Our Top 10's of 2002 -- Time To Throw Down / The HTF 2002 Film Awards (See Post #1) (1 Viewer)

[Bill Harris]

My apologies to Dana for my wacky list
The damn thing just got way out of hand , and i kind of lost intrest in updating it. I guess seeing every crappy movie in the year does that to you

 

[Dana Fillhart]

Hi Bill!
S'okay, I'm sorry too for using you as a lesson object
I'm still boggled over how you manage to see over 300 films in a year -- I struggle to find time for 50 of them (and this year the sucky thing is, I've only managed just ONE film for 2003). Do you catch most of your films at festivals, or watch a lot of them for the first time on DVD?
Just curious

 

[Bill Harris]

Dana
I was unemployed for 9 months of last year , so i had way too much time to be at Film Festivals , Video Stores on Tuesday and theatres on Saturday .

 

[MichaelPe]

I was unemployed for 9 months of last year , so i had way too much time to be at Film Festivals , Video Stores on Tuesday and theatres on Saturday.

Hehe... yeah, those film festivals are fun aren't they? Although I didn't see as many films as Bill, I'd say that 20-25% of the films that I saw in 2002 were seen during two 10-day festivals. Man, if only I could attend Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, etc...
On a side note, it seems that I'm like the only member here who didn't love "Spirited Away". I did enjoy it (although, not as much as "Princess Mononoke") and I thought the animation was incredible, but I feel that I just didn't get as much out of it as everyone here. When I saw it, the theater was full of noisy little kids and babies crying, so maybe I should give it another chance when it comes out on DVD and watch it comfortably at home.

 

[Lowell_B]

Added these four very good movies to my Honorable Mentions section: About a Boy, Chicago, The Pianist, and Talk to Her (Hable con Ella).

I switched the 4th and 5th places between 25th Hour(4th) and Harry Potter(now 5th). I also removed Signs from the list which moves GoNY, CMiYC, and Y Tu Mama Tambien up a spot. Adaptation moves back in to the #10 spot on my list.

Lowell

 

[Seth Paxton]

I put Talk to Her in my top 10 and moved Spider-Man out, plus some slight adjusting.

 

[Matt Stone]

Added Talk to Her and The Quiet American to my top ten. I need to change my pic...

 

[Brook K]

No changes in my lists, up to 50 seen and 22 of the top 30.

 

[Holadem]

Better Late than never...

1 - TTT
2 - 25th Hour
3 - Y Tu Mama Tambien
4 - The Pianist
5 - The Hours
6 - The Quiet American
7 - Unfaithful
8 - Signs
9 - 13 Conversations about one thing
10 - Frailty

--
Holadem

 

[RafaelB]

Joining the "Better late than never" crewe:
Best of:
1- Chicago
2- Spirited Away
3- LOTR: The Two Towers
4- Far From Heaven
5- Catch Me If You Can
6- About Schmidt
7- Road to Perdition
8- Ice Age
9- The Hours
10- About A Boy
The Worst:
5- xXx
4- The Rules of Attraction
3- Signs
2- Scooby Doo
1- Scooby Doo (so bad, it's gotta be on here twice)
Rafael

 

[Dennis Pagoulatos]

