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Post by Capo on Jan 21, 2006 20:20:26 GMT
There have been some changes to this year’s Annual Film Awards.
Firstly, we’re to have a stronger emphasis, this year, on the actual films themselves, meaning awards pertaining to supporting acting roles have been replaced by two new categories. All voting is to be done privately, via PM, to the specified moderator in charge of that category. All members are encouraged to vote for up to five nominations per category, and unlimited changes can be made up to the nominations deadline, which is Sunday 19th February. On this date, the final nominations will be posted, from which members have to vote for one nomination. Final winners are to be announced on Sunday March 5th.
The categories are as follows, with the moderators in charge for each:
Best Film – Omar Best Director - Capo Best Male Performance - Wet Dog Best Female Performance - Omar Best Feature Debut - Capo Best Cinematic Experiment - Wet Dog Best Original Screenplay - Omar Best Adapted Screenplay - Capo Best Cinematography - Wet Dog Best Editing - Omar Best Original Score - Capo Retrospective Award: Best Film of 2004 - Wet Dog
And a little elaboration on each…
Best Male and Female Performance allows for all acting performances now; there is no distinction to be made between leading and supporting roles. Be it a scene-stealing cameo or film-driving lead performance, they now come under these two categories. Best Feature Debut refers to the film and director whose film is the director’s first feature. Best Cinematic Experiment has been introduced to reward the most compelling experimental concept: be it a technological advancement or inventive narrative. The moderators would like to stress that this award is not to be given to the film most popularly-tagged “experimental”, but to the actual experiment itself. If any members are not sure of a film’s script origins (i.e. whether it’s original or an adaptation), it would be best to refer to IMDb for this.
Thanks.
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Post by Jenson71 on Jan 21, 2006 21:26:22 GMT
Just getting things straight:
Can the nominations be any movie that was released during the 2005-2006 year, including movies not shown in theaters (like No Direction Home). What about movies that were released in Britain in 2005 but released in America in 2004, or any other version we could think of.
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Post by Capo on Jan 21, 2006 21:58:19 GMT
The copyright date of the film. We're not going by release dates (though, if any film was released before 2005, it obviously doesn't count). And yeah, No Direction Home is totally valid.
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 23, 2006 1:30:59 GMT
Edited: Deleted my candidates and sent the subsiquent ballots to the appropriate parties.
1-23-05
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Post by thug on Jan 23, 2006 3:41:49 GMT
I think it would be a better idea to post here so we can get an idea of who is voting for what. Plus, it would take forever to send the individual PMs.
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 23, 2006 4:45:40 GMT
I think it would be a better idea to post here so we can get an idea of who is voting for what. Plus, it would take forever to send the individual PMs. I agree, though that reasoning wouldn't be the reason that I posted on here. I didn't read properly. Delete it? Besides, I think it could be great to insue debate on here as regards to the way we vote.
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Post by Capo on Jan 23, 2006 17:07:19 GMT
Thug, I'm surprised you wouldn't agree that last year's open voting lent itself towards biased corruption; voting wasn't honest, with people voting for certain films just to beat others, hence the final battle between Collateral and Million Dollar Baby. Nominations should be strictly personal, and pure. Though I cannot control any private discussion, really.
Voting this way does take a little more time in terms of clicking the mouse. But all you really need to do is send three PMs. One to Omar, with his categories, one to Wet Dog with his, and one to me with mine.
I was, actually, going to propose that we discuss our nominations after the final ones had been announced.
Thoughts?
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Post by jrod on Jan 23, 2006 20:51:32 GMT
I dont see posting nominations as a problem. Just dont let anyone except the mods see the votes when we do the final selection
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 23, 2006 22:00:07 GMT
Thug, I'm surprised you wouldn't agree that last year's open voting lent itself towards biased corruption; voting wasn't honest, with people voting for certain films just to beat others, hence the final battle between Collateral and Million Dollar Baby. Nominations should be strictly personal, and pure. Though I cannot control any private discussion, really. Voting this way does take a little more time in terms of clicking the mouse. But all you really need to do is send three PMs. One to Omar, with his categories, one to Wet Dog with his, and one to me with mine. I was, actually, going to propose that we discuss our nominations after the final ones had been announced. Thoughts? Makes sense. Let me just straighten my votes out then and I'm sorry for mymistake, Capo. The thing is that I really wasn't aware of the coruption and the overall snafu of last years voting so this was never a thought in my head. Again, sorry.
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Post by Capo on Jan 24, 2006 21:15:43 GMT
Oh, and by the way, if anybody really feels the need to post their lists publicly, they won't be discounted by any means.
Final voting, however, will be secret.
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Post by Capo on Jan 26, 2006 22:44:41 GMT
I've made my nominations.
