Should foreign movies really win Best Pic?

Should foreign movies really win Best Pic? Feb 12, 2020 16:23:18 GMT marth and Jep Gambardella like this

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Post by vegalyra on Feb 12, 2020 16:23:18 GMT

Feb 12, 2020 16:10:10 GMT Jep Gambardella said:

Feb 12, 2020 10:08:34 GMT nostromo said:

I'd have no real problem with that, but they would need to change the title of the award from "best picture" to "best picture in the English language"

Then they'd obviously get vilified for not allowing "foreigners" to be included in their top prize. So, no, it ain't going to happen. It's a global film awards ceremony.

That's just the thing - it isn't really THE global film awards, is it? The Academy loves to sell it as such, but it is and it has always been the Hollywood award, with a few token nominations and wins to non-English language movies over the years just to keep the illusion going that it's THE global award and therefore the ultimate measuring stick for film quality - and if French, Japanese, Italian, Russian, Mexican and Indian movies never win, well, that's just because they are not as good as Hollywood movies, isn't it? That is what the Academy wants people all over the world to believe.

I loved Parasite (although not as much as "1917") and I watch tons of international films every year, but I hated that "Parasite" won. I don't want film fans to think of the Oscars as the World film awards. I don't want Brazilian fans dismissing French or Japanese movies because "if they were any good, how come they weren't even nominated for the Oscars".

This is pretty much my view although I didn't enunciate it as well.