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Old 02-02-2010, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06 View Post
From what I understand, they wanted more "popular" movies to be included in the Best Picture category. Three of 2009's Top 10-grossing movies received nominations: Avatar, The Blind Side, and Up. Last year's Best Picture nominations included zero top 10 hits (No Country For Old Men, Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, and There Will Be Blood).
Last year's nomination slate was extremely strong, though, in my opinion. All of those were excellent movies.
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