Johnny Depp, Zack Snyder, Camila Cabello Fandoms Prove the Absurdity of Oscars’ Fan Favorite Initiative

variety.com:

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterOn its face, celebrating the year’s most popular films during the Academy Awards makes perfect sense — movies are a popular art, after all.

But when the Academy announced that it would celebrate the Fan Favorite movies of 2021 with a Twitter poll, anyone who has spent roughly 15 minutes on Twitter could have predicted things would get weird.Narrator: “They got weird.”On Monday, the Academy announced 10 movies that made the cut for the #OscarsFanFavorite Leaderboard, selected via hashtags and submissions on an Academy website. “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” of course, made the list — the $1.8 billion-grossing blockbuster’s lack of Oscars nominations beyond visual effects was seen by many as the catalyst for this Fan Favorite initiative in the first place.

Presenting your #OscarsFanFavorite leaderboard. Continue casting your vote by:1. Tweeting your favorite film from 2021 with the hashtag #OscarsFanFavorite2.

OR by voting on https://t.co/dadD2i7Cy0Voting closes on Thursday, March 3rd. pic.twitter.com/dqAOqFEXSy— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 28, 2022The rest of the list, however, is… odd.