Ok, seriously speaking: it is quite rare for a movie to win everything at once at least 7 Academy Awards including best picture (Wikipedia tells me that the last one was Slumdog Millionaire in 2008).
I am reopening this discussion mostly to ask: what kind of update should I apply in these situations? Praising a movie just because it won a lot of awards sounds like an argument from authority, but on the other hand I don’t recall a lot of terrible movies with multiple awards...
The Shape of Water won four Oscars, including Best Picture, and I also wouldn’t place it near the top 100. I agree that Everything Everywhere All at Once is very overrated.
You raise a good question, but it still relies on following the (historical) authority of the Academy. Perhaps the Academy has changed? Perhaps the environment the Academy is operating has changed, forcing the Academy to adjust?
Of course, this would apply to the non-Academy, ie. broader society, as well—but at different rates, and also different directions.
A stab at answering your question: you should only apply an update based on the Academy if the Academy is an important entity for you. This isn’t binary. Awards factor into my perception of movies, but only play a minor role.
The Academy now officially disagrees.
Ok, seriously speaking: it is quite rare for a movie to win
everything at onceat least 7 Academy Awards including best picture (Wikipedia tells me that the last one was Slumdog Millionaire in 2008).I am reopening this discussion mostly to ask: what kind of update should I apply in these situations? Praising a movie just because it won a lot of awards sounds like an argument from authority, but on the other hand I don’t recall a lot of terrible movies with multiple awards...
The Shape of Water won four Oscars, including Best Picture, and I also wouldn’t place it near the top 100. I agree that Everything Everywhere All at Once is very overrated.
You raise a good question, but it still relies on following the (historical) authority of the Academy. Perhaps the Academy has changed? Perhaps the environment the Academy is operating has changed, forcing the Academy to adjust?
Of course, this would apply to the non-Academy, ie. broader society, as well—but at different rates, and also different directions.
A stab at answering your question: you should only apply an update based on the Academy if the Academy is an important entity for you. This isn’t binary. Awards factor into my perception of movies, but only play a minor role.