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Originally Posted by The Villain
I have to agree with Straker. I have a few times on here backed a film purely on the opinions and reviews given by people on this forum whose film knowledge and expertise i admire including Neverending and Straker. Despite not having seen those movies, i respect and trust in their backings and know that they do not lightly give such praise and merit to films without a reason to do so.
I have not yet watched a film that the two of them have suggested that i didnt like. I think in cases like that or even in ones where people have convinced people to watch those movies, back them or just convinced them of their prowess as a film it is completely acceptable to blind back a film. You have to also consider that not everyone on here has seen all the same films, without going on the opinions of others, a lot of people wouldn't be voting for movies that deserve to be on this list and it wouldn't be much of a list.
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I appreciated the backing and I knew it wasn't a decision that was taken lightly or without thought. And that for me is what is relevant here, everytime there has been a 'blind' vote cast it has been done with careful consideration, if anything I'd be willing to bet that the blind votes have actually been harder for people to bring themselves to do than voting normally.
I'd totally understand if we just had a bunch of people blind voting for every movie their friends like, but we are literally talking about less than 1% of the votes received.