Traditionally, the Academy Awards ceremony is one of the most-watched events on television every year. Recently, however, it has sunk to the level of other awards shows that have begun to wan in popularity.

No one wants to watch four and a half hours of programming for a show where none of the people deciding who wins what award (or even just who gets nominated) care about the opinion of the general public.

Always Watching, a blog dedicated to reporting the latest news in film and television, has posted a list of “10 Reasons Why I Won’t Be Watching the Oscars This Year.” The writer, Adam Quigley, successfully breaks down each entry on his list with a passion and fury that I haven’t seen directed at an awards show in years. And the best part is he’s right–about everything!

The second entry on his list (from the top, they’re not numbered) discusses the travesty that is Eddie Murphy’s Norbit receiving an Oscar nomination while Zack Snyder’s 300 goes unnoticed. I have no words, at least none appropriate for publishing. What in the world did Norbit receive a nomination for, you ask? Best Makeup. What should 300 have received a nomination for? Oh, let’s see. Best Visual Effects, Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Gerard Butler), Best Actress (Lena Headey), Best Movie of All Time Ever–the list could go on.

I was ready to boycott the awards for that reason alone. But it gets worse. Eddie Vedder’s soundtrack for Into the Wild did not receive a nomination for Original Music Score. Because it had too many songs. A soundtrack can have too many songs? In the words of the great Oz (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), “This is all making the kind of sense that’s not.”

The ludicrous rules that these awards seem to be decided by has put a bad taste in the mouths of viewers at home, which will hopefully be acknowledged by a low ratings report the day after. Perhaps if the Academy realizes that they can’t simply make money off of us while simultaneously ignoring all of our opinions voiced over the last year, then there’s a good chance the awards will sing a different tune when the nominations are announced eleven months from now.

Not convinced? Read more of the outrageous oversights and snubs from this year’s Oscars here.

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Tags: the Oscars, the Academy Awards, 2008 Academy Awards, Norbit, 300, Into the Wild, Always Watching, Adam Quigley

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