The results are in!
Important: Please do not send in your final ballot yet. We will start that final step of the process in a few days. Thanks to everyone who voted, and thanks to the admins for all their work! We did, however, have a pretty low turnout, even by Xixax nominations standards, so let's hope people really turn out for the final vote.
Note: We're no longer accepting ballots or corrections to ballots, since the results have been announced.
BEST FILM
Batman Begins
Crash
New World
King Kong
Kung Fu Hustle
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee - "Brokeback Mountain"
Tim Burton - "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
Terrence Mallick - "New World"
Peter Jackson - "King Kong"
James Mangold - "Walk the Line"
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Michelle Williams - "Brokeback Mountain"
Catherine Keener - "Capote"
Miranda July - "Me and You and Everyone We Know"
Q'Orianka Kilcher - "New World"
Keira Knightley - "Pride & Prejudice"
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Steve Carell - "40 Year Old Virgin"
Matt Dillon - "Crash"
Jake Gyllenhall - "Jarhead"
Colin Farell - "New World"
Christian Bale- "New World"
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Anne Hathaway - "Brokeback Mountain"
Rachel Weisz - "The Constant Gardener"
Patricia Clarkson - "Good Night and Good Luck"
Maria Bello - "A History of Violence"
Taryn Manning - "Hustle and Flow"
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
Cillian Murphy - "Batman Begins"
Jake Gyllenhaal - "Brokeback Mountain"
William Hurt - "A History of Violence"
Ben Chaplin - "New World"
Christopher Plummer - "Syriana"
BEST SCREENPLAY
Hustle and Flow
Kung Fu Hustle
Match Point
New World
Walk the Line
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Batman Begins
Domino
King Kong
Sin City
Walk the Line
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Corpse Bride
Munich
New World
Star Wars
War of the Worlds
BEST EDITING
Batman Begins
Domino
King Kong
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Star Wars
BEST SOUND
Batman Begins
Kung Fu Hustle
New World
Sin City
Star Wars
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Fantastic Four
Harry Potter
Star Wars
Turtles Can Fly
War of the Worlds
BEST DEBUT FILM
40 Year Old Virgin
Junebug
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Pride & Prejudice
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Darwin's Nightmare
Grizzly Man
March of the Penguins
No Direction Home: The Bob Dylan Story
Street Fight
BEST DVD RELEASE
Bob Dylan - No Direction Home
I Heart Huckabees (Special Edition)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Network (Anniversary Edition)
Seinfeld Season 6
Either this is "April Fools," or Xixax I never knew you. How pathetic. At least this reinforces how terrible a year 2005 was for films.
What's even sadder is I can't see how Crash won't win best picture. If it was strong enough to get the nominations, all the other films will split the vote because of their mediocrity (no one recognizing The New World for what it is).
Tarnation was up for best documentary last year, BTW. It sucked then, too.
Yeah, I wish it were an April Fools joke. Let's just say we were more than slightly disappointed by the turnout, evidenced in part by the absence of the PTA fanbase. (Where's PSH??) :doh:
Quote from: onomabracadabra on April 01, 2006, 06:45:37 PMWhat's even sadder is I can't see how Crash won't win best picture. If it was strong enough to get the nominations, all the other films will split the vote because of their mediocrity (no one recognizing The New World for what it is).
There's no way Crash will win best film. The backlash will reverse that, and I predict we will rally around The New World. Don't worry. (At least that's what we
should do at this point.)
Quote from: onomabracadabra on April 01, 2006, 06:45:37 PMTarnation was up for best documentary last year, BTW. It sucked then, too.
Wow, I don't know how we missed that. (We were in a bit of a rush to finish counting today.) It has been replaced with the documentary that recieved the next highest number of votes.
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on April 01, 2006, 06:33:15 PM
The results are in!
BEST FILM
Crash
BEST DIRECTOR
Tim Burton - "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Fantastic Four
BEST DVD RELEASE
Network (Anniversary Edition)
I'm most surprised by these. Network didn't even come out in 2005! What the hell indeed.
This...is an april fool's joke. It's got to be.
Quote from: JimmyGator on April 01, 2006, 09:37:40 PMThis...is an april fool's joke. It's got to be.
That's what'cha get for abstaining. :nono:
Kaufman smiles.
