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My ranking 1. Oppenhimer 2. Poor things 3. Anatomy of a fall 4. Past lives 5. The holdovers 6. The zone of interest 7. Killers of the flower moon 8. American fiction 9. Barbie 10 maestro
I don't know if you will see this comment Cody but i just want to say thank you for your honest reviews. You have quickly become one of my favorite if not my favorite movie reviewer on RUclips. Everyone can tell how much you love film and it is so refreshing to see. I'm so glad i found your channel. Thank you for the excellent content and I wish nothing but the best for you and your family for many years.
I’m so happy to hear your take on American Fiction. I really enjoyed this film! Have recommended it to so many. It was so refreshing to see such a well written and clever film.
i love how much you love movies. your passion is so contagious! you're my favorite channel by far. i don't think i've ever watched a single video of yours that bored me at any point. you're so so good at this!
These are very much my thing so I enjoyed hearing from someone with a different perspective. My ranking: 1. Oppenheimer (10/10) 2. Past Lives (9/10) 3. Poor Things (9/10) 4. Killers of the Flower Moon (9/10) 5. The Holdovers (9/10) 6. Anatomy of a Fall (9/10) 7. Barbie (9/10) 8. The Zone of Interest (9/10) 9. Maestro (9/10) 10. American Fiction (8/10)
Great vid! But putting Past Lives at (vid spoilers......) number 9 is criminal! Talk about a moving film, it really got under my skin in a good way. And maybe it is a matter of different circles, but I've seen a lot of people sincerely calling it the best movie of 2023. I would not go that far (nothing will top Beau Is Afraid for me but I know that is NOT most people's cup of tea, but damn do I love my fucked up weirdo shit in movies lol) but I'd imagine Past Lives will stick in the mind of its viewers for a long long time.
I love Past Lives, I thought it was beautiful and it really resonated with me, by far my favorite BP nom. Totally understand that it’s not for you, but I was admittedly a little surprised when you said you’d only recommend it to a select few. Basically everyone I’ve talked to about this movie loved it (no, not just cinephiles, I wouldn’t even call myself one), in fact you’re actually the first person I’m aware of that doesn’t. So, I love you Cody, hate to go against ya man, but for anyone who sees this comment, hasn’t seen Past Lives yet, and was turned off to watching it because of this video or anything else, I really don’t think you should be dissuaded. I’d highly recommend still checking it out.
Poor Things - 10/10 The Zone of Interest - 10/10 Oppenheimer - 9/10 Anatomy of a Fall - 8/10 Killers of the Flower Moon - 7/10 The Holdovers - 7/10 Barbie - 7/10 Past Lives - 6/10 American Fiction - 5/10 Maestro - 3/10
My ranking of the 2024 best picture nominees. Although, I have only seen three of them 1) Poor Things 2) Killers of the Flower Moon 3) The Zone of Interest 4) Oppenheimer(I find this movie to be heavily overrated)
@Cody your ability to tackle so many different types of genre on the channel is always amazing. It is much appreciated. Hopefully it preforms well after all the time these take to do well.
1. Oppenheimer 2. Poor Things 3. Past Lives 4. American Fiction 5. Zone of Interest 6. The Holdovers 7. Barbie 8. Killers of the Flower Moon 9. Anatomy of a Fall 10. Maestro
@foenem5458 It could've been trimmed by like 45 minutes and the 70mm bullshit was to make mainstream people feel snobby for a few hours. It was made for 2 groups of people and fell short on both
American Fiction was such a fantastic film. I had an absolute blast with it and honestly place it as my number two pick for best picture. I can’t wait to buy it physically asap and rewatch it again.
I like all of the nominees this year. My ranking is very different from you but I fully respect your views on all of these and understand your reasoning on all of these. My top 3 are my 3 favorite movies of the year. My top 2 specifically I flip flop on for my favorite quite often. 1. The Zone of Interest 2. Oppenheimer 3. Anatomy of a Fall 4. Poor Things 5. The Holdovers 6. Past Lives 7. Barbie 8. Killers of the Flower Moon 9. American Fiction 10. Maestro
The Sound Mix and Soundtrack volume was so problematic and ultimately detracted from an almost perfect movie in Oppenheimer. I'm also not on the Cillian Murphy hype train personally, he does very well, but I would argue that it's only really the last hour that he becomes "Oscar Worthy."
I loved this video, Cody. This is the first Oscars in a long time that I actually plan on watching. I wish Godzilla Minus One was nominated for more (it was my second favorite movie of 2023 after Oppenheimer, but there's a lot I haven't seen).
Great channel.🤓 Please help name a horror movie: A ghost hunter TV crew goes to an old hospital. They are being killed off by an internet cult. The cult wears masks and puts cameras on all their weapons. The TV crew was trying to scare a crew member, not the episode star. The episode star was a patient at the hospital when it was open. The TV crew goes to a morgue, and the security guard there has a fake gun. which scares everybody. It was the movie's first sense. I can't remember the name of this movie. It's been driving me nuts. Any help would be appreciated. 😎
I just watched The Iron Claw a few hours ago and been going down a rabbit hole of how it didn't get nominated for anything. You were right about saying something along the lines of "if this movie doesn't get nominated for anything, it'll be one of the biggest snubs since I started doing RUclips.". Hopefully this year it'll get nominated for an award, but I'm very doubtful about that.
