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It's time to vote for the 2011 Xixax Awards! This is the final vote!
Send your votes in through PM, following all the rules. The deadline is Saturday, February 26.
Any questions? Ask them here.
THE RULES:
you have to
1. vote privately:
. . . .If your username begins begins with A-F (or #), send your ballot to MacGuffin (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=9)
. . . .If your username begins begins with G-K, send your ballot to modage (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=394)
. . . .If your username begins begins with L-P, send your ballot to picolas (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=34)
. . . .If your username begins begins with Q-Z, send your ballot to polkablues (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=99)
2. copy the form below and paste it into your PM
3. delete all titles except your vote, elimination-style
4. title your PM "final vote" (please!)
you should
1. be honest
2. vote from personal opinion (not strategically or by consensus)
you can't
1. send more than one ballot
2. vote from multiple times or from different usernames
3. type out your ballot (you have to copy & paste!)
4. add anything to the ballot
5. change the order of the categories
6. share your votes publicly (yet)
7. change your ballot after the deadline
you can
1. vote for some categories or all categories
2. vote any time between now and February 26
COPY AND PASTE, DELETING ALL TITLES BUT YOUR VOTE...
BEST FILM
Black Swan
Enter the Void
Inception
The Social Network
True Grit
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
David Fincher - The Social Network
Gaspar Noe - Enter the Void
Christopher Nolan - Inception
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
Carey Mulligan - Never Let Me Go
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Haillee Steinfeld - True Grit
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
James Franco - 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine
Ben Stiller - Greenberg
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Marion Cotillard - Inception
Mila Kunis - Black Swan
Melissa Leo - The Fighter
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Nicolas Cage - Kick-Ass
Matt Damon - True Grit
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Jeremy Renner - The Town
BEST SCREENPLAY
Greenberg
Inception
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan
Enter the Void
Inception
The Social Network
True Grit
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Black Swan
Enter the Void
Inception
The Social Network
True Grit
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Black Swan
Enter the Void
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
The Social Network
BEST DEBUT FILM
Animal Kingdom
Blue Valentine
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Four Lions
MacGruber
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Best Worst Movie
Catfish
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Jackass 3D
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3
BEST DVD RELEASE
America: Lost & Found (Criterion)
Apocalypse Now
The Night of the Hunter (Criterion)
The Social Network
The Thin Red Line (Criterion)
BEST TRAILER
Black Swan (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/blackswan/)
Blue Valentine (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/bluevalentine/)
Inception (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/inception/)
The Social Network (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/thesocialnetwork/)
Tree of Life (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/thetreeoflife/)
BEST FILM POSTER
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BEST TV SHOW
Breaking Bad
Friday Night Lights
Louie
Mad Men
Peep Show
WORST FILM
I'm Still Here
The Kids Are All Right
Machete
Somewhere
Tron: Legacy
BEST FILM OF 2009 (REDUX)
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up
Where the Wild Things Are
I had a nomination ballot 75% filled out and accidentally deleted it. Forgot to redo it, but happy my film of choice is nominated for all the good awards. I will campaign the shit out of that film.
To those who haven't seen it, check out Enter the Void.
I don't get the fuzz about Enter the Void. Seems like people jumping on the fucking bandwagon and nothing else.
Tiny Furniture should be nominated for debut film, but I guess not a lot of people here have seen it.
Machete for Worst Movie? Ridiculous.
And it's stupid that people here keep ignoring how awesome Avatar is. It's not a bad thing to vote for it just because it made a ton of money. These awards are like the fucking Academy Awards, in fact very similar nominations. You should have voted Crash as the best movie of the decade.
Really guys... really!? No Toy Story 3!? ...this can't be life
Yea, I'm jumping on a bandwagon and liking a movie for trend's sake. I hate how I do that all the time.
Quote from: 72teeth on February 13, 2011, 07:05:11 PM
Really guys... really!? No Toy Story 3!? ...this can't be life
Yeah, that was pretty crushing. Otherwise I'm pretty happy with the nominations. But how did that happen??
In case anyone needs a refresher on the Worst Film category, they are thus:
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As if we needed a reminder that this site is the best film site ever in the history of anything ever.
I'M OKAY WITH THESE.
Good job XIXAX.
Yep. As far as I'm concerned, we all got it pretty right this year.
Also,
Quote from: Gold Trumpet on February 13, 2011, 07:06:28 PM
Yea, I'm jumping on a bandwagon and liking a movie for trend's sake. I hate how I do that all the time.
this made me laugh out loud.
"The Kids Are All Right" as one of the year's worst is hilarious. It's heavily overrated and the story hinges on one subject. I love how we buck the trend.
No love for "I Am Love". That's a shame.
Quote from: kal on February 13, 2011, 07:01:51 PM
I don't get the fuzz about Enter the Void. Seems like people jumping on the fucking bandwagon and nothing else.
