With Academy Awards upon us and other awards already presented for the movies of 2012, I personally think it is time to rethink how movies, actors, directors, etc. could be awarded. I honestly have no prediction for any of this years nominees, as there often seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why some film or some person wins the award over another.
Getting an Oscar is a very prestigious honor, and it is recognizing the supposed best of the best in the created categories. But how many of the movies that are up for awards have you actually seen by the time the award show rolls around? I think that is why I have a little more respect for People's Choice (type) awards, as well as the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild awards (the latter two being peer chosen awards).
If I was running an awards show it would go something like this:
Movies should be placed into respective categories; drama (could include or be split into historical fiction, crime drama, mystery, thriller, suspense, etc..), comedy (can include romantic comedies, stand up features, etc..), horror, science fiction/fantasy, documentary and independent. Foreign films can be placed/submitted into each of these, as well. Nods for great cinematography, production, and soundtracks will need to acknowledged.
Starting from January of the new year, every 2 months (so the actual voting would begin at the end of Feb.) a group of submissions will be made in each category. There will be a viewers choice nominee, and an actor/director/producer nominee. At the end of the year there will 12 winners, 6 viewers choice, 6 industry side in each category. Then it will be like a "best in show" vote off. Final awards will then given.
My thinking is this: all categories of movies are well represented. Sci-fi and horror are often ignored except for special effects at major awards shows. Movies throughout the year are well represented (think how many summer blockbusters are ever awarded?). Are there flaws here? Sure. There will be tons of nominees, but they will quickly whittle down, and there are easy tweaks to this process. Maybe change every 2 months, to Jan through June, and July through December. But this is my awards show, so I can do what I want :)
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