Quote from: onomabracadabra on April 01, 2006, 09:40:59 PM
Quote from: JimmyGator on April 01, 2006, 09:37:40 PMThis...is an april fool's joke. It's got to be.
That's what'cha get for abstaining. :nono:
i actually did send in a list yesterday. and those movies...weren't on it.
And now is the time I am sorry for not voting.
Sorry.
Quote from: Bethie on April 02, 2006, 12:14:34 AM
And now is the time I am sorry for not voting.
me too.
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If everybody decides to not vote for the actual awards, can we strike the nominations from the record? Just say, "No awards this year," and call it good?
If this isn't a prolonged April Fool's joke, then I'm voting for Crash for best film. That's right, I said it! Let Xixax bear the mark of shame for what it has done, or sat idly by and let happen.
my first thought is that we should call it off. this isn't how Xixax should be remembered. Can't we do an override vote or something and get the nominations wiped?
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on April 01, 2006, 06:33:15 PM
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
Ben Chaplin - "New World"
this is worse than when kirsten dunst was nominated for eternal sunshine. he was in the movie for like 5 seconds!
The nameless, faceless masses rallied together in support of Batman Begins, King Kong, Star Wars and.......Darwin's Nightmare?
I thought 2005 was a great year for movies but you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at the Xixax Awards nominees.
Yeah. Yeah, go Christopher Plummer. I'm actually surprised Tony Danza didn't get the supporting actor nom for Crash!
I'm the biggest supporter of Good Night and Good Luck here (self-proclaimed obviously) and to see its only nomination is for best supporting actress- patricia clarkson makes me wanna wretch. Even I didn't vote for her! I voted for just about every thing else for it, too! Unbelievable. So..obviously...people are aware of the film. But the consensus of Xixaxers feel its highlight is Patricia Clarkson. Hm.
At least I voted. And I felt my selections were good. I should start my own awards. So fuck you.
I think part of the problem was: 1) We did it too late, so there was less enthusiasm. 2) It followed the Dekapenticon ... so there was less enthusiasm. Still, it's hard to understand why people weren't more interested this year. Then again, like I said, 2005 sucked. So that is evidence to said lack of interest, and I think it's probably the biggest reason why people wouldn't be bothered to vote. Granted, the Dekapenticon was a while ago, so maybe I'm just grasping at straws for that one.
:hammer:
Quote from: onomabracadabra on April 02, 2006, 10:19:09 PM
It followed the Dekapenticon
really, if anything will be remembered from xixax 2005 it should be the Dekapenticon. i doubt its because such a tireless effort was put forth by the construction and participation of the d-con that no one had the nerve to vote for the fuckin awards but man what a great list the deka put forth. I agree with ono, 2005 sucked for movies but 2006 looks optimistic and i voted for capote for near everything and it seems neon voted several times under different aliases soley to sabatoge the integrity of the site
joking. i'm still stickin with the idea that its a prolonged april fool's day joke.
What sucks the most is it seems the new world is a lock for the winner compared to the competion and i won't get to see it until may. i predict once There Will Be Blood comes out we can declare it the best movie for the next ten years and say "the hell with it" to the awards.
I just realized I missed the deadline to send my nominees... I have them here but forgot to send them.
Anyways, none of them are in the final list I think. And people were laughing at my TOP 10 of the Year list? That is awful!
I don't think that waiting hurt anything at all. Personally it helped me Netflix a lot of stuff I missed out on, like Junebug so that I could vote for Amy Adams. But of course it didn't matter. My voting did nothing.
In reponse to the public reaction to the nominations and a large number of PMs we've received in the last couple days, we have decided to cancel the 2006 Xixax Awards.
This is a very awkward decision to make, considering the work and anticipation that have gone in to the awards already, but we feel for several reasons that it is the right one. The low turnout has created a result that seems to have been widely rejected. The results are already an extremely inaccurate reflection of Xixax, and to proceed with the awards would just exacerbate the problem.
That's basically it. Xixax is not reflected in the nominations, so the awards, at this point, are not remotely in Xixax's interest. We have considered a re-vote, but that would be absurd, and it would almost reward the apathy of the many non-voters. It's not as if people were not given an opportunity (ten days) to contribute. Also, honestly, it might have been a mistake to start the awards so much later than last year (into April now). Next year we will have to find a balance between staying relevent and not starting so soon that people haven't been able to catch up.
