Greetings! It's time to nominate for the 2020 Xixax Awards. This year, we'll be doing a couple things differently:
The final votes will be cast through Google Forms, and we'll post the results all in one thread.
Acting categories are revamped. We're going to try out Leading and Supporting, with the conventional definitions that come with those terms. If you're not sure if a performance is leading or supporting, go ahead and guess (and your nomination will be counted) or ask for clarification here.
The rest will be the same:
Nominations will last for about 2 weeks starting now. So let's go! Post your nominations here in any format, with any level of completion. Vote for 1 category or 5 or all of them.
Alternatively, you can PM me (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=21) your nominations.
You can also make a case for a particular nomination here if you so desire.
Categories are:
Best Film
Best Director
Best Female Leading Performance
Best Male Leading Performance
Best Female Supporting Performance
Best Male Supporting Performance
Best Ensemble Cast
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Original Music
Best Debut Film
Best Documentary
Best Film Poster
Most Disappointing Film
Best Film of 2018 - Redux
Best One-Hour TV Show
Best Half-Hour TV Show
Best TV Performance
Best TV Episode
For movies released in 2019, consult this list (https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/92nd_oscars_reminder_list.pdf). Although we can make some exceptions. For example, I think we should push Portrait of a Lady on Fire to next year, since no one's seen it, and its wide release is mid-February.
Reminder for the "Most Disappointing Film" category — this is most disappointing, not worst. What was supposed to be good or great but just wasn't? What broke your heart?
Odds are we will especially need help with the smaller categories, so your nominations there will likely have a great impact.
Best Debut Film
Queen & Slim, Melina Matsoukas
Atlantics, Mati Diop
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot
and to remind me to see them:
An Elephant Sitting Still, Hu Bo
Les Misérables, Ladj Ly
Best Male Supporting Performance
Tory Kittles - Dragged Across Concrete
Quote from: jenkins on February 05, 2020, 02:47:32 PM
Best Debut Film
Queen & Slim, Melina Matsoukas
Atlantics, Mati Diop
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot
and to remind me to see them:
An Elephant Sitting Still, Hu Bo
Les Misérables, Ladj Ly
I Lost My Body, Jérémy Clapin
I'm just going to use this forum to remind people that none of you reprobates have watched The Death of Dick Long yet, and all your votes are invalid as a result.
Kinda standard issue but here go
Best Film:
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
Parasite
Uncut Gems
The Irishman
Little Women
Marriage Story
Her Smell
Midsommar
Non-Fiction
High Life
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Director:
QT
Safdies
Bong
Marty
Greta
Claire Denis
Alex Ross Perry
Bi Gan
Actress:
Florence Pugh - Midsommar
Elizabeth Moss, Her Smell
Yeo-jeong Jo, Parasite
Scarjo, Marriage Story
Saoirse, Little Women
Juliette Binoche, Non-Fiction
Actor:
Leo
Kang-ho Song, Parasite
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
R Patz High Life AND Lighthouse
Adam Sandler
Willem Dafoe, Lighthouse
Fem Support:
Scarjojojo
Laura, Marriage
So-dam Park, Parasite
Julia Fox, Gemz
Juliette Binoche, High Life
Margot Robbie, OUTIH
man Support:
Brad
Pesci
Pacino, Irishman AND OUTIH
Eric Bogosian, Gemz
Ensemble:
Parasite
OUTIH
Little Women
Irishman
Screenplay:
OUTIH
Parasite
The Lighthouse
Her Smell
Irishman
Uncut Gems
Marriage Story
Little Women
Cinematography:
OUTIH
Parasite
Irishman
Uncut Gems
The Lighthouse
Her Smell
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1917
Music:
High Life
Her Smell
Uncut Gems
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Doc:
Rolling Thunder Revue
Apollo 11
Poster:
High Life
OUTIH
Midsommar
The Lighthouse
Best of 2018: First Reformed
Disappointing:
fucking Joker
Rise of Skywalker, I guess
Best One Hour Show:
Mindhunter S2
FYI, these movies appear to be in theaters right now pretty widely:
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Little Women
Parasite
I'm seeing Little Women on Friday...
