I dunno...I think if we expanded the list of everything we’d just get Tom Cruise nominated for each new Mission Impossible movie.

Nah, I didn’t even read your comment as if you were saying Barbie and Top Gun were even the same level of quality.  I was just agreeing and adding some further thoughts, because I’ve been making the same Top Gun compare/contrast the last couple of days.

“‘I’m inside of you; I want you to be inside of me.”

Jesus, just let people fist you Armie and be done with it. Much less weird.

There was room for more than one woman in the best director category, especially considering that Greta Gerwig, Emerald Fennell and Cecile Song all directed great films this year worthy of a nod. Only 8 women directors have ever been nominated for Oscars, ever. 

Best Director, Best Male Actor & Best Female Actor should all be expanded to ten. It’s long overdue.

I think the comparison to Top Gun is fair, at least insofar as Barbie probably also only ended up a Best Picture nominee because of the expanded list, and is certainly “weaker” than the other Best Picture nominees (or is at least “weaker” than the others I’ve seen). I.e., it’s occupying the same role (box office and…

I’m glad somebody finally said this.

But Gerwig didn’t have to fight to get it made. Margot Robbie was the one who, after being approached for the role, was made a producer and pitched the film to Warner Bros herself, and then helped produce the film with her production company, amongst others. Robbie said, in her vision, it would be as big as Jurassic…

One wonders if Mike DeWine (R) would like all trans youth and trans adults get a mandatory large letter T affixed to their clothing. This prominent identity symbol would be for the convenience of bullies, bigots and haters.

Exactly. Barbie is a comedy. It’s not fair to judge it by obvious Oscar bait standards like Killers or Oppenheimer. It can be exhausting watching the same human suffering films. There are equally great stories to be told of human life outside of war, holocaust, slavery, genocide, HIV/AIDs, homophobia etc. I think…

It’s worth noting: This is the 3rd time Gerwig had a picture nominated for Best Picture but was passed over for a Best Director nomination.

Anne Hathaway walked out of a Vanity Fair photoshoot on Tuesday after SAG-AFTRA joined the Condé Nast picket line. Which is great! But maybe her assistant should have informed her before the photoshoot???

It’s like reading texts from a narcissistic abuser ex. Gaslight, lie, project.

“Well, no doctors have been hurt by this yet because doctors are risk averse by nature and are more likely to do nothing than attempt to work within the lose confines of the exceptions defined by law, therefore all of your arguments are hypothetical.”

“...neither it’s director, Celine Song, or it’s lead actress...”

Star for Lars and the Real Girl.

Ugh, this was a delicious image and laugh this morning. Thank you.

I have to disagree that Barbie was all fun silliness. Gerwig and Robbie managed to give it a real heart and soul about the pressures of womanhood, the toll inequality takes and how toxic masculinity hurts men as well as women, and it was that part of the movie that made it so successful and worthy of nomination. The…

only one nomination for the color purple? i would love if danielle brooks won but it’s not looking likely.

It’s fascist mad libs. The Fox or some other right wing noise machine’s talking head of the hour tells them what to be afraid of and they just plug it in their tiny lizard minds. Just watch one of them try to explain what “woke” is.