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It's time to vote for the 2009 Xixax Awards! This is the final vote!
Send your votes in through PM, following all the rules. The deadline is Monday, March 30.
Any questions? Ask them here.
THE RULES:
you have to
1. vote privately:
. . . .If your username begins begins with A-G (or #), send your ballot to MacGuffin (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=9)
. . . .If your username begins begins with H-O, send your ballot to modage (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=394)
. . . .If your username begins begins with P-Z, send your ballot to ©brad (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=60)
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 March 30
COPY AND PASTE, DELETING ALL TITLES BUT YOUR VOTE...
BEST FILM
The Dark Knight
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
Wall•E
The Wrestler
BEST DIRECTOR
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Wall•E
The Wrestler
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Michelle Williams - Wendy And Lucy
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Sean Penn - Milk
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona
Rosemary DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
Samantha Morton - Synecdoche, New York
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - In Bruges
Emile Hirsch - Milk
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
BEST SCREENPLAY
The Dark Knight
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
Wall•E
The Wrestler
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
The Wrestler
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Synecdoche, New York
Wall•E
BEST EDITING
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
The Wrestler
BEST SOUND
Cloverfield
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Wall•E
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Cloverfield
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Speed Racer
BEST DEBUT FILM
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
In Bruges
Let The Right One In
The Strangers
Synecdoche, New York
BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Teen
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Encounters At The End of the World
Man on Wire
Religulous
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda
The Tale of Despereaux
Waltz With Bashir
Wall•E
BEST DVD RELEASE
Bottle Rocket - Criterion
The Dark Knight (Blu-Ray)
The Godfather trilogy
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac - Special Edition
BEST TRAILER
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Teaser) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFk0T0eQonw)
The Dark Knight (Trailer #1) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgydRcQSji4)
Milk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2kD-9QZOs4)
Wall•E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UblUO0LjPUg)
The Wrestler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61-GFxjTyV0)
BEST FILM POSTER
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I think these are our coolest and more diverse nominations yet.
No Let The Right One In for best film is really disappointing.
Quote from: Stefen on March 23, 2009, 03:08:09 PM
No Let The Right One In for best film is really disappointing.
Yea, considering the other choices, I would have voted for it.
Initially I was quite disappointed that lots of my favorites were missing. But overall it seems there's enough of a mix to keep most people happy enough. Despite the difference in tastes expressed, I can't see the final results being anywhere near diverse. One or two categories are very disappointing.
Heath Ledger not supporting? Can't say I disagree, but what a curveball to throw into that particular group!!
Quote from: Sleepless on March 23, 2009, 03:26:11 PM
Heath Ledger not supporting? Can't say I disagree, but what a curveball to throw into that particular group!!
Second that, although I do think he is supporting, anyway, it's a two horse race now with him and Mickey...
We are facing a Condorcet's paradox I think in the major categories, where maybe most people put these movies in 2-3-4-5th place so they got up instead of the Xixax favorites.
I will still be able to vote because some (maybe all) of my year favorite are represented somewhere. so that's lucky.
also really, so much love for Milk surprises me. Didn't think it was Xixax-y ... Synedoche tho is so representative of the crowd and I'm glad it's up there in best film.
yeah i'm saddened by the lack of right one and the love for synecdoche continues to baffle me. otherwise i'm pretty happy with these choices. these may be the toughest xaxies to vote for ever.
Have you voted yet???!!!
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Hello, McFly?! Anyone home?
how many people have voted?
Quote from: MacGuffin on March 25, 2009, 01:28:21 AM
Have you voted yet???!!!
Yep...although not having many of my nominations make the cut has me a little less interested in the outcome.
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Coffee's for voters only!
Yipppeeee, I get coffee.
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Three days!
Are you trying to scare them?
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Minus the 4 months and 3 weeks....
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xixax awards are on their way. does anybody want to take a guess on the winners?
Synedouche (TM Silias) for best pic. Kate for best actress.
Kung-Fu Panda for Best Animated Feature, followed shortly by my brains winning for Best Splattering Against the Wall.
I think Dark Knight gets the most awards (including Best Picture, Actor, Director & others) but it's not a Paul Thomas Anderson rout.
It was a pretty shitty year.