Last month, we introduced you to the rant pushed by the fans of the latest marvel movie Spider-Man : No Way Home when the latter was not nominated for Best Picture Oscar this year, despite the undeniable success it has met with. So, after Kevin Smith and Jimmy Kimmel, it’s the turn of Samuel L. Jackson to say whatever is on his mind.
an oscar for the most popular film?
On the occasion of the 94th Academy Awards which will take place on March 27 this year, the Academy had recently announced that it had decided to involve the public in a more direct and concrete way. In association with Twitter, she then set up the “Oscar Fan Favorite”, where everyone can vote for their favorite film. But the latter has recently been strongly criticized for these unreliable results.
If the initiative is still somewhat wobbly in its application, the idea still has the merit of being kept, that’s what Samuel L. Jackson thinks of it anyway. In a recent interview with the Timesthe American actor suggested that the Oscars should shine more light on films that attract and bring people together in cinemas, with the creation of an “Oscar for the most popular film”.
There should be an Oscar for the most popular movie. Because that’s what business is all about! Spider-Man : No Way Home should be rewarded this year [car] he did what movies know how to do: bring people together in a big dark room…
All films are valid. Some go to the movies to get emotional dearly. Some like superheroes. There are people who have had successful careers but no one can recite a single line from just one of their roles. Me, I’m the guy who says “shit” and we put on T-shirts!”.
finally an oscar for samuel l. jackson?
Indeed, if Samuel L. Jackson is one of the most recognized actors in the world, however, he never had an award at the Academy Awards. That’s why the actor feels he should already have an Oscar under his belt at this point in his career. The only Oscar nomination he received was for Best Supporting Actor. For the movie Pulp Fiction (1994) by Quentin Tarantino, and Jackson to declare: “I should have won that one”.
But that year, Jackson bowed to Martin Landau for his role in Ed Wood. The actor remarked that he also missed out on another Oscar for the film Jungle Fever (1991) de Spike Lee, for which he hadn’t even been nominated. At the time, Harvey Keitel and Ben Kingsley had taken the place for their role in the film Bugsy (1991), much to Jackson’s chagrin.
My wife and I went to see Bugsy. Damn it ! They were named and not me? I guess black people usually win for doing despicable things on screen. Like Denzel [Washington] in horrible cop in Training Day. All the great things he’s done in uplifting roles like Malcolm X ? No, we’ll give it to him when he plays that motherfucker. So maybe I should have won one. But the Oscars don’t move the decimal on your check. It’s the amount of asses you get to move in theaters that makes your mark and I’ve done a good job of that.
But this year, Samuel L. Jackson will then receive an honorary Oscar at the 2022 Governors Awards March 25, two days before the big Hollywood ceremony.