Best Picture Nom: The Favourite

Should this movie win Best Picture?

Me: Heck no. This movie was the biggest waste of time at the theatre for me, maybe since Chappie.

The wife: Absolutely not. I will be extremely upset if it wins. In fact, this is the only movie that will make me upset if it wins.

Do we recommend this movie?

Me: Not in the slightest. There aren't many redeeming quality to this one. Sure, there's drama, but that didn't make it compelling or relevant.

The wife: Absolutely not.

The best parts of this movie?

Me: The acting. Rachel Weiss and Emma Stone were both pretty good, moreso the former, who should win Best Supporting Actress. And the costumes, but then again, is anyone surprised that yet another Old English-style costume design got nominated for an Oscar? Yawn. The ending scene when the queen puts her foot on Emma Stone's character to signify "her lot in life" should've meant something, but a) that wasn't hard for the audience to determine; it actually felt more like a cheap gimmick than symbolism, and b) who cares? It wasn't that deep of a meaning, anyway. The story was so terrible and the characters were so lame that the impact of that moment was lost.

The wife: Uuuummmmmm....some of the acting was good, I guess.

The worst parts of this movie?

Me: The story, the character arcs, all of it was useless. It was basically a movie about how poorly run a country would be if immature women were in charge and cared more about each other's approval than doing their job (no offense, ladies).

The wife: Everything else: the story, the plot, the characters. There was nothing I liked about it.