Best Picture
Uncut Gems
An Elephant Sitting Still
Under the Silver Lake
Sunset
Once upon a time in Hollywood
The Irishman
Parasite
Directing
Laszlo Nemes - Sunset
Jia Zhangke - Ash is Purest White
Josh and Benny Safdie - Uncut Gems
Martin Scorsese - The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino - OUATIH
Best Actor
Adam Sandler - Uncut Gems
Robert De Niro - The Irishman
Song Kang-Ho - Parasite
Robert Pattinson - The Lighthouse
Andrew Garfield - Under the Silver Lake
Best Actress
Juli Jakab, Sunset
Zhao Tao - Ash is purest white
Best Supporting Actress
Julia Fox, Uncut Gems
Park So-Dam, Parasite
Margaret Qualley, Once upon a time in Hollywood
Best Supporting Actor
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Jonathan Majors, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Ray Liotta, Marriage Story
Best Ensemble
Parasite
Uncut Gems
Original Screenplay
Josh and Benny Safdie - Uncut Gems
Aaron Schimberg - Chained for Life
Bong Joon-Ho - Parasite
Hu Bo - An Elephant Sitting Still
QT - OUATIH
Cinematography
Mátyás Erdély - Sunset
Éric Gautier - Ash is Purest White
The Lighthouse - Jarin Blaschke
Dion Beebe - Gemini Man
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Robert Richardson
Darius Khondji - Uncut Gems
Best Original Music
Uncut Gems
Best Debut Film
An Elephant Sitting Still
Most disappointing film
Ad Astra
Her Smell
A Hidden Life
Best Of 2018 - Redux
Burning
Movies:
Midsommar
Ready or Not
Death of Dick Long
Knives Out
Parasite
Uncut Gems
TV:
Fleabag
Barry
Sex Education
Euphoria
The Good Place
Chernobyl
end of nominations.
Best Film
Marriage Story
Little Women
Hustlers
Doctor Sleep
Portrait of a Lady on Fire*
Best Director
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Celine Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire*
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
James Gray, Ad Astra
Best Female Leading Performance
Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose
Mary Kay Place, Diane
Best Male Leading Performance
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Matthew McConaughey, The Beach Bum
Andre Holland, High Flying Bird
Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse
Paul Walter Hauser, Richard Jewell
Mel Gibson, Dragged Across Concrete
Best Female Supporting Performance
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Zoey Deutch, Zombieland: Double Tao
Agyness Deyn, Her Smell
Rebecca Ferguson, Doctor Sleep
Mia Goth, High Life
Best Male Supporting Performance
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Martin Lawrence, The Beach Bum
Sterling K. Brown, Waves
Chris Cooper, Little Women
Alan Alda, Marriage Story
Best Ensemble Cast
Parasite
The Farewell
Little Women
Uncut Gems
The Beach Bum
Best Screenplay
Marriage Story
Little Women
Hotel By the River
High Flying Bird
Grass (Hong)
Best Cinematography
The Beach Bum
The Lighthouse
Dark Waters
Portrait of a Lady on Fire*
Hotel By the River
Midsommar
Best Original Music
Little Women
Marriage Story
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Avengers: Endgame
1917
Most Disappointing Film
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Dead Don't Die
Black Christmas
3 From Hell
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Best Film of 2019 - Redux
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again
Best Half-Hour TV Show
Fleabag
Pen15
Best TV Performance
Andrew Scott, Fleabag
Best TV Episode
Fleabag, season 2 Episode 6 (Finale)
I know you said Portrait is next year but just in case..
Knives Out is out on digital today!
