Oscar Nominations

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I'm not quite sure what the article was getting at ... but if it was accusing the Academy of nominating obscure quality over popular drek, I think the accusation would be warmly welcomed.

That was the same drivel someone used to attack Brokeback's GG win. "How can it be the best picture when no one saw it? It's just the liberals pushing their agenda."

I guess they should just dispense with the whole voting nonsense and give it to the top grossing film every year. Who needs Ghandi when you have E.T.? And I know it was just his birthday, but the box office proved that Axel Foley is truly deserving of the Oscar, not that Mozart hack, since Beverly Hills Cop was #1 over Amadeus (pfft, 12th). Maybe Out of Africa would have actually deserved the win if it had a DeLorean, like the #1 movie that year, Back to the Future, instead of a boat. Or how's this for a travesty...The Last Emperor, the 25th grossing movie of 1987 was selected over the clearly superior (because it made the most money) Three Men and a Baby! Outrageous!