve of mine is a story that relies on you knowing a completely different piece of art or story to completely understand what is going on. In this you needed to know the stage play Oklahoma.) The editing, acting, and sound design were top notch through out the film and deserve to at least be nominated.
agreed, i’m fairly young so i hardly knew any references but i had heard the director was great so i decided to watch anyways. was beyond confused all the time and wasn’t sure if that was the point but it really did distract me from being able to enjoy the actual film because the dialogue was mental gymnastics to understand.
I feel like he was a little unfair with the movie, there was alot to unpack, specially in how it was made, but because he couldnt engage i feel he would have gave it a better score if he could relate more with the themes.
Aaron Sorkin as a writer has always bugged me. On the one hand, the man can write snappy, witty, clever dialogue like nobody else. The man is the closest thing to a writing machine I think I've ever seen. On the other hand, so much of that dialogue inhabits this cheesy idyllic landscape that feels a good few dimensions removed from reality. The West Wing was particularly bad with this. Aaron Sorkin is very much an Old Hollywood-style writer, in that his dialogue is meant to be entertaining more than realistic. And in some cases like with The Social Network, that can be a lot of fun, but at other times, like with the "and then they all clapped" ending of Chicago, it can feel incredibly out of touch.
I feel Aaron Sorkin is arguably the writer working today. The man makes consistently good films and TV shows. I've yet to see Chicago 7 but considering his near flawless record, I think we can allow him one poor choice.
@@dragonrings14 I saw Chicago 7, and I think that 95% of it is really great. The only problem is with the final scene, which fits into a running occurrence in Aaron Sorkin's work, which is a need to foist his own moral beliefs onto the logic of his stories. It's one of those sort-of fairy tale-feeling endings which clearly don't reside in any realm of reality, but are more manifestations of the way in which Sorkin himself believes the world should be like. I disagree with YMS about Sacha Baron Cohen, I think he does great in the film, and again, 95% of it is just really really good. It's only that ending that rubs you the wrong way, because it's too much of a feel-good ending to a story that, as I understand it, did not end nearly so well. In other words, it borders on historical revisionism for the sake of moral satisfaction. Again, Sorkin is a monster writer, and I don't think any living TV/film writer today can match his consistent quality and output, but he does have a problem with realism in his stories and with letting his emotions overtake his sense of logic.
@@Kira1Lawliet Ok I've now seen Chicago 7 and I get what you mean about the ending. It felt more like his earlier work from the 90s (and funnily enough he wrote this film nearly 15 years ago). BUT I wouldn't call it bordering "on historical revisionism for the sake of moral satisfaction". For a start, it's a flim and therefore it isn't trying to be historical. If this was a documentary then you might have a point. Second, a lot of what happens in the film did in fact happen. The order is a little off and some things are said and done by different characters, but for the most part these events did take place. Sure Sorkin makes the characters a little more balanced so they're more relatable. But we have to accept some liberties to be taken when creating a well rounded story. To go back to the original point though... I agree wholeheartedly that they didn't need to stand and clap at the end. It probably would have been more powerful just to have him read all the names without the applause.
@@narkboy42 As someone who watched the entire film, I felt the same way, Carrie Mulgan is the best part of the movie, and carries the film entirely, yet felt the dialogue was awful and too on the nose,the soundtrack was annoying, many the prefomcnes were not great . However, I'm slightly more positive, and view it as a great exploitation film, not a oscar movie
Yms u used to be like one of my fav movie reviewers, idk if it was ur old style I liked, but for some reason I wandered away not intentionally. But few weeks ago been watching again. Yms always was a classic and legit opinion movie channel for me
I agree that Promising Young Woman is very out of place in the Oscars, as it's more of a genre film than an Oscar film, but I don't really agree with anything else you said. I think the reason it was nominated in the first place was that it was a very politically driven movie, which seems to be a running theme this year. The main purpose of this film was basically a firm rebuttal of the 'not all men' thing that some people say as a response to women being uncomfortable around men after being sexually assaulted. Bo Burnham's character was presented as the honorable nice guy that gets the main character out of her cycle of revenge, but it turns out he was still part of the problem. It may be heavy handed, but I don't think that is always a bad thing. Promising Young Woman has a message to say, and it told that message in a very unambigous way, which I think is commendable in this case.
I was interested on your thoughts on The Mole Agent. Here in Chile is loved by almost everyone, and I also thought it was good since it did show the reality of the chilean home for the elderly and it was really charming, but when I got a nomination I started to wonder if people outside of Chile would even care about it, since it's a very "chilean" movie. I guess not hahaha
Fun fact about "The Mole Agent": Rómulo Aitken, the private detective, was accused of domestic violence by his ex-wife and apparently worked on a brigade that used torture methods.
Honestly please don't meme that film, watching that film was more depressing than anything, and kind of ruined the first film for me. If anything this movie shows that Darek Is is officially the new Chris Chan
Is it really fair to give a rating to a film you didn't watch the whole of? I haven't seen Promising Young Woman, but surely if you skipped through most of the film you might have missed out on its overall point?
Charles Cornell has a great video where he talks about Yoko Kanno and specifically addresses the claims of her allegedly ripping off music. It's an interesting watch.
I liked "The Mole Agent". Yeah, it gets kinda slow but maybe that's the point. I live in Chile, where this movie comes from, and maaan, it just felt too real. It has a critical meaning behind it, elderly people suffer just too much here and don't receive any support. I saw my grandma portrayed there, and it hurt. Maybe it's cause it's my country, I'm proud, and all that lol I still love you.
