So it is that time of year again. All of last year's movies are being brought before Academies and Foreign Presses to determine which of them are worthy of distinction at their annual award ceremonies.
Most of those organizations do not give awards where they are due. Mostly...any panel comprised of critical "objective" movie aficionados.
How many of the past Oscar Best Pictures have you seen? How about plan on seeing? Heard of?
Chances are if you have not HEARD of a movie, it was not "all that." Very few phenomenal pictures go unseen by the public. And rightly so. Should these fabulous movies not be the ones that we enjoy watching over and over again?
Let's take a closer look. Morgan Freeman. Great actor. How many Oscars does he have? ONE. Johnny Depp. Amazing actor. How many Oscars does he have? NONE.
Maybe it is the Academy. How many Golden Globes does Mr. Freeman have? Two (respectable). Mr. Depp? One (out of ten nominations).
Then the people get a say. Mr. Freeman may have only won two People's Choice Awards, but Mr. Depp has one ELEVEN.
Now that is a big difference, don't you think? I will never forget the year the Oscars gave out over ten awards to the Lord of the Rings, just because it was the last in the trilogy. There were several deserving movies that did not receive the recognition they should have because of that.
I do not care what the presses say. I am more willing to go and see a movie that was recommended by one of my friends, than I am one that received a Golden Globe.
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