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Kurosawa Fan · 07-23-2008, 05:28 PM

Submit your five favorite films from this year and in a week I will give you a top ten. IMDb dates will be used.

The point system is as follows

1st Place-5 points
2nd Place-4 points
3rd Place-3.5 points
4th Place-3 points
5th Place-2.5 points

There will be no restrictions on short films. A minimum of three films must be listed. You may edit your post freely up until the time that the voting is closed, which will be in about a week. I will give at least 24 hours warning before tallying votes.

You may begin now.

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Isaac · 07-23-2008, 05:35 PM

1. The Mascot
2. The Goddess
3. The Scarlet Empress
4. L'Atalante
5. Man of Aran

Spoiler

soitgoes... · 07-23-2008, 05:40 PM

1. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra)
2. Les Misérables (Raymond Bernard)
3. The Goddess (Wu Yonggang)
4. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke)
5. The Old Fashioned Way (William Beaudine)
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6. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock)
7. Our Daily Bread (King Vidor)
8. La Signora di tutti (Max Ophüls)
9. The Scarlet Empress (Josef von Sternberg)

I still have Vigo's film, which happens to be one of those films that always manages to never find it's way to my DVD player. Someday...

Yxklyx · 07-23-2008, 05:45 PM

1. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra)
2. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo)
3. The Scarlet Empress (Josef von Sternberg)
4. A Story of Floating Weeds (Yasujiro Ozu)
5. Of Human Bondage (John Cromwell)

6. Man of Aran (Robert J. Flaherty)
7. The Mascot (Wladyslaw Starewicz)
8. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke)
9. It's a Gift (Norman Z. McLeod)
10. Our Daily Bread (King Vidor)

Kurosawa Fan · 07-23-2008, 05:45 PM

1. The Thin Man
2. The Grasshopper and the Ants
3. L'Atalante
4. It Happened One Night

Raiders · 07-23-2008, 05:53 PM

1. The Mascot (Starewicz)
2. L'Atalante (Vigo)
3. The Black Cat (Ulmer)
4. It Happened One Night (Capra)
5. The Scarlet Empress (Von Sternberg)

Russ · 07-23-2008, 05:55 PM

1. It's a Gift
2. The Old Fashioned Way
3. Imitation of Life
4. Tarzan and His Mate
5. L'Atalante

Philosophe_rouge · 07-23-2008, 07:35 PM

Not one of my favourite years, I clearly have a lot more to see

1. The Scarlet Empress
2. Twentieth Century
3. It Happened One Night
4. L'Atalante
5. The Thin Man

Spinal · 07-23-2008, 08:23 PM

Gonna have to pass.

Raiders · 07-23-2008, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antoine

1. The Goddess
2. L'Atalante
3. Man of Aran
4. It Happened One Night
5. Of Human Bondage

I thought you were a big fan of The Mascot.

Melville · 07-23-2008, 09:53 PM

I'd really like to vote for The Mascot, but I'm not a big fan of the other films I've seen from this year.

Isaac · 07-23-2008, 10:19 PM

Yeah, I forgot about The Mascot. Edited.

Grouchy · 07-23-2008, 11:12 PM

I got nothing except L'Atalante (which I hope wins #1, it's fucking awesome) and Hearts of Age, the Orson's first short movie.

It's here if you guys want to take a look at it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXKIMag5hHE

Warning: it's pretty goddamn bad.

Isaac · 07-23-2008, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grouchy

Warning: it's pretty goddamn bad.

Aw, it's not that bad. But I do find it kind of amusing that it's almost indistinguishable from your average modern day student film.

Grouchy · 07-23-2008, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antoine

Aw, it's not that bad. But I do find it kind of amusing that it's almost indistinguishable from your average modern day student film.

Heh. I have the feeling Welles simply watched Un Chien Andalou and went: "THIS IS GREAT! LET'S DO THIS!".

Raiders · 07-23-2008, 11:34 PM

Let's not forget it was Welles' first experiment with the medium and that he was all of 19 years old.

origami_mustache · 07-23-2008, 11:59 PM

1. The Goddess
2. It Happened One Night
3. The Man Who Knew Too Much
4. Our Daily Bread
5. The Scarlet Empress

koji · 07-24-2008, 12:34 AM

1. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra)
2. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke)
3. Twentieth Century (Howard Hawks)
4. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo)
5. Babes in Toyland (Meins, Rogers)

monolith94 · 07-24-2008, 05:17 AM

1. It Happened One Night
2. L'Atalante
3. The Mascot
4. The Scarlet Empress
5. The Thin Man

Pop Trash · 07-24-2008, 05:17 AM

I can't vote in this year but I would like to vouch for the racy pre-code Tarzan and His Mate featuring a very saucy Jane doing some full on skinny dipping (and yes in the restored cut, you do get to see some naughty bits) It's the cat's pajamas I tell ya! AAAOOOGAAA!

