tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post8140250115386708934..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Alternate Oscars: Vote For The Best Picture Of 1942Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-82545903774241372792018-03-25T20:03:37.581-04:002018-03-25T20:03:37.581-04:00I sort of arrived at my list of nominees by blendi...I sort of arrived at my list of nominees by blending together several lists -- yours, one from a site called Top Movies (https://topmovies.wordpress.com/), a guy named Robert Horton's annual top ten lists (https://roberthorton.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/1942-ten-best-movies/), my own Kate-Bar-The-Door Awards, imdb's top vote getters and imdb's top rated films for a given year. Movies that make all the lists are in, and then it gets a bit trickier from there. It's a way of sort through my own biases.<br /><br />The imdb isn't going to be much use for films from the last 25 years or so, by the way. For films from, say, the 1950s, there's a strong correlation between number of votes and quality of the movies -- people are seeking out movies based on reputation. But for more recent movies, the number of votes is based mostly on studio marketing campaigns. So the latest unwatable <i>Transformers</i> will have ten times as many votes as an Oscar-worthy film.<br /><br />But I'll cross that bridge if I ever reach it ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-7725689507605443112018-03-25T14:51:26.745-04:002018-03-25T14:51:26.745-04:00Eventually I'm going to set up separate pages ...Eventually I'm going to set up separate pages like I did for the 1920s alternate Oscars -- what I may do is have the American films in their year of Oscar eligibility but the foreign films in their year of release.<br /><br />I'll think about it. You're right, it would be great to have <i>Sullivan's Travels</i> set up in 1942 ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-66283339839323407282018-03-25T08:33:37.173-04:002018-03-25T08:33:37.173-04:00I'm nothing if not inconsistent. I suspect Ca...I'm nothing if not inconsistent. I suspect <i>Casablanca</i> will sweep all the categories its nominated in (picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, maybe director). 1943 is a weak year without it, a strong year like 1942 gets wiped out with it. So 1943 I put it in 1943, the year it was Oscar eligible.<br /><br />Whereas <i>Sullivan's Travels</i> is in 1941 because as with most of the movies, that's the year imdb.com lists it.<br /><br />Think of these polls as Oscar theater rather than any sort of systematic examination of Oscar history ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-10030742062843232952018-03-25T06:36:32.839-04:002018-03-25T06:36:32.839-04:00Thought you would include Casablanca here since it...Thought you would include <i>Casablanca</i> here since it was released in November of 1942 though it didn't get an Oscar eligible L.A. release until February of 1943.<br /><br />But where, where, where, where is <i>Sullivan's Travels</i>, my number one film of the year? How is it not here?Eric S Beckhttps://nighthawknews.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com