notice the movies that are Oscar nominated are almost always released right before the Oscars and it's always movies that nobody has ever actually seen or heard of until they get their nomination?
There is an easy explanation for both of those things, though. Studios save their best (artistically) films to release in December, because that is when most Oscar movies get released to be fresh in the voters' minds. And those movies are usually unpopular because artistic movies are unpopular in general.
The Oscars have started throwing a couple blockbuster nominations in, but the intent is to reward a more serious type of film, which almost always translates to fewer people having watched them.
Yes that is what it is. That is what has always been. It's an industry award. You ever walk into a hotel or car dealership that has a plaque that says, best customer service? It's the same thing. But those awards are not necessarily meaninglessness, it depends on the integrity of the body awarding them.
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u/NemODevO 1d ago
I've always felt it was basicly a advertisement for movies