>>... 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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