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Re: Superhero Movies Are More Than Just Flashy Special Effects
Birdman won Best Picture. And while that wasn't a traditional superhero film, it also wasn't not a superhero film.
But the differences between that and, say, Endgame, are the differences between a film that the Oscars will take serious interest in and one they won't.
The two "straight" superhero films probably best-positioned to win Oscars on their own merits - that I've seen - were probably Logan and The Dark Knight. But TDK came too early in the superhero boom to be taken seriously (see the good analysis above) and Logan probably didn't have the profile. Note that I haven't seen Joker (or Shazam).GITP Blood Bowl Manager Cup
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Re: Superhero Movies Are More Than Just Flashy Special Effects
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2020-01-19, 01:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Superhero Movies Are More Than Just Flashy Special Effects
I’d argue that one. Birdman is definitely not a superhero film. It’s a troubled artist film. Academy loves those, even when the message presented bares little to nothing similar to the events they’re trying to represent (Looking at you Bohemian Rhapsody).
Birdman just makes the main characters backstory is an actor who played a superhero in much the same way that Bojack Horseman isn’t a children’s sitcom despite that aspect being important to the characters.
Anyway, as to what movies and award ceremonies, I honestly still a bit confused why people follow them at all to be honest. The Searchers, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, and Psycho did not win anything. While Crash and freaking Shakespeare in Love did.
In much the same way that the original Sherlock Holmes books and Heart of Darkness were often snubbed during their time.
Really the vote is done by a bunch of people (often actors) trying to think what they believe will be influential and important. Sometimes they may get it right. But I wouldn’t set my watch to it.