Back on Episode 101 of What Do You Wanna Watch?, Ashley and Dylan picked 8 films entries and two wild card films as part of their Fantasy Movie Game Draft. Now after adding 3 extra picks to their lists on the most recent episode, lets look at how their lists compare.
The Rules
The scores for each film are based on the Rotten Tomato’s critics average rating. For every 0.1 above 6.0 a film gets, it gets one point. For every 0.1 below 6.0, it loses one point. If a movie doesn’t release in the year, it is treated as getting a 6.0, and therefore 0 points.
There are also special rules to make certain points worth more or less. If a film scores above a 8.0, every 0.1 above 8.0 is worth two points instead of one. Meanwhile, f0r every 01. below 4.0, the loss of points in only half a point.
Finally, there are bonus points based on worldwide box office ranking. If the film ranked is ranked 1 for the year worldwide, it earns 20 points. Rank 2 earns 18 points and so on through to rank 10 earning 2 points.
Any negative critic scores for the wildcard entries don’t count.
Whoevers film picks net the most points wins.
Dylan’s Picks
The Batman
Release date: 3 March 2022
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell
RT Critic Average Rating: 7.6
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 4
Critic Points: 16
Box Office Points: 14
Total Points: 30
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Release date: 5 May 2022
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen, Xochitl Gomez.
RT Critic Average Rating: 6.5
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 2
Critic Points: 5
Box Office Points: 18
Total Points: 23
Lightyear
Release date: 16 June 2022
Directed by: Angus MacLane
Starring: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules, James Brolin, Uzo Aduba
RT Critic Average Rating: 6.7
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 13
Critic Points: 7
Box Office Points: 0
Total Points: 7
The Bob’s Burgers Movie
Release date: 26 May 2022
Directed by: Loren Bouchard, Bernard Derriman
Starring: H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Larry Murphy, John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, David Wain, Zach Galifianakis, Kevin Kline
RT Critic Average Rating: 7.0
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 35
Critic Points: 10
Box Office Points: 0
Total Points: 10
Top Gun: Maverick
Release date: 26 May 2022
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Starring: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer
RT Critic Average Rating: 8.2
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 1
Critic Points: 24
Box Office Points: 20
Total Points: 44
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Release date: N/A
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone, Hugh Grant
RT Critic Average Rating: N/A
Worldwide Box Office Rank: N/A
Critic Points: N/A
Box Office Points: N/A
Total Points: 0
Jurassic World Dominion
Release date: 9 June 2022
Directed by: Colin Trevorrow
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, BD Wong, Omar Sy
RT Critic Average Rating: 4.8
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 3
Critic Points: -12
Box Office Points: 16
Total Points: 4
The Lost City
Release date: 3 March 2022
Directed by: Aaron and Adam Nee
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brad Pitt
RT Critic Average Rating: 6.4
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 16
Critic Points: 4
Box Office Points: 0
Total Points: 4
Dylan’s Wildcards
DC League of Super-Pets
Release date: 15 September 2022
Directed by: Aaron and Adam Nee
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, Thomas Middleditch, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves
RT Critic Average Rating: 6.4
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 80
Critic Points: 4
Box Office Points: 0
Total Points: 4
Ambulance
Release date: 24 March 2022
Directed by: Aaron and Adam Nee
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Natasha Lyonne, Diego Luna, Thomas Middleditch, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves
RT Critic Average Rating: 5.8
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 80
Critic Points: -2
Box Office Points: 0
Total Points: 0
Dylan’s Final 3 Picks
She Said
Release date: 1 June 2022
Directed by: Aaron and Adam Nee
Starring: Shameik Moore, Oscar Isaac, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Issa Rae, Jason Schwartzman
See How They Run
Release date: 29 September 2022
Directed by: Aaron and Adam Nee
