The 2008 Xixax Awards: FINAL VOTE!

[MacGuffin]

It's time to vote for the 2008 Xixax Awards! This is the final vote!

Send your votes in through PM, following all the rules. The deadline is Monday, April 7.

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 Ravi
. . . .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 ©MBBrad
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 April 7




COPY AND PASTE, DELETING ALL TITLES BUT YOUR VOTE...

In CMBB categories,

you may list
first
and
second favourite nominees

ONLY if CMBB is first.

otherwise vote for your true favourite, you uncultured swine.

BEST FILM
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
 
BEST DIRECTOR
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
 
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Cate Blanchett - "I'm Not There"
Julie Christie - "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard - "La Vie En Rose"
Ellen Page - "Juno"
Tilda Swinton - "Michael Clayton"
 
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Casey Affleck - "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem - "No Country For Old Men"
Josh Brolin - "No Country For Old Men"
Daniel Day-Lewis - "There Will Be Blood"
Tom Wilkinson - "Michael Clayton"
 
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Garner - "Juno"
Kelly MacDonald - "No Country For Old Men"
Saoirse Ronan - "Atonement"
Amy Ryan - "Gone Baby Gone"
Chloë Sevigny - "Zodiac"
 
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
Paul Dano - "There Will Be Blood"
Robert Downey Jr. - "Zodiac"
Hal Holbrook - "Into the Wild"
Tommy Lee Jones - "No Country For Old Men"
John Carroll Lynch - "Zodiac"

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
Once
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
 
BEST EDITING
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
 
BEST SOUND
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
300
Grindhouse
Spider-Man 3
Sunshine
Zodiac
 
BEST DEBUT FILM
Away From Her
Control
Gone Baby Gone
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Michael Clayton
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Lake Of Fire
No End In Sight
Sicko
Taxi To The Dark Side
 
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Beowulf
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

BEST DVD RELEASE
Blade Runner (Ultimate Collection)
Days of Heaven (Criterion Collection)
INLAND EMPIRE
The Stanley Kubrick Box Set
Viva Pedro

BEST TRAILER
Cloverfield Teaser
The Dark Knight Trailer
There Will Be Blood Teaser
There Will Be Blood Trailer
WALL• E Teaser

[Fernando]

Any questions? Ask them here.

THE RULES:
3. delete all titles except your vote, elimination-style

Due to the popularity of There Will Be Blood, we will have a runner-up designation for certain awards.

Will this still be implemented?

[Jeremy Blackman]

Yes, but you can only vote for one in each category.

[squints]

Yes, but you can only vote for one in each category.

So, you can only vote for one runner-up? Like with all the categories with blood do we vote for two? i'm not sure i understand?

[Stefen]

I already sent in my ballot to CBrad and I just voted for TWBB for everything, and I think Transformers for something.

Do I have to do it all over again?

[last days of gerry the elephant]

I think it's whoever gets the second most votes from "Best Film", will automatically be the runner up.

[MacGuffin]

I think it's whoever gets the second most votes from "Best Film", will automatically be the runner up.

Exactly.

[jtm]

you guys give me shit because i don't know the exact process of how your little internet game works; yet these idiots can't figure out how the runner-up process works.

you guys, with your snobbish attitudes towards films and the people who watch them are an oscar-worthy documentary just waiting to be made... someone needs to just show a little initiative and make it.

[Kal]

you guys give me shit because i don't know the exact process of how your little internet game works; yet these idiots can't figure out how the runner-up process works.

you guys, with your snobbish attitudes towards films and the people who watch them are an oscar-worthy documentary just waiting to be made... someone needs to just show a little initiative and make it.

who the fuck is this and what is his problem?

[jtm]

haha! kal, you will just be a minor character in this doc.. sorry.

[picolas]

you guys give me shit because i don't know the exact process of how your little internet game works;

are you referring to this shit?

next stage?!?!

i thought we were done.

...It works so that the 5 highest rated nominations for each category is tallied up, and then another voting round is to determine the winner for each of the categories.

wow.. look at us. all organized 'n shit. 

you're the only one saying anything shitty.

[jtm]

me saying we are organized is shitty?!?!  and i thought organized was a good thing. silly me.

i was surprised/happy that so much care and attention was put into this awards show. not making it a popularity contest, but giving it to the most deserving person... but i don't care anymore.

btw, picolas, if you're going to quote the whole exchange, you should have included gambour and cinephiles post's. it's clear you were trying to make me look like the bad guy. try and be fair and balanced... you should have been a politician.

[Kal]

me saying we are organized is shitty?!?!  and i thought organized was a good thing. silly me.

i was surprised/happy that so much care and attention was put into this awards show. not making it a popularity contest, but giving it to the most deserving person... but i don't care anymore.

dont be so sensitive!

ok enough arguing... everyone vote!!!

[picolas]

me saying we are organized is shitty?!?!

i was referring to your use of the word 'shit'.

btw, picolas, if you're going to quote the whole exchange, you should have included gambour and cinephiles post's. it's clear you were trying to make me look like the bad guy. try and be fair and balanced... you should have been a politician.

gamblour posted "..." and you said "counselor" which i didn't understand, then cine said "you've been here 5 years, right?" because you didn't understand how the xixaxies worked and that made for an ironic contrast with the time you'd been here. that's what happened. i think you look better without the other two posts.

[Sleepless]

Hmm... so what the hell happened with consistency in determining what's a performance, and what's a supporting performance? We need to come up with better definitions for this for next year.