But I still need to see Jarhead, The New World and Munich, which will be some time next week, I think. Don't know if any other contenders are released in time; Grizzly Man won't be coming anywhere near me, I don't think, which is a shame, considering my love for Herzog, and my especial interest since seeing clips of the film on the Richard & Judy show this afternoon (not one mention of Herzog, though!).
My nominations for Best Film are:
[Edit: list taken off due to change.]
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Post by svsg on Jan 27, 2006 2:22:48 GMT
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Post by Capo on Jan 27, 2006 16:20:38 GMT
Yeah, well, if you read on in the thread, I say that, if members really feel the need, they're public votes will by no means be discounted. I posted my Best Film list out of trying to kick this year's nominations off.
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Post by jrod on Jan 28, 2006 20:37:30 GMT
Just sent in my nominations. Voted in all but one category, with 3-5 nominees in most of them
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Post by Capo on Feb 1, 2006 21:57:23 GMT
I have Walk the Line and Good Luck, and Good Night to see. Syriana and Capote have to wait, I believe, until the final nominations are out. Who knows if they'll be up.
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Post by Vercetti on Feb 1, 2006 22:30:14 GMT
I was about to vote, but I'll wait for The New World and Munich at least.
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Post by Capo on Feb 1, 2006 22:35:41 GMT
Well, you can change nominations as much as you like, should you need to. Up until the deadline, anyway.
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Post by Pherdy on Feb 2, 2006 18:57:38 GMT
I recall last years ceremonies. The nominations weren't a problem at all, so I'll post my picks on here too. Voting for the final awards privately is a wice decision though.
But I wonder why you've sacrificed the supporting acting categories and not more difficult to define "editing" and "cinematography", or not one of the screenplay categories.
These lists will most probably change before 19 february, but for now here it is:
Best Film The Great Ecstacy of Robert Carmichael (UK, Thomas Clay) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (USA, Tommy Lee Jones) Me and you and everyone we know (USA, Miranda July) Broken Flowers (USA, Jim Jarmusch) Batman Begins (USA, Chris Nolan)
Best Director Christopher Nolan - Batman Begins Thomas Clay - The Great Ecstacy of Robert Carmichael Sam Mendes - Jarhead Michael Haneke - Caché Miranda July - Me and you and everyone we know
Best Male Performance David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck. John Hawkes - Me and you and everyone we know Ed Harris - A History of Violence Tommy Lee Jones - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Jake Gyllenhaal - Jarhead
Best Female Performance Scarlett Johansson - Match Point Maria Bello - A History of Violence Miranda July - Me and you and everyone we know Sharon Stone - Broken Flowers January Jones - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estradaa
Best Feature Debut Thomas Clay - The Great Ecstacy of Robert Carmichael Tommy Lee Jones - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Paul Haggis - Crash* Shane Black - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Miranda July - Me and you and everyone we know
* considered debut by some award show a few weeks ago
Best Cinematic Experiment Pseud-documentary narrative of Masterclass, by Hans Teeuwen Animation in the mockumentary Ski Jumping Paris, by Mashima Riichiro
Best Original Screenplay Paul Haggis - Crash Jim Jarmusch - Broken Flowers George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck. Thomas Clay - The Great Ecstacy of Robert Carmichael Miranda July - Me and you and everyone we know Woody Allen - Match Point
Best Adapted Screenplay David Goyer & Christopher Nolan - Batman Begins Peter Jackson - King Kong Josh Olson - A History of Violence William Broyles - Jarhead Guillermo Arriaga - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Best Cinematography Batman Begins King Kong The Great Ecstacy of Robert Carmichael Good Night, and Good Luck. Cinderella Man
Best Editing Crash The Great Ecstacy of Robert Carmichael Munich Good Night, and Good Luck. Caché
Best Original Score King Kong Batman Begins Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The Great Ecstacy of Robert Carmichael Me and you and everyone we know
Retrospective Award: Best Film of 2004 Bin-Jip (Kim Ki-Duk) Gegen die Wand (Fatih Akin) Mar adentro (Alejandro Amenabar) Der Untergang (Oliver Hirschbiegel) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry)
2005 wasn't a strong year. Most Oscar contenders I've seen are only moderate, I liked popcorn movies such as Batman and King Kong much better. I've yet to see Capote and Brokeback Mountain, and Syriana. Most others I saw and are all overrated. Last year was so much better, especially non-American films.
Biggest positive surprise was Thomas Clay's debut film about youngsters in rural England going mad.
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Post by Capo on Feb 2, 2006 21:02:25 GMT
Pherdy, who did the score for Good Night, and Good Luck, please? Just for my files.
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Post by Pherdy on Feb 3, 2006 14:45:21 GMT
it appears the music of that film wasn't original, so I withdraw it. Replaced with: Jarhead - Thomas Newman
I also withdraw Anapola Mushkadiz from the best female performance as I had six ladies present.
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