Idk about this guy's list of "most likely to win", I've seen loads of critics saying past lives was the best, or poor things, and barely anything about American Fiction, but whatever.
you’re the first person i’ve seen rank past lives toward the bottom, which I completely agree with! Maestro’s the last movie I have to watch, but otherwise, past lives and barbie are at the bottom for me
There might've been 10 best picture nominees for the last 15 or so years, but usually you can look at the list of nominees and narrow it down to 5 movies that are the actual contenders. The 5 that would've likely been nominated even if there were still just 5 nominees. Then you've got movies 6 through 10, which have virtually no chance, and aren't officially honorable mentions, but really might as well be. Just saw the Holdovers for the first time today, and it feels to me like a quintessential 6 through 10 best picture nominee. That's not simply a statement about its merit, it's mostly a statement about its style. It's got the honor of being a 6 through 10 best picture nominee, and it almost feels like it was made with that honor in mind, rather than best picture itself in mind Though of course, all I'm saying is to be taken with a grain of salt, because I admit that I'm being vague and not really explaining my feelings.
I just don't get anatomy of a fall. I thought it was slow and boring. The subject matter (even after reading what the message being conveyed was) just did not resonate with me the way the film intends it to I think. It lost my attention a few times after that first hour as Cody also stated. The first hour was decent, but pacing, dialogue and story really really lacked into the latter half of the film. The acting is fine I thought. Nothing that blew me away. But mostly all served its purpose for what it was. I just don't get the hype and praise for it. It's a fine film at a technical film makers perspective. But rather dull and uninteresting. I haven't seen all the films nominated or even the so called "snubs" of this year. But I can't imagine that I would be including this film in my own list of top ten nominees for best picture.
I'm not going to lie.I stopped giving a shit about the oscars when Good Will Hunting lost to Titanic. A special place in hell is deserving for that cinematic crime.
The only movie on this list I’ve seen is Killers of the Flower Moon but if I had to guess it’s the feminist messaging that has made Barbie a contender here. That said I can’t really see any other movie winning beside Barbie or American Fiction.
Enjoying this while sitting on the back porch listening to the woods . Lots of good movies that I've actually seen most of them. Openheimer is my favorite. I'm gonna watch American fiction next week VoD.
2 cents on Scorsese: 1. I really hope you're right about Killers of the Flower Moon, because it's easily the worst Scorsese film I've seen. It has a promising premise and it's superficially well-made, but the execution of the story makes for weak and unbelievable drama. First of all, the romance between DiCaprio and Gladstone is neither engaging nor convincing; I honestly have no idea what she saw in him in the first place, especially since she had a pretty good idea early on that he was mostly just interested in her family's money. In fact, the whole setup for their romance feels so rushed. (What is it, like, 10 minutes of screentime between their first meeting and their wedding? In a movie with such a lengthy runtime, there's something wrong with that). Compare their courtship with that of Henry Hill and Karen Friedman, in which she clearly told us (via some of Scorsese's trademark voiceovers) how she felt and what attracted her to Henry, thus making it completely understandable why she married him and stuck with him during all the hell he put her through. KOTFM doesn't justify Gladstone's feelings for DiCaprio very well at all, and I can't understand why it takes her so long to even suspect who was behind the deaths of her family members. (Again, she knew FROM THE BEGINNING that Ernest was interested in her headrights!) And finally, your one "mixed" aspect for the film became an outright negative for me once the FBI got involved; the fact that we know everything they're trying to find out just makes most of the third act redundant and thus kills the momentum of the narrative. So, yeah, I'm not rooting for KOTFM to win Best Picture, and I hope to hell it isn't the swan song on which the great Martin Scorsese goes out. 2. I think The Departed is a good movie, but it's also a slick, glib cop thriller. It has a good deal of depth for a movie of that type, but it can't ever stand on the shelf next to such profound masterpieces as Taxi Driver or Goodfellas. And there's nothing wrong with that, except that it's the one Scorsese film to win Best Picture. I greatly prefer it to Killers of the Flower Moon, but it definitely isn't the Scorsese film that most deserved an Oscar.
The Departed is a fast moving, expertly made, shoot em up cop thriller with one twist after another after another. It did not deserve to win best picture because it is just another twisty: 'who's really the bad guy?' cop movie. LA Confidential didn't win, brilliant as it was, for the same reason. Tokenism to a director as great as Scorsese is just plain insulting.
Great ranking Cody, although mine was pretty different from yours. 10. Maestro 9. Past Lives 8. American Fiction 7. Barbie 6. Anatomy of a fall 5. Killers of the flower moon 4. The zone of interest 3. Poor things 2. Oppenheimer 1. The holdovers
1. The Zone of Interest 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. Barbie 4. Poor Things 5. Anatomy of a Fall 6. The Holdovers 7. American Fiction 8. Oppenheimer 9. Past Lives 10. Maestro Maestro is the only nominee that I actively dislike. The rest of them are so solid, it was a great year for film. Still so many incredible films missing from the Oscars this year though.
