Archive for December, 2009

Year End Lists: Part 1

Posted by David in Commentary, Misc on December 28th, 2009

We’re going to be delaying our Year-End list until January. I know, it loses a lot of the recap magic coming after New Year’s Day, but there’s a lot more movies to see in January that had limited release during ‘09, and we will be taking the opportunity to catch up on them in order to offer a more comprehensive list, including docs and indies.

However, Christmas bringing the last major releases of the year, here are a few lists to chew on in the meantime:

FIVE MOVIES I DIDN’T LIKE, BUT EVERYONE ELSE DID
(I can admit to being wrong, and will freely admit that these aren’t bad movies. That doesn’t make me like them.)

  • Up
  • Adventureland
  • Zombieland
  • Public Enemies
  • Duplicity

WORST FIVE MOVIES I SAW IN 2009
(These, however, are bad. I’m pretty good at not buying a ticket for REAL crap, so this category is “movies that had a chance of not being lousy, but were anyway”)

  • Knowing
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  • The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3
  • Year One
  • I Love You, Man

What do you think? What movies did you hold out hope for, only to have that hope squashed once you saw it? My year end top 10 will come once I’ve seen the indie screenings in January. I can guarantee it will include Star Trek, Red Cliff, and Inglorious Basterds!

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Best Editing and/or Best Picture

Posted by Kim in Awards, Misc, Post on December 5th, 2009

I compiled a list of every Best Editing Academy Award winner by year along side the Best Picture winners to see 1) Just a list of all the Best Editing winners all lined up, and 2) Which films won Best Editing and NOT Best Picture as well.  I plan to watch them all or at least start with those that won Best Editing and not Best Picture first.  I doubt I’ll go all the way down to the 1934 winner, but maybe just as far as the award seems currently relevant.  That’s probably somewhere around the early 60s with some exceptions lower.  Mary Poppins seems very modern to me.

So, in case anyone else is interested in a list laid out and easy to reference, here it is.  (There is also a column, if Best Picture and Best Editor winners don’t match, for whether the Best Picture winner was even nominated for Best Editing).

OscarEditWinners

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