Just heard on NPR - Next year, 10 Best Picture Nominees

[OmahaBlueDog]

Poll question: Just heard on NPR - Next year, 10 Best Picture Nominees

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1906975,00.html?xid=rss-arts

<<The doubling of finalists for the most prized Oscar will have no impact on the quality of films. But it should allow a wider variety of movies in a category that has, over the past decade or so, been hijacked by "worthy," mostly unpopular films that don't come close to representing the technical and storytelling savvy that modern Hollywood artisans are so very good at. In other words, an action film like The Dark Knight. In other words, a Pixar feature like WALL-E. If today's announcement did anything concrete, it certified a Big Picture nomination for Pixar's Up and maybe — I mean, why not? — Star Trek. Wouldn't it be nice to wake up on Oscar-nomination morning and hear, for once, "And the nominees for Best Picture are ... movies you've seen"? >>

[realisticphish]

1. not sure what to think

Some years, it would allow in some great films that get left out.

It also might let in the "riff raff" some years, but I guess that's up to the academy to vote :shrug:

[OmahaBlueDog]

4. They ought to go to the Golden Globes format

"Best Picture: Comedy or Musical" and "Best Picture: Drama"

Then you avoid the whole "Shakespeare In Love" vs. "Saving Private Ryan" debate.

[realisticphish]

6. good point

especially dealing with comedy, as you say

[Forkboy]

2. I chose option 3.

:evilgrin:

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. So you really want to know how many films get screened for the Palm D' Or

[Forkboy]

8. Nah, not really.

:)

I actually like any kind of movie, and just try to take each one for what it is. It could be a serious foreign flick of a silly popcorn movie, it really doesn't matter. They both offer their fair share of good and bad.

And I'm a Godzilla fan. I can't be much of a film snob now, can I? ;)

[LostInAnomie]

3. More like that Academy wanted a larger group to offer them bribes and favors.

[OmahaBlueDog]

7. A bigger, more inclusive casting couch ... so to speak