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It’s Not Just Dune 2: The Oscars Have Been Wrongly Excluding Films for Years
ComicBook.comStory by Archie Fenn
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Dune: Part Two's Oscar exclusion shines a light on the Academy's outdated, inconsistent rules that have wrongly sidelined blockbuster films for decades
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- Denis Villeneuve is appealing the Academy's decision to bar Hans Zimmer's Dune: Part Two score from the Best Original Score category, calling it "one of the most beautiful scores Hans has ever written
- The Academy has a history of excluding acclaimed blockbusters like The Dark Knight and Tron from major categories due to nonsensical rules, favoring more traditional, 'Oscar-friendly' films
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Denis Villeneuve, Hans Zimmer, Javier Bardem, Johann Johannson, Max Richter, Johnny Greenwood, Cliff Martinez, Clint Mansell, Christopher Nolan, John Williams, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Warner Bros., Variety, Rotten Tomatoes, Dune: Part Two, Arrival, There Will Be Blood, The Master, Drive, Black Swan, The Dark Knight, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Tron, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dragonslayer, Godzilla Minus One