Anora

Pros

• Anora, despite also being directed by non-speaker like EP, completely nails the language component. Whiny Moscow accents for the oligarchs, thick Armenian Russian accents for the goons, and Madison's super cringy bad pronunciation as a n...
• Anora is definitely the best one from 2024. Has the best cast of characters ever, it's one of the rare funny comedies I've ever seen and has a beautifully intimate and emotional ending that I think way too many people are missing the poi...
• Anora is intentionally underwritten to allow the actor to make up for it
• Having watched both I thought Mikey's performance in Anora was much better than Demi's.
• Anora had the boobs and The Substance had the butts. Both ended up being great films lol

Cons

• Parent context: I said this in another post, but the whole "searching for him" part in the 2nd act just dragged on, and seemed superfluous, both as a whole, and the individual scenes. I think more of a montage pacing would have served th...
• I would’ve give it best picture at the last Oscars. Over both Anora and The Brutalist.
• Plus, she's just as funny in the comedic sequences as Mikey was in Anora so imo it's a better overall performance.
• I don’t think Anora is best picture but Mikey definitely was best actress. And maybe a couple of the best scenes of the year. I think with a bit of editing Anora would be a perfect film. But as it stands there are weak sections of the se...
• Honestly in shock the Anora won nothing.