As this will be the Top 50 of a half-decade, you only get half as many votes, with the first couple weighted heavier.
Scoring will be as follows:1 - 352 - 303 - 254 - 225 - 196 - 167 - 138 - 109 - 810 - 611 - 512 - 413 - 314 - 215 - 1
This will be a closed ballot - each ILXor can nominate up to five films, no changes once they've been posted. If there aren't enough nominees after a couple of weeks I'll open it up further.
IMDB is the final judge of when something came out. Whenever voting starts, I'll put up the gmail address for ballots.
Nominations close Wed. the 21st.
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 06:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gentleee as you move (Leee), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 06:40 (eighteen years ago) link
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001?)
― ryan (ryan), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 06:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 07:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 07:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 07:32 (eighteen years ago) link
it wouldn't place in the top ten for me, but i like it and of course no one else will nominate it!
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 07:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 07:52 (eighteen years ago) link
I trust someone else will nominate Amélie and A Very Long Engagement, 'cause I couldn't make them fit on my list.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 08:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 09:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 09:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 09:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 10:03 (eighteen years ago) link
In that case:
Lost in Translation (Coppola, 2003)Collateral (Mann, 2004)
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 10:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 10:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 13:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-Beetle (Jeff), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 13:19 (eighteen years ago) link
*looks above* :I
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 14:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 14:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
The Sight & Sound website is pretty useful for a month-by-month list of the films they reviewed over the last few years - http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 15:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link
My next 5:Amelie, or How I learned to stop worrying and love Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie PoulainBend it Like BeckhamJosie & The PussycatsWhale RiderCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
― Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gentleee as you move (Leee), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 19:21 (eighteen years ago) link
Before Sunrise (Linklater 2004)I Heart Huckabees (Russell 2004)King of the Corner (Riegert 2004)Blue Crush (Stockwell 2002)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 20:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 22:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 8 December 2005 01:23 (eighteen years ago) link
http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/stories/004894.asp
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 8 December 2005 01:32 (eighteen years ago) link
Cast AwaySpring ForwardThe VillageSchool of RockPunch Drunk LoveAbout a BoyHow's Your News?White DiamondYes MenMeet the Parents
Strongly advocate for:
Kill Bill Vol. 1Erin BrockovichMillion Dollar BabyTraining DayAileen: The Life and Death of a Serial KillerFar From HeavenDark DaysIn the BedroomAdaptationMy ArchitectAmerican Pie 2Big FishVenus of Mars28 Days LaterShattered GlassGirlfight
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 8 December 2005 01:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 8 December 2005 02:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 8 December 2005 02:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― ath (ath), Thursday, 8 December 2005 03:03 (eighteen years ago) link
The DreamersNotre Musique
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 8 December 2005 03:19 (eighteen years ago) link
About SchmidtFestival Express (does it count?)
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 8 December 2005 03:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew s (andrew s), Thursday, 8 December 2005 04:18 (eighteen years ago) link
This has already been nominated, you get another one. Kitchen Stories too, but "Ath" already nominated more than 10.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 8 December 2005 10:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― a pedant, Thursday, 8 December 2005 10:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Please don't forget -
Lilya 4-Ever (2002, Lukas Moodysson) Ong-bak (2003, Prachya Pinkaew) Battlefield Baseball (2003, Yudai Tamaguchi) Somersault (2004, Cate Shortland)
― Mil (Mil), Thursday, 8 December 2005 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Saturday, 10 December 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Which means my four most obvious adds would be:
2046Far from HeavenCowards Bend the KneeThe White Diamond
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:15 (eighteen years ago) link
there were actually two different movies called "Together" nominated
― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:31 (eighteen years ago) link
What about Downfall is a 2005 release in most places bar Germany. (I'm sure there are others.)
― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 11 December 2005 10:54 (eighteen years ago) link
What's the other "Together", then? Because I can't find any such film on IMDb.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 11 December 2005 11:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Sunday, 11 December 2005 12:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eazy (Eazy), Sunday, 11 December 2005 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Eazy (Eazy), Monday, 12 December 2005 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:02 (eighteen years ago) link
My Nominations:
The Company (Altman, 2003)Final Destination 2 (Ellis, 2003)Gangs of New York (Scorsese, 2002)The Ring (Verbinski, 2002)Down With Love (Reed, 2003)Spun (Akerland, 2002)Bamboozled (Lee, 2000)Spiderman (Raimi, 2002)Capturing the Friedmans (Jarecki, 2003)Lovely & Amazing (Holofcener, 2001)
― brontosaur, Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:31 (eighteen years ago) link
crimson gold (2003, jafar panahi)la cienaga (2001, lucrecia martel)the ninth day (2004, volker schlondorff)time of the wolf (2003, michael haneke)the tracker (2002, rolf de heer)kwik stop (2001, michael gilio)the gleaners and i (2000, agnes varda)
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Lord Of The Rings: Return of The King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
― MitchellStirling (MitchellStirling), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 02:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Decasia (Bill Morrison, 2002)Les Destinees Sentinentales (Olivier Assayas, 2000)Faithless (Liv Ullmann, 2000)Hamlet (Michael Almereyda, 2000)Moolaade (Ousmane Sembene, 2004)Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001)Stevie (Steve James, 2002)
I won't nominate Eureka (Shinji Aoyama) as it's not on US DVD and 'nobody' saw it...
All that Hollywood dross and no Me, Myself & Irene??
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:36 (eighteen years ago) link
It's listed by its Chinese title: "He ni zai yi qi" (Kaige Chen, 2002)
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link
saved! (2003, brian dannelly)star spangled to death (2004, ken jacobs)
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 16:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 16:20 (eighteen years ago) link
No, please do! I saw it at a film festival and liked it a lot!
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, surely I'm not the only one who loved A Very Long Engagement? Or maybe everyone was expecting Amelie 2 and was disappointed because of that?
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Thursday, 15 December 2005 04:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Thursday, 15 December 2005 04:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Can I add:
The Others (Alejandro Amenábar, 2001)The Good Girl (Miguel Arteta, 2002)
?
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
If nominations aren't closed, I'd like to add:
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Kim ki-Duk, 2003)
― Jibé (Jibé), Thursday, 15 December 2005 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Thursday, 15 December 2005 14:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 15 December 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jibé (Jibé), Thursday, 15 December 2005 15:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 15 December 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
The '60s poll has finished sooner than possible, so nominations will close early (I think we're almost tapped out anyway). The ballot will be posted Friday afternoon-ish.
-- Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (wooderso...), Tuesday 10:02 PM. (later)
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 15 December 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Erin BrockovichTraining DayAileenIn the BedroomAmerican Pie 2
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 15 December 2005 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Thursday, 15 December 2005 18:13 (eighteen years ago) link