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Spinal · 05-28-2008, 05:38 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 · 05-28-2008, 05:40 PM

1. The Wrong Man
2. Aparajito
3. A Man Escaped

I want Derek to note that I am voting for a Bresson film.

Russ · 05-28-2008, 05:41 PM

1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
2. The Searchers
3. Forbidden Planet
4. The Bad Seed
5. Moby Dick

Pop Trash · 05-28-2008, 05:49 PM

1. The Killing
2. Baby Doll
3. The Mystery of Picasso
4. Bigger Than Life

I fully admit there are still a ton of films from this year I need to see, but I stand by these four as being pretty rad.

Raiders · 05-28-2008, 05:51 PM

1. A Man Escaped
2. The Wrong Man
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
4. Bigger Than Life
5. Attack!

Man, no room for The Burmese Harp and Baby Doll? Amazing year.

Kurosawa Fan · 05-28-2008, 06:07 PM

Very strong year.

1. Baby Doll
2. A Man Escaped
3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
4. The Killing
5. Somebody Up There Likes Me

Spoiler

Yxklyx · 05-28-2008, 06:12 PM

1. The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. The Searchers (John Ford)
3. Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk)
4. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock)
5. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (Nunnally Johnson)

6. The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
7. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick)
8. Baby Doll (Elia Kazan)
9. Early Spring (Yasujiro Ozu)
10. Attack! (Robert Aldrich)

Philosophe_rouge · 05-28-2008, 06:13 PM

1. The Searchers
2. Baby Doll
3. Bigger than Life (USA, Nicholas Ray)
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
5. Written on the Wind

Kurosawa Fan · 05-28-2008, 06:14 PM

If Baby Doll ends up being another Hoosiers, I'm going to be very displeased.

Yxklyx · 05-28-2008, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ

4. All That Heaven Allows

IMDB shows this as 1955.

Derek · 05-28-2008, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spinal

I want Derek to note that I am voting for a Bresson film.

Alright, alright. I'll rep you for that.

Derek · 05-28-2008, 06:19 PM

1. The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock)
2. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson)
3. The Burmese Harp (Kon Ichikawa)
4. Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk)
5. Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray)
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6. There's Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk)
7. Lust for Life (Vincente Minnelli)
8. The Searchers (John Ford)
9. Seven Men from Now (Budd Boetticher)
10. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick)

HMs:

Spoiler

I'll try to watch Bigger Than Life before this is over.

EDIT: ADDED Bigger Than Life

Raiders · 05-28-2008, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek

I'll try to watch Bigger Than Life before this is over.

Whoa. I thought you had definitely seen that already.

Yxklyx · 05-28-2008, 06:23 PM

A lot of "Man" movies this year.

Russ · 05-28-2008, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yxklyx

IMDB shows this as 1955.

Ah, so it does. I will edit my list.

Watashi · 05-28-2008, 06:38 PM

1. A Man Escaped
2. The Killing
3. The Wrong Man
4. The Searchers
5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Derek · 05-28-2008, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders

Whoa. I thought you had definitely seen that already.

No, it's the one major Ray film I have left. I can't believe I haven't seen it yet either, so I'll make time for it in the next few days.

Kurosawa Fan · 05-28-2008, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek

No, it's the one major Ray film I have left. I can't believe I haven't seen it yet either, so I'll make time for it in the next few days.

Go to Film Discussion and defend [rec]. My comments are on the second to last page. I need to know why you and others think so highly of it.

Spinal · 05-28-2008, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek

Alright, alright. I'll rep you for that.

I just want your respect, man. But I'll take the rep anyway.

Kurious Jorge v3.1 · 05-28-2008, 06:57 PM

1. A Man Escaped
2. Burmese Harp
3. Baby Doll
4. Bigger than Life
5. Written on the Wind

soitgoes... · 05-28-2008, 07:00 PM

1. The Burmese Harp (Kon Ichikawa)
2. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson)
3. Aparajito (Satyajit Ray)
4. Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk)
5. The Searchers (John Ford)
----------------------------------------------------
6. Seven Men from Now (Budd Boetticher)
7. Attack (Robert Aldrich)
8. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick)
9. Early Spring (Yasujiro Ozu)
10. Baby Doll (Elia Kazan)
11. Beyond a Reasonble Doubt (Fritz Lang)
12. Flowing (Mikio Naruse)

Derek · 05-28-2008, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spinal

I just want your respect, man. But I'll take the rep anyway.

