There are barely two weeks left for the great film festival to take place, the Oscars, and it is likely that after listening to the nominees so much, you have wanted to see some of the the best movies this year. Well, we have a solution for it: there are already some that you can see and enjoy online. We put you on the trail.
Oscar movies are more 2.0 than ever
It's curious. A few years ago it seemed unthinkable that a film in the Oscar race could be so accessible from home, however, in these 2020 awards, those that stand out especially are those titles that can already be seen online without having to visit any movie theater.
Much of the blame, of course, is Netflix, that for some time now has focused on producing its own higher quality content with enough weight and prestige to be eligible for the highest award that exists in the world of cinema.
As we have already explained to you on occasion, the essential requirement for a film to be nominated is that it has been released in theaters, so that during this past year we have seen how the big red N brought some of his films to the big screen -with the occasional confrontation within the industry-, thus achieving that his proposals have slipped into the lists of nominees.
The big beneficiaries of this strategy? The users, of course, who can now enjoy from the sofa at home nothing less than six titles (between films and documentaries) with options to win the Oscar .
The Irish
Scorsese's big bet is undoubtedly one of the big favorites and it has quite a few ballots to win an award, taking into account that it is nominated in 10 different categories, including best film, director, supporting actor (with two greats such as Al Pacino and Jose Pesci) and photography, among others.
A movie about the 50s Italian-American mob that will leave you mesmerized, even if you are not usually a fan of "gangster" movies. The direction is fantastic, the story is very good (and based on true events) and the performances are 10. Seeing it at home (instead of at the cinema) also has an extra advantage this time: since it lasts no less than 3 hours and medium, you can stop it whenever you want to go to the bathroom.
Marriage Story
They say that A, its protagonist, will not win the Oscar because this is the year of Joaquin Phoenix and his Joker. If it weren't for that, most likely this actor (he's the same one who gives Kylo Ren a ride in Star Wars) would come out on February 10 with the statuette under his arm.
While we wait to see what happens in this regard, you can already see Stories of a marriage, an authentic melodrama directed by the particular director Noah Baumbach (nominated for both his direction and the script) that has widely conquered critics.
In the equation there is no shortage of Scarlett Johansson, also nominated for best leading actress (curiously, she also has the option to win another Oscar for Jojo Rabbit) and Laura Dern, whose best supporting actress award for this film is almost a no-brainer.
The two potatoes
The two potatoes It is one of those films in which you have the feeling that nothing happens but a lot happens. It is what having on screen the mettle of two greats like Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, who put themselves in the shoes of the last two popes that Christianity has had to tell us a story based on real events (but with certain creative licences).
From such a couple and atmosphere have come nominations for best actor for Pryce (he's fantastic), supporting actor for Hopkins and best adapted screenplay, because yes, there is a book prior to this movie with the same name (and you have it available on amazon).
pain and glory
The Spanish director's proposal Pedro Almodóvar chooses two very important categories: best actor, with Antonio Banderas from Málaga, and best international film (a curiosity of the world: Penélope Cruz could give it to him again).
The options to get the awards are small (especially, as we told you before, in the tight competition for best leading actor), but that does not mean that you can enjoy a good movie at home just by grabbing the remote (or doing one click on the computer).
By the way, pain and glory, in which we will learn about the life of a film director named Salvador Mallo, is considered the closure of a trilogy, started with The law of Desire (1987) and Bad Education (2004) -both also available on the Netflix catalog. help yourself.
American Factory
We can't leave behind documentaries with option to Oscar. The first of them is American Factory, about how in 2015 a large Chinese company decided to reopen a factory in Ohio (USA), thereby returning work to thousands of people who became unemployed after the initial closure.
What at first seems like a happy story is only the beginning of the great culture clash between americans and chinese and how this ends up affecting the workers, forced into grueling working conditions (very much of the Asian method).
In addition to the interesting story, the documentary has a curiosity: after its production, along with Higher Groud, there are none other than Michelle and Barack Obama.
The Edge of Democracy
And “from China” we went to Brazilian lands. And it is that if you are interested in political issues, it is likely that you will like The Edge of Democracy, where he talks about the changing political situation in Brazil of recent years, without cutting a hair when talking about issues as controversial as the Power abuse or the bribery scandals that have plagued the country's society.
The filmmaker Petra Costa's proposal has generated, as you can imagine, all kinds of criticism from both "sides" in Brazilian society, which have done nothing more than revive after knowing the nomination Oscar for best documentary. We don't want to imagine how I won...
Si Disney + already available in Spain we could also recommend you to see Avengers: Endgame (nominated for best special effects -although Disney campaigned for it to choose for best picture, you know-); Toy Story 4 (well, this proposal, nominated for best animated film, arrives on the platform on February 5) or El Rey León (better visual effects). But, for the moment, we have no choice but to wait until March 24 to be able to make a new list...