nominating the 2004 xixax awards

Started by Jeremy Blackman, January 12, 2004, 09:01:01 PM

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Jeremy Blackman

VOTE FOR THE XIXAX AWARDS


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It's time to vote for the 2004 Xixax Awards nominations!

Send your votes in through PM, following all the rules. The deadline is January 25.

note: City of God & Russian Ark are eligible this year (they weren't last year). If you have other eligibility questions, or any questions at all, ask them here.


THE RULES:

you have to
1. vote privately:
. . . .If your username begins begins with A-F (or a #), send your ballot to MacGuffin
. . . .If your username begins begins with G-M, send your ballot to Jeremy Blackman
. . . .If your username begins begins with N-S, send your ballot to RegularKarate
. . . .If your username begins begins with T-Z, send your ballot to ©brad
. . . .(note that this is different from the Dekapenticon)
2. copy the provided form below and paste it into your PM
3. (if it's not an acting category) only list the movie in each category, not the person who would win
4. specify the actor and movie (for the acting categories), like this: Actor - "Movie"
5. use the most common title in the case of foreign films (ask if you're not sure)
6.  use full titles ("Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" instead of "LOTR: FOTR")
7. (for the DVD category) specify the original theatrical release date if there are different versions or remakes (for example, Ocean's 11)
8. nominate titles in alphabetical order
9. title your PM "xixax awards 2004" (please!)

you should
1. be honest
2. vote from personal opinion and not consensus

you can't
1. nominate more than 5 movies per category
2. send more than one ballot
3. vote from different memberships (we know your IP)
4. make your nominations with caps lock on
5. nominate publicly
6. put "the" before anything
7. change your ballot

you can
1. nominate fewer than 5


copy and paste--

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modage

question: the three leads from 21 grams.  leading? or supporting?
watts, del toro, penn

question: the three leads from mystic river. leading or supporting?
bacon, robbins, penn

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

Jeremy Blackman

Quote from: themodernage02question: the three leads from 21 grams.  leading? or supporting?
watts, del toro, penn

question: the three leads from mystic river. leading or supporting?
bacon, robbins, penn

Let's call them all leads. Definitely.

It may split the vote, but it's only fair, based on the roles' strength/prominence.

Natalie Portman in "Cold Mountain" would be supporting. I think that's the scale we're looking for. Our definition of "leading" may be a little more expansive than usual...

modage

okay cool.  and is City Of God a debut film or not?
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

Jeremy Blackman

Quote from: themodernage02and is City Of God a debut film or not?

It is a debut film, because it's a first full-length feature. It's eligible for Best Film and Best Debut, but I'm guessing it would be better placed under Best Film.

Best Debut is more like "it's not the best film of the year, but it's really good for a debut"...

Weak2ndAct

Irreversible?  Dogville?  Spellbound?  Eligible?

Jeremy Blackman

MacGuffin says:

Quote from: MacGuffin"Irreversible" is since it came out in the US in 2003.
"Dogville" has yet to come on in the US and has only done the festival circuit, so I'd say no. Also most members here have yet to see it.
"Spellbound" is a toss up. It was nominated for the Oscars held in 2003, but I don't think it got a release until 2003.
Let's say Spellbound is elligible, because according to imdb, its first non-festival limited release was in April 2003 (New York).

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Best DVD is of all DVD's of all time, right?
"As a matter of fact I only work with the feeling of something magical, something seemingly significant. And to keep it magical I don't want to know the story involved, I just want the hypnotic effect of it somehow seeming significant without knowing why." - Len Lye

Pubrick

Quote from: Walrus, KooKookajoobBest DVD is of all DVD's of all time, right?
wrong, that refers to best dvd released in north america in the year 2003.
under the paving stones.

SoNowThen

is Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind eligible, considering imdb lists the release date as a limited Dec 31, 2002 (and a 2003 release for Canada)???
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

MacGuffin

Quote from: SoNowThenis Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind eligible, considering imdb lists the release date as a limited Dec 31, 2002 (and a 2003 release for Canada)???

No. It won the Xixax Award for Best Debut Film last year.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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SoNowThen

Fudge.


Oh, and best dvd can be any dvd released this year, including older movies?
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

MacGuffin

Quote from: SoNowThenOh, and best dvd can be any dvd released this year, including older movies?

Yes.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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abuck1220

what about gerry? it showed at sundance in 2002, but it wasn't released in the us until february of 2003, and that was in limited release.

MacGuffin

Quote from: abuck1220what about gerry? it showed at sundance in 2002, but it wasn't released in the us until february of 2003, and that was in limited release.

"Gerry" is eligible.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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