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<blockquote data-quote="TaranofPrydain" data-source="post: 357219" data-attributes="member: 51150">I had seen Everything Everywhere All at once shortly after it turned up on Showtime in November, and while I appreciate Yeoh and Quan&#039;s performances, I felt as though the script was alarmingly thin and the visuals were assaultive on the eyes. I thought that except for the performances, it was a painfully bad film, and I guess I should say in passing that I am probably in the target age range for this film (I&#039;m 28), so its not as though its a different generation thing, although heaven knows my film and TV tastes run older.That said, I feel part of the reason why it swept the Oscars was that in many large cities, theatre attendance was dreadful in 2020 and 2021, even after cinemas reopened, and this film, due to rampant praise from film critics and on film Twitter/Letterboxd, was the first non-blockbuster and indie film to be a success at the box office since the pandemic started. For many in the film&#039;s audience, it was their first return to theatres in years, and I feel that, coupled with the fact that most of them liked the film sealed the deal. The problem with the other films was that none of the other 9 films up for Best Picture had gathered together a large enough cross-section of the other Academy voters to make a play as a clear alternative. They all had only niche appeal if the blind Academy member ballots had anything to say about it.Not that I have seen too many films from last year, but my favorite one (three Thousand Years of Longing) wasn&#039;t up for anything. I would have picked Elvis out of the Best Picture nominees, followed by Women Talking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TaranofPrydain, post: 357219, member: 51150"] I had seen Everything Everywhere All at once shortly after it turned up on Showtime in November, and while I appreciate Yeoh and Quan's performances, I felt as though the script was alarmingly thin and the visuals were assaultive on the eyes. I thought that except for the performances, it was a painfully bad film, and I guess I should say in passing that I am probably in the target age range for this film (I'm 28), so its not as though its a different generation thing, although heaven knows my film and TV tastes run older. That said, I feel part of the reason why it swept the Oscars was that in many large cities, theatre attendance was dreadful in 2020 and 2021, even after cinemas reopened, and this film, due to rampant praise from film critics and on film Twitter/Letterboxd, was the first non-blockbuster and indie film to be a success at the box office since the pandemic started. For many in the film's audience, it was their first return to theatres in years, and I feel that, coupled with the fact that most of them liked the film sealed the deal. The problem with the other films was that none of the other 9 films up for Best Picture had gathered together a large enough cross-section of the other Academy voters to make a play as a clear alternative. They all had only niche appeal if the blind Academy member ballots had anything to say about it. Not that I have seen too many films from last year, but my favorite one (three Thousand Years of Longing) wasn't up for anything. I would have picked Elvis out of the Best Picture nominees, followed by Women Talking. [/QUOTE]

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