Enjoyed hearing your breakdown and reasonings for the placement of each film and I agree that I wasn’t in love with Oppenheimer. My Rankings of the best picture nominees (with ratings) 1. Zone of Interest (10/10) 2. Poor Things (10/10) 3. Past Lives (10/10) 4. The Holdovers (9/10) 5. Anatomy of a Fall (9/10) 6. Killers of the Flower Moon (8/10) 7. Barbie (7/10) 8. Oppenheimer (6/10) 9. American Fiction (6/10) 10. Maestro (4/10)
1. Past Lives 9/10 2. Poor Things 9/10 3. Oppenheimer 9/10 4. The Zone of Interest 8/10 5. Anatomy of a Fall 8/10 6. Killers of the Flower Moon 8/10 7. Barbie 8/10 8. American Fiction 7/10 9. The Holdovers 6/10 10. Maestro 6/10
I’ve seen them all - here’s my personal ranking: 1. Past Lives 2. The Holdovers 3. Poor Things 4. Anatomy of a Fall 5. Killers of the Flower Moon 6. Oppenheimer 7. American Fiction 8. Barbie 9. The Zone of Interest 10. Maestro Going to win Best Picture: OPPENHEIMER, without question Deserved to be nominated: Can’t believe I’m saying this, but GODZILLA MINUS ONE
10. Maestro 9. Barbie 8. American Fiction 7. Zone of Interest 6. Anatomy of a Fall 5. Killers of the flower moon 4. Past lives 3. Poor Things 2. The Holdovers 1. Oppenheimer That’s my rankings
1. The Zone of Interest 2. Past Lives 3. Poor Things 4. The Holdovers 5. Anatomy of a Fall 6. Oppenheimer 7. American Fiction 8. Barbie 9. Killers of the Flower Moon 10. Maestro
Haven’t seen American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, or Past Lives yet but here is my ranking of the rest. Maestro (Fine but not very interesting and I found the portrayal of Leonard Bernstein made him come off as a bit of a selfish and self-obsessed ass, Carrey Mulligan was great though and the best part of the film 7/10) The Zone of Interest (Haunting and really well done, I was expecting it to be a harder watch than it was. Overall it was an interesting perspective but I honestly didn’t know how exactly to feel about it after it was over 7.5/10) The Holdovers (A really fun and heartfelt film with outstanding performances by all 3 of the leads, it was just a wholesome good time that had laughs and a lot of heart 8/10) Barbie (Was not planning to see it in theatres even though I love Greta Gerwig’s other films, I just didn’t think it would be for me. My aunt was in town visiting and wanted to see it as she doesn’t have any local theatres so we went together. I ended up really enjoying this movie and Ryan Gosling cracked me up throughout, Margot Robbie is perfect in the role and my two other favs were Michael Cera and America Ferrara who both had stand out moments in the film 8.5/10) Oppenheimer (3hrs of perfect editing and dialogue that keeps you locked in throughout. Saw it in IMAX and liked it, and saw it a second time later at a home theatre and loved it and caught some things I missed the first time round. The performances are phenomenal, it goes without saying, and Cillian and Downey Jr. deserve their Oscars, assuming they win, It is another masterpiece by Nolan and it just recently made my top 10 of the year after the second watch 9/10) Poor Things (This film blew me away and I loved every second of it. Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo and Emma Stone were sublime, and everyone around them did a top notch job! The vividness of the colours, the zaneiness of the world and the humor and heart of this film match the bizarre nature of the subject matter. Upon reflection the premise of what Bella actually is, it is disturbing and it’s heard to ignore the fact that she is essentially a child in an adults body doing very adult things. It didn’t bother me when I watched initially and I will see how I feel upon rewatch but right now it’s a 10/10 for me) Killers of the Flower Moon (Dark, perfectly acted and one of the most meaningful movies I watched this year. This is my top movie of the year and Lilly Gladstone, Dicaprio and Robert Dinero put in all-time performances in this film. “The love of money is the root of all evil,” is the thesis of the film and it executes that perfectly and shows the sickening reality of human greed and the absolute disregard for the lives of the Osage People at this moment in history. It was a part of history I was not aware of and this is my personal favourite Scorcese Movie that I’ve seen and it’s incredible him making films in his 80’s that are arguably his best work 10/10) If I could have placed a couple more films on this list it would be Beau is Afraid and Godzilla Minus One, completely different films but both are 10/10 for me!
1. Oppenheimer 2. The Holdovers 3. KOTFM 4. Past Lives 5. Anatomy of a Fall 6. Maestro 7. Poor Things 8. American Fiction 9. Barbie 10. The Zone of Interest
Ranking of the films I’ve seen: 1. Oppenheimer 2. The Holdovers 3. Killers of the Flower Moon 4. Poor Things (can change on rewatch) 5. Barbie 6. American Fiction Ranking by how likely I think it’ll win: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Poor Things 3. Barbie 4. American Fiction 5. The Zone of Interest 6. The Holdovers 7. Anatomy of a Fall 8. Killers of the Flower Moon 9. Past Lives 10. Maestro
The reason for Willem Dafoe’s bubbles in Poor Things was that his father (who was also a mad scientist) surgically removed some of his glands and prevented him from filtering his gastric acids. So he build a device that helped him release the gas orally. Hope that helped.
I work under an imprint of the WGA - I try to write observational cinema. THE ZONE OF INTEREST is the greatest film of 2010's. Major theme is repetition. Notice we’ll be in a room, then followed by the almost constant opening of doors, we are back in that same room just a moment later. Yet, it’s changed. Objects have been moved around and the wall paint has altered jusssst a bit - also how BIG is that damn house? The inside aint matchin the outside Notice the amount of set picnic tables throughout the back yard during the garden tour. It makes no literal sense. But, it shows us multiple picnics in multiple places with the horror still in the background. Also Don’t get me started on the children. Their ages are constantly fluctuating. Younger, older, younger, older. There’s even an actor change for the oldest son. Showing that complacency is anyone, anytime and everywhere. A very close companion to Kubrick at his most contemplative
1: Oppenheimer (Yes, I know, I’m boring) 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. The Holdovers 4. American Fiction 5. Poor Things 6. Past Lives 7. Maestro 8. Barbie 9. Anatomy of a Fall Haven’t seen “The Zone of Interest”. Based off my movie tastes, I assume it would end up around my top five when I do see it.
Disagree with your ranking but totally respect it! You're just giving your opinion and the fact that you get hate for something that is subjective baffles me. Personally my ranking is: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. The Holdovers 4. Barbie 5. Zone of Interest 6. Past Lives 7. Poor Things 8. American Fiction 9. Anatomy of a Fall 10.Maestro
Cody, I think it’s cool that you made this video. Watching the Oscars is arguably a bigger event to me than the Super Bowl and every year my family does an Oscar ballot pool so I love when RUclipsrs ranking the best picture nominated films. Personally my ranking would be: 1. Barbie 2. Oppenheimer 3. Anatomy of a Fall 4. Poor Things 5. The Holdovers 6. The Zone of Interest 7. Killers of the Flower Moon 8. American Fiction 9. Past Lives 10. Maestro
10. Maestro 9. Zone of Interest 8. Barbie 7. The Holdovers 6. Anatomy of a Fall 5. American Fiction 4. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. Poor Things 2. Oppenheimer 1. Past Lives I do feel that Iron Claw was robbed. If it was nominated, it would be number three on this list for me.
