Elsalvajeloco Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 12 Years as a Slave is also pretty horrifying because the villains essentially get away with it all. The villains were going to get away with it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 SOMEBODY COMPLETE A SENTENCE!!! Still clueless about it, but I am a conformist who doesn't ask too many questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 2 judges voted for it as best picture without seeing it out of how many judges total? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 2 judges voted for it as best picture without seeing it out of how many judges total? Google shows 6,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 That's 0.03%. Not a number I'd worry about, or doubt its occurrance in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Funny story: one year Ellen Burnstyn got nominated for best supporting actress at the emmys for 14 second role she had in a TV film called Mrs Harris. Basically, the people in charge of balloting hadn't even seen the movie; they'd just seen her name on the credits and since she was a notable name, she instantly got nominated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Man, I can rewatch "Glory" over and over. "Give 'em Hell, 54th!" always makes me cheer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I always thought the unique thing about The Shawshank Redemption is that it manages to be incredibly depressing and uplifting at the same time. It's not necessarily the best film ever made, but it endures because, as horrific as it is for these guys, you can leave it with a good feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 It's the black regiment finds some form of solidarity and then gets led to inevitable slaughter part that really gets me. I don't think anyone would okay that ending today. Probably the Weinsteins on the right day. However, the fucking guy had to meet Obama or something in The Butler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 6000ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Honestly, academy voters not even watching the movies nominated goes some way to explaining how Dances with Wolves beat Goodfellas for Best Picture that time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 In all reality, it's the only explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 BTW - this is not surprising at all because I am pretty sure we all realized this happens all the time but Two voters admitted that they voted for 12 Years a Slave for Best Picture without actually seeing it. The quote was something like "they wanted to reward the importance of the movie but didn't want to go through the emotional trauma of watching it." This story *will* be followed up by a story today saying the two voters have been stripped of their votes with extreme prejudice. That's just a horrible message to send to filmmakers. To answer FSW's question, I believe it's roughly 5000 people that vote on best picture (past winners, directors, actors, producers). The Academy splits up their voting pool so that each category is decided by those most familiar with it so the other categories get smaller pools (roughly 200 each). Best Picture takes all those and combines them into one pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 This year at least, it was around 6000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Funny story: one year Ellen Burnstyn got nominated for best supporting actress at the emmys for 14 second role she had in a TV film called Mrs Harris. Basically, the people in charge of balloting hadn't even seen the movie; they'd just seen her name on the credits and since she was a notable name, she instantly got nominated. A few years ago, didn't Nicole Kidman win the Best Actress Oscar for The Hours for maybe 30 mins total screen time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Hopkins. Silence of the Lambs. Lead role Well under 20 minutes of screen time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Funny story: one year Ellen Burnstyn got nominated for best supporting actress at the emmys for 14 second role she had in a TV film called Mrs Harris. It's the emmys. Olivier won for Brideshead Revisited and he barely lifted a finger. He did greater work for Polaroid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Hopkins. Silence of the Lambs. Lead fertile. Well under 20 minutes of screen time. That wasn't the strongest year for Best Actor noms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 In fairness, I think the argument for Hopkins was that even if he wasn't on-screen that much, he still dominated the film as much as any lead actor would. Which is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I have no major issue with him winning it (although I would have personally put him in supporting) but it is funny how little screen time he had. My issue, of course, is that the movie stole Beauty and the Beast's Best Picture statue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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