The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a long history of not giving blockbuster movies (especially comic book movies) their due shake during awards season. Despite Heath Ledger’s unpredictable interpretation of The Joker received posthumous award recognition in 2009, many felt the film was unfairly despised. Legendary director Steven Spielberg is one such person and shares his thoughts the one with the dark knight oscar snub, and why this year Oscar nominations to Top Gun: nonconformist Yup Avatar: the path of water This should be cause for celebration.
Steven Spielberg is no stranger to crowd-pleasing big budgets. the director behind Encounters of the third kind, in search of the lost arkYup And the alien(of which they belong Spielberg’s best movies and were all nominated for Best Picture) sat with Deadline to discuss everything from his semi-autobiographical film Legendary men, his first Oscar nomination as a screenwriter, and why he thinks “adult” films will make a comeback at the box office. The director also said he was encouraged by blockbusters like Top Gun: nonconformist Yup Avatars 2. He told the publication:
I am very encouraged by this. He was late for the film that should have been nominated several years ago, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. This movie would definitely have won a Best Picture nomination today, so having these two hits firmly in the top 10 is something we should all be celebrating.
2023 has been a decent year when it comes to famous Oscar-nominated films. Dissident Yup the path of the water they weren’t the only major blockbusters to receive nominations. He wasn’t alone Black Panther: Wakanda Forever nominated for Best Visual Effects, Costume Design and Makeup, it also saw one of its stars receive the accolade. Angela Bassett received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her portrayal of the late T’Challa’s mother and Queen of Wakanda, Ramonda, in the Marvel films. Which makes her the first actress to be recognized for her work in an MCU film from The Academy.
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Weather Wakanda: forever has been very well received , the obscure Marvel film didn’t get a Best Picture nomination or any other consideration outside of the minor technical nominations. Still, Bassett’s nomination as an actor should make any fan fall in love upcoming superhero movies who want to see The Academy take their favorite genre more seriously. This seems to be a sign that things are changing in Hollywood.
The Academy hasn’t always looked down on movies based on comic-related movies. there were some Comic films that starred at the Oscars . The departure of Christopher Reeves in 1978 a Superman received nominations for Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Music. 1989 by Tim Burton Batman won an art direction/production design award. Sam Raimi’s second Spiderman The film won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Along with these, many other films have been nominated over the years including black Panther earning a nomination for Best Picture.
While Academy voters seem to have no problem awarding seemingly smaller, more technical awards to the top-grossing films, many of the bigger awards have been relegated to films that obviously aren’t based on popular IP addresses. take 2002 the road to perdition, For instance. the road to perdition was a neocrime thriller adaptation of a graphic novel of the same name written by Max Allan Collins and illustrated by Richard Piers Rayner. The film, directed by Sam Mendes, received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Cinematography for Conrad L. Hall, Best Supporting Actor for Paul Newman, Best Art Direction/Production Design, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Music. of Thomas. New man.
Award consideration for Top Gun: nonconformist, avatar: the path of water, Yup Black Panther: Wakanda Forever seems to signal a paradigm shift in the minds of Oscar voters. We’ll have to wait and see if Spielberg is right, and now we should all be celebrating his inclusion. I’ll reserve judgement, however, after seeing how many gold-status blockbusters they’ll take home when the Oscars air on March 12. In the meantime, check out the Movie release dates 2023 to plan your next movie experience.
Source: Cinemablend
