CODA appreciation post
I was quite surprised that so many people on here seem to hate CODA. I can see why it’s nobody’s favourite Oscar win but I think it’s also a bit unfair to put it in the same category of disaster as Green Book, Crash, and Shakespeare in Love. CODA’s win wasn’t anywhere near as outrageous. Out of the 8 BP-nominated movies of that year that I saw, I thought it was the best one (it was a weak year tbh). My understanding is that most people wanted Dune to win that year, however I think that the Dune trilogy should be rewarded as a whole by receiving an award for the third movie, like Lord of the rings.
I liked that the film represented a group of people that gets very, very little representation in Hollywood. I also really appreciated that the film depicted deaf people as completely normal folks who have sex, use swear words, have fights, and do normal day-to-day jobs. But most importantly, I liked that the movie was just an enjoyable watch - it didn’t try to have a deep meaningful message or to be particularly artsy or revolutionary, but it was just telling a story about humanity and life that I found very entertaining. You could argue that this is not enough for a BP win, but I personally found it refreshing to have a “lighter” and more down-to-earth movie on the list for once.
TLDR: While it certainly isn’t even near among the best BP winners and only won because it wasn’t a strong year for movies, it also doesn’t deserve the hate it gets in my opinion. Why do people hate it so much?
I was quite surprised that so many people on here seem to hate CODA. I can see why it’s nobody’s favourite Oscar win but I think it’s also a bit unfair to put it in the same category of disaster as Green Book, Crash, and Shakespeare in Love. CODA’s win wasn’t anywhere near as outrageous. Out of the 8 BP-nominated movies of that year that I saw, I thought it was the best one (it was a weak year tbh). My understanding is that most people wanted Dune to win that year, however I think that the Dune trilogy should be rewarded as a whole by receiving an award for the third movie, like Lord of the rings.
I liked that the film represented a group of people that gets very, very little representation in Hollywood. I also really appreciated that the film depicted deaf people as completely normal folks who have sex, use swear words, have fights, and do normal day-to-day jobs. But most importantly, I liked that the movie was just an enjoyable watch - it didn’t try to have a deep meaningful message or to be particularly artsy or revolutionary, but it was just telling a story about humanity and life that I found very entertaining. You could argue that this is not enough for a BP win, but I personally found it refreshing to have a “lighter” and more down-to-earth movie on the list for once.
TLDR: While it certainly isn’t even near among the best BP winners and only won because it wasn’t a strong year for movies, it also doesn’t deserve the hate it gets in my opinion. Why do people hate it so much?