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You seem to think that there haven't been cases where the people behind a movie don't make it for Oscars. Come on now, the existence of Harvey Weinstein disputes this.
I feel like I may be too lazy for this.
Either way, the term "Oscar-Bait" is a short hand, like alot of terms, ya know, and it doesn't have to be a pejorative, though it usually is. Like I said, I kind of like Mystic River. It's indicative of a type of movie.
It gets back to the sacredness of the "art" of filmmaking which really just doesn't exist in Hollywood.
But, Bill, we can agree that 35 Shots of Rum and Fantastic Mr Fox are totally Filmspot bait, right?
Quote from: ¡Keith! on March 08, 2010, 04:12:36 PM It gets back to the sacredness of the "art" of filmmaking which really just doesn't exist in Hollywood.I don't exactly agree with this, either.And there seems to be people Weinstein leaves alone, like Tarantino. Though when Weinstein is able to cut a Scorsese film, that does say something.