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I’ve made my again way though a few more of these BP winners. Here is the second 25%, using Rosenbaum’s four star system (4=masterpiece; 3=must-see; 2=worth seeing; 1=has redeeming feature(s)): All the King's Men:star: :star: Amadeus:star: :star: :star: American Beauty:star: :star: :star...

I understand your point Jay, but I would not even want critics to be the voters. The point about the Oscars is that they are awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for films and people that the Academy feels are deserving. If the vote were given to critics (or any...

So it does Andrew. Especially since I’m one of those who really cannot understand the appeal of Gladiator, which I consider almost mind-numbingly bad and love In the Mood for Love. But I certainly don’t expect that a significant percentage of the Academy is going to make the effort for such a...

I read your post a couple of times Jay—I’m probably missing something that was written before, but can you explain your meaning of ‘independent voting’?

Of course you are correct. I just got on a roll.

I don’t think that I’m alone in this assessment. At least here is my reasoning. Don’t forget that deciding the ‘best’ movie in any one year is very different than deciding the relative merit of movies from different years. To get away from the LOTR example, consider the films nominated in...

Here are my picks for each year. I limited myself to only those films that had been nominated, so I missed out on a few like ‘2001’. Some years was a choice among films, none of which were deserving (e.g. The Deer Hunter in 1978 and some years there was an abundance of great films from which to...