The Accessible Oscars

The Oscars are strange. I’ve seen the movies, I enjoyed a good number of them, yet I’m never quite satisfied when the award show is over. There are of course the moments where Queen Amidala, Batman, the Joker, and a Tarantino Nazi win the trophies, but that just isn’t enough. (Natalie Portman and Christian Bale did not win for their performances in Star Wars and Batman, but for their work in Black Swan and The Fighter respectively.)

What if there was an Oscars that wasn’t contingent on the opinions of Hollywood insiders living within their politically pretentious bubble in Sunny California? The People’s Choice awards don’t fill that void for me. I don’t know the specifics of who would vote for these non-Oscars, but if it were me, here’s how the nominations would play out. For now, let’s say those films nominated in the real show are disqualified from this one.

The main goal for each nominee is the accessibility to the common moviegoer. Would you be more invested in an Oscars ceremony with the following nominees?

Best Actor:

Joel Edgerton- Warrior

Joseph Gordon Levitt- 50/50

Hugh Jackman- Real Steel

Daniel Radcliffe- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. II


Best Supporting Actor:

Kyle Chandler- Super 8

Ryan Gosling- Crazy, Stupid, Love

Alan Rickman- Harry potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. II

Andy Serkis- Rise of the Planet of the Apes


Best Actress:

Kirsten Dunst- Melancholia

Saorise Ronan- Hanna

Jodie Whittaker- Attack the Block

Kristin Wiig- Bridesmaids


Best Supporting Actress:

Amber Heard- The Rum Diary

Anna Kendrick- 50/50

Jennifer Morrison- Warrior

Emma Stone- Crazy, Stupid, Love


Best Picture:

50/50


Bridesmaids


Crazy, Stupid, Love


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. II


Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol


Rise of the Planet of the Apes


Super 8


Warrior