Women and the Oscars: What Is Going On?
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In this video, I try to understand why so few female protagonists and no female directors managed to make it to the final round at the Oscars this year. Long story short, we have a long way to go before we reach equality.
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I was shocked by the omission of The Farewell. The first thing I did after watching Lulu Wang’s film was call my grandmother.
I don’t think it’s really suprising, small films like this come out every year that have some Oscar changes but most don’t make it. It got a lot to attention for its Asian cast but the lead was new in bigger roles so unlikely to get nominated right away and it had even less changes in other categories.
It’s sad to say that Parasite stole for its thunder. They couldn’t possibly have two Asian films contending for an Academy Award(!)
The problem is that the voters have such bland taste in films that they just watch whatever is being forced down their throat.
It was so good. My grandmother is still alive but has really bad dementia. She doesn't really know me anymore. After seeing The Farewell, I wanted to turn the clock back 5 years and just spend more time with her and my children.
Sara Samaletdin I think I was mostly surprised by Awkwafina’s omission. I didn’t think The Farewell had a chance at best picture or director, but after her Golden Globe win I was predicting she would “represent” The Farewell at the Oscars.
@@Michael-xi9nb The Farewell is not an Asian movie. It has Asians in it but it was produced and distributed by an American production company. It is an American film.
I really cannot express just how dissappointed I am in "The Farewell" being snubbed. It is, honestly, one of the best films of the year. The script, direction and Awkwafina and Zhao Shuzhen's performances were more than deserving. Their omission is further proof that the Academy is just as boring and outdated as it always has been.
You hit the nail on the head. It's awful how few women and POC's are recognized, but really it feels like that's just a symptom of how totally boring and outdated the Academy is. And so many movies in general. They just keep making the same movies over and over again. I loved the Farewell!
@@meganrichardson6471 You clearly havent watched all the best picture nominees. Or the other best director nominees. She had serious competition
If you would have followed the award season (I mean studying the results of many awards and critics circuits, not only watching the Golden Globes) you would know that the Farewell has no chances to be nominated to best picture, at all. Sure it’s a great movie, deserved to be in the comedy/musical category of the Globes, but impossible to be in the Oscar’s. Other movies are objectively superior
@@mateogalvezarrascue6401 I follow award season closely and have known where "The Farewell" stands for quite a while. That doesn't mean the performances or script aren't deserving. The film is, objectively, better than some of the films nominated for BP.
David Caballero Maybe script, you are right ... but in performance Awkwafina had 0 chances. She winning the golden globe didn’t meant anything because all the strong ones where in drama. But The Farewell it’s not a BIG SNUBB! I would considered a big snub what happened to Noah Baumbach who was sweeping on all the indie’s awards ... but it happens man 🙄
it’s like the academy doesn’t see black movies unless it’s a slave movie like Harriet. Moonlight was a pleasant surprise, but it’s not enough. and forget about it if it’s a movie centered around any other people of color like The Farewell.
Saying Asians are “people of color” is very whitecentric
@@heaintloveu asians ARE people of colour tho :/
BirdFruit how??
heaintloveu to me, people of color is a term for everyone who is not of anglo-saxon, european descent, or “white”
Francesca Downs I get that
“Make the films we cherish look more like the people who cherish them…“
It's unfortunate but movie making is all about the money making and not the depth and value to humans!
Says a lot about the general public paying for stupid movies at the box office.
I guess we are tricked into watching a movie too!
@@sa-iw4dr Yes that's just the way it is. It's still a business. All these people complaining that there aren't enough stories about women and minorities aren't poor themselves. Some of them even have production companies. If they really think that there would be some unfulfilled need within the market they would have made loads of them already. Why would big studio's finance their need for representation if they aren't willing to take the chance themselves?
I guess you are talking about home movies.
@@PungiFungi home movies?
Just so you know, many of the movies that are nominated, and even some that will win, will be nothing movies in five years. What is more important than the Oscars is the movies which came out in 2019 that you personally will still watch in 2024, well technically 2025 since the Oscars for those films are in 2020 but same principle. If you're not watching Parasite five ten years down the line, it doesn't matter how many awards it go. Or any other movie for that matter.
Of course I think it'd be fun to devote months in the future to a year that has gone by, for example March 2023 could be all 2019 stuff and you can watch whatever you liked from 2019 but you have to ignore other years during that time, aside from new stuff of course.
I always think back to when “The Florida Project” wasn’t nominated for Best Picture as it’s a perfect case study of the kind of movie the Academy habitually tends to overlook: a female-led (1) small-budgeted (2) film about the inherently feminine topic (3) of motherhood (4), with a diverse (5) cast of almost completely unknown actors (6) about non-glamorous (7) and regular (8) poverty-stricken (9) people who are complex (10) and make
morally-questionable choices (11).
You always point out that the Academy Awards are about how the industry wants to see itself and how it wants to be seen by the world; and the AMPAS’ cursory attempts to diversify its voting body won’t do much until the structural underpinnings that created and support Hollywood diversifies as well.
It only got Willem Dafoe an Oscar nomination. This year, he should have been nominated for the Lighthouse.
Justice J. Srisuk yaaassss I completely agree. I remember coming across the movie on Netflix, watched it and thought it was actually amazing. That’s a sort of movie that definitely deserves to be nominated in these award shows
And The Wild Bean Appears it’s really good. Used to be on Netflix (in Canada) but it’s not anymore. But if you find it I highly recommend it.
The Florida Project was devastating to watch, but it's also one of the best movies I've ever seen. I recommend it to everyone I think will appreciate it.
agreed
That comment assuming Akwafina would be nominated made me tear up. I had no hope JLo would be nominated so all my good faith went to Saoirse and Akwafina.
I was rooting for them and I think we all know Rene is going to win but to have had Akwafina nominated would have been enough for now
I still can't believe Jennifer Lopez and Awkwafina aren't nominated. Even Nicole Kidman deserved that too. The rage is real!
If anything, JLo felt like a real LOCK for a nomination more so than Awkwafina. JLo hit every prognosticator beforehand (minus the racist BAFTA’s) and was the only other real supporting performance being talked about all awards season besides Dern.
Now Awkwafina not being nominated kills me. The Farewell is my favorite film of 2019, I’ve seen it more than I would like to admit and not seeing the film get ANY nominees, really broke my heart.
I think that Akwafina deserves it but everyone else on that list outclasses JLo.
@@irina1296 they both deserved it big time and the sub is real snub im tired of seeing this
I have wondered with JLo if had the same issue both Eddie Murphy and especially Adam Sandler had which is yes they were great but does their overall body of work let them down in the eyes of the voters.
The Oscar snub for both Greta Gerwig in directing and Lupita Nyong'o for her powerful performance in "Us" was such a slap on the face. Horrendous!
Lupita's snub is more so about The Academy's hatred of Horror films. It's also why Toni Colette was snubbed for Hereditary.
Wellington Oliveira right Greta skills as a filmmaker is such a breath of fresh air it gives a projection of feeling like you’re watching real life people and their lives not just a regular enjoyable movie as if it’s a reality TV show. Also she gives the characters more complex and understanding aesthetic to audiences she has a great nab of creating great anti-heroines. I also agree with lupita she was the Best Actress of 2019 and the academy was not ready to give the award to a black actress who played a dual role that broke away racial typecasting especially in a genre (horror) that has a reputation of overlooking racial minorities
@@rabidheartbeats5953 Daniel starred in the horror "Get Out", also directed by Jordan Peele and he got a best actor nod. 🤷🏽♂️
@@WellingtonOliveira_well_author Well he is a man. What a horror would it be for the academy to nominate a woman for a horror film.
