Trek's chances at best picture just increased?

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I wasn't planning on resuscitating this blog until September, but with news this huge, I'll gladly make an exception. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that it will name 10 Best Picture nominees next year instead of five. Yes, that's right: TEN Best Picture nominees! "After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year," said AMPAS president Sid Ganis. "The final outcome, of course, will be the same—one Best Picture winner—but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009." In the '30s and '40s the Academy recognized between 8 and 12 Best Picture nominees each year.Several groups, like the Broadcast Film Critics Association, National Board of Review, and the American Film Institute, have already been listing 10 best films of the year instead of five. And with the Oscars now doing the same, I'd say this could really help the chances of some more commercially popular films, which are often edged out of the running by typical "Academy films" like The Reader or Frost/Nixon. Certainly The Dark Knight and WALL•E would have made a top 10 Academy list this year—will we now see Up and Star Trek on the Oscar ballot?

 

[Starbreaker]

I definitely think it has a shot of being nominated... winning, never. And I LOVED the movie.

 

[USSPhilippi]

To quote The Trouble with Tribbles, "Twice nothing is still nothing." Trek *might* get nominated with an expanded field, but I agree with Starbreaker - it will not win.

 

[Flake]

Nah it won't win, but it would be nice to have 'Nominated for Best Picture - Academy Awards' on the blu-ray cover

 

[USSPhilippi]

Nah it won't win, but it would be nice to have 'Nominated for Best Picture - Academy Awards' on the blu-ray cover

Problem with that is that Trek is likely to be released on blu-ray/DVD before the nominations are announced.

 

[indranee]

oh but it'd be out of this world to have it nominated. can you believe the rush we'll all feel?!

 

[number6]

Oscar??

Star Trek??


I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[perigee]

Heh. An Oscar nominated "Star Trek." We've come a long way, baby...

That being said, I'm not sure it's worthy of a nomination. It was entertaining as all get-out, but it's about as Oscar-worthy as 'Aliens' or 'Predator' in the "Best Picture" category. I love my old mutt to death, but he's never going to pull "Best of show" at the Westminster Kennel Club.

 

[clint g]

Nah it won't win, but it would be nice to have 'Nominated for Best Picture - Academy Awards' on the blu-ray cover

Problem with that is that Trek is likely to be released on blu-ray/DVD before the nominations are announced.

Expect it on the inevitable DVD re-release/special edition/directors cut

 

[Franklin]

Hey. As they say, it's just a thrill to be nominated.

 

[Squiggy]

Still a looooooong shot. But if you increase the number of anything, odds will improve.

 

[Ptrope]

I don't see Star Trek being nominated for Best Picture, even in an expanded field - regardless of how entertaining or action-packed it may be, it's not really that much more intelligent than Transformers - certainly not as intelligent as Up; not that that's a bad thing for the movie - it's obviously good at what it is supposed to be, which is a high-adrenaline blockbuster and flashy popcorn flick, and it's already proven its success without an Oscar to back it up. The only way I could see it being nominated is if the Academy finds itself too short on smart films to fill a list of 10 - and seeing stuff like Land of the Lost and Year One amongst the choices, it may just be that short ...

 

[Franklin]

Still a looooooong shot. But if you increase the number of anything, odds will improve.

Actually, I think it increases the chances for a movie like Up more than it does for something like ST09. Whether ten or twenty movies get nominated, Star Trek is not going to win best picture. I mean the odds just improved from 10000:1 all the way to 9000:1, maybe. (Not that I wouldn't put ten dollars on action like that.)

 

[Noname Given]

Look:

1) I'm an old time Star trek fan who saw the original series first run on NBC, and still thinks it's the best series in 'the franchise'.

2) I LOVED this new film and am very much looking forward to the sequel(s).

That said: There's no way in hell this film will even get nominated for 'Best Picture'; and even if I'm wrong, I would say even IF nominated it would never win. If Star Wars couldn't do it in 1978 (It was beat out by Annie Hall), Star Trek won't in 2010.

 

[Squiggy]

What Star Trek needs is a handicapped piano player from the holocaust. THAT'LL win you an Oscar.

(Godwin'd)

 

[Cyrus]

Actually, I think it increases the chances for a movie like Up more than it does for something like ST09.

Don't they have a separate best picture award for animated movies?


I think the chances of Star Trek getting nominated are slim and none.

 

[Daneel]

A Star Trek movie nominated for Best Picture?

Not gonna happen. It's just not the kind of movie the Academy would pick to nominate for the top prize. Honestly, I can't really say it's Best Picture-worthy anyway. I enjoy it, and think that it's highly entertaining, but it's not exactly a cinematic masterpiece (not that every Best Picture winner has been --sometimes the Academy makes a really -worthy decision-- but you get the idea).

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

It was good, but not that good.

 

[CoveTom]

That being said, I'm not sure it's worthy of a nomination. It was entertaining as all get-out, but it's about as Oscar-worthy as 'Aliens' or 'Predator' in the "Best Picture" category. I love my old mutt to death, but he's never going to pull "Best of show" at the Westminster Kennel Club.

Agreed. Now, if you had said "Alien" and not "Aliens," I would have disagreed, because I think the former is a truly excellent piece of filmmaking.

But Star Trek? Nah. It's a very good film. Quite entertaining. But not Oscar material.

 

[Ptrope]

Yes, there's a separate award for animated films, but in a way, it's as much a technical award as any of the obvious ones, because it segregates the animated films and implies that, because they are animated, they couldn't possibly be considered "good," only well-done for their niche. After Wall*E's positive critical buzz last time, and even more positive buzz now for Up, it may finally be time for them to accept that an animated film can be as poignant, as nuanced and as entertaining as anything live-action. Especially when considering how much even 'live-action' films are now comprised of CGI, and not just genre films; the line is blurring between "animation" and "enhancement," with the main difference being whether the actors are flesh or bits.