The New Critical Underground Guide to 2000 Oscar Nominees
Submitted by lbangs on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:22
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- Almost Famous: **** 1/2
- Before Night Falls: **** 1/2
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: **** 1/2
- Shadow of the Vampire: **** 1/2
- Traffic: **** 1/2
- Wonder Boys: **** 1/2
- You Can Count On Me: **** 1/2
- Billy Elliot: ****
- Cast Away: ****
- Erin Brockovich: ****
- Requiem for a Dream: ****
- Chocolat: *** 1/2
- The Contender: *** 1/2
- Gladiator: *** 1/2
- O Brother Where Art Thou?: *** 1/2
- Quills: *** 1/2
- Pollock: ** 1/2
As decided by the New Critical Underground...
Our rating system:
***** - A masterpiece; these are rare.
**** 1/2 - An excellent work of art, good enough that even people who usually hate the genre or main artists involved will still probably enjoy it.
**** - A very good work; people who hate the genre / artists involved may not care for it, but almost anyone else will.
*** 1/2 - A fairly good work, but will probably only be embraced by fans of the genre / artist.
*** - A barely good work; only diehard fans need apply.
** 1/2 - An average work; probably won't excite even diehard fans.
** - A below average piece of art; non-fans will hate this work.
* 1/2 - A bad work that few people are likely to enjoy and many are likely to hate.
* - A truly awful work; nearly everybody will hate this.
1/2 - One of the worst works of art ever; like the 5 stars, these are also rare.