We break down some of our favorite moments from this years Oscar nominated films.
So without further ado, here are some of our favorite moments from this years Oscar nominated films.
But thats what makes the turn in the second act so delightful.
The kid runs, abandoning his bride.
Luckily, Ani can stand her groundand ruin these guys whole week.
Shes a fucking little girl, you let her beat you up?
Shes not fighting like one, cries the dude with a broken schnoz.
No, no shes not.
Her Elisabeth Sparkle really does look lovely on the night she agreed to go out with an admiring fan.
The self-loathing and despair Moore channels is more harrowing than any creature feature effect later in the movie.
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Laszlo Fixes a Chair in The Brutalist
Brutalism was never my favorite form of architecture.
All hard edges and looming severity, there is an overwhelming harshness to it.
It also conceptualizes the agony of being misunderstood.
The best example of this is earlier in the film, before weve even seen proper brutalism on display.
Even so, Laszlo is a perfectionist and an artist.
Its an evocation of an artist honing his craft purely for arts sakeand an early summation of the film.
This is confirmed after Pearces raging Harrison enters the picture seconds later.
That joy comes to the fore when the inmates perform a play they wrote,Breakin the Mummys Code.
Do they get that Paul will be just as corrupted as any other charismatic leader?
Hes just another man intoxicated by power, just like Herbert intended.
Even better, the films reveal has a moral immediacy that elevates it even further.
That is until Willem Dafoe arrives as Professor Albin Eberhart Von Franz.
Its not just that Dafoe perfectly threads the needle between eccentric weirdo and compassionate humanist.