Get The Burmese Harp on your list and I'll take it into consideration.

Ezee E · 05-28-2008, 07:49 PM

1. A Man Escaped
2. The Searchers
3. The Killing
4. Baby Doll
5. Bob Le Flambeur

dreamdead · 05-28-2008, 07:56 PM

1. A Man Escaped
2. The Burmese Harp
3. Early Spring
4. Written on the Wind

Lazlo · 05-28-2008, 08:44 PM

1. The Searchers
2. The Killing
3. A Man Escaped
4. Written on the Wind
5. The Red Balloon

Raiders · 05-28-2008, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamdead

1. Late Spring
2. A Man Escaped
3. The Burmese Harp
4. Written on the Wind

What the? No one else has Ozu in the top five?

I had it as my #2 on my 1949 top five.

soitgoes... · 05-28-2008, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamdead

1. Late Spring
2. A Man Escaped
3. The Burmese Harp
4. Written on the Wind

What the? No one else has Ozu in the top five?

Yeah I believe it's Early Spring that's in 1956. You need to get your seasonal Ozu movies in order.

Qrazy · 05-28-2008, 09:54 PM

1. Red Balloon
2. Baby Doll
3. A Man Escaped
4. The Killing
5. Duel on Ganryu Island

6. Bob the Gambler
7. Aparajito
8. Written on the Wind
9. The Searchers
10. Forbidden Planet

HMs: Street of Shame, Giant, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The King and I, Moby Dick, Mystery of Picasso, Bigger than Life

Need to see: Burmese Harp, The Wrong Man

To be honest I find it pretty difficult to rank for this year... some years the relative greatness of different pictures stands out more sharply in my eyes, but this year I feel about the same on most of the films... really like the majority, not particularly in love with any of them.

dreamdead · 05-28-2008, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiders

I had it as my #2 on my 1949 top five.

Quote:

Originally Posted by soitgoes...

Yeah I believe it's Early Spring that's in 1956. You need to get your seasonal Ozu movies in order.

Oh. Heh. Where's that ol' blushing smikey when you need it. Off to edit...

Weeping_Guitar · 05-28-2008, 11:09 PM

1. The Searchers
2. Bob Le Flambeur
3. Written on the Wind
4. The Wrong Man
5. The Red Balloon

05-28-2008, 05:38 PM	#1
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	MC Yearly Consensus - 1956 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

05-28-2008, 05:41 PM	#3
Russ I believe in your victory Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 863	1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 2. The Searchers 3. Forbidden Planet 4. The Bad Seed 5. Moby Dick Last edited by Russ : 05-28-2008 at 06:25 PM.

05-28-2008, 05:49 PM	#4
Pop Trash Cinematographer Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 182	1. The Killing 2. Baby Doll 3. The Mystery of Picasso 4. Bigger Than Life I fully admit there are still a ton of films from this year I need to see, but I stand by these four as being pretty rad. Last edited by Pop Trash : 05-28-2008 at 05:55 PM.

05-28-2008, 05:51 PM	#5
Raiders Administrator Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1924	1. A Man Escaped 2. The Wrong Man 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4. Bigger Than Life 5. Attack! Man, no room for The Burmese Harp and Baby Doll? Amazing year. __________________ 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)

05-28-2008, 06:07 PM	#6
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	Very strong year. 1. Baby Doll 2. A Man Escaped 3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 4. The Killing 5. Somebody Up There Likes Me Spoiler 6. The Wrong Man 7. Bob le Flambeur 8. Samurai III 9. Forbidden Planet __________________ 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

05-28-2008, 05:40 PM	#2
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	1. The Wrong Man 2. Aparajito 3. A Man Escaped I want Derek to note that I am voting for a Bresson film. __________________ 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

05-28-2008, 06:12 PM	#7
Yxklyx Editor Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 177	1. The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock) 2. The Searchers (John Ford) 3. Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk) 4. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock) 5. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (Nunnally Johnson) 6. The Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille) 7. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick) 8. Baby Doll (Elia Kazan) 9. Early Spring (Yasujiro Ozu) 10. Attack! (Robert Aldrich) __________________ Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page

05-28-2008, 06:13 PM	#8
Philosophe_rouge Editor Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 743	1. The Searchers 2. Baby Doll 3. Bigger than Life (USA, Nicholas Ray) 4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 5. Written on the Wind __________________ House of Mirth and Movies: Top 10s (in progress)

