Taylor Swift recently shared a behind-the-scenes video of her short film All Too Well, released last year. Featuring the breakout star of Stranger Things Sadie Sink and Teen Wolf’s Dylan O’Brien, this 15-minute video followed a young woman’s relationship. This was the first time the pop star directed a short film based on her song of the same name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tollGa3S0o8

The romantic drama enjoyed critical acclaim and amassed 32 million views in its first three days of YouTube release. It garnered several awards, including Video of the Year and Best Direction at the 2022 Video Music Awards. However, the video failed to secure a place at the Oscar 2023 and it seems that the fans have no problem with it.

The internet supports Oscars instead of Taylor Swift for All Too Well

The shortlists for the 95th Academy Awards were unveiled on 21 December. Revealing the news about All Too Well, Film Updates posted on Twitter that Taylor Swift’s debut direction has been snubbed from the nominations. “Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well: The Short Film’ has been snubbed from the Oscars shortlist for Best Live-Action Short Film,” read the caption.

It would be disturbing news for the Grammy winner who made huge efforts for campaigning this short film. Despite the huge appreciation, this video got from fans, many think that it didn’t deserve an Oscar nomination. Twitter users have expressed their views and agreed with the decision of the Academy as comments on the post. The point of contention is that All Too Well: Short Film is indeed not a film but merely an extended music video and didn’t deserve a nomination as such.

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One user stated: “Good. A mediocre music video, is not deserving of an Oscar nomination.”

“Can’t be snubbed if it wasn’t deserving of a nom to begin with,” commented second user.

“« Snubbed » like it deserved to be there in the first place

be serious. A mv is not a movie and doesn’t have to be treated as such just because Miss Swift calls it film,” remarked third. 

“Good the spot belongs to a smaller director who needs to break through the industry and actually makes films,” posted another user.

https://twitter.com/ArtsyFartsyJay/status/1605658505116934144?s=20&t=qn6iBk1Oj5iqHWaAxqCzyg

https://twitter.com/michelmikey17/status/1605658107409231872?s=20&t=dYDPGJfpdRzsR6buknk9uQ

https://twitter.com/doudousgagas/status/1605657671281086464?s=20&t=dYDPGJfpdRzsR6buknk9uQ

https://twitter.com/queengagashii/status/1605656834496376832?s=20&t=dYDPGJfpdRzsR6buknk9uQ

https://twitter.com/philll_303/status/1605656500667834369?s=20&t=qn6iBk1Oj5iqHWaAxqCzyg

What do you think? Is Taylor Swift really snubbed of her Oscar? Or the Academy Awards made the right decision?

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