@@TalkAsSoftAsChalk it's sad to admit that it's true 😬
“...when Roman Polanski was just a good director” The shade, the shade of it all...
Inyourlap great shade.
Inyourlap no Hess not he’s a predator Idk why his wife married him
Polanski is an amazing director actually
Marcepan541 Roman Polanski is an amazing director. Harvey Weinstein is an amazing producer. Bill Cosby is an amazing actor, comedian, and creator of television. But they are not just that. And that’s the point. All of these men are disgustingly shitty human beings who acted untold horrors upon women. They also created great art. That’s the point. They are both, neither can/should/will never again be denied or ignored, and BOTH truths MUST be brought up when addressing these men.
@@perfectajo Hard to argue with this on that. Absolutely agree
I'm a man in my twenties and I thoroughly enjoyed Little Women. I'm rooting hard for Greta in Screenplay, Saiorse in Lead and Florence in Supporting this year. I just hope any of them win
Florence Pugh was brilliant in that movie. I've never seen any of her other movies but she made me a fan with Little Women.
I saw it New Years by my self. I was the only male their who wasn't dragged by their spouse and was under 40 .
Shame too because I thought it was a marvelous film, and it angered me(As a straight white cis male) more children and teen girls were going to Star Wars then Little women.
@@rindoubaka1574 also, WHY IS LITTLE WOMEN OWED ANY ATTENTION OVER ANY OTHER GIVEN FILM?
@@christopherbrown2706 You're right, it isn't. I enjoyed Little Women and definitely would recommend it. However I would recommend 1917 over Little Women as a far more visceral and stunning film to watch in the cinemas.
@@notchuckproductions5029 Same thing for me too lol. I walked in there by myself. And not only did I hear someone go "uh, what?" When I sat down. But I'm alsoba black man in a room filled with white people on top of every other variable you mentioned that are reasons why I shouldn't be interested in a film like Little Women. Needless to say I was glad when the movie began so I didn't feel like there were dozens of eyeballs on me.
“Well... skinny white women.” This. Love the honesty. love your videos. thank you!
I always think that it makes sense that white people have far more presence in Hollywood films as Hollywood is in America and it is predominately white. Correct me if I am wrong but the narrator said 70% were white women, 18% African American and so on. And if you look up the percentage of 'racial' diversity in America it states that 72% are white and only 13% are black. Anywhoooooooo, not trying to start anything, this has always made me wonder that's all folks. :D
@Ciara Milne I don't want to do anything strictly by percentages. Was just noting Be Kind Rewind stated that 18% Black women were leads etc and 70% were by white women, so i looked up the skin tone (lol) % in AMerica and I thought ok makes sense the social tone is changing, dark skin is getting higher than the actual pop %. I'm just thinking that in a black skinned country, most films locally produced there would have mostly dark skin people, anywhoooo, just pointing out that hollywood is in America which is predominantly white skinned.
@Ciara Milne PS: Go tell me what you thought of my nominations I just posted for best actress this year :DDDD
@@michaelreilly3513 That's the racial breakdown of the U.S. as a whole versus that magical age 18-35 demographic that movies and general marketing are usually aimed at.
Yes, Baby Boomers are majority white, around 75% of so. However, Millennials have a significantly higher demographic of people of color. They also outnumber aging Boomers in the U.S. (as we're specifically talking about movies aimed towards U.S. audiences), www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2015/cb15-113.html
Per the 2010 census, Millennials are the most diverse group of Americans in U.S. history, with 44.2% being people of color, www.npr.org/2018/11/15/668106376/generation-z-is-the-most-racially-and-ethnically-diverse-yet
The next generation after Millenials, Generation Z, is shaping up to be even more diverse and may actually be majority-minority, www.pewsocialtrends.org/2018/11/15/early-benchmarks-show-post-millennials-on-track-to-be-most-diverse-best-educated-generation-yet/ and www.npr.org/2018/11/15/668106376/generation-z-is-the-most-racially-and-ethnically-diverse-yet
Right now, just over 50% of the children under the age of five in the U.S. are non-white, www.businessinsider.com/most-american-children-under-5-arent-white-2015-6
So basically, movies don't reflect the diverse racial demographics of Millennials and down, who are the ones that these moves are marketed to in order to capture that 18-35 demographic.
let's be really accurate skinny YOUNG white women.
"Money is a sign of faith in the movie."
Cat the movie has entered the chat...
Hahaha damn
Joker enters as well, it was only greenlit because it was cheap, The gamble worked with Joker of course. Poor Cats.
I still have to watch The Farewell, but Lupita Nyong'o got robbed this year. Her performance in Us was phenomenal. Greta having a movie nominated for Best Picture, and Best Adapted Screenplay but not getting a nod for Best Director is a complete joke.
By your own reasoning (getting nominated for X awards should = a best director nomination), Greta shouldn't have been nominated. Joker (11 noms), The Irishman, 1917, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (10 noms each) means 4/5 slots are filled. Jojo, Little Women, Parasite, and Marriage Story all earned 6 noms each. And Parasite is the best movie of that group.
Therefore, it's not a complete joke Gerwig was nominated for Best Director. In fact, you should agree with her not being nominated. What a strange perspective you have.
Yes. Lupita was robbed. I agree. The Oscars are out of touch.
Us is a horror movie is it not. It’s pretty rare for horror films to get oscars.
In Russian literature, there is such a type of hero - "little man", it originated when writers wanted to show that not only the life of great romantic heroes is worthy of attention, but a ordinary person is also worthy of sympathy and support. The life of an ordinary person can cause the reader the same strong emotions. Little women are Oscar's Little man.
I guess we have Dostoevsky and Tolstoy to thank for more modern contemporary novels following that trend, although I suppose the fall of most monarchies also had something to do with that but these Russian novelists predated that so...
yesssss
Joker was a good film but Joaquin literally carried that film. Did the direction really warrant a nomination? Greta's vision could be seen and felt in every shot of the film.
I would say yes, Joker is an amazing film in every aspect so the director, who is basically the filter through which all other departments put their work had something to do with it. All directors did, but with 10 Best Picture and only 5 Best Director some of them will be left out. It happened to James, Taika and Noah as well.
To answer you question plainly. Yes, he absolutely deserved a best direction nomination.
Maliha Intikhab I think he deserves the directing nomination, mainly for how his work matured over the years after Hangover III. Plus, everything about Joker was beautifully filmed, well acted and perfectly scored. It was also kind of a love letter to New Hollywood films from the 70s and the 80s like Taxi Driver.
All of that out of the way, I do think the Academy could’ve added more room for Greta Gerwig for Best Director, since her work on Little Women was astounding and beautiful. Although, she’s probably not mad, since she’s been nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the film being nominated for Best Picture and other awards. So, I don’t think it’s a huge loss for Little Women.
Only if these overhyped dumbasses would know this 🙄
Maliha Intikhab not a best movie for sure, even though a good one. Photography, costume and Joaquin definitely.
Your question about the "prestige problem."
I think it's because stories involving women and/or made by women aren't taken as seriously.
Greta should have 100% been nominated for Best Director and Lupita should have 100% been nominated for Best Actress
N LB Lupita didn’t get nominated cos it’s a horror film, horror genre is barely if ever recognised. As much as Greta did an amazing job, the competition was too damn good and everyone nominated thoroughly deserved it. I’d put Robert Eggers and Safdie brothers as bigger snubs than Greta for best direction.
@@SteelShirt99 It's so frustrating how horror films are almost never recognized by the academy. I'm thinking especially of Toni Collette in Hereditary, who gave one of the best performances I've ever seen and could have easily won the category, but didn't even get a nomination.
But who would you trade for Lupita though? Which one of the five you think wasn't as good?
I'm sorry, but your opinions aren't fact.