It still boggles my mind that the same lady who did ridiculous sketches/scenes on Bruiser/Mitchell & Webb Show/Peep Show would also be a great dramatic actor
Stories have personal effects on all of us. And as the son of an immigrant, watching my father and mother struggle to make it in America is the reason I loved minari so much. It made me cry. Would watch again.
I actually enjoyed “My Octopus teacher”, I did find the self interviews to be kind of weird, but I enjoyed seeing this octopus becoming more comfortable with that guy. I’m definitely biased for movies about the ocean, but I was quite intrigued to see how this octopus reacted to different situations throughout its life. I also saw blackfish which was really interesting and sad, but I am curious if anyone can suggest other great documentaries about marine life.
@@Skippan yeah, I should check it out because I usually watch Blue Planet 1 cause I can’t tell the difference between 1 and 2. I just don’t notice the titles. Thank you though!
Holy shit, I tend to be 50/50 in terms of agreeing with you, but I’m so glad someone else felt the same about Nomadland and especially Promissing Young Woman. I’ve felt crazy considering it felt like I was the only one who felt that way.
The concept that music (or other cultural products) become so hardened in place that they leave to room for Interpretation or variety is called reification. Pretty interesting I think. A channel named Tantacrul recently made a video about it.
Just a tip: Twitch TOS indicate they have exclusivity of content for 24h, so preventing you from streaming to multiple platforms at the same time. In practice they do not enforce it unless someone reports you.
He judges based on all aspects of the film and not just personal enjoyment. A movie can have an amazing story and concept that really connects with him but at the same time, it can have garbage cinematography/editing/sound design, etc. Same for the reverse where a movie is very well made but the content of the story is just bland.
@@wesleyakins3182 that literally answers nothing about the question. The ratings still don’t make sense, I’ve seen him bash a film and give it a 6 and then praise another film and give it a 6. They’re very inconsistent and you should realistically be ranking the movie based on your enjoyment since it’s a subjective opinion, and the filmmaking aspects you mentioned can also be judged subjectively anyway
@@MM-jc7uv How does that not answer your question? There's no law on how you should rate a film, if he wants to rate it one way then that's how he rates it. If he wanted to rate it based purely on how much he enjoyed it then that would be how he rates it. He knows that not everyone has the same taste as he does so he's just trying to make the rating as accessible as possible. He goes in with a movie having a 5/10 at the start and he adjusts it as he goes along. If we rate films based on enjoyment then, subjectively, Citizen Kane would be a 2/10 and Shark Exorcist would be a 7/10 since I personally got a lot more enjoyment out of how ridiculous Shark Exorcist is compared to how boring Citizen Kane is, even though one is considered one of the most innovative and influential films of all time and the other is a camcorder film that is only known due to how terrible its film making is.
@@wesleyakins3182 I’m just saying that his ratings still don’t make sense a lot of the time and it’s basically become a running joke on the channel. Giving a movie you say you didn’t like a 6 and then giving another movie you did like all things considered a 6 is confusing and inconsistent. It just doesn’t make sense, and I never said there is a law lol I literally said everything can be seen as subjective including the filmmaking aspects like cinematography too.
Honestly, I’ve stopped giving a shit about the Academy Awards ever since they gave an Oscar to Suicide Squad. And I believe that it was for best Make Up; I’ve seen better make up on a corpse!
I actually thought Bo Burnham did a mostly decent job in Promising Young Woman. He was ABSOLUTELY weaker in the scenes that weren't reliant on his comedic ability, but whenever he was just acting casual and funny it felt insanely natural. Honestly one of the stronger performances in the film.
I was actually very surprised by Over the Moon, the animated feature nominee you said looked like shit and weren’t gonna watch. I think you should give it a chance.
It is what i would call the first "Best Animated Feature " bait movie and the animation branch of the academy for the bait. Also, i think they the animation branch wanted to congratulate Lengdary Disney animator Glen Keen , for his first directorial debut.
I always took the on-the-nose writing as a satirical element meant to be purposefully tiring, and this pretty much happens only in the first twenty or so minutes. I don't understand why someone would skip through a movie and then decide to give it a rating. At least watch the movie as it's meant to be seen if you're going to make a review on it. PYW has its controversy for sure, but this criticism is illegitimate in my opinion. Not because you didn't like it, but because you didn't properly watch the movie. Regardless of whether your opinion would change otherwise; it's just unprofessional.
On top of that, I think the corniness of the movie ist part of how effective the ending was for me. It looks and feels like a cute romcom movie, where the main character falls in love with cute white boy, but then in the last fifteen minutes it takes that premise and rips it to shreds. And yeah, I get that it's pretty on the nose, and harsh, but that is because this is a harsh topic. Also in the theater I watched the movie, judging from some crowd reactions (Theater in Berlin) some people did not get the message of the movie, or put it of as "Feminazi bullshit", which I found worrisome, to say the least, because it ist exactly this behaviour of denial, that is the main focus of the movie. TL, DR: Movie good, but Adam did lot like, because movie that is shot like romcom = bad.
@@jobraket So you think it's perfectly acceptable to have prejudice against an entire group of people because you were wronged once by an individual who's a member of that group? Thanks for exposing yourself, I guess.
