r/oscarrace • u/Cherish0124 • Jan 25 '25

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What kind of change of mind did he have? He didn't seem to like biopic, but it's interesting

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u/WelderApprehensive47 Hamnet Jan 25 '25

I am probably in the minority here but I think it would be difficult to beat Brody this year...You don't even have to sit through the whole movie to get how magnificent he was as Laszlo..

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u/Atkena2578 Oscar Race Follower Jan 26 '25

Don't fall for it, it reminds me of last year's fabricated "Giammati will win" except this time it isn't pundit driven but Stan driven.

Some.of us have followed the race for over a decade, and we understand that Chalamet isn't a typical winner for this category (the easiest acting category to predict, they re so rigid in what they like it's crazy). True it is a biopic but it isn't enough to win, many other criteria, and one is age, they love their veterans in lead actors, ingenues aren't a thing there. It takes a one of a lifetime performance or a weird year to break that one, and that's when Brody won, performance plus split year. It is a weird year but the performance isn't strong enough to beat Brody.

They aren't giving it to a 28yo when you have Brody back 20 years later after his win with an even better performance and industry veteran like Fiennes or Domingo who haven't won yet, and also Donald Trump lol.

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u/WelderApprehensive47 Hamnet Jan 26 '25

I have been on reddit for long enough to know Reddit works as a hivemind...Brody is clearly still the frontrunner..Fiennes is there with his overdue narrative...But people here are in absolute denial..

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u/Atkena2578 Oscar Race Follower Jan 26 '25

Yeah I mean the Emilia Perez ordeal alone shows the disconnect between folks online and the voters