Boner M · 07-24-2008, 06:08 AM

Wish I could support L'Atalante, but I ain't seen nothin' else.

Derek · 07-24-2008, 06:28 AM

1. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo)
2. The Scarlett Empress (Josef von Sternberg)
3. The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer)
4. It's a Gift (Norman McLeod)
5. The Merry Widow (Ernst Lubitsch)

HM: It Happened One Night (Frank Capra), Our Daily Bread (King Vidor)

ledfloyd · 07-24-2008, 01:51 PM

1. It Happened One Night
2. The Thin Man
3. Twentieth Century
4. The Man Who Knew Too Much

i really want to see the merry widow.

Weeping_Guitar · 07-25-2008, 02:18 AM

1. It Happened One Night
2. The Thin Man
3. L'Atalante
4. The Man Who Knew Too Much

Spinal · 07-31-2008, 12:16 AM

More?

soitgoes... · 07-31-2008, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spinal

More?

Pre-1940's films seem to be the Match-Cut Achilles' heel. Only 13 ballots for this year? I guess it makes for better odds of getting an obscure film into the top 10.

Spinal · 07-31-2008, 12:24 AM

KF -

Voting seems a little light. Not sure how many films will get support, but feel free to only list 8 or 9 films if it makes more sense to do so.

MadMan · 07-31-2008, 12:25 AM

I wish I had seen something from this year. I'm really behind on 30s viewing.

Kurosawa Fan · 07-31-2008, 12:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spinal

KF -

Voting seems a little light. Not sure how many films will get support, but feel free to only list 8 or 9 films if it makes more sense to do so.

Noted.

I'll give this until tomorrow, and then tally it up. If I'm skeptical, I'll send you a PM before posting official results.

baby doll · 07-31-2008, 02:31 AM

1. The Scarlet Empress (Josef von Sternberg)
2. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo)
3. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke)
4. A Story of Floating Weeds (Yasujiro Ozu)

07-23-2008, 05:35 PM	#2
Isaac Social Retard Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 677	1. The Mascot 2. The Goddess 3. The Scarlet Empress 4. L'Atalante 5. Man of Aran Spoiler original list: 1. The Mascot 2. The Goddess 3. L'Atalante 4. Man of Aran 5. It Happened One Night __________________ Orlando (1992) *½ Demonlover (2002) ½ Inception (2010) ½ Everything Is Illuminated (2002, Jonathan Safran Foer) * July's People (1981, Nadine Gordimer) **½ Last edited by Isaac : 07-31-2008 at 02:42 AM.*

07-23-2008, 05:40 PM	#3
soitgoes... King of the Impossible Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 633	1. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra) 2. Les Misérables (Raymond Bernard) 3. The Goddess (Wu Yonggang) 4. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke) 5. The Old Fashioned Way (William Beaudine) ----------------------------------------------------------- 6. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock) 7. Our Daily Bread (King Vidor) 8. La Signora di tutti (Max Ophüls) 9. The Scarlet Empress (Josef von Sternberg) I still have Vigo's film, which happens to be one of those films that always manages to never find it's way to my DVD player. Someday... __________________ Anzukko (Naruse 58) **½ Los Angeles Plays Itself* (Andersen 03) **** Fires Were Started (Jennings 43) *½ On the Town* (Donen/Kelly 49) *** The Ghost Writer (Polanski 10) *** Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (Ophüls 88) *** Johnny Guitar (Ray 54) **½ The Asphalt Jungle* (Huston 50) **½ Pandora and the Flying Dutchman* (Lewin 51) *½ Babes in Arms* (Berkeley 39) *½ Viewing log and all films seen

07-23-2008, 05:45 PM	#4
Yxklyx Editor Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 177	1. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra) 2. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo) 3. The Scarlet Empress (Josef von Sternberg) 4. A Story of Floating Weeds (Yasujiro Ozu) 5. Of Human Bondage (John Cromwell) 6. Man of Aran (Robert J. Flaherty) 7. The Mascot (Wladyslaw Starewicz) 8. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke) 9. It's a Gift (Norman Z. McLeod) 10. Our Daily Bread (King Vidor) __________________ Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page

