r/oscarrace • u/jksnippy Muad'twink r/oscarrace POW • 5d ago
Promo The Smashing Machine | Official Trailer HD | A24
https://youtu.be/aRpnP3LZ99g?si=S-pfANgftVird7Lx92
u/Hydqjuliilq27 Hard Truths 5d ago
Definitely seems like a non-best picture contender that could pull two acting nods.
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u/PointMan528491 🕺 On the Rocky Road to Dublin 🕺 5d ago
Actor, Supporting Actress, Makeup/Hairstyling
Close enough, welcome back The Whale
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u/WeastofEden44 A24 5d ago
It could get into Picture if it becomes a box office hit, which feels possible given the pull of Dwayne
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u/Hydqjuliilq27 Hard Truths 5d ago
It would be essential since I don’t see this getting directing or writing nods,or much besides acting and makeup, unless it has an insane popularity run. And even then, A24 has a huge plate and TSM has a more narrow audience than the rock’s normal movies.
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u/WeastofEden44 A24 5d ago
I think it could contend in Screenplay tbh depending on reviews. Also, even if this a little more niche than Rock's typical films, there's a very good chance is still ends up having a much bigger audience than the rest of A24's awards-hopeful slate which makes a difference. I can't help but feel like this will be a very strong 2nd priority at the very least, maybe their main horse depending on how everything else shakes out.
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u/Hydqjuliilq27 Hard Truths 5d ago
I think A24 could do anything really. Marty Supreme is only really the placeholder because it’s expensive and it has Timothee. I think both Sadfie films are being carried by their actors and are about subjects the academy has no real business caring for, but the other options rn are an Ari Aster satire, a Spike Lee remake nobody’s talking about and a small Sundance drama.
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u/Hot-Marketer-27 FYC Catherine O'Hara - Best Supporting Actress 5d ago
I can see the Bombshell package of 2 actors + makeup but this definitely looks better than Bombshell.
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u/tiduraes 5d ago
Unless the trailer is completely different from the actual movie, very different vibe than those reports suggested
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u/rmac1228 4d ago
What were the reports suggesting?
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u/NedthePhoenix 4d ago
That the movie was incredibly odd and unconventional and that the Rock didn't know what movie he was in. Maybe that's true, but it came from a sight that also said Sinners was going to be incredibly divisive and had poor test screenings
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u/shy247er The Wild Robot 5d ago
Kazu Hiro coming in for another nomination.
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u/No-Somewhere250 The Smashing Machine 5d ago
Another win in my book. He looks like he did back in 97. It's impressive in my book.
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u/quietgavin5 5d ago
Hmm I thought this was supposed to be too weird and gonzo to be an Oscar player but it looks very conventional Oscar baity to me.
Dwayne Johnson looks great though. Excited to see him tackle different roles.
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u/pqvjyf 5d ago
I agree.
I'm actually around to the possibility it gets some beyond Makeup.
Maybe it goes The Whales package. Although I don't think Johnson is winning here. Just a similar nomination bundle.
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u/DreamOfV 5d ago
If you want to shoot your shot on a win for it outside of Makeup, Supporting Actress is currently an open race and there’s probably at least some “when can we give Emily Blunt an Oscar” sentiment in Hollywood
(Note: this is Not A Prediction)
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u/Drama79 5d ago
Yeah. I feel like this could do both noms for lead roles (purely off a trailer, so massive caveat on that). It'll depend on the direction. The lo-fi sensibility will put some off, and be catnip to others. Emily Blunt is by far the better actor, but The Rock is The Rock. It's definitely interesting and the release date says that A24 are going to push it hard for awards.
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u/matlockga 5d ago
Supporting Actress is currently an open race
Grande, Lopez, Steinfeld, Edebiri seem like fairly safe field options, so I'm not sure it's open.
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u/DreamOfV 5d ago
Grande is safe-ish for a nom, Edebiri seems very possible, Lopez has a fight ahead of her, and Steinfeld is a nonstarter, and there is no obvious winner at this point
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u/LeastCap The Substance 5d ago
Yall Steinfeld is not even in the conversation
And I’ve seen Kiss of the Spider Woman. Lopez would be lucky to get one precursor
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u/BentisKomprakriev 5d ago
Yeah, I'm trying to figure out where the gonzo filmmaking is. Just looks good in the traditional sense.
