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by Tippi Blevins November 11, 2008 4:24 PM

People's Choice Awards Don't Offer People Many Choices

November 4 has come and gone, but the voting isn't over yet. Voting for the People's Choice Awards started yesterday and continues through December 7. You don't get many choices, though. Looking at the just-announced list of nominees, you might think only a handful of movies came out in 2008. Iron Man, The Dark Knight, and the new Indiana Jones will vie for top honors in both the favorite movie and favorite action movie categories. It's not surprising that in an award system based on popular opinion the highest grossing films would rise to the top of the list. Statistically speaking, chances are pretty good that even if you only saw three movies this year, those were the three you saw. Other not-unexpected movie nominees include Wall-E, Sex and the City, and Mamma Mia!

There are a few head-scratchers in the bunch, though. Brad Pitt is up for best leading man, even though he hasn't had a leading role this year. (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button will change that, but it doesn't come out till Christmas.) In the category for favorite independent movie, there's Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day which seems obscure even by indie standards, when compared to its rivals The Secret Life of Bees and The Duchess. There's also Eagle Eye, which is up for favorite drama; it's grossed a fair amount of money, but not so much that one would pinpoint it as a popular favorite in a generally competitive category. Stranger are the movies that certainly seemed like faves but didn't make the cut: No Judd Apatow movies, no giant monsters that eat New York, no Seth Rogen, no big green hulky guys, nothing with Jason Segel or his penis...

But it's like they say in politics. If you didn't vote, you can't complain. Or if you didn't vote, pretend like you did and complain anyway.

TAGS: Brad Pitt, Eagle Eye, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Iron Man, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, People's Choice Awards, The Dark Knight

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