Loving Oscar, hating Grammy?

While I love music as much as I love movies, I boycott the Grammys but relish the Oscars every year.

I do so because I believe the Grammys award commerciality, not artistry, whereas the Academy Awards are at least aimed at honoring the best films/ artists in the movie industry.

My mindset was upset a bit Sunday, though, when I read that multiple Grammys were awarded to artists who care as much about producing great music as producing money-making hits, including Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves and Childish Gambino.

Still, in my eyes the Grammys will never compare with the Oscars. Each year I watch every minute of the Oscars show, from the overblown, corny production numbers to the often fraudulently self-effacing speeches, because I love seeing great movies rewarded.

This year I saw all Best Picture nominees. None of the films I loved most this year — “Eighth Grade,” a touching, hilarious movie about adolescence, “Blindspotting,” a fearless, relevant, moving story told largely in verse, and “Widows,” the best caper film in years — received Oscar nominations for anything. But I still liked or loved all films nominated for Best Picture.

Following are my rankings of those films, in ascending order:

“Bohemian Rhapsody”: a mostly wellmeant biopic, nearly ruined at times by the God-awful, scenery-chewing performance by Mike Myers. I loved hearing the music of my youth, and Remy Malek’s performance as Freddie Mercury is magnificent, but otherwise this is a paint-by-numbers picture.

“Vice”: An ambitious try, and a wonderful performance/transformation by Christian Bale in becoming Dick Cheney, but the movie, while brutally funny and innovative, is uneven.

“Black Panther”: I’m not a big superhero movie guy, but I’ve seen many, and this is among the best, simply because Ryan Coogler is a great young director and this film actually has something important to say. Still, there’s too much fighting and not enough character development.

“A Star is Born”: This movie has been remade multiple times and this may be the best version. Bradley Cooper proves an adept first-time director and is as charismatic as ever in one of the lead roles. The Gaga Lady shows she can act here, and Sam Elliott, one of the greatest character actors in the history of film, better win a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his, as always, great work.

“The Favourite”: A bawdy, sometimes gross but consistently funny take on royalty and rivalry in the Elizabethan Age, made even better by yet another wickedly wondrous performance by Rachel Weisz. This is a delightful romp.

“If Beale Street Could Talk”: An enveloping story about love and racism, this film wraps the viewer into it, which is what great films do. It is, simply, an overwhelming experience. Still, director Barry Jenkins, who also directed the rapturous “Moonlight,” is starting to repeat himself stylistically.

“Green Book”: A solid, touching buddy film with deep messages about love, acceptance and personal growth. Director Peter Farrelly, best known for his irreverent comedies, does excellent work here, as do lead actors Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen.

“BlackKKlansman”: This is a fine film about the stupidity of racism/racists and how smart, good people can expose the idiocy of it all. It’s also funny. I’m a huge Spike Lee fan, and this is one of his best directing jobs.

“Roma”: Alfonso Cuaron’s film about how a Mexico City family treats its domestic servants in the 1970s is beautifully shot and makes important, poignant points about how so many of us treat those we consider lower on life’s ladder. In this case, the allegedly beloved but indigenous family servant is treated as lower than the family dog.

The Academy Awards are supposed to be about film as art, and “Roma” is the best piece of art of the films nominated.