Comments on: Academy Reviewing Netflix’s Eligibility, Worried They’ll Cheapen Oscars

By: John W

John W — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:44:00 +0000

So if Bong Joon-Ho releases a movie on Netflix, that cheapens the Oscars but if Tom Brady releases Bucky Larson Born to be a Star in the theaters, that’s okay?

By: SlamAdams

SlamAdams — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0000

If Netflix (or any VOD) is debuting original movies and competing with theatrical distributors, then yes they should be allowed. Netflix is constantly trivialized for their attempts to bring art to the consumer instead of floating the consumer up a creek and say “find it.” Especially hard to take the Oscars seriously when they do so much to cheapen themselves all the time. Genre snobbery. Oscar bait. Oscar season, which is killing their ratings. No one has heard of the friggin movies before they are nominated.

By: SlamAdams

SlamAdams — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 15:55:00 +0000

In reply to ThisGuy01. Being good and qualifying are not the same thing.

By: ThisGuy01

ThisGuy01 — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:33:00 +0000

Aside from OKJA do any of the Netflix movies actually qualify? I mean, I know there’s hundreds of jokes about how easy it is to get nominated for an Oscar – make a Holocaust movie, done – but at the very least the films nominated usually are slightly memorable.
Every Netflix movie I’ve seen – aside from OKJA – instantly is forgotten once the credits roll.

By: brad_amused

brad_amused — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:30:00 +0000

Theatrical release has to mean more than a couple screens in NY and LA. No to the Netflix model as far as I’m concerned. Yes, things are changing, but that doesn’t mean they should when it comes to the Academy Awards.