Despite the nominees this year, the Academy is not always kind to blockbusters, particularly of genre.
Here’s are 18 examples of why.
Oscar, Oscar, Oscar.
Every years Oscar nominations brings accusations and recriminations of who got snubbed and who got overpraised.
This years 92nd Academy Awards edition is no different.
IsJokerreally deserving of the most nominations from 2019?
And why exactly isGreta Gerwignotnominated for Best Director?
Granted Oscar has a spotty history at best with blockbusters.
And then there is the most notorious example.
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However, even if it had been nominated,Raging Bullshould have still won the Oscar that year.
So, how it ended up going toOrdinary Peopleis anybodys guess.
Thus the Academy did not really ignore what is possibly the best adventure film ever made.
But they certainly overlooked it whenChariots of Firetook home the Best Picture trophy.
And fewer still are as masterfully executed as this Spielberg gem.
That movie wasFatal Attraction.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
For more than 20 years it has been a mandatory cinematic experience.
Thats two black eyes for Oscar in one of the 1990s best years for film.
The Oscar goingBraveheartmakes sense, butSevenbeing absent from the dance does not.
certainly would have fit in well with Oscars self-image.
And for that matter, take awayThe Readeras well and giveWall-Ea nomination.
That would have an immortal slice of humble pie theyd have to swallow.
Its certainly going to be the most treasured 2013 film for decades to come.
There is even a strong case to be made forThe Grand Budapest Hotel.
Logan (2017)
James Mangold and Hugh JackmansLoganis the finest superhero movie sinceThe Dark Knight.
How can it not be whenJokerreceived the most Oscar nods of any movie, accruing 11 total nominations?
Its a shame, as we imagine it is one many will revisit from 2019 again and again.
This article was previously published on Feb. 25, 2016.
