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three_shoes t1_jefuvlv wrote

Being unable to explain how they like a film or performance without calling for an Oscar.

Everything and everyone halfway entertaining should have been nominated, it's a travesty, it's criminal, it's one of the all time snubs...

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-OrangeLightning4 t1_jegw2pr wrote

Conversely, stating a certain film "won too many Oscars" without actually considering what categories the film won.

I saw someone bitching that Black Panther won too many Oscars because the movie was actually mid and the final fight was terrible. Do they stop and consider that the film didn't win best picture, or best screenplay, or best direction, or best visual effects, but instead won in categories that were fairly well deserved against that year's competition,? Nope. Just too many Oscars because the movie was just okay.

There's this misconception sometimes that if a film wins an Oscar that means the film as a whole has to be fantastic, when really it just needs to be exceptional compared to the competition in that specific category.

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bronet t1_jeh0a1q wrote

People never get that for it to be a snub, it had to be better than at least one of the nominees. So you have to have watched at least one to even start making that claim. And if we're talking snubbed for the win, you have to have watched every movie nominated in that category

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