What's with all that "Best film of 20XX" nonsense?

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I get really curious when I see people say "This is the best of this year"... what exactly does that mean and why does anyone care? The best of bad year... is that better than not the best of the better one?
I would much rather rate films in absolute sense. Most of the time when Oscars hit I have not seen most, or all of the nominees. Usually turns out I did not miss anything.
Case in point - the Hurt Locker. A real exercise in mediocrity, totally weak film any way you look at it. Best film of 2009? Give me a break... Too bad I wanted to see what all that noise was about so I paid six bucks for On Demand. Should have had another Big Mac instead. Truth is - soon everyone will forget about that piece of crap, but somewhere in the annals there will be line: "Best of..." But so what it won the 2010 Oscars? It is still farshtunken.

Edits: 01/27/11

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Topic - What's with all that "Best film of 20XX" nonsense? - Victor Khomenko 13:46:50 01/27/11 (8)

Hurt Locker was an excellent film... - mkuller 14:46:24 01/29/11 (1)

Hurt Locker was a steaming pile of shite - Doug Flynn 03:46:33 01/30/11 (0)

RE: Thank goodness ... - Jeff Starrs 02:36:40 01/28/11 (1)

RE: Thank goodness ... - Victor Khomenko 06:05:58 01/28/11 (0)

The last Movie I went to see at Theater was.... - ArdRi 20:40:26 01/27/11 (0)

I like to check out the "best of" lists: I've found many - tinear 17:01:01 01/27/11 (1)

I meant the temporal "Best..." lists - Victor Khomenko 06:03:59 01/28/11 (0)

RE: What's with all that "Best film of 20XX" nonsense? - dancingseamonkey 16:25:50 01/27/11 (0)

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