Discussing awards ceremonies in general at lunch today, I mentioned that I thought that most movie awards are wrong. Considering that all movies are in the same ballpark for cost, the "best" movie should be the one with the biggest box office draw.
Apply the same logic to cars. All 2 door cars cost roughly the same. The 911 would outsell the Paseo because it is much better. A Cayenne would outsell the Equinox. Or to food. A Big Mac and a Ruth's Chris Filet cost the same. The steak would outsell the burger easily because it is better. Would you buy solid wood furniture if it cost the same as flat-pack Ikea stuff? Of course you would.
Using that same logic, doesn't that mean that the movie that sells more tickets is better? Given free choice between similar options, more people chose that one, so it is better. Do I have even a small point, or should I up my meds?
Your premise is based on the idea that the masses have any taste whatsoever. To which I would respond with https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/mainstream-40
By that logic, we should all be driving beige Camrys because they are a top seller, thus the best car.
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By that logic, we should all be driving beige Camrys because they are a top seller, thus the best car.
That's explicitly not the same logic though, because cars don't cost the same amount.
Some movies have limited releases. Some are released on IMAX. Some have aggressive ad campaigns. Movies and costs are not all the same. Just like cars.
Movies (and cars) are WAY too subjective to be boiled down to simple popularity to determine what's best.
DrBoost
UltimaDork
1/12/15 4:11 p.m.
When I read the title of the thread I assumed the answer was going to be "Do you care?" My answer was a resounding NO.
Bandwagon popularity means very little to me as the tastes of people who find professional rassling and monster trucks high forms of entertainment diverge from my own. Likewise if we purely went with critics choices we'd all watch Swedish art house flicks. Also a horrible fate.
So somewhere in the middle, we should reward quality film making to save us from either fate and if giving out some statuettes keeps quality in the cinema I'm glad to have it.
Otherwise we'd all be subjected to endless slow motion explosions and Jerry Brukheimer would rule the world.
The popular movies don't need awards. The amount of money they make is their award and recognition (and clearly they are already known).
Now, if there were awards for entertaining movies that did NOT make a lot of money or where not well known, that might be something.
When it took that long to give Scorsese his "consolation prize," awards shows hold little value to me.
Dear hosts:
The joke was mildy funny the first time.
Repeating the punch line over and over does not make it any funnier.
I thought this thread was gonna be about J-Lo's hooters.
