Not long to go here, so I figured in the way of novelty I’d toss up a list of all 36 nominated feature films as I would personally rank them. Feel free to do the same with what you’ve seen, if you’re as bored as I am, that is:
1. “Slumdog Millionaire”
2. “Bolt”
3. “The Dark Knight”
4. “The Wrestler”
5. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
6. “Trouble the Water”
7. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
8. “Revolutionary Road”
9. “Milk”
10. “Iron Man”
11. “Changeling”
12. “Waltz with Bashir”
13. “The Visitor”
14. “The Class”
15. “Frost/Nixon”
16. “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)”
17. “Tropic Thunder”
18. “Happy-Go-Lucky”
19. “Frozen River”
20. “WALL-E”
21. “Encounters at the End of the World”
22. “Departures”
23. “The Baader Meinhof Complex”
24. “Revanche”
25. “Rachel Getting Married”
26. “The Garden”
27. “Man on Wire”
28. “In Bruges”
29. “Defiance”
30. “Wanted”
31. “Kung Fu Panda”
32. “The Reader”
33. “Doubt”
34. “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
35. “The Duchess”
36. “Australia”
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30 responses to “Ranking the Oscar-nominated features”
36 feature films? Looks like you forgot Happy Go Lucky. And that’s how bored I am!
I only included films I have seen:
“Milk”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“The Dark Knight”
“The Wrestler”
“Doubt”
“WALL-E”
“Frozen River”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Revolutionary Road”
“Iron Man”
“Rachel Getting Married”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Man on Wire”
“The Reader”
“Changeling”
“Trouble the Water”
“Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
“Waltz with Bashir”
“The Visitor”
“Tropic Thunder”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“Bolt”
“In Bruges”
“Defiance”
“Australia”
“Wanted”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
Slumdog Millionaire
In Bruges
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
Tropic Thunder
Kung Fu Panda
The Reader
Wanted
I need to go see some more films.
Good catch, Mikey.
1. WALL-E
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. WALL-E
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. In Bruges
5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
6. The Visitor
7. The Wrestler
8. The Dark Knight
9. Man on Wire
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
11. Doubt
12. Happy-Go-Lucky
13. Defiance
14. Changeling
15. Revolutionary Road
16. Wanted
17. Kung Fu Panda
18. Rachel Getting Married
19. Iron Man
20. Australia
21. Frost/Nixon
22. Frozen River
23. Waltz With Bashir
24. Bolt
25. The Duchess
26. The Reader
27. Tropic Thunder
28. Encounters at the End of the World
29. Milk
Haven’t seen the rest of the foreign language films and documentaries yet.
1. WALL-E
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Dark Knight
4. Milk
5. Happy-Go-Lucky
6. The Visitor
7. The Wrestler
8. In Bruges
9. Frost Nixon
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
11. Revolutionary Road
12. Rachel Getting Married
13. Changeling
14. Vicky Christina Barcelona
15. Iron Man
16. Bolt
17. Australia
18. Frozen River
19. The Reader
20. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
21. Tropic Thunder
22. Doubt
23. Defiance
24. The Duchess
25. Kung-Fu Panda
26. Wanted
No surprise there, Matt.
For the First Time i’ve seen them all!!! Except documentaries and short films… YEAH!!
1- “The Dark Knight”
2- “WALL-E”
3- “Slumdog Millionaire”
4- “The Wrestler”
5- “Defiance”
6- “In Bruges”
7- “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
8- “Iron Man”
9- “Changeling”
10- “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
11- “The Reader”
12- “Happy-Go-Lucky”
13- “Milk”
14- “Revolutionary Road”
15- “Rachel Getting Married”
16- “Bolt”
17- “Frozen River”
18- “Wanted”
19- “The Visitor”
20- “Frost/Nixon”
21- “Doubt”
22- “Tropic Thunder”
23- “Australia”
24- “The Duchess”
25- “Kung Fu Panda”
Bolt at #2…?!? What is that?? It’s ahead of The Wrestler, The Dark Knight and Wall-E at… #20!
1. Man on Wire
2. The Dark Knight
3. Encounters at the End of the World
4. Trouble the Water
5. Milk
6. Wall-E
7. Happy-Go-Lucky
8. Kung Fu Panda
9. The Wrestler
10. In Bruges
11. Slumdog Millionaire
12. The Visitor
13. Tropic Thunder
14. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Leighton: You clearly missed my top 10 column this year, and all the cries of foul play that ensued. Go check out the December archive, check back.
