Kevin Smith is urging the Academy Awards to give people what they want: popular movies nominated for Best Picture.During Smith’s FatMan Beyond podcast, the “Clerks” creator gave “Spider-Man: No Way Home” a special shoutout following the Oscar nominations announcement.“I would just like to congratulate the good folks who made ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ for the very deserved Best Picture nomination that I’m sure it got, I didn’t read the nods,” Smith said, as reported by Comic Book Resources.Upon learning the record-breaking blockbuster was iced out of the Best Picture race, Smith said, “What the fuck? They got ten slots, they can’t give one to the biggest fucking movie of like the last three years?”The “Jay and Silent Bob” star continued, “Man, and they’re like, ‘Why won’t anyone watch this show?’ Like fucking make a populist choice, fuck, man.
You got how many slots?
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