'The Hurt Locker' ranked lucky 13 on Rotten Tomatoes Oscars countdown
"The Hurt Locker" comes in at No. 13 on the Rotten Tomatoes ranking of all 83 best picture winners at the Oscars. The inclusion of this year's critics' darling pushes last year's top pic -- "Slumdog Millionaire" -- down one spot to No. 32. All of the Oscar champs were "sorted by the strict and rigorous standards of Tomatometer science" into this overall list, which has some real head-scratchers.
"Casablanca" -- the last best picture winner chosen from 10 nominees -- rates only slot No. 14 while "Gone With the Wind" is one place above "The Hurt Locker" at No. 12. And ranking above "Slumdog Milliionaire" on the list are such
overrated past champs as "All the King's
Men" (No. 24 ) and "Unforgiven" (No. 22). The first best picture winner -- "Wings" -- landed at just No. 29 while "Sunrise" -- which that same year won the only Oscar ever given for "unique and artistic production" -- merited slot No. 17.
For the folks at Rotten Tomatoes, the top 10 Oscars best pictures, in descending order, are: "The Godfather," "All About Eve," "On the Waterfront," "Rebecca," "Marty," "The Lost Weekend," "Lawrence of Arabia," "The Godfather, Part II," "An American in Paris" and "The French Connection."
Overall this list is lacking. The introduction to the photo gallery suggests that the best picture winners are ranked according to critics' scores, but they're not. Below is a breakdown of the lowest-ranked best pix. The percentage number given is its RT score. Notice, for example, that "The Greatest Show on Earth" has an RT score of only 41%, but it's ranked above "Cimarron," which is in last place with a 54% score.
78.) "The Great Ziegfeld" (60%)79.) "The Life of Emile Zola" (68%)
80.) "The Greatest Show on Earth" (41%)
81.) "Cavalcade" (62%)
82.) "Broadway Melody" (40%)
83.) "Cimarron" (54%)
And notice the obvious pattern to this list. The old flicks are all pushed to the bottom. Whatever happened to that familiar refrain, "They just don't make pictures like they used to!"?
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Top photo: "Gandhi" still. Credit: Columbia
Bottom left photo: "Titanic" still. Credit: Fox
Bottom right photo: "Forrest Gump" still. Credit: Paramount
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QUOTE : And ranking above "Slumdog Milliionaire" on the list are such overrated past champs as "All the King's Men" (No. 24 ) and "Unforgiven" (No. 22). Do you actually mean that SLUMDOG MILLIONNAIRE is a better movie than UNFORGIVEN ? Really ? If UNFORGIVEN is overrated, is there a word to define what Slumdog with its 8 awards is ? UNFORGIVEN is the work of a filmmaker, SLUMDOG is a joke, and not a very good one.
Posted by: le duff pascal | March 12, 2010 at 08:42 AM