THB #101: Time To Vote!

Okay… tomorrow… Thursday… the 6 days into which well over $100 million in spending has been focused to get the majority of votes from 9,487 eligible Academy members.

Well… something like a majority. But you know, I don’t even want to go down that rabbit hole, as I don’t believe the mythology of preferential voting.

And I don’t want to tell you “what will win” or “what should win.” I know that some of you value my critical opinion, but that’s not really what Oscar is about.

It’s a nice list of movies this year. I’d be shocked if any one of them topped anyone’s Top 10 list for the 2020s come the end of 2029. Some of them will certainly be amongst that Top 10… but the very top? Not that kind of year. But some really good films.

Belfast
CODA
Don't Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard 
Licorice Pizza 
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog 
West Side Story 

Of the 5 films that were made by directors who would be considered legendary (Branagh still has time to achieve that status), these are nice pic…