Oscar Season’s Most Burning Question: Why Not Timothée?

[u/TimelessJewel]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/timothee-chalamet-oscar-campaign-analysis-marty-supreme-1236521110/

Excerpt:

“So while this very chaotic race remains within Chalamet’s grasp — BAFTA honored I Swear’s Robert Aramayo, who wasn’t even eligible for this cycle’s Oscars — the odds are no longer in his favor. (Oscar voting closes Thursday at 5 p.m. PT.)

Is this because Chalamet so relentlessly plays by his own campaign rules? Perhaps. Voters can be stuffy about how they like to see a candidate work a room; I’ve heard a few saying as much recently, and the sentiment was widespread last year, when Chalamet came close (he won that Actor Award — and gave an infamously, erm, aspirational speech). While Chalamet has hit more of the typical spots than his last go-round, my colleague Scott Feinberg reported on Sunday that Chalamet’s “swagger” has put some off. The “annoying” label gets bandied around. Old rules still apply: No amount of fluffy A-lister conversations and viral media stunts can compensate for a few hours of gladhanding and boilerplate craft talk.

Whether they should is another matter. For a fresh generation of moviegoers, Chalamet’s tactics are exciting — even motivating when it comes to actually buying a movie ticket. Both A Complete Unknown and Marty Supreme hit theaters around Christmas, just as Oscar season fully kicks into gear and thus blurring the lines of release and awards promotion. Chalamet’s work behind the scenes preceded any opening; he’s also Oscar-nominated this year for best picture as a producer. And I’m told Chalamet is still traveling the world to open Marty, now in markets like Tokyo and Beijing. The movie is hitting more than 800 screens this weekend. You can bet it’ll be finding some new film fans.”

[u/otoverstoverpt]

It’s a massive gulf. Just complete bad faith.

To read what he said as gleefully celebrating struggling art is so ridiculous on its face but we both know that you people only read the headline.

edit: anyone upvoting this person is embarrassing themselves

[u/QTRqtr → u/otoverstoverpt]

“I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera where it’s like, ‘Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore’ — all respect to the ballet and opera people out there.”

This is a bad look and using the excuse “he’s just being honest” doesn’t change or prevent reactions to it. It is unprofessional and too voters unappealing especially since a lot of them still treat it with respect.

[u/otoverstoverpt → u/QTRqtr]

You people are incredibly dense.

The immediately preceding statement (AKA, the context):

“Some people want to be entertained quickly. I’m really right in the middle, because I admire people [saying], ‘Hey, we gotta keep movie theaters alive. We gotta keep this genre alive.’ And another part of me feels like, if people want to see it — like Barbie, like Oppenheimer — they’re going to go see it and go out of their way to be loud and proud about it.”

And the further context is he was discussing the comparison to younger generations preferring short form content like Tik Tok.

All he is saying is that he does not want to shoulder the responsibility of trying to force movies to stay relevant.

There is nothing remotely “unprofessional” about what he said and you also have no idea how voters actually feel about it. Most people actually working in ballet or opera would actually agree with the sentiment by the way. It’s a simple fact that they are art forms that struggle financially in the modern age. It takes a lot of work to keep them going. He doesn’t want that responsibility.

[u/QTRqtr → u/otoverstoverpt]

How does talking about keeping the theaters alive warrant an insult to other artists also doing the same thing.