Tiny Furniture should be nominated for debut film, but I guess not a lot of people here have seen it.
Machete for Worst Movie? Ridiculous.
And it's stupid that people here keep ignoring how awesome Avatar is. It's not a bad thing to vote for it just because it made a ton of money. These awards are like the fucking Academy Awards, in fact very similar nominations. You should have voted Crash as the best movie of the decade.
This whole post is shocking. You "don't get" the love for Void yet you go "stupid" over the underrateness of Avatar? I think time has teached us that Avatar was vastly overrated. I can't even watch it on the lcd screens at the supermarket without cringing. in a couple of years watching that film will be like watching King Kong. Well, maybe not as bad, but close.
Machete had a lot potential but is really shitty and boring after the first 10 minutes. Plus it aims to be this b movie, sleazy experience and has the the most frustrating sex scenes in history. As I remember from reading that thread, you were the only one who was so enthusiastic about it. Everyone else seemed to be mildly disappointed.
Quote from: Pwaybloe on February 14, 2011, 09:52:28 AM
"The Kids Are All Right" as one of the year's worst is hilarious. It's heavily overrated and the story hinges on one subject. I love how we buck the trend.
No love for "I Am Love". That's a shame.
I left from a showing of "Kids" after 20 minutes. I hated the vibe of the film, hated the "oh we're so liberal and cool" attitude the film has, and it just rubbed me the wrong way.
"I am love" had great cinematography, and yes, it would have been nice to see some recognition to that. The rest of the film felt a little empty to me.
All in all, these are awesome nominations.
Quote from: kal on February 13, 2011, 07:01:51 PM
And it's stupid that people here keep ignoring how awesome Avatar is.
This confuses me. Avatar was 2009.
Quote from: RegularKarate on February 14, 2011, 12:43:05 PM
Quote from: kal on February 13, 2011, 07:01:51 PM
And it's stupid that people here keep ignoring how awesome Avatar is.
This confuses me. Avatar was 2009.
I think he's talking it not getting nominated for the Redux category. But still, this is true:
Quote from: Alexandro on February 14, 2011, 10:49:55 AM
This whole post is shocking.
happy with the noms, I only find odd that Black Swan didnt get one in the screenplay catego and greenberg did (im guessing that was the fifth in votes and BL was sixth)
Quote from: polkablues on February 14, 2011, 12:50:14 PM
But still, this is true:
Quote from: Alexandro on February 14, 2011, 10:49:55 AM
This whole post is shocking.
well not the whooole post. he got the enter the void part right. but yes, the rest of it is utter shite.
Quote from: Fernando on February 14, 2011, 01:17:30 PM
happy with the noms, I only find odd that Black Swan didnt get one in the screenplay catego and greenberg did (im guessing that was the fifth in votes and BL was sixth)
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BLue Valentine
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Quote from: kal on February 13, 2011, 07:01:51 PM
And it's stupid that people here keep ignoring how awesome Avatar is. It's not a bad thing to vote for it just because it made a ton of money. These awards are like the fucking Academy Awards, in fact very similar nominations. You should have voted Crash as the best movie of the decade.
have we become the Oscars or have the Oscars become us, I don't know......... But it just wasn't like the old days anymore, no it wasn't like those days.
I'm singing a song in my head guess which one
Quote from: Reelist on February 15, 2011, 01:00:20 AM
Quote from: Fernando on February 14, 2011, 01:17:30 PM
happy with the noms, I only find odd that Black Swan didnt get one in the screenplay catego and greenberg did (im guessing that was the fifth in votes and BL was sixth)
BL?
BurLesque
BiutifuL
BLack Swan
BLack Tulip
BLue Valentine
The Book of ELi?
:doh: :laughing:
of course I meant BS as in Black Swan...BL feels better thou :P
I was pretty happy with Black Swan not getting a screenplay nod. Thought the story was kind of weak. That was a technical showcase for Aronscarfsky and Libatique and an acting showcase for NatPo. Kind of like how Social Network was Finchers movie (and Sorkins in place of Libatique). I don't get the love for Eisenberg. He has Fincher and Sorkin to thank more than he does himself.
I love the worst movie category. I agree with all of them. Wish there were 6 spots so Trash Humpers could be there. Ugh.
How did you guys not vote Jersey Shore for best tv show? Are you guys even watching it? It's the best dramatic show on television. How can you not feel bad for the emotional rollercoaster Ronnie has been on this season because of his testosterone levels due to steroid abuse? He's either yelling at someone and picking a fight or crying in a corner somewhere. And what about The Situations effort to hide his homosexuality from the rest of his alpha-male roommates? And finally, how about Snookies weight? Jersey Shore is the greatest sci-fi show on television right now. What other show has a main character than can gain 30lbs from one episode to the next all while being 4 foot 9 tall? It's harrowing stuff, people!
sad that my plea for people to nominate trash humpers for cinematography fell on deaf ears
:( yeah, well in our hearts we know it's true.
