It is now at 9.5 with over 120,000 fucking votes and is #1 on the top 250 chart. jesus.
how do emmy Oscar nominations work because i seriously don't think a summer blockbuster has been nominated for anything important.
Go to
www.awardsdaily.com for details. Basically, it starts with critics choice awards, which move up to Golden Globes then Guild Awards (SAG, PGA, WGA, DGA etc.) and then to Oscars. Kind of like World Cup.
Summer blockbusters usually get the tech noms (Visual Effects, Editing, Cinematography etc.) but there have been instances of blockbusters making it on the Best Picture shortlist:
Braveheart
Gladiator
The Sixth Sense
Silence of the Lambs
All the LOTR movies
The Departed
Titanic
Saving Private Ryan
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
to name some.
I can definitely see The Dark Knight slipping in there somewhere because of Oscar politics (they want people to tune in because DARK KNIGHT is nominated) and I think a lot of people are considering Heath Ledger a lock for Best Supporting Actor nomination, at least.