OMG, the NBR is crazy!
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Quite the kickoff, this was.
posted by adam k. @ 6:13 PM
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- Name: adam k.
- Location: Miami, FL, United States
I am a currently an MFA student in University of Miami's film school, recently graduated from Brown. I'm an aspiring singer, actor, writer, and/or filmmaker... basically, I'll take what I can get. My first true love is performing, but the film critic in me just won't shut up, and I love writing and directing things, too. I think I wear too many hats (literally and figuratively). This blog is an outlet for my many wild passions, and a way to kill all my spare time. Also, I like to keep my sidebar REALLY full, so if you wanna see archives, just keep on scrolling down ; )
- Battlestar Galactica
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
(by Michael Chabon) - Revolutionary Road
(by Richard Yates) - His Dark Materials:
The Golden Compass
(by Philip Pullman) - Once soundtrack
- Release the Stars
(by Rufus Wainwright) - The Carpenters
- Jennifer Holliday
- The Reading Room
(my 2-minute film) - The Merchant of Venice
(as Gratiano) - Common Decency
(ensemble/chorus) - Dead White Males
(as Martin Judd) - Eternity Placement Opportunity (as Bill)
- Two Daughters
(as Dr. Trueblood) - Double Blind
(as Jack Pierson) - Sleeping with Friends
(as Jake) - Men at Work: a study
(as Hank) - Proof (by David Auburn)
- What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
by Zoe Heller - Zen in the Art of Archery
by Eugen Herrigel - Voyage to the Moon (1902)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
- Male and Female (1919)
- Within Our Gates (1920)
- The Blot (1921)
- The Sheik (1921)
- Nanook of the North (1922)
- Greed (1924)
- The Last Laugh (1924)
- Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- The Big Parade (1925)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- The General (1926)
- It (1927)
- The Jazz Singer (1927)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Un Chien Andalou (1929)
- Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
- Betty Boop and Popeye shorts (1930s)
- Morocco (1930)
- A Propos de Nice (1930)
- City Lights (1931)
- M (1931)
- Land without Bread (1932)
- Red Dust (1932)
- Scarface (1932)
- Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- 42nd Street (1933)
- I Was Born, But… (1933)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- The 39 Steps (1935)
- Composition in Blue (1935)
- Top Hat (1935)
- Triumph of the Will (1935)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- Grand Illusion (1937)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- The Rules of the Game (1939)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Dance Girl Dance (1941)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Casablanca (1942)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Maria Candelaria (1944)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1944)
- Detour (1945)
- Open City (1945)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- The Bicycle Thief (1948)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
- D. O. A. (1949)
- Late Spring (1949)
- In a Lonely Place (1950)
- Los Olvidados (1950)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Awaara (1951)
- The Hitchhiker (1951)
- Ikiru (1952)
- Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
- Ugetsu (1953)
- La Strada (1954)
- On the Waterfront (1954)
- Salt of the Earth (1954)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Voyage to Italy (1954)
- Night and Fog (1955)
- Rebel without a Cause (1955)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Mon Oncle (1957)
- What’s Opera, Doc? (1957)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- The 400 Blows (1959)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
- Black Orpheus (1959)
- Hiroshima, mon Amour (1959)
- Imitation of Life (1959)
- Pickpocket (1959)
- The World of Apu (1959)
- The Apartment (1960)
- L’Avventura (1960)
- Breathless (1960)
- Peeping Tom (1960)
- Primary (1960)
- Chronicle of a Summer (1961)
- Cleo from Five to Seven (1961)
- Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
- The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Window Water Baby Moving (1962)
- 8 ½ (1963)
- Contempt (1963)
- La Jetée (1963)
- Dr. Strangelove (1963)
- This Sporting Life (1963)
- Black God, White Devil (1964)
- The Battle of Algiers (1965)
- Shop on Main Street (1965)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
- Persona (1966)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- Don’t Look Back (1967)
- The Graduate (1967)
- Wavelength (1967)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Faces (1968)
- High School (1968)
- The Hour of Furnaces (1968)
- Memories of Underdevelopment (1968)
- Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
- Le Boucher (1969)
- Easy Rider (1969)
- Salesman (1969)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- M*A*S*H (1970)
- Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
- Shaft (1971)
- The Sorrow and the Pity (1971)
- Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Badlands (1973)
- State of Siege (1973)
- Ali, Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
- Chinatown (1974)
- The Conversation (1974)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- Xala (1975)
- Harlan County, USA (1976)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- All That Jazz (1979)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Asparagus (1979)
- El Norte (1983)
- Sans Soleil (1983)
- Yellow Earth (1984)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
- The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (1985)
- The Offical Story (1985)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- The Sacrifice (1986)
- She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
- Sherman’s March (1986)
- Street of Crocodiles (1986)
- Wings of Desire (1987)
- Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
- The Thin Blue Line (1988)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Roger & Me (1989)
- Close-Up (1990)
- To Sleep with Anger (1990)
- Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- Daughters of the Dust (1992)
- Hyenas (1992)
- Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
- The Player (1992)
- Tale of Winter (1992)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- Menace II Society (1993)
- The Piano (1993)
- Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers (1993)
- Red (1994)
- Strawberries and Chocolate (1994)
- Breaking the Waves (1996)
- Lone Star (1996)
- The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
- A Taste of Cherry (1997)
- Central Station (1998)
- Earth (1998)
- All About My Mother (1999)
- Devil in a Blue Dress (1999)
- Kikujiro (1999)
- Amores Perros (2000)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- City of God (2002)
- Hero (2002)
- Crazy Heart B-
- The Young Victoria B-/C+?
