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I tried to watch this and I was only able to make it 45 minutes into the movie. I had a very hard time understanding what was happening and so I didn't resonate with this film. As a result, although it seemed like a foregone conclusion based on the precursor awards, I'm kind of still surprised that it won Best Picture and that it won more top major category awards than any other film in the history of the Oscars, as Holden cited above. I had heard a lot of older Academy voters didn't get it either and didn't particularly like it. It has very passionate supporters, there's no doubt about that, but it also appears that it's not a movie that is universally loved. I thought in the era of the preferential ballot, which is a rank ordered system, that a film that was divisive with many couldn't win, since a preferential ballot is a consensus choice, but this one did! Why do you all think that is? Was this film not in fact as divisive as some of us may have been led to believe? Why was it as successful as it was, not only in Best Picture, but also for 6 of the top awards?
Last edited by AKA23; 03-14-23 at 05:53 PM.