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I am very late in putting this damned thing out so I'll keep it brief. This is the CineD annual movie award. We have an academy of judges, they nominate stuff, then they vote on a winner and then presentations are made. It's like The Oscars except no one cares about it, our academy are slightly less homophobic and Micheal Bay has a chance of winning. Here is a link to the last one. As of the writing of this I have no sent out e-mails or PMs to the judges but I'll get on that shortly. Right now the purpose of this topic is to argue for the films you think deserve attention. The categories are as follows: Best Picture Best Director Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actor in a Supporting Role Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Vocal or Motion Capture Performance Best Animation Best Film Editing Best Makeup and Costuming Best Original Score The Echoplex Award for Art Design Best Documentary The Moral High Horse Award: Most Reprehensible Film The Not-Crash for Socially Forward Filmmaking Best Food/Meal Scene The Armond White Award for best film under 60% on Rotten Tomatoes The Golden Winnebago: Best Trailer The Michael Bay Award for Best Noises or Lack Thereof (Sound Design) Best Ensemble Cast Best Action Choreography Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Visual Effects Best Cinematography CineD MVP Best Musical Direction If you have any questions about what any of these mean, just ask away. Also I'm gonna say it right now: Blah Airlines is not eligible. If you have any questions where a nominee might fall or if it came out this year, let me know and I'll make the call. So start telling people what you think deserves nomination. I have to go figure out who the judges are...
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Actually, y'know what, if you want to be a judge this year please send and e-mail to cinebytes2015@gmail.com Please give me your username and indicate whether you have been a judge before or not. If I don't choose you to be a judge, take it very personally.
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Jan 15, 2015 16:41
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We should call it the Goonys. Also Vargo probably has a list of judges from last year that you could start with.
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Jan 15, 2015 16:41
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:We should call it the Goonys. Also Vargo probably has a list of judges from last year that you could start with. I already got that from him and I'll use it but right now it'll just be easier on me to get the e-mails by people e-mailing me and it also makes it less likely the e-mails that I send out don't get lost. I'll persue some judges if I don't get responses but for a few days I'll try it this way. Also as the title says it is still not called The Goonys.
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Jan 15, 2015 16:45
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axleblaze posted:Blah Airlines is not eligible. Abstaining for moral reasons.
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Jan 15, 2015 16:52
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Come on, I didn't even watch BLAH Airlines but it should totally be eligible. If we draw the line there then we're no better than those Academy fucks who nominated Theory of Everything for multiple awards. edit: Let's try and tie every Best Picture nominee this year so we end up with 10 winners. edit2: I mean, are you really gonna disqualify the packaged peanuts scene from BLAH Airlines for Best Food/Meal Scene? TrixRabbi fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Jan 15, 2015 |
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Jan 15, 2015 17:17
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22 Jump Street has to have the best meal scene of the year. I laughed my drat rear end off when Jonah Hill realized who his girlfriends father was.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:27
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For me best meal scene pretty easily goes to Nightcrawler.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:29
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Are drinks meals? Cause the bar scene in The Guest wins.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:31
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weekly font posted:Are drinks meals? Cause the bar scene in The Guest wins. I'll get back to you on that.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:33
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axleblaze posted:For me best meal scene pretty easily goes to Nightcrawler. That is a good scene too, but you if you're looking at uncomfortable meal scenes you need to consider a Boyhood as well.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:35
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CopywrightMMXI posted:That is a good scene too, but you if you're looking at uncomfortable meal scenes you need to consider a Boyhood as well. Whiplash had a good meal scene as well, and Obvious Child had back-to-back meals that really fit the movie well.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:38
