hi clo,
i heard the same thing although i doubt anyone in hollywood is going to snub a film for artistic licence/ historical inaccuracy!
it sounds to me like the selma movie is moving but not necessarily ground-breaking. suits best picture more than best director.
liked the imitation game and birdman myself but haven't seen all of the movies.
i guess i will have to go and see the hawking flick although he strikes me as probably a bit of an asshole in real life. (equal opportunity abuse!). i get bored of the press adulation. is he really the world's greatest physicist or just the one whose story the media finds sympathetic and compelling? he must be a genius because he has motor neurone disease rather than he is the greatest physicist because of such and such an accomplishment.
in terms of historical inaccuracy, i think throwing in a hawking love story rings a bit hollow. same goes for the imitation game. that model of eccentric but loveable genius plot has been overdone.
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