The Envy Awards: Honoring those offbeat, off-kilter and off-putting screen moments
LA TimesThe 96th Academy Awards, to be held March 10 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, promises prizes to worthy recipients in nearly two dozen categories. We have no words award Kaitlyn Dever, “No One Will Save You” In two excellent films from the past year, critical — if not main — characters were given virtually no lines. Most hilarious use of a historical figure “Napoleon” As noted by a commenter on Reddit, Ridley Scott’s historical epic “Napoleon” is actually “a romantic comedy that keeps getting interrupted by the rise of an empire.” Now, bear in mind that its marketing did not suggest this at all — but it’s hard to imagine it wasn’t intentionally meant to be periodically hilarious. Enter “Maestro,” whose two main characters — Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre — literally cough smoke into one another’s faces within moments of meeting, then go on to chain smoke for the next two hours. Outstanding use of nakedness Jennifer Lawrence, “No Hard Feelings” Nudity and sex scenes have also made a comeback in film, and much was made of Christopher Nolan’s use of both in “Oppenheimer.” Sure, there was a traditional in-bed love scene with Communist Party member Jean.
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