Every year, the most prestigious award-giving body, The Academy Awards, or most commonly known as the Oscars is held during the beginning of the year. If a movie wins an Oscar, in any of the seventeen categories available, it is often considered as great. However, if it received multiple awards, its considered to be one of the greatest films of all time.
HOW DOES THE ACADEMY CHOOSE THE NOMINEES AND WINNERS?
The very first stage when it comes to choosing the winners is to basically narrow it down to all the possible candidates in that year. They will choose five for every category but films must meet the requirements which are the following:
- The film must be more than 40 minutes long
- The film must have a public premiere in a movie theater
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It is directed by the amazing James Cameron, who also directed some other iconic films like Avatar. This film is based on a real-life tragedy that happened in the early 1900s, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kaye Winslet. They played a star-crossed lovers who fell in love on board, although their story wasn't technically real, other details included in the film were based on facts, like the name of the Captain, and of course, as to how the tragedy happened. This film won Best Film and Best Director for James Cameron, it also won nine other technical awards like, Best Art Direction, Make Up, Costume Design, Film Editing, Visual Effects, and Best Original Song (‘My Heart Will Go On’ which was by Celine …show more content…
Tolkien’s phenomenal novel, Lord of the Rings. They didn't just win multiple awards, but they actually became the very first and only fantasy film to ever win an Oscar for Best Picture. It actually won every award it was nominated for, so they're considered to have the biggest sweep in the history of the Academy Awards. Other than the Best Film, this final installment of Lord of The Rings also won Best Director for Peter Jackson, including other technical awards like Best Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Art Direction, Visual Effect, and more, with a total of 11 awards. The film consisted of some of the biggest name in Hollywood like Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, and many
Mrs. Hinton’s The Outsiders was a delight to read. While I might have enjoyed it, I must disagree with who the author has chosen to base her book on and here’s why. While Hinton chose to write about a young man doomed to repeat his mistake multiple times until eventually, he sees the error of his ways. We see in the beginning Ponyboy admits that he’s not to walk alone merely because the Soc (Socials) will jump any Greaser this, of course, does not deter Ponyboy as he makes this same blunder throughout the book. Eventually, causing tension among his family and the death of three people. I do believe Hinton had two good choices there is Johnny Cage an abused teen and Dallas “Dally” Winston a hardened criminal.
I’m scrolling through the articles on Snapchat and find my way across one with an intriguing title, I instantly tap on it. I begin to scroll further down only to find myself going through extensive paragraphs of information and suddenly this article that seemed so interesting became a bore. In Nicholas G. Carr’s novel, The Shallows, he argues the internet is creating more problems to us humans than actual benefits. Our social skills are starting to lack and our interaction with technology is beginning to heighten. Humans contemplative skills are slowly fading away due to our reliance on the internet to solve our problems. Technology is inevitable by humans, seeing that individuals use it in their everyday lives. Unfortunately, this is a problem considering the use of high-tech gadgets decrease in one’s capacity for concentration, contemplation, and personal memory.
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My hands were clenched tightly around the armrest of my couch, ten minutes in to my first horror movie. I was in middle school as a 7th grader, brand new to the world of sleepovers, late nights, and scary movies. My best friend invited me over for a sleepover on a Friday night to pig out on candy, and watch a movie that would surely leave us with nightmares for a long time. I did not show it and neither did my friend, but I was apprehensive whether or not this was a good idea. I could hear my mom in the back of my head at the time saying, “scary movies are for adults, and you will regret it if you watch one.” We both acted like the movie we were about to watch, wasn’t a bigger deal than it actually was; I was terrified yet excited about the
In 1932, Walt Disney won his first Academy Award for his production of Flower and Trees. Winning an Academy award is no small prize. Accomplishing this only boosted Walt’s self-confidence, and his ability to make even greater things.
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the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Films and 27 nominations.(Wikipedia, Boys Don't Cry,2014) "Boys Dont Cry" did receive great awards and nomination but also received extreme controversy.
Have you ever wondered how some athletes have gotten so good at a certain sport? Have you ever thought about what they did in order for them to get this good? For some the answer is simple; workout and train. But for others the answer is different; the use of performance enhancing drugs such as steroids. There are some people that argue that steroids should be legalized and allowed in professional sports. Other people argue that steroids should not be allowed. Today I am going to state my opinion and justify my reason. Steroids should not be allowed in professional sports because it can be very dangerous to the athlete’s health, it is a way to gain and un-fair advantage and it can be dangerous in both social and physical aspects.
two Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries and Outstanding Art Direction. The movie also picked up one of three Golden Globe nominations.
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The science fiction movie Blade Runner 2049 got mostly technical nods, but did get a cinematography nomination. I personally thought it should have gotten nominated for Best Picture, but I think missing out on it may have more to do with its financial failure than its genre, especially considering there was a sci fi Best Picture nominee just last year in
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