BEST FILM
a hidden life
the irishman
uncut gems
once upon a time in hollywood
transit
BEST DIRECTOR
terrence malick, a hidden life
martin scorsese, the irishman
the safdie bros, uncut gems
quentin tarantino, once upon a time in hollywood
christian petzold, transit
BEST FEMALE LEAD
zao thao, ash is purest white
valerie pachner, a hidden life
elisabeth moss, her smell
scarlet johansson, marriage story
saoirse ronan, little women
BEST MALE LEAD
adam driver, marriage story
brad pitt, ad astra
mel gibson, dragged across concrete
matthew rhys, a beautiful day in the neighborhood
matthew mcconaughey, the beach bum
BEST FEMALE SUPPORTING
laura dern, marriage story
maxine peake, peterloo
laura dern, little women
julia fox, uncut gems
park so-dam, parasite
BEST MALE SUPPORTING
joe pesci, the irishman
brad pitt, once upon a time in hollywood
chris cooper, little women
willem dafoe, the lighthouse
tom hanks, a beautiful day in the neighborhood
BEST ENSEMBLE
uncut gems
the irishman
little women
marriage story
parasite
BEST SCREENPLAY
transit
deadwood: the movie
uncut gems
the irishman
marriage story
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
jorg widmer, a hidden life
darius khondji, uncut gems
claire manthon, atlantics
eric gautier, ash is purest white
hoyte van hoytema, ad astra
BEST SCORE
daniel lopatin, uncut gems
james newton howard, a hidden life
max richter, ad astra
mark korven, the lighthouse
alexandre desplat, little women
BEST DOCUMENTARY
honeyland
homecoming: a film by beyonce
leaving neverland
apollo 11
BEST POSTER
transit
the souvenir
wonder woman 1984
her smell
the beach bum
MOST DISAPPOINTING
us
long day's journey into night
the souvenir
jojo rabbit
climax
midsommar
1917
joker
the laundromat
rocketman (...the first teaser made it seem like it might be legitimately good)
dumbo (same reason as above)
WORST
velvet buzzsaw
undoubtedly: long day's journey into night disappointment will be in direct alignment with missing its 3D theatrical presentation. sorry y'all
For your consideration...
Best Film/Director (Alphabetical)
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Les Misérables
Midsommar
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Uncut Gems
Us
Best Lead Female Performance
Lupita Nyong'o - Us
Alfre Woodard - Clemency
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
Margot Robbie - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Karen Allen - Colewell
Best Lead Male Performance
Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems
Adam Driver – Marriage Story
Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Christian Bale – Ford v Ferrari
Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Best Supporting Female Performance
Margot Robbie - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Julia Fox – Uncut Gems
Margaret Qualley - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Zazie Beetz – High Flying Bird
Laura Dern – Marriage Story
Best Supporting Male Performance
Jonathon Majors - The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Joe Pesci – The Irishman
Al Pacino – The Irishman
Shia LaBeouf – Honey Boy
Alan Alda – Marriage Story
Best Cast
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
The Irishman
Marriage Story
Clemency
Parasite
Best Screenplay
Parasite
Marriage Story
High Flying Bird
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Best Cinematography
The Vast of Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Midsommar
Ford v Ferrari
Marriage Story
Best Original Music
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Us
Uncut Gems
Midsommar
The Vast of Night
Best Debut Film
Les Misérables
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
See You Yesterday
Driveways
Atlantics
Best Documentary
The River and the Wall
Knock Down the House
Aquarela
For Sama
Apollo 11
Most Disappointing Film
Booksmart
The Lighthouse
1917
Joker
Toy Story 4
Best Film of 2018 - Redux
The Other Side of The Wind
Vox Lux
Paddington 2
Suspiria
A Star Is Born
I'll vote for this too because it has only been mentioned once in this thread:
Quote from: BigSock on February 06, 2020, 05:05:49 AM
Best Ensemble Cast
The Farewell
Best Film:
Climax
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
Parasite
Uncut Gems
The Farewell
Midsommar
Best Director:
Jordan Peele, Us
Lulu Wang - The Farewell
Quentin Tarantino, OUATIH
Christian Petzold, Transit
Best Lead Female Performance:
Lupita Nyong’o - Us
Cho Yeo-jeong - Parasite
Florence Pugh, Midsommar
Margot Robbie - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Vanessa Paradis - Knife + Heart
Best Lead Male Performance:
Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems
Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Song Kang-Ho - Parasite
Best Female Supporting Performance:
So-dam Park, Parasite
Julia Fox, Uncut Gems
Zoey Deutch, Zombieland: Double Tap
Julia Butters, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Supporting Actor:
Asier Etxeandia, Pain and Glory
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Jonathan Majors, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Original Screenplay:
Ari Aster - Midsommar
Bong Joon-Ho - Parasite
QT - OUATIH
Jordan Peele - Us
Lulu Wang - The Farewell
Best Doc:
Xavier Burgan - Horror Noire
Asif Kapadia - Diego Maradona
Best Ensemble Cast:
Climax
Parasite
The Farewell
Uncut Gems
Best Cinematography:
Simon Beaufils - Knife + Heart
Benoit Debie - Climax
Darius Khondji - Uncut Gems
Anna Franquesa Solano - The Farewell
Pawel Pogorzelski - Midsommar
Best Debut Film
Joe Talbot - The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Best Poster:
Climax
OUTIH
Parasite
Midsommar
Horror Noire
Most Disappointing Film
Ad Astra
Rise of Skywalker
Best Film of 2018 - Redux
Suspiria
Burning
First Reformed
Sorry to Bother You
Maniac (Netflix Mini Series that I finally caught up on) :p
Bumping
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So when is there any exakt deadline for this? I wanna catch up on a few more films before I vote.