@@rohegarcia2802 who said their comment was facts doe???
the fact that lulu wang, greta gerwig, lupita n’yongo, saorise ronan, awkwafina, and park sodam all got snubbed is so disappointing they truly served us amazing acting and directing this year
Saoirse Ronan IS nominated
Claran Gui oop my bad lol 😂
Well, Greta got Screenplay nod, small consolation at least.
Greta did not get snubbed. She got a screenplay nod and her movie was nominated for friggin best picture along with 6 total nominations. She's doing just fine.
@@jenniferariesta6635 consolation? Lol why are we making her out to be a victim? Her movie has 6 nominations including screenplay and best picture. That's huge.
It’s very telling how both Us and Joker have very similar themes about classism, but one has been largely ignored this awards season while the other has been getting most of them.
emmguy or maybe because one is genuinely a good movie and the other not. Loved Lupita's performance but the movie is so underwhelming and bland. I'm not surprised Us wasn't even considered by the Oscars, they hate horror films
@@raluca8112 you're right about them ignoring horror but joker has bland and shaky story telling too. I think some of the dialogue is awful, personally. People excuse it bc they like the message, Pheonix's acting, and some nice shots.
@@scaredbi I agree. Like the movie (though I liked Us more), and even with the nice shots and acting some of the dialogue is straight awful. When he's like "it's hard mom!!!" For no reason I was so fucking confused
I read that the director for Joker said something like he felt he was limited slightly in trying to share his movie and to make it big he had to use comic-book characters to attract people, thus because of the 'Joker' character people know of, it got more attention from super-hero fans that maybe wouldn't have gone to see it. It helped the movie get out of the gate and got more attention from a wider fan base. "Us" doesn't have that super-hero pull.
I haven't seen either of them, but know more about Joker since it has a character I know of, and think it would be interesting to see a different type of interpretation of a character I know, and that's something that I think a lot of people thought too. Us was strangers and a new story, nothing familiar to hook someone into.
@@thunder_blade132 that's unfortunately the issue.
Familiar names used to attract but now only familiar brands do
I am very very happy that Florence Pugh got a nomination. However, that's the only thing I am happy about after seeing the nominations.
Ditto. I'm quite surprised that Rocketman didn't get any love as Best Picture or Best Actor for Taron Egerton or Best Supporting Actress nomination for Bryce Howard.
Completely agree
Greta Gerwig may not have received a director nomination for Little Women, but she did get one for adapted screenplay, so I'm happy for that plus the noms for Florence and Saorise.
@@brooklynshoebabe Because all the characters are so dull. Rocketman didn't deserve much attention, but neither did joker. I think since rocketman released so early in the year everyone forgot.
She actually deserved a nomination for best leading actress in Midsommar she was absolutely amazing
one snub that really annoyed me but i was completely unsurprised by was the entire cast of parasite. in a perfect world, song kang-ho, park so-dam, and cho yeo-jeong would have gotten acting nominations - for cho yeo-jeong, even a win. i was so glad the academy recognized parasite as much as it did, particularly as it's a foreign language film, but parasite was not as good as it was exclusively due to bong joon-ho. that cast pulled a ton of weight and deserves all possible recognition for their work
It's the racism.
@Thomas Headley yes, but since parasite has been getting so many international awards i wish the cast would get international recognition as well. the entire cast is extremely well-known in korea - choi woo-shik is a big up and comer, lee sun-gyun's deep voice is iconic on its own. but it would have been wonderful for these actors to get awarded for their work as the film has been
@Thomas Headley let's hope! can't wait until it does
Cho was brilliant and would have been deserving of the win but imo Park and Song (and Lee even though she had very limited screentime) were the MVPs.
Without the works of the incredible cast, parasite would be nothing.
"Portrait of a Lady on Fire" really should at least have been nominated for Best Foreign Movie. Easily one of the best movies of 2019 in my opinion.
Leo Mount Oh! I didn't know that! Thanks for the info!
@@leomount9037 Actually it was because it wasn't shown any Theartres in Hollywood. Believe it or not that is the main criteria for getting nominated in the first place.
It would never have been nominated. Come on. A French movie about lesbians? With no men in it? With literary references in it and no sexual objectification? Never in a million years. Look what happened to Carol. And Carol was a US movie.
Hence why "woke" Americans went crazy for Parasite: it's basically capitalism for dummies and it makes them feel like they're worldly because for once in their life they watched a movie with subtitles.
Nobody cares about lesbians. Certainly not the fake progressive crowd.
@@Sciencespipo the portrait of a lady on fire snub has more to do with the misogyny of the french film industry. keep in mind that each country is only allowed to submit one (1) film and they chose les miserables (2019) instead of portrait which won the palme d’or at cannes. Also i i feel like if moonlight could win best picture, portrait would have a chance at winning too.
on top of that, portrait and parasite share the same distributor so maybe something could have happened, but who knows
@@adrianndrules yeah I know. Misogyny is everywhere, what else is new.
France chose Les Misérables because it's about 'oppressed' violent males by the 'evil' police. France knew that if they submitted POLOF they stood no chance whereas with Les miserables they had a shot at an Oscar.
Nobody has ever cared about lesbians. And certainly not the people who vote in these award shows. (Black) males trump lesbians every single time.
Justice for LUPITA NYONGO!
Are you kidding? She already won one. Do you know what Leonardo Di Caprio and Roger Deakins
had to do to win an oscar. I really liked "US" by the way, especially lupitas performance. But ask yourself the question: Which of the 5 nominated actresses would you kick out?
Oh shut up. No one outside of social justice crusaders think that she was ever a serious contender for that hammy performance.
Arthur Rimbaud really? She was fucking amazing dude
You throw around the word Justice like you know what it means.
Horror stories will never get a fair shake at the Oscars for anything other then the production ones (effects, sound) maybe for screenwriting.
The Oscars are the 1% of awards shows. They care not for what the rabble want.
Dig Rom She was great! But has no chances to be there ...
Still upset about Toni Collette from last year now I’m upset about Lupita’s snubbing. Oscars hate horror
Bill Whittaker that I’m upset that they hate horror. What’s your point?
Jarred Knox who? Toni or Lupita? Either way both were better than some of the current nominees
@Jarred Knox What top 5? The one with Cynthia Erivio and Charlize Theron in it?
Women in horror give the best performances, but the Academy nutjobs haven't realised that yet
I'll add Emily Blunt for A Quiet Place. Florence Pugh for Midsommar. Anya Taylor-Joy in The Witch. I could go on ... the bias against horror is ridiculous. These are great performances.
Still can’t get over how Awkwafina didn’t get an Oscar nomination
@Jarred Knox so helpful
Her performance was nowhere good for a nomination, she won the golden globe cos all the good female performances was in drama. The only real snub was JLo.
She gets judged because of that stupid name
@Dom Her acting was far from mediocre.
it's called subjectivity dummy
Telling women’s stories as universal experiences is so important.
WomenAreIdiots well.. the same you could say about men .. how many movies about entitled men haven’t we not seen.. like selfishness artist who thinks they are what the world is about or criminal behavior or bad behavior of men who wants more and haven’t no problems with ruined another people life .. I wouldn’t mind a movie about women if it’s good or fantastic.. but I most admit as a man.. I do have what I called “my inner idiot man “ which means there are movies I don’t want to see even if they great.. like Wonder Woman.. it’s should be a good movie but I didn’t want to see it because of Superman vs Batman.. and the so on but whatever.... ps men are idiots too.. jackass 😜
This is so well said. I'm waiting patiently for us all to work our our group identity issues and get on with being human beings.
readilykatie Most women are only looking for the approval of other women. Why don’t you all just marry each other and then all the men can die because why are men needed, really ? and then the world would be a very happy place for about 80 years, until the whole race died out.
@@patquint3291 wtf?
pincmin I do not know what Wtf means.
The biggest snub in my opinion was dismissing Awkwafina as a lead actor.
There's no such thing as a 'snub' when it comes to the Oscars. She didn't make the cut. Get over it.
it made sense that she was snubbed for best actor. best actress on the other hand.....
MattrickBT boy gtfo you been in the entire comment section trying to debate with people over the lack of diversity I can’t stand undercover bigots trying to play devil advocate with stupid counterarguments smh
@@MattrickBT Shut Up please. I do agree that Awkwafina was snubbed and so was Lupita Nyong'o
@@Kevin-rg3yc There is no lack of diversity. Stop looking at only a handful of categories and saying there's a lack of it. 2019 had a record number of black oscar winners. 2020 was a huge night for Asian nominees (the most underrepresented race at The Oscars taking American demographics into consideration).
Yet another non-white person won Best Director and BOTH Screenplay oscars this year, and yet another film made by a non-white person won Best Picture.
Wait, none of that matters because ox the acting categories, right?
This is what Brie Larson was hamhandedly trying to say, and hits the root of the problem much more effectively. It's not any one thing that any one evil group of people are doing right now, it's a Hollywood culture that has pushed us in this unhelpful direction. Money and its role in the arts is definitely at the center of the problem.
@ghost riderxxx in the last 91 years only 5 women were nominated as best director...
in my opinion, Little Women is better than once upon a time in hollywood.
but greta gerwig is not nominated 🙁
@ghost riderxxx Literally everything you said is wrong.
@ghost riderxxx You're giving a kneejerk response to your impression of my words and not responding to my actual words. I didn't (nor did she) once use the word "patriarchy", and I specifically said that I wasn't blaming any one evil group. I called out people like Brie Larson because I disagree with her trite virtue-signalling approach to the problems of gender in the media, which I've taken on before as inaccurate, unhelpful and self-serving.
That said, I think that videos like this show that there remain problems with the way that mass media treats gender, and why is that such a thing to get so defensive about? To say otherwise is to say that we've got it perfect. The real problems are not the result of some simplistic paradigm of one group keeping down another, but of institutional momenta that tend to result in the depiction of social phenomena not matching our daily needs and experiences. To that end, I repeat my contention that the central problem, which again, this video itself also highlights, is the influence of money on the arts, and to that I would also add the overbearing influence of award shows. That is, of course, no easy fix at all, but I think that without fixing it, art will always remain corrupted in one form or another. That's my only point, and I don't think it's one so controversial as to be worth this much argument.
@@katerinalbd8280 5 women have won Best Director? What? I wasn't aware Kathryn Bigelow was 5 different women. AMAZING! You learn something new every day.
Also, you thinking one movie is better than another doesn't mean it should've been nominated. The Academy is made up of like 7500 people who all have their own opinions and tastes. Your taste literally means nothing when it comes to nominees.
@@MattrickBT
1977: Lina Wertmüller ( the first women nominated )
1994: Jane Campion
2004: Sofia Coppola
2010: Kathryn Bigelow ( the first women to win)
2018: Greta Gerwig
I have this information from un women.
Only 5 women have ever been nominated for best director in the awards history.
I just binge-watched the fck out of this channel. You are doing a beautiful job here. Thank You :)
"Do we acknowledge Crash?"
💀💀
Brokeback Mountain lost to Crash. That's criminal.
@@Ltlantnee
The penalty is *death*
ELECTRIC CHAIR!
@@whatzittooya8976 Completely agree ...
Ltlantnee no it isn’t
@@Ltlantnee Why?
Thank you for mentioning Florence Pugh's performance in Midsommar. It's really stupid how the academy continuously overlooks performances in horror movies. I mean I know why - they just dont have the budgets to run campaigns as effectively, but still... I wish it wasnt like that. The horror community is really trying to pull themselves out of the rut of mediocre stagnation in recent years, as we've seen with films like It Comes At Night, The Lighthouse, Get Out/Us, Midsommar, etc. And that includes the actors too, who are busting their asses to fight off the stereotype that horror movie acting is always atrocious.
Can you imagine what it would look like if movies following characters realizing "I spent my best years raising my kids and never followed my dreams" were given as much respect as "I spent my best years working in an office and never followed my dreams"
Agreed!
You get me!
Because frankly for the most part bringing up kids is rewarding but not financially and working in an office is often financially rewarding but also soul destroying. It wouldn’t be convincing and the I don’t know how any audience who would like a lead character who hated her children that much that she instead would have wanted to climb the corporate highs. Even if that was true it’s not what ppl want to be be or see on screen. Films like Mildred Pierce or TV shows like the Deuce instead show women who had to make choices because you know capitalism. But if it wasn’t for “food on the table” they wouldn’t be in those narratives and hence it makes it believable.
I don't know how to explain to you that there are plenty of women who would rather pursue a career than have kids and many don't realize it until it's too late. You're right, that story doesn't get told because we believe that motherhood is the most fulfilling thing imaginable and that justifies expecting every woman to do it. People would hate a character who admitted that didn't turn out to be true in her case. That's why no one admits when it happens in real life and the narrative goes unquestioned.
@@missybarbour6885 no one will sit through a movie about some bitch with kids she'd trade for an office job, sweetie. Also, why do these women never think about their life choices BEFORE creating life, and why do women who refuse to command our sympathy?
the snubs of great films like The Farewell and Hustlers for traditional Oscary stuff like Judy and Harriet makes me feel like most voters haven't even seen the films yet and are just voting based off of reputation. Hoping that voters actually see the films in the next month and we get a deserving upset like last year.
EXACTLY
Hustlers was mediocre at best . Farewell sure got snubbed
@@pushkaltripathi5980 I thought Hustlers was pretty good. A better Bling Ring. The only nom it deserved J Lo in supporting actress, but she should have been an absolute lock.
You are right. They don't watch the films. Most of them just vote for the movie with the studio with more money. I just want them to realise that there's a shit ton of better (yeah, I said better) cinema than what they usually pick.
@@valerianaranjocruz25 I don't think Roadside Attractions has a lot of money... I mean, Renee's performance is the best of the females nominees.
What I want to know is.. Is the Oscar's time up? There are many awards ceremonies and if the Oscars cannot reflect society anymore should we continue to give it gravitas?
@Thomas Headley actually, the ratings were much improved last year. And will be even higher this year as many will tune in just for joker.
@Malik Ekezie No need to be rude to all us creative persons. Not all of us are that way and many of us are struggling to get by.
It's not The Oscars job or responsibility to reflect society. It's an industry awards show.
@Mark Allen lol indeed I absolutely was.
gjaddajg god do you sound ridiculous in your comment
The real crime is that Glenn Close, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Angela Bassett, Vera Farmiga, Diane Lane, Nastassja Kinski, Thandie Newton still don't have the Oscar.
Some singers also deserved to be nominated: Jennifer Lopez (Selena, Hustlers), Madonna (Evita, Dangerous Game), Bjork (Dancer in the Dark)
Jlo?? Nahhhhh. Not in the same class. Look at the yr and the people she would had been compared to- noooo
Madonna did a good job in evita but oscar??? Naw
Above all, Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder. They are great!
Winona Ryder? Lol wot?
@@ajnode yes, Winona Ryder. You know, that actress who appeared in Beetlejuice and Edward Scissohands (by Tim Burton), Mermaids, Night on Earth (by Jim Jarmusch), Dracula (by Francis Ford Coppola), The Age of Innocence (by Martin Scorsese), Little Women (the one of 1994), Looking for Richard III (by Al Pacino), Girl Interrupted, a Scanner Darkly (by Richard Linklater) and Black Swan (by Darren Aronofsky). Just saying.
