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thats part of the reason why they make less. They are giving the audience what they want {nm}

Posted by: Moviesnob on Jul 24, 14:31 in response to RogerMore's post Though it may be the public tastes that have changed, not...

LT: The Academy added a second DUNKR screening for members after the first reached capacity. Antibody Jul 24, 09:56

I've long felt the Academy has a choice to make. Dales Jul 24, 11:48

winning best picture did everything for the artist. No one sees that movie without the awards campaign and the win Moviesnob Jul 24, 12:00

Did everything for the movie Dales Jul 24, 12:11

it's not the Academy's job to pander to Joe Sixpack. and plenty of Oscar winners have their box office fortunes improved by the awards {nm} slipping jimmy Jul 24, 12:00

I don't think that, in the 50s-80s, they were pandering to Joe Sixpack. {nm} Dales Jul 24, 12:11

or, the movies studios made for Joe Sixpack were just much better quality in general {nm} slipping jimmy Jul 24, 12:12

Definitely a possibility. Dales Jul 24, 12:22

during the heyday of the studio system, pre-1970s, there was almost nothing that could be thought of as "independent cinema" slipping jimmy Jul 24, 13:29

Though it may be the public tastes that have changed, not the Academy's, based on what movies it is not possible to make RogerMore Jul 24, 13:35

* now possible {nm} RogerMore Jul 24, 13:43

thats part of the reason why they make less. They are giving the audience what they want Moviesnob Jul 24, 14:31

thats part of the reason why they make less. They are giving the audience what they want {nm} Moviesnob Jul 24, 14:31

thats part of the reason why they make less. They are giving the audience what they want {nm} Moviesnob Jul 24, 14:31

sorry, my cat did that. they are giving the audience what they want which is {nm} Moviesnob Jul 24, 14:31

ugh! Louis!...which is give spectacle entertainment which is expensive. {nm} Moviesnob Jul 24, 14:32

Need to give that cat a PR job. :D {nm} DTravel Jul 24, 14:37

Louis is a big jerk cat! {nm} slipping jimmy Jul 24, 14:39

he enters into panic mode when his food dispenser gets low {nm} Moviesnob Jul 24, 14:41

you *are* the food dispenser, to a cat {nm} slipping jimmy Jul 24, 14:57

Better than being the food. {nm} DTravel Jul 24, 16:34

I would love him. {nm} CSBD Jul 25, 07:04

That Darn Cat {nm} Dales Jul 24, 19:38

It is a peer vs populism question. The Academy exists as a peer group, awarding their fellows for what they think ... gsquared Jul 24, 12:51

Dunkirk Vet, 97, Breaks Down in Tears After Watching Movie: 'I Never Thought I Would See That Again' TJNFL1 Jul 24, 21:10





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