Last night the Producers Guild Awards put everyone to sleep by handing their top prize to Paul Thomas Anderson and One Battle After Another. Okay, I felt a certain “whew” when they didn’t give their award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures to Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners…thank you, dear God, for small favors.
Otherwise I’m feeling nothing, nothing, nothing.
Three years ago my blood turned acidic and my soul was choked with industrial-strength hate for EEAAO, but I’m not even feeling that this year as OBAA is indisputably well-made. Throughout my entire life I’ve felt some kind of emotional response to this or that Best Picture Oscar winner, but this year is a total flatliner. Okay, I’m rooting for Sentimental Value‘s Stellan Skarsgard to win Best Supporting Actor, but otherwise the well is dry.