I have little, if any regard for the Academy Awards. It isn't the Academy's fault that the American Public in it's ceaseless need to rate things has expropriated the Oscar and maintains this love hate relationship with it. But let's face it, it's not like the Motion Picture Industry hasn't gleefully participated and promoted that relationship.
My first complaint is with the process. Yeah, I know, everyone bitches about the process. Ask ten people on the street if they voted for their favorites in the Academy Awards and I will bet that the majority of them will reply yes or no. Fans have a right to an opinion, but no right to vote. I swear movie fans think that if they vote online through some entertainment magazine that it might count. Truth is only members of the Academy get to vote. If people want to part of the process they do get to vote for American Idol and The Peoples Choice Awards, but not the the Oscars.
My second problem is with the concept of comparing movies, actors and other contributors and than choosing one as the best. Tell me, which is the best citrus fruit, oranges, grapefruit or lemons? No matter what film the Academy picks as it's winner there will be more than enough critic's telling them they didn't get it right. Folk's Elvis is dead and there is no way to judge one film better than another, get on with your lives.
Opinions about the best film get down to a couple of unquantifiable factors. What film did you enjoy and after a time does it still linger with you? Like your favorite music, painting or book, does the film have lasting value for you. Trust me, you will not have to consult Rodger Ebert, Leonard Maltin or the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to reassure yourself as to which are your favorite films. If they moved you when you saw them and they continue to resonate after a long period of time, they have brought something worthwhile to your life.
The Academy Awards are about jewelery, dresses and gossip magazine romance theories. For those that need that, fine enough, for the serious movie buff the Oscar's are useless. That is why they need John Stewart to make watching the presentation worth while
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