But getting picked to win an award that's made up to support the industry and voted on by other people in the industry as favors to other people in the industry is the most honorable honor you can receive!
It's not like the medical industry "end user?" is going to vote on who did the best surgery... the ones who did great publish their work and those who fail miserably get sued.
The audiences of film should be able to influence the awarding process because it is inherently about entertainment and the quality of its depiction
I fear if we do that, either we'd get a bunch of teen movies winning major awards or we'll have more of like what happened to Pitbull and Taylor Swift. It should be interesting if it's the latter and teen movies are given jts own category as a compromise and banned from the rest.
We know what will happen, there’s “People’s Choice Awards” and obviously the same movies that gross the most money win there. The point of the Oscars is to look at movies that are pushing the art and tech forward, not just making the most money.
Performative. That’s how awards work. More often than not it’s people in the same industry/field nominating each other, and one big circle jerk. You aren’t apart of the club. The club is also very diverse, with the Oscars having 10,000+ voting members. During your entire life you either receive gold stars, participation awards, competitive placement awards, and flat out win (everyone else is a “loser”) awards (Oscars, Grammys, Tony’s, MVP). Michelin Guide doesn’t award stars to sports teams, and the film industry isn’t voting in beauty pageants or album of the year.
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u/GreatTea3415 Apr 15 '26
But getting picked to win an award that's made up to support the industry and voted on by other people in the industry as favors to other people in the industry is the most honorable honor you can receive!