Welcome to the Second Oscar History Challenge, a challenge I designed in order to bring some love to one of my favorite things to hate in cinema, the Academy Awards. The first one had quite a few participants and I personally enjoyed doing it, so here comes round two! As I said last time, the Oscars certainly deserve the flack they get, and this year was no exception, but despite that, it is an icon of cinema that deserves respect as well for being an interesting lens to view the history of culture.
As for the rules:
1. Please tag the lists and reviews with either "oscars history challenge 2023" or "ohc23".
2. The films must have been nominated for…
Welcome to the Second Oscar History Challenge, a challenge I designed in order to bring some love to one of my favorite things to hate in cinema, the Academy Awards. The first one had quite a few participants and I personally enjoyed doing it, so here comes round two! As I said last time, the Oscars certainly deserve the flack they get, and this year was no exception, but despite that, it is an icon of cinema that deserves respect as well for being an interesting lens to view the history of culture.
As for the rules:
1. Please tag the lists and reviews with either "oscars history challenge 2023" or "ohc23".
2. The films must have been nominated for Oscars. Being shortlisted doesn't count. They can be nominated in any category, including if they won any Honorary Awards, unless the criteria specifically names a category.
3. If the criteria says "features an Oscar nominated person", it means they had to have been nominated for that film.
4. The films can be watched in any order.
5. The films do not have to be first time watches but the more first time watches, the better!
List of all Academy Nominees
And the Challenges!
1. A film nominated at the Second Academy Awards
2. A film nominated at the Ninety-Fourth Academy Awards
3. A 1930's film
4. A 1940's film
5. A 1950's film
6. A 1960's film
7. A 1970's film
8. A 1980's film
9. A 1990's film
10. A 2000's film
11. A 2010's film
12. An EGOT qualifier
13. A Triple Crown of Acting qualifier
14. A film featuring an Oscar nominated performance from Denzel Washington
15. A film featuring an Oscar nominated performance from Judi Dench
16. A film which earned Steven Spielberg an Oscar nomination for directing or producing
17. A film with Oscar nominated visual effects by Dennis Muren
18. A film with Oscar nominated sound by Gary Rydstrom
19. A film with Oscar nominated writing or directing from Federico Fellini
20. A film with Oscar nominated Indigenous cast or crew
21. A film with Oscar nominated Muslim cast or crew
22. An Oscar nominated film depicting LGBTQ+ lives
23. An Oscar nominated film depicting autism
24. An Oscar nominated film depicting black lives
25. An Oscar nominated film directed by a woman
26. An Oscar nominated film directed by a Hispanic/Latino
27. A Courtroom movie
28. A Superhero movie
29. A Musical
30. An Action movie
31. A Biopic
32. A War movie
33. A Comedy
34. A New Zealander movie
35. A Spanish movie
36. An Indian movie
37. A Canadian movie
38. A Brazilian movie
39. A South African movie
40. A film with an average of 80% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes
41. A film with an average of 50% or lower on Rotten Tomatoes
42. An Oscar nominated remake
43. Any feature film that was the longest of its year
44. Any feature film that was the shortest of its year
45. A film that achieved a Clean Sweep
46. A film that suffered a Clean Loss
47. A film featured on the 2022 Sights and Sounds Critics List
48. A film featured on the 2022 Sights and Sounds Directors List
49. A film that won the Golden Lion
50. A film that won the Golden Bear
51. A film that won the Palme d'Or
52. Any film off your watchlist
Progress: 51/52
Participants:
Suzanne Scherrer//✨murderpillow🔪
This challenge took from January 6, 2023 to October 30, 2023. The average score I gave for this challenge was a 3.7
The biggest surprise was Phantom of the Paradise. I love Brian de Palma but I wasn't expecting this truly bizarre sounding film to be by far his best, his absolute masterpiece. But that's definitely what it was. A wild and spectacular ride. The biggest disappointment was Life Animated. I always go into these films hoping for good representation and that's never what I get. I don't know why I even bother getting my hopes up anymore when they inevitably lead to bitter disappointment, just as this one did.
Top Three:
1. No Way Out
2. Titus
3. Phantom of the Paradise
Bottom Three:
1. War and Peace
2. Life Animated
3. Carmen
Other Superlatives:
Best Performances: Sidney Poitier in No Way Out/Kate Winslet in Heavenly Creatures
Worst Performances:Â Audrey Hepburn in War and Peace/George Bancroft in Thunderbolt
Most Beautiful: Legend
Most Thought-Provoking:Â A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Made Me Cry: The Children's Hour
Most Fun: The Mask of Zorro
