So, they've done it again. In recent news, the executives of the Academy Awards have announced that they have changed the best picture category again. This time, it will be instead of having five or 10, they can nominate five TO ten nominees. If a film has at least five percent of the number one votes (a best picture is voted on from a scale of one to ten, cause of the nominees) then they will be placed in the category of best picture. Also, the visual effects category competition will now be between ten films instead of seven for the nominations (which was a staggering five films that get said nom). Finally, if there are at least 13-14 films in contention, there maybe 4 nominees for best animated feature. It was originally 5 nominees for a year of 16 or more and 3 for 16 or less.
The latter two announcements aren't all that groundbreaking or as interesting to me as the first part (I honestly am not a visual effects kind of guy if you know me and as I love animated films, I can't see them all). To nominate a certain amount of films because they are voted by a majority as the best is a wise move. I have seen years where there could've been six, seven, maybe even ten nominations. Now that there is some leniency, we won't be annoyed to see what "fills" out the list (I'm not going to point fingers). So, kudos to the academy, I think this will be a good change and, while it does make it harder for me to predict the list (I'm not feeling an animated film this year at least), it does make it a little more fun to predict what would be considered the best of the year.
Here is the article
Also, expect another film review tomorrow, this one's a biggie, speaking of best picture lists, but until then, have fun at the movies...
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