`` The Dark Knight '' was year 's top box office film , also critically praised . Oscar nominations tend to go to `` prestige '' works . Still , it might behoove the Academy to pay attention to box office as well as prestige , particularly when several films have garnered both . They aren't necessarily the best films of their genre but they have a lot more going for them than most other movies in that category.
`` The Dark Knight '' was year 's top box office film , also critically praised . Oscar nominations tend to go to `` prestige '' works . They aren't necessarily the best films of their genre but they have a lot more going for them than most other movies in that category.