"meh."
So far, here are the highest grossing non-animated films of 2016:
Captain America: Civil War
The Jungle Book
Deadpool
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Suicide Squad
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Jason Bourne
Star Trek Beyond
Only one of these movies has any nominations.
As I always say, simple box office numbers do not necessarily indicate quality. But how are people going to care about this or the Oscars if they haven't seen the nominees?
In fact, to illustrate this, instead of giving you a list of all the nominees, I will only list the nominees that I have seen in theaters or watch on TV.
Best Motion Picture, Drama
“Hacksaw Ridge”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
“Deadpool”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical orComedy
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Ryan Reynolds, “Deadpool”
Best Motion Picture, Animated
“Moana”
“Zootopia”
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in AnyMotion Picture
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
-NONE
Best Director, Motion Picture
Mel Gibson, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture
-NONE
Best Original Score, Motion Picture
-NONE
Best Original Song, Motion Picture
“How Far I’ll Go” — “Moana”
Best Television Series, Drama
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Winona Ryder, “Stranger Things”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
-NONE
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
-NONE
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made forTelevision
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion
Picture Made for Television
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion
Picture Made for Television
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a
Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
-NONE
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series,
Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
-NONE
So as you can see, only 9 out of 129 nominees mean anything at all to me. And that doesn't even mean that I'm rooting for them. All it means is that I only have any experience of 7% of the total nominees.
If the Golden Globes (and later the Oscars and Emmys) do not see this as horribly problematic, then they will continue to spiral into irrelevance.
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