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Kurosawa Fan · 03-25-2008, 05:31 PM

KAPOW!!!

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 · 03-25-2008, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan

KAPOW!!!

Watashi · 03-25-2008, 05:39 PM

1. Days of Heaven
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
4. Superman: The Movie
5. Grease

Yeah, that's all I got.

Kurosawa Fan · 03-25-2008, 05:39 PM

1. Halloween
2. A Wedding
3. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
4. The Deer Hunter
5. Dawn of the Dead

Spinal · 03-25-2008, 05:42 PM

1. Halloween
2. Autumn Sonata
3. Dawn of the Dead
4. Days of Heaven

I think I will stop there.

Watashi · 03-25-2008, 05:42 PM

Man, 1977 and 1979 were such great years. What happened in between?

Russ · 03-25-2008, 05:47 PM

1. The Scenic Route
2. Halloween
3. Who'll Stop the Rain
4. Midnight Express
5. Dawn of the Dead

Kurosawa Fan · 03-25-2008, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spinal

I'm ashamed that I didn't think of that.

Rowland · 03-25-2008, 05:48 PM

I need to see Days of Heaven again, my first viewing was under less than ideal circumstances.

1. Halloween
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
4. Autumn Sonata
5. The Manitou (

)

Raiders · 03-25-2008, 05:52 PM

1. In a Year of 13 Moons
2. Halloween
3. The Fury
4. The Driver
5. Blue Collar

Fassbinder, people. Fassbinder.

Spinal · 03-25-2008, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders

1. In a Year of 13 Moons

Ah yes, this was #3 on my queue. I've moved it up to #1.

Russ · 03-25-2008, 06:16 PM

I really wish The Scenic Route was available on DVD, Spinal. It seems like it would be your kind of film. I think you'd love it.

Spinal · 03-25-2008, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ

I really wish The Scenic Route was available on DVD, Spinal. It seems like it would be your kind of film. I think you'd love it.

No luck with the library, but it looks like Movie Madness in town has a copy. If I get over that way, I will look into it.

Bosco B Thug · 03-25-2008, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders

3. The Fury

This must mean you're a relatively rather big fan of this one then, huh? I saw it on TV a while ago and I remember thinking it was a cool genre film, but I didn't go so far as to bestow upon it serious artistic consideration. Of course, a revisit is in order.

soitgoes... · 03-25-2008, 07:16 PM

1. Halloween (John Carpenter)
2. Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman)
3. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Chia-Liang Liu)
4. Interiors (Woody Allen)
5. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick)

This really is a week year for me. I need to check out some Fassbinder at some point, it would seem.

Boner M · 03-25-2008, 07:52 PM

1. Les Rendezvous D'Anna (Akerman)
2. Days of Heaven (Malick)
3. Dawn of the Dead (Romero)
4. In a Year of 13 Moons (Fassbinder)
5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Kaufman)

6. Halloween (Carpenter)
7. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Olmi)
8. The Fury (De Palma)
9. The Driver (Hill)
10. Blue Collar (Schrader)

More people oughta see Akerman's masterpiece.

EyesWideOpen · 03-25-2008, 07:58 PM

1. Watership Down
2. 7 Grandmasters
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
4. Dawn of the Dead

ledfloyd · 03-25-2008, 08:38 PM

1. The Last Waltz
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. 36 Chambers of teh Shaolin
4. Halloween
5. Superman

Lazlo · 03-25-2008, 08:54 PM

1. Days of Heaven
2. Halloween
3. The Last Waltz
4. National Lampoon’s “Animal House”
5. Grease

Spinal · 03-25-2008, 09:03 PM

Top Songs of 1978:

1. "Shadow Dancing", Andy Gibb
2. "Night Fever", Bee Gees
3. "You Light Up My Life", Debby Boone
4. "Stayin' Alive", Bee Gees
5. "Kiss You All Over", Exile
6. "How Deep Is Your Love", Bee Gees
7. "Baby Come Back", Player
8. "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water", Andy Gibb
9. "Boogie Oogie Oogie", A Taste Of Honey
10. "Three Times A Lady", Commodores

source: musicoutfitters.com

Spinal · 03-25-2008, 10:14 PM

Time Man of the Year for 1978:

Deng Xiaoping

Spinal · 03-25-2008, 10:25 PM

The following television programs debuted in 1978:

Dallas
Card Sharks
20/20
World News Tonight
Taxi
Mork and Mindy
Battlestar Galactica
WKRP in Cincinnati
Diff'rent Strokes

The #1 program in the Nielsen ratings for 1978:

Laverne & Shirley

Spinal · 03-25-2008, 10:30 PM

Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year for 1978:

Jack Nicklaus

Stay Puft · 03-25-2008, 10:38 PM

1. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. Halloween

Yxklyx · 03-25-2008, 10:42 PM

1. Midnight Express (Alan Parker)
2. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi)
3. Halloween (John Carpenter)
4. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino)
5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman)

6. Newsfront (Phillip Noyce)
7. Go Tell the Spartans (Ted Post)
8. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Bertrand Blier)
9. Animal House (John Landis)
10. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick)

Yxklyx · 03-25-2008, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Watashi

Man, 1977 and 1979 were such great years. What happened in between?

Filmmakers took the year off it seems.

Russ · 03-25-2008, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yxklyx

1. Midnight Express (Alan Parker)

Really hope this makes the cut.

Melville · 03-25-2008, 10:54 PM

1. Days of Heaven
2. Watership Down
3. The Deer Hunter
4. Autumn Sonata

Llopin · 03-25-2008, 11:09 PM

1. In a Year of 13 Moons (Fassbinder)
2. Préparez vos mouchoirs (Blier)
3. Despair (Fassbinder)
4. Perceval le Gallois (Rohmer)
5. Bilbao (Luna)

monolith94 · 03-25-2008, 11:32 PM

1. Autumn Sonata
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. Animal House

03-25-2008, 05:39 PM	#4
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	1. Halloween 2. A Wedding 3. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 4. The Deer Hunter 5. Dawn of the Dead __________________ 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

03-25-2008, 05:42 PM	#5
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	1. Halloween 2. Autumn Sonata 3. Dawn of the Dead 4. Days of Heaven I think I will stop there. __________________ 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

03-25-2008, 05:42 PM	#6
Watashi Pixar Whore Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1677	Man, 1977 and 1979 were such great years. What happened in between? __________________ 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

03-25-2008, 05:48 PM	#9
Rowland stuttermilk pancakes Rep Power: 7 Rep Points: 1105	I need to see Days of Heaven again, my first viewing was under less than ideal circumstances. 1. Halloween 2. Dawn of the Dead 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4. Autumn Sonata 5. The Manitou () __________________ Trilogy of Terror (Curtis, 1975) * Judge Priest (Ford, 1934) ½ Horrors of Malformed Men (Ishii, 1969) Bluebeard (Breillat, 2010) * Prodigal Sons (Reed, 2010) * This Is Korea! (Ford, 1951) Following (Nolan, 1999) ½ So Dark the Night (Lewis, 1946) * Undisputed III: Redemption (Florentine, 2010) ½ Green Zone** (Greengrass, 2010) *½

03-25-2008, 05:52 PM	#10
Raiders Administrator Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1924	1. In a Year of 13 Moons 2. Halloween 3. The Fury 4. The Driver 5. Blue Collar Fassbinder, people. Fassbinder. __________________ 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)

03-25-2008, 05:31 PM	#1
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	MC Yearly Consensus - 1978 KAPOW!!! 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 __________________ 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

03-25-2008, 05:47 PM	#7
Russ I believe in your victory Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 863	1. The Scenic Route 2. Halloween 3. Who'll Stop the Rain 4. Midnight Express 5. Dawn of the Dead

03-25-2008, 06:16 PM	#12
Russ I believe in your victory Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 863	I really wish The Scenic Route was available on DVD, Spinal. It seems like it would be your kind of film. I think you'd love it.

03-25-2008, 07:16 PM	#15
soitgoes... King of the Impossible Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 633	1. Halloween (John Carpenter) 2. Autumn Sonata (Ingmar Bergman) 3. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Chia-Liang Liu) 4. Interiors (Woody Allen) 5. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick) This really is a week year for me. I need to check out some Fassbinder at some point, it would seem.