When you said fucking space I felt that xd and I literally thought that Jlo and Awkwafina would get nominated, also Nicole Kidman deserved nomination for Bombshell, Kathy Bates was kinda random in my opinion, great perfomance tho. Great video btw, I always stop everything to watch your videos
Mark98 Bates I feel was kinda like the Streep/DiCaprio/Scorsese/Spielberg nominations sometimes you just see an established or industry respected person get nominated for something a lot even if they doesn’t deserve it
Agree. All three women of Bombshell played their roles perfectly. I mean, these are actors of no question to their talent, Kathy Bates was nothing spectacular in Richard Jewell, and her to open the announcement of nominess was a gag lol. I'd seriously put Kidman in her place. Also, JLo being snubbed in the SA category was a HUGE surprise, I mean, I won't root for her to win but a nomination would be good so I'm pretty shocked the Academy snubbed her.
Juliana Fajardo I think Leo doesn’t but Tarantino deserves one for screenplay. And I haven’t thought that’s in about 10 years. Direction possibly I don’t think he will/should win though he’s more deserving than Phillips’s though.
@Vicente René I didnt mean it like that, I LOVE Kathy. I thought that she wouldn't get it, because she only recieved nom for a Golden Globe, not any other major award like SAG, BAFTA or Critic's Choice, and Richard Jewell didnt get into any major categories.
@@c17sam90 Totally agree
Greta Gerwig got a nomination for writing and her film was nominated for Best Picture. I don't see that as a snub. Gerwig is well respected and deserves it. Lulu Wang not garning a nomination for writing or directing "The Farewell" was the biggest snub of the Academy.
so goes with Awkwafina.
As soon as I got the notification, I needed to stop everything and watch.
I'm sorry, but the fact Awkwafina, Lupita, and NO ONE from the cast of Parasite got nominated is racism, PERIOD. And let's not even start on The Farewell and Little Women getting robbed in so many categories. Disappointed as always, but not surprised.
Jesus, if you're gonna use the same, tired ass race card then at least try and come off sounding as though you actually have a point to make. What you just said is so contradictory and you don't even realize it.
@@doc8013 My point is that these actors gave incredible performances and deserved to be nominated. In the 20 acting nominated actors only one person is not white. And as usual, she is a slave. You're going to tell me with all these diverse movies not an another POC deserved to be nominated? 1/20 is good enough? And with directing, only one woman in history has won be best director. The oscars has been going on for hundreds of years, but only four women have been nominated and only one was won. There have been many great female directed movies so there is no reason for that, except as the video states the vast majority of the academy is one type of person and they tend to vote a certain way every. single. time. If you are gonna try to gas light, at least try to make original friend. Statistics and history do not lie. This is not a one time thing. Its a historical problem with the Oscars.
Don't forget Jennifer López!
Don't forget Jennifer López!
A lot of Academy voters didn’t bother to see The Farewell. Us is a horror movie, and getting an acting nod for a horror movie is next to impossible (Daniel getting in for Get Out was a fucking MIRACLE). Which person from Parasite would you nominate? You’d have to boot a bigger name from an acting slot, and the Academy goes with who they know and like already, for the most part.
Is it racism, or is it a tired organization that always clings to the familiar?
It's just, awkward that you nominate Little Women like, what, 3-5 times
But then don't nominate the director
But considering that they also nominated the joker 11 times...welp
What do I know, though, the Oscars were always trash when Kyoto animation never got the nod for A Silent Voice last year
(Though, it was great Mamoru Hasoda got the nomination for Mirai)
Ugh but yeah... Boss Baby defines why the Oscars are forever terrible to me
Ben Affleck flashback? Argo won best picture but he wasnt even nominated for director rofl
Boss Baby? As in the baby-looking spy?
Yeah or Little Women didn't make the cut because
11-Joker
10 - 1917, Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
6 - Parasite
Another thing that's been glossed over with this Gerwig snub is that of the 9 BP nominations 8 directors were given producer credits. Guess which one wasn't....look who took the single producer nom
I was hoping Weathering with You would've been nominated, since Your Name was snubbed a few years back
When you think about it, Little Women has been many times already- over the years. Hepburn (1933) and Ryder (1994) for one were nominated for playing Jo, so at this point it just seems obligatory to include Ronan there too. Point is, the Academy has given all the Little Women movies their due, so even though it’s your generation’s turn to love it now, the Academy has been there and done it- many times!
Now that Kathy Bates is nominated again and given the fact that she won for a villain role in a horror picture (we know the Academy hates horror movies), please make a video about her 1990 win for Misery.
Stopped everything to watch this!!
Best Actress Snubs : Alfre Woodard in Clemency, Ana De Armas In Knives Out, Awkwafina in The Farewell, Lupita Nyong’o in US,
You are so intelligent and well spoken and you’re points are beautiful! I’ve been subscribed for a while but this video is absolutely amazing and you put every thought I had on the matter into words.
Honestly, I don't give a shit anymore. I am my own Oscars, where Little Women, Five Feet Apart, Gloria Bell and The Farewell dominate my list.
And by the way, both Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu were great in Hustlers. Another gem.
Five Feet Apart..? Constance was really good to be nominated for the Golden Globes but not for the Oscars and JLo, her performance was average honeslty.
Lol at five feet apart. Keep your own oscars.
Friedrich Werbowy 💯 agree
Charles Agreed
Luu Sapphire ugh
What do you think about genre films like "Us" or "Knives Out" getting nominated at all? Yes, they both have very interesting characters and VERY interesting things to say, but the Oscars are very notorious about snubbing genre films like horror, mystery/thrillers, fantasy, etc... no matter how good.
Considering that the Oscars always leaning on the Oscar bait type of movies has devalued the ceremony and so the organizers have realized that they need to move away from that limited box? Or is that just wishful thinking on my part?
It feels like they keep nominating the same people over & over. I’m over it, and I won’t be watching.
Gotta say it - I'm tired of the same old faces: DiCaprio, Damon, McConaughy and, most of all DeNiro. Let some fresh faces and talent have more of the Academy-destined roles. In the interest of fairness, I'm sick of Meryl Streep too.
Vivi Grace they are just better actors
Yes Men If you think they are the best actors, you probably need to watch more films. There are so many actors out there.
@@Michael-xi9nb Yeah your right, DiCaprio clearly can't be considered among the best actors of all time. It's not like he ate raw venison to win his Oscar or some crazy acting feat like that
Only one of those were actually nominated for an Oscar this year. Deniro hasn’t even been nominated for best actor since 1992 (he does one have best supporting nom in that time)
Mike G. Exactly!!! God, I can’t understand how people are really considering to cancel DeNiro or DiCaprio 🤣🤣 We are lucky to see them in action, once they are dead we will miss their work. I would have killed to live in the same era as Marlon Brando ...
Awkwafina robbed queen💔
When I read the noms, I immediately wanted to hear your take!
When i ask ppl about film award shows everyone says the same thing "i dont care about that" and when i express my interest ppl always say stuff like "i dont need an award show to tell me what to like". Its really fustrating to be the only person in my world that cares about film on that level. Maybe i should get out more...instead of leaving yt comments.
The Oscars were created to give Hollywood some (self-awarded) prestige, and MGM Studios in particular
...art in all of its forms(music, visual,theater, film ,ect...are all subjective. to individual tastes,
keep your unique perspective and interests, without the frustrations of others.
create your own world of appreciation, that fits your style of the todays culture.
opinions, and interests are your own, and some we share with others, your tribe is out there, and distractions are of plenty to be found in the world.
Are the "I don't care" comments coming from frustration? I know people who care about film but say the same about awards because they feel like they're seeing the same stories.