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weekly font posted:Are drinks meals? Cause the bar scene in The Guest wins. I'm going to say drinks count. The whole reasoning for that category (and indeed CineD's obsession with food scenes), comes from the idea of all literary food being a form of "communion," as explained here in the highly-recommended How To Read Literature Like A Professor: quote:Sometimes a meal is just a meal, and eating with others is simply eating with others. More often than not, though, it’s not. Once or twice a semester at least, I will stop discussion of the story or play under consideration to intone (and I invariably intone in bold): whenever people eat or drink together, it’s communion. For some reasons, this is often met with a slightly scandalized look, communion having for many readers one and only one meaning. While that meaning is very important, it is not the only one. Nor, for that matter, does Christianity have a lock on the practice. Nearly every religion has some liturgical or social ritual involving the coming together of the faithful to share sustenance. So I have to explain that just as intercourse has meanings other than sexual, or at least did at one time, so not all communions are holy. In fact, literary versions of communion can interpret the word in quite a variety of ways. So food scenes are about the act of communion, and sometimes about the destruction of community. So having drinks totally counts. Plus, last year we nominated the "Mmm hmm hmm hmm" drinks from Wolf of Wall Street.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:49
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As always, the meal category will have the strongest competition. Any suggestions for Moral High Horse Award? I've heard bad things about American Sniper, but we also shouldn't forget Kirk Cameron's Magnum Opus Saving Christmas.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:50
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The blood drinking scenes in Only Lovers Left Alive The cafeteria scenes in Dear White People Snowpiercer protein bars Inherent Vice's motto panukeiku Under the Skin - ScarJo trying and failing to eat Samuel Clemens posted:As always, the meal category will have the strongest competition. I usually don't watch enough lovely movies to fill out a full nominee list for this award, but I'm gonna nominate Million Dollar Arm for it's offensive human shopping, portrayal of Indians as goofy backwards outsiders who don't understand light switches, and that horrible loving "I think of it as in-country outsourcing" line.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:52
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Samuel Clemens posted:As always, the meal category will have the strongest competition. Boxtrolls unfortunately fits. It's a weird film because it has a very positive message, but only as it applies to the good guys. It pretty much contradicts all of it's positive messages in how it deals with and portrays the main villain. It's honestly extremely weird. Also, while I really liked the movie, an argument can be made for Gone Girl. It would be kind of cool to have a movie nominated for best movie and most reprehensible actually.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:54
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So what are some good movies that qualify for the Armond White Award? Only one I've got is The Interview.
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Jan 15, 2015 19:59
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axleblaze posted:Also, while I really liked the movie, an argument can be made for Gone Girl. It would be kind of cool to have a movie nominated for best movie and most reprehensible actually. I believe Man of Steel had that distinction last year? I may be wrong. To be honest, that category used to be my favorite, it was my idea, but I like it less and less. It's definitely the most Razzie-ish of all the categories.
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Jan 15, 2015 20:03
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TrixRabbi posted:So what are some good movies that qualify for the Armond White Award? Only one I've got is The Interview. As Above So Below (27%) and Life After Beth (45%) are ones that immediately jump to mind for me. There's also Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (45%), which wasn't amazing but certainly better than that. Hilariously Lucy is literally a single percentage point too high to be nominated.
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Jan 15, 2015 20:04
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TrixRabbi posted:So what are some good movies that qualify for the Armond White Award? Only one I've got is The Interview. Need for Speed was a lot of fun, but it's only at 22% on the Tomato Meter.
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Jan 15, 2015 20:05
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Need For Speed does indeed own. It's only crime is needing an editor.
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Jan 15, 2015 20:08
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How about Dom Hemingway (59%)?
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Jan 15, 2015 20:11
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I didn't see Need for Speed but one of the FilmComment critics put it on their Top 10 and it made me smile. As Above, So Below is a good choice. Robocop and The Purge: Anarchy qualify as well.
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Jan 15, 2015 20:12
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TrixRabbi posted:Snowpiercer protein bars Top two picks for Food in my book.
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Jan 15, 2015 22:39
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Man, the moral repugnancy award is gonna be way easier to think up nominations for than last year. All of the dumb God movies, American Sniper, it's gonna be a fun one.
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Jan 15, 2015 22:44
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Samuel Clemens posted:Any suggestions for Moral High Horse Award? I've heard bad things about American Sniper, but we also shouldn't forget Kirk Cameron's Magnum Opus Saving Christmas. Either Kirk Cameron or God's Not Dead.
