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>>... 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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