Oscar Bait

In honor of the Oscars tonight:

As a lover of film, and as someone whose favorite films of the year very rarely are actually Oscar contenders (Eddie the Eagle, with its wonderfully specific directorial choices -- including a score entirely in the style of the 80s with no orchestra yet still emotionally evocative and never calling too much attention to itself -- and with its transformative-yet-not-an-

impersonation performance by Taron Egerton and great supporting turn from Hugh Jackman? Nope, entirely too feel-good a movie to be taken seriously....  Woman In Gold, which was just gold in every way and included a particularly exceptional "holy cow he can ACT" performance from Ryan Reynolds in the less showy, more-in-need-of-subtlety and therefore more impressive to me role of the struggling-to-find-his-purpose-and-strength lawyer fighting for the wonderful Helen Mirren's character?  Nope.  Sam Waterston in Anesthesia, Chris Cooper in Demolition, Bruce Greenwood in Wildlike [which I thought was fantastic, with the exception of a continuity error in one of the hotel scenes that had me rewinding three times to figure out why I couldn't understand the layout of the room before I realized it was because the character miraculously switched which side of the bed she was standing on....  And also, if anyone has seen this movie and understands the ending, please explain it to me in the comments section.  Oo and also -- that lady who flies kites -- I've always thought there should be an Oscar for best one-scene performance, and I'd give it to her... but I digress]? No, no, and no-plus-no-theatrical-release), I have nothing to say (well, except for everything I just said before this and everything I'll think of after I press "publish") except for this, which is perfect (yeah, you'll probably need to re-read that sentence without the parentheses to follow it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjE9Fl4zKNs