>... 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.

i don't know why y'all are so hung up on making these awards so snobby. like i've said before, this is a hip-hop message board for mostly 20/30-somethings, mostly males. if dark knight rises wins best picture, GOOD. i'd way rather something like that, which reflects the actual tastes of these boards, than some phony art house garbage like amour or... god, what was that abortion from last year? *googles* holy motors. stop. stop trying to tip the scales for this stuff. if the majority of people here saw pacific rim and loved pacific rim, then pacific rim should win best picture. this is OUR awards. if you want more balanced awards or more indie-focused awards, there are tons of other places for that. films that manage to find an audience HERE should be rewarded for that HERE. films that are popular and loved HERE should be reflected in OUR awards. period.

and i have to say, i have way more faith in PTP than you do. people here have seen 12 years, they've seen wolf of wall street, they've seen gravity, her, fruitvale, captain phillips, pacific rim, 42, before midnight, the heat, dat smaug. all those discussion posts are 50+ replies. people here like movies, they see movies, and they talk about movies. otherwise, they'd be in GD. you're convinced that mediocre popcorn fare like avengers and TDKR will sweep the lattes. i don't. the taste here is pretty diverse and actually pretty solid. let the people speak.

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