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It's not as if they are representative of the American people, or are expert film critics, or are anything but a narrow elite. We don't look to the top 1% to their financial or political choices. So why do people look to actors for their movie choices?
It's not as if they are representative of the American people, or are expert film critics, or are anything but a narrow elite. We don't look to the top 1% to their financial or political choices. So why do people look to actors for their movie choices?
The awards aren't given out by just actors.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy's corporate management and general policies are overseen by a Board of Governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches.
The Academy is composed of almost 6,000 motion picture professionals.
The Academy recognizes a lot of worthwhile films that would otherwise have been dismissed by the general public. Hell, just look at what the general public would've chosen instead as the best movie of the year: American Sniper. A movie with a fake-ass doll being used as a baby. Give me a break!
I don't care what the agenda-driven Academy thinks, but I care even less about the opinions of the general public. The top votes in the mainstream's eyes would be Christopher "Kubrick, Spielberg and Hitchcock, ten-fold" Nolan, Marvel films, and Chris Kyle's toy daughter.
Of all the nominees for best picture, I only saw Boyhood and American Sniper. I liked Sniper, fake baby notwithstanding. Who gives a flip about one scene in an otherwise good movie? It was Bradley Cooper's fault that the baby scene looked so unreal. If he was so awkward handling a fake baby, I'd hate to see him with the real thing.
Since I only saw those two, I really can't judge if the right film won. I do know that Boyhood was an excellent movie experience for me, so I'm glad it got a lot of recognition and awards this season. Sniper was a good movie, but I feel it was only nominated to get what was sure to be a popular movie in the category to make it more interesting to the general public.
It's not as if they are representative of the American people, or are expert film critics, or are anything but a narrow elite. We don't look to the top 1% to their financial or political choices. So why do people look to actors for their movie choices?
Let me guess ... you're feeling bitter that Sniper didn't win?
Most awards shows are just big, expensive PR stunts. The Oscars are no exception. Actually, the Oscars are one of the worst. GLADIATOR wins best picture? Really??? GLADIATOR wasn't even a very good movie, much less a best.
The biggest winner is American Sniper with all the money that came in but aside from the money to me stands out more than everything the RESPECT the public showed when watching the movie and afterwards.
That was priceless and the movie made by Clint Eastwood and the actors in American Sniper with of course Bradley Cooper showing what a great actor he is, makes this movie the movie that in the public mind should have won the OSCAR.
I went to bed since this to me was already one of the worst Oscars and I stayed up until 10.15 pm so I saw more than half of the show but was not much impressed of the show.
Where was the Oscars for City of God, The Shawshank Redemption, A Clockwork Orange, Psycho, V for Vendetta, Fight Club, Hong Kong?
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