Thats why I enjoyed the Golden Globes with Ricky cause he ranked on them on all of this. THere was even a report that the Golden Globes were bought off. An actual report. It was terrible.
Without strife, your victory has no meaning.
Without strife, you do not advance.
Without strife, there is only stagnation.

"It's obviously some kind of political ploy."
Yeah, it kinda is.
Studios will wine and dine the voters or heavily encourage them to vote for nominees of movies they put out.
The voters do not always fully watch the movies they vote on.
Sometimes they will do it because they just like that actor and hate that other one or for other biased reasons.
Like someone said they voted for a movie just because the time period it was in made her nostalgic for it.
Winning an Oscar is not as well earned as a sports team winning the championship game.
They need to make it more worthwhile and it feels like a party they throw on just for themselves.
Frankly I think the public should vote on them after watching the movie.
"Please vote to preserve the unique character of Warren…" - Robert Duvall

No!
Did they ever?? So many awesome incredible actors and performances never won anything let along nominated and so many sucky wons have won.
It's obviously some kind of political ploy.
Without strife, your victory has no meaning.
Without strife, you do not advance.
Without strife, there is only stagnation.

They never did to me.

Well said, TC!
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.

THIS!
You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
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Only if the films and others nominated are truly worthy and not chosen because of "wokeness" and "reputation" to be seen as doing the right thing with phony virtue signalling projections.
Unfortunately, Hollywarped's transparency and political agendas have become so malignant, that they have become their own worst enemies. It is so obvious that it's about industry self-congratulatory pats on the back now and not so much about what the films can really give to the movie going public that have emboldened this industry.
Norman! What did you put in my tea?

In a way they matter more now. Most of the attention nowadays goes to big blockbuster movies and everything else gets overshadowed. The Oscars give these other thoughtful and more interesting movies exposure when many people wouldn't have heard about them otherwise.

Most people haven't even heard of half of the movies they nominate these days.

Netflix started killing them when their movies got nominated that were hardly seen by anyone in theatres.
"Please vote to preserve the unique character of Warren…" - Robert Duvall

Yes. It is still a celebration of excellence. I think it does matter to the people who win or get nominated,as well as many critics and film buffs. Winning an Oscar, or even getting nominated, can generate awareness or publicity for a film, leading to more people seeing it.