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December 16, 2007
Charting The Top Tens
We are in the early stages of compiling our fifth annual list of critics' Top 10 lists - only 33 lists in - and I thought I would point out an interesting awards element that seems to becoming narrower over the years.
Our first list, 2003, ended up with Oscar's Best Picture nominees in slots 1-3, 8, and 19 (Seabiscuit). In 2004, it was 1, 3, 4, 13 (Finding Neverland), and 16 (Ray).
But in 2005 and 2006, all of the BP nominees came from the Top 8 films.
Does this mean that campaigning is giving way to quality? Does it mean that critics are more susceptible to having their heads turned by the awards season?
And does it mean that the Top 8 will contain all 5 nominees this year?
I just noticed that we posted the first chart with the hierarchy based on # of votes and not points... so here is the Top 18 by points...
Posted by poland at December 16, 2007 03:18 PM
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How many points are you assigning to each placement?
If I use the 10 points for #1, 9 points for #2 and so on, I get 79 points for Zodiac.
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at December 16, 2007 07:43 PM
I just did the same and came up with 82, which is what the chart says.
Posted by: Melquiades at December 16, 2007 08:37 PM
It means that even with 82 points, Zodiac can't get one lousy mention in any awards from any cities and that movies like Ratatouille are susceptible to being ousted from lists by November/December titles.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at December 17, 2007 04:57 AM
Remember, people. Bucket List is better than Zodiac. NBR says its true!
Posted by: TMJ at December 17, 2007 09:03 AM
Somehow, even with checking the list twice, I was getting 79 points yesterday. Just now, after a third time, I get 82 points. I am SMART. SMRT! :)
Posted by: ZacharyTF at December 17, 2007 09:23 AM
Hey, Dave- You've got 34 now if you include the best/worst lists I sent you yesterday!
Posted by: movieman at December 17, 2007 02:29 PM
Anyone catch Turan's typically Medvedian quip in his top 10 list the other day, re: No Country?
That something as violent as NCFOM shouldn't be in his top 10 list, but the craftsmanship earned it a spot?
Was it even THAT violent?
Shouldn't that boring old fossil be immune to onscreen violence by now, anyway? Dude only sees 300 movies a year.
Posted by: LexG at December 18, 2007 06:49 PM
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