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Llopin · 03-06-2008, 09:33 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 thread is locked, 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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Spinal · 03-06-2008, 09:38 PM

1. Stray Dog
2. The Devil's Wanton
3. The Third Man
4. High Diving Hare
5. Kind Hearts and Coronets

Russ · 03-06-2008, 09:41 PM

1. The Third Man
2. White Heat
3. A Letter to Three Wives
4. Pinky
5. Puce Moment

origami_mustache · 03-06-2008, 09:49 PM

1. Stray Dog
2. Late Spring
3. The Third Man
4. Crows and Sparrows

ledfloyd · 03-06-2008, 09:50 PM

1. The Third Man
2. Kind Hearts & Coronets
3. High Diving Hare

I just watched High Diving Hare so I had enough to qualify. The other two films would both likely make my all time top 20.

Isaac · 03-06-2008, 09:54 PM

1. White Heat
2. The Heiress
3. Stray Dog
4. The Emperor's Nightingale
5. All the King's Men

6. Thieves' Highway
7. Kind Hearts and Coronets
8. The Third Man
9. The Window
10. Intruder in the Dust

Russ · 03-06-2008, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ledfloyd

I just watched High Diving Hare so I had enough to qualify.

That one's great, but if I chose one from this year (and I almost did), it would have been Long-Haired Hare. That's the one where Bugs drives the opera singer nutzo.

Yxklyx · 03-06-2008, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ

5. Puce Moment

I just watched this the other week and it was listed as 1948. Not only that but I think in the commentary Anger says this one wasn't released until the 60s.

Russ · 03-06-2008, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yxklyx

I just watched this the other week and it was listed as 1948. Not only that but I think in the commentary Anger says this one wasn't released until the 60s.

Sticking with IMDb, which lists it at 1949.

Yxklyx · 03-06-2008, 10:03 PM

1. The Third Man (Carol Reed)
2. Thieves' Highway (Jules Dassin)
3. Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa)
4. Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu)
5. The Set-Up (Robert Wise)

6. Blood of the Beasts (Georges Franju)
7. White Heat (Raoul Walsh)
8. On The Town (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)
9. The Heiress (William Wyler)
10. Twelve O'Clock High (Henry King)

Yxklyx · 03-06-2008, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ

Sticking with IMDb, which lists it at 1949.

Yeah I know - just saying that they changed it.

Kurosawa Fan · 03-06-2008, 10:17 PM

1. Stray Dog
2. Long-Haired Hare
3. White Heat
4. The Heiress
5. Kind Hearts and Coronets

Watashi · 03-06-2008, 10:18 PM

1. Stray Dog
2. Kind Hearts and Coronets
3. The Third Man
4. White Heat

soitgoes... · 03-06-2008, 10:33 PM

1. The Third Man (Carol Reed)
2. Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu)
3. Blood of the Beasts (Georges Franju)
4. I Shot Jesse James (Samuel Fuller)
5. Thieves' Highway (Jules Dassin)
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6. Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa)
7. Border Incident (Anthony Mann)
8. High Diving Hare (Friz Freleng)
9. Bitter Rice (Guiseppe De Santis)
10. Fast and Furry-ous (Chuck Jones)

Spinal · 03-06-2008, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ

That one's great, but if I chose one from this year (and I almost did), it would have been Long-Haired Hare. That's the one where Bugs drives the opera singer nutzo.

I will give both a fresh viewing.

Melville · 03-06-2008, 11:00 PM

1. The Third Man
2. Blood of the Beasts
3. The Set-Up
4. Stray Dog

ledfloyd · 03-06-2008, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ

That one's great, but if I chose one from this year (and I almost did), it would have been Long-Haired Hare. That's the one where Bugs drives the opera singer nutzo.

i just watched it and i don't agree with your assessment of the situation.

the best thing about these is whenever we get to these old years i watch a bunch of looney tunes shorts.

Kurosawa Fan · 03-07-2008, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ

That one's great, but if I chose one from this year (and I almost did), it would have been Long-Haired Hare. That's the one where Bugs drives the opera singer nutzo.

I didn't see this until now, but yes! I thought that one would be getting much more support. As it is, I think I'm the only one who voted for it.

Boner M · 03-07-2008, 01:35 AM

1. Late Spring
2. White Heat
3. The Third Man
4. Blood of the Beasts
5. Thieves' Highway

6. Puce Moment
7. The Set-Up
8. Stray Dog
9. Jour de fête

monolith94 · 03-07-2008, 02:50 AM

1. Kind Hearts & Coronets
2. Champion (soooo underrated/overlooked)
3. The Third Man
4. Stray Dog
5. The Set-Up

honorable mentions:

White Heat
Criss Cross
Whisky Galore!
Blood of the Beasts
Begone Dull Care (only 8 min. long, therefore ineligible, right?)

great, great year.

