CINDERELLA, Not SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, Is Currently Leading The Oscar's "Fan Favorite" Film Vote

CINDERELLA, Not SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, Is Currently Leading The Oscar's "Fan Favorite" Film Vote

If you were hoping Spider-Man: No Way Home might hijack the "Fan Favorite" vote at this year's Academy Awards, guess again, because it appears to be a distant second to Amazon Prime Video's Cinderella...

By JoshWilding - Feb 20, 2022 12:02 PM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home
Source: Deadline

After attempts to launch a "Popular Movie" category at the Oscars fell flat a few years ago, the Academy is looking to drive up interest in the show by getting fans to name their favourite film on social media. Using the #OscarsFanFavorite hashtag, moviegoers are able to choose the title they think is most deserving of being recognised, so Spider-Man: No Way Home is a shoo-in, right?

Not quite. 

According to Deadline, Zack Snyder's Justice League would have easily won had it been eligible. #ReleaseTheSnyderCut and #RestoreTheSnyderVerse fans have been voting for the movie on Twitter in their droves, but not a single one of their Tweets will be recognised as the four-hour blockbuster is not on the list of potential candidates.

While Spider-Man: No Way Home was in the lead to begin with, the trade reveals that Prime Video's streaming Cinderella (starring Camila Cabello) has taken the #1 spot and is well ahead of the Marvel Studios movie. The musical is actually another Sony Pictures title, though they offloaded it to Amazon during the pandemic. Johnny Depp fans appear to be as passionate as Cabello's, as Minimata, which scored no nominations, has also been making some headway.

The trade spoke to a couple of Academy members, with one saying "I’m trying to think of a dumber move the Academy has made. Sure, there are thousands, but quite possibly this could be it." Another added, "Wait. Did I read this right? Why is the Academy handing out Oscars voted by fans tweets? What’s next? Best Movie Kiss? I’m starting not to care about the Oscars. Sigh."

Oh, and for those of you wondering, there will be no physical Oscar handed out to the movie that wins this vote. So, it's actually a pretty meaningless stunt to drive up ratings for this year's ceremony.

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Evansly
Evansly - 2/20/2022, 12:13 PM
Lol
Fogs
Fogs - 2/20/2022, 2:32 PM
@Evansly - LOL indeed. Now I want to see the hardcore NWH Oscar enthusiasts defending the majority-voted cinderella if that's the case. Or popularity only counts when it's your movie?
PantherKing
PantherKing - 2/20/2022, 4:41 PM
@Fogs - Oh wait you think the people are being serious and about trolling the Oscar’s
The1st
The1st - 2/20/2022, 8:28 PM
@Evansly -


Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 2/20/2022, 8:56 PM
@PantherKing - I'm serious in trolling the Oscars.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/20/2022, 12:14 PM
and this is why you don't make awards based on votes on social media platforms.
Himura
Himura - 2/20/2022, 4:21 PM
@Spidey91 - This is starting to turn into the People's Choice Awards
The1st
The1st - 2/21/2022, 12:56 PM
@Spidey91 - And yet...people make decisions based on them. Ai yi yi.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 2/20/2022, 12:15 PM
I hate-watched this awhile ago. It was hilarious.
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 2/21/2022, 3:33 AM
@SpideyPuffsMJ - there's only one Man that can bring me back to award shows...

GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/20/2022, 12:15 PM
Wasn’t Cinderella UNIVERSALLY HATED AND RIDICULED
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 2/20/2022, 12:16 PM
@BlackBeltJones - Wasn't the big thing people were talking about was that the girl was vocally inept and couldn't sing?
Kumkani
Kumkani - 2/20/2022, 12:17 PM
@BlackBeltJones - Never underestimate the power of Brazilian (pop music) fans. These guys mobilize like crazy on social media, especially Twitter.

Hell we've seen several Brazilians in the Snyder Cut movement. They're something else.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 2/20/2022, 12:20 PM
@MCUKnight11 - She was in a mildly successful girl group some years ago but her voice is just grating to the ears.

I think some people don't like her though because she has a racist past.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/20/2022, 12:21 PM
@Kumkani - wow. I’ve see a huge Brazilian presence in the Snyder cut movement and never understood it.
Nightmare
Nightmare - 2/20/2022, 12:17 PM
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/20/2022, 12:17 PM
we already pick what our favorite movies of the year are, with our freakin' WALLETS. we go to the theatres, we buy them on digital platforms, we stream them, we buy the dvds or blu-rays, how did the Academy think this was remotely close to a good idea is beyond me. not to mention it's meaningless without the actual thing that validates the award, i.e., the statue.
datfigures
datfigures - 2/20/2022, 12:17 PM
Didn’t even know this movie existed. And it’s not because I live in CBM bubble. I just don’t even recall any promotion or talk about it.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 2/20/2022, 12:21 PM
If this is a troll I actually love this idea haha
dragon316
dragon316 - 2/20/2022, 12:23 PM
@Nightwing1015 - do think it’s fake joke it wouldn’t be news
Origame
Origame - 2/20/2022, 1:56 PM
@dragon316 - ...he's saying the spam voting of Cinderella is the troll.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 2/20/2022, 12:21 PM
Oscars going out sad
comicfan100
comicfan100 - 2/20/2022, 12:25 PM
You've gotta be kidding me. I love movie musicals, but this was a MAJOR miss.
dragon316
dragon316 - 2/20/2022, 12:26 PM
Does anyone watched these shows golden globes and enemy’s I stopped watching pirates of carribian didn’t win when all other movies that are long and boring did win movies I had no intention to see and watch
Malatrova234
Malatrova234 - 2/20/2022, 12:28 PM
Im glad it was an amazing Cinderella version
Deklipz
Deklipz - 2/20/2022, 12:40 PM
@Malatrova234 - It wasn’t though? It was a pretty bad movie in general and downright horrible as musicals go.
Malatrova234
Malatrova234 - 2/20/2022, 4:15 PM
@Deklipz - i respect your opinion, the movie was groundbreaking in a time when the diversity is being attacked so it was amazing.
Deklipz
Deklipz - 2/20/2022, 8:05 PM
@Malatrova234 - @Malatrova234 - I respectfully disagree. Nothing is amazing about diversity just for the sake of diversity when the end product is a pile of shit. This is the Cinderella version of Tranks FF. Diversity by mandate. It's just pandering, and using a shitty human being to do it at that. If you think pandering is amazing, or shitty singing is amazing, or crappy acting and horrible writing is amazing just because of a diverse cast than you are part of the problem.
MovieMonster
MovieMonster - 2/20/2022, 12:29 PM
This has to be the work of Twitter trolls, right?
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