I saw a poll, in which 60% of respondents couldn’t name a single movie which had been nominated for best picture.
That speaks volumes to me.
How many of us will sit through a 3+ hour awards show, to see who wins awards, for movies we have not seen, have never heard of, and have no desire to see?
Will Moonlight suddenly see a spike in viewings now that it won the Oscar???
I said something similar to hubby over the weekend. I used to watch movies, a lot. But, I simply can't find one that is interesting enough to me, for me to want to go and see it (I did see Rogue One).
I used to know which movies were nominated, what they were about, who was in them. Now, I couldn't tell you anything about what movies were nominated.
I don't think Moonlight was even in a theater in my area. I wouldn't have gone to see it anyway; but, if someone wanted to, they couldn't. they show these movies on the East and West Coast, NYC and LA, and no one else has seen them.
Crash didn't. No one wanted to see it before it won; and, no one wanted to see it after it had won.
I remember going thru the local Target store about a week after the Oscars and Crash was on the shelf, greatly reduced in price, as the store tried to get rid of the copies of that dog that it had.
Not I. Our Sunday newspaper had a big section on the Oscars, which I quickly perused and discovered that I had not seen one of them. Even if I had, I would not wade through all the self-serving accolades and hype to see who won.
The big news from the Oscars was the colossal foul-up, which could have been avoided if Warren Beatty had used his brain. Much the same thing happened in 1964 with Sammy Davis, Jr. He quickly caught the mistake and got the correct envelope.
I still don’t know who won best actress or actor and really don’t give a rat’s arse.........;)