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Jan 15, 2015 23:06
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There's also an asylum movie called Alpha House that's quite reprehensible. The premise is that a crusty old dean makes a frat house co-ed so that the guys will sexually harass the girls and he can get them kicked out of the school. The guys do harass the girls, but the girls don't report he legit harassment. Instead, they make false accusations up. It's a truly baffling movie, and among the worst I've ever seen.
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Jan 15, 2015 23:32
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CopywrightMMXI posted:There's also an asylum movie called Alpha House that's quite reprehensible. The premise is that a crusty old dean makes a frat house co-ed so that the guys will sexually harass the girls and he can get them kicked out of the school. The guys do harass the girls, but the girls don't report he legit harassment. Instead, they make false accusations up. It's a truly baffling movie, and among the worst I've ever seen. File this under Movies I'll Never Watch.
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Jan 15, 2015 23:35
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CopywrightMMXI posted:There's also an asylum movie called Alpha House that's quite reprehensible. The premise is that a crusty old dean makes a frat house co-ed so that the guys will sexually harass the girls and he can get them kicked out of the school. The guys do harass the girls, but the girls don't report he legit harassment. Instead, they make false accusations up. It's a truly baffling movie, and among the worst I've ever seen. Well this sounds vile.
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Jan 15, 2015 23:38
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Well this sounds vile. Sounds about par for the Asylum.
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Jan 16, 2015 00:20
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Who do all y'all pick as MVP? Gyllenhaal? Lord & Miller? Tatum?
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Jan 16, 2015 22:13
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CopywrightMMXI posted:Who do all y'all pick as MVP? Gyllenhaal? Lord & Miller? Tatum? Tilda Swinton has to be in the running. Snowpiercer, Only Lovers Left Alive, Grand Budapest, all dope. Rose Byrne is in a bunch of stuff too, but the quality is a little lower (Neighbors, Annie, This is Where I Leave You)
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Jan 16, 2015 22:55
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Well, since no one else has done this yet, I might as well start this up: Best Picture Boyhood The Guest Venus In fur Dear White People Whiplash The Babadook Pride Snowpiercer Interstellar Guardians of the Galaxy Best Director Richard Linklater, Boyhood Roman Polanski, Venus in Fur John Michael McDonagh, Calvary Damien Chazelle, Whiplash Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman Mike Leigh, Mr Turner David Fincher, Gone Girl Best Actor in a Leading Role Dan Stevens, The Guest Brendan Gleeson, Calvary Bill Hader, The Skeleton Twins Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel Tom Hardy, Locke Mathieu Amalric, Venus in Fur Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler Steve Carell, Foxcatcher Timothy Spall, Mr Turner Tyler James Williams, Dear White People Best Actor in a Supporting Role JK Simmons, Whiplash Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy Edward Norton, Birdman Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher Ethan Hawke, Boyhood Dominic West, Pride Bill Nighy, Pride Luke Wilson, The Skeleton Twins Tyler Perry, Gone Girl Best Actress in a Leading Role Emmanuelle Seigner, Venus in Fur Essie Davis, The Babadook Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl Jenny Slate, Obvious Child Kristen Wiig: The Skeleton Twins Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin Catherine Keener, War Story Anna Kendrick, Happy Christmas Helen Memel, Wetlands Tessa Thompson, Dear White People Best Actress in a Supporting Role Patricia Arquette, Boyhood Rene Russo, Nightcrawler Imelda Staunton, Pride Jessica Gunning, Pride Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer Agata Kulesza, Ida Marion Bailey, Mr Turner Best Vocal or Motion Capture Performance Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy Richard Ayoade/Nick Frost, Boxtrolls Best Animation Boxtrolls How To Train your Dragon 2 The Lego Movie Best Film Editing Whiplash Boyhood Nightcrawler The Babadook The Den Oculus Interstellar Venus in Fur Edge of Tomorrow Gone Girl Best Makeup and Costuming Foxcatcher Guardians of the Galaxy Best Original Score Interstellar Gone Girl Foxcatcher The Echoplex Award for Art Design Mr Turner Boxtrolls The Babadook Snowpiercer The Lego Movie The Grand Budapest Hotel Interstellar What We Do in the Shadows Best Documentary I saw embarrassingly few docs this