Some Awards are better than others

Oscars 2020

The movie I loved in 2019 was Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria). It won nothing, but two nominations, one for Best International Feature Picture and one for Best Male Actor in a Leading Role. Parasite won the first, Joaquin Phoenix won the latter for his performance in Joker. In situations like this, we all create a list of the “deserving” who got “snubbed”. It looks a bit in bad faith though, you know? It makes me feel like a 5 year old that got the candy stolen from them. And I haven’t been five in a very long time.

Now that the Oscars are done, I will soon sit down and write why I absolutely adore Almodóvar’s latest piece of art without trying to sell it to you who already give me the honour of reading me. But, that’s for another day.

Today I will discuss Parasite “making history” in the American Academy Awards by being the first foreign language movie winning Best Motion Picture. Unsurprisingly, it also won Best International Motion Picture as well because how couldn’t it?