MC Yearly Consensus - 2008

[Spinal]

I think we're ready to take a crack at this.

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 voting is closed, 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 (http://www.imdb.com/list)

[Spinal]

1. Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Let the Right One In
3. City of Ember
4. Burn After Reading
5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

[right_for_the_moment]

1. Wall-E
2. Summer Hours
3. Wendy and Lucy
4. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
5. The Wrestler

6. Burn After Reading
7. The Dark Knight
8. The Headless Woman
9. Rachel Getting Married
10. Pineapple Express

[Watashi]

Didn't we do this already?

Oh well.

1. Speed Racer
2. WALL-E
3. The Class
4. Happy-Go-Lucky
5. Rachel Getting Married

[baby doll]

Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
Entre les murs (Laurent Cantet)
Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
Tony Manero (Pablo LarraÃ*n)

Runners-up: Burn After Reading (Ethan and Joel Coen); Le Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel); Hunger (Steve McQueen); Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki); Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman).

Overrated: The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan); Iron Man (Jon Favreau); Jerichow (Christian Petzold); Night and Day (Hong Sang-soo); Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme); Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle); Still Walking (Hirokazu Kore-eda); Wall-E (Andrew Stanton); Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt); The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky).

As yet unseen: 24 City (Jia Zhang-ke); 35 rhums (Claire Denis); Birdsong (Albert Serra); The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel); L'heure d'été (Olivier Assayas); Un conte Noël (Arnaud Desplechin).

[Ivan Drago]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Synecdoche, New York
3. Revolutionary Road
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Cloverfield

6. Frost/Nixon
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. W.
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. Burn After Reading

[Spinal]

Didn't we do this already?



We did a re-do of 2007, but not 2008. (http://matchcutyc.blogspot.com/)

[trotchky]

1. Synecdoche, New York
2. Rachel Getting Married
3. Two Lovers
4. Let The Right One In
5. Happy-Go-Lucky

[Adam]

1. Rachel Getting Married
2. Pineapple Express
3. In Bruges
4. Happy-Go-Lucky
5. Be Kind Rewind

[Stay Puft]

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2. Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas)
3. Speed Racer (Andy and Larry Wachowski)
4. Burn After Reading (Ethan and Joel Coen)
5. Birdsong (Albert Serra)

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

1. Tokyo Sonata
2. Rachel Getting Marries
3. Happy Go Lucky
4. Summer Hours
5. Hunger

[ledfloyd]

the lack of a christmas tale is disturbing.

1. A Christmas Tale
2. Wendy and Lucy
3. Wall-E
4. Let the Right One In
5. In Bruges

HM: The Wrestler, Happy-Go-Lucky, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Summer Hours, Still Walking

[Boner M]

1. Tokyo Sonata
2. Love Exposure
3. Let the Right One In
4. 35 Shots of Rum
5. Hunger

HM: Somer's Town, Sparrow, Wall-E, Ballast, Revanche, Jerichow, Of Time and the City

[Fezzik]

1. Wall-E
2. The Wrestler
3. In Bruges
4. Burn After Reading
5. Let the Right One In

[BuffaloWilder]

1. The Argentine
2. The Fall
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Wrestler
5. Uh...Wall-E? I guess.

[Derek]

1. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin)
2. Man on Wire (James Marsh)
3. Two Lovers (James Gray)
4. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton)
5. Hunger (Steve McQueen)

[StanleyK]

I feel so... mainstream.

1. WALL·E
2. Let the Right One In
3. Two Lovers
4. The Wrestler
5. The Dark Knight

6. Milk
7. Burn After Reading
8. Presto

Overrated: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire, Speed Racer

Worst: Twilight

Still have a ton of blind spots I guess.

[Ezee E]

Hopefully we can at least nominate Two Lovers in 2009's awards since it had no chance beforehand.

With that:

1)The Dark Knight
2)Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son Abroad
3)Two Lovers
4)Rachel Getting Married
5)Let the Right One In

[Weeping_Guitar]

1. Wall-E
2. I've Loved You So Long
3. The Dark Knight
4. In Bruges
5. The Class

A Christmas Tale
Encounters at the End of the World
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tell No One
Ghost Town

[Yxklyx]

Way too early for me...

1. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton)
2. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)
3. Julia (Erick Zonca)
4. Two Lovers (James Gray)
5. American Son (Neil Abramson)

[Spinal]

Way too early for me...

Participation is not mandatory.

[B-side]

1. Synecdoche, New York (Kaufman)
2. Wall-E (Stanton)
3. Ponyo on the Cliff (Miyazaki)
4. The Dark Knight (Nolan)
5. Two Lovers (Gray)

I don't like this list.

[Raiders]

1. Two Lovers (James Gray)
2. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton)
3. Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme)
4. Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)
5. Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green)

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6. Man on Wire (James Marsh)
7. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
8. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
9. Cloverfield (Matt Reeves)
10. Burn After Reading (Coen Bros.)

[dreamdead]

1. Rachel Getting Married
2. Happy-Go-Lucky
3. A Christmas Tale
4. Synecdoche, New York
5. Burn After Reading

Need to see Tokyo Sonata and Ballast still

[Eleven]

1. WALL-E
2. Rachel Getting Married
3. Hunger
4. Two Lovers
5. Happy-Go-Lucky

HMs: Tokyo Sonata, CJ7, Burn After Reading, The Hurt Locker, The Beaches of Agnes.

[EyesWideOpen]

1. Let the Right One In
2. Speed Racer
3. Wall-E
4. Revolutionary Road
5. In Bruges

[Grouchy]

1. Let the Right One In
2. The Dark Knight
3. WALL-E
4. Rachel Getting Married
5. Hunger

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6. Waltz with Bashir
7. Gomorra
8. Pineapple Express
9. Synecdoche, New York
10. Speed Racer

[eternity]

1. Cloverfield
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Speed Racer
4. Wendy and Lucy
5. In Bruges
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6. Synecdoche, New York
7. Rachel Getting Married
8. Burn After Reading
9. The Wrestler
10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

HM: Hamlet 2, Wall-E, My Blueberry Nights, Snow Angels, Step Brothers, JCVD, Choke, Repo! The Genetic Opera

[ContinentalOp]

1. Wall-E
2. Gran Torino
3. Che
4. The Dark Knight
5. Two Lovers

6. Iron Man
7. Redbelt
8. Step Brothers
9. Happy Go Lucky
10. Wanted


It seems like a long time since I've seen a lot of these. So my list is extremely tentative.

[Pop Trash]

1. Synecdoche, NY
2. Wendy and Lucy
3. The Wrestler
4. Two Lovers
5. Wall-E

6. Waltz with Bashir
7. Rachel Getting Married
8. Goodbye Solo
9. Pineapple Express
10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

[soitgoes...]

1. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
2. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)
3. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
4. Burn After Reading (Joel Coen)
5. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne)

6. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton)
7. Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas)
8. Two Lovers (James Gray)
9. Sita Sings the Blues (Nina Paley)
10. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)

[Melville]

1. Two Lovers
2. Synecdoche, New York
3. Hunger
4. Waltz with Bashir
5. Let the Right One In

HMs: Burn After Reading, The Class

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Gomorra
2. Let the Right One In
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Slumdog Millionaire

[BuffaloWilder]

You know what - I like Quantum of Solace. I like it a lot.

[BuffaloWilder]

No, seriously - I mean, I doubt the sanity of anyone who prefers Casino Royale over it.

[Lazlo]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Rachel Getting Married
3. Wendy and Lucy
4. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
5. In Bruges

[Grouchy]

You know what - I like Quantum of Solace. I like it a lot.
Me too, actually. I don't get what was the problem with that film.

[Spinal]

2 more days.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Planet 51 (Blanco, 2009) *

Oy. I figured as much. My son really wants to see this. Judging by the TV spots I've seen, this was my predicted reaction.

[Derek]

No, seriously - I mean, I doubt the sanity of anyone who prefers Casino Royale over it.

Ok, we get it; you have bad taste.

