--- title: Oscars 2017 Honest Trailer: La La Land, Moonlight, Arrival description: The Oscars are right around the corner, so of course, Screen Junkies has released an honest trailer poking fun at the Best Picture Nominees. canonical: https://time.com/4678585/oscars-2017-honest-trailer/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-22T16:24:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:17.978Z og:title: You Need to Watch This Honest Trailer Mock Every Oscars Movie og:description: From La La Land to Moonlight og:url: https://time.com/4678585/oscars-2017-honest-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You Need to Watch This Honest Trailer Mock Every Oscars Movie twitter:description: From La La Land to Moonlight twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Brutal Honest Trailer Spoofs _La La Land_ and All of the Oscar Things > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 22, 2017 4:24 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 22, 2017 4:24 PM UTC The [2017 Oscars](http://time.com/4674774/oscars-2017-predictions/) are right around the corner, so of course, the team over at [Screen Junkies](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpcACMWblDls9Z6GERVi1A) is capitalizing on the opportunity to poke fun at [Hollywood’s biggest night](http://style.time.com/2013/02/22/life-at-the-oscars-classic-photos-from-hollywoods-biggest-night/). The YouTube channel released one of its signature Honest Trailers aimed at the nine movies up for [Best Picture](http://time.com/money/4645293/oscars-2017-academy-awards-movie-pass/) at this year’s Academy Awards, including _La La Land_, _Moonlight_ and _Arrival_. “It’s that time of the year when LA’s pretty narcissists use their awards to take shots at DC’s ugly narcissists,” the voiceover begins, before tackling each film one by one. 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