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WELCOME TO THE 2009 XIXAX AWARDS!
It's time to nominate!
Send your votes in through PM, following all the rules. The deadline is Monday March 16th, two weeks from today.
You will notice we have added a new category this year: Best Film Poster.
Remember: Any trailer released in 2008 is eligible for Best Trailer even if the film has not yet been released. You should also try to specify Teaser or Trailer if there were several different versions released.
THE RULES:
YOU HAVE TO
1. vote privately:
. . . .If your username begins begins with A-F (or #), send your ballot to MacGuffin (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=9)
. . . .If your username begins begins with G-K, send your ballot to modage (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=394)
. . . .If your username begins begins with L-P, send your ballot to picolas (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=34)
. . . .If your username begins begins with Q-Z, send your ballot to ©brad (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=60)
2. copy the form provided below and paste it into your PM
3. only list the movie in each category, not the person who would win (unless it's an acting category)
4. specify the actor and movie (for the acting categories), like this: Actor - "Movie"
5. use the most common title with foreign films (ask if you're not sure)
6. use full titles ("Vicky Christina Barcelona" instead of "VCB")
7. (for the DVD category) specify the original theatrical release date if there are different versions or remakes
8. nominate titles in alphabetical order
9. title your PM "nominations" (please!)
YOU SHOULD
1. be honest
2. vote from personal opinion (not strategically or by consensus)
YOU CAN'T
1. nominate more than 5 movies per category
2. send more than one ballot
3. vote from different memberships
4. write your nominations with caps lock on
5. nominate publicly
6. change your ballot after March 16
YOU CAN
1. nominate fewer than 5 per category (whatever you're comfortable with)
2. leave whole categories blank
3. nominate box sets in the Best DVD Release category
4. campaign
Here is a reminder list of eligible films from 2008:
http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/reminderlist2008_full.html
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BEST FILM
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BEST DIRECTOR
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BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
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BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
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BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
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BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
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BEST SCREENPLAY
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
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BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
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BEST EDITING
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BEST SOUND
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
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BEST DEBUT FILM
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BEST DOCUMENTARY
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BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
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BEST DVD RELEASE
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BEST TRAILER
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BEST FILM POSTER
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is Doubt eligible for debut film? in other words, do you regain your directing virginity if your last movie was 19 years ago/a romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks?
So how does one actively campaign on here? Are we talking sending PM's with for your considerations and the movie you're campaigning for?
I'm going to get Let The Right One In one of those 5 slots if it kills me.
Quote from: Stefen on February 23, 2009, 11:33:48 AM
So how does one actively campaign on here? Are we talking sending PM's with for your considerations and the movie you're campaigning for?
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on March 22, 2006, 12:44:29 PM
If anyone wants to campaign/advocate/debate nominations, please use this thread... (signatures and avatars are also encouraged)...
Doubt not eligible for debut. neither Cloverfield. :(
Let The Right One In for debut?
Heath is a lead for The Dark Knight, right?
Quote from: modage on February 23, 2009, 04:34:41 PM
Heath is a lead for The Dark Knight, right?
I was gonna ask the same, IMO he should be supporting..
Kate in The Reader, lead or sup?? I know she was lead at the o's but everywhere else she was sup.
You guys should make a list of leads and sups of last year's most popular films @ xixax.
Quote from: Fernando on February 24, 2009, 08:57:53 AM
Kate in The Reader, lead or sup??
Having seen it, I think she should qualify as a lead.
Are we counting The Orphanage for this year? Originally IMDB listed it as 2008, but I checked yesterday and it says it got a limited release at the end of 2007...
Just a little notice to folks: Milk, Rachel Getting Married, Happy Go Lucky, Synecdoche, NY, and Let the Right One In all come out on dvd on the 8th. I haven't seen three of those so i'm gonna try to cram them all in in one day in case any of them shake up my list.
BEST DEBUT FILM
LOS PARANOICOS - THE PARANOIDS
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no ballots yet. let's have 'em.
some important ones i think might get overlooked..
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lead: Josh Brolin - W.
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sup: Emile Hirsch - Milk
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score: Waltz with Bashir (click)
also if you haven't seen kristin scott thomas in i've loved you so long it's out on dvd tomorrow.
...and don't forget how awesome that Benj Button teaser was. even if the movie disappointed...
edit: forgot Fiennes for In Bruges!
Quote from: modage on March 01, 2009, 07:46:27 PM
no ballots yet. let's have 'em.
Quote from: Fernando on February 24, 2009, 08:57:53 AM
Quote from: modage on February 23, 2009, 04:34:41 PM
Heath is a lead for The Dark Knight, right?
I was gonna ask the same, IMO he should be supporting..
You guys should make a list of leads and sups of last year's most popular films @ xixax.
Can you clarify the above?
Also, if we could have one more week to send the ballots that'd be great.
Yeah, give us another week. A lot of the best flicks are barely coming out on video now.
Yeah, I just saw In Bruges this morning. Between catching up and being busy, there's no need to rush it all, really.
Not to be forgotten for some of the best original music this year...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ZtwbzUFZE
And PLEASE check out The Visitor and Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day!!!
Because the Tues after the ballots are to be due releases a slew of films of DVD (Let The Right One In, Milk, Synecdoche, Rachel/Married, Happy Go Lucky), we will extend the due date one week.
Ballots are now due March 16th!!!
Cool, thanks guys.
FYC:
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Best supporting actor
Jason Butler Harner
in Changeling
I look forward to more stuff from this guy.
Quote from: picolas on March 02, 2009, 02:52:23 AM
some important ones i think might get overlooked..
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sup: Emile Hirsch - Milk
I support the above, also:
FYC
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Andrew Stanton. Best Director, Screenplay.
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Leo and Kate for Lead, and Michael Shannon for supporting.
FINAL DAYS!!!
GET THOSE BALLOTS IN!
yes. be sure to.. let.. the.. right nominees in... to your ballots.
^ :yabbse-thumbup:
LAST DAY!!!
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Is this thing on??!!
Even if it's a partial ballot, we want it. Confused about lead/supporting? Send it in. We'll sort it out for you.
Done!
samantha morton. leading? supporting?
edit: actually. what about all the women in synecdoche?
Quote from: squints on March 16, 2009, 04:13:16 PM
samantha morton. leading? supporting?
edit: actually. what about all the women in synecdoche?
Supporting.
There's Still Time!!!!
I did mine months ago.
Fuck I was too busy with work, totally forgot. Requesting extension til tomorrow morning?
I'm almost done but have been too busy at SXSW to finish this. If its possible I will send mine towards the end of the week.
End of next week? Fuck that. I wanna see results. Just let me do your picks for you. I'll just send in the 81st Oscar nods.
I too would love an extension.
Quote from: Stefen on March 17, 2009, 12:30:11 AM
End of next week? Fuck that. I wanna see results. Just let me do your picks for you. I'll just send in the 81st Oscar nods.
Yeah that'd be pretty close :)
It'll take us a bit to count them up, so Get Them In ASAP!!!
how many people have voted so far?