[Grouchy]

Ok, we get it; you have bad taste.
Even though I don't agree (two of my friends do, and they have very good taste), there are two things where Quantum is infinitely better:

The action scenes flow naturally from the story, they aren't shoe-horned into a narrative that doesn't really need them.
The intro credits are way way better. I mean, the ones they did on Casino Royale are puke.

[Spinal]

Very tempted to sub in Waltz with Bashir, but I think it's probably my #6.

[dreamdead]

Got A Christmas Tale coming tomorrow. Can we hold off on the results until Thursday?

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1023/1385646945_99bc9944f7.jpg

[Spinal]

Oh sure, why not.

[Ezee E]

I'll be getting A Christmas Tale tomorrow as well, but probably won't see it until Thursday. Feel free to post results though.

[BuffaloWilder]

Ok, we get it; you have bad taste.

To add to what Grouchy said previously, what didn't you like about it, Derek?

[ThePlashyBubbler]

1. Rachel Getting Married
2. Synecdoche, New York
3. Burn After Reading
4. A Christmas Tale
5. Man on Wire

[dreamdead]

Added in A Christmas Tale and Burn After Reading (for KF!). Thanks for the extension.

[Dukefrukem]

1. Wall-E
2. Dark Knight
3. Gran Torino
4. Let the Right One In
5. The Wrestler

[Dukefrukem]

1. WALL·E
2. Let the Right One In
3. Two Lovers
4. The Wrestler
5. The Dark Knight


Wow your list is almost my list.

[balmakboor]

1. Let the Right One In
2. Dear Zachary: A letter to a son about his father
3. Waltz with Bashir
4. Gran Torino
5. Synecdoche, New York

[thefourthwall]

1. Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Rachel Getting Married
3. Wall-E
4. The Wrestler
5. The Dark Knight

6. A Christmas Tale
7. Slumdog Millionaire
8. Repo! The Genetic Opera
9. Let the Right One In
10. Burn After Reading

[StanleyK]

Wow your list is almost my list.

I enjoyed Gran Torino as well; high-five!

[Spinal]

Whoops, I forgot this was here. I'll try to count this up today sometime.

[NickGlass]

Whoops, I forgot this was here. I'll try to count this up today sometime.

Er, spare a brother a minute!?

[NickGlass]

Huh? Summer Hours and 35 Shots of Rum count?

1. The Class
2. The Secret of the Grain
3. Summer Hours
4. Jellyfish
5. 35 Shots of Rum

Well, only 4 out of 5 are French.

[Spinal]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/2008-07-04-image3walle.jpg

1. Wall-E (74.5)
2. Let the Right One In (51)
3. Rachel Getting Married (47.5)
4. The Dark Knight (45)
5. Two Lovers (40.5)
6. Synecdoche, New York (32.5)
7. Happy-Go Lucky (32)
8t. Wendy and Lucy (22)
8t. The Wrestler (22)
10. Hunger (20.5)

Honorable Mention:
Tokyo Sonata 20
In Bruges 20
Burn After Reading 18
Gran Torino 17
A Christmas Tale 16.5

[ledfloyd]

not too shabby. dark knight is the only one on the list i don't enjoy.

[Pop Trash]

My top five made the top ten so I'm happy.

[Ezee E]

From March:


Full list!

1. WALL-E – 314
2. The Dark Knight - 215
3. Rachel Getting Married – 199
4. Let the Right One In – 198
5. The Wrestler – 172
6. Burn After Reading – 164
7. Synecdoche, New York – 136
8. Speed Racer – 129
9. Milk – 127
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – 12

Speed Racer, Milk, and Benjamin Button took quite a hit.

[Pop Trash]

Speed Racer, Milk, and Benjamin Button took quite a hit.

Speed Racer and Ben Button deserve it. I still think Milk is very good, but I admit I haven't thought about it too much recently.

[Spinal]

From March:



Speed Racer, Milk, and Benjamin Button took quite a hit.

What's that from?

[soitgoes...]

What's that from?

The Matchie Awards earlier this year (http://match-cut.org/showpost.php?p=147735&postcount=201).