Which Oscar Nominees have you seen?

I've seen:
(in no particular order)

The Brutalist 9/10 one of the best films of the year
Emilia Pérez 6/10 a flawed mess with a couple good performances
Wicked 9/10 fun and entertaining
Anora 9/10 excellent film with good performances
Conclave 9/10 well acted film, great case, excellent screenplay
Dune: Part Two 8/10 very well directed, a technical achievement
The Substance 9/10 wildly entertaining, Demi Moore is fantastic
The Apprentice 8/10 entertaining, good performances
A Real Pain 9/10 excellent performances, great screenplay
Gladiator II 8/10 pretty entertaining
Nosferatu 7/10 good cinematography and production design, but too long
A Different Man 8/10 very good performances
The Wild Robot 8/10 fantastic animation
A Lien 7/10 well acted, gripping
I’m Not a Robot 8/10 enjoyable, funny
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent 6/10 just alright
In the Shadow of the Cypress 6/10 some interesting visuals, not everything worked for me
Wander to Wonder 6/10 some good animation, story not that interesting
The Six Triple Eight 8/10 effective and engaging
Elton John: Never Too Late 7/10 enjoyable but a little too basic
Sugarcane 7/10 some powerful individual moments, but some flaws
I Am Ready, Warden 7/10 fine, but could have gone more in depth
Incident 8/10 powerful and disturbing
Instruments of a Beating Heart 7/10 cute and entertaining
The Only Girl in the Orchestra 7/10 nice, could have been more in depth
The Girl with the Needle 8/10 excellent performances, fantastic cinematography
Flow 9/10 loved the animation, Cat is wonderful
Inside Out 2 9/10 my favourite film of 2024, joyful, beautiful, relatable
Memoir of a Snail 5/10 heavy handed, manipulative and too over the top
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 9/10 fun, love the characters
Maria 6/10 too slow, nice costumes
Alien: Romulus 6/10 doesn't do enough to stand out
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 6/10, action and effects were good, story was not

Since posting this, I have also seen:

Black Box Diaries 8/10 A brave, honest and powerful documentary.
Yuck 7/10 This was cute. I liked the animation.
Beautiful Men 6/10 This was just alright.
A Complete Unknown 7/10 Chalamet is fantastic and the rest of the cast are good too. The story elements aren't as strong as the music portions of the film and we don't really learn anything new about Dylan.
Sing Sing 8/10 Good performances from the ensemble, especially Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin. . It's an interesting story with a well written screenplay.
No Other Land 7/10 I appreciated this documentary, but I was expecting more, based on the reviews and reputation.
The Last Ranger 8/10 I thought this was well acted and interesting.
Better Man 7/10 In many ways, this is a fairly standard music biopic (except for the monkey of it all). The monkey was well done, but I don't think it was really necessary.

I have now seen 41/50 of the Oscar nominated films.

Where on earth are you getting access to half of these? Lol

If you're on letterboxd, or just want to see a list of nominees (with notes for specific awards)

https://letterboxd.com/grayjthomas/l...nominees-2025/

I'm at 48%, with 24 seen, the majority of those are shorts.

Of the Best pics, only seen Emilia Pérez, which was near unwatchable, Dune Part Two, which is not my thing, books or movies, I don't know why I bothered with it, and The Substance, which was 3-star decent, but not best picture level.

Watched A Real Pain, and yikes, I did not like, did not find it convincing at all - but my movie pals are all, "YAY, we love it!" The hell? I feel like I'm living in Bizarro World.

Maria, nope, Nosferatu, uhg (wrote about it in my reviews thread)

So yeah, not a lot to thrill me so far.

Of the nominees I admired and rated 4-stars and above.

Flow
The Apprentice
I’m Not a Robot

There are several at 3.5 (Sugarcane, Inside Out 2, Magic Candies, Beautiful Men, Yuck) and a whole lotta 3s (The Wild Robot, and Memoir of a Snail to name 2)

Yesterday I watched Nickel Boys and today I watched Seed of the Sacred Fig. I'm now up to 48/50 of the nominated films watched. Two to go!

I have now seen ALL 50 nominated films in all categories.

I have now seen ALL 50 nominated films in all categories.

I just saw The Nickel Boys. I really enjoyed the POV camera work and the use of still photos. There are two scenes that are the most impressive to me. The first is a scene where the teens are being taken into "a shed" to be physically punished. The tension in that scene as we, the audience, as the main character, watch one boy waiting for his turn to be punished, is brutal. It is masterfully done. The other scene that really impressed me is the ending montage that reveals the identity of the survivor. It is beautifully edited and the music of Ethiopian jazz great Mulatu Astake is lovely and fills the listener with a sense of yearning.
I have to call out the two standout supporting actors who out rizz everyone in the film. One is Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Elwood's Nana and the other is Craig Tate as former classmate looking for a job. They both really light things up when they are in a scene.