And they used to recognize popular movies, the whole Best Picture being a movie nobody ever saw is a relatively new phenomenon. It didn't often go to the highest grossing movie of the year but you still had Godfather, Platoon, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, Rocky, etc win. Kramer vs. Kramer made $173 million in 79-80s money. Plus they often nominated things like Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc
Well I was 4 when it was released in theatres but it was the fifth-highest grossing film of 1985 with a gross of $87 million, $227.5 million worldwide which is $667m in today's money.
Oscars aren’t inherently “liberal”, they’ve just been hijacked by ideologues in the last several years
Hollywood output up until the 1990s was fairly in line with the values of most Americans.
And they used to recognize popular movies, the whole Best Picture being a movie nobody ever saw is a relatively new phenomenon. It didn't often go to the highest grossing movie of the year but you still had Godfather, Platoon, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, Rocky, etc win. Kramer vs. Kramer made $173 million in 79-80s money. Plus they often nominated things like Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc
How many times did you see Out of Africa?
Well I was 4 when it was released in theatres but it was the fifth-highest grossing film of 1985 with a gross of $87 million, $227.5 million worldwide which is $667m in today's money.
It was like Avatar, everyone claimed yo love it, and no one did.