The Lost Bus
Wow. Jord’s point’s about Jurassic World: Rebirth is even more poignant with the Lost Bus. The Academy will just nominate anything in the Best Visual Effects category, won’t they? The Lost Bus feels like a made for TV movie, and features some of the worst acting I’ve seen for an Oscar nominated movie since… Jurassic World: Rebirth, in a movie that includes Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey and Oscar nominated America Ferrera. Whomever greenlit this film needs to rethink their choices in life, as it was truly a disaster. And yet, the true story aspect of it somehow gives the critical reviews for it somehow just below average (64 Metacritic currently). And call me a hater, but the visual effects weren’t worthy of being in the same category as Avatar, not by a long shot.
-Z
Oof. This was just so bad. The writing was truly terrible in many parts. The plot became so overly dramatic it was comical instead of the tense thriller this movie thinks it is. I do not understand how this was turned into a movie and how on earth Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera signed on. I can only imagine that the positive reviews are coming from people who lived through this wildfire (or one like it) and are appreciating seeing the representation on the screen. A tough one to get through. How did enough people watch this for it to get an Oscar nomination?
-E
