The Academy just announced that there will now be 10 nominees up for the Best Picture Oscar.
Sounds to me like a naked bid to increase attendance in the cinemas — how many people go to see a film just because it’s nominated for the best picture? I can say without hesitation that it was the only reason we watched The Reader.
From CNN.com:
The Batman sequel won best movie at the MTV Movie Awards and was chosen favorite movie by the People’s Choice Awards. It also made many critics’ top 10 lists.
If the nomination field had been expanded last year, the film might have made the best picture list, “which clearly would have been some kind of bump in the ratings,” Pond said.
This would also counter the impression among TV viewers that the awards show is “for movie snobs who don’t like the movies I like,” he said.
Tonight you’re all gonna be part of a social experiment.
Which of course is just another way of saying, “We’ll still be snobs, but now we’ll pretend as though Batman has a chance, in order to appease you idiots and take your money”.
Do you know a single person under 65 who thought The Reader was better than The Dark Knight? Oh well… at least this gives us more to talk about when award season comes around.
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except Revolutionary Road was NOT nominated for Best Picture?
He’s thinking about The Reader
oh man! I was thinking about The Reader… that’s embarrassing. My mind can only take so much Kate Winslet before it starts to go haywire. Thanks for the catch.
What’s the difference, the Academy never gets it right anyway. They’re choices are always way too safe, time to expand your mind & give smaller films a chance. Just because a movie does well at the box office, doesn’t mean it is good.