Oscars 2017: 8 Ups And 6 Downs

5. The DCEU Now Has An Oscar

Oscars 2017 Suicide Squad
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Suicide Squad upset the odds, even in a three-horse race it was the big outsider, to take home the prize for Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling.

The award wasn't really deserved - both Star Trek Beyond, for its alien work, and A Man Called Ove, for its ageing work, were far more worthy - and it's hard to justify its win. Even worse is that it means the DCEU has an Oscar, which is a strange thing to comprehend given the quality of the films so far. As for Suicide Squad specifically, it has the same number of Oscars as Citizen Kane, and more than Vertigo. Madness.

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