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Of course I never vote for a film that I don't love, that would be silly and I certainly don't vote for movies because other people love them
unless I love them too.
..But I have a huge list of at least 50 or more films that I'd like to have on my ballot, so I have to find ways to weed them out until I hit 25...I think we all have that problem. So we have to find ways to decide between movie A and movie B and movie C and so on. How does one decide? I can't personally say I love movie B more than movie C, I don't relate to movies that way and nothing in my decision making process is binary it's all shades of gray. So I'm looking for other criteria to help me decide which films get cut. Example, I ask myself: am I voting for what I only enjoy and if so that might mean giving up a ballot spot to a fun but not great movie. Or should I vote for what I think is a great film regardless if I personally love it or not (as long as I didn't dislike it)? Or is it more important to get recognition for films that I think are worthy and need the recognition because without my help they might not make the ballot?
So let's say I love a film because it's a fun watch for me, but I know it's not really all that great of a movie (say like Real Steal,
it was fun but I know it's just a popcorn Hollywood film), then my preference is not to include it on my ballot as I rather give that honor to a movie that is more than just a fun 'comfort' movie but is also amazing in it's construction and dynamics.
That's basically the difference between making a list of the "best" movies versus making a list of your "favorite" movies.
Everyone has to decide their own way to trim their list down to 25 movies, and you can decide if it should be "best" movies or "favorite" movies, but you shouldn't base your list on what movies you think will be on
other people's lists.
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