smurdaFeb 8

This is one of my favorite movies, yet it won 0 Oscars (nominated for 7) and was a box office flop (cost $25M to make and box office proceeds were $28M). It only gained popularity after the theatres from the VHS rental market.

I firmly believe part of the initial commercial failure was because of the title. With something more descriptive like, "Escape from Shawshank" or just "Prison Break" people would have been more interested to see it.

Show threadcm2187Feb 8
For the academy awards, to its defense, it was competing against Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Four Weddings and a Funeral, or the Madness of King George. I can barely name one good movie a year these days, and certainly none that makes it to the oscars. The contrast with the 90s is brutal.
Show threadignoramousFeb 8

> can barely name one good movie a year these days

Not really.

Of the recent movies, Everything Everywhere All at Once is a storytelling masterpiece. Since you mentioned it, I personally rate it alongside Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.

Show threadrealityloop

Here are the only notables I can think of since Everything Everywhere

Triangle of Sadness
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7322224

Coming Home in the Dark
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6874762

Feb 8 at 10:14pmWeb
Show threadtptacekFeb 9

You can only think of 2 notable films since 2022?

* American Fiction

* The Holdovers

* Oppenheimer

* Perfect Days(!)

* Nosferatu

* Conclave

* Challengers

* The Mastermind

I can rattle off more but those seem pretty hard to argue with. All of them are better than EEAAO.

Show threadnunezFeb 10
I found Nosferatu to be a snooze fest (watched it in the theater by myself so I could take it all in) but maybe it needs a rewatch.
Show threadtptacekFeb 10
I thought it did an extremely good job of conjuring a particular place/time, and I find the Nosferatu backstory of being Temu Dracula sort of inherently entertaining.