Thursday, June 25, 2009

10 Best Pictures?

I love movies, but man, I can't imagine choosing 10 films in a year that I like enough to call out. We're going to end up with an interesting Best Picture race in 2010, that's for sure. More from TotalFilm.com
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4 comments:

upyernoz said...

the awards ceremony is already too long. if they show clips from ten films, it won't be over until 3 am!

June 25, 2009 at 7:37 AM
Len said...

Heard the President of the Academy on NPR Morning edition this morning. After the host had introduced him with a quip about a longer telecast, he started the interview by saying that the telecast would be more vibrant, not longer. Hopefully they will un-televise some of the nonsense categories or limit the musical performances to balance it out. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105872459

June 25, 2009 at 12:32 PM
upyernoz said...

i dunno, "more vibrant" doesn't sound like "shorter" to me.

i think part of the problem is that the academy itself doesn't think that it's too long. more nominees means a longer broadcast which means more overpriced commercials to sell. that's what i suspect is driving this.

June 25, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Len said...

Revenue is definitely driving it. But not more commercials, I think more eyes. Nominate films like Iron Man, Dark Knight, Tropic Thunder, etc., the fanboys will be more eager to tune in.

July 7, 2009 at 9:40 AM

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