Academy Postponing New Popular Oscar Category

[RAMROD 109,680]

Inb4 they merge it instead with general categories

[Pablo 7,811]

I'm so relieved

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There would have been so much backlash if Black Panther didn't win anyway.

 

[CyanDante 6,076]

36 minutes ago, Pablo said:

 

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There would have been so much backlash if Black Panther didn't win anyway.

 

Yeah, I couldn't even imagine Gaga getting all the backlash 

[Dukttape 1,437]

1 hour ago, GrigioGirl1 said:

Yup. The timing was convenient...

Wait what 

[Bradley 59,163]

7 hours ago, PunkTheFunk said:

They realized Gaga was going to win too many Oscars so they decided to give the others a chance

I can only get so hard.

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Did I just say that

 

[Bradley 59,163]

To be honest if I were the producer of a movie, I wouldn't feel too honoured being nominated for Best Popular Film. It means my film is not good enough to win the actual big prize of the night that is Best Picture.

[Glittertinks 12,465]

Good.

I think it would be much better to include "blockbuster" movies in the actual categories they have and not exclude them every year. Maybe it would also help to make the quality of blockbuster movies better, because let's be real, some have been lacking that recently.

14 minutes ago, Bradley said:

To be honest if I were the producer of a movie, I wouldn't feel too honoured being nominated for Best Popular Film. It means my film is not good enough to win the actual big prize of the night that is Best Picture.

THIS

[iCpro 14,846]

2 minutes ago, Glittertinks said:

Good.

I think it would be much better to include "blockbuster" movies in the actual categories they have and not exclude them every year. Maybe it would also help to make the quality of blockbuster movies better, because let's be real, some have been lacking that recently.

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The thing with blockbuster films is that there’s nothing special about them that would get them nominated in the big categories. Studios don’t make these films with the intention of winning awards, and the directors know this and don’t expect them to get nominated either. 

The only people who get upset that Star Wars or The Avengers aren’t nominated is fans of the series. The actors, directors, studios etc don’t care. And at the end of the day the Oscars aren’t like the Grammys, they reward excellence not popularity.

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10 minutes ago, iCpro said:

The thing with blockbuster films is that there’s nothing special about them that would get them nominated in the big categories. Studios don’t make these films with the intention of winning awards, and the directors know this and don’t expect them to get nominated either. 

The only people who get upset that Star Wars or The Avengers aren’t nominated is fans of the series. The actors, directors, studios etc don’t care. And at the end of the day the Oscars aren’t like the Grammys, they reward excellence not popularity.

I was just thinking that maybe it would be helpful for some film makers to see that blockbusters can be considered for an serious Award too when they put effort in their movies. Because a lot of the movies lately follow certain structures and expectations, you already know what will happen... Then you have others - best example Black Panther - that basically get kept swept under the rug because of those movies. If you know what I mean. It's just basically, to maybe create better versions of blockbusters, because some could be so much more than a basic spectacle!