@@jobraket That's the whole message of the film. It's supposed to be a rebuttal to "not all men". So basically it's saying that the main character is justified in her prejudice against men because a man once wronged her...and you agree with message sooo
I really loved Mank from a technical and writing perspective, but God that fake film grain really knocks it down a few points. I REALLY wish they just filmed it with actual film. Yes I understand with it being made by Fincher it would have been ridiculously expensive but man would it have worth it. Because that Trent Reznor soundtrack was also great. It also has a slow as hell start but I feel the pay off was worth the last leg was great with some of it's best shots and scenes but it could have been so much more. Wolfwalkers deserves to walk away with that oscar. So fucking good, and one of my favorite animated films to recently come out.
Actually this best picture line up is actually quite good compared to previous yaers. I actually think 5/8 are actually some of the best of 2020 and The Father,Judas,Sound Of metal in particular are some the best I’ve seen in a while
Adum dismissing Promising Young Woman for very shallow reasons is a bigger tragedy than any specific film getting snubbed (half-sarcasm, seriously his criticisms are so poor and the only reason they aren't more illegitimate is that he didn't even watch the full film in it's entirety). Calling it "bland, pandering and un-special" is especially ill-advised and nonsensical.
Agree that ITOET should have gotten something, though I knew it probably wouldn't have been. Agreed with what he said about Trial of the Chicago 7 and it's cinematography, had some cool looking shots but I don't think it was interesting enough to be nominated.
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Apparently some of you want me to watch through the rest of Promising Young Woman despite me clearly not enjoying it at all.
EDIT: Just finished it and my rating didn't change. What a surprise.
Why are you even paying attention to those people? Doesn't seem to be much point in arguing with them imo.
His experience is no different than a critic walking out of a movie they could not stand. I thought Promising Young Woman was not that bad. I don’t think it deserves the nomination cause its a movie that doesn’t explore the character deeply. Pieces of a Woman should have gotten the nomination.
At least Adam's suffering gave us the god-tier Twitter thread he made while rewatching it.
Could you review The Empty Man? Disney deliberately mismarketed and smothered this movie, and as a horror, it's honestly a fiercly original masterpiece. PLEASE LOOK AT IT. A movie like this needs to get some attention
I came here to give you a hard time about that, but I'm glad you finished the movie. I disagree with your evaluation of it, but at least I can't accuse you of not giving it proper consideration. 7/10 movie to me. Liked it a lot, but saw it more as a decent contender in an otherwise weak year.
The fact that The Prom was included in Netflix’s “for your consideration” campaign over I’m Thinking of Ending Things kinda makes me wanna scream
_The Prom_ was pretty bad.
Prom had Oscar heavyweights in it and is a far more accessible movie.
I get it. The academy is full of old ppl and ppl who make Hollywood movies. Not a bunch of cinephiles who love art film.
You gotta know your demo.
A lot of it has to do with the films producers giving Netflix money to do for your consideration campaigns. I can see Kaufman and other producers seeing that as a waste of money and time
@@frankmerker630 this gives me closure i guess.
I think it's mainly because Charlie Kauffman doesn't give a shit about awards so he doesn't do any campaigning of promotion.
The ending of trial of chicago legit felt like the " and then everybody stood up and clapped " meme .
The whole movie felt forced and the ending was completely different to what happened in real life.
This is the movie we need right now. One where everybody just claps at the end no matter what
@@frankmerker630 That was the actual tagline to Minari. lol "The movie we need right now"
I CRINGED SO HARD
Ya thats Aaron Sorkin for you
Thank you. Love you.
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Does that mean anything? You love everyone..
Whoa, is that Sir Anthony Hopkins from Transformers: The Last Knight?
Put some respect on his name, it’s Sir Anthony Hopkins from “The Edge”!
Man that’s Anthony Hopkins from silence of the lambs bruh
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I know, I was joking.
@@cremetangerine82 no I was talking to the other guy lol
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OK, no problem!
Artemis Fowl and this is Scott’s lock of the week
the live commentary is literally the only way I can ever get through the Oscars
steven soderbergh is in charge of the ceremony this yaer, and wants to structure and shoot the oscars like a movie, so it will be interesting to see how Adam and pals react to that stupid idea
Who'll be kissing who in this year's Oscars?
It's the only reason I even know what happens at the oscars
@@MisterDriskul we will be kissing our monitors.
Why do you feel like you have to
I’m glad we got some closure to the Wolf Rain tangent that took up like half of the Judas and the Black Messiah review lol
So odd. Even if it was true what he thought, seemed like a weird thing to spend so much time on.
But yeah glad it was resolved.
@@iansmart4158 this is the man that made a 2 and a half hour video about kimba that was supposed to be a short part of the lion king review (not complaining tho) Are you really surprised?
To be fair I know what's it's like to hear a piece of score/music in a film/game that sounds identical or familiar to another film/game, it can be incredibly distracting. (For instance there was a piece of music at the beginning of Minari that sounded almost exactly like the OST of ''I saw the devil'' and it completely took my focus away from the movie for a minute) In this case of course Adum wasn't aware of where that piece of music originated from.
@@iansmart4158 Remember Adum himself is a musician and songwriter, so it wouldn't be far fetched to say that the score is probably the aspect of a movie that Adum most analyses.
I think we can all agree that the only reason we want the Oscars to happen, is for Adum's commentary.
And Scott’s lock of the week
LOCKIN IT!
The Oscars is very good to watch because they are refined and have excellent taste, that the general public just does not have the capacity for. I am very happy while watching it. Everyone that does not like the Oscars is stupid and not smart and should learn how to be better at being intelligent because you are bad.
@Sebastian Seward No, they are very smart and cool.
