Based on the overall scores from both Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, there is a critical consensus as to the best movies that were released this summer. Both sites give the same five films the highest scores, almost in the exact same order. First, here's a look at Metacritic's top five films in wide release:
1. The Hurt Locker (94)
2. Up (88)
3. Ponyo (86)
4. Star Trek (83)
5. District 9 (81)
Now here's the top five from Rotten Tomatoes:
1. The Hurt Locker (98)
2. Up (97)
3. Star Trek (95)
4. Ponyo (91)
5. District 9 (89)
If we take the average of both scores, sort of a meta-metascore, then it evens out some of their formulas and maybe a little bias and we get our definitive list:
1. The Hurt Locker (96)
2. Up (92.5)
3. Star Trek (89)
4. Ponyo (88.5)
5. District 9 (85)
A great list for the summer. With ten films being nominated for best picture this year, I would expect at least a couple of these will make it onto the final ballot.
Come back tomorrow for a post about whether there is a connection between the quality of a movie and how much money it makes at the box office.
1 comments:
I have to agree with the scores though I did not see Ponyo. I guess I will have to check that out now. Hurt Locker and District 9 were definitely the sleepers.
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