That's what makes me believe this is all pushback for that development. I'm sure the voters think they're doing the right thing and combating the anti-transgender agenda. I just wish they were using an actual good, helpful film to do it.

Saw someone on Twitter compare it to the whole "latinx" thing where outsiders genuinely thought they were helping and had to be told over and over again that latinos hated that term and didn't want it used anymore

Bruh they HATE that s*** lmaoooo. My thing is if Latinos themselves aren’t creating those terms or saying “hey refer to us as this” then just stfu. Stop trying to create terms thinking you’re helping. White liberals always wanna have this white savior persona it’s crazy

That's what I'm saying. Like the film literally has a French director and only features one Mexican actress. What the f*** are we even talking about here? It's crazy that voters have hitched their collective wagon to this thing

Bro I was so confused when I seen the film takes place in Mexico

The thing is that if this was just some random film I wouldn't even care. There's bad films with a lot of things wrong with them released all the time. They just aren't all up for every award imaginable, much less winning most of them

So while I don't think it was technically one of the worst films of the year, it was incredibly bad and it looks even worse stacked up against the great films of the year that should be winning those awards instead

It comes down to authenticity vs inauthenticity

Sean Baker has made his entire f***ing career out of destigmatizing and legitimizing s***work, dropped his best film to date, and was shut out by Emilia Perez which has a French director but takes place in Mexico and glorifys narcos, has shoddy Spanish spoken throughout the entire thing, and caricatures transgender people.

Sean Baker's Anora: Authentic. 0 wins
Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez: Inauthentic. All the wins

It’s a run that’s been lasting since it debuted at Cannes. All of the women won the best actress award at Cannes. It was the runner up for the People’s Choice Award at TIFF, but considering the movie that won that award isn’t coming out until next year, it was technically the favorite audience movie of 2024 at that festival (ahead of Anora btw)… and now we saw what it just did at the first major precursor for the Oscar’s.

People adored this movie before it hit Netflix, and it doesn’t look like the fake social media outrage is going to stop its momentum, if anything, it’s stronger than ever.

Ehh I wouldn’t deter it to simply “fake outrage”, I’ve seen legitimate criticism about the film even from the crowds that eat up anything that hits the award circuits. Even before the film debuted on Netflix, it had a mixed reception outside of critics and industry pundits. It’s more clear than ever that it’s a polarizing film, just that the biggest fans of it happen to be the ones that are able to vote.

I really don’t agree. Emilia Perez isn’t a critic darling, it has a 71 on Metacritic which isn’t anything impressive. Prior to the Netflix launch, the real strength of the movie was how it was over performing with audiences. The People’s Choice Award that I mentioned from TIFF is an audience award, not a critic or jury award… and TIFF as a whole is attended by more “normal” movie goers than the other big festivals. The Netflix release and subsequent social media backlash has warped people into thinking that nobody likes or has ever liked this movie save for people within the industry, but that just isn’t true.

Are there legitimate criticisms? Sure, but every movie has legitimate criticisms. When I said “fake outrage” I more so meant outrage that, at least so far, wasn’t having an impact on its awards prospects.

I don’t love the movie myself, but I think shouts of it potentially being the worst BP winner or even top 5 worst are silly. In a decade where we’ve already seen CODA, Nomadland and EEAAO win BP, it wouldn’t even be in the bottom 3 for the 2020’s.

Emilia Perez sweeping the same awards that paid dust to Bardo two years ago is huge yikes

I think your last point isn’t going to be shared with the majority of people, never seen as much dislike with those three BP wins nearly as much as the prospect of Emilia winning. At worst, people write off Coda or Nomadland as fine films but undeserving. Wether you try to stake that it only started getting disliked once it hit Netflix or not, it’s reception now is the one that matters most.

And honestly, I don’t see the weight in holding the reception it got at a limited festival above its wide release. If it held through in the end and kept its high enthusiasm it’d be one thing, but it’s clear there’s a disconnect between the people who saw it at festivals and the average critic/viewer. Things that are acclaimed at festivals have faltered on wide release in the past, I see Emilia as no different.

I need to watch Emilia Perez now. I'm curious.

WAIT

FERNANDA TORRES WON

HollyWOKE!!!

what if emilia perez is actually good

Denis Villeneuve, Paul Schrader and James Cameron think so, really doubt they care about any woke campaign

Denis not being nominated is insanity brother

Are you a fan of campy trash? That’s sort of the vibe it’s going for.

emilia perez that good? thougght it was just gonna be another netflix movie