“I think Get Out is a movie that we wouldn’t have necessarily thought of as an Academy movie two years ago.
Another anonymous Academy member discussed Get Out, saying it doesn’t really fit into any of the typical “boxes” that Academy Award-worthy movies do.
Movies like Get Out, which is nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya) and Best Original Screenplay, and The Shape of Water, which has a great shot at winning Best Picture, feel like movies that wouldn’t have even been nominated just a few years ago.
It looks like Get Out’s chances of winning Best Picture at the Academy Awards this weekend are slim, as some older Academy members have stated that they feel the horror/thriller is “not an Oscar film.”