the festival favorites have been announced. each year the fest reserves a bunch of slots at the end of the festival to show festival faves. in each screening, viewers are handed a ballot and each viewer rates each film in the fest on a scale of one to five. supposedly the the faves are the films rated highest by the viewing audience.
but it always seems like the festival faves selections are a total crock. the faves list went up yesterday when there were still four days left in the 12 day festival. there are a bunch of films that haven't had their first screening yet, and many more that still need to have their second or third screening how can it really be the audience's favorites if the audience hasn't seen all the films yet?
on top of that, this year the only "favorite" that i have seen is for my father, the film i liked least of the ten i've seen so far. while that doesn't prove the selection is a crock--maybe i was in the overwhelming minority on that film (though it didn't seem like it from the audience i was sitting in)--it does tell me that i shouldn't put any stock at all in the films that get declared to be faves.
on the other hand, the good news for all you folks who have been bored to tears seeing all these posts about films that will probably never get released is that the festival is almost over. by tuesday, my little vacation from all that other stuff will be over and i'll start ranting and raving about such things again.