Thanks for doing this man. Appreciate you! Love your honesty. I’ve only seen Barbie for best picture this year. What should I check out that you’ll think I’ll like?
"Past Lives" is on my top 3 best of 2023 😅 number 1 was "Godzilla:Minus One“ and "Killers of the Flower Moon“ on 2nd place ( Scorsese film is my favorite for the Oscars )
For me, American Fiction is at the top, then Poor Things, Oppenheimer, The Holdovers, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Zone of Interest, Maestro, Anatomy of a Fall, and then Past Lives at the bottom.
Only one Martin Scorsese film has ever won Best Picture (The Departed), and even then I would say it’s hard to argue it didn’t deserve it even if it was a long overdue way to honor him. He doesn’t get pity awards.
Although I haven’t seen one of them yet, I do believe that The Iron Claw and Spider-Verse (I’ve see spider-verse) should have gotten more noms. Unfortunately, Iron Claw I think came out too late that the voters unfortunately missed it, but at least give it one nom. Doesn’t have to be best pic but maybe supporting actor for Zac. As for Spider-Verse, it unfortunately is animated. Animation doesn’t get the recognition it needs at the Oscars. It’s been 2 years since an animated movie has been nominated for anything other than animated feature, which is very sad since there have been an awful lot of fantastic animated movies like spider verse. It’s a huge shame. Love the video btw!
I have seen 8 of the 10 movies. It will probably be a hot minute until I'm able to see The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall. I will say that I couldn't pick between two movies for my number one, so they both are number 1 for me for very different reasons. 8. Maestro 7. Barbie 6. Oppenheimer 5. Killers of the Flower Moon 4. The Holdovers 3. American Fiction 1 Tie. Poor Things 1 Tie. Past Lives
Past Lives is an amazing story and movie by a first time filmmaker. Iron Claw not getting nominated but barbie did is the epitome of why i stopped watching the oscars
Haven’t seen them all but here is my ranking of the ones I’ve seen 1. Oppenheimer 2. The Holdovers 3. Poor Things 4. Past Lives 5. Barbie 6. Maestro Haven’t seen Killers of the Flower Moon (I plan to see this before the Oscar’s); Anatomy of a Fall; The Zone of Interest; American Fiction
Been waiting to hear your take on Killers of the Flower Moon!! I absolutely loved it, went in blind as well (with Leo being my favorite male actor) it really left me thinking about the story for a while. Not a movie that I will forget for sure!
Really enjoyed this type of video. It truly shows wnat a great year it was for Cinema. I really loved Past Lives and categorize it as a masterpiece. That End.. had me in tears. A movie thet really pulled at my emotions.
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My ranking
1. Oppenhimer
2. Poor things
3. Anatomy of a fall
4. Past lives
5. The holdovers
6. The zone of interest
7. Killers of the flower moon
8. American fiction
9. Barbie
10 maestro
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I don't know if you will see this comment Cody but i just want to say thank you for your honest reviews. You have quickly become one of my favorite if not my favorite movie reviewer on RUclips. Everyone can tell how much you love film and it is so refreshing to see. I'm so glad i found your channel. Thank you for the excellent content and I wish nothing but the best for you and your family for many years.
I feel like Godzilla Minus One should be nominated. One of the very few films to genuinely give me goosebumps.
Godzilla minus one, should win over all.
it’s definitely better than maestro
Japan nominated a different film instead 😢
@@markcahill9255 This is the same country that gave Shin Godzilla the film of the year award so I don't know what I was expecting.
Replace Maestro & Barbie with Godzilla Minus One and either Spiderverse or Iron Claw and this is the best lineup of the century
Shame that Iron Claw just missed out. I definitely feel it could have been a contender for best picture
I’m so happy to hear your take on American Fiction. I really enjoyed this film! Have recommended it to so many. It was so refreshing to see such a well written and clever film.
i love how much you love movies. your passion is so contagious! you're my favorite channel by far. i don't think i've ever watched a single video of yours that bored me at any point. you're so so good at this!
Wow, thank you!
Same you can tell Cody loves movies and what he do
And he's non-biased and explains his reasoning perfectly. I love that he's a true horror fan as well
I liked Opp, but it wasn’t my favorite Nolan movie tbh.
Ranking the one's I've seen:
1. Poor Things
2. The Zone of Interest
3. Oppenheimer
4. Killers of The Flower Moon
5. American Fiction
6. Barbie
1. Oppie
2. KOTFM
3. The Holdovers
4. Past Lives
5. Poor Things
6. Anatomy of a Fall
7. Zone of Interest
8. American Fiction
9. Barbie
10. Maestro
These are very much my thing so I enjoyed hearing from someone with a different perspective.
My ranking:
1. Oppenheimer (10/10)
2. Past Lives (9/10)
3. Poor Things (9/10)
4. Killers of the Flower Moon (9/10)
5. The Holdovers (9/10)
6. Anatomy of a Fall (9/10)
7. Barbie (9/10)
8. The Zone of Interest (9/10)
9. Maestro (9/10)
10. American Fiction (8/10)
Cody leach doing an Oscar ranking?!!! I thought I’d never see the day.
Great vid! But putting Past Lives at (vid spoilers......) number 9 is criminal! Talk about a moving film, it really got under my skin in a good way. And maybe it is a matter of different circles, but I've seen a lot of people sincerely calling it the best movie of 2023. I would not go that far (nothing will top Beau Is Afraid for me but I know that is NOT most people's cup of tea, but damn do I love my fucked up weirdo shit in movies lol) but I'd imagine Past Lives will stick in the mind of its viewers for a long long time.
