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1. Paul Outlaw January 2nd, 2009 at 10:40 am 1

   The discrepancies in point scores are the real story:

   1. Wall-E: 852

   2. The Dark Knight: 687
   3. Slumdog Millionaire: 671
   4. Milk: 656

   5. The Wrestler: 464

   6. Benjamin Button: 374
   7. Happy-Go-Lucky: 357
   8. Rachel Getting Married: 349
   9. Man on Wire: 337.5
   10. Let the Right One in: 304.5

   11. Frost/Nixon: 281

   19. Revolutionary Road: 169

   31. Doubt: 106

2. Jesus Alonso January 2nd, 2009 at 10:46 am 2

   It’s a shame Cloverfield is that low, and I just wonder, how many votes would have [REC] – if allowed to be released – or Dead Set – if shown on movie theaters in the USA – achieved. Probably they would have been top 50 at least. Watching the top 6, makes me more assure that Milk and/or Wall-E aren’t going to make it. I can’t think of a Best Picture quintet with 5 out of the 6 top reviewed, most cited movies of 2008. 4, maybe. 3, more likely. And for those, Benjamin Button, Slumdog and Knight have better chances.

   I must say also that this year remembers me a lot of 1982, where the good year for fantastique (ET, The Thing, Blade Runner, Tron, Poltergeist) transferred in only a bunch of noms for ET, including Best Picture (Wall-E or The Dark Knight this year?) some technicals for Tron, Blade Runner and Poltergeist (Iron Man) and nothing for The Thing (Cloverfield)… making the comparison, ET would be Wall-E, The Dark Knight would be Blade Runner, Cloverfield would be The Thing and Tron, Iron Man. Only that this time Blade Runner has more points than ET for the final push.

3. AJ January 2nd, 2009 at 10:47 am 3

   I hate people that think animated films shouldn’t be nominated for best picture because “they have their own category”

4. Bob Burns January 2nd, 2009 at 11:31 am 4

   year after year a great precursor!

   Wall-E, TDK & The Wrestler are the stories here. The Wrestler has been moving up in the later lists and could be the fifth nominee now.

5. Michael Carmichael January 2nd, 2009 at 11:32 am 5

   Rachel Getting Married was an utter nightmare.

6. Dan Angelootchi January 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 am 6

   ”
   AJ
   January 2nd, 2009 at 10:47 am 3
   I hate people that think animated films shouldn’t be nominated for best picture because “they have their own category”
   ”

   THIS.

7. Paul Outlaw January 2nd, 2009 at 11:45 am 7

   If nos. 2-6 were the Best Picture nominees, I would have nothing to complain about and would only hope that Warner Bros., Focus Features and Paramount get their campaigning shit together.

8. red_wine January 2nd, 2009 at 12:17 pm 8

   All the critics are in agreement over 1 thing, Wall-E is the best film of the year. So the Oscars are not going to nominate the Best film of the year for the Best film of the year award.

   This list is actually very mainstream. More like the regular critics on RT. Indiwire’s & Filmcomment’s list are extremely different(though they are very similar to each other, that might be saying something).
   Those lists think the best of the year is

   Wall-E
   Wendy & Lucy
   Happy Go Lucky
   Red balloon
   Christmas Tale
   Synecdoche
   Milk

   These lists don’t have the following movies

   TDK
   Slumdog
   Button
   Frost/Nixon
   Doubt
   Rev Road

   I definitely don’t want Slumdog to be nominated, but I’m probably hoping against the winner. I’ll be sort of okay with TDK, seeing this is such a weal year. I still haven’t resolved my feelings on Button to be be sure whether it should be nominated or not. I was absolutely baffled by the film.

9. Biggles January 2nd, 2009 at 2:54 pm 9

   I definitely wouldn’t mind those top 5 being the BP nominees. WALL-E, Slumdog, TDK, Milk, and The Wrestler are the best films of the year I have seen, especially after being disappointed by Benjamin Button today. Once I see Revolutionary Road I’ll be able to judge for sure.

10. Fool of a Took January 2nd, 2009 at 6:16 pm 10

    Okay, the Oscar nominations haven’t been announced yet, so until then, WALL-E still has a chance to get a Best Picture nomination. But it makes you wonder. What does Pixar have to do to get a Best Picture nomination for one of their movies? They’re successful at the box office, they’re critically acclaimed. What more do you want?

    I mean, come on. With the possible exception of Cars (not as critically acclaimed as the others), Pixar has been hitting home run after home run. If WALL-E doesn’t make it, maybe Up will. Those old geezers at the Academy should really like a movie about one of their own.

    If you thought that fantasy/sci-fi movies have had a big hurdle to overcome, think again. That’s nothing compared with what animated features have to overcome. There’s the “animation is for kids” line of thinking, of course. And the utterly silly “they have their own category” argument. It’s not called Best Live-Action Picture, it’s called BEST PICTURE.

    Only one animated feature has been nominated for Best Picture so far and that was before they got their own category. But if a foreign language film can be nominated for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film, an animated feature should be able to be nominated for both Best Picture and Best Animated Feature. WALL-E is one of the best movies of the year. It deserves to be nominated.

    WALL-E / Slumdog Millionaire / The Dark Knight / Milk / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    Okay, I’ve only seen two of those five movies so far, but wouldn’t that be a great lineup? Something for everyone, if you ask me.

11. Paul Outlaw January 2nd, 2009 at 7:07 pm 11

    WALL-E / Slumdog Millionaire / The Dark Knight / Milk / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    Okay, I’ve only seen two of those five movies so far, but wouldn’t that be a great lineup? Something for everyone, if you ask me.
    

    I’ve seen all five, which doesn’t mean I know any more than you about Oscar nominations, but I can say something about the films (just my opinion). They would indeed make a great lineup, but so would a lineup inlcuding The Wrestler.

    The problem is, as long as there is breath in Frost/Nixon and Doubt, I don’t see that lineup happening.

12. AJ January 2nd, 2009 at 9:39 pm 12

    “Dan Angelootchi
    January 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 am 6
    ”
    AJ
    January 2nd, 2009 at 10:47 am 3
    I hate people that think animated films shouldn’t be nominated for best picture because “they have their own category”
    ”

    THIS.”

    This?

13. Dan Angelootchi January 3rd, 2009 at 1:37 pm 13

    “This” means like

    “OH MY GOD YES THIS IS WHAT IM SAYING”

14. Gentle Benj January 3rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm 14

    Those top five could well end up being Oscar’s big five. The Wrestler will need DGA love for that to happen, though.

15. daveylow January 3rd, 2009 at 7:42 pm 15

    I really wish they would call the category Best Live Action Picture so this controversy would go away. I would have preferred that Finding Nemo or Spirited Away be nominated for BP over Wall-E. I l know I’m the minority here.

16. Nick January 3rd, 2009 at 10:12 pm 16

    @ daveylo

    No, man, I hear you. I definitely think Spirited Away was snubbed for the top prize. I guess if there’s one thing the Academy is adverse to more than a BP nominee being animated, it’s a BP nominee being an anime.

    *sigh*. It’s too bad, because some of the best films of the last two and a half decades have been anime. Akira, Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, the list goes on and on…