ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE Will NOT Be Eligible For "Fan-Favorite" Prize At This Year's Academy Awards

ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE Will NOT Be Eligible For "Fan-Favorite" Prize At This Year's Academy Awards

After scrapping plans a few years ago to introduce a "Best Popular Film" category, this year's Oscars will feature a "fan-favorite" prize decided by Twitter users. However, the Snyder Cut is not eligible.

By JoshWilding - Feb 16, 2022 06:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Justice League

Ratings for the Oscars continue to decline, and many cite the Academy's inability to connect with modern audiences as being the primary issue. The ceremony has become increasingly snobbish in recent years, though, with members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences essentially patting each other on the backs for a job well done rather than recognising the movies people love.

Academy member Oprah Winfrey recently insinuated that this is because we're all too dumb to know what makes a good movie, and that will be put to the test with the new "Fan Favorite" category.

Twitter users will be given the opportunity to choose what they feel was the best movie from the past year, but there's bad news for those hoping to hijack the voting process on behalf of Zack Snyder's Justice League. The rules stipulate that, "An entrant's Favorite Movie can be any of the eligible movies for The 94th Academy Awards -- all movies are displayed on the Oscars website. Home movies or films which are/were not eligible CANNOT be used as Favorite Movie."

The Academy also provided a list of eligible movies (don't worry, Spider-Man: No Way Home is among them), and Zack Snyder's Justice League is not listed.

There's speculation online that the Academy may have deliberately made this decision due to the risk of the #RestoreTheSnyderVerse movement taking control of the vote However, there's a similar risk with Spider-Man: No Way Home given the anger and disappointment surrounding the movie being snubbed for "Best Picture," so the Academy is unlikely to get the result they want either way!

It was recently confirmed that Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes will host this year's Oscars despite speculation that Spider-Man: No Way Home star Tom Holland might be involved.

We'll find out what happens when the Oscars are held on March 27.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/16/2022, 6:30 AM
Amy Schumer.. now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time
connorblaze
connorblaze - 2/16/2022, 6:32 AM
My vote would go to Nine Days. Incredible movie, should have been nominated for its performances and script.
Origame
Origame - 2/16/2022, 6:33 AM
1) this is incredible click bait. Nowhere does it actually say the Snyder cut specifically isn't eligible, and the rules for no home release exclusives has always been the case when it comes to Oscar eligibility. So no one should think it's eligible.

2) can we stop saying no way home was snubbed? There's a difference between a fun movie and a "best picture" movie. And really no way home is very poorly written, with so many plot holes and contrivance to make it work. Don't get me wrong, I loved it and think it fixed many of the problems with the mcu Spiderman, but this is not the hill to die on when it comes to cbms being properly recognized by the academy.
MrKeyzerSoze
MrKeyzerSoze - 2/16/2022, 9:07 AM
@Origame - and of course you are riled up about this
Origame
Origame - 2/16/2022, 9:39 AM
@MrKeyzerSoze - ...well I'm not. Literally telling people to stop getting so riled up about no way home not getting the nom.

Blergh
Blergh - 2/16/2022, 6:35 AM
lol
once this was announced we ALL knew they'd try to hijack the proccess
MeAreLegend
MeAreLegend - 2/16/2022, 6:38 AM
I can’t help but feel like this is a sort of ‘pity’ award. This is just as weird as the popular film category they wanted to introduce before.
Origame
Origame - 2/16/2022, 7:01 AM
@MeAreLegend - id rather have the popular film category than this. At least there it's not as patronizing.
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 2/16/2022, 6:39 AM
One thing I certainly gained from watching ZSJL was that the wrong guy was picked to bring Ragnarok to life.

lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 2/16/2022, 7:38 AM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS - One thing I certainly gained from watching ZSJL was that the wrong guy was picked to head DC films and bring the first ever live action Justice League movie to life 😬

- 4 hours long
- Rated R
- Plot hole riddled story
- Desaturated colors or just Black & White
- Overstuffed with unnecessary side plots
- All but one JL member was sad and brooding

