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Foreign Language

Doucmentary Short

Those are from the submissions as of tonight (this post time). It's got at least one extra ballot where someone changed there mind. You still can too!
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In line FTW
Originally uploaded by browsermetrics.
The tail end of the queue. This is about a third of the line down. Someone said that we were at least 350 deep.
- Best Picture: (3) Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood
- Actor: (3) George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Johnny Depp, Tommy Lee Jones, Viggo Mortensen
- Actress: (3) Cate Blanchett, Julie Christie, Marion Cotillard, Laura Linney, Ellen Page
- Supporting Actor: (3) Casey Affleck, Javier Bardem, Hal Holbrook, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Wilkinson
- Supporting Actress: (3) Cate Blanchett, Ruby Dee, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Ryan, Tilda Swinton
- Director: (2) Julian Schnabel, Jason Reitman, Tony Gilroy, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Paul Thomas Anderson
- Foreign Film: Beaufort, The Counterfeiters, Katyn, Mongol, 12
- Adapted Screenplay: (2) Christopher Hampton, Sarah Polley, Ronald Harwood, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Paul Thomas Anderson
- Original Screenplay: (2) Diablo Cody, Nancy Oliver, Tony Gilroy, Brad Bird et. al., Tamara Jenkins
- Animated Feature Film: (2) Persepolis, Ratatouille, Surfs Up
- Art Direction: (2) American Gangster, Atonement, The Golden Compass, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, There Will Be Blood
- Cinematography: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood
- Sound Mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum, No Country for Old Men, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma, Transformers
- Sound Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum, No Country for Old Men, Ratatouille, There Will Be Blood, Transformers
- Original Score: Atonement, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma
- Original Song: Falling Slowly from Once, Happy Working Song from Enchanted, Raise It Up from August Rush, So Close from Enchanted, Thats How You Know from Enchanted
- Costume: Across the Universe, Atonement, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, La Vie en Rose, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Documentary Feature: No End in Sight, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, Sicko, Taxi to the Dark Side, War/Dance
- Documentary (short subject): Freeheld, La Corona (The Crown), Salim Baba, Saris Mother
- Film Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood
- Makeup: La Vie en Rose, Norbit, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
- Animated Short Film: I Met the Walrus, Madame Tutli-Putli, Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven), My Love (Moya Lyubov), Peter & the Wolf
- Live Action Short Film: At Night, Il Supplente (The Substitute), Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets), Tanghi Argentini, The Tonto Woman
- Visual Effects: The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, Transformers
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Good luck.
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voted in the 1st Annual BrowserMetrics Oscar Pool. For the rest of my
regular readers, why haven't you voted. Polls close Sunday at 5pm EST.
Go vote!
UPDATE: Alright, now we're starting to see some action! We've got five participants! Here's a view of the current predictions in a nice lovely spreadsheet.
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Those questions were kind of lame. They asked when did I start playing computer games, but didn't even have the 70s. That would've shot me up at least an extra 5%!
From Margeaux.
1. Citizen Kane (1941) (1)
2. The Godfather (1972) (3)
3. Casablanca (1942) (2)
4. Raging Bull (1980)(24)
5. Singin' in the Rain (1952)(10)
6. Gone With the Wind (1939)(4)
7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)(5)
8. Schindler's List (1993)(9)
9. Vertigo (1958)(61)
10. The Wizard of Oz (1939) (6)
11. City Lights (1931)(76)
12. The Searchers (1956)(96)
13. Star Wars (1977)(15)
14. Psycho (1960)(18)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)(22)
16. Sunset Boulevard (1950)(12)
17. The Graduate (1967)(7)
18. The General (1927)
19. On the Waterfront (1954)(8)
20. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)(11)
21. Chinatown (1974)(19)
22. Some Like It Hot (1959)(14)
23. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)(21)
24. E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)(25)
25. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)(34)
26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)(29)
27. High Noon (1952)(33)
28. All About Eve (1950)(16)
29. Double Indemnity (1944)(38)
30. Apocalypse Now (1979)(28)
31. The Maltese Falcon (1941)(23)
32. The Godfather Part II (1974)(32)
33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)(20)
34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)(49)
35. Annie Hall (1977)(31)
36. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)(13)
37. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)(37)
38. Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)(30)
39. Dr. Strangelove (1964) (26)
40. The Sound of Music (1965)(55)
41. King Kong (1933)(43)
42. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (27)
43. Midnight Cowboy (1969)(36)
44. The Philadelphia Story (1940) (51)
45. Shane (1953)(69)
46. It Happened One Night (1934) (35)
47. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)(45)
48. Rear Window (1954) (42)
49. Intolerance (1916)
50. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
