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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 (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=9)
. . . .If your username begins begins with G-K, send your ballot to Ravi (http://xixax.com/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=204)
. . . .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 ©MBBrad (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 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
Quote from: MacGuffin on March 24, 2008, 07:24:11 AM
Any questions? Ask them here.
THE RULES:
3. delete all titles except your vote, elimination-style
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on March 02, 2008, 01:31:03 PM
Due to the popularity of There Will Be Blood, we will have a runner-up designation for certain awards.
Will this still be implemented?
Yes, but you can only vote for one in each category.
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on March 24, 2008, 11:45:20 AM
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?
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?
I think it's whoever gets the second most votes from "Best Film", will automatically be the runner up.
Quote from: overmeunderyou on March 24, 2008, 03:11:39 PM
I think it's whoever gets the second most votes from "Best Film", will automatically be the runner up.
Exactly.
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.
Quote from: jtm on March 24, 2008, 04:52:28 PM
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?
haha! kal, you will just be a minor character in this doc.. sorry.
Quote from: jtm on March 24, 2008, 04:52:28 PM
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?
Quote from: jtm on March 20, 2008, 12:44:54 AM
next stage?!?!
i thought we were done.
Quote from: overmeunderyou on March 20, 2008, 04:06:14 PM
...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.
Quote from: jtm on March 20, 2008, 04:59:05 PM
wow.. look at us. all organized 'n shit.
you're the only one saying anything shitty.
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.
Quote from: jtm on March 24, 2008, 06:09:31 PM
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!!!
Quote from: jtm on March 24, 2008, 06:09:31 PM
me saying we are organized is shitty?!?!
i was referring to your use of the word 'shit'.
Quote from: jtm on March 24, 2008, 06:09:31 PMbtw, 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.
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.
Quote from: picolas on March 24, 2008, 06:47:10 PM
Quote from: jtm on March 24, 2008, 06:09:31 PM
me saying we are organized is shitty?!?!
i was referring to your use of the word 'shit'.
Quote from: jtm on March 24, 2008, 06:09:31 PMbtw, 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.
shitty shitty shit shit.
yeah, Gamblour posted "..." which we all know is a saying used for replying to something so lame that it doesn't deserve a response. apparently me congratulating you guys on putting on a decent awards show falls into this category. atleast in Gamblours eyes.
yeah, then i said councilor. which didn't have meaning to most of you but maybe one or two of you got the reference. or maybe someday you will... but regardless, i got a good chuckle out of that "councilor" post. knowing what it represents.
and yeah, Cinephile made a comment that i've been here since the beginng and still don't know how the xixie's work.. well, i've never posted regularly and never participated in the awards until this year.
i prolly look bitter right now, but i'm not. i could never be bitter about a website.. i think this place is great in some aspects. all you regulars are clearly passionate about film and have one hell-of-a-witty sense of humor... but most of you all need to lighten up in life. be happy. treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. even if those people can do noting for you personally. and even on a website. your life will be better because of it.
don't mind jtm, everyone, he's got a little sand in his vagina. he's also mildly retarded.
Quote from: Sleepless on March 24, 2008, 07:10:47 PM
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.
other than tommy lee jones i think they're pretty consistent, based on the movies i've seen.
How many people will be voting for stuff OTHER THAN There Will Be Blood? I mean, if 90% will be voting for it, and the rest of the vote is split among everything else, there may not be a clear winner, so is it really a legitimate award, the runner up category? The runner up may end up being one movie with three votes, while other options would only get two or one. This is kind of bogus.
If everyone does this right (meaning honestly) I think we'll see a good variation in the results. Let's not make this any more difficult for the people organizing the event.
after much deliberation, the admins have come to the following decision:
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.
and of course the ppl who have sent ballots already can send theirs again if they want.
Quote from: ponceludon on March 24, 2008, 08:18:47 PM
How many people will be voting for stuff OTHER THAN There Will Be Blood? I mean, if 90% will be voting for it, and the rest of the vote is split among everything else, there may not be a clear winner, so is it really a legitimate award, the runner up category? The runner up may end up being one movie with three votes, while other options would only get two or one. This is kind of bogus.
TW/CM/TM/CWBB will get some votes, but I don't really think it's worth everything.
Let's just hope the good people of Xixax can discern that.
Quote from: Walrus on March 25, 2008, 01:49:30 PM
TW/CM/TM/CWBB
haha where did that come from? TWBB and CMBB are the only ones that make sense, as real title and as joke. :shock:
i think is fucking bullshit this runner up thing. that means only two things: either we're all a bunch of nerd fanboys who can't distinguish between personal obsession and an honest opinion, or most of us really believe there will be blood is the best film of the year deserving of all the praise we choose to give it. either way, so be it. there's nothing wrong with supporting a film you honestly believe is great. this is not a reload of the punch drunk love experience, and even that film is not completely undeserved of the awards it got from us. i think we should give ourselves more credit by letting the awards as they are. we should trust our gut and sincerity.
i dont see the big deal. everyone knows blood is going to win the major awards. i think it's nice of the admins to grant us insight into which non-pta film xixax favours the most. ie zodiac or no country.. :ponder:
if that's what we want, maybe we should make a top ten poll and come up with a list of one number one film and other nine runner ups.
Quote from: Alexandro on March 28, 2008, 10:10:04 AM
if that's what we want, maybe we should make a top ten poll and come up with a list of one number one film and other nine runner ups.
A long time ago I suggested we should make our Xixax awards a combination of the regular award thing and also like the National Board of Review format where we have an official top ten list of best films of the year. Considering it looks like every year will have a clear favorite we should definitely do it even more.
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet on March 28, 2008, 01:07:09 PM
Quote from: Alexandro on March 28, 2008, 10:10:04 AM
if that's what we want, maybe we should make a top ten poll and come up with a list of one number one film and other nine runner ups.
A long time ago I suggested we should make our Xixax awards a combination of the regular award thing and also like the National Board of Review format where we have an official top ten list of best films of the year. Considering it looks like every year will have a clear favorite we should definitely do it even more.
i like that.
That way, we'd satisfy our need to correct the mistakes made by the Oscars and simultaneously be able to do a different dekapenticon each year! (Or just a dekacon?)
it's a good idea but it really isn't that much different to what's set up now, as far as the best film category goes. unless you guys are anal about rankage. ten is overkill anyway. there are rarely ten great films in a year, gt and mod will agree. the best film nominees are virtually xixax's official top five list of best films of the year, you just have to cope with the alphabetics. besides, a certified winner only exists in the years that pta releases a movie, in which case a runner-up is necessary. every other year thus far has been relatively exciting and unpredictable, imo.