MC Yearly Consensus - 2009

[Spinal]

Shall we?

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.

[Mysterious Dude]

1. The White Ribbon
2. Bright Star
3. Where the Wild Things Are
4. In the Loop
5. Moon

[Spinal]

1. Antichrist
2. A Serious Man
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Moon
5. A Town Called Panic

[StanleyK]

1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
2. A Serious Man (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
3. Antichrist (Lars von Trier)
4. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
5. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)

6. Up (Pete Docter, Bob Peterson)



***½: Bright Star (Jane Campion), Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)

Overrated: Avatar, The Hangover, The Secret of Their Eyes, A Single Man, Up in the Air

Worst: Transformers 2, Ice Age 3, Terminator 4, etc.

[Watashi]

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. A Single Man
3. Up
4. Where the Wild Things Are
5. A Serious Man

HM: Moon, Coraline, The Box, In the Loop, Fantastic Mr. Fox

[Raiders]

1. SERIOUS MAN, A (Coen Bros.)
2. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino)
3. CORALINE (Henry Selick)
4. FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson)
5. ADVENTURELAND (Greg Mottola)

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6. DISTRICT 9 (Neil Blomkamp)
7. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, THE (Ti West)
8. ROAD, THE (John Hillcoat)
9. IN THE LOOP (Armando Iannucci)
10. AVATAR (James Cameron)

[Spinal]

IMDb dates will be used.


:)

[Watashi]

Tarantino is going to run away with this.

[Raiders]

:)

Why are you quoting yourself?

[Spinal]

Here is the master list (http://matchcutyc.blogspot.com/) in case anyone is new to this or is simply feeling nostalgic.

Also, a reminder that these lists are up for recall if someone feels that we would benefit from a new poll because of a new DVD release of a notable film or some other reason.

[Spinal]

Why are you quoting yourself?

Sneaky.

[Spinal]

Tarantino is going to run away with this.

Probably, but I'm not ready to count out the Coens just yet.

[soitgoes...]

The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)
Be Sure to Share (Shion Sono)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
A Serious Man (Joel Coen)
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Mother (Joon-ho Bong)
The Cove (Louie Psihoyos)
Moon (Duncan Jones)
Mary and Max (Adam Elliot)
Bright Star (Jane Campion)


I've seen more films from this year than any other, and I'm still watching an average of 5 films from it a month.

[Yxklyx]

1. El secreto de sus ojos (Juan José Campanella)
2. World's Greatest Dad (Bobcat Goldthwait)
3. The Hangover (Todd Phillips)
4. Star Trek (J.J. Abrams)
5. Humpday (Lynn Shelton)

[Ezee E]

1. Inglorious Basterds
2. A Serious Man
3. A Prophet
4. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
5. Mother

[Ezee E]

Probably, but I'm not ready to count out the Coens just yet.
If it's anything like last year's Matchies!

This year's awards/lists should be pretty interesting I think.

[eternity]

1. Adventureland (Greg Motolla)
2. A Single Man (Tom Ford)
3. Moon (Duncan Jones)
4. The Box (Richard Kelly)
5. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
______________________________ ________________

6. The Brothers Bloom (Rian Johnson)
7. Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli)
8. A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
9. Mary and Max (Adam Elliot)
10. Watchmen (Zack Snyder)

[soitgoes...]

Interesting note (for me anyways), Coraline was the first 2009 movie I saw, and it stayed in my Top 10 until just last month. Kinda impressive since most of the films I see early on in a year are not very substantial.

[Bosco B Thug]

Still haven't seen The Hurt Locker. Sigh.

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. The White Ribbon
3. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
4. A Serious Man
5. Antichrist

HM: Ponyo, Coraline, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Was tempted to switch off Ponyo and Antichrist... I just might before this is tallied... We'll see.

Thirst has sit well with me, even though it's not a top film. So I'll mention it, in case anyone's forgetting it.

[MacGuffin]

1. Antichrist (Lars von Trier)
2. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
3. Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola)
4. The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch)
5. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard)

6. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)
7. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
8. Trash Humpers (Harmony Korine)
9. Public Enemies (Michael Mann)
10. Up (Pete Docter)

[Melville]

1. Bright Star


2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Bad Lieutenant
4. Public Enemies
5. Antichrist
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6. The White Ribbon
7. A Serious Man
8. The Cove

[Russ]

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. A Serious Man
3. Coraline
4. Up
5. The Film I'm No Longer Talking About

[Grouchy]

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. The White Ribbon
3. A Serious Man
4. Coraline
5. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

I still have a lot left to see, though. But I guess 70 films is more than enough for this, and it's a decent Top5.

