TOP TEN - 2003!!!!!

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SHAFTR

#165
March 09, 2004, 10:43:04 AM
My Final 10:
Kill Bill Vol 1
American Splendor
Lost in Translation
All the Real Girls
Finding Nemo
Station Agent
In America
Seabiscuit
21 Grams
Mystic River

Just Missed:
Triplets of Belleville
Love Actually
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LostEraser

#166
April 05, 2004, 08:35:45 PM
1. Dracula: Pages From A Virgins Diary
2. Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
3. Lost In Translation
4. Northfork
5. The Triplets Of Belleville
6. The Man Without A Past
7. American Splendor
8. In America
9. Dirty Pretty Things
10. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
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ComixFan

#167
April 12, 2004, 09:34:29 PM
yeah, I'm late to the party, oh, well.

my top ten:

10) House of Sand and Fog
09) School of Rock
08. X2: X-Men United
07) Finding Nemo
06) Mystic River
05) Big Fish
04) American Splendor
03) Lost in Translation
02) Kill Bill--Vol. 1
01) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Jeremy Blackman

#168
May 06, 2004, 11:10:26 PM
extremely updated list:


1 Elephant

2 City of God

3 21 Grams

4 28 Days Later

5 Kill Bill Vol. 1

6 Gerry

7 Hulk

8 Whale Rider

9 Lost in Translation

10 The Shape of Things

SoNowThen

#169
May 07, 2004, 09:03:22 AM
I should ask now, seeing as how North America didn't get Dogville until this year, can we vote for it in the 2004 things?
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Pubrick

#170
May 07, 2004, 09:19:30 AM
Quote from: SoNowThenI should ask now, seeing as how North America didn't get Dogville until this year, can we vote for it in the 2004 things?
No. we go by imdb dates, we always hav, that's the true date of release for all films it's only a rare thing that u ppl got it a year after us this time. a shame, but that's just the way it goes.

otherwise change the name to "North American Xixax Awards"
under the paving stones.

cron

#171
May 07, 2004, 09:20:34 AM
Quote from: Pubrick
Quote from: SoNowThenI should ask now, seeing as how North America didn't get Dogville until this year, can we vote for it in the 2004 things?
No. we go by imdb dates, we always hav, that's the true date of release for all films it's only a rare thing that u ppl got it a year after us this time. a shame, but that's just the way it goes.

otherwise change the name to "North American Xixax Awards"

but i didn't vote for Dogville because Mac said we should wait...
context, context, context.

SoNowThen

#172
May 07, 2004, 09:21:09 AM
Quote from: Pubrick
Quote from: SoNowThenI should ask now, seeing as how North America didn't get Dogville until this year, can we vote for it in the 2004 things?
No. we go by imdb dates, we always hav, that's the true date of release for all films it's only a rare thing that u ppl got it a year after us this time. a shame, but that's just the way it goes.

otherwise change the name to "North American Xixax Awards"

Well, that's fair, I guess.  :(


But doesn't imdb list release dates per country? Or do we just go by first non-festival theatrical showing date?
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

Pubrick

#173
May 07, 2004, 09:28:03 AM
i dont' know what Mac was huffing, we go by the year under the title, the one that is highlighted in the main title page. the official date of birth.
under the paving stones.

Jeremy Blackman

#174
May 07, 2004, 06:13:18 PM
Don't we force ourselves to more or less follow the Oscar dates? The imdb dates include any kind of limited release. I thought we excluded Dogville from the last awards for that reason.

MacGuffin! Please help!

MacGuffin

#175
May 07, 2004, 08:35:09 PM
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanDon't we force ourselves to more or less follow the Oscar dates? The imdb dates include any kind of limited release. I thought we excluded Dogville from the last awards for that reason.

MacGuffin! Please help!

Quote from: MacGuffin"Irreversible" is since it came out in the US in 2003.
"Dogville" has yet to come out in the US and has only done the festival circuit, so I'd say no. Also most members here have yet to see it.
"Spellbound" is a toss up. It was nominated for the Oscars held in 2003, but I don't think it got a release until 2003.

If we go by Oscar dates (which we pretty much do), then it would be eligible for Foreign Film since it was released in it's country of origin (and that country would have to submit it to represent their country) in 2003. But to qualify for the Oscars in other catagories for 2004, it would have to play for a straight week in the US (which it did). Thus, it would be eligible for the 2005 Xixax Awards in all catagories.
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Finn

#176
May 07, 2004, 10:35:04 PM
Okay...my updated top five list for 2003 (counting Dogville as 2004 and City of God as 2002)...

1. Lost in Translation

2. Kill Bill : Volume 1

3. Mystic River

4. 21 Grams

5. Peter Pan

I'll get to the rest later... :wink:
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samsong

#177
May 08, 2004, 12:13:48 AM
1. Elephant and Dogville
2. Mystic River
3. Lost in Translation
4. The Company
5. Whale Rider
6. Millennium Mambo
7. The Barbarian Invasions
8. American Splendor
9. The Station Agent
10. Kill Bill: Volume 1

brockly

#178
May 08, 2004, 05:46:08 AM
Quote from: samsong1. Elephant and Dogville

a list is dense enough. a list in which 1st place cant be distinguished is painfully aggravating. no offence ofcourse, if you can't choose thats cool  8)... plus it gave you the opportunity to fit last years best film to the list. i get where your coming from now. :yabbse-thumbup:

soixante

#179
May 08, 2004, 11:14:19 AM
I have always used Oscar eligibility to determine year of release, as I live in the US.  Dogville wasn't released theatrically in the US in 2003, neither was Brown Bunny, so I count both as 2004 films (that is, if Brown Bunny gets picked up for distribution).  I don't count Virgin Suicides, Black & White and Jesus' Son as 1999 films, since they were all released in 2000 in the US (even though they all premiered at US film fests in 1999).  The rule of thumb, for me at least, is a film must play one week in NY and one week in LA in a regular theatrical run -- i.e., to establish Academy Award eligibility.

My 2003 list continues to evolve -- I finally saw Elephant, and must place that high on my list.  I must see Mystic River a 2nd time to determine if that is the best film of 2003, or if Elephant is.  I would place Lost in Translation at 3, Kill Bill 1 at No. 4, Gerry at No. 5.

I haven't seen Master & Commander, Sylvia, Girl With Pearl Earring, and a bunch of other films.
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