🤮
VileBlood
VileBlood - 2/16/2022, 8:24 AM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS - Snyder gave us a Darkseid who simply forgot the location of an entire planet. Imagine how dumb Ragnarok would have been in the hands of Snyder?
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 2/16/2022, 9:38 AM
@lordSTALE - Well, by that token, it's "pick your poison" situation, then. Because if there's a choice between an accurate, but storytelling-wise flawed telling of the Ragnarok story, but with epic scale, dark tone, and stakes vs. A disjointed mess of a comedy where characters are stock comic reliefs and stakes and worldbuilding are reduced to atoms, I say I'll pick the former.
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 2/16/2022, 9:41 AM
@obredaan - And Taika Waititi gave us a Ragnarok story where three of Thor's best friends die and he never mentions their names, one is missing and he also doesn't bother asking where is she, and Hela, the all-knowing first born of Odin, can't figure out that Odin's spear, which sits right next to her tight ass, can also open the Bifrost, but doesn't use it.

I say I'd still prefer Snyder's take, no matter the storytelling flaws. Because Taika Waitit's version had storytelling flaws (well, the story was one giant flaw in itself) and no true representation of what Ragnarok is. If Zaddy would give me a badass battle between Thor and Jormugand, I say I'd more happy than I ever was with what we got.
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 2/16/2022, 11:28 AM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS - Well, it seems like you're implying Snyder would have been better for Ragnarok

Quite the choices of poison

On the hand, you have the guy that most people agree saved the Thor franchise from mediocrity, by yes making it more Guardians of the Galaxy than Shakespearian melodrama. On the other hand, you have the guy that epically failed with most of the iconic properties/heroes in comic history, who by his own admission hates having heroes have deep or lengthy conversations while in costume (which is also evident in JL) and who can't help but completely screw up the characters and also the main plot by overstuffing his movies with side stories and "cart-before-the-horse" world-building

I'd pick the amazing critically acclaimed sci-fi rock opera comedy, over whatever overlong messy unfocused pretentious trainwreck Snyder would make. Judging by the results of both franchises, I think a vast majority would agree with me 🤷🏽‍♂️
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 2/16/2022, 11:49 AM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS - So Thor doesn't stop the movie cold to question where his friends are and weep, and you think that's a flaw. That does make sense, considering you're definitely a fan of movies that stop the entire main plot to focus on completely unnecessary teases for future movies (Knightmare* and email) and also to cram a character's entire origin story into an ensemble film

Your big plot hole from Ragnarok is that Hela, who was never described as "all-knowing," didn't know that Odin's spear could open the bifrost, which has never been shown to be widely known. Meanwhile, Snyder has the Justice League completely forget about the motherbox once Superman is revived, has Darkseid and everyone from Apokalyps just forget where earth is

Are you sure your Zaddy would have given you Thor vs Jormugand, or would he have had Jormugand just stand there like a coward or idiot on the other side of a very open portal just staring at Thor instead of jumping through for the fight and getting what he's desired for millennia? 🤨

*Knightmare sequence may never have a future movie to continue that subplot 😬
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 2/17/2022, 4:34 AM
@lordSTALE - "So Thor doesn't stop the movie cold to question where his friends are and weep, and you think that's a flaw."

I don't think "it is a flaw". It's a just a flaw, period. Not only does it undo what the previous two Thor flicks did with them (Thor 2 to a much lesser extent), but also makes Thor an apathetic asshole. His friends are dead, and he cares not. And Lady Sif... Yeah, he definitely cared where she was in all this. Worst of all, Taika Waitti straight up said in, in an interview on YouTube, that Sif was written just for the sake of it, because he couldn't bother addressing it.

"That does make sense, considering you're definitely a fan of movies that stop the entire main plot to focus on"

Characters being consistent and having an appropriate emotional reaction to when someone they have an established relationship dies.

"completely unnecessary teases for future movies"

Not like the MCU isn't guilty of that.

"and also to cram a character's entire origin story into an ensemble film"

Same thing in Thor Ragnarok. Hela's whole history, which could be a film of its own, is stuffed into bunch of boring exposition and nothing more. Not even flashbacks to accompany it.

"Your big plot hole from Ragnarok is that Hela, who was never described as "all-knowing," didn't know that Odin's spear could open the bifrost,"

Yeah, it's a "bit" of a plot hole. She should know that. She knows for certain the roof in Asgard's palace, the one that conveniently tells her backstory, still remains, and that there's an army hidden in the basement. I say knowing what Odin's weapon can do should be right up her alley of knowledge.

