5 Reasons Why Jennifer Lopez’s Oscar Snub Is Bad for the Academy Awards

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After a year at the movies that broke so many barriers for women and diverse filmmakers, the Oscar nominations on Monday morning felt in some ways like they were still stuck in the past. And the Ac…

” was a huge hit and that Lopez gave a career-best performance in it. And here are five reasons why that’s bad news for the Academy Awards.The most common gripe about Hollywood is that there are too few original ideas — everything is a sequel or a reboot nowadays. “Hustlers,” directed by Lorene Scafaria, was that rare thing: an original story that captured the zeitgeist in the same way as an HBO series that everybody is talking about.

In previous Oscars seasons, voters managed to reward movie star reinventions, such as Julia Roberts in “Erin Brockovich,” Renee Zellweger in “Bridget Jones’ Diary” or Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side.” What J. Lo does in “Hustlers” is just as impressive. And it comes during a time, where she’s soaring in every other aspect of her career, from selling at arenas during her “It’s My Party” tour to performing as the halftime act at this year’s Super Bowl.

 

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I agree!

Are you still crying?

Hustlers is soft porn with a downer plot Not Oscar material

how about the other movies (et al) they snubbed: The Lighthouse - Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Dir Robert Eggers, Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler, Dir Safdie brothers, Queen & Slim - Jodie Turner-Smith, Daniel Kaluuya, Lupita Nyongo - US, TERRIBLE NOT TO NOMINATE!

Nah

It’s NOT variety

The only good part was her dancing on the pole. 🔥🔥

No where near 🤦🏻‍♂️😳

No

RaminSetoodeh I’m in no way excusing the lack of diversity at this year’s Oscars, but the real person that JLo played is suing the producers of that film, so it might not be as great as first thought.

Good snub

Yeah but it’s not a fair comparison. Julia and Sandra were already critically acclaimed actresses. J Lo was not. (I love J Lo in Hustlers and wish she had been nominated.)

I suspect the Oscars have a gay agenda. Hustlers was too straight! They gave an Oscar to Broke Back Mountain👎!

Whatever whatever Ramon Setoodeh says is true IS TRUE. I’ve lost days of sleep from this life changing snub. Ramon get a book deal.

RaminSetoodeh 🙄 o simplemente no era película para el Oscar ! Me gusto muchisimo la vi dos veces , me divertí y es de las que mas gocé en el año... pero SORRY amantes de teorias de la conspiración... si querián el Oscar tal vez le falto un guión menos comercial.

RaminSetoodeh We need to stop celebrating an Academy that don't reward the hard work of women of color and female directors. Please BoycottTheOscars

RaminSetoodeh Do you want some fries with your salt?

RaminSetoodeh When Hustlers was about men and directed by Scorsese, it WAS among that year's Best Picture nominees and of course its star was nominated. Only that time it was called The Wolf of Wall Street. NYC scam artists conning people out of their money until the 2 rats out 1.

RaminSetoodeh It's a mediocre movie.

RaminSetoodeh 🎯

RaminSetoodeh Scorsese would not make that movie though... ifs ands and buts are nice ect ect ect; isn't that about prostitution? Do the Hustlers refer to themselves as the female Wyatt Erps? A Scorsese Wyatt Earp story would be funny... TheAcademy

RaminSetoodeh 😔

RaminSetoodeh If it was directed by Scorsese it would be a brilliant film variety and raminSetoodeh

RaminSetoodeh Except... 1) There was a men stripper movie a few years ago. RaminSetoodeh may have heard of it. Magic Mike. Started the whole McConaughey renaissance. Zero Oscar nominations. 2) Scorsese would never make a movie about strippers, so that’s an immaterial point.

RaminSetoodeh The academy didn't won't that type of American struggle get spotlight...too real

RaminSetoodeh BrianisTuft

RaminSetoodeh Dirían en Mi Pueblo: Y si mi abuelita tuviera ruedas sería bicicleta.

RaminSetoodeh It also wasn’t that great. The Farewell, on the offer hand, was.

RaminSetoodeh Yes, but it wasn't directed by Scorsese.

RaminSetoodeh True story

RaminSetoodeh Oh absolutely !!!

1 reason why Jennifer Lopez not getting a nomination is fine - there were 5 other better female supporting performances that deserved it.

It’s not, because the honest answer is that movie was deeply flawed, putting it mildly, and JLo was merely the best part of an over-hyped film. I was conned into renting it by the praise, but no one is going to force me to say it was good.

Reason no.1 - JLO is at best an average actor and doesn't deserve an nomination just because she worked hard. No other reasons needed.

It sucked

the real snub was lupita nyongo in Us hustlers was good i'll give her that but her performance wasn't a big deal it's an acceptable for a golden globe and enough there were a lot of great performanes with no recognition like awkwafina in the farewell and ana de armas

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