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As you’ve likely picked up on from the first couple of paragraphs, that wasn’t the case.

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Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, and Charles Roven pose with four of Oppenheimer�s seven Oscar trophies during an official photoshoot

Oppenheimer stole the show with seven wins at the 2024 Academy Awards.

The movies that were nominated for this year’s prestigious event were all worthy of recognition.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been chosen to potentially win on the night.

Just look atOppenheimer(streaming onPeacock), the latest expensive epic from auteur Christopher Nolan.

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Netflix wasn’t the only streamer that failed to win the necessary votes to secure an Academy Award.

As such, I view them (rightly or wrongly) as streaming spectacles rather than big-screen offerings.

There’s no guarantee, then, that the world’s biggest streamers would’ve upset the odds.

The answer is simple: the competition,Oppenheimeror otherwise, was just too strong.

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