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• • joker16

    Jun 24th 2009, 23:03

    I think this is b******t! It will no longer really mean anything to get nominated for best picture. It will just be a list of some good movies along with 5 great movies. Cause lets be honest, there isn't 10 brilliant films every year. Thats why 5 is a good number.

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  • Desperation

    Jun 25th 2009, 11:03

    I'm in 2 minds about this. My first reaction was that this could be a good thing as it would let more films get the recognition they deserve. But i also agree with joker16. There often aren't 10 films each year of a high enough quality, and making it twice as easy to get a nomination de-values the nomination itself.

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  • Desperation

    Jun 25th 2009, 11:10

    Oh and seeing as you mentioned your hope of Up getting a nomination, but it's doubtful because of the Best Animated Feature category, i fully agree with you (in principle). I haven't seen Up yet (because, well, it isn't out yet!) but i've always thought that being an animated feature shouldn't preclude a film from being considered for Best Picture. Last year Wall-E won best animated, which it fully deserved, but i reckon it could have been a real contender for the big one had it been eligible. It was better than Dark Knight, anyway.

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  • dholleyuk

    Jun 25th 2009, 13:10

    I am sitting on the fence with this one, I think that the Oscar board need to get a grip with the "top 5" as these are generally films that havent been released yet, and have been made mainly to get a nomination or award. But then again you make a good point that it could become a general list of films to reach 10 nominations. PS Wall-E has got some great animation but best film, after 20 minutes I turned it off, it was so bad as a film.

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  • AKRajala

    Jun 25th 2009, 20:48

    As dholleyuk noted, the films nominated for best picture generally haven't been released yet, and we all know that oscar buzz is *really* just to create more box office revenue rather than recognize great films, so perhaps this is just a bid to increase the box office revenues all around?

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