There was a good article in Hollywood Reporter today in getting, Spider-Man TWH to be nominated for Best Picture. The ones who are pushing this film to get nominated are saying why it should. Against those who feel a commercial film of this nature is not art. And therefore it has no reason to even get nominated. What do you think?
Screenwriting : Spider-Man, The Way Home. by Clayton Dudzic
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Wasnt as good as Avengers Endgame, or Nolan's Batman trilogy, IMO.
The Academy dont nominate comic book movies for best pic, unless Disney buys voters with fancy screeners and paid vacations, or Amy Pascal's redemption tour for being fired by Sony
A commercially successful film can be artistic, just as an indie film can be shallow. Box Office simply means lots of other people agree that some aspect of the product has value to them. financial, like critical, success depends on quality + timing + cultural taste. Only one of those ingredients are in the filmmaker's hands.
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It certainly is art. However, it was a little trite and a lot busy. I enjoyed the movie. I love what it means for box office resurgence and if it gets nominated, the excuse will be that few other movies came close in the box office releases. Whether that is true or not is mostly irrelevant. Its art. It's a lot of very carefully designed movie magic. The acting is absolutely perfect for what the movie is, as are the effects, the homages to dozens of other movies but in order for it to be a "best picture" we have to decide to completely abandon the prestige of the Academy Awards and what they stand for and maybe it is time to do just that thing. I didn't hate it. But if it gets up there as best picture, then why not Ghostbusters: Afterlife? The audiences may be different and the comparisons subjective but the movies aren't as far apart as non-critical thinking folks might imply.
As Dan says...Academy's not about quality, art, bla bla...it's lobbying...read an interview with director Steve McQueen coupla years back when he was running up with "12 years slave"...he said it basically cost the studio some $100K on parties and banquets to get right people "see" the importance of the movie...
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Michael Fassbender famously said he would never run for an academy award again as it's such a cynical process. It's well worth reading the chapter in Down and Dirty Pictures about Harvey Weinstein buying his way onstage.
I know someone who judges for the academy and they always say there's no way everyone's watching every submission. This is partly why so many at that level question the big legitimacy of screenwriting competitions.
I would question anything I read in the news too. A big part of my life is working in PR and pretty much everything you're reading is a form an advertorial. When I see something like this it just seems a devious way to get people talking about a film that's currently selling tickets. I see it with so many productions now where they'll start the rumour of a potential Oscar, Emmy, or Palme d'Or.