"which has never been shown to be widely known."

It was shown in the first movie.

"Meanwhile, Snyder has the Justice League completely forget about the motherbox once Superman is revived, has Darkseid and everyone from Apokalyps just forget where earth is"

I think that's on Terrio, not Snyder. And my point was about the aesthetic of Snyder, a grimdark capeshit machismo shit. Which would be perfect for the story of Ragnarok.

"Are you sure your Zaddy would have given you Thor vs Jormugand,"

Let's see... He likes myths, he thinks of superheroes as mythic beings, and he likes big spectacle. Yeah, I think doing a big fight between a literal god and a giant snake would be something he'd get his hands on.

"or would he have had Jormugand just stand there like a coward or idiot on the other side of a very open portal just staring at Thor instead of jumping through for the fight and getting what he's desired for millennia? 🤨"

Well, he's a villain, after all. His inaction would hurt nobody. Meanwhile, imagine introducing the character of Brunhilde, who in the comics is an honorable shield-maiden who do-or-die for Asgard, and turning her into a drunk slob whose refusal to let Thor go and save his people have led to people dying, including his friends. Now that's some real problem right here.

"*Knightmare sequence may never have a future movie to continue that subplot 😬"

You keep referring to the Knightmare scene, even tho that gif has nothing to do with it. It's from History Lesson segment.
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 2/17/2022, 4:41 AM
@lordSTALE - "Well, it seems like you're implying Snyder would have been better for Ragnarok"

He would. No implying. Aesthetically it would better, for certain. And character deaths would be treated with more weight, for sure.

"Quite the choices of poison"

Uh-huh.

"On the hand, you have the guy that most people agree saved the Thor franchise from mediocrity,"

By making Thor not care about his friends, write out Lady Sif, and give him semi-love-interest in the face of a drunk slob whose refusal to let Thor go and save his people have caused the deaths of his friends and people. Nice.

"by yes making it more Guardians of the Galaxy than Shakespearian melodrama."

Previous Thor movies were never Shakesperean melodramas. Half the first movie is Thor being a goofball stuck in a romantic comedy. The second movie's final act Jane Foster and her annoying friends helping Thor save the world.

"On the other hand, you have the guy that epically failed with most of the iconic properties/heroes in comic history,"

Taika Waitit failed at capturing the essence of a thousands-year-old myth that have inspired the works of Tolkien and others. I say he [frick]ed up worse.

"who by his own admission hates having heroes have deep or lengthy conversations while in costume "

Oh, really... I guess he and Taika have more in common than I thought.




"I'd pick the amazing critically acclaimed sci-fi rock opera comedy, over whatever overlong messy unfocused pretentious trainwreck Snyder would make. Judging by the results of both franchises, I think a vast majority would agree with me "


The vast majority of those people do not care for Thor or his stories outside movies, so I say that's not really an argument when I was clamoring for an accurate to the myths and comics depiction of Ragnarok.
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 2/17/2022, 9:20 AM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS - I'm not reading all of that from a Snyderbot, sorry

No one can take you guys seriously, but maybe you can learn to take an L. Because your Zaddy brought a "Ragnarok" to his own franchise and he definitely would have brought something worse than Dark World, instead we got a really great movie that saved Thor and his franchise 😏🤷🏽‍♂️
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 2/18/2022, 10:47 AM
@lordSTALE - Thor The Dark World was putrid garbage not because it was dark (because it really wasn't), but because it YET AGAIN stripped Thor away from his home and put him alongside earthlings, with terrible comedy sprinkled here and there. If it was actually a movie like the opening promised us, Asgardians vs. Dark Elves going at each other LOTR style, it would certainly be better. And Zaddy would definitely do it like that, since 300 is the blueprint for that kind of story.

