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The Academy has 7000 active/lifetime members who vote on Oscars. That’s not really an arbitrary committee.

by clintonb 8y ago

Moodles 8y ago
Why are the Oscars more prestigious than the Golden Globes?
- briandear 8y ago
  Because the Globes are voted on by the film press and not actual film practitioners. As an analog, it would be like patients at a hospital voting for the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Still a nice award but much different in the electorate.
  - empath75 8y ago
    More specifically, the globes are voted on by the foreign film press and the process is notoriously corrupt.
    - Moodles 8y ago
      and the Oscars aren't? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhfxo8xPNGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhfxo8xPNGU
tzs 8y ago
Also, the voting members don't necessarily actually decide their own vote. Often if they have no opinion on a category they will ask a relative or friend, who may or may not actually be involved in the industry. This happens a lot in the voting for best animated feature. It is fairly common for an older voter to have seen none of the nominees. He asks his grandchildren what "cartoon" they liked best that year, or remembers which movie's merchandise they frequently wear, and that's the one he votes for. I remember seeing a couple article at animation publications where they asked a bunch of voters how they voted and why in years where the winner differed from what the majority of people working in animation expected, and found that the "my grandchildren liked it" factor was the main reason. I wonder how it works for the more technical categories, like best sound editing? Asking your grandchildren "what movie's sound editing did you like this year?" is probably not going to get a useful response.
praneshp 8y ago
Here's a video that talks about one of the categories (best Foreign movie). FWIW, I don't dislike the Oscars much, I sometimes even watch the whole thing if I think the host will be funny in a way that pisses off Meryl Streep. Sorry about non-English words being sprinkled in though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWizRledAr8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWizRledAr8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFENw9T7qUw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFENw9T7qUw

The Academy has 7000 active/lifetime members who vote on Oscars. That’s not really an arbitrary committee.

Moodles 8y ago

Why are the Oscars more prestigious than the Golden Globes?

briandear 8y ago
Because the Globes are voted on by the film press and not actual film practitioners. As an analog, it would be like patients at a hospital voting for the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Still a nice award but much different in the electorate.
- empath75 8y ago
  More specifically, the globes are voted on by the foreign film press and the process is notoriously corrupt.
  - Moodles 8y ago
    and the Oscars aren't? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhfxo8xPNGU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhfxo8xPNGU

tzs 8y ago

Also, the voting members don't necessarily actually decide their own vote. Often if they have no opinion on a category they will ask a relative or friend, who may or may not actually be involved in the industry. This happens a lot in the voting for best animated feature. It is fairly common for an older voter to have seen none of the nominees. He asks his grandchildren what "cartoon" they liked best that year, or remembers which movie's merchandise they frequently wear, and that's the one he votes for. I remember seeing a couple article at animation publications where they asked a bunch of voters how they voted and why in years where the winner differed from what the majority of people working in animation expected, and found that the "my grandchildren liked it" factor was the main reason. I wonder how it works for the more technical categories, like best sound editing? Asking your grandchildren "what movie's sound editing did you like this year?" is probably not going to get a useful response.

praneshp 8y ago

Here's a video that talks about one of the categories (best Foreign movie). FWIW, I don't dislike the Oscars much, I sometimes even watch the whole thing if I think the host will be funny in a way that pisses off Meryl Streep. Sorry about non-English words being sprinkled in though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWizRledAr8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWizRledAr8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFENw9T7qUw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFENw9T7qUw