# 2023 Oscars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 12, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066 "2023-03-12T15:23:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/1 "2023-03-12T15:23:51Z")
Do we not have a thread for this? That’s weird. “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is an enormous, crushing favorite to win Best Picture. It’s the most lopsided betting odds I have ever seen for that cetegory. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/2 "2023-03-12T15:42:26Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is an enormous, crushing favorite to win Best Picture. While I don’t doubt that’s true, I hated the film and stopped watching it after about an hour. It wasn’t interesting, didn’t make any sense, and I didn’t care about the characters. Three red flags for any film I’m watching. I liked _The Banshees of Inisherin_ and _The Fablemans_ much more, so I hope one of those two wins, but I wouldn’t count on it. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/3 "2023-03-12T15:58:13Z")
> [@dolphinboy](#): > > While I don’t doubt that’s true, I hated the film and stopped watching it after about an hour. … You made it 1/2 hour longer than we did. My wife wants to watch tonight. Not sure if I will also. Hated HATED Banshees. Think Tar the only other nominated film I saw. Oh yeah - part of Elvis on a plane before I turned it off. Which apparently leaves Top Gun as my choice. Yuck! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/4 "2023-03-12T16:01:26Z")
This is the first year in a while where my #1 favorite film of the year is actually the front runner to win! Loved EEAAO so much, thought it was one of the most unique films I’ve seen in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/5 "2023-03-12T16:14:59Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Loved EEAAO so much, thought it was one of the most unique films I’ve seen in a long time. There are a few films from last year that I enjoyed more (like Triangle of Sadness) but I’m rooting for EEAAO because it’s just so unique and has the potential to radically influence cinematic narrative, much like Pulp Fiction did 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/6 "2023-03-12T16:16:28Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Loved EEAAO so much, thought it was one of the most unique films I’ve seen in a long time It’s probably what the awards should be about. Right up there with 8 1/2. Unique movies I like but do not understand. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/7 "2023-03-12T17:20:02Z")
It’s funny, there’s a movie called Take This Waltz (2011) that stars Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen, as a married couple, with Michelle Williams having feelings for somebody else. The writer and director of the film was Sarah Polley. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/8 "2023-03-12T18:30:19Z")
I don’t have cable TV. Is there an easy and free way to stream this? The Super Bowl is always available even without a TV plan. Hoping this is, too. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/9 "2023-03-12T18:40:41Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is an enormous, crushing favorite to win Best Picture. It’s the most lopsided betting odds I have ever seen for that cetegory. All the odds here. [https://www.oddschecker.com/awards/oscars](https://www.oddschecker.com/awards/oscars) EEAAO is seen as a shoo-in for 3 and odds-on for 2 more. Best Pic - 1/10 Best Actress - 24/23 Best Director - 1/14 Best Editing -2/5 Best Orig Screenplay - 4/6 Best Supporting Actor - 1/50 (!) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/10 "2023-03-12T18:40:59Z")
I’m another who just found it annoying and didn’t make it past a half hour. I liked _Banshees_ as an allegory for the Irish civil war, and I really like the actors. I can’t believe that _Top(m) Gun_ even received a nomination, being basically a remake of the first one. Lastly, I don’t care at all about awards telecasts and never watch them. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/11 "2023-03-12T18:43:24Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I can’t believe that _Top(m) Gun_ even received a nomination, being basically a remake of the first one. It’s a technically incredible movie, pulled off with a great deal of skill. It LOOKS amazing. To the members of the Academy that counts for something. That’s their craft. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/12 "2023-03-12T18:47:56Z")
Okay, but there’s an award for that category. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/13 "2023-03-12T18:50:38Z")
Per the question in the OP, there’s been a thread on the nominees since January. > [@2023 95th Academy Awards Nominees are Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-95th-academy-awards-nominees-are-out/978739): > > The nominations are now out, full list at: [https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023](https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023) Best picture “All Quiet on the Western Front” “Avatar: The Way of Water” “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Elvis” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” “The Fabelmans” “Tár” “Top Gun: Maverick” “Triangle of Sadness” “Women Talking” Best Director Todd Field (“Tár”) Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) Ruben Ostlund (“Tri… ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/14 "2023-03-12T18:57:54Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I don’t have cable TV. It’s on ABC. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/15 "2023-03-12T19:03:23Z")
I meant to get my act together and watch as many of these as I could before the award ceremony. I guess now I know what I’m doing this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/16 "2023-03-12T19:04:45Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Best Pic - 1/10 > Best Actress - 24/23 > Best Director - 1/14 > Best Editing -2/5 > Best Orig Screenplay - 4/6 > Best Supporting Actor - 1/50 (!) EEAAO definitely wins these six. Fraser definitely wins Best Actor even though the movie is shit and Aronofsky is a hack fraud. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/17 "2023-03-12T19:22:14Z")
I posted my review for each best picture nominee over in the running movie thread, but here is my summary of my take on all of them, grouped into the good, the mediocre, and the ugly, and in ranked order: Women Talking Banshees of Inisherin Everything, Everywhere, All At Once Triangle of Sadness The Fabelmans All Quiet on the Western Front/Elvis in a tie TAR Avatar 2 Top Gun: Maverick ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/18 "2023-03-12T19:34:59Z")
My main award hope is for RRR to win the best song and for the performance from the two guys to be incredible. I saw that both leads are in town to perform tonight and man, it should be a heck of a performance. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/19 "2023-03-12T19:36:39Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Fraser definitely wins Best Actor even though the movie is shit and Aronofsky is a hack fraud. Oh, I don’t think the movie was too bad. It was certainly not incredible. I’ll go further and say I think Fraser, who we all love, was only OK in the role. It is an OK movie and his performance is OK as well. Good, possibly, but not amazing. Michelle Yeoh in Everything, though, was amazing. I hope she wins. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066/20 "2023-03-12T19:38:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m another who just found it annoying and didn’t make it past a half hour. I liked _Banshees_ as an allegory for the Irish civil war, and I really like the actors. I can’t believe that _Top(m) Gun_ even received a nomination, being basically a remake of the first one. I thought Top Gun Maverick was well made, but honestly really lame. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-oscars/981066.md?page=2)