51. West Side Story (1961)(41)
52. Taxi Driver (1976) (47)
53. The Deer Hunter (1978)(79)
54. MASH (1970) (56)
55. North by Northwest (1959) (40)
56. Jaws (1975) (48)
57. Rocky (1976) (78)
58. The Gold Rush (1925) (74)
59. Nashville (1975)
60. Duck Soup (1933) (85)
61. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
62. American Graffiti (1973)(77)
63. Cabaret (1972)
64. Network (1976) (66)
65. The African Queen (1951) (17)
66. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (60)
67. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
68. Unforgiven (1992)(98)
69. Tootsie (1982) (62)
70. A Clockwork Orange (1971) (46)
71. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
72. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)(50)
74. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)(65)
75. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
76. Forrest Gump (1994)(71)
77. All the President's Men (1976)
78. Modern Times (1936) (81)
79. The Wild Bunch (1969) (80)
80. The Apartment (1960)(93)
81. Spartacus (1960)
82. Sunrise (1927)
83. Titanic (1997)
84. Easy Rider (1969) (88)
85. A Night at the Opera (1935)
86. Platoon (1986) (83)
87. 12 Angry Men (1957)
88. Bringing Up Baby (1938) (97)
89. The Sixth Sense (1999)
90. Swing Time (1936)
91. Sophie's Choice (1982)
92. GoodFellas (1990) (94)
93. The French Connection (1971) (70)
94. Pulp Fiction (1994) (95)
95. The Last Picture Show (1971)
96. Do the Right Thing (1989) (2nd review)
97. Blade Runner (1982)
98. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) (100)
99. Toy Story (1995)
100. Ben-Hur (1959) (72)
One thing about it, I'm sure it's contreversial. How can you choose?!
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Your Score: Clark Gable
You scored 19% Tough, 28% Roguish, 38% Friendly, and 14% Charming!
You're a pretty interesting guy, all man but approachable and friendly. You like the lovely ladies, but you're also a real stand up guy with a true sense of honor and duty. You're respected by most men, although they probably wouldn't trust you alone with their girlfriends and even wives. Women find you intriguing, drawn to your playful sense of fun and true-blue core. You think most women are rather silly, but strong dames with smarts really turn you on, and you tend to marry them. Leading ladies include Claudette Colbert and Vivien Leigh, women who find you somewhat charming but a little dangerous.
Find out what kind of classic dame you'd make by taking the Classic Dames Test.
| Link: The Classic Leading Man Test written by gidgetgoes on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
Your Score: Katharine Hepburn
You scored 11% grit, 28% wit, 38% flair, and 28% class!
You are the fabulously quirky and independent woman of character. You go your own way, follow your own drummer, take your own lead. You stand head and shoulders next to your partner, but you are perfectly willing and able to stand alone. Others might be more classically beautiful or conventionally woman-like, but you possess a more fundamental common sense and off-kilter charm, making interesting men fall at your feet. You can pick them up or leave them there as you see fit. You share the screen with the likes of Spencer Tracy and Cary Grant, thinking men who like strong women.
Find out what kind of classic leading man you'd make by taking the Classic Leading Man Test.
| Link: The Classic Dames Test written by gidgetgoes on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
a Man with No Name You scored 8 Honor, 4 Justice, 8 Adventure, and 4 Individuality! |
It's one thing to be a gunslinger. It's another to wander into town, leave nothing but a trail of those who'd try your skill and take the town's gratitude and cash with you. Hero or villan? It's all in how you look at it and whose side you're on. Cigar in your teeth and colt on your hip, you are ready to step into the hazy desert horizon. You'll do just fine. |
| Link: The Cowboy-Ninja-Pirate-Knight Test written by fluffy71 on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
| Your Birthdate: September 18 |
You are a cohesive force - able to bring many people together for a common cause. You tend to excel in work situations, but you also facilitate a lot of social gatherings too. Beyond being a good leader, you are good at inspiring others. You also keep your powerful emotions in check - you know when to emote and when to repress. Your strength: Emotional maturity beyond your years Your weakness: Wearing yourself down with too many responsibilities Your power color: Crimson red Your power symbol: Snowflake Your power month: September |
This is wrong. Except for September!
(hat tip to Margeaux)
Here's the opening stuff.
SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen.
There are 170 movies on this list. Put your score in header and repost:
(x) Nacho Libre
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the caribbean 2
() Orange County
() The Green Mile
(x) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory
() Neverending Story
() Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane!
(x) Red Eye
() Stick It
() Shes the Man
() 8 Mile
Total : 7
That didn't start out so good. 7 of 13. That'll mean I'll get the 85 point. Darn.
(x) The Princess Bride
() SNL's The Best of Will Ferrell
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
() Fun With Dick and Jane
() Saw
() Saw II
(x) White Noise
() White Oleander
() Anger Management
() 50 First Dates
() The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
() Legally Blonde
(x) Legally Blonde 2
Total: 3
Yikes! Doing worse! Who made this list up. That will farrell one seems to be a DVD of the best of SNL. Come on. I won't even rent that shit. This is bogus.
