Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot: Voter Calls 'Mank' "Boring," 'Trial of the Chicago 7' "Mediocre" and 'Minari' "E - Hollywood Reporter

This Oscars deserves an asterisk — because of the nature of the past year, with many movies moving off of their dates, it feels like a competition of the best Sundance movies. The fact that The Trial of the Chicago 7 has a chance of winning, given how mediocre and "television" it is, is all the evidence you need for this, and that's why I'm putting it in my last-place slot. Aaron Sorkin is maybe my favorite writer of all time, but he is not a good director. I liked Promising Young Woman quite a bit — it's maybe the most entertaining of these, and I like what it has to say — but it doesn't feel like a great achievement. I fucking love David Fincher as a filmmaker, but Mank is boring and indulgent and too clever for its own good. Minari is beautiful, and one of the best shot of these, but I found it excruciatingly slow. Sound of Metal was also a bit slow, but it's unbelievably important as an empathy machine, and the performances are great. The Father was a complete movie, versus some of these others that only have elements that are strong. Judas [and the Black Messiah] is a messier movie than some of these — I think Shaka King is still growing as a filmmaker — but it's raw, compelling and beautifully made. And that brings us to Nomadland. They did not have a lot of money, but they made a movie that never apologizes or feels defensive in its scope, scale, pacing, deliberativeness or performances. It's a fully realized movie that is compelling and emotional and cinematic, despite its naturalness. It tells these people's story in a way that invites empathy without saying, "You should feel shitty about your gilded, privileged life." And it is also reflective of the past year, showing how challenging life can be, and reminding us how much we have to be grateful for.

MY VOTE (1) Nomadland, (2) Judas and the Black Messiah, (3) The Father, (4) Sound of Metal, (5) Minari, (6) Mank, (7) Promising Young Woman, (8) The Trial of the Chicago 7

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