Lol even if you do count Black Panther, it's funny that the two highest-grossing origin movies are black and female respectively, but they can't even see that for whatever reason
Oh don't worry, the American ones might hate Oppenheimer too if they get the message especially after they got pissed at the actors leaving the premiere for the strike
Huge praise for Margot and Ryan, fun dance and music, loves the costume and production design, praised Greta a lot as a filmmaker and not being put in a box, 10 mins too long, not every joke landed, did not like sequences in Mattel HQ, movie is at its best when an exploration of Barbie and Ken, Film goes deep into a message which sometimes really works especially with American Ferrera
Oppenheimer is an incredible movie will get good reviews but it is not a crowd-pleaser like an action movie or something if people were expecting that so idk about WOM we'll see. (source: I've seen it)
I guess they're comparing it to the highest big movies of the year, like Past lives has 98% and Spiderverse 95% but for a movie that captures the cultural zeitgeist to this extent it doesn't matter. Joker was literally rotten by Top Critics (49%) and got BP nom.
Barbie probably settles high-80s RT and high-70s MC
real reviews pouring in on Letterboxd too: https://letterboxd.com/film/barbie/reviews/by/added/, probably 4.0-4.1 there
Seeing Barbie(nheimer) on Fri with a group with 3 dudes and 4 girls, all of us are 18-21, and the dudes are equally hyped for both (if not more for Barbie)
I can tell from personal experience that it will draw much more of that crowd than people expect lol
that IM is nuts for the A2 comp it's like 6.7 -> 64.9; 9.7x~ IM here. Obviously won't hold that high at all but encouraging nonetheless, since the other markets seem to point to a good IM too as of now.
I think likely Noms are these in order of win likelihood based on my personal experience watching the movie-
Sound: Very Strong
Editing: Strong (vs Dune)
Score: Strong (vs Dune)
Cinematography: Strong (vs Dune)
Supporting Actor: Strong
Director: Strong
Actor: Strong
Picture: Long shot
Adapted Screenplay: Not Winning (vs Flower Moon)
Maybe noms-
Supporting Actress for Emily Blunt
Production Design
probably 8-10 noms but no idea about wins