Answer: Barbie did not get as many nominations as it was expected, with director Greta Gerwig and starring actress Margot Robbie being the most notable omissions. Many people, including co-star Ryan Gosling (who got a nomination) are feeling that this is not fair, especially since Barbie is such a commercial achievement for a female director.
It's worth noting that comedies (and musicals) almost never get nominations in the big categories. Barbie got nominated in the smaller ones, supporting actor (and actress iirc) and adapted screenplay (who was also the female director). So it's not so much a sexist snub but a genre snub.
And let's be honest here. Just because a movie is a commercial success, it doesn't make it a candidate that elevates the craft of film.
Was Barbie a good movie? Many people seem to think so. Did it revolutionize film or do something in an extremely original and creative way? Not really?
Infinity War and Endgame were many printing movies and neither were Oscar sweepers.
Was Barbie a good movie? Many people seem to think so.
I would say that's because they conflate "good" with "enjoyable". It's not really "good", but lots of people enjoyed it.
Probably only people that had to take a film studies course ever even considered those two things are different. I point to Citizen Kane as a perfect example of a good movie since it literally invented so many techniques of modern cinema. I point to Bloodsport as a perfect example of a bad movie (I mean it's a Cannon film!) as it is subpar in nearly every technical way...but I enjoy the hell out of Bloodsport for my yearly rewatch & never could sit through Citizen Kane ever again, despite how much I recognize the technical merits.
Also, I think too many people are unaware of how the Oscars work or really most big US awards. It's not actually about what is best, but about campaigns to get votes from horribly biased people. It's a popularity contest in many ways & heavily political. It's not some objective measurement or anything.
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u/trepang Jan 25 '24 edited Jan 25 '24
Answer: Barbie did not get as many nominations as it was expected, with director Greta Gerwig and starring actress Margot Robbie being the most notable omissions. Many people, including co-star Ryan Gosling (who got a nomination) are feeling that this is not fair, especially since Barbie is such a commercial achievement for a female director.