The 10 Star Reviews Are Likely from People Connected to the Film
Roma first came to my attention from an onslaught of PR from Netflix. However, I've been watching the movie for the past 32 minutes and 26 seconds and I'm bored to tears. Where's the story? Where's a modicum of anything worthwhile to keep me viewing?
Simply put, don't believe the hype.
Sorry Netflix, bombarding voting members like myself doesn't buy you awards. Good films do. Stop throwing everything and the kitchen sink at us hoping that something sticks. You're asking for a negative reaction with such a misguided strategy.
AN UPDATE AS OF OSCAR NIGHT: It turns out Netflix engaged in a behind-the-scenes campaign to smear "Green Book", Roma's closest competitor in the race for the Academy's Best Picture award. I can only hope that this untoward and unprofessional behavior comes back to bite Netflix and the film's producers in the behind when the statuettes are handed out tonight.
(And as an aside, from here on out, all Netflix screeners that I'm sent during Awards Season will he placed at the bottom of the pile)
Roma first came to my attention from an onslaught of PR from Netflix. However, I've been watching the movie for the past 32 minutes and 26 seconds and I'm bored to tears. Where's the story? Where's a modicum of anything worthwhile to keep me viewing?
Simply put, don't believe the hype.
Sorry Netflix, bombarding voting members like myself doesn't buy you awards. Good films do. Stop throwing everything and the kitchen sink at us hoping that something sticks. You're asking for a negative reaction with such a misguided strategy.
AN UPDATE AS OF OSCAR NIGHT: It turns out Netflix engaged in a behind-the-scenes campaign to smear "Green Book", Roma's closest competitor in the race for the Academy's Best Picture award. I can only hope that this untoward and unprofessional behavior comes back to bite Netflix and the film's producers in the behind when the statuettes are handed out tonight.
(And as an aside, from here on out, all Netflix screeners that I'm sent during Awards Season will he placed at the bottom of the pile)
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