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05-23-2006, 07:04 PM
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Re: The Best Film of 2005 Tournament
3-Iron
In Her Shoes - didn't like Melinda at all, In Her Shoes is very underrated
High Tension - Saw 2 was unnecessary. The ending of Tension made no sense, but I enjoyed it up to that point
abstain - I have Lord of War right here in front of me...I'll be back later. Except for the special effects, I didn't think too much of WotW and I really hated the lame-o Spielberg ending
My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pulse (2006,Jim Sonzero) 2/5, In the Realm of the Senses (1976,Nagisa Oshima) 4/5, Sing a Song of Sex (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 2/5, The Passionate Friends (1949,David Lean) 3/5, Band of Ninja (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 1/5, Saw V (2008,David Hackl) 3/5, Quantum of Solace (2008,Marc Forster) 2/5, Role Models (2008,David Wain) 3/5, Dorm (2006,Songyos Sugmakanan) 3/5, Candy (2006,Neil Armfield) 3/5, Shutter (2004,Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom) 1/5, Skinwalkers (2006,Jim Isaac) 2/5, Out of Season (1998,Jeanette L. Buck) 2/5, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983,Nagisa Oshima) 5/5, The Catch (1961,Nagisa Oshima) 3/5
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05-23-2006, 10:29 PM
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Re: The Best Film of 2005 Tournament
Lord of War
My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pulse (2006,Jim Sonzero) 2/5, In the Realm of the Senses (1976,Nagisa Oshima) 4/5, Sing a Song of Sex (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 2/5, The Passionate Friends (1949,David Lean) 3/5, Band of Ninja (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 1/5, Saw V (2008,David Hackl) 3/5, Quantum of Solace (2008,Marc Forster) 2/5, Role Models (2008,David Wain) 3/5, Dorm (2006,Songyos Sugmakanan) 3/5, Candy (2006,Neil Armfield) 3/5, Shutter (2004,Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom) 1/5, Skinwalkers (2006,Jim Isaac) 2/5, Out of Season (1998,Jeanette L. Buck) 2/5, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983,Nagisa Oshima) 5/5, The Catch (1961,Nagisa Oshima) 3/5
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05-23-2006, 11:14 PM
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Adam_S
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Re: The Best Film of 2005 Tournament
tri-abstain
In Her Shoes
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05-24-2006, 02:19 PM
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Re: The Best Film of 2005 Tournament
Advancing:
3-Iron over 5x2 - 2-1 (Would have been my vote as well. I've enjoyed the other Ozon films I've seen but I didn't think 5x2 worked very well)
In Her Shoes over Melinda & Melinda - 3-0 (My vote as well. I liked the comic half of Melinda with Will Ferrell channeling Woody. The dramatic half OTOH is one of Allen's poorest efforts.)
High Tension over Saw 2 - 4-0 (Agree again)
Tiebreaker time....
Lord of War over War of the Worlds - 3-2 (Tough as both had strong sections alongside flat out poor material that turned them from very good films to just ok films that I don't have much desire revisit. WoW had higher highs which made for a greater disappointment by the end.)
Syriana
vs.
Transporter 2
Kingdom of Heaven
vs.
The New World
Three Extremes
vs.
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Millions
vs.
Everything is Illuminated
Can someone explain posting images to me. This is driving me nuts!
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2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
Get Smart - C- / Rendition - B-
Springtime in a Small Town - B+ / Evan Almighty - C
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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05-24-2006, 03:47 PM
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Re: The Best Film of 2005 Tournament
Abstain - Transporter 2 is not my cup of tea, but I loved Syriana.
The New World - I have yet to watch my Kingdom of Heaven DC though, so this is in reference to the theatrical edit.
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist - the third story in Three Extremes brought it down slightly for me. The full length Dumplings is fantastic.
Abstain - no Millions.
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05-24-2006, 06:19 PM
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Elizabeth S
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Re: The Best Film of 2005 Tournament
Brook, copy and paste the URL address of the image between the codes below as such. (To get the URL address, right click on the image, and click "properties".)
[img]address[/img]
abstain all around. 
Have seen only 3 of those, and they are not pitted against each other.
Last edited by Elizabeth S : 05-24-2006 at 06:24 PM.
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05-24-2006, 06:39 PM
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Re: The Best Film of 2005 Tournament
Transporter 2 - Syriana was ok, but trying too hard to be 'meaningful' in an Oscar sort-of-way. Transporter was fluff but entertaining.
The New World - Kingdom bored me to tears, New World was great, but not Malick's best
Three Extremes
abstain - no Everything is Illuminated just yet
Brook, if Elizabeth's explaination doesn't do it for you, let me know
My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pulse (2006,Jim Sonzero) 2/5, In the Realm of the Senses (1976,Nagisa Oshima) 4/5, Sing a Song of Sex (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 2/5, The Passionate Friends (1949,David Lean) 3/5, Band of Ninja (1967,Nagisa Oshima) 1/5, Saw V (2008,David Hackl) 3/5, Quantum of Solace (2008,Marc Forster) 2/5, Role Models (2008,David Wain) 3/5, Dorm (2006,Songyos Sugmakanan) 3/5, Candy (2006,Neil Armfield) 3/5, Shutter (2004,Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom) 1/5, Skinwalkers (2006,Jim Isaac) 2/5, Out of Season (1998,Jeanette L. Buck) 2/5, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983,Nagisa Oshima) 5/5, The Catch (1961,Nagisa Oshima) 3/5
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05-24-2006, 08:21 PM
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Adam_S
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Re: The Best Film of 2005 Tournament
tri-abstain
Millions (ouch)
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