June 24, 2009 03:00PM EDT
Discuss: 10 Best Picture Nominees
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In an effort to shake up the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that starting with the 2009 Oscars, ten lucky films are going to be nominatd for Best Picture. This decision harkens back to the early days of the Academy; 1943 was the last year where the Oscars had ten Best Picture nominees (and Casablanca, a true classic, won).
So, given the fact that the Oscar ceremony is losing viewers every year, and that winning an award does not necessarily guarantee box office success, what's the deal here?
Is it a cynical ploy to get more cash?
Will it mean that there will be an Obligatory Pixar Slot for whatever they release that year?
Will snubbed blockbusters like The Dark Knight be celebrated?
Or is this a chance for the also-ran arty flick of stellar (or middling) quality to slip in; a Children of Men, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Doubt, Rushmore, The 25th Hour, or myriad others? The flicks that have more of a chance to be future classics than the (reviled, generally considered to be symbolic of what's wrong with the Oscars) Crash?
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June 24, 2009 06:12 PM
Gymbeaux said:
I have mixed feelings. While its going back to the old and giving the "Mine That Bird" of films a possible shot and more hope, it does feel like a marketing ploy. The bigger question is, will the be ten films every year WORTH nominating.