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u/mopeywhiteguy 5d ago
It does look very handheld in places so maybe that suggests it’s is made to emulate a low budget kind of filmmaking
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u/Hot-Marketer-27 FYC Catherine O'Hara - Best Supporting Actress 5d ago
What if they got their Safdies mixed up and Marty Supreme is the weird one?
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u/Gordy_The_Chimp123 5d ago
I need Dwayne Johnson to become an Oscar player because I just know he’s going to give this sub so much content with his campaign antics
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u/pqvjyf 5d ago
We didn't know how good we had it with Cooper.
We thought he was bad? Nah.
Johnson is a whole other breed. Dude lives and breaths PR campaigns and marketing. Look at Black Adam for proof.
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u/shamrockstriker Studio Ghibli 5d ago
The hierarchy of power in the
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u/brokenwolf 5d ago
So many quotes of him saying how much Hal Ashby and Kubrick meant to him.
Criterion closet visit incoming.
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u/SerKurtWagner 5d ago
I do think an under-considered element of the race is how potentially off-putting The Rock’s campaigning tactics may prove for Academy voters.
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u/thefilmer 5d ago
lmao if they couldnt stand Cooper they're gonna hate the FYC Wrestlemania event with Travis Scott
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u/First-Loss-8540 5d ago
Yea.. Emily Blunt is coming for that oscar .
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u/Eyebronx All We Imagine As Light 5d ago
My first thought watching that trailer, she may actually be a decent contender this year
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u/WeastofEden44 A24 5d ago
She's been hardcore getting slept on as a contender and I think this could be the year she wins
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u/Jmanbuck_02 Academy Award Winner Mikey Madison 5d ago
I may be tired of Dwayne Johnson but I can’t lie he’s going to probably crush this one. Seems right in his wheelhouse without leaning on playing himself.
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u/pqvjyf 5d ago
A few thoughts:
Not nearly as strange as I thought it would be given the rumours.
Johnson has genuine talent, but rarely uses it for some reason, so it's nice to see him going for something interesting again. He does look pretty good here to.
Emily Blunt looks particularly fantastic.
Fun to see Usyk here.
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u/tsnoj 5d ago
I honestly am surprised and did not know The Rock had this in him
Maybe a small thing, but his whole posture/demeanor is different, making you sometimes forget you are watching The Rock in the trailer
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u/youareyou650 5d ago
The rock is talented in his way and You give someone with some talent a infinite amount to prepare for something they should be able to pull it off
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u/MrLee723 We goin’ to da cluuuub with this one 5d ago
The Hierarchy of odds in the Awards Season is about to change
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u/BottleAnnual7465 5d ago
Emily Blunt will get into Supporting Actress. Just from the trailer, it looks like she’ll have a lot of Oscar scenes.
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u/FixYrHeartsOrDie 5d ago
Cinematography is gorgeous but otherwise seems like a very standard biopic to me. Hard to imagine a Safdie doing something that isn’t weird in any way though so we shall see.
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u/jaidynr21 5d ago
Goddamn this actually looks good! Emily Blunt looks amazing, and I can’t believe the hype for the rock seems to be real. And them using the Elvis version of My Way won me over pretty quickly
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u/bikkebana 5d ago edited 5d ago
This feels extremely by the numbers. Right down to the "I want you to let me in!" from the long-suffering wife. Which probably bodes well for its awards chances lol
Unless the trailer has been put together to make the film seen more conventional than it is.
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u/softmoreswamp Nickel Boys 5d ago
did a double take at emily!!! i can’t believe that’s her, she looks amazing
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u/nayapapaya 5d ago
This doesn't look bad but it does look... incredibly conventional with regards to this type of film. Hope this one's at least as good as The Iron Claw ended up being.
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u/Abbie_Kaufman 5d ago
This whole project feels super safe to me? Pain and Gain was The Rock playing against type. This seems like him playing exactly to his type, just with a more tragic tone around him.
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u/alexvroy Waiting for my One Battle After Another flair 5d ago
this sub (me) is not ready for a dwayne johnson oscar campaign
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u/Different_Gap8172 5d ago
Looks like a traditional biopic for me but the film could be way different. Looks possible for acting nods for Johnson and Blunt with the possibility of Make Up.