07-23-2008, 05:45 PM	#5
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	1. The Thin Man 2. The Grasshopper and the Ants 3. L'Atalante 4. It Happened One Night __________________ Films I've Seen: Inception (2010) - Despicable Me (2010)- 1/2 Zombieland (2009) - * The Crazies (2010) - * Land of the Lost (2009) - 1/2 MacGruber* (2010) - * Book I'm Reading:** A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin

07-23-2008, 05:53 PM	#6
Raiders Administrator Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1924	1. The Mascot (Starewicz) 2. L'Atalante (Vigo) 3. The Black Cat (Ulmer) 4. It Happened One Night (Capra) 5. The Scarlet Empress (Von Sternberg) __________________ Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2,000 of something. Recently Viewed: The Kids Are All Right (2010) *****½ Inception (2010) (500) Days of Summer (2009) ½ Toy Story 3 (2010) ***½ Day & Night (s) (2010) ****** Films By Year The Fifth Dimension: A Chronological Twilight Zone (UPDATED 7/1/10)

07-23-2008, 05:28 PM	#1
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	MC Yearly Consensus - 1934 Submit your five favorite films from this year and in a week I will give you a top ten. IMDb dates will be used. The point system is as follows 1st Place-5 points 2nd Place-4 points 3rd Place-3.5 points 4th Place-3 points 5th Place-2.5 points There will be no restrictions on short films. A minimum of three films must be listed. You may edit your post freely up until the time that the voting is closed, which will be in about a week. I will give at least 24 hours warning before tallying votes. You may begin now. IMDB Power Search __________________ Films I've Seen: Inception (2010) - Despicable Me (2010)- 1/2 Zombieland (2009) - * The Crazies (2010) - * Land of the Lost (2009) - 1/2 MacGruber* (2010) - * Book I'm Reading:** A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin

07-23-2008, 05:55 PM	#7
Russ I believe in your victory Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 863	1. It's a Gift 2. The Old Fashioned Way 3. Imitation of Life 4. Tarzan and His Mate 5. L'Atalante

07-23-2008, 07:35 PM	#8
Philosophe_rouge Editor Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 743	Not one of my favourite years, I clearly have a lot more to see 1. The Scarlet Empress 2. Twentieth Century 3. It Happened One Night 4. L'Atalante 5. The Thin Man __________________ House of Mirth and Movies: Top 10s (in progress)

07-23-2008, 08:23 PM	#9
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	Gonna have to pass. __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

07-23-2008, 09:53 PM	#11
Melville My depressed stance... Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1332	I'd really like to vote for The Mascot, but I'm not a big fan of the other films I've seen from this year. __________________ I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad? lists and reviews

07-23-2008, 10:19 PM	#12
Isaac Social Retard Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 677	Yeah, I forgot about The Mascot. Edited. __________________ Orlando (1992) *½ Demonlover (2002) ½ Inception (2010) ½ Everything Is Illuminated (2002, Jonathan Safran Foer) * July's People (1981, Nadine Gordimer) ***½

07-23-2008, 11:12 PM	#13
Grouchy A Platypus Rep Power: 7 Rep Points: 884	I got nothing except L'Atalante (which I hope wins #1, it's fucking awesome) and Hearts of Age, the Orson's first short movie. It's here if you guys want to take a look at it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXKIMag5hHE Warning: it's pretty goddamn bad. __________________ There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it. -- Niven Law #16 TOY STORY 3 - Solid entertainment of the Pixar brand, but an unnecessary sequel that adds nothing to the story. TETRO - I applaud Coppola for making a genuinely strange movie. When it works, it works. CHÉRI - Average period piece, but worth seeing for Michelle Pfeiffer's incredibly acting - and body.

