It’s the biggest night of the year, treated like the day of results, as the night brings happiness to faces, making some sad, but at the end of the day, it’s eventually a night of celebration, celebrating cinema. However, one incident by Shameik Moore is now leaving a bad taste in the mouth.
When it comes to the animation industry, the Japan vs America rivalry is nothing new, and that good old rivalry also existed on the big stages. The Animated Feature Film category was supposed to be a tight one anyway.
“Spider-Man” and its Spider-verse ventures are definitely among the acclaimed ones through the ages, and it had a strong chance to win. But one icon just changed the equation. Hayao Miyazaki is definitely a legend in the field, and his work “The Boy and the Heron” came out victorious in this category.
Now, accepting defeat is also a craft, and the voice of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” Shameik Moore, might excel in acting but has to learn how to take defeat, as his recent comments might just be a tad disrespectful.
For those who are unaware, Moore is the voice of Miles Morales, definitely one of the future pillars of Comic Book films, and a reaction like this might just change the equation for the actor, especially as fans love Miyazaki unconditionally.
On Twitter, Moore expressed his ‘gratitude’ by pointing it out as a robbery. Now, he definitely isn’t the only one dissatisfied by the loss; “Spider-Man” would have won any other year, and “The Boy and the Heron” manages to tick all the boxes of good cinema.
But a reaction like this is never acceptable, especially for a big name like Moore and that too against a legend in that field. Besides setting up and shattering some records, “The Boy And The Heron” is definitely a winner, for the fans and for cinema.
“Spider-Man,” it did well, it was a winner, but comments such as these create backlash, and not everything is about publicity. Sometimes, bad publicity is not better than no publicity, and this action of Moore might just echo that spirit.