Gitesh Pandya
Gitesh Pandya
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People outside the Hollywood mainstream were the ones making the films that were most compelling. It might be an indication of the growing divide in this business. The big studios are more and more focused on making money and making what sells.
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Typically, the big computer-animated films are spaced out four or five months apart. It is very odd that so many of these are squeezed together.
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When there's a popular film like 'Lord of the Rings' or 'Titanic,' audiences will tune in to watch their favorite films get crowned. We didn't have that this year.
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This year a lot of the winning films have subject matter that isn't necessarily mainstream. It's daring studios and filmmakers to make these films.
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When you look at 2005, which overflowed with remakes and sequels, I think that the Academy recognized that the best films came from independent filmmakers not the big studios.
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It should not have been a surprise that these films made so much money. We've seen it before and often times Hollywood forgets that.
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It's films like 'Sideways' and 'Super Size Me' that make folks realize that low-budget films are attractive because you can spend less to reach profitability.
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A one-year gap between films is pushing it as it is. Normally you want two years between sequels. An audience needs a little time to regroup.
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After Sept. 11, Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Collateral Damage,' about a fireman who loses his family to terrorists, was delayed a year - and it opened at No. 1, ... After the East Coast sniper case, 'Phone Booth' was delayed, and that opened at No. 1. Delaying these films to a more marketable date helped both of them.
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I think this shows a growing divide between the expensive Hollywood films, which make a lot of money, and the artistic lower budget films which are made more from quality.
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In the U.S., a movie like 'Saw' made a lot of money. You look at horror films in India, they're almost non-existent. It's not what the masses want to see.
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These are bold films in the sense they are tackling subject matter that's daring. This year there is tremendous upside for these films because there is a huge audience ahead of them. They reached only a fraction of the total audience.
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Both of these movies would have to be bigger smashes than anyone expects to erase that gap, and that's probably not going to happen.
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Even if you get a nomination for best picture but have no chance in hell of winning you can reap incredible profits at the box office.