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There wasn't a question, my initial suggestion was for a more balanced ways of representing audience favorites. Guild short lists come out earlier than Academy nominee announcements. Not making a key Guild short list damages the potential for an Oscar as most Academy members also hold Guild...

I can assure you the Guilds I am a member of create short lists before sending selections to the full membership for the final vote. My preferred film this year (as I stated), did not make the short list, so I was not able to support it. I can't get specific until after awards have been...

As many of you know, the Academy as well as the Guilds such as SAG, DGA, PGA etc., have two phases that nominees go through. The first results in a "short list" created by a selected group of members. This edited list is then submitted to full membership for final voting. Often, promising...

My point was that Hollywood got behind Roosevelt and helped sway public sentiment towards the WWll effort. Today's Hollywood is almost entirely antiwar. The last film to celebrate sacrifice and patriotism needed to mount a war effort was "Pearl Harbor" over 20 years ago. It was attacked by...

I am not "confused" I just like to look at greatness in terms of broad generalizations rather than getting distracted by detours into release dates and eligibility periods I tend to focus on the importance of lasting creative value. Does it matter that "Wizard of Oz" met the eligibility period...

Another pointless marker is the value placed on Dec 31 versus Jan 1. Take the "Shakespeare In Love/Private Ryan" debate further. If Titanic was thrown into the mix rather than being locked into a somewhat arbitrary 12 month window months before, neither Private Ryan or Shakespeare would have...

My point was aimed at the increasing irrelevance of the Oscar derby. It was not about denying people in todays movie business from patting each other on the back. In the days when Ben Hur, West Side Story, Sound of Music and The Sting won best picture awards it was rather easy for the audience...

A big problem with the Oscars is they reflect voters tastes only in the fleeting moments leading up to the nominations. Imagine awards celebrating films at 20 or even 50 years after release? It would be a different ballgame with lasting relevance. Awarded films would likely reflect lasting...