Spinal · 03-07-2008, 03:07 AM

That last two minutes of Long-Haired Hare is pretty sweet. But I think I'm going to stick with my initial choice right now. It's a coin flip really.

Kurious Jorge v3.1 · 03-07-2008, 03:16 AM

1. Late Spring
2. Blood of the Beasts
3. Puce Moment
4. The Third Man
5. Stray Dog

Qrazy · 03-07-2008, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monolith94

great, great year.

Really? I find it to be fairly weak.

1. The Third Man
2. Kind Hearts & Coronets
3. Blood of the Beasts
4. White Heat
5. Jour de fête

HMs: Stray Dog, Passport to Pimlico, Whiskey Galore

Need to see: Criss Cross, The Set-up, Great Madcap, Le Silence de la Mer, Thieves Highway

I too would vote for Begone Dull Care if I could.

Philosophe_rouge · 03-07-2008, 03:39 AM

1. The Third Man
2. The Set-Up
3. The Small Back Room
4. The Reckless Moment
5. The Heiress

Hon mentions: White Heat, Kind Hearts and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Raiders · 03-07-2008, 04:05 AM

1. I Shot Jesse James
2. Late Spring
3. White Heat
4. Kind Hearts and Coronets
5. The Third Man

Eleven · 03-07-2008, 04:35 AM

1. Late Spring
2. The Third Man
3. The Great Madcap
4. Jour de Fête
5. Stray Dog

HMs: Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Small Back Room, The Set-Up, Crows and Sparrows, Knock on Any Door.

MadMan · 03-07-2008, 05:58 AM

Damn, I've only seen one film from this year.

origami_mustache · 03-07-2008, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eleven

HMs: Crows and Sparrows

I'm surprised someone else here saw this...awesome.

Isaac · 03-07-2008, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monolith94

Begone Dull Care (only 8 min. long, therefore ineligible, right?)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Llopin

There will be no restrictions on short films.

Begone Dull Care is good, but I still say Jiri Trnka's The Emperor's Nightingale is the best animated film of this year. It used to be on YouTube, but I guess it isn't anymore.

monolith94 · 03-07-2008, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qrazy

Really? I find it to be fairly weak.

1. The Third Man
2. Kind Hearts & Coronets
3. Blood of the Beasts
4. White Heat
5. Jour de fête

HMs: Stray Dog, Passport to Pimlico, Whiskey Galore

Need to see: Criss Cross, The Set-up, Great Madcap, Le Silence de la Mer, Thieves Highway

I too would vote for Begone Dull Care if I could.

Well, I thought Champion and The Set-Up, both of which you don't appear to have seen, were excellent. Kind Hearts & Coronets is excellent, a personal favorite of mine. I've loved it ever since I was a kid.

Don't rush to see le silence de la mer. It's not essential.

03-06-2008, 09:33 PM	#1
Llopin Ubuesque Amphetamine Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 96	MC Yearly Consensus \| 1949 \| 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 thread is locked, 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

03-06-2008, 09:38 PM	#2
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	1. Stray Dog 2. The Devil's Wanton 3. The Third Man 4. High Diving Hare 5. Kind Hearts and Coronets __________________ 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

03-06-2008, 09:49 PM	#4
origami_mustache blurred and indistinct Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 420	1. Stray Dog 2. Late Spring 3. The Third Man 4. Crows and Sparrows __________________ The Auteurs branduponthebrain Last edited by origami_mustache : 03-07-2008 at 06:24 AM.

03-06-2008, 09:50 PM	#5
ledfloyd Producer Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 475	1. The Third Man 2. Kind Hearts & Coronets 3. High Diving Hare I just watched High Diving Hare so I had enough to qualify. The other two films would both likely make my all time top 20. __________________ blog

03-06-2008, 09:54 PM	#6
Isaac Social Retard Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 677	1. White Heat 2. The Heiress 3. Stray Dog 4. The Emperor's Nightingale 5. All the King's Men 6. Thieves' Highway 7. Kind Hearts and Coronets 8. The Third Man 9. The Window 10. Intruder in the Dust __________________ Orlando (1992) *½ Demonlover (2002) ½ Inception (2010) ½ Everything Is Illuminated (2002, Jonathan Safran Foer) * July's People (1981, Nadine Gordimer) ***½

03-06-2008, 09:41 PM	#3
Russ I believe in your victory Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 863	1. The Third Man 2. White Heat 3. A Letter to Three Wives 4. Pinky 5. Puce Moment