@@BLKPlutoh not really, you would have to care about the shows to care about how the show operates. People come off more like too cool for school. Like the award shows are dated and never represent what people actually watch. Which i cant disagree with but eh what can you do.
@@mediaondisplay3089 😬 yeah it's hard to talk to people like that. At least on YT u can have a conversation.
I find it troubling that Taraji P. Henson was not recognized for her performances in either THE BEST OF ENEMIES or HIDDEN FIGURES, the latter of which should have won her the Oscar but she wasn’t even nominated. Katharine Hepburn once said that deserving actors often times win the Oscar but for the wrong film. And this from the actress who won more often than anyone else.
My personal favorite film performance of Julia Roberts was in MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING and my favorite Jodie Foster performance was in CONTACT. Neither was nominated.
And why can’t the Academy ever recognize Joel Edgerton who wrote, directed, starred in and produced both THE GIFT and BOY ERASED, not to speak of his magnificent performance in LOVING?
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She was perfect in hidden figures
I so agree with you
Great video as usual, I love that it includes the budget aspect bc a lot of the so called arguments are maybe if PoC or women made better movies they would get recognition and we discuss oportunities in the broad more abstract sense but it's important to see and get an idea of what this oportunities mean.
The money the industry throws at white men to tell their stories can't even be compared with the amounts PoC and women are given and minorities have to struggle to get their ideas out there and still manage to tell incredible creative stories.
And speaking of budget...women are constantly told that they just need to "prove themselves" in order to get a bigger budgeted film. And yet you have someone like Colin Trevorrorw who's feature film debut was a little indie film called "Safety Not Guaranteed" that had a budget of less than a million dollars and his follow up to that was Jurassic World. And then you have someone like Patty Jenkins who you could argue "proved herself" by directing an oscar winning performance of Charlize in Monster....and yet took over 10 years to socre Wonder Woman.
@@marianne5055 Well
Charlie's Angels (Female directed)
Black Christmas (Female directed)
Little Women (female directed)
All bombed
Yet Elizabeth Banks is still getting more gigs when she is a terrible filmmaker.
The team behind Black Christmas, terrible filmmakers.
Little Women is the only good movie out of the three. All bombed. That's why. Simple.
@@dexxfilm Im not sure what you're trying to prove with that comment. Black Christmas had a small budget. And Charlie's Angels had half the budget that the original 2000 movie did. And whatever you might think about the quality Elizabeth Banks worked on the Pitch Perfect films as both a director and producer and those films were hugely successful. So again, one could say that she "proved" herself with those films and yet still wasnt trusted with the budget a man would get. And as for the "she keeps getting work" line. I mean her next thing that is lined up for as director is a TV movie. It's not like someone was like "Here, direct a Star Wars film". Plus speaking of McG (the guy that directed the 2000 Charlie's Angels film and its lackluster sequel)....the only thing he had done before that was music videos. A guy that had never made a feature length movie or produced one or wrote one was suddenly given a huge budget to direct a film. And even when the sequel was not a big success, did that end his career? No, he was still given opportunities. I mean We are Marshalls, a freaking football movie still had a bigger budget than the most recent Charlie's Angels movie. So, again...I dont see the point of your comment. Men are given chance after chance and are given more resources to make the films they want.
@@marianne5055 Elizabeth Banks wasnt a director on Pitch Perfect.
She had her chance on Charles Angel's. She failed. End of story. Most people dont get chances after that. She IS GETTING a second chance. Shes lucky. Or it's because a forced diversity quota or something.
There are plenty of guys who make terrible films but they get second chances because some of their films make money. Charles Angel's fucking bombed....bad. like unbelievably bad.
McG is a competent director, his Charles Angel's actually made money. That's why he got more chances. My point is that women were given chances in the last few years to make good films and only a few did. We have Greta, Patty, and Kathryn Bigelow. That's about it. Maybe I missed some?
Point is I only actively tried to see most of the films in the last few years directed by women. Some were good. Black Christmas, fucking awful, Charles Angel's, fucking terrible. 2019 was not a good year for "feminist films" because nobody wants to see them.
Meanwhile Wonder Woman was a great film, and so was Little Women. Not all films make money. Some deserve to, others dont. Others especially dont deserve a huge budget (Elizabeth Banks's Charles Angels, Cats) man or woman directing them.
Elizabeth Banks got a huge budget for her FIRST FILM. over 50 Million for her FIRST FILM.
Most male directors dont get that. Some do but most dont. This video is just whining about diversity in film but there arent really that many women trying to be anything that's not an actress. So that explains some of it. The wrong women are making films though.
That horror anthology XX, garbage, all women directed each short film. I've named the other films that werent good nor did they make money.
@@dexxfilm She was a director on Pitch Perfect 2 and she was a producer on all 3. And Charlie's Angels 2 was not a success. It only made double the production budget. Who knows how much they spent to market the film. Point is, that film was not a resounding success. And you still have addressed why McG was given a huge budget in the first place when the only thing he had done prior was music videos. Directors like M Night Shyamalan have made terrible film after terrible film and yet he was still allowed all those "second chances". And suddenly its a bad year because you named 2 movies that werent up to snuff? Which btw, Black Christmas did triple its budget considering how low the budget was and therefore was a financial success for the studio. But are you going to ignore Olivia Wilde and Booksmart? Lulu Wang and The Farewell? Lorene Scafaria and Hustlers? etc....
only 40 seconds in but I gotta say: YES!!! I feel SO underwhelmed by this year's award season (and movies, tbh)
The movies are great but the academy needs to get its shit together a stop nominating the same stuff. Taron, awkwafina and jlo clearly were ignored on purpose. However this is the strongest best picture bunch in years.
Dont even get me started on greta and lupita... shameful
@@bernardocampos7919 yeah I'd say Lupita even more than Awkwafina and YES it seems like they didn't nominate JLo out of spite and the fact that Taron did more in Rocketman than last year's winner says enough... but back to the movies themselves, maybe I'm just to hard to please but they are not getting me really excited to watch and when I do watch, most of them fall short to impress me. I think the only one that actually impressed me was Joker cause I thought I'd definitely hate it and ended up giving it 3 and a half stars...
@UCbwxOVLRa7kNo5vgjbO_yLA tbh ouatih being so empty and the irishman being the same old, although still a good movie.. i found the list still good. Marriege story and jojo were honestly phenomenal. 1917 is set out to be a masterpiece and masterpiece is literally groundbreaking
this year's BP nominees are not stronger than 2018's, in my opinion. Lady Bird, CMBYN, TSOW, Three Billboards and even the snubbed ones were great like I, Tonya
I'm so glad parasite got a best picture nomination. The academy had been overlooking great international films for years
What wtf u saying what about Roma amour the artist slumdog millionaire are you blind by those?
@@bookeblade nope. Roma didn't win like Parasite did, The Artist was a silent film, slumdog millionaire had english dialog in it. Parasite is the first feature length film not in English to win best picture.
Nathan L Parasite did have a few English dialog.
@@bookeblade i guss i was wrong then. I'm still glad Bong Joon-Ho have one of his films win best picture
I keep pushinv for people to go and see films like Booksmart which is a wonderful coming of age comedy directed by, and staring women. It's like this generation's Superbad and really shouldn't be slept on. I know raunchy teen comedies aren't exactly what the Academy looks for but I'd still recommend it. I don't think it did as well at the box office as it should have.
Also, not a single nomination for Midsommar? Laaame.
I wanted to like Booksmart, but when I watched I was VERYY disappointed...it did have three parts I enjoyed though: the animated section, the dance, and basically any time Billie Lourd was on screen was A+.
You’re so brilliant and eloquent. Bravo for saying so perfectly what we’ve all been thinking for the past couple of years. The fight continues, respecting every artist of course.
