Black Panther's nomination shows the Oscars is changing for the better
https://www.cnet.com/news/black-panther-a-star-is-born-the-2019-oscar-nominations-are-pretty-good/
Fury Road was robbed, people. ROBBED.
That year the Academy had the chance to subvert those perceptions, but it didn't. It bailed out of naming an action movie Best Picture. It played things safe and made the wrong decision.
The movie sucked, definitely not worthy of such an award.