Quote from: Robyn on February 14, 2020, 10:18:24 AM
So when is there any exakt deadline for this? I wanna catch up on a few more films before I vote.
Wed the 19th.
Best Film
Jojo Rabbit, Knives Out, Little Women, Parasite, Us
Best Director
Ford v Ferrari, Jojo Rabbit, Once Upon a Time..., Parasite, Us
Best Female Leading Performance
Harriet - Cynthia Erivo
Jojo Rabbit - Thomasin McKenzie
Knives Out - Ana de Armas
Little Women - Saoirse Ronan
Us - Lupita Nyong'o
Best Male Leading Performance
Detective Pikachu - Justice Smith
Knives Out - Daniel Craig
Once Upon a Time... - Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt
Rocketman - Taron Egerton
Best Female Supporting Performance
Booksmart - Billie Lourde
Ford v Ferrari - Caitriona Balfe
Knives Out - Toni Collette, Jamie Lee Curtis
Parasite - Lee Jung-eun
Best Male Supporting Performance
Avengers: Endgame - Chris Hemsworth
Ford vs Ferrari - Jon Bernthal, Tracy Letts
Us - Winston Duke, Tim Heidecker
Best Ensemble Cast
Booksmart, Ford vs Ferrari, Knives Out, Parasite, Us
Best Screenplay
Jojo Rabbit, Knives Out, Little Women, Once Upon a Time..., Parasite
Best Cinematography
1917, Detective Pikachu, Ford vs Ferrari, Once Upon a Time..., Queen & Slim
Best Original Music
1917, Knives Out, Little Women, Parasite
Best Debut Film
Booksmart, Fighting with My Family, Queen & Slim
Most Disappointing Film
Ad Astra, Dark Phoenix
Best Film of 2019 - Redux
The Favourite
Best One-Hour TV Show
Call the Midwife, Good Girls, Legion
Best Half-Hour TV Show
Bob's Burgers, Last Week Tonight
Best TV Performance
Call the Midwife - Jennifer Kirby
Good Girls - Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman
The Walking Dead - Samantha Morton
Two days left!
I've counted all the votes thusfar, and we're on our way to figuring out the nominations. But we could use some more help!
These categories have lots of single votes, but no consensus:
Best Debut Film
Best Documentary
Best Film Poster
We could use a lot more input for these categories:
Best One-Hour TV Show
Best Half-Hour TV Show
Best TV Performance
Best TV Episode
mentioning that each of my best debut suggestions received a second vote
Queen & Slim, Melina Matsoukas
Atlantics, Mati Diop
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot
An Elephant Sitting Still, Hu Bo
Les Misérables, Ladj Ly
Quote from: jenkins on February 19, 2020, 04:57:40 PM
mentioning that each of my best debut suggestions received a second vote
Queen & Slim, Melina Matsoukas
Atlantics, Mati Diop
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot
An Elephant Sitting Still, Hu Bo
Les Misérables, Ladj Ly
I didn't count the ones under your "to remind me to see them" heading, but I will now.
"The Last Black Man in San Francisco" is a shoo-in.
A few more suggestions for the debut film category:
Aniara (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7589524/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
Tigers are Not Afraid (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4823434/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5304996/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
EDIT: Apparently I was mistaken, and Tigers are Not Afraid is not a debut film. Let's replace it with Luz (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6849061/?ref_=tt_ov_dr) instead.
okay butplease count my Queen & Slim and Atlantics nominations as um multiplied it's my only wish
I haven't had a chance to see Q&S yet, but I'm all in on Atlantics, for sure.
Had a crazy week. Didn't have time to nominate.
I'd like to nominate Climax for best poster though. All of them are great.
Quote from: Robyn on February 20, 2020, 02:24:39 AM
I'd like to nominate Climax for best poster though. All of them are great.
