Kenneth Turan Can't Count

So I am working on a whole lot of different reviews, but in the mean time, I was checking out the top ten lists that are starting to pop up. As you might have noticed, I love top ten lists (both reading and creating my own). So, I happened upon the LA TIMES top ten list from resident film critic KENNETH TURAN. Here is a link to his full article…

Turan’s Top Ten

And here is the list of his “top ten” films of 2006…

1. Flags of Our Fathers
Letters From Iwo Jima

2. The Ground Truth
Iraq in Fragments
My Country, My Country
The War Tapes
Darwin’s Nightmare

3. Friends With Money
Half Nelson

4. The Queen
Venus

5. The Lives of Others
L’Enfant

6. Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking

7. Volver

8. Pan’s Labyrinth
Children of Men

9. Dreamgirls

10. Sweet Land

Now, I won’t get into what I thought about the films on the list (many of which I have problems with), but I do have one question…

Why are there 20 films in his top ten?

I understand having a tie for number one or wanting to squeeze in an extra movie or two, but this is just silly. Just something that I found funny. I will make more comments about the films on his list when I compile my own. The only thing I will say is that he left out the best film of the year without question.