[Ivan Drago]

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Antichrist
3. Watchmen
4. Crank 2: High Voltage
5. The Box

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6. Star Trek
7. The Informant!
8. Avatar
9. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
10. The Princess and the Frog

[Stay Puft]

1. Symbol
2. Visage
3. Nymph
4. Soul Kitchen
5. Bright Star

[B-side]

1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
2. A Serious Man (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
3. Antichrist (Lars von Trier)
4. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
5. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)

This will work as mine as well.

[Ezee E]

When you say IMDB dates, does that mean the one listed or the US date? I'm seeing a lot of Hurt Lockers...

[Raiders]

The Hurt Locker and Tokyo Sonata are 2008 films for those that have voted for them so far.

[soitgoes...]

When you say IMDB dates, does that mean the one listed or the US date? I'm seeing a lot of Hurt Lockers...Hurt Locker is 2008. These have always been by IMDb dates, not US dates.

[ledfloyd]

Visage
The Limits of Control
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Father of My Children

[Ivan Drago]

The Hurt Locker and Tokyo Sonata are 2008 films for those that have voted for them so far.

Edited my list as a result. Thanks for the heads-up.

[Pop Trash]

1. Where the Wild Things Are
2. Adventureland
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Drag Me to Hell
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox

6. 500 Days of Summer
7. Dogtooth
8. The House of the Devil
9. Bad Lieutenant: POCNO
10. Up

Yeah, that's a good mix.

[Weeping_Guitar]

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox
2. Bright Star
3. Up
4. A Serious Man
5. In the Loop

[Boner M]

1. Everyone Else
2. Dogtooth
3. Wild Grass
4. A Serious Man
5. The Limits of Control

[Dukefrukem]

1. Up
2. Moon
3. 500 Days of Summer
4. Thirst
5. District 9

[Bosco B Thug]

I guess that makes Ponyo 2008, then (sidenote: I... kinda preferred the English dubbing. Can't deny the cuteness of Miley Cyrus' little sister's voice). And Coraline isn't as good as Antichrist (because you know, they're so comparable). You lucked out this time, Von Trier.

[Stay Puft]

Gosh, I just copied my list from the 2009 top ten thread without even thinking. That changes my list radically. All my favorite films are unreleased in the US!

[soitgoes...]

Also, a reminder that these lists are up for recall if someone feels that we would benefit from a new poll because of a new DVD release of a notable film or some other reason.Personally, a good majority of my lists have changed over the past 2-3 years.

[EyesWideOpen]

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Thirst
3. Bright Star
4. Up
5. Antichrist

[Winston*]

The White Ribbon
Inglourious Basterds
Coraline
Bright Star
Where the Wild Things Are

[MacGuffin]

No love for A Prophet?

[baby doll]

Commercial Features:
1. Vincere (Marco Bellocchio)
2. A Serious Man (Ethan and Joel Coen)
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson)
4. The White Ribbon: A German Children's Story (Michael Haneke)
5. Un prophète (Jacques Audiard)
6. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
7. The Bad Lieutenant—Port of Call: New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
8. A Single Man (Tom Ford)

Avant-garde stuff:
1. Phantoms of Nabua (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
2. Night Mayor (Guy Maddin)

[soitgoes...]

Gosh, I just copied my list from the 2009 top ten thread without even thinking. That changes my list radically. All my favorite films are unreleased in the US!
Have you seen Sono's film yet?

[kopello]

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
3. The Bad Lieutenant: PoCNO
4. Tetro
5. The White Ribbon

6. Public Enemies
7. A Serious Man
8. Adventureland
9. Julia
10. District 9

[Spinal]

How does the IMDb issue confuse people every time? Every single time. :lol:

[Spinal]

Commercial Features:
1. Vincere (Marco Bellocchio)
2. A Serious Man (Ethan and Joel Coen)
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson)
4. The White Ribbon: A German Children's Story (Michael Haneke)
5. Un prophète (Jacques Audiard)
6. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
7. The Bad Lieutenant—Port of Call: New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
8. A Single Man (Tom Ford)

Avant-garde stuff:
1. Phantoms of Nabua (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
2. Night Mayor (Guy Maddin)

You want to merge this somehow? Or just have me use the top list?

[baby doll]

You want to merge this somehow? Or just have me use the top list?Just the top one. Let's face it: Unless you go to TIFF or NYFF, it's basically impossible to keep up with what's going on in a-g film.

