How come only drama movies get picked at Oscar time?
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Because when it's time to congratulate itself on a good year, Hollywood likes to remember that they're artists -- never mind the fact that most of their money is not made on the "art" end, but on the "pandering" end.\n\nArt is subjective.  Anyone who tells you that this movie is BETTER than that movie cannot quantify such a statement.
819502
Action movies \nRomance etc\nBut actors-- Search For new talent and have at least one old famous actor.\nProbably actors and actresses who can show a lot of emotion diferrent sizes! He HEhe
831570
Mostly because critics get paid based upon their approval ratings.  they say a antional movie sucks, they get no bonus.  It is all a sham, same with books.  Critically acclaimed movies only get good ratings because they pay out advertising and critic money.
123363
Absolutly, but why make a movie only on "Inferno". I'd be much more interested in seeing a movie on the entire "Divine Comedy" including "Inferno", "Purgatory" and "Paradiso". By including all three parts you can suddening triple the number of themes in the movie, and the more complex of themes you have the more likely you'll get an oscar. This is an amazing book and I'm surprised it hasn't been given any real credit on film.
928095
The imdb only lists a limited release date for the US, so it may only be showing in art house cinemas rather than multiplexes. However it could get a wider release if, as expected, it wins some Oscar nominations.
244988
Of course not… Both movies were-obviously-going to be nominated based on their themes.  It was basically a choice between whether the Academy wanted to be labeled as Homophobic or racist.  Crash was chosen because it was the lesser of two evils.  It would be easier to quiet the crowd complaining about homophobia than the one crying about racism.  Crash was an extremely overrated, preachy, 'holier-than-thou' movie that only got to the level it was at because of the issues it addressed.  I found through personal experience that it's almost mandatory to like Crash: My liberal sister-in-law actually called my wife and I racist because we didn't like the movie.  So, obviously Crash is going to get higher marks if it was a good movie or not, based solely on people being afraid of being labeled as a racist which I can almost guarantee someone on this board will do to me after reading this.
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I watch Y&R and I thought The young man who plays Daniel \nshould have won. No one else on the show was nominated except for the girl who used to play Lilly and the guy who plays Devon. Don't watch the others. Maybe next year Y and R will win for best Drama I hope so.
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Try the following page: not all of the Academy Awards are listed, but the pretty big list should give u an idea of how long they generally run:\nhttp://www.imdb.com/find?q=Academy%20Awards;s=all\nclick on each show and when u scroll down u should find a tag that says "runtime".
480424
Goodnight, and Good Luck was nominated for 6 Oscars and didn't win anything.  It was by far the most well made movie I have seen in a LONG time.  The problem is there's no action, and two curse words in the movie, so it's unappealing to most of today's culture.  (I'm 19 by the way, so I'm not just some old guy ranting about how society today sucks, not offense to old people)
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If they can pull it off and have the talent they should go for it. Undoubtedly, the person that has done this the best would be Mos Def. He's shown incredible range in the roles he's chosen, and as an actor , he's just a natural. It would not surprise me if he won an Oscar someday!
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I've asked this question twice already and barely anyone responded. STAR WARS all the way!!! It should win for best fight (Anakin vs. Obi-Wan), hero (Obi-Wan), and villian (Anakin). I was so depressed after they lost to Narnia!! That was the entire reason why I watched the Academy Awards, to watch Star Wars win. But no they don't and all they got nominated for is MAKEUP!!! I was furios. Now I absolutely hate the oscars. they're fake and stupid. the movies that TRULY deserved to win didn't. Anyways...that's just my opinion.I've already voted hundreds of times!!\n \nGO STAR WARS!!!
15894
The script can be Oscar-worthy, the acting can be Oscar-worthy, the cinematography can be Oscar-worthy - every element of a film can be deemed worthy of an Oscar. Movies do win Oscars, as you said, for best picture.
364994
It depends on your type of humor. If you enjoy very crass, crude, low-brow type of humor that involves a lot of "potty jokes", then it might be right up your alley. Otherwise, wait until it hits your local $1 theater or comes to video. Don't go in looking for Academy Award material.
204952
its called the "Oscar Song"
1075306
Probably violence, maybe some foul language--I think the rule is if the f-bomb or s-word is dropped once in a movie, it automatically ups the rating.
998736
I was just answering somebody's question about Halle Berry a moment ago.  Halle can certainly act.  She won awards for her role in the tv movie "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" and was recently nominated (but did not win) for her role in the recent tv movie "Their Eyes Were Watching God."  In Monster's Ball she did really great in the scene at the hospital where she realizes her son is dead.\n\nThe year she got the Oscar for Monster's Ball was the same year that Denzel got the Oscar for Training Day and the same year that a special lifetime achievement award went to Sidney Poitier.  The award for Poitier was planned of course, because every year or every other year they give a special award.  But come on, a black man and black woman just happen to get the main acting awards on the same night Sidney Poitier is given his special award.  Please.  I was pissed.  Training Day was not that great of a movie and Denzel played a crooked cop in that film.  Why did he get nominated for this role?  I love Denzel and his costar Ethan Hawke, but this was not an Oscar-worthy film.  Denzel should have won the Oscar for his role in The Hurricane (1999), for which he was nominated but lost to Kevin Spacey for his role in American Beauty which was not as good of a performance as Denzel.  I love the Oscars, but that night they awarded Denzel and Halle made me pissed.  Do they deserve Oscars...are they Oscar worthy?  Yes!  But let's give them (and anyone else) the Oscar for the right role when they deserve it rather than have a "let's make it a Black Actor/Actress Night."  Thankfully, in the past couple years more nonwhites are getting nominated.  Jamie Fox won for Ray and he deserved that.\n\nI just got off subject a bit.  Sorry!  Anyhow, Angela Bassett (an even better actress) was originally offered the role in Monster's Ball but in a recent interview she mentioned that she turned it down because she felt that it would add to a stereotype.  I think she made the right decision.  Here's one more thing I want to add: Has anyone noticed how people seem to be all crazy about Halle Berry?  I really, truly believe it is because she is part white and has lighter skin.  I have heard white people say "No wonder she is beautiful, her mom is white!"  That comment makes me so mad!  So a darker woman is not as pretty, is that it?  When Halle starred as the Bond girl in Die Another Day (2002) it was praised by critics.  I am a big Bond fan, but that movie sucked.  Film critics (black and white alike) were saying that Halle was the first black Bond girl.  Excuse me?  Anybody remember Grace Jones in A View to a Kill? or Gloria Hendry in Live and Let Die? Those were major roles.  Anyhow, that is all this white guy has to say on the subject.  Amen?
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Scorsese is more than deserving of an Oscar.  All his movies are masterpieces and the ones made 30 years ago are just as good when you watch them now, and stand the test of time, particularly "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore".