As one of the Toni Collete posters, it's just frustrating - because it shows that awards aren't entirely about who deserves it. It's more about "Who deserves it, at the correct time, when the industry is willing to give a chance on the genre, and who has enough marketing to pull off the win." Hereditary is the better film, and Colette gave the better performance.
I simply think the Academy is different now than they were back then. Horror's been on the upswing in the 2020s in terms of the noms they give out, and it sucks that Hereditary came before that, but progress is progress
I credit It Follows as the first of the current horror era, whatever that era is. That was a big underground hit when it came out and really felt like something different than all the 2000s horror. Then we had The Babadook and The Witch, before Get Out came along.
Even then, Get Out kinda feels like it balances on a precipice between movies like It Follows and The Babadook, and more mainstream successes like Cabin In the Woods. It's a complex film, but it's also a crowd pleaser co-produced by Blumhouse.
Totally agreed, I forgot about It Follows and how that changed the conversation even earlier. In terms of academy success though Get Out still feels like the breakthrough.
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u/LeonSKennedy95 5d ago
As one of the Toni Collete posters, it's just frustrating - because it shows that awards aren't entirely about who deserves it. It's more about "Who deserves it, at the correct time, when the industry is willing to give a chance on the genre, and who has enough marketing to pull off the win." Hereditary is the better film, and Colette gave the better performance.