- The Messenger B
- A Serious Man B/B+?
- The Hurt Locker A/A- (2)
- Nine B/B+?
- The Maid B
- The Blind Side C
- The Road B-
- A Single Man B/B+
- Avatar A- (2)
- Antichrist C+
- Brothers C+
- Up in the Air A?
- Precious A-
- Fantastic Mr. Fox B+
- An Education B
- Where the Wild Things Are B
- Good Hair B
- Paranormal Activity C+
- The Informant! B-
- The Hangover D (ugh)
- Zombieland B
- Whip It B+
- Inglorious Basterds B+
- The New Twenty B
- Bright Star A-
- District 9 B
- Wolverine C
- Ponyo B
- (500) Days of Summer B+
- Julie & Julia B
- Away We Go B-
- Little Ashes D+
- Julia B+ (Tilda: A) (2)
- Drag Me to Hell B+
- Up B+
- Star Trek B+ (3)
- Sunshine Cleaning B-
- Coraline B+
- Wendy & Lucy B+
- The Class A-
- Doubt B
- Frost/Nixon B
- Milk A-
- The Wrestler B+
- Revolutionary Road B-
- The Reader B-
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button B
- Slumdog Millionaire B-
- Australia B
- Rachel Getting Married A-
- W. C+
- Speed Racer C
- Iron Man B
- The Dark Knight B
- Vicky Christina Barcelona B
- The Edge of Heaven B-
- Man on Wire B-
- Savage Grace B
- Mamma Mia! C+
- Sex and the City B
- WALL•E A- (2)
- The Edge of Love B+
- Smart People B-
netflix catch-up list
(stuff I missed in theaters)- La Vie En Rose (2007)
- A Mighty Heart (2007)
- Zodiac (2007)
- Breach (2007)
- Black Snake Moan (2007)
- The Lookout (2007)
- Paris, je t'aime (2007)
- Duck Season (2006)
- Running with Scissors (2006)
- Notes on a Scandal (2006)
- Bobby (2006)
- The Descent (2006)
- The Black Dahlia (2006)
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2006)
- Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
- Cars (2006)
- Flushed Away (2006)
- Over the Hedge (2006)
- Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
- Inside Man (2006)
- The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
- Thank You for Smoking (2006)
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
- Old Joy (2006)
- Renaissance (2006)
- Fast Food Nation (2006)
- Le Petit Lieutenant (2006)
- The Aura (2006)
- Family Law (2006)
- Caché (2005)
- The New World (2005)
- Brothers (2005)
- Kings and Queen (2005)
- Adam & Steve (2005)
- Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were Rabbit (2005)
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2004)
If you've never seen these, you've never really lived:
- Moulin Rouge! (2001)
these are required viewing:
- Carrie (1976) 4+
- Out of Africa (1985)
- M*A*S*H (1970) 2
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) 2
- The Iron Giant (1999) 2
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) 2
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Tootsie (1982) 10+
you really should see these:
- Children of Men 2
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Marie Antoinette
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
- No Country for Old Men (2007) ???
