MC Yearly Consensus - 1976 - match-cut.org Forums

Spinal · 05-23-2008, 02:30 AM

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 · 05-23-2008, 02:36 AM

1. A Real Young Girl
2. In the Realm of the Senses
3. Carrie
4. C'etait un rendez-vous

Qrazy · 05-23-2008, 02:39 AM

1. Network
2. Taxi Driver
3. Killing of a Chinese Bookie
4. Assault on Precinct 13
5. All the President's Men

Russ · 05-23-2008, 02:41 AM

1, Taxi Driver
2. All The President's Men
3. Network
4. Assault on Precinct 13
5. Don's Party

origami_mustache · 05-23-2008, 02:47 AM

1. Taxi Driver
2. Logan's Run
3. The Bad News Bears

need to see more from this year...don't even want to give votes to Rocky, Carrie, or The Omen

edited: I guess Seven Beauties is 1975 on IMDB

Philosophe_rouge · 05-23-2008, 02:50 AM

1. Taxi Driver
2. Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
3. Up!
4. The Tenant
5. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

balmakboor · 05-23-2008, 02:58 AM

I'll toss my vote in for these three masterpieces as well:

1. Network
2. Taxi Driver
3. Killing of a Chinese Bookie

And I'll round it out with:

4. God Told Me To
5. Carrie

Edit: Oh damn, I forgot about Bound for Glory and The Bad News Bears. Oh well, I'll keep it the same anyway.

Isaac · 05-23-2008, 02:59 AM

1. Taxi Driver
2. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
3. All the President's Men
4. Mr. Klein
5. Small Change

Derek · 05-23-2008, 03:09 AM

1. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)
2. Ici et Ailleurs (Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Anne-Marie Mieville & Groupe Dziga Vertov)
3. Network (Sydney Lumet)
4. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes)
5. Harlan County, U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple)
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6. The Marquise of O (Eric Rohmer)
7. Buffalo Bill and the Indians Or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (Robert Altman)
8. Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter)
9. Mr. Klein (Joseph Losey)
10. Small Change (Francois Truffaut)

HMs:

Spoiler

balmakboor · 05-23-2008, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek

5. Harlan County, U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple)

Another great pick! I'm also encouraged by the votes for Buffalo Bill to finally seek it out. It's one of very few Altmans I haven't seen yet.

MadMan · 05-23-2008, 03:46 AM

Well I thought I had seen more from 1976. But I haven't seen a bad film from that year yet, and everything I have seen ranges from good to brilliant.

1. The Shootist
2. The Outlaw Josey Wales
3. Rocky
4. Network
5. Assault on Precinct 13

Ezee E · 05-23-2008, 04:05 AM

1. Taxi Driver
2. Network
3. The Outlaw Josey Wales
4. Rocky
5. Marathon Man

soitgoes... · 05-23-2008, 05:30 AM

1. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese)
2. Harlan County U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple)
3. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood)
4. Network (Sidney Lumet)
5. Carrie (Brian De Palma)
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6. Cría cuervos (Carlos Saura)
7. Rendezvouz (Claude Lelouch)

monolith94 · 05-23-2008, 05:37 AM

1. Carrie
2. The Tenant
3. Small Change

Boner M · 05-23-2008, 06:27 AM

Great year for Cassavetes & horror.

1. Taxi Driver
2. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
3. Mikey & Nicky
4. The Tenant
5. Assault on Precinct 13

HM: God Told Me To, Carrie, Alice Sweet Alice, The Omen, All The President's Men

Qrazy · 05-23-2008, 07:53 AM

Mikey and Nickey was pretty good but I'll be damned if there weren't a ton of fuck ups. I counted 3-5 super obvious boom shots/crew/crew shadows.

ledfloyd · 05-23-2008, 10:49 AM

anyway Taxi Driver won't win this one? i'm not voting for it simply to propel All the President's Men further upwards, since i believe it's the better film. probably a fool's errand.

1. All the President's Men
2. The Bad News Bears
3. Buffalo Bill and the Indians

Raiders · 05-23-2008, 01:01 PM

1. Assault on Precinct 13
2. God Told Me To
3. Mikey and Nicky
4. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
5. The Tenant

balmakboor · 05-23-2008, 01:07 PM

One knows he's on MC when he sees this much support for God Told Me To.

Benny Profane · 05-23-2008, 01:23 PM

1. Rocky
2. Taxi Driver
3. Network
4. The Bad News Bears
5. Carrie

Kurosawa Fan · 05-23-2008, 02:32 PM

Whoops. My fault. I'll still tally this Spinal. Sorry for forgetting to post it.

Kurosawa Fan · 05-23-2008, 03:35 PM

1. All the President's Men
2. The Front
3. Taxi Driver
4. Rocky
5. The Outlaw Josey Wales

Spoiler

Derek · 05-23-2008, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan

1. All the President's Men
2. The Front
3. Taxi Driver
4. Rocky
5. The Outlaw Josey Wales

Spoiler

No Chinese Roulette?

Kurosawa Fan · 05-23-2008, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek

No Chinese Roulette?

I wanted to start a new rule that we could all vote for one film to lose 5 points. It would have been called The Chinese Roulette Rule. I didn't think Spinal would go for it, so I didn't bring it up.

balmakboor · 05-23-2008, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan

I wanted to start a new rule that we could all vote for one film to lose 5 points. It would have been called The Chinese Roulette Rule. I didn't think Spinal would go for it, so I didn't bring it up.

I like that new rule idea.

Qrazy · 05-23-2008, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan

I wanted to start a new rule that we could all vote for one film to lose 5 points. It would have been called The Chinese Roulette Rule. I didn't think Spinal would go for it, so I didn't bring it up.

That honestly might be an interesting balancing rule... next consensus we ought to try it... tally with and tally with out and see what comes about.

Kurosawa Fan · 05-23-2008, 05:55 PM

My joke doesn't seem to be working out.

Spinal · 05-23-2008, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan

Whoops. My fault. I'll still tally this Spinal. Sorry for forgetting to post it.

No problem. We're still sort of trying to get back on schedule.

Watashi · 05-23-2008, 06:31 PM

1. Network
2. Assault on Precinct 13
3. All the President's Men
4. Rocky
5. Taxi Driver

Pop Trash · 05-23-2008, 06:39 PM

1. Taxi Driver
2. Network
3. Rendezvous
4. Harlan County USA
5. Carrie

6. The Omen
7. Silver Streak
8. All the President's Men
9. Marathon Man
10.Rocky

05-23-2008, 02:30 AM	#1
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	MC Yearly Consensus - 1976 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 __________________ 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

05-23-2008, 02:36 AM	#2
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	1. A Real Young Girl 2. In the Realm of the Senses 3. Carrie 4. C'etait un rendez-vous __________________ 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

05-23-2008, 02:39 AM	#3
Qrazy The Pan Rep Power: 13 Rep Points: 1744	1. Network 2. Taxi Driver 3. Killing of a Chinese Bookie 4. Assault on Precinct 13 5. All the President's Men __________________ Inception - A- Deewaar - D+ Meet me in St. Louis - C+ Dinner for Schmucks - C+ Gimme Shelter - B

05-23-2008, 02:47 AM	#5
origami_mustache blurred and indistinct Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 420	1. Taxi Driver 2. Logan's Run 3. The Bad News Bears need to see more from this year...don't even want to give votes to Rocky, Carrie, or The Omen edited: I guess Seven Beauties is 1975 on IMDB __________________ The Auteurs branduponthebrain Last edited by origami_mustache : 05-23-2008 at 02:57 AM.

05-23-2008, 02:50 AM	#6
Philosophe_rouge Editor Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 743	1. Taxi Driver 2. Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson 3. Up! 4. The Tenant 5. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane __________________ House of Mirth and Movies: Top 10s (in progress)

05-23-2008, 02:41 AM	#4
Russ I believe in your victory Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 863	1, Taxi Driver 2. All The President's Men 3. Network 4. Assault on Precinct 13 5. Don's Party

05-23-2008, 02:58 AM	#7
balmakboor Santiago Alvarez Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 614	I'll toss my vote in for these three masterpieces as well: 1. Network 2. Taxi Driver 3. Killing of a Chinese Bookie And I'll round it out with: 4. God Told Me To 5. Carrie Edit: Oh damn, I forgot about Bound for Glory and The Bad News Bears. Oh well, I'll keep it the same anyway. __________________ My Blog My Reviews Follow me on Twitter Last edited by balmakboor : 05-23-2008 at 03:05 AM.

05-23-2008, 02:59 AM	#8
Isaac Social Retard Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 677	1. Taxi Driver 2. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 3. All the President's Men 4. Mr. Klein 5. Small Change __________________ Orlando (1992) *½ Demonlover (2002) ½ Inception (2010) ½ Everything Is Illuminated (2002, Jonathan Safran Foer) * July's People (1981, Nadine Gordimer) ***½

05-23-2008, 03:09 AM	#9
Derek Moisten your fence Rep Power: 12 Rep Points: 2656	1. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese) 2. Ici et Ailleurs (Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Anne-Marie Mieville & Groupe Dziga Vertov) 3. Network (Sydney Lumet) 4. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes) 5. Harlan County, U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple) ************************************** 6. The Marquise of O (Eric Rohmer) 7. Buffalo Bill and the Indians Or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (Robert Altman) 8. Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter) 9. Mr. Klein (Joseph Losey) 10. Small Change (Francois Truffaut) HMs: Spoiler The Tenant (Roman Polanski) Chinese Roulette (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston) God Told Me To (Larry Cohen) All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula) __________________ 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

05-23-2008, 03:46 AM	#11
MadMan #1 Procrastinator Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 567	Well I thought I had seen more from 1976. But I haven't seen a bad film from that year yet, and everything I have seen ranges from good to brilliant. 1. The Shootist 2. The Outlaw Josey Wales 3. Rocky 4. Network 5. Assault on Precinct 13 __________________ 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

05-23-2008, 04:05 AM	#12
Ezee E Live like it's shark week Rep Power: 14 Rep Points: 1804	1. Taxi Driver 2. Network 3. The Outlaw Josey Wales 4. Rocky 5. Marathon Man __________________ LATEST SEEN: The Runaways - ** 1/2 Chloe - * 1/2 A Single Man - ***

05-23-2008, 05:30 AM	#13
soitgoes... King of the Impossible Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 633	1. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese) 2. Harlan County U.S.A. (Barbara Kopple) 3. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) 4. Network (Sidney Lumet) 5. Carrie (Brian De Palma) ---------------------------------------- 6. Cría cuervos (Carlos Saura) 7. Rendezvouz (Claude Lelouch)

05-23-2008, 05:37 AM	#14
monolith94 nightmare investigator Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 293	1. Carrie 2. The Tenant 3. Small Change __________________ "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

05-23-2008, 06:27 AM	#15
Boner M blood Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1498	Great year for Cassavetes & horror. 1. Taxi Driver 2. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 3. Mikey & Nicky 4. The Tenant 5. Assault on Precinct 13 HM: God Told Me To, Carrie, Alice Sweet Alice, The Omen, All The President's Men __________________ 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

05-23-2008, 07:53 AM	#16
Qrazy The Pan Rep Power: 13 Rep Points: 1744	Mikey and Nickey was pretty good but I'll be damned if there weren't a ton of fuck ups. I counted 3-5 super obvious boom shots/crew/crew shadows. __________________ Inception - A- Deewaar - D+ Meet me in St. Louis - C+ Dinner for Schmucks - C+ Gimme Shelter - B

05-23-2008, 10:49 AM	#17
ledfloyd Producer Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 475	anyway Taxi Driver won't win this one? i'm not voting for it simply to propel All the President's Men further upwards, since i believe it's the better film. probably a fool's errand. 1. All the President's Men 2. The Bad News Bears 3. Buffalo Bill and the Indians __________________ blog

05-23-2008, 01:01 PM	#18
Raiders Administrator Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1924	1. Assault on Precinct 13 2. God Told Me To 3. Mikey and Nicky 4. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 5. The Tenant __________________ 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)

05-23-2008, 01:07 PM	#19
balmakboor Santiago Alvarez Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 614	One knows he's on MC when he sees this much support for God Told Me To. __________________ My Blog My Reviews Follow me on Twitter

05-23-2008, 01:23 PM	#20
Benny Profane Whole Sick Crew Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 583	1. Rocky 2. Taxi Driver 3. Network 4. The Bad News Bears 5. Carrie __________________ Now reading: Molloy by Samuel Beckett

05-23-2008, 02:32 PM	#21
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	Whoops. My fault. I'll still tally this Spinal. Sorry for forgetting to post it. __________________ 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

05-23-2008, 03:35 PM	#22
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	1. All the President's Men 2. The Front 3. Taxi Driver 4. Rocky 5. The Outlaw Josey Wales Spoiler 6. Network 7. Assault on Precinct 13 __________________ 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

05-23-2008, 05:55 PM	#27
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	My joke doesn't seem to be working out. __________________ 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

05-23-2008, 06:31 PM	#29
Watashi Pixar Whore Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1677	1. Network 2. Assault on Precinct 13 3. All the President's Men 4. Rocky 5. Taxi Driver __________________ 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

05-23-2008, 06:39 PM	#30
Pop Trash Cinematographer Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 182	1. Taxi Driver 2. Network 3. Rendezvous 4. Harlan County USA 5. Carrie 6. The Omen 7. Silver Streak 8. All the President's Men 9. Marathon Man 10.Rocky

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