Best Stunt Coordination
What it means: Best Stunt Coordination goes in the category of Academy Awards that have been proposed and rejected. What makes this one special is that it has been routinely rejected by the Academy since the 1990s. This would award all those stunt coordinators who work hard to make Captain America and Tom Cruise look so badass.
Why have it: Stuntmen and stunt coordinators have dangerous, complicated, and important jobs in today’s Hollywood, yet they don’t have a category of their own. Even though their contributions mean that the year’s biggest hits are actually possible, from The Matrix to Captain America and beyond, stunt coordination just does not float the Academy’s boat.
Introducing this category would also a good opportunity to begin acknowledging films that are not quite Oscar bait. Superhero movies, action films, adventure flicks, sci-fi movies…all would get a wee bit closer to getting their due. Stunt work is as complex and demanding as dancing or acting. Give the guys who make it possible some public accolades.
Published: Feb 11, 2015 04:36 pm