I understand and agree, but really I think 10 days wasnt enough time. I login every other and try to keep updated, but sometimes you have no time to sit and do the work of the nominations and stuff. If you want to do it right (and not like it turned out) it takes time. I was working on it but didnt have time to finish and review before submitting... and didnt realize the deadline was already now.
So... it sucks, but I understand the decision.
I just don't think cancelling it because the right movies didn't get nominated is a little rash, since some people DID take the time to vote and that's apparently what they felt strongly about. Anyone who didn't vote can't complain about what the nominations are -- it's just that those who did vote feel a little shocked about what happened. I'm obviously not the most active person here but to see Crash up there means either people who voted did that as a joke or there are a lot of people that don't post much that ended up voting.
This totally sucks. I was having a horrible hangover and a killer 24 hour hiccus attack last friday and I still send the nominations...but seriously...how many people voted?? 3???
On the other hand, is not apathy. I was really close of not sending my nominations cause it actually takes a lot of time. We should re do this, with a minimum of ballots permitted, so if not enough people vote, the awards are cancelled. And that should be a rule for next years too.
I agree with this even though I took the time to vote but honestly the list makes no sense at all, e.g.
- Brokeback with several nods including Best Director but no Best Picture nod.
- Crash making its way to Best Pic, didn't almost everyone hate it?
- Leading and supporting nominations are ridiculous, I thought we knew the difference between leading and supporting.
- The New World gets recognition but not best cinematography nod? :?
- Again, Junebug gets recognition as best debut but no Amy Adams?
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on April 03, 2006, 01:55:40 PM
Xixax is not reflected in the nominations, so the awards, at this point, are not remotely in Xixax's interest.
That's it exactly. The fact that no one is piping up to defend the nominations (I mean, realistically,
someone must have voted this crap in) is a pretty big no-confidence vote in them. It seems like it takes some sort of unifying film (like PDL or Eternal Sunshine) to really make us care as a group about the awards, and that film just wasn't there this year. Next year, it'll be The Fountain, and the year after that, There Will Be Blood. But this year, there was just a black hole from which nothing was able to escape (good try, New World).
Quote from: Alexandro on April 03, 2006, 03:10:03 PM
We should re do this, with a minimum of ballots permitted, so if not enough people vote, the awards are cancelled. And that should be a rule for next years too.
It's called a "quorum," and it's really a good idea to enforce. I don't know what traditional quorum figures are, but I'm sure a search would come up with some figures (which would differ from organization to organization). Maybe, 30% of all active posters should submit a ballot? Say that's 100 folks here who post consistently, so it shouldn't be too much to ask that we get 30 ballots. I'm betting we didn't get that, so that's a good, rough estimate.
And the amount of time isn't the issue, really. 10 days should be plenty of time, all things considered. Most cinephiles are aware of good movies they see anyway, and at the very least have that idea in their head. So if 10 days isn't enough time, it's not like 14 or 21 days will change things either. Time doesn't diminish voter apathy. It only exacerbates it.
Would it be inappropriate to post our ballots...like we did for the Dekapentacon? It's fun to see what people voted for.
Quote from: onomabracadabra on April 03, 2006, 07:36:08 PM
It's called a "quorum," and it's really a good idea to enforce.
hey, i'm as distraught as the next guy, but there's no reason to bring santorum into this.
Quote from: onomabracadabra on April 03, 2006, 07:36:08 PM
Time doesn't diminish voter apathy. It only exacerbates it.
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Exacerbates????
Quote from: GoneSavage on April 03, 2006, 03:01:34 PM
I just don't think cancelling it because the right movies didn't get nominated is a little rash, since some people DID take the time to vote and that's apparently what they felt strongly about. Anyone who didn't vote can't complain about what the nominations are -- it's just that those who did vote feel a little shocked about what happened. I'm obviously not the most active person here but to see Crash up there means either people who voted did that as a joke or there are a lot of people that don't post much that ended up voting.
I agree completely. It probably seems a little disingenuous to voice my dismay with the decision to cancel the awards this late in the game, but to say that the nominations don't accurately reflect xixax is B.S. It's an accurate reflection of those who took the time to vote. Just because a bunch of Johnny-Come-Latelies popped up ripping on the nominations doesn't mean that the nominations shouldn't count. It just means that, for whatever reasons, the nominated films are the ones that got nominated. If people don't like it, they should have voted differently (or just plain voted). I like the idea of a quorum, but it's a little late to institute one now (for 2005, at least). I'm all for posting my own nominations (given that I took the better part of an hour deliberating over them); I'm not quite sure why we were told not to do so in the first place. I realize that I'm a relatively new member and all, so whatever I say will probably be taken with the contents of a salt shaker, but this is a heck of a way to reward the folks who tried to contribute to the community by taking the time to vote.
