The Oscars 2017
Discussion
Nominations were released the other day for this year's round of incestuous backslapping. Do they actually have any relevance in this age? An Oscar nomination doesn't guarantee a hit at the box office so they aren't always in tune with what the public think.
It occurred to me this morning that I can't be sure I've ever seen one of Streep's many Oscar awarded films and looking at the list I have seen none of the current Best Picture nominations. Perhaps I'm just a tired old philistine.
Anyway, a list of this year's nominations are at this BBC link
It occurred to me this morning that I can't be sure I've ever seen one of Streep's many Oscar awarded films and looking at the list I have seen none of the current Best Picture nominations. Perhaps I'm just a tired old philistine.
Anyway, a list of this year's nominations are at this BBC link
Apart from or maybe because of a stream of political speeches from irrelevant actors and a cock-up with announcing Best Picture due to envelopegate, I still think it's all a nonsense. I haven't seen any of the films listed below:
Do these awards really reflect what the paying public actually think of their films?
Do these awards really reflect what the paying public actually think of their films?
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