... is that it wildly favors the films that make more money/that more people have seen. If we'd done that during the Avengers/TDKR year, those films would have been 1 and 2 in the voting, because folks could have just voted on the few movies they've seen.

Not to sound anti-populist (pretty sure Avengers made my ballot and I see 100+ flicks easily), but there has to be a way to reward passion AND participation. The person who ranks Short Term 12 at #1 who sees a hundred films and the person who ranks Iron Man 3 at #1 who only saw three films... I struggle to believe that those votes should be given equal weight.

But then again, seeing a lot of movies in no way makes one smarter or more informed than someone who doesn't see as many. So I struggle to think they shouldn't be given equal weight too.

I guess I just sort of hope that the Spilled Lattes could be used to encourage folks to see films they may have otherwise skipped, and it wouldn't just be the People's Choice Awards. But there may be no actual way around that if I also want more people to participate.

You see the dilemma.

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