Comments by "wvu05" (@wvu05) on "Top 10 Failed Oscar Bait Movies of the 21st Century" video.

@ChrisPierreBacon His movies make money. The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
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@darthbriboy I don't know about the poster, but while I thought it was good, in some ways I felt misled by the marketing. The poster literally showed Solomon running, and SPOILER ALERT, he never did. I just didn't really get his rationale for how to get free. I didn't expect him to just wait for a letter proving who he was.
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Making a good movie is fine, but just trying to check boxes that the Academy likes manipulates the whole process. I want great art, not paint by numbers, in the Best Picture. That's not to say that my tastes must match up with everyone (I will still defend The King's Speech as a better movie than The Social Network [Sorkin is great at writing monologues, but not so much at crafting stories, and so help me, someone fighting to overcome an obstacle is a more interesting movie to me than a movie about a jerk being a jerk and winning]), but at least have a choice you can defend based on its merits.
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@rustincohle2135 Indeed. Kane got nine nominations, and Welles got four, winning Best Original Screenplay.
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@rustincohle2135 I liked the Godfather movies, but I couldn't get into Breaking Bad (although my favorite show on TV right now is BoJack Horseman). A true anti-hero is someone you want to see win despite yourself. Zuckerberg just isn't to me. Then again, maybe the problem is that he actively made the world a worse place that it might make it hard for me to root for him in just about any circumstances, but at least I am honest about it.
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@rustincohle2135 Wouldn't that be a villain? Point taken. My point was about preference, not about degree.
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@whenthemusicsover6028 14. I remember it lost for Actress (Helen Hunt beat Kate Winslet) and Supporting Actress (Kim Basinger beat Gloria Stewart), but I can't remember the other one that lost.
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