@Sebastian Seward No, they are cool and good at being cool, and life, and being smart. They are good wholesome people that are incredibly tasteful in their recommendations. The Oscars would be disappointed in you if they saw you talking like this. I will give you time to reconsider your stance and decisions in life, for your own sake. I mean this in a nonthreatening way, and that you don't want to be considered a not smart and tasteless person, because it feels bad. I am sorry you think this way.
About I'm Thinking of Ending Things not getting any nominations: My theory is that the Oscars probably shadowbanned Charlie Kaufman from the ceremony after 2016 because he (rightfully) called them "phony" and "self-congratulatory." He clearly doesn't like the show, and the Academy clearly doesn't take his movies seriously enough.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things received positive reviews but wasn’t that acclaimed by either critics or audiences.
It does happen. Which is why SPIKE LEE was absent from any oscars for like 23 years. He routinely called out the racism and incorrectness to the hear of the enterprise.
Hopefully they kind of thing happens less these days.
@@raulruizdevelasco6215 That's definitely true, but I also don't think it generated enough attention for Netflix to even consider pushing for it. They probably thought it was too polarizing to risk marketing it (even though they put The Prom on their For Your Consideration page lmao)
@@iansmart4158 Maybe they'll finally take Kaufman more seriously once he makes another movie that nobody can ignore, like Spike did with Blackkklansman. They definitely shouldn't shadowban artists for speaking up about issues regarding these awards shows, but sadly that's Hollywood
@@matthewdeckers spike Lee made some amazing movies between Malcolm X and Blackkklansman but they still ignored him.
We see it today in normal discourse. Ppl don’t want to be told they’re in the wrong.
And especially with how Blunt Lee is he straight up called the academy racist. And that kind of thing makes ppl very upset.
But it just further proves Lee’s point funny enuff. Haha.
Can't wait for Adam's reaction so we can bear through the Oscars XD
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I think or either this will be the shitiest Oscars yet (uneventful and boring with an annoying host), or they will try to cheer up everyone due to the pandemic as Adum and the rest will laugh at their attempts.
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When Adam said there were a lot of "natural slurs" in Hopkins' performance I got my hopes up. Sadly he does not use any slurs in the movie
He says retarded at least twice tho
Frankly his performance would have been more authentic to Alzheimer's if he dropped a couple N-bombs
Wow you actually mentioned my country! I feel so validated! Fun fact, Collective is the first movie in Romania’s history to be Oscar nominated.
I hope Adum n Scoot will kiss again this year
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@@holosbachstudios9122 are adam and scott dating?
@@llamalloyd3196 no
He said they probably won't cuz of covid
I couldn't help laughing when you said Olivia Coleman knows how to cry well. Brings me back to Peep Show
She might have an Oscar, but her proudest achievement and contribution to the art of acting is her performance as Sophie.
Also, Fleabag, damn
MRW Mark pisses himself and jilts me at my wedding
Chance would be a fine thing
I didn't know Sophie's dad was Odin.
I wouldn't say that Nomadland's plot went nowhere, just that it was an extremely internalized plot that had very little exposition. The entire plot was playing out in Frances McDormund's head, as she went back and forth with herself about how long she could keep living in a van and what any of it really meant to her. She kept facing new challenges, difficulties and temptations to settle down, but time and time she returned to van, more resolved than ever to live the life of a nomad.
There might have been some missed opportunities with how certain side characters developed, but I think overall the film did an excellent job of reinforcing its themes and portraying Frances' character's journey as one of personal actualization, with occasional, fleeting connections with other nomads along the path. Developing any of them too much would defeat the whole point.
Seems like developing each character just right is Chloé's strong suit
I'm so happy to see that Collective garnered so much attention. Collective is a very important part of our recent history and, by extension, an important part of my life. To see people actually caring and being interested by it makes me feel very happy and somewhat proud of my fellow countrymen.
Not gonna lie, when Crip Camp came on, thought it was gonna be about camp of crips going against the camp of bloods...
same
😂
yes thank god you’re doing a live
Vin Diesel is this you?
God isn't real
i have a 24hr shift on sunday fuck my liffffeeeee
Thanks for not spoiling any of Scotts lock of the week
No guys, Star Wars won
Octopus Teacher got nominated because they need to give another Oscar to another movie where a human falls in love with an aquatic animal
they don't even have fur smh
I’m Thinking of Ending Things, not even for Best Make-up and Hairstyling.
Your live commentary is the only reason I get existed for the Oscars
same
After the Oscars end, you cease to exist
@@maschaorsomething Yes, when there is no more Oscars, I will die, and so will the world.....I think
I'm pretty sure Adam made so much research on all of the nominees outside Best Picture just to spite Gael
I am upset that I am Thinking of Ending Things didn't get nominated for anything. Its still one of my favorite films
I thought you needed a theatrical release for nomination, did they show it in any theaters?
They made an exemption for this year and I wouldn’t be surprised if they removed that requirement altogether
@@alexresa9039 Really? Wow, that really reveals the Academy Awards for what they really are: commercials. Not recognition of artistic achievement. If they were, why would you care how it was aired?
@@dirrdevil bro that's BS, this year (becoz of the pandemic) you didn't need a theatrical release
@@alexresa9039 nope
Just a matter of time till we get the YMS awards, will surpass oscar's
Will it surpass the _420 Awards_ tho?
we call that a list , and we didn't get one of those in years , because of that stupid lion king movie review
Idk, I still can't get over the whole "Amazon is a great place to work and doesn't abuse their employees at all!" in Nomadland. It's like Amazon produced the film themselves.
