# 2024 Oscar (96th Academy Awards) Nominations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 23, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545 "2024-01-23T14:46:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/141 "2024-03-12T03:59:13Z")
I just saw “Poor Things” and I kinda hated it. It was pretty to look at, the acting seemed good, but… I just found that story to be pretty bad. I feel like I wasted 2+ hours. That was the 7th BP nom I saw, and it’s easily the worst. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/142 "2024-03-12T04:17:15Z")
Wow, I’m just going to have to profoundly disagree. IME **everything** about _Poor Things_ was great, so much so that it turned me into a fan of Yorgos Lanthimos. It’s why it was nominated for 11 Oscars (including best adapted screenplay) and won in four categories. I will grant you, though, that Lanthimos’s quirky and often explicit style isn’t for everyone, so I’m certainly not going to instruct anyone about why they **should** like it. I’ll just say that I’m planning to watch it at least once more, and I’ll probably enjoy it even more the second time around. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/143 "2024-03-12T05:07:46Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I will grant you, though, that Lanthimos’s quirky and often explicit style isn’t for everyone While I enjoyed both The Lobster and The Favourite, I couldn’t stand this one. > [@](#): > > It’s why it was nominated for 11 Oscars (including best adapted screenplay) and won in four categories. I mean The English Patient was nominated for 12 nominations and won Best Picture and I thought it was the most boring thing ever, so that appeal to authority isn’t going to work for me ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/144 "2024-03-14T14:42:33Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I mean The English Patient was nominated for 12 nominations and won Best Picture and I thought it was the most boring thing ever Is that you Elaine? [Seinfeld: The English Patient](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5qalNX5G94) ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/145 "2024-03-14T20:16:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’ve been thinking about why Al Pacino announced the winner the way he did. Perhaps after Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about the Best Actress envelope, he was thinking that perhaps he was handed the wrong envelope, as in the previous year Emma Stone won, when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were given the wrong envelope in 2018. It reminded me of Sir Laurence Olivier presenting Best Picture for 1984; The Version I Remember Is, he had vision problems, so they didn’t have him read the list of nominated pictures like they usually do, so he opened the envelope, read the winner - _Amadeus_ - and since that would have been the first movie mentioned if he would have read the nominees, a lot of people weren’t sure if it had won or not. I think the main problem with Pacino’s presentation is, he _didn’t_ say “And the Oscar goes to” before reading the name, but “And my eyes see _Oppenheimer_.” ---
**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 14, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545/146 "2024-03-14T20:55:43Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > It reminded me of Sir Laurence Olivier presenting Best Picture for 1984; The Version I Remember Is, he had vision problems, so they didn’t have him read the list of nominated pictures like they usually do, so he opened the envelope, read the winner - _Amadeus_ - and since that would have been the first movie mentioned if he would have read the nominees, a lot of people weren’t sure if it had won or not. Seems like he’s pretty clear? But no, he didn’t read the nominees. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VKyMQEaEcsM/hqdefault.jpg ""Amadeus" winning Best Picture") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKyMQEaEcsM&t=79) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-oscar-96th-academy-awards-nominations/996545.md?page=7)