You know, it's funny, at this point the only films I haven't seen from last year are basically Syriana and Match Point, but part of the reason I didn't do the ballot (apart from all that's been said: it's April already, done with voting after great Dekapenticon, not enough time, plus I'm busy as hell) is that I have too many movies in mind to wade through. It's rather ironic, or more paradoxical, but having the awards earlier, even though people can't see them all, isn't a bad thing.
Is anyone going to tell us how many people actually voted? Just so we can try and figure out how this happened? I mean, I voted, but the list is vastly different to my noms.
I think the big problem with 2005 was that there were just no Xixax movies present. PTA, Lynch, the Coens.... all absent. Sure we had some of our favourite actors and actresses, but the stuff they were in wasn't that great. As a result all the noms seem to be mainly split between mediocre films by established film-makers (e.g. War of The Worlds, Sin City, Star Wars) and just plain offbeat stuff that really isn't that great, just not mainstream. So the noms are a weird mix of crap studio blockbusters and crap indie films that don't really have naything to offer. There was just no balance. There were plenty of great films in 2005. But for whatever reason the final list of nominations is just plain bizarre. Just one example - King Kong. Now, I was not a fan of that film, for many reasons which I will not go into here, but that not to say I recognise it as a *bad* film. I know a hell of a lot of people on here loved it, and yes it does have severl nominations, but is totally missed out of the visual effects catergory? That is bizarre.
It would be very interesting if people listed their lists of nominations since the awards have been cancelled now anyway, just so we can try to figure out what went wrong. Cos this just doesn't seem like an xixax list - more a crude mesh up of two completely different groups of movie-goers.
I'll say it again. Bizarre.
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on April 03, 2006, 01:55:40 PM
In reponse to the public reaction to the nominations and a large number of PMs we've received in the last couple days, we have decided to cancel the 2006 Xixax Awards.
:yabbse-rolleyes:, i think thats a bit immature....its like just because the hip choices didnt get nominated, we are going to act like douche bags/brats and cancel it....how pathetic can you get...and the
crash thing was funny..even
i didnt nominate it..
Immature? Can you even justify the nominations?
now this isn't even funny. how dare xixax toy with my fragile emotions. :yabbse-sad:
Well played, you dirty sons of whores. :bravo:
Bravo. I won't accredit this whole joke to myself, but I wonder if it would've happened had I not mentioned the lack of April Fool's joke.
Quote from: Walrus on April 04, 2006, 03:46:11 PM
Bravo. I won't accredit this whole joke to myself, but I wonder if it would've happened had I not mentioned the lack of April Fool's joke.
It would have. We planned it right after everyone was on suicide watch from Crash winning the Best Picture Oscar.
Then another Bravo to you guys.
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on April 03, 2006, 01:55:40 PM
In reponse to the public reaction to the nominations and a large number of PMs we've received in the last couple days, we have decided to cancel the 2006 Xixax Awards.
Didja really receive PMs? Any brave soul willing to share what they said in panic?
Nice. I should have known something was up when admins like Pubrick, modage, MacGuffin, cbrad didn't say SHIT about the results, I would expect them to be vocal about the bizarre results, except for MacGuffin who would have just posted a news piece on it.
Great job on the prank.
*insert emoticon flipping the bird but smiling*
<finger> but with :
Highlights:
Quote from: Jeremy Blackman on April 01, 2006, 06:33:15 PM
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Catherine Keener - "Capote"
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Colin Farell - "New World"
Christian Bale- "New World"
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE
Christopher Plummer - "Syriana"
BEST EDITING
King Kong
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Darwin's Nightmare
The whole gag was well-executed but those were my personal favorite moments.
:oops:
i feel like a douche.
good prank
yeah, that was pretty awesome guys, well done!
oh right, prank's over. :doh:
Quote from: onomabracadabra on April 02, 2006, 10:19:09 PM
Then again, like I said, 2005 sucked.
which 2005 films have you seen?