- Once (2007) 3
- Ratatouille (2007)
- Shortbus
- The Fountain 2
- The Host (2007) 1.8*
- Victor/Victoria (1982) 2
- Volver 2
*see here for detailshighly recommended:
- A Prairie Home Companion 2
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Atonement (2007)
- Away From Her (2007)
- Bug (2007)
- Death Becomes Her (1992) 2
- Dirty Pretty Things (2003)
- Half Nelson 2
- I'm Not There (2007)
- Killer of Sheep (2007)
- Little Miss Sunshine 4+
- Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
- Michael Clayton (2007)
- Pan's Labyrinth 2
- Superman Returns
- The Devil Wears Prada 4+
- The Lives of Others
- The Painted Veil
- United 93
moderately recommended:
- A Cry in the Dark (1988) 2
- Batman Returns (1992)
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2
- Casino Royale
- Grindhouse (2007)
- Juno (2007)
- Hairspray (2007)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Inland Empire
- Little Children
- Monster House
- The Bridges of Madison County
- The Departed
- The Illusionist
- The Prestige
- The Last King of Scotland 3
- The Queen
- Summer Storm (2004?)
- Wordplay
- Year of the Dog (2007)
tepidly recommended:
- Babel
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
- Beowulf (2007)
- Breaking and Entering
- Control (2007)
- Enchanted (2007)
- Friends with Money
- Happy Feet
- Knocked Up (2007)
- Scoop
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- Stardust (2007)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- The Namesake (2007)
- The Pursuit of Happyness 2
- The River Wild (1994)
- The Science of Sleep
- Third Monday in October (release date TBA)
- Venus
- Waitress (2007)
I have mixed feelings about:
- Across the Universe (2007)
- Dreamgirls 2
- The Golden Compass (2007)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- She-Devil (1989) 2
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Transamerica (2005)
I can take 'em or leave 'em:
- Avenue Montaigne (2007)
- Blood Diamond
- Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
- I Am Legend (2007)
- The Break-Up
I was mostly annoyed by:
- The Brave One (2007)
- The Last Kiss
- World Trade Center
- X-Men: The Last Stand
Don't bother with these:
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints 2
Avoid these like the plague:
Find the negatives of these atrocities and burn them:
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- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
- Silkwood (1983)
- Plenty (1985)
- Out of Africa (1985)
- A Cry in the Dark (1988)
- She-Devil (1989)
- Death Becomes Her (1992)
- The River Wild (1994)
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6 Comments:
"if I hear one more person call this film "The Blood Diamond" I will scream. I hate when people add random articles to titles."
I know, right? I wish more movie titles would drop the The. It's just... there.
Imagine Birth actually being called The Birth. Or something else like that.
Oh, and it has been a really good year for ensembles, hasn't it? I haven't even seen a lot of the big contenders yet and I'm having trouble keeping the category to only five nominees (for my own awards).
There's The Departed, A Prairie Home Companion, Jindabyne, The Devil Wears Prada, Little Miss Sunshine, Thank You for Smoking and my personal #1 atm... United 93.
Well some titles make sense with a "the". The Departed for example. It changes the meaning is the thing. The Departed becomes a noun with the "the," which is fine. It's more that actual official press releases and things seem to get titles wrong. Often. The least people can do is get the names of the films right.
Yeah, great years for ensembles. The United 93 cast will definitely be in my personal awards, if I do them, as will Little Miss Sunshine and probably The Departed. Prairie and Prada were both kind of uneven I think, despite their pedigree, so I don't think they'll make it this year.
I'd definitely nominate Prada because the fact that it's not such a serious film and it's not filled with the greatest of thespians outside of Meryl (ala The Departed) it just seems to impressive. And of course, not many others are gonna notice the "ensemble" nature of it because to most it's all about Meryl (and the costumes).
Prairie wouldn't make it for me purely because most of them aren't given that much to do other than merely be awesome and to sing a tune or two.
BTW, because Little Children didn't even make the Top 10 of NBR you're downgraded to "only sorta awesome". Sorry, if you're gonna pronounce yourself as being "officially awesome" if it won, you have to take the hit when it's not there at all.
:P
You should check out the Hot Blog, Kris and Dave Poland are having this ridiculous grudge match over who rules the oscar roost or something. It's sorta hilarious but also really stupid.
Yeah, Kris and Dave Poland are ridiculous. It's fun to go to their sites and siphon their insider info, though, all whilst not taking them very seriously.
And yeah, I worry for Little Children. If it keeps up this level of being totally ignored, even Kate and the script might have to pass on this year's oscars.
So I'll willingly take the hit and declare myself "not very awesome at all" for right now. But I am still a little bit awesome because I did get the Painted Veil win and several of my alternates won. So "not very/only mildly awesome."
But it's not like anyone else did any better. Did even Kris "God-Among-Prognosticators" Tapley predict Letters to take the NBR? Not so much. And his prediction didn't make the top ten either.
teehee, i know. He thinks he's so special.
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