# The Academy Awards thread for 2021 **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392 **Category:** Cafe Society **Tags:** movies **Created:** [April 4, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392 "2021-04-04T17:10:16Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### 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: [April 5, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392/5 "2021-04-05T00:15:57Z")
Here is a link to my post about the Animated and Live Short nominees that prompted this thread. (Thanks @Elendil_s_Heir!) > [@Movies you've seen recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently/699906/2070): > > Since it doesn’t look like there is going to be an Oscars thread (and I’ve seen shockingly few of the major award contenders), I’ll just put this here. I saw the Animated Short and Live Short nominees. My quick takes: Animated Short Meh. The “profound” shorts are a little too on the nose and the “funny” ones are mildly amusing at best. If I was forced to pick…probably Yes-People from Iceland. Live Short At least a couple of these moved me a little. But don’t go looking for chuckles. Ev… I’ve only seen four of the Best Picture nominees, but I expect that I’ll see 2-3 more by the ceremony. Out of **Mank** , **Nomadland** , **Minari** , and **Promising Young Woman** , I’d vote for **Nomadland** (Chloe Zhao is an amazing filmmaker), but if I was betting on one of the four, I’d go with **Mank**. It just seems to me that this year, the Oscar electorate is going to be exhausted by COVID, and, out of all the nominees, **Mank** is the one I’d describe as a “comfort food” movie. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-academy-awards-thread-for-2021/939392)._