1. The Wrestler
2. Man on Wire
3. Wall-E
4. The Dark Knight
5. In Bruges
6. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
7. Waltz with Bashir
8. Tropic Thunder
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. Milk
11. Iron Man
12. Frost/Nixon
13. Revolutionary Road
14. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
15. Doubt
1. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
2. “The Dark Knight”
3. “The Wrestler”
4. “Slumdog Millionaire”
5. “WALL-E”
6. “In Bruges”
7. “Frost/Nixon”
8. “Iron Man”
9. “Frozen River”
10. “Rachel Getting Married”
11. “Man on Wire”
12. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
13. “The Reader”
14. “Doubt”
15. “Tropic Thunder”
16. “Wanted”
17. “Changeling”
18. “Bolt”
19. “Kung Fu Panda”
20. “The Visitor”
21. “Milk”
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Doubt
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Revolutionary Road
5. Milk
6. In Bruges
7. The Dark Knight
8. Wall-E
9. The Reader
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
11. Man on Wire
12.The Visitor
13. Changeling
14. Rachel Getting Married
15. Kung Fu Panda
16. Encounters at the End of the World
17. Frost/Nixon
18. Iron Man
19. Wanted
20. Tropic Thunder
21. The Duchess
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Waltz with Bashir
3. Revolutionary Road
4. Milk
5. Man on Wire
6. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
7. The Reader
8. Slumdog Millionaire
9. Wall-E
10. The Visitor
11. In Bruges
12. Encounters at the End of the World
13. The Wrestler
14. Kung Fu Panda
15. Happy-Go-Lucky
16. The Dark Knight
17. Australia
18. Iron Man
19. Frost/Nixon
20. Changeling
21. The Baader Meinhof Complex
22. The Duchess
23. Defiance
24. Doubt
25. Tropic Thunder
26. Wanted
“WALL-E”
“In Bruges”
“Happy-Go-Lucky”
“Milk”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Visitor”
“Iron Man”
“Tropic Thunder”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
“The Dark Knight”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“Wanted”
“Doubt”
Ugh, only 14.
1. WALL-E
2. Revolutionary Road
3. Slumdog Millionaire
4. Dark Knight
5. The Visitor
6. Man on Wire
7. The Wrestler
8. Tropic Thunder
9. Vicky Christina Barcelona
10. Doubt
11. Milk
12. Changeling
13. In Bruges
14. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
15. Iron Man
16. The Duchess
17. The Reader
18. Frost/Nixon
19. Australia
20. Rachel Getting Married
21. Wanted
1. The Wrestler
2. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
3. Revolutionary Road
4. Frozen River
5. In Bruges
6. Rachel Getting Married
7. Slumdog Millionaire
8. Happy Go Lucky
9. Doubt
10. The Visitor
11. Frost/Nixon
12. WALL-E
13. The Dark Knight
14. Milk
15. The Reader
16. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. In Bruges
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Waltz With Bashir
5. Wall-E
6. The Dark Knight
7. Happy-Go-Lucky
8. Frost/Nixon
9. Australia
10. The Visitor
11. Frozen River
12. Changeling
13. Iron Man
14. Defiance
15. Man On Wire
16. Rachel Getting Married
17. Tropic Thunder
18. Kung Fu Panda
19. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
20. The Duchess
21. Wanted
22. Doubt
And I just posted my top 25 of the year list on my blog. 2008 makes me a bit sad. :(
1. Revolutionary Road
2. Milk
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Wrestler
5. WALL-E
6. Man on Wire
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
9. Doubt
10. Changeling
11. Slumdog Millionaire
12. Iron Man
13. The Visitor
14. Frost/Nixon
15. In Bruges
16. Rachel Getting Married
17. Happy-Go-Lucky
18. Tropic Thunder
19. Kung Fu Panda
20. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
21. Encounters at the End of the World
22. Defiance
23. The Duchess
24. The Reader
25. Wanted
1. The Wrestler
2. Milk
3. Doubt
4. The Visitor
5. The Dark Knight
6. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
7. Revolutionary Road
8. In Bruges
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. Man on Wire
11. Frozen River
12. Happy Go Lucky
13. WALL-E
14. Changeling
15.The Reader
16. Rachel Getting Married
17. The Duchess
18. Iron Man
19. Tropic Thunder
20. Frost/Nixon
21. T
Sorry
21. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
01. “Slumdog Millionaire”
02. “The Reader”
03. “The Dark Knight”
04. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
05. “Doubt”
06. “WALL-E”
07. “Frost/Nixon”
08. “Milk”
09. “Wanted”
10. “The Wrestler”
Geez, I only watched 10 of the nominated films. It looks so pathetic when I actually list them out.
Just wanted to point out that “The Wrestler” at #10 does not mean I hated it, but that I felt the 9 preceding films were better, yes, “Wanted” included.
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Hmm. I’ve only seen a few, but here’s what mine would look like:
1. WALL-E
2. The Dark Knight
3. Milk
4. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
5. Slumdog Millionaire
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Iron Man
8. Revolutionary Road
9. Kung Fu Panda
10. Doubt
11. Australia
12. Wanted
13. Tropic Thunder
14. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
1. Wanted
2. Revolutionary Road
3. The Dark Knight
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Doubt
6. The Duchess
7. Pineapple Express
8. Defiance
9. Bolt
10. Run Fat Boy Run
My top 5:
WALL-E
The Reader
Milk
The Class
The Wrestler
~Steven
wow Steven!
we’ve similar taste!!!
my #1 = wall-e
my #2 = the reader
my #3 = the class
{i’ve seen ALL films but the rest of foreign, the docs, defiance, australia & hellboy}
1. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
2. “The Dark Knight”
3. “The Wrestler”
4. “Rachel Getting Married”
5. “Changeling”
6. “In Bruges”
7. “Milk”
8. “Wanted”
9. “The Reader”
10. “Bolt”
11. “WALL-E”
12. “Doubt”
13. “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
14. “Frost/Nixon”
15. “Kung Fu Panda”
16. “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
17. “Iron Man”
18. “Australia”
19. “Tropic Thunder”
20. “Happy-Go-Lucky”
21. “Slumdog Millionaire”
22. “Revolutionary Road”
1. Bolt
2. Wall-E
3. The Dark Knight
4. Tropic Thunder
5. The Cuious Case of Benjamin Button
6. Iron Man
7. Kung Fu Panda
8. Hellboy II: The Golden Army