Zachary Zaslow (Zaz)

Dave, I took a look at DK predictions, and I have some money on Benicio Del Toro because I think he was just unbelievable and efficient.

But it's going to be hard because he's not the best supporting actor in his own movie.

I don't think they're going to split the votes at all.

But Benicio Del Toro, in terms of laughs per second and just knocking the assignment out of the park,

If it weren't for Sean Penn in this very same movie, for me, it's Benicio, but Sean Penn's got to run away with this thing.

Yeah, I think it's neck and neck with Onora, but certainly, I mean, it is a distant underdog this year, whereas last year, a thinner year for great films.

2024 was a banger of a year.

I think 2024, top to bottom, was better than this year.

But Sinners is actually getting a lot of traction in the prediction market space, Zazz, because Michael B. Jordan ended up winning the Actors Award, and Timothee Chalamet's got this whole weird moment in pop culture right now where he's gone from universally liked to people forming a negative opinion

Why?

Because of the opera thing?

I didn't even say anything.

Okay.

Well, this is why a lot of people are saying Sinners has a real chance here.

If there is an underdog to make a play on, it's Sinners because there's a lot of growing momentum.

I saw Sinners, and the school of thought behind Sinners winning, much...

to the point of having a larger tentpole box office smash like F1 be nominated for Best Picture, Sinners was huge for the box office.

And there is a notion bubbling that if you reward a picture like Sinners, you get more movies made like Sinners,

And that's a rising tide that lifts all boats.

I don't know how much the industry will benefit from the secret agent winning, right?