It actually has a lot of world-building but could also be interpreted as the story of an over-imaginative kid dealing with sibling rivalry when the new baby comes home. The Netflix show and sequel get rid of that ambiguity, of course, but the original movie is mildly thoughtful. Good god, I can’t believe I’ve become…

I wonder if - given a similar kind of project and only so many titles to pull from - Pixar would omit A Bug’s Life. It’s a great movie, but seemingly the red-headed step child of their catalog.

Or Penguins of Madagascar, which is their best movie aside from How to Train Your Dragon.

What, no nod to Antz?

This remains the greatest sequence Dreamworks has yet produced. Not only that, but it beats the Katy Perry video too.

yet no Megamind

I don’t know how it continues to be talked about like a possibility. The Hollywood Reporter runs an article every Oscar season where they interview a few anonymous voters (The Producer, The Writer, etc.) and down the line every choice they make is political or petty. It’s a running gag how much these voters hate…

It really is an example how there should be some kind of Best Ensemble award. Foy and Buckley are outstanding for sure, but Judith Ivey and Sheila McCarthy are terrific as well.

If I’m an Academy member, I don’t care whatsoever about “helping someone’s star rise”. Did they have the best performance? Then they get my vote. Any other consideration is ridiculous.

Women Talking is the best film I’ve seen this year and it would be a shame if it didn’t bring in at least a couple acting Oscars and some screenplay gold for Polley.

Not to mention they are easily distracted by showier, shallower performances. Tar, for example. Cate Blanchett was fine, but she’s entering her own personal Meryl Streep era in her career, plying her performances with showy flourishes and indications that scream ACTING and which the academy loves, but for me the…

If people don’t watch, it will go away. Same with all the other garbage tv (the Bachelor, the Masked Singer, etc.). People are stupid. This is why when given a choice between democracy and fascism, 46% of the country is solidly pro-fascist (although they get mad at the word).

No

Hong Chau is just so f*cking good whenever she shows up. I mean, even if she’s in your film for thirty seconds she will *blast* everyone else off the screen. Seriously, put her in everything.  

For years fans have (unjustly) called Thor 2 - which is dark and somber - the worst mcu film. So they overcorrected and made him a sitcom goofball. By the time he gave Stormbreaker his first beer I’m like, Is he supposed to have a concussion or something?

If you could recapture the essence of what Thor had in the 1st film, who was immature but showed earned growth by the end (an emotional, sincere arc) and shine a lil of that Ragnarok light on him... would do good.

That’s the problem - it felt like an old-school sequel, doing the same again as a cash-grab.

What I like about this list is that if you take the top 7 movies:

Not my Spielberg ranking, but the guy has made a ton of great, great movies. Hard to argue too much.

Man, that top 6. Peerless!