Screenwriters and Snapchatters apportion the same mantra : " Show , do n’t enjoin . " With that in mind , we ’re going to discontinue typewrite words aboutthe eight Best Picture nominees , and alternatively offer the most visual agency of previewing the category in advance of this Sunday ’s Academy Awards : emojis . Whether our pang at translating each film ’s plot into emojis pee you [ face - of - joy emoji ] orconfused , they ’re essentially spoilers , so reader beware .
Mad Max: Fury Road
iOS ' 9.3 ’s emoji rising slope will carry you to the gate of Valhalla .
Bridge of Spies
Steven Spielberg ’s Cold War drama is a atavist to the days when Frank Capra used to draw his emojis by hand .
The Martian
The " Face With Stuck - Out Tongue and Winking Eye " emoji will henceforward be bang as the " I just scienced the shit out of this " font . The poo emoji will continue to be known as the poo emoji , but with added reputability .
Brooklyn
This Irish love story is now the best case forthe addition of ginger emojis .
The Revenant
The bear emoji : lovely until it claws you to the earth and gnaws off your backside . And there is n’t even an Oscar emoji to make it all better .
The Big Short
lifetime hack : when your friend says he lose his house in an apocalyptic mortgage crisis , don’trespond with a sad - face emoji . Dosend them the hug snowman .
Room
Emojis are so inherently happy , you may think this survivor ’s narrative is a walk in the park . Nope . It ’ll debilitate eight gallons of tear water from your ducts . Sorry .
Spotlight
We ’re 100 % positive the Pulitzer Prize - winningBoston Globejournalists at the heart of this investigatory drama would be majestic to see their work commemorated in emoji mannikin . One hundred percent .
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