(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scary Movie
() Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
() American Wedding
() American Pie Band Camp
Total: 4
(x) Harry Potter
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Resident Evil 1
() Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
() Cinderella Man
(x) The Village
() Lilo & Stitch
Total : 7
(x) Finding Nemo
() Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
() White Chicks
() Little Manhattan
(x) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
() Robots
Total : 7
(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
(x) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
() KingPin
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
() Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
(x) King Kong(2005)
Total : 8
(x) Alice in Wonderland
(x) The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
() Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
() Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
(x) Halloween
() The Ring
() The Ring 2
() Surviving X-MAS
() Flubber
(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
() Ghost Ship
() From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
() I Am Sam
() the whole nine yards
() The Whole Ten Yards
Total : 9
(x) The Day After Tomorrow
() Child's Play
() Seed of Chucky
() Bride of Chucky
(x) 10 Things I Hate About You
() Just Married
(x) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
() Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
(x) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
() Son Of The Mask
Total : 9
(x) Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
(x) Lucky Number Seven
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
() Identity
() Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
() Superstar
(x) Ice Age
() Ice age 2 The Meltdown
Total : 8
(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
(x) A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness
(x) ET
(x) Children of the Corn
() My Boss' Daughter
() Maid in Manhattan
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
() Best Bet
() How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
() Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
(x) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Forrest Gump
(x) Big Trouble in Little China
(x) The Terminator
(x) The Terminator 2
() The Terminator 3
Total : 17
(X) X-Men
(X) X-Men 2
(X) X-Men 3
(X) Spider-Man
(X) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
() Jeepers Creepers
() Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Others
(X) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of fire
(X) Cruel Intentions
() Cruel Intentions 2
() Cruel Intentions 3
() The Hot Chick
() Shrek
() Shrek 2
Total : 11
() Swimfan
() Miracle
(x) Old School
() K-Paxx
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
() A Walk To Remember
() Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old-virgin
() The Hills Have Eyes
() The Man in the Moon
Total: 5
I scored 96! I know I've seen more movies. Who made that one up?
Hollywood has become more conservative in their approach to making movies. They need to make an impact with the "boffo b.o." of the opening week. They mistakenly believe that this is where they can make their money, therefore they're producing more movies that attempt to do that. They pay their actors exorbitant fee. They splash flashy CG on the screen. They plumb the depths of the lowest common denominator. Yet, they forget to tell their stories well. I believe the old adage that says there are only four typical story plotlines, therefore it's imperative that the film-makers be judicious in how they unfold their story onscreen. I think Hollywood forgets that too often.
Indy films are not any better. They have mimicked their more prosperous competitor and lost their.
When will the magic return to cinema?
These are the films I believe to be the best I saw this year.
4 stars
That's it. The others were mediocre -- some fun and a pleasure to watch while others were not bad, but not good as well. Then I saw plenty of other junk. That is for another post...
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According to my Netflix queue, as of today, these are my top rated DVDs this year. Of course I only started renting from them this year. Most of the good DVDs will have inspired a post on this site, so you could read my review. I hope you place some of these on your Netflix queue to enjoy.
5 stars
4 stars
- North By Northwest
- Gilda
- Triumph of the Nerds
- Royal Tanenbaums
- Show Me Love
- Lagaan
- Shaolin Soccer
- Gunslinger Girl
- Hell On Tour
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Here's a list put up by some dude who thinks that to be film literate
you need to have watched these 100+ movies. I have marked the ones that
I have seen with an asterisk. Some of the ones that I haven't seen
surprise me. They are films that have a particular stature that it
seems I already know the plot and their major importance to film history
already. Maybe I should check them out. Also, I know I've seen bits
and pieces of a few more that I don't remember about.
I clock in about 60 or so movies. How about you?