That Criticism is a stupid Cinema sin, level criticism, and i don't know why everyone is saying that. Because the fact she works at Amazon for like 7 minutes of the movie is irrelevant as it could have been literally any low paying retail giant in the USA, the point is to establish that she is in here 60 yaer old women working for a labor-intensive job with home or family , and to establish how nomads make money. Besides no company is going to allow you to use their trademark or facility in your movie if your going to criticize them, And the film takes place in like 2011 , back when they were just seen as online Walmart, not The modern day standard oil company.
I imagine they’d have to sign off on the film’s usage of their name and brand so it does kinda track. They wouldn’t let them make a movie that says “Amazon fucking sucks, here’s their logo” without insisting on changes or even suing them.
@@My1es How Do you know the real person didn't have a positive experience working at Amazon back in 2011? As someone who worked At Wal Mart for a summer, there were pepole who liked working there, as well as the corporate culture was very similar and in no way felt it positive towards Amazon. I felt Chloe zheo was objectivly showing the life of an Amazon worker, no opinion.Even still dismissing a movies qaliuty entirely because it was positive towards a billion dollar corporation, is stupidest thing ever. Like You might as well attack Minari for being extremely Positive towards Pespsi CO's mountain dew. or Littaly any Columbia pictures movie set in modern-day post-1983.
Also the "we live out of vans and move around but we're just like the pioneers!" Like not even close, but good job romanticizing living on the road to legit hardship and struggle of 'settling' a land.
I used to work at Amazon and it's really not that bad.
When said "If you want to watch a much better courtroom drama focusing on racial issue", I thought you were going to recommend 13 reasons why for some reason
The editing in Charlie Kaufman’s movies is always underrated. I am both surprised and unsurprised that he wasn’t nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, but I guess if you don’t campaign, you can’t complain
im thinking of ending things was my favorite movie of the year and it would have deserved best picture. but the fact that it isn't even nominated for best editing, even though it was the best and most purposeful editing i personally have ever witnessed, is crazy to me.
Agreed. I can enjoy a lot of movies as I watch them, and then forget them. But it's one that didn't leave my mind, and I wanted to rewatch it after leaving the first viewing confused and disappointed. But then really loved it later. The film made me think about every aspect of it.
I think Netflix did have I’m Thinking of Ending Things on their “for your consideration” page for a while. It was at the bottom and probably had the least push, but I remember it being on there earlier this year
Nomadland is a film about people who lost their families,their houses and their jobs. I'm not gaga about the film but it describes 2020 in a nutshell. I can see why there is hype.
I really hope Scott and Gayell will be a part of the live commentary
I'm incredibly surprised that Portrait of a Lady on Fire wasn't nominated for Best International Film or hell even Best Picture. I thought that was a masterpiece and I expect Adum will really enjoy it
That would have been eligible last year, when France submitted Les Miserables instead.
@@blaisetelfer8499 oh shit you’re right. I must’ve gotten confused. Still sucks that it wasn’t nominated last year though
@@julianarchy9043 yeah, but with Parasite in the same category it still wouldn't have won
@@blaisetelfer8499 true! Parasite was amazing! Rewatched it last night! Would’ve been cool to see Portrait up there alongside it. That was a pretty great year for movies
@nguyễn minh hoàng I know, haven’t seen Les Mis yet, but Portrait was such a high bar I’m surprised they picked something over it :(
FYI Adam, twitch sometimes gets mad if you simultaneously stream to TH-cam if you are partnered
@Random Username Not slavery, but still pretty bullshit. That's capitalism for you: less freedom.
The most emotion I felt whilst watching Nomadland was reaching the end and realising I still had some cinema sweets left to take home.
Although I wasn’t a fan of “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” (a big pet peeve of mine is a story that relies on you knowing a completely different piece of art or story to completely understand what is going on. In this you needed to know the stage play Oklahoma.) The editing, acting, and sound design were top notch through out the film and deserve to at least be nominated.
agreed, i’m fairly young so i hardly knew any references but i had heard the director was great so i decided to watch anyways. was beyond confused all the time and wasn’t sure if that was the point but it really did distract me from being able to enjoy the actual film because the dialogue was mental gymnastics to understand.
my favorite category of the Oscars has to be Scott's Lock of the Week
The mole agent (El agente topo) was so moving to watch for me as a Chilean,
(You have a Chilean fan!
I feel like he was a little unfair with the movie, there was alot to unpack, specially in how it was made, but because he couldnt engage i feel he would have gave it a better score if he could relate more with the themes.
Aaron Sorkin as a writer has always bugged me. On the one hand, the man can write snappy, witty, clever dialogue like nobody else. The man is the closest thing to a writing machine I think I've ever seen. On the other hand, so much of that dialogue inhabits this cheesy idyllic landscape that feels a good few dimensions removed from reality. The West Wing was particularly bad with this. Aaron Sorkin is very much an Old Hollywood-style writer, in that his dialogue is meant to be entertaining more than realistic. And in some cases like with The Social Network, that can be a lot of fun, but at other times, like with the "and then they all clapped" ending of Chicago, it can feel incredibly out of touch.
I feel Aaron Sorkin is arguably the writer working today. The man makes consistently good films and TV shows. I've yet to see Chicago 7 but considering his near flawless record, I think we can allow him one poor choice.
