tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post4035252543651523736..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Stix Nix Oscar PixGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-35564918887848554822008-02-28T18:50:00.000-05:002008-02-28T18:50:00.000-05:00There certainly seems to be a fundamental misunder...There certainly seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding about the purpose of the Academy Awards. The AA isn't about what the public enjoyed, or about what the public considers to be fine work. It's certainly not about what movies are enjoyable and to a lesser extant, it's not even about great performances.<BR/><BR/>The AA is about Hollywood culture congratulating itself on how Hollywood it is. The nominees are selected by studios <I>campaigning</I> for these awards. The winners are selected by votes of movie industry personnel. One a year, they get together and throw a party for themselves and tell themselves how wonderful they are to have made a decision about which one of themselves was the <I>most</I> wonderful.<BR/><BR/>How well a movie does at the box office is irrelevant. How serious the subject matter, how accurate the portrayal, how challenging the production... none of that gets factored in by design. It doesn't matter if nobody sees a movie, what matters is how many movie industry wonks want that particular movie to win their annual popularity contest. The part of the whole process that is completely baffling to me is that they broadcast this annual party on live TV and expect us to watch.<BR/><BR/>Nobody watched the movies they nominate, what makes them think we'll watch them talk about movies we haven't seen?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816254984278919970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-50976468545840054622008-02-26T19:37:00.000-05:002008-02-26T19:37:00.000-05:00I think that the ratings of the Oscar correlate to...I think that the ratings of the Oscar correlate to the earnings of the movie nominated. Top moneymaker for 2007 was Spiderman 3, it didn't get any nominations. The rest in the top ten money makers may have gotten one- Pirates and Bourne Ult.<BR/><BR/>So the publics interest in the movie winners wasn't there. But on the other hand once a movie has won an Oscar, then it gets more box office. <BR/><BR/>It has long be a fact that "family" movies make the most money. But sad to say, what do facts mean to the typical out of touch Hollywood elite?DebbieKinILhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069956422123937194noreply@blogger.com