Oscar To Have 10 Best Picture Nominees in 2010
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that the 2010 Oscar ceremonies will include 10 films in contention for Best Picture.
“After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year,” said Sid Ganis, president of the academy. “The final outcome, of course, will be the same — one Best Picture winner — but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009.”
This at least looks like a reaction to this year’s much-maligned roster, which excluded the most well-received and well-attended film of 2008, “The Dark Knight,” as well as the second most well-received film of that year, “Wall-E.” And, it is Staticblog’s scrupulously founded opinion that those films were excluded because of furious campaigning by The Weinstein Company on behalf of “The Reader.”
But 10? I could be wrong, but now the opposite could happen, and the Best Picture category could become far too inclusive. I mean, there’s no danger of “Year One” or “Obsessed” making it to the dais, but the bottom five could get a little thin. On the “Up” side, at least a deserving animated film might have a shot next year.
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Yeah. I don’t have a problem with them releasing a short list of 10-15 films, like they do with the docs, then announcing the final 5 along with the other categories. Or on the broadcast featuring “other” great films (shortlist) that weren’t nominated. But letting the 8th “best” film slap an Oscar Nomination blurb on their ad kinda lessens the prestige for everyone.
Among the worst. Ideas. Ever.