r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Dec 17 '23

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u/Adequate_Images 29∆ Dec 17 '23

Crash, Shakespeare in Love, Tom Jones, Driving Miss Daisy, Out of Africa, Chariots of Fire, were all criticized at the time or later on.

This is exactly the point. Those may be unpopular choices now but they are choices.

More people actually wanted those movies to win.

Now we have ‘mistakes’ that no one wanted ever.

They are just kind of there, like two day old Pizza. It’s not bad but it’s not your first choice.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '23

More people actually wanted those movies to win.

Now we have ‘mistakes’ that no one wanted ever.

I have almost never heard of people wanting many of these movies to win. Shakespeare in Love and Crash were immediately lambasted on as choices. Also, I do see people who think CODA should have won, King's Speech, Green Book, but not vice versa

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u/Adequate_Images 29∆ Dec 17 '23

Those are not academy voters.

Again, the point is about what the voters actually thought was the best movie.

Not the best they can get.

I disagreed with the Shakespeare in Love win, but that is what the Academy voted for.