News concerning The Oscars tends to be boring (wake me up when Ricky Gervais wins) and this unfortunately is no different. So I have one of my favorites Kate Winslet to help.
I can still remember when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated five films every year for the Best Picture Oscar. It was nice; they didn’t have to reach too far to please everyone. Two years ago the Academy decided to revisit the days when ten films were nominated.
So it’s changing again, now the Academy will make “between five and ten” nominations. Do you think this is because they have been looking at the movies this year and figure they might be struggling come crunch time? A 3D nomination would make me sick. I like the fact they are not just arbitrarily choosing a number like 10 and filling in gaps. They will choose 5 and see if any other fills merit a nomination.
In addition to this, a few changes have been made to the way that Oscar contenders are nominated for visual effects awards, and for Best Animated Film too, see the full press release: (more…)
