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| whiskeypriest |
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Syd wrote: Whiskey may be waiting to get all the votes before he counts them. |
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I ask you, Velvel, as a rational man, which of us is possessed? |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:43 pm |
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'A Single Man' spoiler: "The fact that he dies within minutes of embracing life struck me as being too much too soon." An O.Henry ending! Life's little ironies.
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:30 pm |
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| Ghulam--This O. Henry thing doesn't work for the movie. We've been primed for psychological realism, not an ironic joke. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:49 pm |
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Billy,
Does psychological realism preclude life's little ironies? |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:01 pm |
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I was thinking about another film with a similar plot: Last Tango in Paris.
SPOILERS I GUESS:
When Marlon Brando's wife commits suicide he goes into a tail spin. He copes by having crazy sex with a stranger. When finally he decides he wants to live and love again........and asks the stranger her name.......she shoots him dead. |
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Lost in my own private I dunno. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:47 pm |
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But that's some kind of heteroerotic masterpiece. It's all relative, befade.
Tomorrow's THE DEADLINE, folks. Get yer votes in:
PM all votes for Best Performance - Male to me before 11:59pm Friday, EST
Thx! |
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It truly disappoints me when people do something for you via no prompt of your own and then use it as some kind of weapon against you at a later time and place. It is what it is. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:57 pm |
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It is indeed all so relative. And provisional. And...wait for it...
subjective.
Anyhoo, I'm sure we can agree on one thing: This year's Blanches are gonna be an excitable blast, woohoo, hoorah, hopla. |
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"And take extra care with strangers/Even flowers have their dangers/And though scary is exciting/Nice is different than good." --Stephen Sondheim |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:59 pm |
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whiskeypriest wrote: Or, until he gets back from Vegas, baby. |
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"And take extra care with strangers/Even flowers have their dangers/And though scary is exciting/Nice is different than good." --Stephen Sondheim |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:07 pm |
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| mirgun |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:45 pm |
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| I ditto what Wade said... I still don't have all the final votes on Best Supporting Actress...and Song. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:39 pm |
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Blanche Final Voting ~ February 15 through 11:59 p.m. February 19
Here are the top 5 (sometimes 3, sometimes 4, sometimes 6) nominees in each category. You will vote for 1 (one) (I) in each category. DO NOT post your final vote here. Send your final vote via PM or email to the tabulator for that category.
Tabulators, as always, thank you for your time and devotion to the Blanches!
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Best Supporting Actor - send your vote to Chillywilly
1. Woody Harrelson ~ The Messenger
2. Anthony Mackie ~ The Hurt Locker
3. Fred Melamed ~ A Serious Man
4. Alfred Molina ~ An Education
5. Christoph Waltz ~ Inglourious Basterds
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Best Supporting Actress - send your vote to Mirgun
1. Vera Farmiga ~ Up in the Air
2. Maggie Gyllenhaal ~ Crazy Heart
3. Julianne Moore ~ A Single Man
4. Mo'Nique ~ Precious
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Best Adapted Screenplay - send your vote to Whiskeypriest
1. District 9 ~ Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
2. An Education ~ Lynn Barber and Nick Hornby
3. A Single Man ~ Tom Ford, Christopher Isherwood and David Scearce
4. Sita Sings the Blues ~ Nina Paley and Valmiki
5. Up in the Air ~ Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner and Walter Kim
6. Where the Wild Things Are ~ Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers and Maurice Sendak
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Best Original Screenplay - send your vote to Whiskeypriest
1. (500) Days of Summer ~ Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
2. The Hurt Locker ~ Mark Boal
3. Inglourious Basterds ~ Quentin Tarantino
4. A Serious Man ~ Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
5. Up ~ Pete Docter, Bob Peterson and Thomas McCarthy
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Best Song - send your vote to Mirgun
1. "Here We Are" ~ Sita Sings the Blues
2. "I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling" ~ Sita Sings the Blues
3. "The Weary Kind" ~ Crazy Heart
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Best Score - send your vote to Inlareviewer
1. The Informant! ~ Marvin Hamlisch
2. Up ~ Michael Giacchino
3. Where the Wild Things Are ~ Carter Burwell and Karen O
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Best Editing - send your vote to Inlareviewer
1. Avatar ~ James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin
2. District 9 ~ Julian Clarke
3. The Hurt Locker ~ Chris Innis and Bob Murawski
4. Inglourious Basterds ~ Sally Menke
5. A Serious Man ~ Ethan and Joel Coen as Roderick Jaynes
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Best Cinematography - send your vote to Syd
1. Avatar ~ Mauro Fiore
2. The Hurt Locker ~ Barry Ackroyd
3. Inglourious Basterds ~ Robert Richardson
4. Public Enemies ~ Dante Spinotti
5. A Serious Man ~ Roger Deakins
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Best Documentary - send your vote to Ghulam
1. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
2. Capitalism, A Love Story
3. The Cove
4. Food, Inc.
5. Outrage
6. Tyson
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Best Foreign Film - send your vote to Befade
1. Broken Embraces
2. Sin Nombre
3. Thirst
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Best Actor - send your vote to Ehle
1. Jeff Bridges ~ Crazy Heart
2. George Clooney ~ Up In The Air
3. Colin Firth ~ A Single Man
4. Jeremy Renner ~ The Hurt Locker
5. Souléymane Sy Savané ~ Goodbye Solo
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Best Actress - send your vote to Marj
1. Sandra Bullock ~ The Blind Side
2. Melanie Laurent ~ Inglourious Basterds
3. Carey Mulligan ~ An Education
4. Gabourey Sidibe ~ Precious
5. Meryl Streep ~ Julie & Julia
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Best Director - send your vote to Marc
1. Kathryn Bigelow ~ The Hurt Locker
2. James Cameron ~ Avatar
3. Joel and Ethan Coen ~ A Serious Man
4. Tom Ford ~ A Single Man
5. Quentin Tarantino ~ Inglourious Basterds
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Best Picture - send your vote to Billyweeds
1. Avatar
2. District 9
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. A Serious Man
6. A Single Man
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| Melody |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:47 pm |
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Tabulators, I believe Kate is our only West Coast voter, and she's told you when she will be voting.
Other than that, after Friday night at 11:59 p.m. when you have your winner, please send the name of the winner -- even if there is a tie -- to Lshap via PM or email:
Lshap@videotron.ca
DO NOT announce the winner here. It should be a surprise to all of us, revealed only during the 11th Annual Blanche Awards, currently set for Saturday, March 6, time TBA (subject to change, of course).
Once again, thank you all for your inestimable tabulating skills and volunteering your time in the service of Blanche! |
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| Kate |
| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:13 pm |
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I am done. There are a few categories I did not vote on. I sent all by PM.
Ciao!
Kate |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:02 am |
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Quote: But that's some kind of heteroerotic masterpiece. It's all relative, befade
Colin Firth's character did have the opportunity to go on a sexual bender.....maybe he just took the introvert path.
Wade.......I don't have your vote on Foreign or Marc's.......only 5 votes came in......but I don't care I like the one that's winning now........ |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:54 am |
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Melody,
Thanks for a job done par excellence. |
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