Ayyy 8-)
And I mean it cannot really win Best Score, but it sure as hell wins Best Soundtrack for me
Forgot to nominate:
Best Actor: Kelvin Harrison, Luce
Best Actress : Jess Weixler , Chained for life
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on February 19, 2020, 04:52:43 PM
We could use a lot more input for these categories:
Best One-Hour TV Show
Best Half-Hour TV Show
Best TV Performance
Best TV Episode
Best One Hour TV ShowWestworld
Euphoria
Watchmen
Best Half-Hour TV ShowFleabag
Now Apocalypse
Best TV PerformanceHunter Schafer
Evan Rachel Wood
Jeffrey Wright
Best TV EpisodeEuphoria S01 E04 - Shook Ones Pt. II
BCS didn't air ANY new episodes last year :(
Omigosh X_X
I'll revise my post. That actually surprises me, that it's been that long! Maniac and BCS both bled into my 2019. So... Seemz that my favorite one-hours were all HBO? Well, I'm not gonna nominate Riverdale here, but, yeah.
It's back now, that's all that matters. Bob and Rhea should sweep next year's awards.
We're almost done. But a few more opinions are needed...
In the following categories, 2-4 were obvious picks, but from these remainders, what would you nominate?
DOCUMENTARY
Rolling Thunder Revue
homecoming: a film by beyonce
The River and the Wall
Knock Down the House
Aquarela
For Sama
Xavier Burgan - Horror Noire
Asif Kapadia - Diego Maradona
ONE-HOUR TV SHOW
Succession
Call the Midwife
Good Girls
HALF-HOUR TV SHOW
Now Apocalypse
Veep
Barry
Sex Education
The Good Place
Pen15
Bob's Burgers
TV PERFORMANCE (actually haven't picked any finalists in this category yet)
Andrew Scott, Fleabag
Phoebe Waller Bridge, Fleabag
Call the Midwife - Jennifer Kirby
Good Girls - Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman
The Walking Dead - Samantha Morton
Hunter Schafer - Euphoria
Emilia Clark - GOT
Jeremy Strong - Succesion
Regina King - Watchmen
Anna Paquin - The Affair
Jared Harris - Chernobyl
Emily Watson - Chernobyl
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on February 26, 2020, 02:00:02 PM
We're almost done. But a few more opinions are needed...
In the following categories, 2-4 were obvious picks, but from these remainders, what would you nominate?
DOCUMENTARYXavier Burgan - Horror Noire
Asif Kapadia - Diego Maradona
ONE-HOUR TV SHOWSuccession
HALF-HOUR TV SHOWNow Apocalypse
Pen15
TV PERFORMANCE (actually haven't picked any finalists in this category yet)
Andrew Scott - Fleabag
Phoebe Waller Bridge - Fleabag
Hunter Schafer - Euphoria
Regina King - Watchmen
So will the next one be happening soon?
I'm not sure. This might be an okay year to skip. Anyone have thoughts on this?
I'm okay with skipping. Perhaps next time we have a Swole-AF Nominate that encompasses Quar & Quar Part II? Hoping that once our bottomz are soggy we'll have an influx in userz ~
Yep, with theaters being no go for almost the whole year I'm cool with collapsing 2020-21 together next year. Future internet historians might get a hint about the gravity of the pandemic situation through the conspicuous gap between Xaxies.
Yeah, make sense!
At least we'll still have the Oscars to look forward to.
I'd advocate for doing it this year rather than allow 24 months' worth of films to be neglected in favor of Soggy Bottom. True, it's not been a conventional year but there have been a lot of films released (though not in the cinemas) and there've been some real diamonds in the rough. Host (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNlKbqHqGcY&ab_channel=Shudder) and Lovers Rock (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVOhXowWqDU&ab_channel=AmazonPrimeVideo) were two of my personal faves. And I'm still waiting to be allowed to nominate Portrait of a Lady on Fire (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-fQPTwma9o&ab_channel=NEON) for everything.
Spirit noms for further inspiration. (https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/2021-film-independent-spirit-award-nominations-announced/)
I'd participate + enjoy a Xixax Awards regardless of the approach to 2020.
Obvi it's in the mod/admin's handz and I am but a gracious and grateful Xaxie ^_^
I want to participate :yabbse-smiley: