Statistics and the Oscar nominations

[GonzoStyle]

first off if you really think about it, there aren't thousands of movies that come out in a year. Maybe back in the 20's and 30's when studios were cranking out a movie a week and even then there weren't thousands. Think about the 1,2 or 3 movies that premiere every week and think about how many of them are crap. There really aren't many "great" films being put out, it's mainly formulatic "blockbusters" which may be visually pretty but for the most part are shallow films. It usually boils down to a handful of movies that deserve any recognition. Though yes there are many times when a film or actor gets missed for a nomination but even that falls into a handful category out of all the films that come out. In the end i'd say maybe 15-30 movies max in a year deserve any recognition.