Nomination Day finds your Oscar Glutton in a strange and liminal space. I am displaced by the Eaton Fire, living in a new neighborhood, with almost none of my possessions and all of my stress turned up to 11.* What better way to combat that than by watching 50 movies?
I got up for the live 5:30am announcement! I've never done that before but the aforementioned strange bed and stress have me awake extra early these days. You can view the full list here.
Top nomination getters were The Brutalist, Wicked, and Emilia Perez.
My initial responses to the nominees:
-Oh, f*$%, I have to watch not one, but TWO talking monkey movies. This has to be my LEAST favorite genre of film. This year we have Better Man and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which I somehow thought was last year and I thought I was free of it. It will be a challenge just to not pass out from my constant stream of heavy sighs during these screenings.
-Nosferatu got two nominations! I thought for sure it would be snubbed. I was so entranced by that gorgeous, demented film! And I'm dying to see it screened on film, so I hope Quentin Tarrantino hooks me up with that at The Vista theatre soon.
-I still contend that The Fall Guy was the most perfect film of the year but I get that it's not what Oscar is after. Have you seen it yet? Go watch it; it's a whole damn delight.
They postponed these nominations due to the Great Fires of 2025 (I'm guessing what we will call these in the history books) and I feared it would impact my ability to see them all but I've been a little busy living through a national disaster so I wouldn't have watched anything anyway. I still have time to make a valiant effort at watching all these movies for you. Of the 50 movies nominated, I've already seen 11 so we are on our way!
A warning to my Glutton enthusiasts: given the circumstances, I may be a little grumpy, distracted, impatient and all around spicy this year. There's a lot of emotions for me to process and it may just come out in these reviews. Proceed with caution.
*My family and I got out safe with our pets and some precious items. As of this time, our home still stands but will remain uninhabitable for quite some time. Our home town was more than decimated; most people I know lost everything and our neighborhood is a wasteland. It is a very hard situation and I'm likely to cope by making inappropriate jokes about it.
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