bad idea or worst idea?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aCsask_H7Do4

6/24/2009 6:35:07 PM

Just trying to get more viewers, right?

6/24/2009 6:41:18 PM

Just a ploy to get more people out to the movies. More theaters can say we have a "nominated" film showing.

6/24/2009 6:41:33 PM

Should extend it to 10 Best Actress nominees as well so Lindsay Lohan can finally get the appreciation she deserves.

6/24/2009 6:43:34 PM

if this means Up gets a best picture nod I'm all for it

6/24/2009 7:33:52 PM

^without having seen Up yet, it still won't rectify wall-e not getting one unfortunately :/

6/24/2009 7:53:34 PM

I actually like this idea.

It will make more competition which could lead to more upset best picture winners.

6/24/2009 8:11:06 PM

^what?

this is not march madness, there will be the clear winners and a bunch of losers taking up the front rows at the oscars
there is no such thing as an upset, buzzer beater, win by a nose or the like at the oscars
if there is any competition it will be among the top 2 or 3 favorites

the rest are there just for decorations


i think it will dilute the meaning of being nominated, no longer will it be an honor just to be nomited but a disgrace if you're not, if they want more ratings they should plead with the big studios to make better movies

[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 9:50 PM. Reason : .]

6/24/2009 9:48:13 PM

^definitely a valid point but as it stands its really hard for a comedy, foreign film, animated, and/or documentary to get in

if its not an american drama its either got to be a weak year or just a flawless movie and I guess the academy feels like its wasting a spot if it doesn't go to something super heavy and dramatic.

I think if they just said there can be a max of 10 and then only include more than five when things reach a certain percentage of votes that would be a better solution

[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 10:12 PM. Reason : ]

6/24/2009 10:08:47 PM

^^ Why shouldn't a comedy, animated movie, foreign film or documentary get nominated. The people that work on those films put in the time to. Maybe they won't win but they should get the honor of being nominated when you put a quality film.

Last year you could have had WALL-E, maybe the Dark Knight nominated for best picture, sure they wouldn't win but the honor of being there is huge.

Now as it stands the only movies nominated are drama's and arthouse indie films.

6/24/2009 10:56:22 PM

lets see what it might look like

2003 best picture nominees
"THE LORD OF THE RINGS, THE RETURN OF THE KING,"
"Lost In Translation,"
"Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,"
"Mystic River,"
"Seabiscuit"
"Bad Boys II"
"Gigli"
"Daddy day care"
"Dare Devil"
"Scary movie 3"

6/25/2009 8:03:02 PM

what's your point, scary movie 3 is the best scary movie.

6/25/2009 8:06:52 PM

And the oscar for best picture goes to.....

(insert movie that no one has heard of that hasn't come out yet that has someone portraying a well known historical figure, or other controversial event, that is also boring as shit to watch.)

6/26/2009 12:34:35 PM

maybe now Michael Bay will finally get the Oscar that has eluded him for so long

6/26/2009 1:18:22 PM

^^I'm not sure what your point is, name one best picture winner that fits your description in the past 10 years please.

[Edited on June 26, 2009 at 5:48 PM. Reason : .]

6/26/2009 5:45:50 PM

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"what's your point, scary movie 3 is the best scary movie."

i was willing to overlook the michael bay thread, but THIS is just incorrect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6/26/2009 7:43:13 PM

It's definitely better than 2 and 4, I guess it's about equal with 1. I prefer the silly naked gun style of humor that it has.

[Edited on June 27, 2009 at 1:34 AM. Reason : .]

6/27/2009 1:34:03 AM

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"it still won't rectify wall-e not getting one "

that was a boring, preachy and exceptionally predictable movie. pixar fell the fuck off

6/27/2009 4:23:33 AM

If it'll retroactively correct Milk winning out over The Wrestler, I'm all for it.

6/27/2009 8:56:00 AM

this just means that horrible movies will be able to say "nominated for best picture" in their DVD release commercials

This is like the MTV awards, giving best picture to Twilight over Slumdog Millionaire just because that's who the people watching wanted to win (pre-teen girls).

But maybe now Harry Potter will get some respect.

6/27/2009 1:40:21 PM

Come on, "horrible movies" aren't going to get nominations.

6/27/2009 1:56:29 PM

They already do with 5 nominations...maybe not necessarily horrible, but at least not good enough to deserve a nomination.

At the same time, when some horrible movies get nominations it leaves great ones out.

Best example was the 68th Academy Awards. The deserving winner was Braveheart, and Apollo 13 definitely deserved to be up there too. But Babe, a ridiculous movie about a talking pig that wants to be a sheepdog, was on the nominations list as well.

I'm not saying they all deserved a nomination, but if 10 movies had been nominated that year this is what it should have looked like:
Braveheart (actually nominated and won)
Apollo 13 (actually nominated)
Sense and Sensibility (actually nominated)
The Usual Suspects
Toy Story (even though animated films unfortunately never get there)
Mr. Holland's Opus
Se7en
Casino
Nixon
12 Monkeys

6/28/2009 1:07:22 AM

Quote :

"Just a ploy to get more people out to the movies. More theaters can say we have a "nominated" film showing."

6/28/2009 2:34:00 AM

The Wrestler shoulda gotten a nom last year. Benjamin Button should NOT have.

But you can definitely find 10 worthy noms in every movie released, especially if foreign films are included

6/28/2009 2:58:10 AM

^^^the rest of your list is arguable. but babe was better than the schmaltzy mr holland's opus. babe 2 on the other hand was a great movie. and very dark.

6/28/2009 4:45:17 PM

It's all because of money. Lots of people will see a movie if they see the words "ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE" on it. This is going to dilute the prestige of it over time.

6/28/2009 5:37:30 PM