I love Past Lives, I thought it was beautiful and it really resonated with me, by far my favorite BP nom.
Totally understand that it’s not for you, but I was admittedly a little surprised when you said you’d only recommend it to a select few. Basically everyone I’ve talked to about this movie loved it (no, not just cinephiles, I wouldn’t even call myself one), in fact you’re actually the first person I’m aware of that doesn’t. So, I love you Cody, hate to go against ya man, but for anyone who sees this comment, hasn’t seen Past Lives yet, and was turned off to watching it because of this video or anything else, I really don’t think you should be dissuaded. I’d highly recommend still checking it out.
Poor Things - 10/10
The Zone of Interest - 10/10
Oppenheimer - 9/10
Anatomy of a Fall - 8/10
Killers of the Flower Moon - 7/10
The Holdovers - 7/10
Barbie - 7/10
Past Lives - 6/10
American Fiction - 5/10
Maestro - 3/10
My ranking of the 2024 best picture nominees. Although, I have only seen three of them
1) Poor Things
2) Killers of the Flower Moon
3) The Zone of Interest
4) Oppenheimer(I find this movie to be heavily overrated)
@Cody your ability to tackle so many different types of genre on the channel is always amazing. It is much appreciated. Hopefully it preforms well after all the time these take to do well.
1. Oppenheimer
2. Poor Things
3. Past Lives
4. American Fiction
5. Zone of Interest
6. The Holdovers
7. Barbie
8. Killers of the Flower Moon
9. Anatomy of a Fall
10. Maestro
Oppenheimer is massively overrated. Good film but not amazing 🤙🏴
@@asupertramp3922How many times have you watched it?
@@ericgarcia3640 I watched it once and feel no need to ever see it again. Good movie. Not great, but good
@@ibuy2manymoviesik opinions exist but not great is a crazy thing, that movie is a masterpiece
@foenem5458 It could've been trimmed by like 45 minutes and the 70mm bullshit was to make mainstream people feel snobby for a few hours. It was made for 2 groups of people and fell short on both
Watched The Iron Claw the other week. Did anyone else think Zac Efron should have been nominated?
It was released pass the deadline which sucked, if it didn't the movie probably would've won multiple awards or at least should've.
@@ThatOneChainsawGuy I thought he was really good.
American Fiction was such a fantastic film. I had an absolute blast with it and honestly place it as my number two pick for best picture. I can’t wait to buy it physically asap and rewatch it again.
I like all of the nominees this year. My ranking is very different from you but I fully respect your views on all of these and understand your reasoning on all of these. My top 3 are my 3 favorite movies of the year. My top 2 specifically I flip flop on for my favorite quite often.
1. The Zone of Interest
2. Oppenheimer
3. Anatomy of a Fall
4. Poor Things
5. The Holdovers
6. Past Lives
7. Barbie
8. Killers of the Flower Moon
9. American Fiction
10. Maestro
The Sound Mix and Soundtrack volume was so problematic and ultimately detracted from an almost perfect movie in Oppenheimer. I'm also not on the Cillian Murphy hype train personally, he does very well, but I would argue that it's only really the last hour that he becomes "Oscar Worthy."
I loved this video, Cody. This is the first Oscars in a long time that I actually plan on watching. I wish Godzilla Minus One was nominated for more (it was my second favorite movie of 2023 after Oppenheimer, but there's a lot I haven't seen).
I watch every year because it's a ritual for me, but I haven't been this excited for the Oscars in a long time. The line-up this year is amazing.
Great channel.🤓 Please help name a horror movie: A ghost hunter TV crew goes to an old hospital. They are being killed off by an internet cult. The cult wears masks and puts cameras on all their weapons. The TV crew was trying to scare a crew member, not the episode star. The episode star was a patient at the hospital when it was open. The TV crew goes to a morgue, and the security guard there has a fake gun. which scares everybody. It was the movie's first sense. I can't remember the name of this movie. It's been driving me nuts. Any help would be appreciated. 😎
I just watched The Iron Claw a few hours ago and been going down a rabbit hole of how it didn't get nominated for anything. You were right about saying something along the lines of "if this movie doesn't get nominated for anything, it'll be one of the biggest snubs since I started doing RUclips.". Hopefully this year it'll get nominated for an award, but I'm very doubtful about that.
Idk about this guy's list of "most likely to win", I've seen loads of critics saying past lives was the best, or poor things, and barely anything about American Fiction, but whatever.
I’ll go Oppenheimer or KOTFM .. i only seen 6-7 of these. Godzilla Minus One best flick i seen last year 🎬🎬🎬
you’re the first person i’ve seen rank past lives toward the bottom, which I completely agree with! Maestro’s the last movie I have to watch, but otherwise, past lives and barbie are at the bottom for me
There might've been 10 best picture nominees for the last 15 or so years, but usually you can look at the list of nominees and narrow it down to 5 movies that are the actual contenders. The 5 that would've likely been nominated even if there were still just 5 nominees. Then you've got movies 6 through 10, which have virtually no chance, and aren't officially honorable mentions, but really might as well be. Just saw the Holdovers for the first time today, and it feels to me like a quintessential 6 through 10 best picture nominee. That's not simply a statement about its merit, it's mostly a statement about its style. It's got the honor of being a 6 through 10 best picture nominee, and it almost feels like it was made with that honor in mind, rather than best picture itself in mind
Though of course, all I'm saying is to be taken with a grain of salt, because I admit that I'm being vague and not really explaining my feelings.
Solid list. My two favorite films were Godzilla Minus One and The Iron Claw. Both 5/5 for me, just awesome films.
In an ideal world, No one Will Save You , When Evil Lurks and Godzilla Minus One, would be nominated, My Favourites from Last Year
I just don't get anatomy of a fall. I thought it was slow and boring. The subject matter (even after reading what the message being conveyed was) just did not resonate with me the way the film intends it to I think. It lost my attention a few times after that first hour as Cody also stated. The first hour was decent, but pacing, dialogue and story really really lacked into the latter half of the film. The acting is fine I thought. Nothing that blew me away. But mostly all served its purpose for what it was.
