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    Avatar for Oscar?

    Seattle, Washington (CNN) -- While dramatizing the against-the-odds rescue of a noble, harmonious alien society called the Na'vi, James Cameron's "Avatar" may also effectuate the rescue of a nasty, contentious alien society known as Hollywood -- or at least save Tinseltown's annual Oscar extravaganza from its long-term ratings slump.

    The annual Academy Awards telecast used to be one of the big, unifying cultural events that most Americans shared and talked about -- like the Super Bowl, or presidential election night, or Christmas Eve. As recently as the 1990's, more than 40 million U.S. viewers -- according to The Nielsen Company -- watched the broadcast in whole or in part, and spoke the next day about the best and worst gowns, the dumbest acceptance speeches, and the biggest surprises in the major categories.

    Beginning with the awards for the film year 2003, however, the ratings for Hollywood's big show took a sharp turn for the worse, dipping consistently below the 40 million figure (despite sharply increased population) and reaching an all-time low in 2008, according to Nielsen.

    'The problem wasn't the quality of the hosts or the clumsiness of the big musical numbers, but the year-after-year nature of the top nominated films, with deeply depressing, art-house fare ("Million Dollar Baby," "Crash") reliably crowding out more popular releases.
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    It's an interesting thought that Avatar's popularity may cause huge numbers of fans to tune in on the night, but if the film comes away with only a few technical Oscars, the award show may suffer a backlash for a long time, and see its ratings decline further.
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    The problem with the Oscars is that no one bloody cares anymore. After they gave Shakespeare in Love the best picture award instead of Saving Private Ryan, I gave up on them too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mshah View Post
    The problem with the Oscars is that no one bloody cares anymore. After they gave Shakespeare in Love the best picture award instead of Saving Private Ryan, I gave up on them too.
    I agree with you mshah but I think Oscars were given to the movie which people likes most. And I personally thinks that Shakespeare in Love should get the best story despite of best pictures.
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    Ya oscar have some different criterion for selecting the movies. We should not blame them entirely but they go with the user's choice as well.
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    You might think that but I am sure that this time avatar is going to hatch many awards in the oscar. What u all say?
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    I am sure that Avatar is going to extract many awards in the oscar this season. So just wait a little and then see the awards collection out there.
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    Yes! I was also waiting for the Oscars and I'll be really happy to see when Avatar got all the records..!! But Hope to see other movies got the awards too.
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    haha avatar should be given every award possible. Even if its for the best porno, its that good of a movie haha deserves all awards imaginable.
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    It would be an outrage for Avatar to not receive and Oscar.
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