93 - WALL-E
86 - Slumdog Millionaire
84 - Milk
84 - Happy-Go-Lucky
82 - The Dark Knight
82 - Rachel Getting Married
81 - The Wrestler
80 - Frost/Nixon
73 - Gran Torino
71 - Revolutionary Road
70 - Doubt
69 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
58 - The Reader
At the top is 'WALL-E' so I figured that there i no way the top rated film can be nominated for Best Picture. Well it appears it can which is wonderful news. Near the bottom is ‘Benjamin Button’ with 69, so I began to wonder. What is lowest meta critic ranking for a Best Picture nominee.
I automatically though ‘Chocolat’, and when looking it up, indeed is scored a very low 46 on meta critic. However there are very few films that scored below 70.
The list is here:
69 - Crash - 2005
69 - Babel - 2006
67 - Finding Neverland - 2004
66 - Moulin Rouge! - 2001
64 - Chocolat - 2000
61 - The Green Mile - 1999
59 - Life is Beautiful - 1998
Moulin Rouge! That is a travesty!
One should not count out ‘Button’ based on that low score… just look at ‘Crash’. 69 is apparently a safe number as well as being a great position.
Can you imagine if the five films nominated for Best Picture were in fact the five best reviewed films of the year? That would give you the following nominees:
The Dark Knight, Happy-Go-Lucky, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, WALL-E
Would that be too shabby?
I think not - you could flip 'The Dark Knight' for 'Rachel Getting Married' (both scored a nice fat 82)and people would still be happy.
This is all well and good in predicting the Oscars, but with all these critics input I have to ask....do the numbers matter?
I mean if you look at some of the films left off (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Almost Famous, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Splendor, Before Sunset, United 93, to name a few) you see the bigger picture and realise how little these awards matter in terms of film merit and longevity.
However in terms of public perception and money they are so important.
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