I just don't get the hype and praise for it. It's a fine film at a technical film makers perspective. But rather dull and uninteresting. I haven't seen all the films nominated or even the so called "snubs" of this year. But I can't imagine that I would be including this film in my own list of top ten nominees for best picture.
Your side of twitter doesn't talk about past lives.. but its definitely not number 10 most likely to win. It has much more love than you realise
I'm not going to lie.I stopped giving a shit about the oscars when Good Will Hunting lost to Titanic. A special place in hell is deserving for that cinematic crime.
The only movie on this list I’ve seen is Killers of the Flower Moon but if I had to guess it’s the feminist messaging that has made Barbie a contender here. That said I can’t really see any other movie winning beside Barbie or American Fiction.
28:43 well, your wish may be granted. Christopher Nolan has expressed interest in making a horror movie.
Enjoying this while sitting on the back porch listening to the woods . Lots of good movies that I've actually seen most of them. Openheimer is my favorite. I'm gonna watch American fiction next week VoD.
Im just tired of all the artsy movies that are always nominated. Hollywood has gotten way to big and think way too highly of themselves.
2 cents on Scorsese:
1. I really hope you're right about Killers of the Flower Moon, because it's easily the worst Scorsese film I've seen. It has a promising premise and it's superficially well-made, but the execution of the story makes for weak and unbelievable drama. First of all, the romance between DiCaprio and Gladstone is neither engaging nor convincing; I honestly have no idea what she saw in him in the first place, especially since she had a pretty good idea early on that he was mostly just interested in her family's money. In fact, the whole setup for their romance feels so rushed. (What is it, like, 10 minutes of screentime between their first meeting and their wedding? In a movie with such a lengthy runtime, there's something wrong with that). Compare their courtship with that of Henry Hill and Karen Friedman, in which she clearly told us (via some of Scorsese's trademark voiceovers) how she felt and what attracted her to Henry, thus making it completely understandable why she married him and stuck with him during all the hell he put her through. KOTFM doesn't justify Gladstone's feelings for DiCaprio very well at all, and I can't understand why it takes her so long to even suspect who was behind the deaths of her family members. (Again, she knew FROM THE BEGINNING that Ernest was interested in her headrights!) And finally, your one "mixed" aspect for the film became an outright negative for me once the FBI got involved; the fact that we know everything they're trying to find out just makes most of the third act redundant and thus kills the momentum of the narrative. So, yeah, I'm not rooting for KOTFM to win Best Picture, and I hope to hell it isn't the swan song on which the great Martin Scorsese goes out.
2. I think The Departed is a good movie, but it's also a slick, glib cop thriller. It has a good deal of depth for a movie of that type, but it can't ever stand on the shelf next to such profound masterpieces as Taxi Driver or Goodfellas. And there's nothing wrong with that, except that it's the one Scorsese film to win Best Picture. I greatly prefer it to Killers of the Flower Moon, but it definitely isn't the Scorsese film that most deserved an Oscar.
The Departed is a fast moving, expertly made, shoot em up cop thriller with one twist after another after another. It did not deserve to win best picture because it is just another twisty: 'who's really the bad guy?' cop movie. LA Confidential didn't win, brilliant as it was, for the same reason. Tokenism to a director as great as Scorsese is just plain insulting.
@@paulinegallagher7821 You said it!
Totally agree with your opinion on Oppenheimer. A technical masterpiece with great performances but not one I’d rewatch anytime soon.
Great ranking Cody, although mine was pretty different from yours.
10. Maestro
9. Past Lives
8. American Fiction
7. Barbie
6. Anatomy of a fall
5. Killers of the flower moon
4. The zone of interest
3. Poor things
2. Oppenheimer
1. The holdovers
Poor Things is the best movie I can’t recommend to most of the people I know.
cody coming in clutch right as I need a vid to watch as I make dinner
Cody, I saw Aaron Lewis live. Great show. Love the hat.
The iron claw was better than 3/4 of the best picture nominees
I think so as well but such is life
Nolan has said he wants a horror movie to be his next project so fingers crossed!
35:18 flowers bored me to death. I wanted to like it.
Zac Efron robbed of a Best Actor nomination :(
1. The Zone of Interest
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Barbie
4. Poor Things
5. Anatomy of a Fall
6. The Holdovers
7. American Fiction
8. Oppenheimer
9. Past Lives
10. Maestro
Maestro is the only nominee that I actively dislike. The rest of them are so solid, it was a great year for film. Still so many incredible films missing from the Oscars this year though.
Enjoyed hearing your breakdown and reasonings for the placement of each film and I agree that I wasn’t in love with Oppenheimer.
My Rankings of the best picture nominees (with ratings)
1. Zone of Interest (10/10)
2. Poor Things (10/10)
3. Past Lives (10/10)
4. The Holdovers (9/10)
5. Anatomy of a Fall (9/10)
6. Killers of the Flower Moon (8/10)
7. Barbie (7/10)
8. Oppenheimer (6/10)
9. American Fiction (6/10)
10. Maestro (4/10)
1. Past Lives 9/10
2. Poor Things 9/10
3. Oppenheimer 9/10
4. The Zone of Interest 8/10
5. Anatomy of a Fall 8/10
6. Killers of the Flower Moon 8/10
7. Barbie 8/10
8. American Fiction 7/10
9. The Holdovers 6/10
10. Maestro 6/10
Cody Leach is one of my current favorite movie reviewers on RUclips.
