Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2018 15:24:58 GMT
I think Grace Randolph is right about Wonder Woman getting a Best Picture Oscar nomination.
MCU fans who are in full panic mode try to dismiss it by saying "Well, no superhero movie has ever been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar nomination". But 10 years ago, we could also say "Well, no African-American has ever been elected POTUS".
Before 2008, movie studios weren't releasing multiple superhero movies per year and the few superhero movies that were released didn't have much of an audience outside of comic book fans. But in 2008, The Dark Knight became the 1st superhero movie to draw in large numbers of non-comic book fans. The Academy even changed the rules for the Best Picture category because of The Dark Knight.
And now, movie studios are often releasing multiple superhero movies per year and the CBM genre has become a major genre within the industry. And with the maximum number of Best Picture nominations increased from 5 to 10, Wonder Woman is very likely to get a Best Picture Oscar nomination.
When Obama ran for POTUS in 2008, millions of people who had been eligible to vote in previous Presidential elections but never voted before registered to vote and cast their vote for Obama because they wanted to be part of history. And like Grace Randolph pointed out in her video, Wonder Woman is a historic movie so many Academy voters will feel they rather be part of history than stand in the way of history.
