Army of the Dead wins the Oscar for Fan Favorite Movie

The winner of the Oscar Fan Favourite Award goes to Zack Snyder’s Military of the Useless. The zombie motion film premiered on Netflix in Could 2021.

If this class sounds new to you, that’s as a result of it’s. The Academy of Movement Photos Arts and Sciences introduced this model new class in February, in an effort to “construct an engaged and excited digital viewers.” However to be clear: Snyder has not received a statue for this award. It was merely Twitter ballot. However hey, they introduced it on the Oscars!

Beforehand, the Academy tried to get a “hottest movie” class as a way to encourage extra viewers, however pushback from critics and Academy members meant it by no means manifested.

In contrast to the scrapped Most Fashionable Movie class, the Fan Favourite Award is not determined by Academy votes, however by Twitter customers. Nonetheless, it was deliberate to be introduced on air, which sparked some outrage contemplating a collection of craft awards had been shelved from the printed. Moreover, the truth that most of the prime 10 listing got here from extremely organized fan campaigns has additionally sparked some dialogue in regards to the class.

The “win” means Snyder is two-for-two on the 2022 ceremony. Together with the “fan favourite” award, Zack Snyder’s Justice League was additionally voted as having probably the most “cheer-worthy” second in film … historical past? It’s type of unclear, however folks on Twitter love the scene the place The Flash enters the Velocity Power, apparently.