Oklahoma Critics Name Best - And Worst - of 2008

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Oklahoma Critics Name Best - And Worst - of 2008

Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 12:44AM

There are two reasons I'm passing along the Best of 2008 list from the fledgling Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Point A: I'm from Oklahoma and that's where I'm spending the holidays this year. Point Other: They don't just name the best of the year, they also point out the worst of the year.

Most critics' organizations don't bother with the worst flicks of the year, some because they don't want to draw any undue attention to them and others because they're afraid of pissing off the studios. The Oklahoma critics seem to share my belief: It's not my fault I hated your awful movie. If you don't want me to point out how much your movie sucked, then you should have made a better film.

So, good for them; they might be the only critics in the country that do this at the end of the year, outside of the Razzies, of course.

And there's not much to complain about on their list or awards at all, which you can read in full bloom at Awards Daily. From Best Picture to their top ten films to their two worst flicks of the year, it's a pretty solid offering:

Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire

Top Ten Films of 2008 (in alphabetical order)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
The Wrestler

Obviously Worst Film
The Love Guru

Not-So-Obviously Worst Film
Mamma Mia!

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Always nice to find someone else who goes back to OK for Christmas every year. I certainly prefer the 70 degree weather we had to the single digit highs I would have had if I stayed in Illinois.

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