Monday, June 29, 2009

CEVR Part 2

So here it is, finally - after an extended break, I've finally gotten my act together, crunched the numbers, and figured out what the #1 movie of all time is according to CEVR (Critical and Entertainment Value Rating). But first, a little analysis of the results. As previously stated, The Godfather was the only movie to be on all three lists (Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDb), while Dr. Strangelove (Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes), Pulp Fiction (Metacritic and IMDb), and Return of the King (Metacritic and IMDb) were the only other movies to be on more than one. Metacritic had 9 movies exclusive to its Top 13, which had an average CEVR of 90.6, Rotten Tomatoes had 11 exclusive movies with an average CEVR of 90, and IMDb had 10 exclusive movies with an average CEVR of 90.3. Among the following list of the Top 15 movies, Metacritic and IMDb both had 4 exclusive movies, while Rotten Tomatoes had 3. Without further ado, the Top 15 movies of all time according to CEVR (asterisks denoting that Metacritic scores weren't available) -

In a 5-way tie for 11th, with CEVRs of 92:
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (il buono, il brutto, il cattivo in the last post - I thought the one with Clint Eastwood was an American remake of an apparent Italian masterpiece. Turns out IMDb merely decided to be ethnically sensitive for whatever reason and label the movie with the Italian translation of its title)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Return of the King
Spirited Away
The Wizard of Oz*

In a 6-way for 5th, with CEVRs of 93:
Army of Shadows
Casablanca*
Pan's Labyrinth
Pulp Fiction
Schindler's List
The Third Man

In a 3-way tie for 2nd, with CEVRs of 94:
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Rear Window*
12 Angry Men*

And, as no surprise to me, the runaway #1 movie of all time, with a CEVR of 97:
The Godfather

I should again note that due to the many, many movies that have gotten perfect scores on Rotten Tomatoes yet were ignored on here for brevity's sake, this list is by no means the end all be all. But I have a feeling that not much of it would change with the inclusion of more movies, for 3 reasons -

1) Rotten Tomatoes contributed the most exclusive movies, sharing only The Godfather and Dr. Strangelove with the other two lists.
2) Of those exclusive movies, the average CEVR for Rotten Tomatoes' was the lowest of the three sites.
3) Rotten Tomatoes only contributed 3 exclusive movies to the Top 15, a 27% inclusion rate - compared to Metacritic's 44% and IMDb's 40%.

So while the #1 movie was certainly no surprise, some of the others that landed in the Top 15 were new to me, namely The Third Man and Army of Shadows. Guess I've got some catching up to do on watching classic movies...not that I do much of that anyways.

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