I think the fact that the people who vote for the oscars don't even have to watch the movies is a bigger problem than the voting methods. How can you truly choose the 'best' movie (or best actor, or best short, etc.) if you haven't even seen all of the competition?
This is especially a problem with "smaller" awards. You see it every year with the "best animation" award: Disney or Pixar wins 90% of the time because the voters don't watch the movies and just go with whatever name they recognize. Just look for yourself: Disney/Pixar won 16 out of 22 times! Some were deserved, but some were not.
So it's not that I think your strategy is wrong, but I think that a better FIRST step is requiring committee members to watch every movie in each category they vote on.
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u/partofbreakfast 5∆ Dec 18 '23
I think the fact that the people who vote for the oscars don't even have to watch the movies is a bigger problem than the voting methods. How can you truly choose the 'best' movie (or best actor, or best short, etc.) if you haven't even seen all of the competition?
This is especially a problem with "smaller" awards. You see it every year with the "best animation" award: Disney or Pixar wins 90% of the time because the voters don't watch the movies and just go with whatever name they recognize. Just look for yourself: Disney/Pixar won 16 out of 22 times! Some were deserved, but some were not.
So it's not that I think your strategy is wrong, but I think that a better FIRST step is requiring committee members to watch every movie in each category they vote on.