Comments on: Academy Awards to expand to TEN Best Picture nominees!!

By: Gregory Muro

Gregory Muro — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:30:41 +0000

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By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:11:10 +0000

I would like to thank the academy… for expanding its list of best picture nominees.

By: Quaid

Quaid — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:37:52 +0000

I concur.

By: ShepRamsey

ShepRamsey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:08:01 +0000

Cynicism is perfectly acceptable when in regards to movies like Transformers–black holes of creativity. On this matter, we’re discussing movies that actually deserve to be called movies. And certainly there are ten movies a year that can be classified as damn good and well worthy of recognition.

By: Quaid

Quaid — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:14:17 +0000

“Why does everyone have to act so damn cynical about it?…Lighten up, people!” Words that ShepRamsey lives by, as we all know from his Transformers articles. Just kidding, Shep…we love ya. And I agree wholeheartedly on this matter.

By: ShepRamsey

ShepRamsey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:05:52 +0000

I’m hearing a lot of people complaining about this and saying that there aren’t ten worthwhile movies in a year. If this is the case, then why are yearly top ten lists so damn rampant? This, to me, feels like the Oscars simply making their own top ten. What’s so wrong with that?

And I think we can all assume that everyone taking part in this discussion must be a movie buff to some degree, so why is everyone saying that there aren’t ten good movies in a year? I love movies and as a lover of movies I’ve never seen a year where I didn’t see at least ten movies that I thought were outstanding in some capacity. Why does everyone have to act so damn cynical about it? We’re movie lovers! We should be thrilled by this! Lighten up, people!

By: Quaid

Quaid — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:34:45 +0000

Rhawk…I like the idea of an unspecified number of nominees, but that would also make the “snubs” all the more terrible. A set number at least makes the process somewhat defined. I don’t know…I just want to wait and see how it plays out the first year.

By: Rhawk187

Rhawk187 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:49:19 +0000

I would think the better solution would be to not have a fixed number of nominees. Nominate however many worthy movies there are that year. Some years I think might be hard pressed to find 10 oscar-quality movies.

By: HansKlopek

HansKlopek — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:49:33 +0000

It is posturing for bigger movies definitely, but this is very much a step in the right direction. Now more movies will have a chance of winning. It will also open up the field so that the best movie of the year isn’t just given a token screenplay nomination, but can also be nominated for the big award. I like this a lot.

By: Quaid

Quaid — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:41:56 +0000

I smell more dark horse winners in the future. The only concern I have is that there will still be 5 “real” nominees (with multiple nominations) and 5 great movies that just get the token gesture. That, and I don’t want the telecast to get any longer.

Let’s hope this isn’t just posturing for more ratings with bigger movies.