03-06-2008, 10:03 PM	#10
Yxklyx Editor Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 177	1. The Third Man (Carol Reed) 2. Thieves' Highway (Jules Dassin) 3. Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa) 4. Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu) 5. The Set-Up (Robert Wise) 6. Blood of the Beasts (Georges Franju) 7. White Heat (Raoul Walsh) 8. On The Town (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly) 9. The Heiress (William Wyler) 10. Twelve O'Clock High (Henry King) __________________ Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page

03-06-2008, 10:17 PM	#12
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	1. Stray Dog 2. Long-Haired Hare 3. White Heat 4. The Heiress 5. Kind Hearts and Coronets __________________ 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

03-06-2008, 10:18 PM	#13
Watashi Pixar Whore Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1677	1. Stray Dog 2. Kind Hearts and Coronets 3. The Third Man 4. White Heat __________________ The Kids Are Alright (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010) - ½ Cyrus (Jay & Mark Duplass, 2010) - * Book of Eli (The Hughes Brothers, 2010) - ½ Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010) - *½ "The trailer for Shark Tale was better than the entirety of Elf." - sycophant

03-06-2008, 10:33 PM	#14
soitgoes... King of the Impossible Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 633	1. The Third Man (Carol Reed) 2. Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu) 3. Blood of the Beasts (Georges Franju) 4. I Shot Jesse James (Samuel Fuller) 5. Thieves' Highway (Jules Dassin) ---------------------------------------------- 6. Stray Dog (Akira Kurosawa) 7. Border Incident (Anthony Mann) 8. High Diving Hare (Friz Freleng) 9. Bitter Rice (Guiseppe De Santis) 10. Fast and Furry-ous (Chuck Jones)

03-06-2008, 11:00 PM	#16
Melville My depressed stance... Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1332	1. The Third Man 2. Blood of the Beasts 3. The Set-Up 4. Stray Dog __________________ 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

03-07-2008, 01:35 AM	#19
Boner M blood Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1498	1. Late Spring 2. White Heat 3. The Third Man 4. Blood of the Beasts 5. Thieves' Highway 6. Puce Moment 7. The Set-Up 8. Stray Dog 9. Jour de fête __________________ 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

03-07-2008, 02:50 AM	#20
monolith94 nightmare investigator Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 293	1. Kind Hearts & Coronets 2. Champion (soooo underrated/overlooked) 3. The Third Man 4. Stray Dog 5. The Set-Up honorable mentions: White Heat Criss Cross Whisky Galore! Blood of the Beasts Begone Dull Care (only 8 min. long, therefore ineligible, right?) great, great year. __________________ "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

03-07-2008, 03:07 AM	#21
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	That last two minutes of Long-Haired Hare is pretty sweet. But I think I'm going to stick with my initial choice right now. It's a coin flip really. __________________ 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

03-07-2008, 03:16 AM	#22
Kurious Jorge v3.1 Synegoggles! Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 222	1. Late Spring 2. Blood of the Beasts 3. Puce Moment 4. The Third Man 5. Stray Dog __________________ Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa - '08) 87 Culloden (Watkins - '64) 77 The Lost Weekend (Wilder - 1945) 81 Adieu Phillipine (Jacques Rozier - '63) 88 The Blue Bird (Tourneur - '19)90 Falstaff aka Chimes at Midnight (Welles - '65) 66 A Trip to Mars (Holger-Madsen - '18) 71 The War Game (Watkins - '66) 73 I Want to Go Home (Resnais -'89) 38 Life Is Sweet (Leigh - '91) 78 [/color] Last edited by Kurious Jorge v3.1 : 03-09-2008 at 07:20 PM.

03-07-2008, 03:39 AM	#24
Philosophe_rouge Editor Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 743	1. The Third Man 2. The Set-Up 3. The Small Back Room 4. The Reckless Moment 5. The Heiress Hon mentions: White Heat, Kind Hearts and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon __________________ House of Mirth and Movies: Top 10s (in progress)

03-07-2008, 04:05 AM	#25
Raiders Administrator Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1924	1. I Shot Jesse James 2. Late Spring 3. White Heat 4. Kind Hearts and Coronets 5. The Third Man __________________ 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)

03-07-2008, 04:35 AM	#26
Eleven The Artist as Monster Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 161	1. Late Spring 2. The Third Man 3. The Great Madcap 4. Jour de Fête 5. Stray Dog HMs: Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Small Back Room, The Set-Up, Crows and Sparrows, Knock on Any Door. __________________ Playtime Magazine articles Film at 11 Top 11s Last edited by Eleven : 03-07-2008 at 11:27 PM.

03-07-2008, 05:58 AM	#27
MadMan #1 Procrastinator Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 567	Damn, I've only seen one film from this year. __________________ 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

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