Why Oscars' new Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film category is a joke on the filmmakers and viewers

The Oscars has for a long time enjoyed its seat high up on the pedestal, but this recent addition of Popular Film Category can easily pull it down from its position of authority.
UPDATED AUG 9, 2018

So what makes a good film? Is it the soundtrack or the color palette or the script or is it just about some good acting? Probably all of it together. However, a good film is always something that appeals to its viewers in undefined ways. In 'Call Me By Your Name', when you see Elio and Oliver cycle down the well-trodden paths of the countryside in Italy, and the frame gradually slides from the left corner to the right to capture both the characters in full length, you cannot help but notice love bloom in the sun-splashed fields. That is the genius of filmmaking. It shows you things. 

The Oscar Awards is held in high regard. It offers immense prestige value and has earned the position as one of the highest symbols of achievement in global entertainment by giving out awards to the deserving women and men of the industry whose films have touched the pinnacle of the subtle art of filmmaking. While throughout the years, it has been recognizing the various categories that make a good movie like set designing, screenplay, direction, and cinematography, the Oscars seem to be now more inclined into appeasing the common mass. Recognizing an entirely new category for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Films is not only a fall for the Academy Awards, but is also a departure from its initial ethic to give due recognition to good filmmaking. 

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