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"Oscar phobic" doesn't mean the movie is bad, more that it's the opposite of Oscar bait.

The kind of movies that the Academy will just never recognize for acting awards - often these can be in the action, comedy, horror and sci-fi genres with a few notable exceptions.

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[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Daniel Radcliffe in the Weird Al movie. Everyone in Possessor.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A somewhat recent one my friends often bring up is Toni Collette's performance in Hereditary (2018)

[–] SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Absolutely. My pick also

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I had never heard of her before Pearl, and she fucking blew me away. I've been underwhelmed with her choice of roles since then, but she's earned my respect.

[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Prior to 2019, any film where the actor committed the cardinal sin of not speaking English.

[–] keyez@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Absolutely, Society of the Snow certainly deserved at least one award.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 days ago

IMO "The Death of Stalin" is a very good example of that. All of the actors are on the top of their game, but it's a black, political comedy taking place in the Soviet Union, so exactly the opposite of what the Academy would even consider for an Oscar. In my personal view Simon Russell Beale as Beria is particular noteworthy: He is terrific, ie. absolutely terrifying in the role and I can't imagine an actor playing the mass-murdering, pedophilic head of the KGB getting an Oscar (he got a BAFTA at least).

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Superhero movies, granted there aren't a lot with "oscar-worthy" performances. Heath Ledger's win was pushed by his unfortunate death IMO. If that didn't happen, I don't think he would've won, much less nominated. Having said that, I can't think of any other performance off the top of my head right now lol. Does Split fall under the superhero category?

[–] SaraTonin@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Divergent is a terrible series that Shailene Woodeley absolutely acts her socks off in

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's bittersweet she said no to returning for a 4th. She saw it was going to be a turd and knew her career was moving up, and would only be hurt by it. Kudos to her for seeing that. Shame on the studio for wanting it to be a turd

[–] SaraTonin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

I blame the producers. if they’d just done one film per book all would have been fine