Starring: Shameik Moore, Oscar Isaac, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Issa Rae, Jason Schwartzman
Bros
Release date: 27 October 2022
Directed by: Aaron and Adam Nee
Starring: Shameik Moore, Oscar Isaac, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Issa Rae, Jason Schwartzman
Ashley’s Picks
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Release date: 1 June 2023
Directed by: Aaron and Adam Nee
Starring: Shameik Moore, Oscar Isaac, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Issa Rae, Jason Schwartzman
RT Critic Average Rating: N/A
Worldwide Box Office Rank: N/A
Critic Points: N/A
Box Office Points: N/A
Total Points: 0
Thor: Love and Thunder
Release date: 6 July 2022
Directed by: Taika Waititi
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Taika Waititi, Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman
RT Critic Average Rating: 6.5
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 7
Critic Points: 5
Box Office Points: 8
Total Points: 13
The Northman
Release date: 21 April 2022
Directed by: Robert Eggers
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, Willem Dafoe
RT Critic Average Rating: 7.6
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 29
Critic Points: 16
Box Office Points: 0
Total Points: 16
Nope
Release date: 11 August 2022
Directed by: Jordan Peele
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Michael Wincott, Brandon Perea
RT Critic Average Rating: 7.4
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 30
Critic Points: 14
Box Office Points: 0
Total Points: 14
Elvis
Release date: 23 June 2022
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, Kelvin Harrison Jr., David Wenham, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Luke Bracey
RT Critic Average Rating: 6.9
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 13
Critic Points: 9
Box Office Points: 0
Total Points: 9
Disappointment Blvd.
Release date: 2023
Directed by: Ari Aster
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Parker Posey, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini, Zoe Lister-Jones, Richard Kind
RT Critic Average Rating: N/A
Worldwide Box Office Rank: N/A
Critic Points: N/A
Box Office Points: N/A
Total Points: 0
Don’t Worry Darling
Release date: 06 October 2022
Directed by: Olivia Wilde
Starring: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, Nick Kroll, and Chris Pine
RT Critic Average Rating: N/A
Worldwide Box Office Rank: N/A
Critic Points: N/A
Box Office Points: N/A
Total Points: 0
Killers of the Flower Moon
Release date: 2023
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Lily Gladstone, Brendan Fraser
RT Critic Average Rating: N/A
Worldwide Box Office Rank: N/A
Critic Points: N/A
Box Office Points: N/A
Total Points: 0
Ashley’s Wildcards
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Release date: 23 June 2022
Directed by: Kyle Balda
Starring: Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin, Taraji P. Henson, Michelle Yeoh, RZA, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lucy Lawless, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Alan Arkin
RT Critic Average Rating: 6.1
Worldwide Box Office Rank: 5
Critic Points: 1
Box Office Points: 12
Total Points: 13
Halloween Ends
Release date: 13 October 2022
Directed by: David Gordon Green
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, James Jude Courtney, Andi Matichak, Will Patton, Kyle Richards
RT Critic Average Rating: N/A
Worldwide Box Office Rank: N/A
Critic Points: N/A
Box Office Points: N/A
Total Points: 0
Ashley’s Final 3 Picks
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Release date: 10 November 2022
Directed by: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, Angela Bassett
The Fabelmans
Release date: 2022
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle, Jeannie Berlin, Julia Butters, Robin Bartlett, Keely Karsten, Judd Hirsch
Babylon
Release date: 26 December 2022
Directed by: Damien Chazelle
Starring: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Tobey Maguire, Samara Weaving, Max Minghella, Katherine Waterston , Jean Smart
Current Scores
Dylan: 126
Ashley: 65
Its safe to say that Dylan’s strategy of picking films that would perform at the box office and release in the first half of the year paid off. Meanwhile, Ashley’s tactic of picking movies from the end of the year backfired spectacularly with three of his films being pushed to 2023. While there is a small chance Ashley’s remaing films could net him a lot of points, Dylan looks like he has this contest in the bag.