*2001: A Space Odyssey
* The 400 Blows
8 1/2
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
* Alien
All About Eve
* Annie Hall
* Apocalypse Now
* Bambi
* The Battleship Potemkin
The Best Years of Our Lives
* The Big Red One
The Bicycle Thief
* The Big Sleep
* Blade Runner
Blowup
* Blue Velvet
* Bonnie and Clyde
* Breathless
Bringing Up Baby
* Carrie
* Casablanca
Un Chien Andalou
Children of Paradise / Les Enfants du Paradis
* Chinatown
* Citizen Kane
* A Clockwork Orange
* The Crying Game
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Days of Heaven
* Dirty Harry
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
* Do the Right Thing
La Dolce Vita
Double Indemnity
* Dr. Strangelove
Duck Soup
* E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial
Easy Rider
* The Empire Strikes Back
* The Exorcist
* Fargo
* Fight Club
* Frankenstein
* The General
* The Godfather, The Godfather, Part II
Gone With the Wind
* GoodFellas
* The Graduate
* Halloween
* A Hard Day's Night
Intolerance
It's a Gift
* It's a Wonderful Life
* Jaws
The Lady Eve
* Lawrence of Arabia
* M
* Mad Max 2 / The Road Warrior
The Maltese Falcon
The Manchurian Candidate
Metropolis
Modern Times
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Nashville
The Night of the Hunter
* Night of the Living Dead
* North by Northwest
* Nosferatu
On the Waterfront
* Once Upon a Time in the West
Out of the Past
Persona
* Pink Flamingos
* Psycho
* Pulp Fiction
* Rashomon
* Rear Window
* Rebel Without a Cause
Red River
Repulsion
* The Rules of the Game
* Scarface
The Scarlet Empress
Schindler's List
The Searchers
* The Seven Samurai
Singin' in the Rain
Some Like It Hot
A Star Is Born
A Streetcar Named Desire
Sunset Boulevard
* Taxi Driver
The Third Man
* Tokyo Story
* Touch of Evil
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Trouble in Paradise
* Vertigo
* West Side Story
The Wild Bunch
* The Wizard of Oz
You scored as Doyle. Doyle. Mysterious. Celebrant. Man in the Know. Sinful. Hedonistic. You may not be a mover-and-shaker, but you rub elbows with them. You also seem to always know more than you are telling. Because you do. You keep things close to the breast for good reason. Not much is known about you and you like to keep it that way. You have a taste for some demeritorious, but not totally unethical, things. Just watch it doesn't take you too far, you are destined for great things.
What Buffyverse (Angel & Buffy) Character are you most like? created with QuizFarm.com |
I have no idea what all this means. Who the heck is Doyle? Anyway it seems so odd. This quiz pointed out to me via CapitolSwell
1 This Is Spinal Tap: Funny, funny movie. As many great quotes as any. "This goes to 11."
2 The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Saw it when I was a young'un. Three times. Participated in the fun. But now it is just ridiculous.
3 Freaks: Alex Winters. 'Nuff said.
4 Harold And Maude
5 Pink Flamingos: John Waters is a local legend in Baltimore. Grossest scene ever. I could take it or leave it.
6 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Scares me too much.
7 Repo Man: The movie soundtrack was all the rave when I was a youn punk. "You find one in every car."
8 Scarface: Going to the U at the tail end of the 80s. This was a classic to watch.
9 Blade Runner: This is the movie which all sci-fi movies derive from. Classic.
10 The Shawshank Redemption
11 Five Deadly Venoms: Kung fu theatre rulez! They should bring it back for lazy saturdays.
12 Plan 9 From Outer Space
13 Brazil: Prescient. We are all going to die via paperwork.
14 Eraserhead
15 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
16 The Warriors: Why aren't the gangs of today like this. Baseball furies.
17 Dazed And Confused: "I love high school girls. The older I get. They stay the same age."
18 Hard-Boiled
19 Evil Dead II
20 The Mack
21 Pee-Wee's Big Adventure: The Alamo's basement!
22 Un Chien Andalou
23 Akira: I still don't get it.
24 The Toxic Avenger
25 Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory: Oompa-Loompas! Ahh HBO in the summer at OC.
26 Stranger Than Paradise
27 Dawn Of The Dead: The original is still the best of the zombie flicks.
28 The Wiz
29 Clerks
30 The Harder They Come
31 Slap Shot
32 Re-Animator: The head that gives head.
33 Grey Gardens
34 The Big Lebowski: I'm the dude.
35 Withnail and I
36 Showgirls
37 A Bucket Of Bood
38 They Live: Rowdy Roddy Piper taking out alien invaders. What else do you need. "I came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum."
39 The Best Of Everything
40 Barbarella
41 Heathers: The young Jack Nickelson.
42 Rushmore: Bittersweet. Loved it.
43 The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension: Saw this when I was younger, I don't remember much, but it must have been fun. As was all movies when I was a kid.
44 Love Streams
45 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
46 Aguirre, The Wrath of God
47 Walking And Talking Nicole Holofcener
48 The Decline Of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years
49 Friday
50 Faces of Death, Vol. 1
51 Monty Python and the Holy Grail : Funnier than the number 1 movie on this list. It gets funnier everytime.
52 A Clockwork Orange: Ultraviolence and a little of the old in-n-out, too.
53 Mommie Dearest
54 The Princess Bride: Good but not great IMHO.
55 Swingers: My movie. Defines the nineties for me. I saw a weekday matinee. Several business men, some college kids, and I. I think I was the only one laughing throughout the movie. Classic.
56 UHF
57 Valley of the Dolls
58 Fight Club: I shall follow the first rule of the fight club.
59 Dead Alive (aka Braindead)
60 Better Off Dead
61 Donnie Darko