2011 Xixax Awards: FINAL VOTE!

Started by modage, February 13, 2011, 06:31:19 PM

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modage




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
. . . .If your username begins begins with G-K, send your ballot to modage
. . . .If your username begins begins with L-P, send your ballot to picolas
. . . .If your username begins begins with Q-Z, send your ballot to polkablues
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
Blue Valentine
Inception
The Social Network
Tree of Life

BEST FILM POSTER






 

 

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
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

Gold Trumpet

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.

Kal

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.

72teeth

Really guys... really!? No Toy Story 3!? ...this can't be life
Doctor, Always Do the Right Thing.

Yowza Yowza Yowza

Gold Trumpet

Yea, I'm jumping on a bandwagon and liking a movie for trend's sake. I hate how I do that all the time.


modage

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??
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

polkablues

In case anyone needs a refresher on the Worst Film category, they are thus:









My house, my rules, my coffee

Stefen

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.
Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

polkablues

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.
My house, my rules, my coffee

Pwaybloe

"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.


Alexandro

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.

RegularKarate

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.

polkablues

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.
My house, my rules, my coffee

Fernando

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)

Pozer

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.