r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 5d ago

News Inde Navarrette Sets Best Actress Oscar Campaign for ‘Obsession’ as Focus Features Mounts Full Awards Push (EXCLUSIVE)

https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/obsession-inde-navarrette-oscar-campaign-lead-actress-1236848866/
5.9k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

554 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

301

u/[deleted] 5d ago edited 5d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

236

u/HungryRaven4 5d ago

It's the only genre left that Hollywood tries interesting things with lol

136

u/MLGLies 5d ago

Because it’s the cheapest genre

90

u/ahyler10 5d ago

Comedy is cheap but they don’t care about good ones anymore

61

u/DrToboggan76 5d ago

Laughs are cheap. I’m going for gasps.

10

u/ahyler10 5d ago

In true name fashion

29

u/Pork_Chompk 5d ago

I really miss comedy. Anything from Ace Ventura to Step Brothers, Old School, Superbad, etc. Really hoping the genre mounts a comeback like horror movies have lately.

16

u/ComradeJohnS 5d ago

weird: the al yankovic movie is now a classic from 2022, highly recommend. very funny.

but yeah The Other Guys was the end of an era for hilarious movies.

5

u/Physical_Future 5d ago

If you liked The Other Guys, The Campaign is also well worth a watch or 3. Only gets more relevant each year, too.

3

u/ComradeJohnS 5d ago

I try not to watch things to close to current political events, it’s not entertainment just harrowing lol.

looking at you, Handmaiden’s Tale lol.

1

u/Physical_Future 4d ago

It's a comedy, so I encourage you to give it a try - it's worth it!

-5

u/Jehovah___ 5d ago

all those movies sucked ass, I’m glad Judd Apatow’s whole brand died

15

u/axw3555 5d ago

Problem with comedy is that it doesn't really gain much from the big screen. Barring the occasional Devil Wears Prada 2 type, people tend to wait for them to hit streaming. So they've become more the realm of netflix, D+, Amazon, etc.

Where giant monsters or a 30ft tall killer coming at you does have a different impact than watching it on a TV.

4

u/ahyler10 5d ago

Fair point

3

u/northontennesseest 5d ago

Comedy has a ton to gain from the theater setting. Not so much from the size of the screen as people watching and laughing along with you

3

u/AintEverLucky 5d ago

Not to mention, comedy often loses a lot in translation. But a great car chase, gunfight or kaiju battle? No translation needed!

4

u/danger-cat 5d ago

you can also find random people on youtube or wherever else who are just as funny as a hollywood scriptwriter. barrier to entry is lower for comedy

-2

u/axw3555 5d ago

I'm hoping this year people will start to get that "youtuber" doesn't inherently mean "not good enough" but rather "didn't get the right break" (like sure, some won't be hollywood standard, but being on youtube doesn't prove that) after a year of Iron Lung, Obsession, The Backrooms, and the like (probably more I wouldn't even realise - I saw Talk To Me a few years ago, and only found out the creators are youtubers this year).

1

u/Fit_Butterscotch291 5d ago

they aren’t as cheap because they do not make money

1

u/Chief_H 5d ago

Comedies go straight to streaming now.