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Half the examples in this page just come off as a bunch of bitching from people who\'ve never actually seen the films. I mean, American Beauty? Really? Come on. Yes, some of them are oscar bait (Clint Eastwood\'s films in particular), but that does not mean they are \'\'bad\'\'- which this article seems to imply. Look up some of these movies and see the reception they\'ve gotten. This article itself needs a complete overhaul along with the YMMV status. Maybe I say all this because I\'m good friends with a lot of film critics (though I know critics don\'t matter to a lot of people here. I should also remind people that the critics I\'m thinking of are not the \
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Half the examples in this page just come off as a bunch of bitching from people who\\\'ve never actually seen the films. I mean, American Beauty? Really? Come on. Yes, some of them are oscar bait (Clint Eastwood\\\'s films in particular), but that does not mean they are \\\'\\\'bad\\\'\\\'- which this article seems to imply. Look up some of these movies and see the reception they\\\'ve gotten. This article itself needs a complete overhaul along with the YMMV status. Maybe I say all this because I\\\'m good friends with a lot of film critics (though I know critics don\\\'t matter to a lot of people here. I should also let people know that (most) of the critics I know are not the \\\"stuffy intellectual\\\" type that I\\\'m sure many tropers think of), but many of these are \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' oscar bait. Just because a movie is drama, and just plain drama, and doesn\\\'t cater to the nerd within (as in; is not sci-fi, is not anime, and is not by an auteur director. Remove those elements and 90% of the \\\"Exceptions\\\" would be straight under oscar bait) does \\\'\\\'NOT\\\'\\\' mean it\\\'s oscar bait. If you\\\'re going to list Oscar Bait movies, \\\'\\\'at least\\\'\\\' do stuff like \\\'\\\'Amelia\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'Country Strong\\\'\\\'.
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Half the examples in this page just come off as a bunch of bitching from people who\'ve never actually seen the films. I mean, American Beauty? Really? Come on. Yes, some of them are oscar bait (Clint Eastwood\'s films in particular), but that does not mean they are \'\'bad\'\'- which this article seems to imply. Look up some of these movies and see the reception they\'ve gotten. This article itself needs a complete overhaul along with the YMMV status. Maybe I say all this because I\'m good friends with a lot of film critics (though I know critics don\'t matter to a lot of people here), but many of these are \'\'not\'\' oscar bait. Just because a movie is drama, and just plain drama, and doesn\'t cater to the nerd within (as in; is not sci-fi, is not anime, and is not by an auteur director. Remove those elements and 90% of the \
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Half the examples in this page just come off as a bunch of bitching from people who\\\'ve never actually seen the films. I mean, American Beauty? Really? Come on. Yes, some of them are oscar bait (Clint Eastwood\\\'s films in particular), but that does not mean they are \\\'\\\'bad\\\'\\\'- which this article seems to imply. Look up some of these movies and see the reception they\\\'ve gotten. This article itself needs a complete overhaul along with the YMMV status. Maybe I say all this because I\\\'m good friends with a lot of film critics (though I know critics don\\\'t matter to a lot of people here. I should also remind people that the critics I\\\'m thinking of are not the \\\"stuffy intellectual\\\" that I\\\'m sure many tropers think of, sorry, went of on an even longer tangent...), but many of these are \\\'\\\'not\\\'\\\' oscar bait. Just because a movie is drama, and just plain drama, and doesn\\\'t cater to the nerd within (as in; is not sci-fi, is not anime, and is not by an auteur director. Remove those elements and 90% of the \\\"Exceptions\\\" would be straight under oscar bait) does \\\'\\\'NOT\\\'\\\' mean it\\\'s oscar bait. If you\\\'re going to list Oscar Bait movies, \\\'\\\'at least\\\'\\\' do stuff like \\\'\\\'Amelia\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'Country Strong\\\'\\\'.