[Dead & Messed Up]

01. Inglourious Basterds
02. A Serious Man
03. Moon
04. Watchmen
05. The Hurt Locker

[soitgoes...]

01. Inglourious Basterds
02. A Serious Man
03. Moon
04. Watchmen
05. The Hurt LockerYou should re-read the thread. ;)

[Dead & Messed Up]

You should re-read the thread. ;)

Did I miss something?

[kopello]

How does the IMDb issue confuse people every time? Every single time. :lol:

Yea I just realized Julia is 2008, but since were doing top 5 I guess it doesn't matter (if your comment was even directed at me).

[soitgoes...]

Did I miss something?IMDb dates are being used. The Hurt Locker is 2008.

[Ezee E]

No love for A Prophet?
D'oh! Thanks. Updated.

[dmk]

1. The Limits of Control
2. Where The Wild Things Are
3. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
4. Dogtooth
5. Public Enemies

[Lazlo]

1. Up
2. Where the Wild Things Are
3. Bright Star
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Avatar

[StanleyK]

This will work as mine as well.

:)


Also, a reminder that these lists are up for recall if someone feels that we would benefit from a new poll because of a new DVD release of a notable film or some other reason.

I volunteer for tallying and stuff if this is the case.

[Spinal]

I volunteer for tallying and stuff if this is the case.

I don't mean we're going through them all again. I mean that I would be willing to re-poll if someone has a good reason why a particular list is now out of date.

[transmogrifier]

Looking at the films I have seen from 2009, I've always had the impression that it was a pretty terrible year. I was hoping to get recommendations from your lists in this thread to help rectify that.....but I think I was right the first time. Most of you are listing movies I've already seen and meh'd. I mean, any year that can have Bad Lieutenant listed so often is not one for the ages.

[B-side]

This will work as mine as well.

Never mind, dmk reminded me that I forgot Dogtooth.

1. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
2. A Serious Man (Coen)
3. Antichrist (Trier)
4. Dogtooth (Lanthimos)
5. The White Ribbon (Haneke)

[Henry Gale]

1. Where The Wild Things Are (Jonze)
2. Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
3. Moon (Jones)
4. Up (Docter)
5. A Serious Man (Coen/Coen)
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6. Adventureland (Mottola)
7. Funny People (Apatow)
8. The Road (Hillcoat)
9. The Box (Kelly)
10. Thirst (Park)
11. Coraline (Selick)

There are still a few things I'm seeing with other lists here that I wish I had gotten around to sooner. For now though, this is how it sits.

[StanleyK]

Never mind

:(


I don't mean we're going through them all again. I mean that I would be willing to re-poll if someone has a good reason why a particular list is now out of date.

I see; seems a bit strange to me though, doing just a few odd years. I'm pretty sure results will be different all across the board, considering people's changing tastes.

[Spinal]

I see; seems a bit strange to me though, doing just a few odd years. I'm pretty sure results will be different all across the board, considering people's changing tastes.

It's like the Olympics. You do it too often and it loses its novelty.

[Dillard]

1. The White Ribbon (Haneke)
2. My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done (Herzog)
3. The House of the Devil (West)
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Anderson)
5. Alamar (Gonzalez-Rubio)
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6. Marisa (Vigalondo)
7. The Secret in Their Eyes (Campanella)
8. Moon (Jones)
9. Garbage Dreams (Iskander)
10. Drag Me to Hell (Raimi)

[Spinal]

It's like the Olympics. You do it too often and it loses its novelty.

But, of course, once we finish 2009, we'll be ready for some Decade Consensus action. More on that shortly.

[dreamdead]

1. Where the Wild Things Are
2. Bright Star
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. The House of the Devil
5. Coraline

[soitgoes...]

But, of course, once we finish 2009, we'll be ready for some Decade Consensus action. More on that shortly.
People love list making. That's what I've learned here. And by people I mean me.

[Spinal]

One more day.

[MadMan]

Top 5:

1. A Serious Man
2. In The Loop
3. Up
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

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6. The Hurt Locker
7. District 9
8. Up In The Air
9. Where The Wild Things Are
10. Moon

HM: Partly Cloudy, Public Enemies

Ratings for Each:

1. A Serious Man-100
2. In The Loop-100
3. Up-97
4. Inglourious Basterds-95
5. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans-95

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6. The Hurt Locker-95
7. District 9-95
8. Up In The Air-95
9. Where The Wild Things Are-94
10. Moon-94

HM: Partly Cloudy-94, Public Enemies-93

[B-side]

:(

Hey, ours are pretty damn similar still.:P

[baby doll]

But, of course, once we finish 2009, we'll be ready for some Decade Consensus action. More on that shortly.I got my ballot ready (more or less). LET'S DO IT!!!