Also, "snyderbot" is a term coined by that infamous Internet Nazi named Kellum, who, just like you, has a hate boner for Snyder. So consider not using it.
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 2/18/2022, 1:49 PM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS - I'm not sure who said The Dark World wasn't good "because it was dark", it seems like you're pulling that out of your ass. All I said is Snyder's Thor movie would be worse than arguably the worse MCU movie (TDW)

Like I said, given the way your "Zaddy" (🤮) has handled Darkseid, don't be surprised if Jormugand got wrecked early in the movie, made to look like an idiot for forgetting the most important thing to him, then like coward who was sidelined until a sequel that may never happen. But he would have a completely nonsensical stare-down with Thor though so... 😂😂😂

His recent DC trainwrecks would be the blueprint for any future comic projects, because he can't help himself. He'll only try to be more pretentious, with more overstuffing with side plots and religious imagery, shoving his head further and further up his own ass, and you Snyderbots will always eat that dogshit up 🤦🏽‍♂️
URCOMMENTSUCKS
URCOMMENTSUCKS - 2/19/2022, 9:40 AM
@lordSTALE - You're still here whining? I thought you said you was done, you was not gonna read my comments. But since you insist on the continuation of the argument.

"I'm not sure who said The Dark World wasn't good "because it was dark"

Let's see... Most of the Internet?

"it seems like you're pulling that out of your ass."

It's true and you know it.

"All I said is Snyder's Thor movie would be worse than arguably the worse MCU movie (TDW)"

And aruibly it would be more like a Thor movie Thor fans have always wanted.

"Like I said, given the way your "Zaddy" (🤮) has handled Darkseid,"

As a menacing as all FCK space tyrant?

"don't be surprised if Jormugand got wrecked early in the movie,"

Or: Won't be surprised if Zaddy will make an epic monster battle between Thor and a 28km-long snake.

"made to look like an idiot for forgetting the most important thing to him,"

I'm sure if there was a sequel, they would come up with something to cover that up.

"then like coward who was sidelined until a sequel that may never happen."

Yet still not as godawful as having Brunhilde as a trash collector who refuses to let Thor go and save his people until the very end.

"But he would have a completely nonsensical stare-down with Thor though so... 😂😂😂"

So just like Hela, who in the beginning was shown to thrown those deadly darts into every direction, but during the third act she can't no longer do that and instead plays with her enemies instead of offing them like she did those Asgardian soldiers.

"His recent DC trainwrecks"

ZSJL was successful and most peeps liked it. It's okay, you can admit it. It won't hurt.

"He'll only try to be more pretentious,"

Fine by me. Thor's a pretentious character. He never jokes, never uses sarcasm, and speaks with archaic English dialect.

"with more overstuffing with side plots"

Like a needless Planet Hulk subplot that has nothing to do with Ragnarok?

"and religious imagery,"

Uh, yeah, such an odd concept to see religious imagery in a movie that's based on a comic that's based on pagan beliefs.

"shoving his head further and further up his own ass,"

You are two common in thatr one.

"and you Snyderbots will always eat that dogshit up"

Pal, you're defending a scene where Thor's best friends die pointless deaths and he never shows any concern for their well-being. Spare me of that talk, please. The cringey dialogue in Thor Ragnarok involving anal jokes and Miek's poop is twenty million times worse than granny's peach tea.
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 2/19/2022, 10:26 AM
@URCOMMENTSUCKS - Again I'm not reading all of that from a Snyderbot, sorry

Learn to take the L and move on, just like your Zaddy has 🤷🏽‍♂️
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 2/16/2022, 6:51 AM
To be honest, it's hilarious that the Oscars even have to gatekeep the category they created to counteract all of the rest of their ridiculous gatekeeping.
Moriakum
Moriakum - 2/16/2022, 6:58 AM
I hope Space Jam wins.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 2/16/2022, 7:09 AM
By tweets? it would have won.
This whole thing is a joke, anyway.
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 2/16/2022, 7:26 AM
😂😂😂

The Snyder Cultists on Twitter are going to be pissed
NHartMusic
NHartMusic - 2/16/2022, 7:30 AM
good
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/16/2022, 7:47 AM
on one hand, good, the Snyderbots would've been awake 24/7 spamming that sh*t until the last minute.
on the other hand, this award is dumb. first of all, no prize coming from a Twitter poll has any meaning. and second of all, this is the Academy being a bunch of cowards. either put up and actually start considering popular crowd-pleasing CG heavy movies as actual contenders, or just don't. till then this is just a pity award, almost condescending.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 2/16/2022, 7:51 AM
Oh well, I for one am glad that some guidelines were stated and am sure they will be followed.
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