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In Reply to: A cut above mediocre is all the Academy Awards require posted by Jay Buridan on February 19, 2019 at 18:50:51:
The Academy selects the films they are given with a given year.
I own the KEF LS-50 loudspeaker - this speaker is a good $1500 speaker - it is absolutely NOT more than that. Product of the Year in Stereophile - WTF?!? If that is the BEST damn speaker that came out (which it isn't it's just that they don't audition anything outside a horrible sounding show) then it's all bloody worthless.
Did you watch all 8 Academy Award nominated pictures? I did.
All 8 are wildly different films from each other. Even assuming people felt they were all 10/10 great films - they would still have to choose only ONE winner.
People are always pissed off their horse didn't come in first.
Personally I felt Black Panther is one of the least entertaining least fun comic book movies that came out - maybe ever. Given the source material COMIC BOOKS - if you are going to nominate one for Best Picture (and you probably shouldn't) then the movie should be somewhat fun. Umm Deadpool.
But the Academy isn't wholly about choosing the BEST film or the film that the voters like the best - it's also supposed to be about choosing the film that best represented the film industry - so then the political nature of Black Panther gives it a bucket of points.
Meh - the Oscars are just silly entertainment - always has been. Made to get people riled up about some film that didn't win or got overlooked. Then people start talking about it and people then go to see the film and the industry makes more money.
Look how many people bought the KEF LS-50 largely and solely on the strength of the press - and here in Hong Kong it's funny to see the second hand stores filled with the damn things.
And perhaps nominating Black Panther will get the non comic book movie viewer to then fork out some sort of cash to watch it. Or get someone who hates subtitles to see Roma - or someone who hates period piece movies to see The Favourite.
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Topic - A cut above mediocre is all the Academy Awards require - Jay Buridan 18:50:51 02/19/19 ( 33)
- Mediocre film wins Oscar - Jay Buridan 14:05:51 02/25/19 ( 2)
- RE: "And one must be so politically correct,..." - Krav Maga 20:39:15 02/25/19 ( 1)
- RE: "And one must be so politically correct,..." - Inmate51 06:41:43 02/26/19 ( 0)
A cut above mediocre is... - Victor Khomenko 08:06:49 02/20/19 ( 10)
- Agreed... - kootenay 10:41:38 02/20/19 ( 1)
- We loved Roma. nt - Victor Khomenko 11:25:12 02/20/19 ( 0)
RE: A cut above mediocre is... - Wojciech 09:42:26 02/20/19 ( 0)
I don't know how people watch those foreign flicks. - srdavis2000 09:08:03 02/20/19 ( 6)
- RE: I don't know how people watch those foreign flicks. TOTALLY agree! - TWB 12:35:10 02/21/19 ( 2)
- Agree - srdavis2000 13:02:18 02/21/19 ( 1)
- It's still better to get 80%, than to not get anything. - Victor Khomenko 14:01:26 02/21/19 ( 0)
It is not ideal - Victor Khomenko 09:12:19 02/20/19 ( 2)
- RE: It is not ideal - srdavis2000 09:29:37 02/20/19 ( 1)
- Turn the subs on - Victor Khomenko 11:23:07 02/20/19 ( 0)
I haven't seen one of those movies, this year. - FenderLover 07:45:05 02/20/19 ( 0)
There's a touch of truth in that. Movies have become more formulaic. - free.ranger 07:34:47 02/20/19 ( 2)
- "can't expect specialness all the time" - violinist3 08:11:47 02/20/19 ( 0)
in terms of big studio/big budget movies, completely formulaic - mhardy6647 07:46:26 02/20/19 ( 0)
one of my mottos: "strive for mediocrity" - mhardy6647 07:31:01 02/20/19 ( 0)
On the other hand, some great movies won Best Picture. - ghost of olddude55 05:04:16 02/20/19 ( 4)
- Yes... the sixties, the seventies... - Victor Khomenko 08:08:20 02/20/19 ( 3)
- Could be that studios have figured out what kind of movies appeal to the Academy - ghost of olddude55 08:13:28 02/20/19 ( 2)
- Of course. They simply went where the money is. - Victor Khomenko 08:54:41 02/20/19 ( 1)
- Some of the winners were blockbusters. - ghost of olddude55 09:00:28 02/20/19 ( 0)
RE: A cut above mediocre is all the Academy Awards require - BillH 04:18:03 02/20/19 ( 0)
RE: A cut above mediocre is all the Academy Awards require - RGA 02/19/19 23:21:27 02/19/19 ( 4)
- RE: A cut above mediocre is all the Academy Awards require - Wojciech 09:28:29 02/20/19 ( 1)
- RE: A cut above mediocre is all the Academy Awards require - RGA 19:26:26 02/20/19 ( 0)
RE: A cut above mediocre is all the Academy Awards require - Bill the K 03:11:07 02/20/19 ( 1)
- RE: A cut above mediocre is all the Academy Awards require - RGA 19:09:55 02/20/19 ( 0)
The Academy has had dubious taste for YEARS.... - TWB 22:31:37 02/19/19 ( 1)
- RE: The Academy has had dubious taste for YEARS.... - RGA 23:03:58 02/19/19 ( 0)
RE: A cut above mediocre is all the Academy Awards require - Bill the K 20:45:56 02/19/19 ( 0)
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