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Originally Posted by Straker
If there is a weight of evidence to demonstrate how significant a movie is or how much impact it had on the genre we are discussing, I think a case can certainly be made for a blind backing.
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Are you saying that, for example, the fact that something won an award means that it IS good no matter what you personally think? In that case, I feel the need to remind you that Justin Bieber is an award winning performer :D Peer pressure created by the media doesn't mean that something is actually good.
If we all blindly followed the masses, nothing would ever change for the better in this world.
Some movies are only "classics" because someone had the money and the connections to start a hype. Just like some great movies gets completely overlooked simply because no one involved were particularly well known or had the money to promote the movie properly.
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Originally Posted by Straker
However, if someone can convince me of the importance and impact a movie has had on the genre, you better believe I'm going to sit up and take notice.
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If I haven't watched a movie and someone recommends that I do, I usually will. But if I think the movie is crap, I won't pretend that I don't. I
don't think this particular movie we've been talking about today is crap, though - like I said, I just never thought of it as a horror movie.
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It's my understanding that we are trying to vote for more than just 'our favourite' movies.... I can name a ton of movies that have immense nostalgic value to me personally that would not even come close to any of the lists I have made for this project.
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I didn't back "Plan 9 From Outer Space" because I felt it was wrong to back a movie that is actually famous for being so BAD that it's entertaining - even though I
love the movie. So in that way, I agree with you. BUT I will not back something that I don't think deserves it just because someone else thinks it does. Who gets to have "the right opinion"?
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I just think there is more room than people realise in this debate. Are we saying that if we had only seen 20 movies from a decade that we should list those as the top 20 movies of the decade, simply because they are the best by default? That just seems wrong.
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No absolutely not, but I am saying that I don't agree with "blind backing" a movie just because it is the best by default.
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Ultimately these lists are what they are and I don't mind how people vote or what people back or don't back, but I am going to continue backing the movies I do, despite the majority failing to get much support..
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I hope so! And so will I... that's my whole point :D