• The Oscars Got It Wrong

  • By: HonestFun
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The Oscars Got It Wrong

By: HonestFun
  • Summary

  • A podcast where we watch the Best Picture nominees from a randomly selected year and decide whether or not the Oscars got it wrong.
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Episodes
  • Season 3 Stats
    Dec 20 2024

    It's a shorter season as we move to a calendar year schedule, but we're excited to look back at this past year of the podcast! In this episode we'll cover our stats from Season 3 - how many films we've watched, how many times the Oscars got it wrong, and much, much more!

    After this episode we'll be taking a holiday break, but we'll be back in February 2025!

    NOTE: This episode contains spoilers for some previously discussed films. All time stamps are approximate.

    1:15 - Section 1: Overview of Season 3

    4:15 - Section 2: Things we're tracking

    35:35 - Section 3: Our ratings (nominees only)

    54:45 - Section 4: A qualitative discussion

    1:16:05 - Next Time

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    Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • The 1st Academy Awards (Films of 1927/28)
    Dec 6 2024

    This feels like a major one! In this episode, we're excited to be covering the 1st Academy Awards, which honored films from 1927 & 1928. The Academy had two best picture categories at the time, but we cover both of them. The nominees for Outstanding Picture were: Wings, The Racket, and 7th Heaven. The nominees for Best Unique and Artistic Picture were: Sunrise, Change, and the Crowd. We also cover the non-nominee Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

    Timestamps are approximate:

    11:10 - 7th Heaven

    21:10 - The Racket

    26:55 - Chang

    32:10 - Sunrise

    39:05 - The Crowd

    49:50 - Wings

    1:00:10 - Should something else have been nominated?

    • 1:00:55 - Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1:06:50 - Did the Oscars get it wrong?

    1:08:15 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner

    1:09:55 - Conclusions

    1:15:30 - Next Time

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    Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Special Episode - Before the Academy Awards
    Nov 22 2024

    We'll be covering the 1st Academy Awards in two weeks, so we thought now was a good time for a special episode where we take a look at some films that were released before the Academy Awards.

    We review the films in chronological order.

    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

    Timestamps are approximate:

    1:50 - A Trip to the Moon (1902)

    5:40 - Nosferatu (1922)

    11:55 - Safety Last! (1923)

    17:30 - The Gold Rush (1925)

    25:00 - Body and Soul (1925)

    33:35 - Battleship Potemkin (1925)

    43:20 - The General (1926)

    49:45 - Metropolis (1927)

    1:01:25 - Conclusions

    • 1:02:45 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner
    • 1:06:05 - Favorites and Least Favorites

    1:10:15 - Next Time

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    Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod

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    1 hr and 12 mins

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