Are There Ten 'Best Picture' Candidates Most Years?

Hollywood is expanding the Oscar balloting to ten "Best Picture" nominees.

Still only one "Best Picture" Oscar though.

Three thoughts:

1. There are many years where coming up with five "Best Picture" nominees is a stretch. In fact, I think this drought of great movies is more common these days than not.

2. I used to pride myself on seeing all the "Best Picture" nominees. In recent years, I have abandoned that quest because of the aforementioned lack of quality. It has left a nagging sense of guilt, however, and the decision to expand the category will only aggravate it.

3. Doesn't increasing the number of nominees increase the likelihood that a clunker will be named "Best Picture"?