@@dragonrings14 I saw Chicago 7, and I think that 95% of it is really great. The only problem is with the final scene, which fits into a running occurrence in Aaron Sorkin's work, which is a need to foist his own moral beliefs onto the logic of his stories. It's one of those sort-of fairy tale-feeling endings which clearly don't reside in any realm of reality, but are more manifestations of the way in which Sorkin himself believes the world should be like. I disagree with YMS about Sacha Baron Cohen, I think he does great in the film, and again, 95% of it is just really really good. It's only that ending that rubs you the wrong way, because it's too much of a feel-good ending to a story that, as I understand it, did not end nearly so well. In other words, it borders on historical revisionism for the sake of moral satisfaction.
Again, Sorkin is a monster writer, and I don't think any living TV/film writer today can match his consistent quality and output, but he does have a problem with realism in his stories and with letting his emotions overtake his sense of logic.
@@Kira1Lawliet Ok I've now seen Chicago 7 and I get what you mean about the ending. It felt more like his earlier work from the 90s (and funnily enough he wrote this film nearly 15 years ago). BUT I wouldn't call it bordering "on historical revisionism for the sake of moral satisfaction". For a start, it's a flim and therefore it isn't trying to be historical. If this was a documentary then you might have a point. Second, a lot of what happens in the film did in fact happen. The order is a little off and some things are said and done by different characters, but for the most part these events did take place. Sure Sorkin makes the characters a little more balanced so they're more relatable. But we have to accept some liberties to be taken when creating a well rounded story.
To go back to the original point though... I agree wholeheartedly that they didn't need to stand and clap at the end. It probably would have been more powerful just to have him read all the names without the applause.
@@Kira1Lawliet I've never been too crazy about A Few Good Men, either.
Adum: I didn't watch Promising Young Woman.
Also Adum: What's so great about Promising Young Woman's editing?
Complaining about the editing of a movie you just skipped though. Great stuff.
That being said personally i agreed with the rest of his criticisms o on the film overall though.
@@notchuckproductions5029 The overall criticisms of the film he didn't watch?
@@narkboy42 As someone who watched the entire film, I felt the same way, Carrie Mulgan is the best part of the movie, and carries the film entirely, yet felt the dialogue was awful and too on the nose,the soundtrack was annoying, many the prefomcnes were not great . However, I'm slightly more positive, and view it as a great exploitation film, not a oscar movie
@@notchuckproductions5029 Totally agree. Good film, terrible Oscar film.
Sound of Metal, Nomadland and Another Round are my fave films atm
i hope they win all the awards!
im really intrigued by Another Round, gonna check it out tonight if i have the time
I wrote to Criterion asking them to add I'm Thinking of Ending Things to the collection. That would be better than an oscar.
True. A lot of Oscar choices don't age well. But Criterion is superior.
That movie is right up its alley
I really liked Promising Young Woman a lot actually. I thought there is a lot of depth to it but maybe I am interpreting too much into it.
Don't doubt yourself
it's your opinion, be proud and own it
I also think that there isn’t a demographic that film speaks to less than a gay male furry
Don't doubt yourself man, I also think is great and that it has a lot of interesting details
Doubt yourself
Whew. Thought for a minute there that Adum wasn’t gonna give us a 6/10
Yms u used to be like one of my fav movie reviewers, idk if it was ur old style I liked, but for some reason I wandered away not intentionally. But few weeks ago been watching again. Yms always was a classic and legit opinion movie channel for me
This video was the only reason I knew that there would still be Oscars
The Rider is Chloe Zhao's best film imo. I'm really disappointed "Boys State" wasn't nominated for best documentary feature.
Never, rarely, sometimes, always got snubbed. My favourite of the season.
THE VIDEO WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
I agree that Promising Young Woman is very out of place in the Oscars, as it's more of a genre film than an Oscar film, but I don't really agree with anything else you said. I think the reason it was nominated in the first place was that it was a very politically driven movie, which seems to be a running theme this year. The main purpose of this film was basically a firm rebuttal of the 'not all men' thing that some people say as a response to women being uncomfortable around men after being sexually assaulted. Bo Burnham's character was presented as the honorable nice guy that gets the main character out of her cycle of revenge, but it turns out he was still part of the problem. It may be heavy handed, but I don't think that is always a bad thing. Promising Young Woman has a message to say, and it told that message in a very unambigous way, which I think is commendable in this case.
Too bad the message is fucking stupid
I was interested on your thoughts on The Mole Agent. Here in Chile is loved by almost everyone, and I also thought it was good since it did show the reality of the chilean home for the elderly and it was really charming, but when I got a nomination I started to wonder if people outside of Chile would even care about it, since it's a very "chilean" movie. I guess not hahaha
El cine de maite alberdi es muy asi la vdd, en los niños pasa lo mismo
Fun fact about "The Mole Agent": Rómulo Aitken, the private detective, was accused of domestic violence by his ex-wife and apparently worked on a brigade that used torture methods.
Cool Cat Cures Corona Virus (2021) for best picture!!!
Snubbed!
Wait is that for real?
Yes.
Honestly please don't meme that film, watching that film was more depressing than anything, and kind of ruined the first film for me.
If anything this movie shows that Darek Is is officially the new Chris Chan
The only things I disagree on are Nomadland and Promising Young Woman. I love both those films. But I'm glad you enjoyed Collective and Wolfwalkers!
Is it really fair to give a rating to a film you didn't watch the whole of? I haven't seen Promising Young Woman, but surely if you skipped through most of the film you might have missed out on its overall point?
Adam doesn't miss. Every movie hes given a 6/10 or higher to has really blown me away. Ya doin good Adam.
