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Salhus · 01-13-2009, 02:27 AM

Well, recently the Academy have favored more entertaining movies over the typical "Academy" movies.

Ex. Departed-LOTR-Crash-No Country

Miles_Yuhas · 01-13-2009, 05:08 AM

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	Well, recently the Academy have favored more entertaining movies over the typical "Academy" movies. Ex. Departed-LOTR-Crash-No Country

LOTR I think is the only one of that list that you can compare The Dark Knight at the Oscars. The Departed, Crash, and No Country for Old Men are all real world dramas that do win oscars.

Unfortunatly, I don't think that The Dark Knight has a chance to win best picture. Personally, I think its the best movie of the year that I have seen, but its a comic book movie, and those movies just don't win oscars. I think its possible that we see a nomination though.

I think Heath Ledger has a very good shot at winning for supporting actor however.

jmood88 · 01-13-2009, 11:12 AM

The reason comic book movies don't win awards is because they usually aren't that good, not because of some bias towards that type of movie.

dossier · 01-13-2009, 04:23 PM

However the Academy has always looked more into real world dramas.

But my counter argument to that is the new Batman series has done a great job of making these movies so incredibly realistic. There really isn't a scene in each movie that I think couldn't be done by the guy next to me.

Salhus · 01-13-2009, 04:28 PM

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	The reason comic book movies don't win awards is because they usually aren't that good, not because of some bias towards that type of movie.

Well put

Miles_Yuhas · 01-13-2009, 07:31 PM

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	The reason comic book movies don't win awards is because they usually aren't that good, not because of some bias towards that type of movie.

I think the academy looks at real world dramas more, not saying they should but i think they do, but you right it also has something to do with the quality of the films.

The thing that The Dark Knight has to its advantage is that it doesn't feel like a comic book movie by any means.

Fresh Tendrils · 01-14-2009, 08:47 PM

Salhus · 01-19-2009, 11:54 PM

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Wow

01-13-2009, 02:27 AM	#2281
Salhus He can talk the talk OVR: 20 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: LA Posts: 1,800 Blog Entries: 1	Re: The Dark Knight Discussion CONTAINS SPOILERS Well, recently the Academy have favored more entertaining movies over the typical "Academy" movies. Ex. Departed-LOTR-Crash-No Country

01-13-2009, 04:23 PM	#2284
dossier Banned OVR: 13 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Jersey	Re: The Dark Knight Discussion CONTAINS SPOILERS However the Academy has always looked more into real world dramas. But my counter argument to that is the new Batman series has done a great job of making these movies so incredibly realistic. There really isn't a scene in each movie that I think couldn't be done by the guy next to me.

01-14-2009, 08:47 PM	#2287
Fresh Tendrils Strike Hard and Fade Away OVR: 51 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Blue Ridge Posts: 36,135 Blog Entries: 8	Re: The Dark Knight Discussion CONTAINS SPOILERS __________________

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