Ten? My wife mentioned this the other day over dinner and it seems bizarre that ten films will be nominated for best picture at next year's Academy Awards.
To be perfectly honest, five is the best number for the award. If a certain film didn't make the ballot then you have to take it on the chin. If you extend it to ten films then why not 12? Or just open it up to every film released within the window. Now that would be an interesting nomination list. Would Crash have triumphed over, say, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid in 2005? I smell a potential upset!
Also, one imagines many academy members struggle to view five nominated pictures a year; ten's going to really overwhelm their time. I guess they can squeeze in a screening or two between shuffleboard and the afternoon nap....
