Oscar the grouch

Good lord, the only Oscar-nominated film of this year that I've seen so far is K-pop Demon Hunters, which was on some streaming service that I get, and since I'd read some buzz about it, I decided to watch it. I thought it not a bad film, certainly watchable. It reminded me of the movie of Josie and the Pussycats - incoherent premise (do they fight the demons with their voices, or not? Seems to have it both ways), enjoyable camaraderie among the band (which is also what I liked about the all-female Ghostbusters), not-intolerable music. In fact the songs here were much more agreeable than anything I've previously been handed with the label "K-pop" on it, though I don't plan on running out and listening to any more of it.

But looking at the films nominated for major awards, nothing grabs my interest. I don't want to see horror movies, which leaves out Sinners and Weapons, I don't want to see movies about torturing people or people in great suffering, which leaves out Bugonia and It Was Just an Accident and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, I don't want to see movies about sports, which leaves out Marty Supreme and F1, I don't want to see a faithful adaptation of a novel I found terminally boring, which leaves out Frankenstein. I like Shakespeare so I ought to be interested in Hamnet, but the reviews make it sound dire; I like musical theater and its history so I ought to be interested in Blue Moon but the trailer made it sound whiny. If I were to see any of these, it'd probably be One Battle After Another, but the new films I've noted as possible watches haven't gotten Oscar nominations. I'm curious about The Choral, but it got bad reviews.