I never realized all that stuff Stefen said about Jersey Shore, spot on analysis :lol:
Quote from: Stefen on February 15, 2011, 12:29:17 PM
Jersey Shore is the greatest sci-fi show on television right now.
Tied with The Bachelor (http://m.npr.org/story/133402141?url=/blogs/monkeysee/2011/02/01/133402141/the-bachelor-is-science-fiction-a-crackpot-theory-you-can-get-behind), at least.
For some reason when i send in my choices i don't have it in my outbox, i think this might have happened last year as well. does that mean it didn't go through? I sent it to polka
Quote from: kal on February 13, 2011, 07:01:51 PM
I don't get the fuzz about Enter the Void. Seems like people jumping on the fucking bandwagon and nothing else.
I wouldn't go that far, and i didn't send in nominations this year, but If it were only up to me I'd have it in the best and worst film categories. It seems to have that kind of polar response, myself siding with worst.
Quote from: socketlevel on February 15, 2011, 04:10:38 PM
For some reason when i send in my choices i don't have it in my outbox, i think this might have happened last year as well. does that mean it didn't go through? I sent it to polka
Don't worry, I got it. Make sure when you send an IM, that the little box for "save a copy to my outbox" is checked.
Quote from: polkablues on February 15, 2011, 04:24:28 PM
Quote from: socketlevel on February 15, 2011, 04:10:38 PM
For some reason when i send in my choices i don't have it in my outbox, i think this might have happened last year as well. does that mean it didn't go through? I sent it to polka
Don't worry, I got it. Make sure when you send an IM, that the little box for "save a copy to my outbox" is checked.
ah right right, thanks man.
Don't forget everybody. Ballots are due this Saturday and they only take a minute to fill out. :yabbse-grin:
Carey Mulligan's name is misspelled in the ballot, by the way.
I'll labor over my vote for weeks, then end up voting at the last minute using my gut.
Quote from: matt35mm on February 21, 2011, 09:33:51 PM
Carey Mulligan's name is misspelled in the ballot, by the way.
L O L
LAST DAY y'all. We're going to get in all the votes BEFORE the Oscars and Awards should be announced sometime this week.
I'm getting more and more convinced that King's Speech is going to walk away with the Oscars, so we here at Xixax have an obligation... nay, a DUTY... to once again succeed where the academy has failed. So please, vote your asses off, so this sense of smug superiority can carry us through another year.
don't underestimate the preferential ballot. it's the very reason avatar didn't get it last year. With preferential you only win when you have 50.1% of the vote.
I suspect that the kings speech will be a lot of #1 choices for the Oprah crowd in the Academy, but it won't be the Top 5 for a lot of others. In the past, with 5 nominations and the first-past-the-post system I think this crowd was the majority, look to years like when the English patient won. but in that system theoretically they'd could only have to get 21% of the vote and still win. Granted that would be a very competitive 5 way split. My guess is if the majority had their ballot still count after their first choice was eliminated, they wouldn't have sided with the front runner.
So let's just say the kings speech gets 40% of #1 choices, and social network gets 25%, black swan gets 15% and true grit gets 14%. As soon as true grit is eliminated, they tally those votes up and half goes to social network as the #2 choice and the other half to black swan and a small % goes to kings speech. At that point it could look like this: Kings speech 43%; social network 30.5%; black swan 20.5%. Then black swan is eliminated and all those votes went to social network. we end up with Kings speech 43.5% and social network with 50.5%.
This is truly a great system by my tastes, and it's more democratic. The crowd that i feel goes for the safe vote has a much weaker voice then they used to. To generalize, i believe people that would vote for social network wouldn't have the kings speech as their #2 vote as likely as true grit or black swan. I might eat my words on this when the day comes but i believe the two best shots at the academy award are black swan and the social network because they appeal to both crowds. As long as they get enough votes to last the initial rounds of the preferential system, they'll pick up a lot of 2nd choices based on what gets eliminated.
we'll see.
EDIT - sadly last i knew of the system the preferential ballot is only used for best picture. you might be right with all the other awards based on the first-past-the-post reasons i just mentioned.
I've long said that the US should switch to an instant-runoff election system like that. We'll see if it works on the Oscars first. I hope you're right.
Quote from: polkablues on February 26, 2011, 02:31:13 PM
I've long said that the US should switch to an instant-runoff election system like that. We'll see if it works on the Oscars first. I hope you're right.
It worked last year, depending on if you wanted avatar to lose.
I completely forgot. No way for me to send in a vote?
I was wrong....
Winners coming soon... Any predictions?