I’ve seen them all - here’s my personal ranking:
1. Past Lives
2. The Holdovers
3. Poor Things
4. Anatomy of a Fall
5. Killers of the Flower Moon
6. Oppenheimer
7. American Fiction
8. Barbie
9. The Zone of Interest
10. Maestro
Going to win Best Picture: OPPENHEIMER, without question
Deserved to be nominated: Can’t believe I’m saying this, but GODZILLA MINUS ONE
10. Maestro
9. Barbie
8. American Fiction
7. Zone of Interest
6. Anatomy of a Fall
5. Killers of the flower moon
4. Past lives
3. Poor Things
2. The Holdovers
1. Oppenheimer
That’s my rankings
1. The Zone of Interest
2. Past Lives
3. Poor Things
4. The Holdovers
5. Anatomy of a Fall
6. Oppenheimer
7. American Fiction
8. Barbie
9. Killers of the Flower Moon
10. Maestro
Haven’t seen American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, or Past Lives yet but here is my ranking of the rest.
Maestro (Fine but not very interesting and I found the portrayal of Leonard Bernstein made him come off as a bit of a selfish and self-obsessed ass, Carrey Mulligan was great though and the best part of the film 7/10)
The Zone of Interest (Haunting and really well done, I was expecting it to be a harder watch than it was. Overall it was an interesting perspective but I honestly didn’t know how exactly to feel about it after it was over 7.5/10)
The Holdovers (A really fun and heartfelt film with outstanding performances by all 3 of the leads, it was just a wholesome good time that had laughs and a lot of heart 8/10)
Barbie (Was not planning to see it in theatres even though I love Greta Gerwig’s other films, I just didn’t think it would be for me. My aunt was in town visiting and wanted to see it as she doesn’t have any local theatres so we went together. I ended up really enjoying this movie and Ryan Gosling cracked me up throughout, Margot Robbie is perfect in the role and my two other favs were Michael Cera and America Ferrara who both had stand out moments in the film 8.5/10)
Oppenheimer (3hrs of perfect editing and dialogue that keeps you locked in throughout. Saw it in IMAX and liked it, and saw it a second time later at a home theatre and loved it and caught some things I missed the first time round. The performances are phenomenal, it goes without saying, and Cillian and Downey Jr. deserve their Oscars, assuming they win, It is another masterpiece by Nolan and it just recently made my top 10 of the year after the second watch 9/10)
Poor Things (This film blew me away and I loved every second of it. Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo and Emma Stone were sublime, and everyone around them did a top notch job! The vividness of the colours, the zaneiness of the world and the humor and heart of this film match the bizarre nature of the subject matter. Upon reflection the premise of what Bella actually is, it is disturbing and it’s heard to ignore the fact that she is essentially a child in an adults body doing very adult things. It didn’t bother me when I watched initially and I will see how I feel upon rewatch but right now it’s a 10/10 for me)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Dark, perfectly acted and one of the most meaningful movies I watched this year. This is my top movie of the year and Lilly Gladstone, Dicaprio and Robert Dinero put in all-time performances in this film. “The love of money is the root of all evil,” is the thesis of the film and it executes that perfectly and shows the sickening reality of human greed and the absolute disregard for the lives of the Osage People at this moment in history. It was a part of history I was not aware of and this is my personal favourite Scorcese Movie that I’ve seen and it’s incredible him making films in his 80’s that are arguably his best work 10/10)
If I could have placed a couple more films on this list it would be Beau is Afraid and Godzilla Minus One, completely different films but both are 10/10 for me!
1. Oppenheimer: 9/10
2. Killers Of The Flower Moon: 9/10
3. Barbie: 7/10
That’s all I’ve seen
1. Oppenheimer
2. The Holdovers
3. KOTFM
4. Past Lives
5. Anatomy of a Fall
6. Maestro
7. Poor Things
8. American Fiction
9. Barbie
10. The Zone of Interest
Ranking of the films I’ve seen:
1. Oppenheimer
2. The Holdovers
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. Poor Things (can change on rewatch)
5. Barbie
6. American Fiction
Ranking by how likely I think it’ll win:
1. Oppenheimer
2. Poor Things
3. Barbie
4. American Fiction
5. The Zone of Interest
6. The Holdovers
7. Anatomy of a Fall
8. Killers of the Flower Moon
9. Past Lives
10. Maestro
The reason for Willem Dafoe’s bubbles in Poor Things was that his father (who was also a mad scientist) surgically removed some of his glands and prevented him from filtering his gastric acids. So he build a device that helped him release the gas orally.
Hope that helped.
My ranking for now
Barbie
Mastero
Having seen all the Best Picture nominated films Barbie was my favorite as well.
I work under an imprint of the WGA - I try to write observational cinema. THE ZONE OF INTEREST is the greatest film of 2010's. Major theme is repetition. Notice we’ll be in a room, then followed by the almost constant opening of doors, we are back in that same room just a moment later. Yet, it’s changed. Objects have been moved around and the wall paint has altered jusssst a bit - also how BIG is that damn house? The inside aint matchin the outside
Notice the amount of set picnic tables throughout the back yard during the garden tour. It makes no literal sense. But, it shows us multiple picnics in multiple places with the horror still in the background. Also
Don’t get me started on the children. Their ages are constantly fluctuating. Younger, older, younger, older. There’s even an actor change for the oldest son. Showing that complacency is anyone, anytime and everywhere.
A very close companion to Kubrick at his most contemplative
To me The Iron Claw was best film of the year
Of the ones I saw......
1. Poor Things
2. Anatomy of a Fall
3. Zone of Interest
4. Holdovers
5. American Fiction
6. Barbie
7. Oppenheimer
8. Maestro
1: Oppenheimer (Yes, I know, I’m boring)
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. The Holdovers
4. American Fiction
5. Poor Things
6. Past Lives
7. Maestro
8. Barbie
9. Anatomy of a Fall
Haven’t seen “The Zone of Interest”. Based off my movie tastes, I assume it would end up around my top five when I do see it.
