IS OSCAR BIASED AGAINST CERTAIN FILM GENRES?

Although blockbusters like Airport used to receive Best Picture nominations, in more recent years Oscar has relegated them to technical categories.

The expansion of Oscar’s Best Picture category to ten nominees is
supposed to expand recognition for genres generally ignored by the
Academy when it comes to major nominations: action, comedy, sci-fi,
horror and comedy. Although audiences flock to such films, fans often
accuse Oscar voters of being elitist for perpetually showering
nominations on heavy dramas or "message" movies. There have been
exceptions over the years, but by-and-large films like The Dark Knight rarely get nominated for major awards. That was not always the case. In the 1970s, blockbusters like Airport and The Towering Inferno scored Best Picture nominations. Industry insiders speculate that the expansion of the Best Picture categories will not see an increase in nominations for popular films in the aforementioned genres. Instead, the slots might be taken by smaller, art house movies. For Variety’s analysis click here

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Although blockbusters like Airport used to receive Best Picture nominations, in more recent years Oscar has relegated them to technical categories.

The expansion of Oscar’s Best Picture category to ten nominees is
supposed to expand recognition for genres generally ignored by the
Academy when it comes to major nominations: action, comedy, sci-fi,
horror and comedy. Although audiences flock to such films, fans often
accuse Oscar voters of being elitist for perpetually showering
nominations on heavy dramas or "message" movies. There have been
exceptions over the years, but by-and-large films like The Dark Knight rarely get nominated for major awards. That was not always the case. In the 1970s, blockbusters like Airport and The Towering Inferno scored Best Picture nominations. Industry insiders speculate that the expansion of the Best Picture categories will not see an increase in nominations for popular films in the aforementioned genres. Instead, the slots might be taken by smaller, art house movies. For Variety’s analysis click here

This entry was posted on Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 5:19 am and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.