[StanleyK]

Hey, ours are pretty damn similar still.:P

It's actually a positive because now I'm inspired to check out Dogtooth.


It's like the Olympics. You do it too often and it loses its novelty.


People love list making. That's what I've learned here. And by people I mean me.

I'm with soitgoes... here; as long as there are polls, there will be lists.

That said, mine are malnourished and would probably benefit from a few months' wait. So I guess I don't know what I'm really trying to say.

[MadMan]

While I could stand to watch about 10 more movies from last year, I'm feeling pretty good about my list. Also, so far I think that 2009>2008 by a lot.

[B-side]

It's actually a positive because now I'm inspired to check out Dogtooth.

I'm glad I could inspire that desire. It's pretty great stuff.

[Spinal]

I'm going to start counting. This is last call.

[Spinal]

5. The Film I'm No Longer Talking About

Uh .........

Does anyone know what this is?

[Russ]

Uh .........

Does anyone know what this is?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1380096/

[Spinal]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1380096/

:lol:

OK. I thought you had some heated discussion over Transformers 2 or something.

[Spinal]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/inglourious_basterds_02-535x356.jpg

2009

1. Inglourious Basterds (101)
2. A Serious Man (61)
3. The White Ribbon (38.5)
4. Where the Wild Things Are (32)
5t. Bright Star (29.5)
5t. Up (29.5)
7. Antichrist (28.5)
8. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (24.5)
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox (20.5)
10. Moon (20)

Honorable Mention: Coraline (16)

[B-side]

Good top 3.

[soitgoes...]

Nice. I'll take it.

[Grouchy]

Oh, bummer. I thought we were doing the countdown with trivia, pictures and shit.

[Ezee E]

Where are the Tokyo Sonata fans?

Oh... Probably a different year.

EDIT: Yep.

[Spinal]

Where are the Tokyo Sonata fans?

Oh... Probably a different year.

EDIT: Yep.

Honorable mention 2008.

[Spinal]

Oh, bummer. I thought we were doing the countdown with trivia, pictures and shit.

Sorry. It just takes a lot of work. I'll bring it back for the Decade Consensus.

[Boner M]

No Dogtooth/Everyone Else, boo.

[B-side]

No Dogtooth/Everyone Else, boo.

I tried my best with the former.

[Henry Gale]

The Top 10 looks nice, or at least for me personally, seeing as all of my five are in there. Now I just need to move onto the three from there that I really wish I had already seen by now: The White Ribbon, Bright Star, and Bad Lieutenant.

[Winston*]

Hey, I've seen all of those. Dig them all, Antichrist and Up less so than the others.

[soitgoes...]

No Dogtooth/Everyone Else, boo.
Maybe you should blame the directors for not making their films better?

[soitgoes...]

Maybe you should blame the directors for not making their films better?
I liked them both, just not enough.

[Boner M]

Maybe you should blame the directors for not making their films better?
burn

But really, EE would've probably topped Nick and dreamdead's lists had they contributed. Dunno if that's enough to put them in the top ten.

[Watashi]

Tarantino is going to run away with this.

It wasn't even close.

[Ezee E]

It wasn't even close.
Even A Serious Man dominates at #2.

[Spinal]

It wasn't even close.

Yep. You were right.

[Spinal]

burn

But really, EE would've probably topped Nick and dreamdead's lists had they contributed. Dunno if that's enough to put them in the top ten.


1. Where the Wild Things Are
2. Bright Star
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. The House of the Devil
5. Coraline

Now you know who to blame.

[soitgoes...]

Now you know who to blame.
To be honest, had dreamdead voted it #1 it still wouldn't have mattered. I think even if both he and Nick had, it still would fall short.

[MadMan]

I've seen 7/10 of the consensus list. Cool. I'm down with IB being #1, if only because its one of my favorites from last year.

[Boner M]

Now you know who to blame.
Hmm. Could've sworn dd gave it an 8.5 at one stage. Could've sworn his name didn't come up in a browser-find too. In conclusion, I suck.

[baby doll]

Maybe you should blame the directors for not making their films better?You could also blame the fact that most of us out in the sticks haven't had the opportunity to see them, or the fact that the films that did make the list were all extremely well promoted (obviously some better than others, Bright Star and Moon being welcome anomalies--although it's nonetheless relevant that both are English language features with stars that are easily classifiable according to genre, which translates into a bigger release, better promotion relatively speaking, and a better chance that people have at least heard of them).