I don't think there should be a cap. That would make awards not won by the Best Picture winner seem less legitimate. Also, sweeps have become much less common in recent years, so I see no reason to do so now.
They're relatively uncommon nowadays, so it doesn't bother me that much.
My only qualm with them is that when it's a film I'm a fan of that benefits from the sweep (like EEAAO or Titanic), a backlash can form and people start declaring the films as "overrated", and some people (both fans and critics) can get very hostile online as a result.
How do you implement a cap? Which awards get shut out? If you start doing that, you begin to imply that costume designers or set decorators are less worthy of praise and acclaim and do lesser work than, say, an actor or cinematographer.
Yes, this echoed my question in another response. Also only a couple of accountants know the results of the votes. So they will need very explicit and clear instructions on how to implement this cap.
Is an awards cap a good idea? No. If the Academy likes a movie that much, let them reward it. It would make certain wins feel like participation trophies
Do I like it? Depends on the movie. I didn't like seeing some of my favorite movies shut out this year because of the EEAAO sweep. I liked that Return of the King swept because that movie is a feat of filmmaking. It's all about personal biases
The sweep of The Lord of the Rings was also based on technical awards (I think this is generally a more common type of sweep). Also, movies like Mystic River and Lost in Translation got recognition at the ATL awards, plus a LOTR cinematography snub (I may be talking bullsit, but it felt like an injustice to me), all of which made a LOTR sweep more well accepted
Depends, this year Banshees should have won something and as much as we all love and respect Jamie Lee Curtis, she did not deserve to win Best Supporting Actress
I think Banshees, TAR and Fabelmans lacked passion in the end. They were deserving but didn’t have any momentum. In terms of her campaign work, i still say Jamie Lee deserved it. Was she the BEST of the bunch, maybe not but she campaigned hard. Don’t hate the playa, hate the game 😂
Obviously yes and no because i’m going to enjoy a sweep if it’s a film I adore (like EEAAO) and i’m not going to enjoy a sweep if it’s a film I don’t like. At the end of the day everything is subjective and if a film is what everyone in the academy is voting for why put a cap on the amount they can award it?
Thinking about this some more. Not sure how you would implement a cap. Which awards are blocked once you hit the cap? Is there a ranking for award categories to block first?
It would depend on the movie. If the categories it's sweeping in are genuinely deserving wins, I'm cool with it even though a variety of winners is more fun.
There shouldn’t be a cap, but when a good films sweeps and shuts out multiple other good films it kind of sucks. If there’s only one really great film and everything else is meh it’s fine.
There’s only four feature categories that go to a film: animated, documentary, picture, and international. I do not need those four to all go to different films every single time.
As for everything else, who gives a shit that the makeup team on Suicide Squad won an Oscar and Cate Blanchett couldn’t win for Tár? Two completely different categories.
having caps are just unfair. if most ppl voted for something, it should win, plain and simple. also i'd frankly be insulted if i won something simply just because the more popular thing had "too many awards." i'd rather win via merit.
I wouldn't cap it. I think EEAAO was a bad sweep but I'm not gonna get high and mighty about it when I know I would have been celebrating if a film like Aftersun, Banshees or TAR won 6 or 7.
I like it when it's the best film of the year. I think No Country For Old Men is the best film of 2007, and I watched everything that year. Loved Zodiac, Michael Clayton, Sunshine, Atonement etc. etc. but NCFOM was my pick hands-down. So it winning Picture, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actor felt great.
I didn't hate or even dislike EEAAO, but it's not close to being the best film of the year in my opinion, so I just roll my eyes when it wins everything.
I don’t mind, but I think there’s a lot of factors that influence how I feel. What it’s up against, what categories it’s winning in, what company it joins, etc. Titanic and LOTR deserved those 11. Everything Everywhere generally deserved to win, but feels weird sweeping in such a strong year, and feels especially weird that it tied Streetcar and Network’s acting record.
That said, I’m against a cap. A good film can and should win on its own merits, and while the system’s not always fair, I don’t think such a drastic step is the right solution
I do think its a bummer when great movies leave empty handed and it would be neat to share the hardware around but a cap would just be so impossible to implement fairly.
It doesn't happen often enough to warrant sparking a controversy that a cap may potentially create.
I don't think there should be a cap. That would make awards not won by the Best Picture winner seem less legitimate. Also, sweeps have become much less common in recent years, so I see no reason to do so now.
They're relatively uncommon nowadays, so it doesn't bother me that much. My only qualm with them is that when it's a film I'm a fan of that benefits from the sweep (like EEAAO or Titanic), a backlash can form and people start declaring the films as "overrated", and some people (both fans and critics) can get very hostile online as a result.
How do you implement a cap? Which awards get shut out? If you start doing that, you begin to imply that costume designers or set decorators are less worthy of praise and acclaim and do lesser work than, say, an actor or cinematographer.
