’2016: Obama’s America’ shut out from Oscar consideration (millionaires, companies, party)
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Just goes to prove that Hollywood is not as important as they think they are. Would you like to know how many years it has been since I went out of my home to see a movie. Hollywood is highly overrated. Most people just go to the movies because they have nothing else to do. I have plenty to do, so I don't go.
Just curious why you think your movie going patterns is relevant?
Perhaps you can't afford to go to the movies, we'd never know. People go to see movies in this day and age. I'm just saying, you're not too busy to have racked up over 10k post here and who knows what other sites you frequent.
What do you mean, mentioned? How do you "get a mention"?
Are you serious? You've never heard of that?
I realize you're trying to be coy, but it's not a term I made up. Google it.
It would be synonymous with nomination or consideration.
The way you get it is by having many friends lobby on your behalf from what I understand.
If you don't win the award it would be nice to at least be mentioned for it.
From the Oscar's website:
Up to five nominations will be made in most categories, with balloting for these nominations restricted to members of the Academy branch concerned; only actors, for instance, determine the nominees in the acting categories. Nominations for awards in the Foreign Language Film category are made by a large screening group composed of members from all branches. Best Picture nominations and final winners in most categories are determined by vote of the entire membership.
In addition to the regular annual awards determined by vote of the membership, the Academy’s Board of Governors is empowered to confer Scientific and Technical Awards, Honorary Awards, Special Achievement Awards and other special honors. Among these is the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, a bronze bust of the legendary producer, which is given to “a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production.” It is considered the highest accolade a producer can receive.
I realize you're trying to be coy, but it's not a term I made up. Google it.
It would be synonymous with nomination or consideration.
The way you get it is by having many friends lobby on your behalf from what I understand.
If you don't win the award it would be nice to at least be mentioned for it.
From the Oscar's website:
Up to five nominations will be made in most categories, with balloting for these nominations restricted to members of the Academy branch concerned; only actors, for instance, determine the nominees in the acting categories. Nominations for awards in the Foreign Language Film category are made by a large screening group composed of members from all branches. Best Picture nominations and final winners in most categories are determined by vote of the entire membership.
In addition to the regular annual awards determined by vote of the membership, the Academy’s Board of Governors is empowered to confer Scientific and Technical Awards, Honorary Awards, Special Achievement Awards and other special honors. Among these is the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, a bronze bust of the legendary producer, which is given to “a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production.” It is considered the highest accolade a producer can receive.
It doesn't work that way - that if you don't win you at least get "mentioned". You are either nominated or you aren't. There's no such official Academy language as a "mention".
And all of the companies that produce movies take out full page ads in the trades that have "for your consideration" for the movies they've produced that year in the copy. It doesn't mean that the movies are being considered for an Oscar, it's a way to bring the movie to the attention of the members of the Academy that vote, and to remind them who (what personnel) to vote for.
The only people who are "mentioned" in the way you mean it are the actual nominees, of which there are around 5 of each category, except for Best Picture, which has 10. The vast majority of movies are not nominated and therefore not "mentioned", nice as that would be for them all.
Just curious why you think your movie going patterns is relevant?
Perhaps you can't afford to go to the movies, we'd never know. People go to see movies in this day and age. I'm just saying, you're not too busy to have racked up over 10k post here and who knows what other sites you frequent.
Maybe because there are many others who feel the same way I do. I am going shopping now, so have a nice day.
Well durrrr.. Liberals live off of their own lies.. the truth only takes away from their agenda so of course they'll block it out and make some willy nilly reason of why it can't be considered. Look it Michael Moore and all his hypocritical lies.. they like his agenda so he gets in.
Box office rarely, if ever, counts for Oscar nominations. If it did, "The Avengers" would win best picture for 2012.
Have you seen the list of movies being projected as nominees for best picture for 2013? The only one that approaches a (potentially) big box office movie is "Les Miserables" and it was shut out at the NY Film Critics awards last week.
"But looking at Rotten Tomatoes, 2016 hardly stacks up to those films when it comes to critical reception, usually a pretty good test of what might be considered Oscar-worthy — especially when it comes to the crowded documentary field. The 15 films on the Academy shortlist have an average "fresh" rating of 94 percent, while 2016 falls in the "rotten" column with 27 percent."
I'll watch it later today. Im curious. I can put my opinions aside and be honest about presentation.
I thought Fahrenheit 9/11 was pretty lame and I agreed with most of what was said, so I can be objective about this kind of stuff.
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