Author Topic: Oscar salvation! Academy Sets 3-Hour Broadcast & Adds Popular Film Category  (Read 3109 times)


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I know I've missed a lot of great/worthy films, but I've seen fewer than 10% of nominated Best Picture nominees.

And I'm probably typical.

So it's a great decision IMO.

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Ha, just talking to myself AGAIN!

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Reddit movies has 20 million subscribers so we all should just head over there for movie chat.... 8)

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I think the Popular Films category is a great idea.  It’s insane to think that Shape of Water was the biggest hit last year among 9 nominees.  The Academy needed to somehow represent the movies people actually pay money to watch, not the ones no one cares about except cinephiles and critics.  It’s a lot more work to make a Wonder Woman than a Three Billboards, and I’m sure the 1000s it takes to create a good popcorn flick would love to be in contention.  Since voters will never acknowledge popular flicks, save for a James Cameron movie, forcing them to vote was the smart decision.  I’m a minority though.  Elitist voters all hate the idea ;).

There is a big caveat though.  How do you decide what makes a popular movie?  What if a popular movie by design flops?  Is it still popular?

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