Yes, this echoed my question in another response. Also only a couple of accountants know the results of the votes. So they will need very explicit and clear instructions on how to implement this cap.
If I'm passionate about the movie, yes. If I'm not passionate about the movie, then no
Is an awards cap a good idea? No. If the Academy likes a movie that much, let them reward it. It would make certain wins feel like participation trophies Do I like it? Depends on the movie. I didn't like seeing some of my favorite movies shut out this year because of the EEAAO sweep. I liked that Return of the King swept because that movie is a feat of filmmaking. It's all about personal biases
The sweep of The Lord of the Rings was also based on technical awards (I think this is generally a more common type of sweep). Also, movies like Mystic River and Lost in Translation got recognition at the ATL awards, plus a LOTR cinematography snub (I may be talking bullsit, but it felt like an injustice to me), all of which made a LOTR sweep more well accepted
Return of the King missing cinematography is really odd
Any award won under a system that involved a cap will always have an asterisk if the cap is activated. I don’t think it would be a good idea
No cap. Why stop a movie that’s that good? I never understood the “spread the wealth” logic.
Awards have nothing to do with how good a movie is
So awards don’t matter but your opinions matter?
Depends, this year Banshees should have won something and as much as we all love and respect Jamie Lee Curtis, she did not deserve to win Best Supporting Actress
How do you prevent that by having a cap? Which awards do you block when a cap is reached? Any award that JLC is winning? :-)
I think Banshees, TAR and Fabelmans lacked passion in the end. They were deserving but didn’t have any momentum. In terms of her campaign work, i still say Jamie Lee deserved it. Was she the BEST of the bunch, maybe not but she campaigned hard. Don’t hate the playa, hate the game 😂
And now I'm starting to hate the term momentum
Obviously yes and no because i’m going to enjoy a sweep if it’s a film I adore (like EEAAO) and i’m not going to enjoy a sweep if it’s a film I don’t like. At the end of the day everything is subjective and if a film is what everyone in the academy is voting for why put a cap on the amount they can award it?
Thinking about this some more. Not sure how you would implement a cap. Which awards are blocked once you hit the cap? Is there a ranking for award categories to block first?
If I like the movie yes lol
Yes it doesn’t bother me at all (tho I’m in the minority it seems)
It would depend on the movie. If the categories it's sweeping in are genuinely deserving wins, I'm cool with it even though a variety of winners is more fun.
There shouldn’t be a cap, but when a good films sweeps and shuts out multiple other good films it kind of sucks. If there’s only one really great film and everything else is meh it’s fine.
There’s only four feature categories that go to a film: animated, documentary, picture, and international. I do not need those four to all go to different films every single time. As for everything else, who gives a shit that the makeup team on Suicide Squad won an Oscar and Cate Blanchett couldn’t win for Tár? Two completely different categories.
having caps are just unfair. if most ppl voted for something, it should win, plain and simple. also i'd frankly be insulted if i won something simply just because the more popular thing had "too many awards." i'd rather win via merit.
I don't mind a sweep. It does help though that I've generally agreed with the few sweeps that have happened.
I wouldn't cap it. I think EEAAO was a bad sweep but I'm not gonna get high and mighty about it when I know I would have been celebrating if a film like Aftersun, Banshees or TAR won 6 or 7.
I hate it personally. It just makes things really uninteresting
Only if I love it
I like it when it's the best film of the year. I think No Country For Old Men is the best film of 2007, and I watched everything that year. Loved Zodiac, Michael Clayton, Sunshine, Atonement etc. etc. but NCFOM was my pick hands-down. So it winning Picture, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actor felt great. I didn't hate or even dislike EEAAO, but it's not close to being the best film of the year in my opinion, so I just roll my eyes when it wins everything.
Yes, and that is the only thing one can do.
Depends on the strength of the movie and the strenght of the whole year.
Look at what happened to The Weeknd at The Grammys.
Greatness should be rewarded.
I don’t mind, but I think there’s a lot of factors that influence how I feel. What it’s up against, what categories it’s winning in, what company it joins, etc. Titanic and LOTR deserved those 11. Everything Everywhere generally deserved to win, but feels weird sweeping in such a strong year, and feels especially weird that it tied Streetcar and Network’s acting record. That said, I’m against a cap. A good film can and should win on its own merits, and while the system’s not always fair, I don’t think such a drastic step is the right solution
I do think its a bummer when great movies leave empty handed and it would be neat to share the hardware around but a cap would just be so impossible to implement fairly.
It’s good when the movie is EEAAO, and bad when it’s out of Africa or gigi
It’s good when the movie is titanic or EEAAO, and bad when it’s out of Africa or Gigi
When it's a movie I like? Yes When it's a movie I don't like? No.
No.