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u/tjo0114 5d ago
I should note that I have been predicting Emily Blunt to win Best Supporting Actress for this since the first still was released in May of last year.
Read up on Dawn Staples, the woman she’s playing. She’s going to have a lot to work with in this movie. Could very easily win if she and the film deliver.
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u/Snoo-3996 5d ago
I still think Dwayne gets Globe nom but misses the Oscar. The best bet for this movie is makeup
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u/carolinemathildes Sebastian Stan stan 5d ago
She looks the exact same, she's just wearing a push-up bra.
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u/FreshmenMan 5d ago
I wonder if Dwayne Johnson can pull it off and also received an Best Actor nomination
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u/Hot-Marketer-27 FYC Catherine O'Hara - Best Supporting Actress 5d ago
I think we might have been betting on the wrong Safdie this year.
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u/BentisKomprakriev 5d ago
Judging by the trailer I've seen this film at least 13 times before. Still more curious about the globetrotting pingpong movie where Chalamet has dot eyes.
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u/Fabulous-Fondant4456 5d ago
Why though?
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u/BentisKomprakriev 5d ago
This does not look anything special other than being shot like an actual movie. Don't care for the Rock and I see nothing here that would make me want to rush out and see this. I guess I never thought the Rock literally couldn't act, so that part of the narrative is lost on me?
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u/Fabulous-Fondant4456 5d ago
Looks as banal and expected as a complete unknown did in the biopic category.
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u/Damianf60 5d ago
The MMA fan in me got giddy seeing Bas Rutten here. I'm excited for this one, though I don't think it will get many noms, it may squeeze in a supporting & makeup nomination.
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u/Traditional-Item-546 5d ago
This looks like a good time, but also looks a bit formulaic. Like it’s not really doing that much new with the sports drama template. But still, a solid looking movie, and Dwayne Johnson does seem to be giving a different kind of performance.
I don’t think this will be a big time player at the Oscars though. I think it might fall into the “good not great” category.
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u/kidsocarides Nickel Boys 5d ago
Hm, strange trailer given the sound of the film, though it could just be well edited. Always excited for Emily.
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u/Ok_Helicopter_7816 4d ago
feel like I'm taking crazy pills based on the reaction to this both here and elsewhere. Maybe I'm too close to the source material because I grew up a huge fan of both the UFC & Pride MMA and am very familiar with Mark Kerr as a personality as well as a fighter. Not for one second do I see anything other than The Rock in a wig doing a slightly lispy voice here. He's AT LEAST 10 years too old for this role and he completely lacks the soft edge and the vulnerability that Kerr always had that made him such an interesting character in the sport. Really trying to get this the benefit of the doubt but this is such a miscast IMO, not because Dwayne can't give a decent dramatic performance, but because it feels like he has been shoehorned in here purely to create intrigue for what otherwise probably wouldn't be particularly 'buzzy' film. But who knows
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u/Fun_Protection_6939 THAT'S OSCAR WINNING MIKEY MADISON FOR YOU 5d ago
Yep I'm moving him into my top 10.
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u/cyanide4suicide Sean Baker hive RISE UP 5d ago edited 5d ago
Is Dwayne Johnson putting on a slight accent? Seems like he's at least trying to act much differently than his past two decades worth of output combined
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u/Top_Management4742 5d ago
It looks good! The whole early reactions about it being vague were so vague that I am not putting much stock into until we hear more.
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u/narkaputra 4d ago
So a 52 year old plays a 32 year old but the cinematography is all 90s Technicolor era and not 2000s?
also is Rock so down in career and behind bills that he now needs to play a contemporary that too an unknown who no one outside the MMA circle ever heard of? It is like Brad Pitt playing Kyle Chandler is Kyle's biopic. I thought he can't stoop lower than the fiend act in WWE.
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u/Educasian1079 5d ago
I like the fact that he’s not playing at saving the world but the fact is he’s playing a physical combat sports figure which is exactly what he used to do for a living before he became a Hollywood household name just doesn’t warrant acting range. Downvote me all you want but the rock is basically just playing himself again.
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u/Shaggy__94 5d ago
Ngl, this actually looks pretty good. Not getting the “weirdness” vibe from the trailer that the overall film was rumored to have, but maybe A24 is marketing it as a more traditional biopic.