Anora was the big winner at the Oscars a week ago, securing awards for best picture, actress, and director, among others. This major achievement puts the movie in the spotlight and increases interest through both legal and illegal channels. Fresh data collected by TorrentFreak shows that pirate downloads surged right after the awards ceremony ended.

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    1 hour ago

    Good movie! Anora the stripper and the bodyguard are two sides of the same coin - competent yet powerless underlings shaped by their relationship with the powerful rich.

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      1 hour ago

      It’s weird because Best Picture is usually given to movies that aren’t necessarily entertaining but are artistically interesting. Not sure what is artistically interesting about a romance movie, the genre is just cheesy comfort entertainment

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      3 hours ago

      I remember seeing the trailer for it about a year before it came out. Think it was during the coming attractions for a different indie film. My initial reaction was like wow that looks horrible. Like I assumed it’d be a campy romp that might find an audience, but maybe 25% on RT max. No one was more shocked than me to see it winning 5 Oscars including best picture lmao.

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        2 hours ago

        I’ve long since given up on thinking Oscar winners equate to good films. It’s a closed voting system subject to cronyism and hidden agendas. I honestly would trust my time spent more with movie recommendations made by all you asshats on Lemmy. I’m not going to bury my head in the sand on Anora - the preview did nothing for me at all, but after winning all those awards, I’ll at least see what the fuss was about via pirating most likely. For 2024 films though, I’ve got Lisa Frankenstein on my to watch list before Anora though.

      • miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 hours ago

        It’s a ‘Pretty Woman’ knockoff without a Cinderella, and the usual cliche inept/empathetic/sinister characters blah, blah, shite.

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      3 hours ago

      Yeah I had to force my self to finish watching, hoping the ending would redeem the movie.

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      3 hours ago

      A lot of the top movies got mixed reviews from friends and family. I saw some that were meh. Hope next year has some better ones.

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        1 hour ago

        The ‘winning’ of the Oscar is subjective. The ‘fact’ that it won an Oscar isn’t subjective.
        Hence, I’m calling that ‘fact’ an overrate.

        It’s weird that you find it weird. That’s subjective.