When you're excited for the Oscars because you know Adam and his Pals will commentate on it
Honestly, these days the only things I look forward to about the Oscars as Adum's commentary and Tim Heidecker's On Cinema Oscar Special
Charles Cornell has a great video where he talks about Yoko Kanno and specifically addresses the claims of her allegedly ripping off music. It's an interesting watch.
This aged interestingly.
I liked "The Mole Agent". Yeah, it gets kinda slow but maybe that's the point. I live in Chile, where this movie comes from, and maaan, it just felt too real. It has a critical meaning behind it, elderly people suffer just too much here and don't receive any support. I saw my grandma portrayed there, and it hurt. Maybe it's cause it's my country, I'm proud, and all that lol
I still love you.
I loved the film, it is extremely beautiful.
Yeah i'm from Chile too and i was this close to change it beacuse it was waaay too real lol, definitely a 7 or 8 from me
I look forward to your live, you make me laugh every year! I loved Promising Young Woman, sad you didn't enjoy it as much but ah well.
It still boggles my mind that the same lady who did ridiculous sketches/scenes on Bruiser/Mitchell & Webb Show/Peep Show would also be a great dramatic actor
Stories have personal effects on all of us. And as the son of an immigrant, watching my father and mother struggle to make it in America is the reason I loved minari so much. It made me cry. Would watch again.
I actually enjoyed “My Octopus teacher”, I did find the self interviews to be kind of weird, but I enjoyed seeing this octopus becoming more comfortable with that guy. I’m definitely biased for movies about the ocean, but I was quite intrigued to see how this octopus reacted to different situations throughout its life. I also saw blackfish which was really interesting and sad, but I am curious if anyone can suggest other great documentaries about marine life.
Blue Planet II is gorgeous; you prob. know about it
@@Skippan yeah, I should check it out because I usually watch Blue Planet 1 cause I can’t tell the difference between 1 and 2. I just don’t notice the titles. Thank you though!
Holy shit, I tend to be 50/50 in terms of agreeing with you, but I’m so glad someone else felt the same about Nomadland and especially Promissing Young Woman. I’ve felt crazy considering it felt like I was the only one who felt that way.
Same here
my octopus teacher loses a lot of points for me because the subject of the documentary had a markedly worse life for the sake of the documentary lol
But he loved her! /s
How so?
The Father was heartbreaking and I'm glad i saw it. Deeply greatful you reviewed it and put it on to me
The concept that music (or other cultural products) become so hardened in place that they leave to room for Interpretation or variety is called reification. Pretty interesting I think. A channel named Tantacrul recently made a video about it.
At first I thought he was blurring out subtitles to avoid spoilers but now I'm pretty sure it's done so you don't read them and miss what he's saying.
WHY WASN’T ARTEMIS FOWL NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE??!!??
WHY WASNT 365 DAI NOMINATED
@@AydenPantvng76 why isn’t the kissing booth 2 nominated
WHY WASN'T MUSIC NOMINATED?!
WHY WASN'T MONSTER HUNTER NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE??!!??
WHY WASNT DOLITTLE NOMINATED
Just a tip: Twitch TOS indicate they have exclusivity of content for 24h, so preventing you from streaming to multiple platforms at the same time. In practice they do not enforce it unless someone reports you.
"This movie was unspecial and boring and I don't get it. 7/10".
"This movie was great! I love it! 7/10"
I don't think I understand your rating scale.
Nobody does tbh
He judges based on all aspects of the film and not just personal enjoyment. A movie can have an amazing story and concept that really connects with him but at the same time, it can have garbage cinematography/editing/sound design, etc. Same for the reverse where a movie is very well made but the content of the story is just bland.
@@wesleyakins3182 that literally answers nothing about the question. The ratings still don’t make sense, I’ve seen him bash a film and give it a 6 and then praise another film and give it a 6. They’re very inconsistent and you should realistically be ranking the movie based on your enjoyment since it’s a subjective opinion, and the filmmaking aspects you mentioned can also be judged subjectively anyway
@@MM-jc7uv How does that not answer your question? There's no law on how you should rate a film, if he wants to rate it one way then that's how he rates it. If he wanted to rate it based purely on how much he enjoyed it then that would be how he rates it. He knows that not everyone has the same taste as he does so he's just trying to make the rating as accessible as possible. He goes in with a movie having a 5/10 at the start and he adjusts it as he goes along.
If we rate films based on enjoyment then, subjectively, Citizen Kane would be a 2/10 and Shark Exorcist would be a 7/10 since I personally got a lot more enjoyment out of how ridiculous Shark Exorcist is compared to how boring Citizen Kane is, even though one is considered one of the most innovative and influential films of all time and the other is a camcorder film that is only known due to how terrible its film making is.
@@wesleyakins3182 I’m just saying that his ratings still don’t make sense a lot of the time and it’s basically become a running joke on the channel. Giving a movie you say you didn’t like a 6 and then giving another movie you did like all things considered a 6 is confusing and inconsistent. It just doesn’t make sense, and I never said there is a law lol I literally said everything can be seen as subjective including the filmmaking aspects like cinematography too.
1. Nomadland
2. Minari
3. Sound of metal
4. Promising young women
5. Judas and the black messiah
6.Mank
7. The father
8. Trial of the chicago 7
Viola gave a brilliant performance as the TITLE CHARACTER but people only talk about Chadwick Boseman
The Man Who Sold His Skin is the biggest underrated gem that everyone needs to check out
Damn, you're really gonna do my boy Ludovico Einaudi like that?