year... The Moral High Horse Award: Most Reprehensible Film Boxtrolls The Not-Crash for Socially Forward Filmmaking Calvary for being a film that takes a hard look at the real effect the sex scandals have had on the church Dear White People for looking at lesser problems that black people deal with as still real problems Nightcrawler for it's look at the evils of the media Pride for it's positive portrayal as Gay people as just being people that you just need to get to know and also for being pro-union. Obvious Child for being blunt and realistic about abortion as just a thing women do. Best Food/Meal Scene Nightcrawler: the date The Guest: bar scene Snowpiercer: protein bars/first sushi Whiplash: Awkward family dinner/cafe breakup Calvary: Why would you tell me that story? Boyhood: too many to list Dear White People: food hall debate Obvious Child: trying to break the news on a date Pride: going to gay bars with the ladies What We Do in the Shadows: you're eating worms The Armond White Award for best film under 60% on Rotten Tomatoes As Above So Below Life After Beth The Golden Winnebago: Best Trailer I'll fill this in later The Michael Bay Award for Best Noises or Lack Thereof (Sound Design) Under the Skin The Guest The Babadook Edge of Tomorrow Whiplash Best Ensemble Cast Calvary Dear White People Pride Happy Christmas Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel They Came Together Foxcatcher Boyhood Snowpiercer Best Action Choreography The Raid 2 Guardians of the Galaxy Captain America 2 Edge of Tomorrow The Guest X-Men: Days of Future Past Best Adapted Screenplay Venus in Fur Pride Gone Girl Edge of Tomorrow The Grand Budapest Hotel Foxcatcher Best Original Screenplay Boyhood The Babadook Calvary The Skeleton Twins Locke Obvious Child Best Visual Effects Guardians of the Galaxy How to Train Your Dragon 2 Boxtrolls Interstellar X-Men: Days of Future Past The Lego Movie Godzilla Best Cinematography Mr Turner Under the Skin Calvary Nightcrawler The Grand Budapest Hotel Ida Foxcatcher The Raid 2 Interstellar Gone Girl CineD MVP Lord & Miller (Lego Movie, 22 Jump St) Anna Kendrick (she was like in five movies this year) Best Musical Direction The Guest Pride Whiplash Gone Girl The Skeleton Twins Birdman Guardians of the Galaxy Okay, that should be enough to get this started.
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Jan 16, 2015 22:57
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axleblaze posted:CineD MVP To be fair though, like half of those things are waiting until 2015 to actually be seen (Cake, Voices, Last Five Years)
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Jan 16, 2015 23:12
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I like the Kendrick nom for MVP and I'll probably throw Gyllenhall in there too once I make my list just between Enemy and Nightcrawler.
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Jan 17, 2015 02:22
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I'd suggest a few different nominations myself, but really only for two categories. Best Ensemble Cast Guardians of the Galaxy. I really don't think it would've worked with a different combination of actors. Best Vocal or Motion Capture Performance Chris Pratt in The Lego Movie (I refuse to justify this.) Vin Diesel in Guardians of the Galaxy. I'm sorry, but a great deal of why Groot was one of the breakout characters of last year was Vin's performance, even if that performance consisted of 3 words, repeated in a variety of fashions (and one different one that's drat near heartbreaking).
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Jan 17, 2015 02:37
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Obvious choice for the Not-Crash Award is Citizenfour for bringing real issues that really are affecting us and are loving terrifying to light. Also Best Picture, and Best Director for Laura Poitras. Best Documentary is a no-brainer, sorry Life Itself and Jodorowsky's Dune.
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Jan 17, 2015 06:32
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Does The Unknown Known count for this year? That's the only documentary I watched.
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Jan 17, 2015 06:33
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Does The Unknown Known count for this year? That's the only documentary I watched. It didn't get a non-festival release until April of 2014, so I would argue yes.
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I'll make some effort posts later for the ones that are gonna go mostly underappreciated, but for now I'm just gonna remind everyone that Whiplash, Nightcrawler and Under The Skin are all great and should be nominated for lots of stuff. The ones I'll be arguing for later will be Godzilla and Lucy and it is my goal for both of them to be nominated for best picture. Apples McGrind fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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