05-28-2008, 06:14 PM	#9
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	If Baby Doll ends up being another Hoosiers, I'm going to be very displeased. __________________ 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

05-28-2008, 06:19 PM	#12
Derek Moisten your fence Rep Power: 12 Rep Points: 2656	1. The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock) 2. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson) 3. The Burmese Harp (Kon Ichikawa) 4. Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk) 5. Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray) ******************************* 6. There's Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk) 7. Lust for Life (Vincente Minnelli) 8. The Searchers (John Ford) 9. Seven Men from Now (Budd Boetticher) 10. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick) HMs: Spoiler Hot Blood (Nicholas Ray) The King and I (Walter Lang) Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island (Hiroshi Inagaki) I'll try to watch Bigger Than Life before this is over. EDIT: ADDED Bigger Than Life __________________ 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 Last edited by Derek : 05-30-2008 at 05:56 PM.

05-28-2008, 06:23 PM	#14
Yxklyx Editor Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 177	A lot of "Man" movies this year. __________________ Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page

05-28-2008, 06:38 PM	#16
Watashi Pixar Whore Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1677	1. A Man Escaped 2. The Killing 3. The Wrong Man 4. The Searchers 5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers __________________ 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

05-28-2008, 06:57 PM	#20
Kurious Jorge v3.1 Synegoggles! Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 222	1. A Man Escaped 2. Burmese Harp 3. Baby Doll 4. Bigger than Life 5. Written on the Wind __________________ 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]

05-28-2008, 07:00 PM	#21
soitgoes... King of the Impossible Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 633	1. The Burmese Harp (Kon Ichikawa) 2. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson) 3. Aparajito (Satyajit Ray) 4. Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk) 5. The Searchers (John Ford) ---------------------------------------------------- 6. Seven Men from Now (Budd Boetticher) 7. Attack (Robert Aldrich) 8. The Killing (Stanley Kubrick) 9. Early Spring (Yasujiro Ozu) 10. Baby Doll (Elia Kazan) 11. Beyond a Reasonble Doubt (Fritz Lang) 12. Flowing (Mikio Naruse)

05-28-2008, 07:49 PM	#23
Ezee E Live like it's shark week Rep Power: 14 Rep Points: 1804	1. A Man Escaped 2. The Searchers 3. The Killing 4. Baby Doll 5. Bob Le Flambeur __________________ LATEST SEEN: The Runaways - ** 1/2 Chloe - * 1/2 A Single Man - ***

05-28-2008, 07:56 PM	#24
dreamdead Screenwriter Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 774	1. A Man Escaped 2. The Burmese Harp 3. Early Spring 4. Written on the Wind __________________ The Long Goodbye - 8.5 Dirty Pretty Things - 7.5 Beloved - 6.5 Inception - 7 Last edited by dreamdead : 05-28-2008 at 11:06 PM.

05-28-2008, 08:44 PM	#25
Lazlo Best Boy Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 29	1. The Searchers 2. The Killing 3. A Man Escaped 4. Written on the Wind 5. The Red Balloon __________________ last four: inception - 9.5 knight and day - 5 predators - 6.5 the messenger - 9.5

05-28-2008, 09:54 PM	#28
Qrazy The Pan Rep Power: 13 Rep Points: 1744	1. Red Balloon 2. Baby Doll 3. A Man Escaped 4. The Killing 5. Duel on Ganryu Island 6. Bob the Gambler 7. Aparajito 8. Written on the Wind 9. The Searchers 10. Forbidden Planet HMs: Street of Shame, Giant, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The King and I, Moby Dick, Mystery of Picasso, Bigger than Life Need to see: Burmese Harp, The Wrong Man To be honest I find it pretty difficult to rank for this year... some years the relative greatness of different pictures stands out more sharply in my eyes, but this year I feel about the same on most of the films... really like the majority, not particularly in love with any of them. __________________ Inception - A- Deewaar - D+ Meet me in St. Louis - C+ Dinner for Schmucks - C+ Gimme Shelter - B Last edited by Qrazy : 05-28-2008 at 09:57 PM.

05-28-2008, 11:09 PM	#30
Weeping_Guitar Body Double Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 10	1. The Searchers 2. Bob Le Flambeur 3. Written on the Wind 4. The Wrong Man 5. The Red Balloon __________________ Recomended Recent Viewings: The Circus (Chaplin, 1928) Inception (Nolan, 2010) Toy Story 3 (Unkrich, 2010) After Hours (Scorsese, 1985) Still Walking (Koreeda, 2008)

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