07-23-2008, 11:34 PM	#16
Raiders Administrator Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1924	Let's not forget it was Welles' first experiment with the medium and that he was all of 19 years old. __________________ Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2,000 of something. Recently Viewed: The Kids Are All Right (2010) *****½ Inception (2010) (500) Days of Summer (2009) ½ Toy Story 3 (2010) ***½ Day & Night (s) (2010) ****** Films By Year The Fifth Dimension: A Chronological Twilight Zone (UPDATED 7/1/10)

07-23-2008, 11:59 PM	#17
origami_mustache blurred and indistinct Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 420	1. The Goddess 2. It Happened One Night 3. The Man Who Knew Too Much 4. Our Daily Bread 5. The Scarlet Empress __________________ The Auteurs branduponthebrain

07-24-2008, 12:34 AM	#18
koji Body Double Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 21	1. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra) 2. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke) 3. Twentieth Century (Howard Hawks) 4. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo) 5. Babes in Toyland (Meins, Rogers)

07-24-2008, 05:17 AM	#19
monolith94 nightmare investigator Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 293	1. It Happened One Night 2. L'Atalante 3. The Mascot 4. The Scarlet Empress 5. The Thin Man __________________ "Modern weapons can defend freedom, civilization, and life only by annihilating them. Security in military language means the ability to do away with the Earth." -Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society

07-24-2008, 05:17 AM	#20
Pop Trash Cinematographer Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 182	I can't vote in this year but I would like to vouch for the racy pre-code Tarzan and His Mate featuring a very saucy Jane doing some full on skinny dipping (and yes in the restored cut, you do get to see some naughty bits) It's the cat's pajamas I tell ya! AAAOOOGAAA!

07-24-2008, 06:08 AM	#21
Boner M blood Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1498	Wish I could support L'Atalante, but I ain't seen nothin' else. __________________ blog (latest: notes on a few recent films) / twitter / lastfm Sweetgrass (Barbash & Castaing-Taylor, 2009) *½ Primate (Wiseman, 1974) * The Unloved (Morton, 2009) Boy (Waititi, 2010) ½ Beeswax (Bujalski, 2009) *½ Hahaha (Hong, 2010) * Blank City (Danhier, 2009) * Cell 211 (Monzón, 2009) ½ The Messenger (Moverman, 2009) **½

07-24-2008, 06:28 AM	#22
Derek Moisten your fence Rep Power: 12 Rep Points: 2656	1. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo) 2. The Scarlett Empress (Josef von Sternberg) 3. The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer) 4. It's a Gift (Norman McLeod) 5. The Merry Widow (Ernst Lubitsch) HM: It Happened One Night (Frank Capra), Our Daily Bread (King Vidor) __________________ The Flowers of St. Francis (Rossellini, 1950) * Get Him to the Greek (Stoller, 2010) The Kids Are All Right (Cholodenko, 2010) ½ Inception (Nolan, 2010) ½ Predators* (Antal, 2010) Predator (McTiernan, 1987) ½ MacGruber* (Taccone, 2010) Robin Hood** (Scott, 2010) * Valhalla Rising (Refn, 2010) *½ Cyrus (Duplass Bros., 2010) ½ My site Music "It's not a blockbuster because I don't want to see it." - Dukefrukem

07-24-2008, 01:51 PM	#23
ledfloyd Producer Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 475	1. It Happened One Night 2. The Thin Man 3. Twentieth Century 4. The Man Who Knew Too Much i really want to see the merry widow. __________________ blog

07-25-2008, 02:18 AM	#24
Weeping_Guitar Body Double Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 10	1. It Happened One Night 2. The Thin Man 3. L'Atalante 4. The Man Who Knew Too Much __________________ Recomended Recent Viewings: The Circus (Chaplin, 1928) Inception (Nolan, 2010) Toy Story 3 (Unkrich, 2010) After Hours (Scorsese, 1985) Still Walking (Koreeda, 2008)

07-31-2008, 12:16 AM	#25
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	More? __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

07-31-2008, 12:24 AM	#27
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	KF - Voting seems a little light. Not sure how many films will get support, but feel free to only list 8 or 9 films if it makes more sense to do so. __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

07-31-2008, 12:25 AM	#28
MadMan #1 Procrastinator Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 567	I wish I had seen something from this year. I'm really behind on 30s viewing. __________________ Good Lord, son, no, I do not. I was, in days gone by, a believer. But alas, I came to this beleaguered land, and the God in me just . . . evaporated. Let us change our toast, sir. To the God who has forgotten us. Down the Rabbit Hole

07-31-2008, 02:31 AM	#30
baby doll Screenwriter Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 426	1. The Scarlet Empress (Josef von Sternberg) 2. L'Atalante (Jean Vigo) 3. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke) 4. A Story of Floating Weeds (Yasujiro Ozu) __________________ Because I don't have time to blog... Europa (Lars von Trier, 1991) / * Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman, 1967) / * Make Way for Tomorrow (Leo McCarey, 1937) / *1/2 The last book I read was... The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies** by David Bordwell The World (July: Ossos, In Vanda's Room, Colossal Youth, Cyrus, Inception)

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