Adam Mounir

In the first of its kind, "Black Panther" was nominated for the Oscar for best film, making it the first superhero movie to be nominated for the award.

Some observers saw this nomination as an official recognition of the development and quality of these films year after year, while there were other views that this nomination is not worthy and that the film got only because it belongs to a black hero, and this opinion many of the evidence that supports him.

Oscar is very white .. Oscar is very black
In 2016, the angry Oscar nominations for "Oscars too white", in reference to the absence of any actor, actress or even a dark-skinned director in the nominations, despite the presence of those who performed well qualified for nomination , Such as Idris Alba for his role in the film "Beasts of No Nation".

The following year, nominations included many dark-skinned people, most of whom were eligible to be nominated. The awards were distributed by half and a half to go to the Best Actor and Best Actress Award for White Artists, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Dark-skinned Actors.

The end of the concert was an unprecedented surprise for a mistake in the awarding of the best film award before going to Moonlight, a full-fledged event of African-American personalities. Questions were raised again: Racism against blacks, or are they really worth prizes, and would they have gone to the same names anyway?

This certainly casts a shadow over the nomination of "The Black Panther," which is the first film of the supernatural supernatural hero, but a step taken by the academy months ago raised more questions.

Best Public Film Award
In August, the Oscar-winning Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a statement announcing its intention to launch a new award, the Best Achievement Award in a popular film, to be awarded for the first time at the 2019 ceremony. But a month later, Another statement announcing the postponement of this award indefinitely.

The films that won the Best Film award in recent years have not been the ones that have generated huge revenues, and therefore this affects the viewing rates and interaction with the awards.

In contrast, the awarding of an award for a popular film ignores several Oscar films for the best film of previous years. Films such as Gladiator, Chicago and The Departed all have good numbers At the box office at the time of presentation.

Certainly, the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which was the highest-grossing film in 2003, won the Oscar for Best Film, along with ten other record-breaking awards . So Faisal is the technical level of the film and not its revenue.

When it was announced that the "Mass Movie" was announced, the black leopard was immediately turned into the highest revenue film in America in 2018, the third highest-grossing film in history. When the award was delayed, As compensation for the deferred prize, and to sue the huge audience that loved the film, not because his level qualifies for it.

But what if the level of the film really qualifies for this nomination?

After years of superheroes .. Why "black leopard"?
The film received positive reviews by 97% of 446 critics who rated the movie on Rotten Tomatoes as one of the top films with positive ratings. This means that critics and the public have agreed to love this film; but let's get closer.

The ethnic aspect can not be separated from the success of this film. On several sites, including Forbes, I refer to the cultural transformation of the film by presenting an African-American hero, and the difference here was a great motivation to watch and celebrate the film. But if we look back at the film itself, we have a film that is already distinctive on several levels, but it is hard to say that it has made a milestone in the history of superhero films.

If the film is compared with films like "The Dark Knight", we will not find the same exciting rhythm or multiple coups in the scenario that broke the viewer's expectations, and certainly will not find evil like the joker.

The film will also not be technically comparable to Logan, who has presented an Oscar-winning screenplay for the best screenplay, as well as a dark visual ambience that was brilliantly preserved by the film's director, bringing a worthy end to a beloved hero like Wolverine.

Last year, we saw the movie Avengers: Infinity War, which was able to paint a very special character of the evil character Thanos, and Etzana is often difficult to achieve among a large number of key characters, including the Black Panther, the viewer did not feel the absence or presence None of these characters overshadows the rest. The film made less than $ 20 million in revenue from the Black Panther.

But Oscars decided to turn a blind eye to all these films to give his first nomination of superhero films in the best movie category, "The Black Panther."

However, the year 2018 in American cinema has not been a rich year, and this is evident from the nomination of several non-American films in more than one category. This may be a pretext for choosing the "black leopard" in the best film category, but it is very difficult to find a convincing justification for winning The film was awarded.