1. The Pianist
2. Spirited Away
3. Talk to Her
4. Far from Heaven
5. Adaptation
6. Solaris
7. Minority Report
8. Gangs of New York
9. About Schmidt
10. The Two Towers
Honorable Mentions:
Road to Perdition
Punch Drunk Love
Rabbit Proof Fence
Insomnia
Frailty
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The Hours
One Hour Photo
Bowling for Columbine
SW:AOTC
Catch Me If You Can
Metropolis (anime)
Worst you say? Okay:
Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever
XXX
-Dennis
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And the Oscar goes to...
Best Director
Roman Polanksi
Martin Scorcese
Hayao Miyazaki
Pedro Almodovar
Peter Jackson
Best Actor
Adrien Brody
Daniel Day Lewis
Jack Nicholson
Nicholas Cage
Adam Sandler
Best Actress
Julianne Moore
Diane Lane
Nicole Kidman
Emily Watson
Renee Zelwegger
Best Supporting Actress
Meryl Streep
Kathy Bates
Julianne Moore
Miranda Otto
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Best Supporting Actor
Dennis Quaid
Paul Newman
Robin Williams
Christopher Walken
Ed Harris
Best Breakthrough Performance
Dennis Quaid
Salma Hayek
Adrien Brody
Best Animated Feature
Spirited Away
Metropolis
Lilo & Stitch
Best Art Direction
Gangs of New York
The Two Towers
Chicago
Road to Perdition
Hero
Best Costume Design
Gangs of New York
Chicago
The Two Towers
SW: AOTC
The Pianist
Best Cinematography
Gangs of New York
Road to Perdition
The Pianist
Solaris
Chicago
Best Film Editing
Gangs of New YOrk
Chicago
The Pianist
Road to Perdition
The Two Towers
Best Makeup
The Two Towers
The Time Machine
Best Music (Score)
Catch Me If You Can
Road to Perdition
Spirited Away
Solaris
Far From Heaven
Best Original Screenplay
Talk to Her
About Schmidt
Far From Heaven
Gangs of New York
Punch Drunk Love
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Pianist
Adaptation
Chicago
The Hours
Solaris
Best Sound
SW: AOTC
The Two Towers
Minority Report
Gangs of New York
Road to Perdition
Best Sound Effects Editing
SW: AOTC
Minority Report
The Two Towers
Best Visual Effects
SW: AOTC
The Two Towers
Minority Report
Dat's it!

 

[Elizabeth S]

On a side note, it seems that I'm like the only member here who didn't love "Spirited Away". I did enjoy it (although, not as much as "Princess Mononoke") and I thought the animation was incredible, but I feel that I just didn't get as much out of it as everyone here.

Not the only one. However, I made the horrid mistake of going to the dubbed version, rather than the subtitled version. I thought the entire town had the subtitled one.

 

[Dennis Pagoulatos]

I finally got a chance to see the subbed version of Spirited Away...and it was "better" than the dubbed version...but the dubbed version is not terrible by any stretch; I can't see kids wanting to sit through anything subtitled, no matter how captivating the images on screen...I'm glad they did a decent dub with quality actors, now if only they'd released it in more than, oh I don't know, 5 theaters!!!
-Dennis

 

[MichaelPe]

I finally got a chance to see the subbed version of Spirited Away...and it was "better" than the dubbed version...

Well, I had no choice in the matter... the only version being shown here was dubbed. (In fact, I had seen "Princess Mononoke" dubbed in theaters as well.) In addition to the dubbed soundtrack, the poor viewing environment definitely affected my enjoyment of the film. (I had to change seats on more than one occasion because of annoyances in the theater.) Now I'm really looking forward to seeing the orginal version when it hits DVD.

 

[Brian Ruth]

Its a bit late, but here's my top 10:
1. The Hours
2. Chicago
3. Minority Report
4. LOTR: The Two Towers
5. Adaptation
6. Y Tu Mama Tambien
7. The Bourne Identity
8. Ice Age
9. Gangs Of New York
10. Signs

 

[Dana Fillhart]

Time for an update...
The Top 30 of Our Top 10 of 2002
Contributing, Qualifying Members: [COLOR= gold]81[/COLOR]
[SIZE= 8pt]Includes all member updates through [COLOR= gold]26 Feb 2003 6 PM[/COLOR]#TitleTotal ScoreFractional Weighted TotalTop 10 List Appearances :
2002 Film List AppearancesWeighted AverageUnweighted Average01The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers39444.1955 : 647.164.8602Minority Report28834.7846 : 606.263.5603Punch-Drunk Love26532.1839 : 516.793.2704Adaptation.21327.5334 : 426.262.6305Gangs of New York204.525.1136 : 545.682.5206Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away)19624.1128 : 357.002.4207Chicago18822.7429 : 386.482.3208Bowling for Columbine16220.1124 : 386.752.0009The Pianist13717.2821 : 286.521.6910Road to Perdition12517.0424 : 465.211.5411Y Tu Mamá También (And Your Mother Too)11214.9520 : 415.601.3812Signs11213.4921 : 505.331.3813About Schmidt96.512.1019 : 385.081.1914Catch Me If You Can9213.6918 : 415.111.1415Far from Heaven8810.1815 : 325.871.0916The Hours8812.2116 : 275.501.091725th Hour8712.9917 : 295.121.0718Solaris8511.9415 : 325.671.0519Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones839.5414 : 475.931.0220Insomnia668.9013 : 445.080.8121Frailty659.5015 : 424.330.8022Hable con Ella (Talk to Her)6110.0111 : 175.550.7523Metropolis568.2609 : 266.220.6924Thirteen Conversations About One Thing427.4009 : 304.670.5225Changing Lanes375.6007 : 365.290.4626The Ring374.7108 : 354.630.4627About a Boy376.9211 : 333.360.4628Igby Goes Down344.4806 : 235.670.4229Panic Room343.8407 : 434.860.4230Spider-Man345.4610 : 463.400.42Columns:

1. Position
2. Film Title
3. Total Score: A summation of each film's position in each contributor's top 10, with points given as follows: 1st place = 10, 10th place = 1. 10th place ties get .5 points per tie, limit to 2. All ties above 10th place get full points in each position, so long as the total points for the contributor does not exceed 55 (10+9+...+1); if that happens, remainder of tie will be divided like they were 10th place.
4. Fractional Weighted Total: The total combined fractional weighted scores of each contributor's film. Fractional weighted scores are computed for each contributor by the position of the film against the total number of films seen -- i.e., if a contributor saw 50 films, 1st place is 50/50 (1.00), 10th place is 41/50 (0.82). This gives more weight to lists with higher film totals.
5. Top 10 List Appearances : 2002 Film List Appearances: Ratio of a film's appearance in this thread to how many appearances it makes in contributors' lists in the 2002 Film List thread. This gives better value to the Weighted Average (and Total Score) numbers.
6. Weighted Average: Total Score divided by Top 10 List Appearances. This is considered weighted because it only takes into account those contributors who have the film in the top 10.
7. Unweighted Average: Total Score divided by total number of Top 10 contributors (currently 81).

Contributing members (if your name is not on here, and you are sure your list is complete, email me. Grey numbers beside names denotes less than 35 -- if you have only those listed here in the Top 10 list, then you didn't post a list in the 2002 Film List):
(30/30 : 232[/SIZE]) Jason Whyte
(27/30 : 172) Stephen R
(30/30 : 302) Bill Harris
(15/30 : 058) Matthew Chmiel
(28/30 : 134) Kevin Leonard
(30/30 : 117) Edwin Pereyra
(19/30 : 051) Matt Stone
(23/30 : 081) John Thomas
(06/30 : 010) Justin_S
(14/30 : 037) Travis_S
(08/30 : 011) Adam_S
(08/30 : 010) Doug R
(18/30 : 077) Derik Miner
(25/30 : 075) Jehan
(24/30 : 048) Rob Willey
(13/30 : 133) JohnS
(04/30 : 010) Doug D
(30/30 : 277) Michael Perez
(26/30 : 254) Scott Weinberg
(07/30 : 010) Dean DeMass
(26/30 : 086) Craig S
(20/30 : 069) John Spencer
(28/30 : 104) Kristian
(26/30 : 111) Chris_Richard
(16/30 : 064) ChuckDeLa
(18/30 : 137) Ruth_F
(06/30 : 010) Joel Turpin
(04/30 : 010) L. Anton Dencklau
(08/30 : 010) Dustin Woods
(07/30 : 010) AaronJB
(21/30 : 092) Nick Sievers
(07/30 : 010) Steve Lockwood
(27/30 : 196) Jason Seaver
(00/30 : 010) Brian Lawrence
(26/30 : 075) NickNC
(09/30 : 010) Larry Sutliff
(15/30 : 043) Bill J
(04/30 : 010) Rob P S
(30/30 : 133) Kirk Tsai
(07/30 : 010) Dome Vongvises
(08/30 : 010) Kami
(23/30 : 056) Lowell_B
(05/30 : 010) Damin J Toell
(09/30 : 010) Paul Case
(15/30 : 054) Scott_MacD
(16/30 : 063) Joshua_Y
(25/30 : 064) Dana Fillhart
(04/30 : 010) Malcom R
(08/30 : 010) JonZ
(08/30 : 010) PatrickL
(27/30 : 216) Mark Pfeiffer
(13/30 : 057) Andrew Schwarz
(09/30 : 010) JonBoriss
(08/30 : 010) MikeRS
(09/30 : 010) Steven Lay
(09/30 : 010) Pat Ford
(09/30 : 010) Fred Bang
(13/30 : 034) Chuck Mayer
(04/30 : 010) Martin Fontaine
(10/30 : 010) Paul-Gunther
(10/30 : 010) Kevin Clemons
(06/30 : 010) Elizabeth S
(28/30 : 064) Arman
(03/30 : 010) JonathanG
(07/30 : 010) Marc_Savoie
(10/30 : 010) Barry Woodward
(09/30 : 010) LawrenceK
(08/30 : 010) Chris Harvey
(19/30 : 139) Mark Palermo
(08/30 : 010) Michael Costa
(05/30 : 010) steve jaros
(28/30 : 095) Seth Paxton
(26/30 : 100) Eric Howell
(06/30 : 011) Quentin
(22/30 : 050) Brook K
(07/30 : 010) Vickie_M
(08/30 : 010) Winston Smith
(08/30 : 010) Holadem
(09/30 : 010) RafaelB
(10/30 : 010) Dennis Pagoulatos
(08/30 : 010) Brian Ruth
Non-qualifying members:

• Declan, LennyP - List can only contain 2002 FILMS (there were a few other people with one or two platform-pushover titles, which I've let go for the time being)
• Angelo.M - Must have 10 titles in the list, and at least 35 seen from 2002
• Luc D - You'll need an order to your list)

Notes:

• Welcome Holadem, RafaelB, Dennis Pagoulatos, and Brian Ruth!
• Some changes in the top 10: Adaptation. moves up a notch, as does Chicago and The Pianist.
• Far from Heaven jumps a few, as Star Wars finally slips from the middle of the second tier it has held for so long.
• There don't appear to be any new titles in the list.

 

[Malcolm R]

Time for an update...

Hmmm. Must be time for a change then.
Added Adaptation. to my Top 10, and raised my total film count.

 

[Marc_Savoie]

I switched up some of the order of my Top 10 just now, with Bowling for Columbine moving up ahead of Gangs of NY and Rules of Attraction...
Check my original post for the changes!

 

[Rich Malloy]

1. Far From Heaven
2. Adaptation
3. Y Tu Mama Tambien
4. The Two Towers
5. What Time Is It There?
6. Talk To Her
7. Signs
8. Gangs of New York
9. Monsoon Wedding
10. 8 Mile

I've never felt less capable of providing a year-end list than I do this year. It seems as though I've seen as many films as I ever do, but I feel like I've missed far too many to make this list in anyway representative. For example, I haven't seen "The Pianist", "The Hours" (did read the book!), "Chicago", "Russian Ark", "Corpus Callosum", "The Fast Runner", "Solaris (2002)", "Spirited Away", and probably 50 other, wholly worthy films. So, take this list with a very large rock of salt... and I hope I can revise it as I finally start to catch up!

 

[Brian Ruth]

Edited to include added categories:
Top 10 of 2002:
1. The Hours
2. Chicago
3. Minority Report
4. The Pianist
5. LOTR: The Two Towers
6. Adaptation
7. Y Tu Mama Tambien
8. The Bourne Identity
9. Ice Age
10. Gangs Of New York
Best Director
1. Peter Jackson, Lord Of The Rings
2. Roman Polanski, The Pianist
3. Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York
4. Stephen Daldrey, The Hours
5. Steven Speilberg, Minority Report
Best Actor
1. Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
2. Adrien Brody, The Pianist
3. Nicholas Cage, Adaptation
Best Actress
1. Nicole Kidman, The Hours
2. Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven*
3. Meryl Streep, The Hours
4. Diane Lane, Unfaithful*
Best Supporting Actor
1. John C. Reilly, for his multitude of roles
2. Ed Harris, The Hours
Best Supporting Actress
1. Julianne Moore, The Hours
2. Samantha Morton, Minority Report
Best Breakthrough Performance
1. Adrien Brody, The Pianist
2. Samantha Morton, Minority Report
Best Animated Feature
1. Ice Age
Best Cinematography
1. Minority Report
Best Foreign Language Film
1. Y Tu Mama Tambien (is this eligible?)
Best Music Score
1. Philip Glass, The Hours
Best Screenplay, Adapted
1. Adaptation, Charlie and Donald Kaufmann
Best Visual Effects
1. Minority Report
2. Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Unknowns:
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Editing
Best Makeup
Best Screenplay, Original
Best Song
Best Sound
Best Sound Effects Editing (3)