Good. But seriously, you're stupid and wrong.
Look, I get it. It's been 10 years since the last disappointing prequel came out. You were hungry. You were jonesin' for a fix!
You just got your first taste! The high is still going strong and you're on top of the world! Then the make an announcement! The top 8 drugs of 2015! And your drug wasn't nominated…
Over the past week since the Nominations came out, there have been a few "controversies". Some of them legitimate. Most of them completely preposterous. But the one I find most annoying is the following.
Some blogger (Yes, much like myself) who takes themselves way too seriously (Not like myself) writes a post with a headline along the lines of, "The fact that 'Star Wars' wasn't nominated for Best Picture proves that the Academy is out of touch with their audience".
This is nothing more than click bait. Yes, click bait. At first I thought it was interesting, but then he said something and it blew me away!
The person who writes these are either trying to get more hits to their page, doesn't know how the Academy Awards actually work or both. The latter being the most probable.
They're just some casual movie fan who likes only what major studios tell them to like. Which is completely fine. I don't think I can be anymore clear about that. If you like something, don't let anyone tell you you can't like it!
But they're letting their fandom get in the way of logical thinking! They don't bother to actually figure out why it wasn't nominated or how the nominees actually work.
Let's get one thing straight right off the bat:
THE ACADEMY AWARDS ARE MEANINGLESS
We'll get into why Leo hasn't deserved an Oscar yet on another day.
Don't get me wrong. I love the Oscars. Ask anyone who knows me well and they will tell you that the Oscars are like my Super Bowl. I haven't missed a telecast of the award show since… at least 2005.
But come on. They don't mean a damn thing to anyone other than the people giving them out and the winners parents. Any self respecting Filmmaker doesn't need the validation that they made a great film. They will most likely have problems with it regardless. Or they'll love it regardless.
They Academy Awards are just a flashy commercial for smaller, passion project films that don't get the attention they deserve because they aren't formulaic and cliché. Of course, that in itself has become a cliché of it's own.
The reason your favorite blockbusters haven't been nominated is because there is nothing special about them. They're all the same and are all half-assed and have a quick turn around time in order to make a quick buck. Many of the performances are phoned in and serve little to no insight into what can really be accomplished by an actor.
The fact that these films aren't nominated for anything other than technical awards does not say they are bad movies. But that's not to say they are good movies either. They are simply fun. There is a difference.
Fun movies are the ones you go to see when you don't want to think at all. When you just want to watch pretty women and men running around getting all sweaty and somehow surviving that giant fiery ball of death with no protective gear.
Sorry to ruin the illusion, but if this was done without green screen, she's probably
at least a quarter of a mile away. The focal length they used just made it look like she was close.
SCIENCE!
GOOD movies, as pretentious as it may sound (and it is pretentious) are the films that make you think. They show you something that truly leaves you in awe, whether it be a masterful performance, beautiful cinematography, or in the case of "Mad Max: Fury Road" is just an overall, meticulously crafted film filled with brilliance disguised as a dumb fiery explosion action movie.
These films, whether you like it or not, are undeniably better. It is not as subjective as you might think. There is a science to the art of film making. It's not just stories and pictures. Filmmakers, good ones at least, manipulate their audiences into feeling a certain way.
And, because I am all for fair arguments, I am going to completely contradict what I just said… Bare with me. If you're still upset, just remember this:
FILM IS 100% SUBJECTIVE
As previously stated, yes I am aware I just contradicted myself.
My point is, these awards shouldn't mean anything to you. In order to be nominated for Best Picture, a certain percentage (I believe 5%) of the Academy's 5,783 members have to list that film as their favorite movie of the year. That means 289.15 people have to say it was their favorite of the 305 eligible films.
Those 5,783 members are people in the film industry who watch WAY more movies than you and even myself, and have seen movies like "Star Wars" thousands of times. And while they definitely still enjoy them, you can see why they wouldn't think it was the best movie they had seen that year.
Hell, even several "Star Wars" fans cried that Episode VII was too similar to Episode IV.
And yes, "The Force Awakens" is the highest grossing film in North America of all time. But that was previously held by "Avatar"… and if you think "Avatar" deserved it's nomination, you're more of a lost cause than I previously thought.
My point in all of this rambling?
The Oscar's shouldn't mean anything to you. It doesn't affect you at all. Just because your favorite movie wasn't nominated doesn't mean that that movie can't be your favorite movie.
Also, "Star Wars" has made close to $2 Billion. They don't need the recognition. Let the smaller movies get recognized for how great they were without Disney handing the Director a blank check.
Also, Leo hasn't deserved an Oscar before this year. Matthew McConaughey was better in "Dallas Buyers Club" in 2014. Forest Whitaker was better in "The Last King of Scotland" in 2007. Jamie Foxx was better in "Ray" in 2005. And Tommy Lee Jones was better in "The Fugitive"… Subtlety is the name of the game folks! And to quote Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder". If he's going to win, I don't want it to be a pity award like so many actors and actresses have received.
I do think he should've been nominated for "Django Unchained", but he wasn't so it's pointless to argue. This year does look promising for him though. Even though Tom Hardy acts circles around him.
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