"If it doesn't have global implications, if no blood is shed, why should it be taken seriously?"
Yesterday I yelled at my bro-type brother because he dismisses Little Women so easily, he said that he has simply no interest in women's story. I'm enraged.
Why are you enraged, and why does he owe Little Women his interest? It's a domestic piece of fiction about sisters living during and after the Civil War, which barely shows the great events of that period.
@Bill Whittaker he has never seen any of the adaptations, he doesn't know anything about the plot, he only knows that it's titled little women and that is the only reason why he won't even take the time to watch the trailer. I am enraged because he and other people like him don't allow women's stories to succeed at the box office simply because the main characters are women, he likes super hero movies but he didn't see Wonder Woman or Capitan Marvel. It's not that he doesn't support Little Women as a movie, he doesn't support women as a group.
@Bill Whittaker although men don't really need my support, I watch movies with men in leading roles, I read books by men about men. The same courtesy isn't extended to women's story by some men.
@Bill Whittaker I support men's rights.
Men's rights to shut the f*ck up
@@pinkopat I had that struggle with a roommate a while ago. He always eliminates any women led stories from our watch list. But with time he softened up, I think stuff like kill bill helped
I couldn't wait to hear your take on the nominations this year. You put it into words so much better than I could have. Watching this was kind of cathartic. Thanks again
Please for the love of Thelma and Louise, do a rant of movies with female protagonists made by that one company!!!
I was aghast when they snubbed the Farewell. It was everything an Oscar movie should be, yet it wasn't recognized.
This year I thought I was ahead of the game in seeing a bunch of seemingly brilliant, Oscar worthy movies. It was such a great year. But then the announcement came out and I’d only seen one of the nominees-Parasite.
Thanks for this thoughtful video.
I absolutely love the research and the clarification you make in your videos. Outstanding!
Wow. I was very let down by the Oscar nominees, and this has just articulated why. Snubbing the Farewell was an absolute joke by the academy, and Greta Gerwig not being in best director?! Come on Hollywood! This whole idea that modern, domestic, feminine narratives don't appeal to the Almighty Award Season is tragically true. Award shows are mostly bollocks, but they do give an important (and rare) glimpse at the cogs that turn and machines that whir in Hollywood.
carrot12 It’s just an award.
Everything is subjective. The academy gets to pick 5 people out of hundreds. The odds of all five being male, aren't that impossible.
@Thomas Headley and what distorted baseline would that be?
Gerwig’s Little Women is lovely and wonderful, but so were its previous versions. There were just many great options this year over something the Academy has seen (and rewarded with noms) many times over.
Myytchanneldinako Ha there are have been several film and even TV adaptions of joker for years in fact health ledger won best supporting actor as joker in 2008 and Jack Nicholson won a golden globe for his portrayal of joker back in the early 1990s but yet Joker received the most Oscar nominations this year so I don’t want hear that excuse to dismiss Greta Gerwig snub
ive seen some comment saying "we didn't need a new little women!" or "little women has already been adapted so many times!", but the thing is we did need a new adaption. I personally think it did a great job of sticking to the story but bringing something new and modern to the table, which is what we needed for an adaption made so many times. The 2019 little women isn't just some remake of something done so many times, I think we needed a new little woman for the new generation. How do I know this? Because I myself as what you'd call a young person (I'm 14) had no intention of reading little women (unless it was for school), and basically didn't really want anything to do with it. I didn't even know there were so many adaptions of it already, I didn't even know the 1994 version existed! Then I watched the 2019 version in January 2020 and I loved it and fell in love with the story. Because of Greta Gerwig's adaption it inspired me to get more into writing and to learn about directing and the film industry. Without 2019 little women, I wouldn't know anything about the film industry and I wouldn't have started watching so many other great movies because 2019 little women is what got me interested in film in the first place!!! I only watched the 2020 Oscars to root for little women, and that's how I found out about movies like Parasite and 1917 and others. Basically 2019 Little Women has impacted me so much, and I know I can't be the only person out there who had an experience along the lines of this. Sorry this is so long, just my experience and opinion, that's all.
best movie of 2019: knives out
i love it so much
period
still true
it is so frustrating that disclaimers like the one at 10:35 are necessary to at least try to stave off the droves of "youre biased towards women/you hate everything men do" comments that are inevitable whenever you point out how women (and non-cis people, though this video focuses on women) are not allowed anywhere near enough attention or resources to reach their potential. we shouldnt have to say "i promise i dont hate men" in every video like this, and yet.
VenomSnake1984 I’m glad it was there. I’m not going to lie, when she started talking about the actual nominations it was a little bit upsetting to hear her tear down some of the films, such as 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, because there were no major female leads. It does seem like she is biased towards women. I think she made a lot of good arguments, but there was also bias.
@dev0n james I would like to see movies from everybody. We don't have to bring someone down to bring someone up. You would be doing exactly to them what you say you hate they do to you.
@@oliviageyer5716 only one fucking biased here is the damn oscars!
dev0n james I definitely think there should be more variety of people making movies, but that doesn’t mean that straight white men should stop. This needs to be about equality, not putting one group of people over the other.
i understand why a comment about "nobody wants to see white guys in film anymore" would be seen as inflammatory and unjust. but why is anyone concerned? there is no way the voice of white men can be silenced in media. we are grappling with a problem exactly opposite of that. unless an apocalypse occurs and all men disappear the film industry will continue to be dominated by them for years and decades to come
Best time of the month is your upload 💪🏽♥️
I know what the worst is... (You set that up so perfectly. forgive me lol)
@@videovoidtv lmaooooo
that is a uterus having mood right there 😔✊🏽
I find interesting there are better roles for women in the first 30 years of Hollywood than the last 30 years.
I’m still crying for The Farewell
Was waiting for this video soooooo much. Even was gonna write you to make a video concerning this year Oscar nominations . Love.
You cannot convince me that any of the women nominated for lead actress, gave better performances than Lupita. In five years her double performance will be remembered, the ones nominated will not.
The worst is that trolls tell you that the best movies were created by men and that women need to try better next year 🤮
They are the WORST.
Well, what in your opinion makes a female-made film inherently better than a male-made film?
The issue is how few female made films there are each year. I think about 5 precent or lower. It’s truly shocking. I blame the industry mostly. It would be nice if female directors got more recognition but it’s extremely difficult odds from the start that even the genre of those films is to Academy’s tastes. And Academy wants usually to reward people who have longer careers so it takes time for people to get established.
Or we can grow up and just appreciate the films. Why do some of you choose to play a childish game of Male vs Female? They win an ornament. Wow.🥴 some people miss out on ornaments some years, don't let that bring you down. Just because others may have a different opinion than yours doesn't make them trolls, grow up.
@@sarasamaletdin4574 then why don't established female presences team up to produce these movies?
Great video ! These nominations this year were just ....so disheartening.
Do a video on the oscar winners please. I've been checking back every day expecting one from you! Love your content!
Just when I was rewatching your videos for the umpteenth time, you upload!
Thank you for what you
This is one of my favorite channels
And we should say that Chicago basically stole the award to The Hours, which had THREE women protagonists...
I just wanted to say that your channel both terrifies and inspires me. Terrifies me because it’s so well thought out I feel like I could never match videos like this but inspires me enough to try. Gonna purchase my first laptop at 20 this year and start a UA-cam channel for film analysis. Thank you for your wonderful thoughts!
girl I'm so sorry I watched like 20 of you videos before i realized I wasn't even subscribed yet. Fixing that asap!!
"men and their friends, men and their friends and their guns, men WITHOUT friends but with guns" 😂😂😂
The most egregiously overlooked 2019 film directed by a woman and/or with a female protagonist wasn’t Little Women -- it was The Nightingale. SEE IT.
