I’d rather the Academy continued to nominate the films it felt were deserving of awards, rather than pandering to audiences and populism (if they do however end up considering Black Panther to be one of the nine best films of the year, fair enough).

Anyway, I think there are other reasons why the Academy Awards are finding less favour with the public. The Weinstein fallout hasn’t done Hollywood any favours, and whilst #MeToo may be extremely admirable, it feels a lot like being lectured on race relations by the Trump administration.

But wasn’t the reason that the Best Pic nominee count was expanded to nine was to give the blockbuster films a shot? Sunday night’s telecast was the lowest-rated in history, right? I read it likely had a lot to do with the Best Pic nominees being almost entirely made up of art-house movies. Save for “Get Out” and “Dunkirk,” most nominated films didn’t crack $100M at the box office.

Agreed. While it’s a good film and a seminal cultural event to be sure, it’s not that good a film to rate a nomination. It is a Marvel film – slightly better than most of them, but still created from the same blueprint.

And who gives a feck what Nolan says anyway.

The Oscars is one of the few places where smaller, artier films can get some recognition.