Disagree with your ranking but totally respect it! You're just giving your opinion and the fact that you get hate for something that is subjective baffles me. Personally my ranking is:
1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. The Holdovers
4. Barbie
5. Zone of Interest
6. Past Lives
7. Poor Things
8. American Fiction
9. Anatomy of a Fall
10.Maestro
hello
1. Poor Things
2. The Holdovers
3. Oppenheimer
4. Anatomy of a Fall
5. Past Lives
6. Anerican Fiction
7. Zone of Interest
8. Barbie
9. KOTFM
Cody, I think it’s cool that you made this video. Watching the Oscars is arguably a bigger event to me than the Super Bowl and every year my family does an Oscar ballot pool so I love when RUclipsrs ranking the best picture nominated films. Personally my ranking would be:
1. Barbie
2. Oppenheimer
3. Anatomy of a Fall
4. Poor Things
5. The Holdovers
6. The Zone of Interest
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
8. American Fiction
9. Past Lives
10. Maestro
10. Maestro
9. Zone of Interest
8. Barbie
7. The Holdovers
6. Anatomy of a Fall
5. American Fiction
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Poor Things
2. Oppenheimer
1. Past Lives
I do feel that Iron Claw was robbed. If it was nominated, it would be number three on this list for me.
Thanks for doing this man. Appreciate you! Love your honesty. I’ve only seen Barbie for best picture this year. What should I check out that you’ll think I’ll like?
"Past Lives" is on my top 3 best of 2023 😅 number 1 was "Godzilla:Minus One“ and "Killers of the Flower Moon“ on 2nd place ( Scorsese film is my favorite for the Oscars )
Ranking the ones I’ve seen:
1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. The Holdovers
4. Barbie
5. Past Lives
6. Maestro
Awesome video Cody… can you do that Willem Dafoe burp again?? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
For me, American Fiction is at the top, then Poor Things, Oppenheimer, The Holdovers, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Zone of Interest, Maestro, Anatomy of a Fall, and then Past Lives at the bottom.
Only one Martin Scorsese film has ever won Best Picture (The Departed), and even then I would say it’s hard to argue it didn’t deserve it even if it was a long overdue way to honor him. He doesn’t get pity awards.
Please considerer reviewing THE BOY AND THE HERON.
Only good movie ive seen recently on the theathers…
And its indeed awesome
Although I haven’t seen one of them yet, I do believe that The Iron Claw and Spider-Verse (I’ve see spider-verse) should have gotten more noms. Unfortunately, Iron Claw I think came out too late that the voters unfortunately missed it, but at least give it one nom. Doesn’t have to be best pic but maybe supporting actor for Zac. As for Spider-Verse, it unfortunately is animated. Animation doesn’t get the recognition it needs at the Oscars. It’s been 2 years since an animated movie has been nominated for anything other than animated feature, which is very sad since there have been an awful lot of fantastic animated movies like spider verse. It’s a huge shame. Love the video btw!
The Iron Claw is better than all these movies. It’s a disgrace it got no nominations let alone best picture. Oscars are a joke and always has been!
I have seen 8 of the 10 movies. It will probably be a hot minute until I'm able to see The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall. I will say that I couldn't pick between two movies for my number one, so they both are number 1 for me for very different reasons.
8. Maestro
7. Barbie
6. Oppenheimer
5. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. The Holdovers
3. American Fiction
1 Tie. Poor Things
1 Tie. Past Lives
Cody, you NEED to make a video on the new THE STRANGERS CHAPTER 1 trailer
I demand that you fall in love with Oppenheimer, Cody!!! He was a good man. Plus, Oppie laid pipe like nobody’s business. 😂
Killers of the flower moon my favorite movie of the year and the acting was superb!!!!!!
Even if Zone of Interest doesn’t win Best Picture, it has Best International Feature in the bag.
Oppenheimer
The holdovers
Anatomy of a fall
Killers of the flower moon
Zone of interest
Barbie
American fiction
Past lives
Maestro
Poor things
Past Lives is an amazing story and movie by a first time filmmaker. Iron Claw not getting nominated but barbie did is the epitome of why i stopped watching the oscars
Haven’t seen them all but here is my ranking of the ones I’ve seen
1. Oppenheimer
2. The Holdovers
3. Poor Things
4. Past Lives
5. Barbie
6. Maestro
Haven’t seen Killers of the Flower Moon (I plan to see this before the Oscar’s); Anatomy of a Fall; The Zone of Interest; American Fiction
Been waiting to hear your take on Killers of the Flower Moon!! I absolutely loved it, went in blind as well (with Leo being my favorite male actor) it really left me thinking about the story for a while. Not a movie that I will forget for sure!
I just couldn’t stop laughing at poor things, I didn’t expect it to be that funny, deffo one of my favourites in the lineups
Tbh, this was kind of a weak year for movies. There was some great stuff (like every year) but overall there was a lot of disappointment in my opinion
Glad to see you put American Fiction so high on your list. A surprise hit for me. Def blows Oppenheimer out of the water in terms of entertainment.
MADAME WEB would've won, if it had been released last year.
Really enjoyed this type of video. It truly shows wnat a great year it was for Cinema. I really loved Past Lives and categorize it as a masterpiece. That End.. had me in tears. A movie thet really pulled at my emotions.
oppenheimer and the holdovers were my fave films..cant wait for dune 2, loved part 1
1. Past Lives
2. Oppenheimer
3. Barbie
4. Maestro
Dude you should do a review of Daniel isn’t real
I just wish that Across the Spider-Verse got nominated.
13:05 great just like with 12 angry men. Hopefully this time there's other stuff in it
I don't think the oscars aren't relevant anymore and could care less what wins best picture.
I thought killers of the flower moon was great, I will also say Lily Gladstone is insanely beautiful
Love the hat. Godzilla Minus One is the years best picture hands down by the way.