9:30 I like when you use bits from your editing streams. It’s a nice funny lil piece of meta commentary
2021 Oscar's Adum & Pals when
Holy shit, Wolf's Rain. Now that is a good memory. I loved that series.
Honestly, I’ve stopped giving a shit about the Academy Awards ever since they gave an Oscar to Suicide Squad. And I believe that it was for best Make Up; I’ve seen better make up on a corpse!
Yeah, even Killer Croc wasn't Oscar-worthy looking.
This is basically Adum's Top 10 of 2020 video.
I actually thought Bo Burnham did a mostly decent job in Promising Young Woman. He was ABSOLUTELY weaker in the scenes that weren't reliant on his comedic ability, but whenever he was just acting casual and funny it felt insanely natural. Honestly one of the stronger performances in the film.
I really respect how you just
just JUMPED RIGHT INTO IT y'know
I was actually very surprised by Over the Moon, the animated feature nominee you said looked like shit and weren’t gonna watch. I think you should give it a chance.
It is what i would call the first "Best Animated Feature " bait movie and the animation branch of the academy for the bait. Also, i think they the animation branch wanted to congratulate Lengdary Disney animator Glen Keen , for his first directorial debut.
@@notchuckproductions5029 He also got the oscar for best Animated short a few years ago. That probably helped
i think he should spend more time on his Lion King review than watching dumb kid movies lol
@@extinctionanimation Yah
I enjoyed it but I doubt Adam would like it
24/7 chill beats to relax and predict oscars to
If you can't understand why The Father's editing was nominated, you probably shouldn't be talking about film.
Omg the bell clip was from Grand Illusions! A godly channel
I always took the on-the-nose writing as a satirical element meant to be purposefully tiring, and this pretty much happens only in the first twenty or so minutes. I don't understand why someone would skip through a movie and then decide to give it a rating. At least watch the movie as it's meant to be seen if you're going to make a review on it. PYW has its controversy for sure, but this criticism is illegitimate in my opinion. Not because you didn't like it, but because you didn't properly watch the movie. Regardless of whether your opinion would change otherwise; it's just unprofessional.
yeah it's stupid to not watch a movie and then be like "this film is 4/10."
On top of that, I think the corniness of the movie ist part of how effective the ending was for me. It looks and feels like a cute romcom movie, where the main character falls in love with cute white boy, but then in the last fifteen minutes it takes that premise and rips it to shreds. And yeah, I get that it's pretty on the nose, and harsh, but that is because this is a harsh topic. Also in the theater I watched the movie, judging from some crowd reactions (Theater in Berlin) some people did not get the message of the movie, or put it of as "Feminazi bullshit", which I found worrisome, to say the least, because it ist exactly this behaviour of denial, that is the main focus of the movie.
TL, DR: Movie good, but Adam did lot like, because movie that is shot like romcom = bad.
@@jobraket So you think it's perfectly acceptable to have prejudice against an entire group of people because you were wronged once by an individual who's a member of that group? Thanks for exposing yourself, I guess.
@@moonsnail3286 When did I ever say that?
@@jobraket That's the whole message of the film. It's supposed to be a rebuttal to "not all men". So basically it's saying that the main character is justified in her prejudice against men because a man once wronged her...and you agree with message sooo
I really loved Mank from a technical and writing perspective, but God that fake film grain really knocks it down a few points. I REALLY wish they just filmed it with actual film. Yes I understand with it being made by Fincher it would have been ridiculously expensive but man would it have worth it. Because that Trent Reznor soundtrack was also great. It also has a slow as hell start but I feel the pay off was worth the last leg was great with some of it's best shots and scenes but it could have been so much more.
Wolfwalkers deserves to walk away with that oscar. So fucking good, and one of my favorite animated films to recently come out.
Whoever wins the Oscar, we lose
Actually this best picture line up is actually quite good compared to previous yaers. I actually think 5/8 are actually some of the best of 2020 and The Father,Judas,Sound Of metal in particular are some the best I’ve seen in a while
18:45 No Adum, you have to pick the moovie with the most cuts.
The Oscars couldn’t be as boring as Nomadland and I got through that.
loool i agree, Nomadland is probably the most boring film i've watched
10:12 I didn't know about this fires, but something similar also happening in Brazil in 2012
Stop using the word manipulative every time you feel guilty of feeling emotional in a movie you dont like overall. Its ok to feel that way
I think Adum meant it more as the film's score overcompensating for emotions that the scene doesn't have
@@samjane3500 he used it 50 times in this video only. He uses it every time he runs out of words I guess
I love this segment ! I feel like i'm in the loop in regards to Oscar nominees without seeing them ! Cheers !
Adum dismissing Promising Young Woman for very shallow reasons is a bigger tragedy than any specific film getting snubbed (half-sarcasm, seriously his criticisms are so poor and the only reason they aren't more illegitimate is that he didn't even watch the full film in it's entirety). Calling it "bland, pandering and un-special" is especially ill-advised and nonsensical.
Agree that ITOET should have gotten something, though I knew it probably wouldn't have been. Agreed with what he said about Trial of the Chicago 7 and it's cinematography, had some cool looking shots but I don't think it was interesting enough to be nominated.
I want to see The Farther, Judus and The Black Messiah win, both contain a powerful and have a strong message that is pushed with its amazing acting.
@Navarro Dodge I swear auto correct is fighting me
I'm thinking of ending things should have won Best Film Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay
"...And it's a loveletter to old cinema"
Oh ok so it's going to win
No it's going to nomandland, alot of anymous acmdey voters have stated they found it boring