Yearly Consensus 2000 (Deadline Sep 9, 9pm PST)

[Spinal]

Submit your five favorite films and five favorite performances from this year and in a week I will give you a top ten in both categories. 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

10.5 pts will be required to make either list.

There will be no restrictions on short films.

There will be no distinction made between male and female performances.
There will be no distinction made between lead and supporting performances.
Voice acting can be considered a performance.


I would like to be able to count votes as they come in. This means that if you change your vote, you need to make a new post. Please quote your old list and then add your new list so that I can easily track the changes. I will not be looking for edits. Once you make a post, consider your vote cast.

You may begin now.

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[Melville]

1. In the Mood for Love
2. Requiem for a Dream
3. Outer Space
4. Werckmeister Harmonies
5. Vertical Ray of the Sun

A Time for Drunken Horses or George Washington could just as easily go in the number 5 spot. All among my favorite movies.

Other HMs: The Heart of the World, Chuck & Buck, Shadow of the Vampire, You Can Count on Me, Best in Show, Code Unknown

1. Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator
2. Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
3. Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love
4. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
5. Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire

HMs: Mark Ruffalo and Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me; Jared Leto, Requiem for a Dream

[EyesWideOpen]

1. Battle Royale
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3. In the Mood For Love
4. Cast Away
5. Almost Famous

[Spinal]

1. Dancer in the Dark
2. Yi Yi
3. Songs from the Second Floor
4. Together
5. The Heart of the World

1. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
2. Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
3. Bjork, Dancer in the Dark
4. Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire
5. Sergi López, With a Friend Like Harry

[Pop Trash]

1. Dancer in the Dark
2. Yi Yi
3. Songs from the Second Floor
4. Together
5. The Heart of the World

Scandinavia much?

[Robby P]

In the Mood for Love
You Can Count on Me
Shadow of the Vampire
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Memento

Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire
Ed Harris, Pollock
Christian Bale, American Psycho
Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me

I'd be disappointed if Ben Kingsley didn't win this.

[B-side]

1. Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky)
2. Sincerely, Joe P. Bear (Matt McCormick)
3. Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier)
4. American Psycho (Mary Harron)
5. Memento (Christopher Nolan)

1. Christian Bale - American Psycho
2. Björk - Dancer in the Dark
3. Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
4. Tony Leung - In the Mood for Love
5. Gael GarcÃ*a Bernal - Amores perros

[Pop Trash]

I'd be disappointed if Ben Kingsley didn't win this.

True, but his performances lately have been a little ho-hum. Plus, seeing him cavorting around with trophy wives (or whoever they are) at every awards show doesn't help much.

I'm on Team Ruffalo.

[Pop Trash]

1. You Can Count on Me
2. Together
3. George Washington
4. High Fidelity
5. Traffic

6. American Psycho
7. Requiem for a Dream
8. Memento
9. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
10. Battle Royale

Perfs:
1. Mark Ruffalo, YCCOM
2. Christian Bale, American Psycho
3. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
4. Laura Linney, YCCOM
5. Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast

[Adam]

1. Together
2. Songs From the Second Floor
3. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
4. The Circle
5. You Can Count On Me

1. Christian Bale, American Psycho
2. Russell Crowe, Gladiator
3. Laura Linney, You Can Count On Me
4. Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
5. Tom Hanks, Cast Away

[Pop Trash]

2. Sincerely, Joe P. Bear (Matt McCormick)

Wow. Haven't thought about this in awhile. Did you ever see McCormick's recent feature film? It was dismissed for being typical indie/quirky but I'm still curious.

[Russ]

1. In the Mood for Love
2. Songs from the Second Floor
3. The Heart of the World
4. The Beaver Trilogy
5. Requiem for a Dream

1. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
2. Crispin Glover, The Beaver Trilogy
3. Sean Penn, The Beaver Trilogy
4. Frances McDormand, Almost Famous
5. Patrick Warburton, The Emperor's New Groove

[Weeping_Guitar]

1. Wonder Boys
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Almost Famous
4. Gladiator
5. High Fidelity


1. Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys
2. George Clooney, O' Brother, Where Art Thou?
3. Russell Crowe, Gladiator
4. Tom Hanks, Cast Away
5. Kate Hudson, Almost Famous

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Requiem for a Dream
2. Traffic
3. Sexy Beast
4. Memento
5. Dancer in the Dark

1. Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
2. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
3. Vincent D'Onofrio, The Cell
4. Björk, Dancer in the Dark
5. William H. Macy, Panic

[elixir]

Great year.

1. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (Jonas Mekas)
2. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai)
3. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
4. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies)
5. Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr)
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6. George Washington (David Gordon Green)
7. Code Unknown (Michael Haneke)
8. Hamlet (Michael Almereyda)
9. Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky)
10. The Heart of the World (Guy Maddin)

1. Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love
2. Maggie Cheung, In the Mood for Love
3. Gillian Anderson, The House of Mirth
4. Juliette Binoche, Code Unknown
5. Sabine Timoteo, L'argent, l'amour, l'argent

Most anticipated viewings: Eureka, O Fantasma, Come Undone, The Circle, In Vanda's Room, Vertical Ray of the Sun

[Watashi]

1. You Can Count On Me
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Dancer in the Dark
4. Yi Yi
5. The Emperor's New Groove

6. Almost Famous
7. Memento
8. Unbreakable
9. Requiem for a Dream
10. Battle Royale

1. Björk, Dancer in the Dark
2. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
3. Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love
4. Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count On Me
5. Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire

[dreamdead]

1. In the Mood for Love
2. Yi-Yi
3. Werckmeister Harmonies
4. Eureka
5. You Can Count on Me

HM: The House of Mirth, Emperor's New Groove, George Washington, Memento, Requiem for a Dream, Vertical Ray of the Sun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

1. Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love
2. Maggie Cheung, In the Mood for Love
3. Wu Nien-jen, Yi-Yi
4. Mark Ruffalo, YCCOM
5. Laura Linney, YCCOM
6. Requiem for a Dream soundtrack

[Dukefrukem]

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. Gladiator
3. Requiem for a Dream
4. Memento
5. Battle Royale

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. Unbreakable (2000)
2. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
3. Almost Famous (2000)
4. Uzumaki (2000)
5. High Fidelity (2000)

1. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
2. Vincent D'onofrio, The Cell
3. Christian Bale, American Psycho
4. Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
5. Fred Willard, Best in Show

[Boner M]

1. Outer Space
2. Yi Yi
3. Eureka
4. In the Mood For Love
5. In Vanda's Room

1. Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me
2. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
3. Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
4. Maggie Cheung, In the Mood For Love
5. Danny Huston, Ivansxtc.

[Bosco B Thug]

1. The House of Mirth
2. Battle Royale
3. Dancer in the Dark
4. The Beaver Trilogy
5. You Can Count on Me

Almost: Sexy Beast, Werckmeister Harmonies

Shame not having seen Yi Yi, but it is a strong year.

1. Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
2. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
3. Christian Bale, American Psycho
4. Mark Ruffalo, YCCOM
5. Laura Linney, YCCOM

[Gizmo]

1. Memento
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Requiem for a Dream
4. American Psycho
5. Traffic


1. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
2. Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire
3. Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love
4. Christian Bale, American Psycho
5. Kate Hudson, Almost Famous

[Grouchy]

1. Battle Royale
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Dancer in the Dark
4. La Comunidad [Common Wealth]
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

[Yxklyx]

1. Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson)
2. Memento (Christopher Nolan)
3. The Heart of the World (Guy Maddin)
4. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)
5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)

1. Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast
2. Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
3. Tony Leung - In the Mood for Love
4. Christian Bale - American Psycho
5. Renée Zellweger - Nurse Betty

had a hard time choosing #5 performance.

[baby doll]

Films:
1. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
2. Platform (Jia Zhang-ke)
3. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai)
4. Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr)
5. Devils on the Doorstep (Jiang Wen)

Runners-up: The Circle (Jafar Panahi), Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (Michael Haneke), The Day I Became a Woman (Marziyeh Meshkini), Faithless (Liv Ullmann), George Washington (David Gordon Green), Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse (Agnès Varda), The Heart of the World (Guy Maddin), In Vanda's Room (Pedro Costa), Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky), Songs From the Second Floor (Roy Andersson), The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Tran Anh Hung), The Yards (James Gray).

Performances:
1. Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love
2. Donald Holden, George Washington
3. Lena Endre, Faithless
4. Wu Nien-jen, Yi Yi
5. Agnès Varda, Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse

2000 movies I haven't seen but want to:

La Commune (Paris, 1871) (Peter Watkins)
Esther Kahn (Arnaud Desplechin)
Eureka (Shinji Aoyama)
O Fantasma (João Pedro Rodrigues)
Hamlet (Michael Almareyda)
Oh! Soo-jung (Hong Sang-soo)
El Valley Centro (James Benning)
West of the Tracks (Wang Bing)

Just awful, I don't know why people like this movie: Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku)