Academy Awards adding a "Best Popular Film" category. Good or bad idea? Academy walks it back, won't be presented this year

[75Live]

1 minute ago, IronJimbo said:

0 I guess they didn't want to deal with the inevitable backlash of Black Panther got getting nominated.

 

cowards

 

 

Jimbo may actually be right on something here

[IronJimbo]

Just now, 75Live said:

 

Jimbo may actually be right on something here

of course! I'm always right.

[AJG]

"It's time for the 'movies you actually saw' awards"

[75Live]

Just now, AJG said:

"It's time for the 'movies you actually saw' awards"

 

so basically the Oscars just turned into the People's and Kid's choice awards  

[titanic2187]

I bet this is will ends up like best original dramatic score and musical/comedy score split...being scrapped after backfire among art elite 

[AJG]

2 minutes ago, 75Live said:

 

so basically the Oscars just turned into the People's and Kid's choice awards  

And people don't even watch that shit.

 

What the Oscars need to do is get the show down to 1 hour and stick the shit on YouTube Live.

 

[CoolioD1]

45 minutes ago, Pandamia! said:

Pretty much it’s a “Favorite movie over x DOM/WW” award.  I’d reckon it’ll be a 150m cut-off (potentially even 100m)

 

Other years would have looked something like this

 

2017

1. Get Out

2. Dunkirk

3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

4. Logan

5. Wonder Woman

 

2016

1. La La Land

2. Hidden Figures

3. Zootopia

4. Deadpool

5. Rogue One

 

2015

1. Mad Max: Fury Road

2. The Martian

3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

4. Inside Out

5. Straight Outta Compton

but wait la la land didn't reach your 150 million cutoff until after the oscars! if they use box office as a barometer then they'll screw over late releases. American Sniper, the highest grossing film of 2014 and a best picture nominee, wouldn't be eligible for this because it went wide the day after the nominations came out.

[cheesypoofs]

I honestly like the idea. The well made big films wouldn't get recognized except for in small categories otherwise

[filmlover]

I do agree that this does feel like a pre-emptive way of saying "sorry not sorry" for when Black Panther doesn't get nominated for Best Picture so they could avoid backlash. Though the announcement of this category appears to have brought backlash anyway so lose/lose either way.

[Cap]

Just give Kevin Feige an Honorary Oscar if you don’t gave the nerve to give Black Panther the Sweep It Deserves. Honestly. Bullshit. 

[RandomCat]

Academy should have the balls to not nominate Black Panther for either award.

[The Panda]

11 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

but wait la la land didn't reach your 150 million cutoff until after the oscars! if they use box office as a barometer then they'll screw over late releases. American Sniper, the highest grossing film of 2014 and a best picture nominee, wouldn't be eligible for this because it went wide the day after the nominations came out.

It’s just another reason why this award is stupid.  

 

They could maybe do something like “Best Large-Scale Production” or something like that.  Still stupid, but would be a way to award the typical blockbuster

[Cap]

I would be way more on board if this was like the French equivalent where they just flat out give the award to the biggest Box Office Earner of the Year/Eligibility Period. 

[GambitPool]

I feel sorry for the marketing intern who had "BP for BP" ready to go since February. 

[Rebeccas]

My thoughts on this:

 

1. This is a clear attempt to get ahead of the possibility of Black Panther getting snubbed and all the subsequent "WHY ARE THEY SO OUT OF TOUCH" articles

 

2. They're spending too much on shows that don't justify the budget with ratings.

 

3. Cutting the tech categories may be an OK solution to keep the show shorter but they really should aim for 2 hours cause 3 is still way too long for most people

Edited August 8, 2018 by Rebeccas

[Spidey Freak]

Ugh

[MOVIEGUY]

Seems kinda dumb to me, but so do awards shows in general so whatever. It's obviously gonna be looked at as an inferior category so what's the point?

[Cmasterclay]

Black Panther would have got a Best Picture without this category *shrugs* Now it won't happen. Whoopsie!

 

 

[titanic2187]

I, too, shall suggest to rename the existing best picture category into

BEST UNPOPULAR PICTURE!

[Rebeccas]

Is any potential new viewer seriously going to sit through 3 hours just for one category though? That's what doesn't make sense. I think cutting the length of the show is a good idea but they should start with the useless montages and musical numbers first.