Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20180715232450/@comment-3048593-20180814223338

Gemnist 2.0 wrote: So yeah, remember that time I said that it would be cool if Black Panther got Oscar recognition? Well, turns out it will, but...

https://variety.com/2018/film/features/oscars-popular-film-category-ratings-academy-1202903865/

Like... wow. I’m probably the only person on the Internet who has a level-headed view on awards ceremonies, let alone the Oscars. But this? This is an all-time low. SMH, Academy. S. M. H. I'm torn on it. I don't agree with the idea of it supposedly "creating a false dichotomy of good movies and popular movies," since popular ones have been nominated and won Oscars in the past. And I don't think this means movies like 'Black Panther' will only be nominated or win in that category.

However, if the way to be nominated for that category is simply "earn lots of money at the box office," and assuming the way to win it simply to have the most, it makes the Academy Awards way more of a popularity contest than it was before. Like I don't expect the Emmys to have a "Show with highest ratings," or the Grammys to have "Song or album with most sales or streams."