87 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | How Green Was My Valley (1941)

87 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | How Green Was My Valley (1941)

We are 87 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as the answer the question all of us have been thinking:  How Green Was My Valley?  Of course that is the name of 1941's Best Picture winner. Wale, Wale, Wale, what do we have here?  A valley huh?  How green is it?  Oh, not that green?  Covered with coal soot actually?  Oh Wale...  That's it.  That's the movie.  It's a pretty even-keeled coming-of-age story for a young lad named Huw who comes from a coal mining family.  Directed by legend John Ford it contains a lot of his hallmarks - growth, love, loss, and worker's rights.  This is considered a bit of a controversial winner by cinema snobs - what does the Brainrot crew think of it? In this episode you're gonna hear: * A history of Wales and it's coal-mining roots (or seams) * Robust discussion on a completely different Best Picture nominee, much to Drew's chagrin * Why solving problems with violence is good, and awesome, sometimes * So many Phantom Menace references.  Seriously you are not ready for the amount of times we reference The Phantom Menace. Follow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spin Letterboxd Adam - https://boxd.it/9fMt Drew - https://boxd.it/ahkIx Sarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl

88 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Rebecca (1940)

We are 88 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they get a little Hitchcockian and meet the winner of 1940's Best Picture - Rebecca. We find ourselves in the hangover year from Gone With the Wind with Rebecca, another dark love story - but one where we trade American aesthetic for European sensibility, large scale for intimacy, and sweeping color for black and white cinematography at its best.  Rebecca tells the tale of a whirlwind romance across class barriers that sees our nameless heroine become the wife of the luxurious de Winter estate; but the lingering memory of Max de Winter's deceased wife (you'll never guess her name) threatens to derail it all.  If you're a fan of Hitchcock, you've likely seen, and enjoyed, Rebecca; but will the Brainrot crew's takes introduce a new twist? In this episode you're gonna hear: * How Hitchcock's Catholic upbringing informed his film catalogue * Our thoughts on falling in love on vacation * If therapy-speak may actually have a legitimate place in this movie * Which current pop icon we are surprised hasn't made a song about this movie (shoutout this being the 13th winner) Follow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spin Letterboxd Adam - https://boxd.it/9fMt Drew - https://boxd.it/ahkIx Sarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl

89 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Gone With the Wind (1939)

We are 89 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they, frankly, give a damn about the 12th Best Picture winner - 1939's Gone With the Wind. 1939 was a banner year for a lot of reasons.  The New York Yankees swept the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series, Hitler invaded Poland, and a scrappy little cinematic novel adaptation named Gone With the Wind released to unprecedented financial success and Oscars recognition.  It's the epic Southern romance that set the world (and a few big movie sets) ablaze with Confederate passion, for better or for worse.  Of it's unprecedented 10 Oscars, Best Picture was, of course, one of them.  It's legacy is one of a historical cinematic achievement - but how does the Brainrot squad feel about it? In this episode you're gonna hear: * How the Civil War gave the whole world excessive brainrot * About Scarlett O'Hara's gaslighting, gatekeeping AND girlbossing * Which iconic line was nearly foiled by the Hays Code * If the South will rise again Follow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spin Letterboxd Adam - https://boxd.it/9fMt Drew - https://boxd.it/ahkIx Sarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl

90 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | You Can't Take it With You (1938)

We are 90 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they consume more Capraganda with the 11th Best Picture winner - 1938's You Can't Take it With You. Like we said, there are 90 weeks until Oscars 100.  Or should we say... 90 "twee"ks for the most millennial-core Best Picture which is somehow also from the 1930s.  This movie stars Jimmy Stewart as the son of a business magnate who falls in love with a *gasp* poor girl from a *gasp* quirky family.  Hijinks ensue but you'll have to listen to know what happens next.  This is Capra's second Best Picture win, so how does this stack up to all the rest? In this episode you're gonna hear: * The origins of a certain Jimmy/James Stewart * Confusion over Frank Capra's political leanings * Which future racist starred in another Oscar-winning film this year * Countless accusations about who in the pod is the most twee Follow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spin Letterboxd Adam - https://boxd.it/9fMt Drew - https://boxd.it/ahkIx Sarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl

91 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Can you believe this is our 10th epsiode?  We are 91 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as "They Accuse!" (that will make sense later) one of the most French Best Picture winners - 1937's The Life of Emile Zola. We're back in the biopic trenches (regardless of how you pronounce it) with the story of Emile Zola, a French journalist and author whose career spanned the late 1800s.  Specifically, this movie covers his early career to death while also taking time to focus on a major political event of the moment; the Dreyfus Affair.  Kind of...  We've got thoughts about the history, and we've got thoughts about the movie - and most importantly we've got opinions on how this fits into the Best Picture canon. In this episode you're gonna hear: * How famed muckraker Emile Zola would have done on TikTok today * Discussion on which key words were specifically not included in the film and why * Which two-time Best Actress winner should have been canceled in the 30s * Best Picture Brainrot's awards for the first 10 Oscar winners Follow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spin Letterboxd Adam - https://boxd.it/9fMt Drew - https://boxd.it/ahkIx Sarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl