Film Crit Hulk: The Oscars aren't about the Best but the Most
All the way back in 2011 Film Crit Hulk wrote a blogpost that I still think about a lot. In it, Hulk lays out how most people, when talking about film, focus on tangible details and in doing so often miss the real issue that's bothering them. We all watch films. We have seen loads of them. And if we see a film that on some level isn’t working the way it should, we can usually tell. But unless you are a professional working in the industry, or a film scholar, chances are that in analyzing the problem you focus on a tangible detail, something that clearly stands out, instead of the real problem which is often more technical. Examples of tangible details are: focusing on how an actor looks instead of how they perform, confusing beautiful imagery with good cinematography, or assuming that strong dialogue automatically means good screenwriting. In the middle of the blogpost Hulk shares a theory about the Oscars, that beautifully summarizes his concept of tangible details. The Oscars ar...
