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Why ‘Best Picture’ Is Now Meaningless

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The Oscar for Best Picture will go to…who cares? With pundits predicting a win for The Revenant, we examine why the biggest award in Hollywood has become its most embarrassing.

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The Revenant is the worst film nominated for Best Picture this year. And it will probably win the Oscar.

“The worst” isn’t just an arbitrary opinion on the film’s strange emotional distance and beautifully shot boringness; it’s a collective consensus.

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