Amen to that, Brother. Oh for the days when the critics' awards were held at the end of December or early January so that after all the Christmas presents had been opened so there was something else to look forward to.Mister Tee wrote:
But of course, just putting it that way shows what a shallow exercise this has become. The NY Critics -- a group that in this very press release pompously touts itself as the distinguished alterantive to the Oscars -- have, with this move, declared themselves just another cog in the All Oscars All the Time machine. I think there will be some ugly situations, with films not quite ready for screening by mid-November being omitted from consideration.
The tail is just wagging the dog 100% of the time at this point.
I keep a running list of every movie that opens in New York during the yer (something I started doing in 1973). So far this year -- with 2 1/2 months to go, there have already been nearly 600 releases. You would think that of these people wanted to be more than Double A minor league players in the Oscar contest and for their awards to mean something, they might want some extra time to catch on films they inevitably missed.
For the record, my gang votes on our IRA awards in late March so theta everyone can see as many eligible films as possible.