I saw it. It was shit.
@@harithascorp lol. Why? The Nightingale isn't shit.
@@o.602Okay, since you asked and I have a spare half-an-hour.
The first 30 mins or so of the movie is good. It establishes the setting, the characters and their predicament well. It's all downhill from there.
a) Sam Claflin's character becomes cartoonishly evil. It had been established that he was the kinda guy that can get any job done. And this mission to secure the promotion was very important to him. So, it was unlike him to get distracted by the native woman and jeopardize his mission. The only reason this scene was there was say "look, he is a bad man!" in case we had forgotten and to show another woman being brutalized.
Same with killing the boy towards the end.
b) The relationship between Clare and Billy was handled extremely poorly. Clare was contemptuous of Billy throughout their time in the jungle and there was really no reason for him to warm up to her. But he does because that is what is supposed to happen in these kinda movies.
c) The escape scenes and the editing. This one made me lol. Whenever someone is chasing after Clare and it seems like they would surely catch her, we have an edit! And she is far away from her pursuers! This was particularly laughable in the scene after they steal eggs from a house and the home owner get his rifle out.
d) Clare changes her mind for no apparent reason about killing her rapist.
e) The scene where she confronts him in front all the other officers is ridiculous. There is no way they let her talk (and sing) to him for so long. She would be thrown out immediately. What was she trying to accomplish anyway? Hurt his feelings?
f) The movie does not have the conviction to stick with her new decision either. It has make Billy kill Sam's character.
g) The horse. No one other than Clare uses a horse? Not even the soldiers on an urgent mission? Oh it is plot convenience! Al rite. Also, note how it disappears in some scenes when they need to hide.
There are many more issues but I think i will stop here.
This video is virtuosly elucidating. Thank you. ❤️
ps: am heartbroken as well with The Farewell snubs
This vid was so good. Sending it to everyone so they understand
The quality of your video essays, coupled with your obvious passion always blows me away and keeps me coming back for more. Thank you for talking about women's stories and how entertainment is shaped by, and shapes, our worldview for the ages while refusing to whitewash or sugarcoat reality.
I love your videos so much, and the fact that you’ve been able to make this video so quickly and do it so well is amazing! Keep on doing the good work!
Here me out, I feel like the Hollywood film industry is in desperate need of a Kanye West-type director &/or producer. There are probably many creative film makers right now but nobody loud and bold enough to shake things up. We need original screenplays & original stories by and for men and women, poc and non poc. Kanye creates weird music sometimes but it's always in an attempt to move things forward, to create for the future. We need more Jordan Peeles, Avas, Gerwigs and Bong-Joon Ho's that aim to create original material.
How many times are we supposed to be elated for a black woman winning an award for playing a slave role or a historical black figure. We need more content were the roles aren't written for a specific gender or race.
See Ari Aster, Jennifer Kent and Robert Eggers. They've made some of the absolute best movies (horror) that I've seen this decade. Eggers in particular has a truly unique style. But in this generation of linearity, these kinds of directors don't get enough credit
*THIS*
@@jamesdan6895 I will definitely check them out, thank you. But an important aspect of Kanye is how loud he is and how he forces people to notice him. I know that that's not everyone's style but sometimes if people aren't giving you credit or acknowledging you, the only other way is to *make* people notice you, to lean in as they say. It's not always enough to let the work speak for itself.
Now that Weinstein isn't bullying and buying Oscars who's doing it now?
Disney.
As a brazilian woman i am very happy that in the edge of democracy(idk if its the right name in english) a brilliant documentary about the political coup in Brazil in 2016 that took down an amazing female president and was also directed by a woman 🤗🤗💕
loved the line "make the films we cherish look a little more like the people who cherish them" now i gotta binge all your videos again
8:15 All the American male directed, male protagonist Best Picture nominees have the highest budgets. If female directors or female driven movies had the budgets that male movies had, we would see a lot more creative female movies. The Irishman had a budget of $160 million, 1917 - $100 million, etc. I'd like to see how good those movies would have been if they had a budget of $40 million (Little Women's budget).
That's just how it is. You can't give a director like Greta, who's never had a movie make hundred's of millions, a hundred million budget. While on the other hand, Mendes and Scorcesse have proven to do just that time and time again. Studios can't just throw tens of millions at a director because they believe in them.
@@rohegarcia2802 Yes, it's a catch-22, if you never give females opportunities, how can they prove themselves? The point is that The Irishman and 1917 are good bc they had the budget to make their plots (CGI) or storytelling (one-shot technique) possible. If male directed/male led movies always have bigger budgets, it's not an even playing field for female directed/female led movies.
And The Irishman was Netflix's pet project. It is literally impossible for it to break even. Source: ‘The Irishman’ Was An Offer Hollywood Had To Refuse And Only Netflix Could Accept.
@Jo Sephine Yes, but without big budgets, these Oscar Best Picture nominees wouldn't be possible: The Irishman ($160 mil), 1917 ($100 mil), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ($90 mil), Ford v Ferrari ($90 mil), The Joker ($60 mil).
@Jo Sephine let's agree to disagree. I don't think those movies would have been as good with small budgets. I can't imagine 1917, an epic war movie, with low production values, Once Upon A Time without Brad Pitt and Leo, The Irishman without De Niro and Al Pacino, etc. Big budgets give directors creative freedom.
Video: is very serious about a very real topic that I really care about, makes great points and is very easy to understand
Me: olivia de havilland is a 1917 stan
Olivia de havilland is a 1917 stan? De havilland was born in July 1916 and was only a wee baby.
@@Garsons-oq4lh it was a joke??
@@totoLP100 Ok but what's the joke? She was 2 years and 4 months when the first world War ended plus she was living in Japan.
This channel seriously needs more subscribers, each video is filled with entertainment along with information that I never would have known were it not for this channel.
This channel should have ALL the subscribers. Maybe she needs to have beef with James Charles and raise her profile? He can spare a few hundred thousand followers (no hate on James).
It's mostly woke garbage and useless whining
@@prem6174 I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one thinking that.
@backtothefuture1066 basically
@@prem6174 Exactly
I loved little women and I’m a straight black soccer playing 17 year old boy. I hope boys are open to films that are just great no matter the gender of the stars. Also Greta Gerwig and little women needed more nominations so did Us
What exactly did Us deserve more nominations for?
It's refreshing to see that at least there are some young people, as yourself, that appreciate there are experiences in life that are "universal" whatever race or gender.🤣
Be Kind Rewind you knocked this one out of the park. Thanks.
As much as I enjoy any content you produce, please make another retro video talking about a best actress win from the earlier days of the oscars (anything from the 70s backwards) much love to my favourite channel on UA-cam.
I feel like they should bump up the Best Director Category to 7 nominees
Then the seven would be the same white old straight men. Nothing wrong with that, but it seriously lacks variety. Not reflective of the cinema we have today. Loved all the movies, but there is so much more, you know?
Valeria Naranjo Cruz why are you bring race in the Oscar I guess you are blind 5 Mexicans an Asian won best director twice.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your coverage of this. I can't seem to find an articulation of the issue that doesn't pay much undeserved (IMO) adulation to LW, which I found an inappropriate and ridiculous take on the novel.... there are so many great stories about women, done much better than LW that deserve a nod. Great commentary!
Why is no one talking about Waves (2019)? This was the best film of the year, Moonlight levels of amazing storytelling, visuals, and acting skill
Dame Olivia de Havilland was born July 1st 1916 and was all of 2 years 4 months old when the first world War ended in November 1918.
Such a fan of your work!!!!!
Has made me far more excited about movies, oscars, and history/legacy of the industry!
Keep it up!