I enjoy the Oscars, sort of a Movie Slut's Superbowl, but there are a lot of award categories I could really care less about. Best Picture on the other hand, is not only the one that matters to me, but the one that matters to the Academy too. It's not just actors, directors, editing, etc. It's all of that plus story and stories are what I'm all about.
I think movies are better viewed as whole, rather than the sum of their parts. I think that's what the Best Picture award does, or tries to do at least. Browsing DVDs, seeing that little "Academy Award for Best Picture" tag lets me know that even if the movie's not in one of my preferred genres, it'll probably still be pretty fucking good.
Every year, I make a point to see all the movies nominated for Best Picture since those are the five films of the whole year that the crotchety old Academy considers the best. Normally, I don't take a critic's opinion of a film too heavily, but the guys in the Academy have been making movies for a long fucking time.
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