I know a thing or two about enjoyable movies. In fact I wrote the book on it. (That’s usually just an expression.)

Oscar-nominated movies, though?

Let’s check the O’Connell stats.

Oscar nominees for Best Picture…

O’Connell saw zero of ten.

Nominations for acting?

A total of 20 slots and O’Connell saw…

zero of those movies.

Inside Out 2 and The Wild Robot were the only movies among the nominees I’d actually seen, and, well, neither of them won anything.

Still, it’s an honor to be nominated.

An even greater honor–more rare anyway–to have been seen by the aforementioned cinematic author.