The 6 most controversial films nominated at the Oscars this year
From the reaction to the films themselves to an acting appointment which could have been revoked.
When it comes to Oscars , there is often a kind of controversy around them - even if it is simply a favorite performance of fans that is snubbed. But what about films that in fact TO DO finish nominated? Sometimes they can also be controversial.
The nominees for this year's Oscars were announced on January 24, but even before the announcement, some of the potential films were already scandalous for one reason or another. Not only that, but a surprise appointment led to an official examination of the academy which could (but ultimately not) have led to the cancellation of this appointment. Read the rest to learn more about the six most controversial films of the 95th Academy Awards.
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1 The whale
The whale was widely debated before his release, not to mention the start of the awards season. Cinema stars Brendan Fraser As a man of 600 pounds, Charlie, who faces sorrow and who lives with a handicap in his last days. From the start, the film received a backlash for presenting an actor with a "big costume" and prostheses to play a larger man. Since its release, He was only criticized further and was accused of being fatphobe in his representation of Charlie. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Voters were not deactivated, however. The whale is nominated for three Oscars: Best actor for Fraser, best support actress for Hong Chau and the best makeup and hairstyle for Adrien Morot ,, Judy Chin , And Anne Marie Bradley .
2 Blond
Blond , based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates , is a fictitious account of Marilyn Monroe life. And some of the invented moments of the film went too far for certain criticisms and viewers. Blond Understands graphic sexual content and violence, which has not only won him a lot NC-17, but a lot of hateful. (Just look at the controversy The representation of the film of a speaking fetus .) Because the film was so divisor, some thought that he should not receive nominations from the Oscars, but she hung one: better actress for star Ana de Armas .
3 In Leslie
Contrary to Blond And The whale ,, In Leslie was not the subject of a kind of controversy in his release. In fact, most of the moviegoers had probably not heard of the little independent film.
But in the weeks preceding the nominations, a notable amount of large stars began to campaign on social networks for star Andrea Riseborough as best actress , often using a similar language in their messages. The campaign itself struck a little as being unusual , but when the British actor was Nominated, there was even more chatter. It was clear that the efforts on behalf of Riseborough have borne fruit, but it led to conversations to find out if the duration of a group of celebrities (mainly white) went to see it rewarded was the reason why the black actors whose names have increased in the predictions of the Oscars (including The king's woman 's Viola Davis ) have not been recognized. The Academy launched an investigation on the question of whether the non -traditional campaign has broken the lobbying and foudn rules that it does not have , at least at the level where his appointment should be revoked.
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4 Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick is loved by viewers, acclaimed by criticism and a huge blow to the box office. But his Oscar nominations do not come without drama.
First, some criticism of the film nicknamed him military propaganda , with his conspiracy turning on the pilots of the American navy moving against an anonymous enemy country.
There is also the current argument surrounding the star and the producer Tom Cruise Due to its important position in Scientology. In light of the success of the film, the host of the Golden Globes of this year Jerrod Carmichael do A dark joke on religion . Directly afterwards, he presented two Top Gun: Maverick stars, Jay Ellis And Glen Powell , putting an uncomfortable moment, even if Cruise himself was not present.
Lately, The film is involved in a trial , in which the heirs of the writer Ehud Yonay Continue paramount images, saying that they have recovered their rights to Yonay's article, which inspired the first film in 1986. The Hollywood Reporter , Paramount argued that the new film was "sufficiently completed" before its rights over history are exhausted. The production company has filed the rejection of the case, which the court rejected.
5 Avatar: Water path
Avatar: Water path is the most profitable film of 2022, and it could well become the most profitable film of all time. (Until now, he has made his way N ° 4 on the list .) But although it is extremely popular, there was a call to a boycott of the film because of the way it borrows from North American Aboriginal peoples.
December 18, Twitter user @asdza_tlehonaei encouraged a boycott, calling the film "horrible and racist".
"Join the natives and other indigenous groups around the world to boycott this horrible and racist film. Our cultures have been appropriately appropriate to satisfy a man's savior complex [white]," said the tweet. As this story has been published, the tweet has 48,000 likes.
In the midst of this backlash, a 2010 Director's interview James Cameron Recursement to go around again - in particular the part in which he says that he was inspired by the Lakota people when writing the first Avatar , using a somewhat problematic and disdainful language.
6 Elvis
Elvis Admittedly, dragged less controversy than the other films on the list, but people are certainly divided on its quality.
Star Austin Butler received a lot of praise for its representation of Elvis Presley - including a victory in the Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination - but other aspects of the film were less welcome. For example, Tom Hanks 'representative of Colonel Tom Parker confused certain audiences.
The New Yorker 's Examine Elvis "A delicate decorated Wikipedia article which owes little to its sense of style" while The New York Times critical written that "Test between Glib revisionism and zombie mythology, not knowing if it wants to be a sumptuous pop fable or a tragic melodrama." However, the film made its way to eight nominations, including the best film.