03-25-2008, 07:52 PM	#16
Boner M blood Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1498	1. Les Rendezvous D'Anna (Akerman) 2. Days of Heaven (Malick) 3. Dawn of the Dead (Romero) 4. In a Year of 13 Moons (Fassbinder) 5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Kaufman) 6. Halloween (Carpenter) 7. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Olmi) 8. The Fury (De Palma) 9. The Driver (Hill) 10. Blue Collar (Schrader) More people oughta see Akerman's masterpiece. __________________ 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

03-25-2008, 07:58 PM	#17
EyesWideOpen Man With the Getaway Face Rep Power: 4 Rep Points: 369	1. Watership Down 2. 7 Grandmasters 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4. Dawn of the Dead __________________ Movies: The Book of Eli (Hughes Brothers, 2010) B The Birth of a Nation (Griffith, 1915) B+ Inception (Nolan, 2010) A The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Oplev, 2009) B Toy Story 3 (Unkrich, 2010) A Cyrus (Duplass Brothers, 2010) B The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Slade, 2010) B *The 40 Year Old Virgin* (Apatow, 2005) A- Sherlock Holmes (Ritchie, 2009) C- Get Him to the Greek (Stoller, 2010) B+

03-25-2008, 08:38 PM	#18
ledfloyd Producer Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 475	1. The Last Waltz 2. Dawn of the Dead 3. 36 Chambers of teh Shaolin 4. Halloween 5. Superman __________________ blog

03-25-2008, 08:54 PM	#19
Lazlo Best Boy Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 29	1. Days of Heaven 2. Halloween 3. The Last Waltz 4. National Lampoon’s “Animal House” 5. Grease __________________ last four: inception - 9.5 knight and day - 5 predators - 6.5 the messenger - 9.5 Last edited by Lazlo : 03-26-2008 at 06:59 AM.

03-25-2008, 09:03 PM	#20
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	Top Songs of 1978: 1. "Shadow Dancing", Andy Gibb 2. "Night Fever", Bee Gees 3. "You Light Up My Life", Debby Boone 4. "Stayin' Alive", Bee Gees 5. "Kiss You All Over", Exile 6. "How Deep Is Your Love", Bee Gees 7. "Baby Come Back", Player 8. "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water", Andy Gibb 9. "Boogie Oogie Oogie", A Taste Of Honey 10. "Three Times A Lady", Commodores source: musicoutfitters.com __________________ 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

03-25-2008, 10:14 PM	#21
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	Time Man of the Year for 1978: Deng Xiaoping __________________ 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

03-25-2008, 10:25 PM	#22
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	The following television programs debuted in 1978: Dallas Card Sharks 20/20 World News Tonight Taxi Mork and Mindy Battlestar Galactica WKRP in Cincinnati Diff'rent Strokes The #1 program in the Nielsen ratings for 1978: Laverne & Shirley __________________ 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

03-25-2008, 10:30 PM	#23
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year for 1978: Jack Nicklaus __________________ 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

03-25-2008, 10:38 PM	#24
Stay Puft I shall evict you. Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 342	1. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 2. Dawn of the Dead 3. Halloween __________________ I quit cinema.

03-25-2008, 10:42 PM	#25
Yxklyx Editor Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 177	1. Midnight Express (Alan Parker) 2. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi) 3. Halloween (John Carpenter) 4. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino) 5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman) 6. Newsfront (Phillip Noyce) 7. Go Tell the Spartans (Ted Post) 8. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Bertrand Blier) 9. Animal House (John Landis) 10. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick) __________________ Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page

03-25-2008, 10:54 PM	#28
Melville My depressed stance... Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1332	1. Days of Heaven 2. Watership Down 3. The Deer Hunter 4. Autumn Sonata __________________ 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

03-25-2008, 11:09 PM	#29
Llopin Ubuesque Amphetamine Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 96	1. In a Year of 13 Moons (Fassbinder) 2. Préparez vos mouchoirs (Blier) 3. Despair (Fassbinder) 4. Perceval le Gallois (Rohmer) 5. Bilbao (Luna)

03-25-2008, 11:32 PM	#30
monolith94 nightmare investigator Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 293	1. Autumn Sonata 2. Dawn of the Dead 3. Animal House __________________ "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

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