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6 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said:

 

You and Jake Gittes convinced me. We'll go with first public release, international or otherwise. But something to keep in mind: festival releases are not the official release, no matter what IMDB sometimes says. But hopefully this should clear up some confusion. 

I agree with this change for lists from years ago. Just to confirm, this means that Hope And Glory is now eligible?

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Just now, Tower said:

I agree with this change for lists from years ago. Just to confirm, this means that Hope And Glory is now eligible?

wouldn't it have always been eligible? it got nominated for the oscars for '87.

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Pitch Perfect

written by: Kay Cannon, based on the book by Mickey Rapkin
directed by: Jason Moore
starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson


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Number of first-place votes: 0

IMDB synopsis: Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.

This musical comedy was actually based on a non-fiction book. Rapkin, senior editor at GQ magazine, spent a season covering competitive collegiate a cappella. He followed the Tufts University Beelzebubs, the University of Oregon Divisi (the loose inspiration for the Bellas), and the University of Virginia Hullabahoos, who have a cameo in the film. Rapkin's book mainly covers the singing, groupies, partying and rivalries. Two members of the a cappella community, Deke Sharon, who founded the International Championship of College A Cappella, and Ed Boyer, both in Rapkin's book, were brought on board to arrange songs, produce vocals and act as on-site music directors, where they ran a month-long "a cappella boot camp".

Tomato meter: 80%, 6.4/10 average rating

Academy Awards: 0 wins, 0 nominations

Random critic comment: “An enjoyably snarky campus romp that's both wildly nerdy and somewhat sexy.” Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

Random RTM comment: “Best comedy of 2012!” —@Michael Gary Scott
 

 

 

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1 minute ago, Tele Came Back said:

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Pitch Perfect

written by: Kay Cannon, based on the book by Mickey Rapkin
directed by: Jason Moore
starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson


Pitch-Perfect-poster-pitch-perfect-31930



Number of first-place votes: 0

IMDB synopsis: Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.

This musical comedy was actually based on a non-fiction book. Rapkin, senior editor at GQ magazine, spent a season covering competitive collegiate a cappella. He followed the Tufts University Beelzebubs, the University of Oregon Divisi (the loose inspiration for the Bellas), and the University of Virginia Hullabahoos, who have a cameo in the film. Rapkin's book mainly covers the singing, groupies, partying and rivalries. Two members of the a cappella community, Deke Sharon, who founded the International Championship of College A Cappella, and Ed Boyer, both in Rapkin's book, were brought on board to arrange songs, produce vocals and act as on-site music directors, where they ran a month-long "a cappella boot camp".

Tomato meter: 80%, 6.4/10 average rating

Academy Awards: 0 wins, 0 nominations

Random critic comment: “An enjoyably snarky campus romp that's both wildly nerdy and somewhat sexy.” Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

Random RTM comment: “Best comedy of 2012!” —@Michael Gary Scott
 

 

 

 

I finally watched this for the list (didn't make it).  It was OK but I really could have done without the incessant projectile vomiting.

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8 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

wouldn't it have always been eligible? it got nominated for the oscars for '87.

I suppose, but I checked IMDB and it didn't list a US release until 1988 so I held off from seeing it.

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Just now, Tower said:

I suppose, I just checked IMDB and it didn't list a US release until 1988 so I held off from seeing it.

 

It had a strange release: 2 theaters on October 17, 1987 but only for two weeks. Then it was pulled and not released again until Feb 7, 1988. So it qualified for the Oscars (and our list) but in a weird way.

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8 hours ago, aabattery said:

 

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It's a good movie but not nearly as good as What We Do In the Shadows let alone Hunt For The Smurf People.  It just shows that he's getting better as a director.

 

 

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20 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said:

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Just now, TalismanRing said:

 

It's a good movie but nearly as good as What We Do In the Shadows let alone Hunt For The Smurf People.  It just shows that he's getting better as a director.,

 

So what you're saying is that Thor is gonna be the best?

 

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28 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said:

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Pitch Perfect

written by: Kay Cannon, based on the book by Mickey Rapkin
directed by: Jason Moore
starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson


Pitch-Perfect-poster-pitch-perfect-31930



Number of first-place votes: 0

IMDB synopsis: Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.

This musical comedy was actually based on a non-fiction book. Rapkin, senior editor at GQ magazine, spent a season covering competitive collegiate a cappella. He followed the Tufts University Beelzebubs, the University of Oregon Divisi (the loose inspiration for the Bellas), and the University of Virginia Hullabahoos, who have a cameo in the film. Rapkin's book mainly covers the singing, groupies, partying and rivalries. Two members of the a cappella community, Deke Sharon, who founded the International Championship of College A Cappella, and Ed Boyer, both in Rapkin's book, were brought on board to arrange songs, produce vocals and act as on-site music directors, where they ran a month-long "a cappella boot camp".

Tomato meter: 80%, 6.4/10 average rating

Academy Awards: 0 wins, 0 nominations

Random critic comment: “An enjoyably snarky campus romp that's both wildly nerdy and somewhat sexy.” Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter

Random RTM comment: “Best comedy of 2012!” —@Michael Gary Scott
 

 

 

you fucking people.

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7 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

It's a good movie but nearly as good as What We Do In the Shadows let alone Hunt For The Smurf People.  It just shows that he's getting better as a director.,

 

If those two are considered clearly his best...

 

Oh lordy lord! 

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The Master
written and directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams


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Number of first-place votes: 0

IMDB synopsis: A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.

Anderson began writing The Master as a collection of disparate scenes rather than one coherent outline. He combined unused scenes from early drafts of THERE WILL BE BLOOD, the life stories of John Steinbeck and L. Ron Hubbard, and stories Jason Robards had told him on the set of Magnolia about his drinking days in the navy during the war (including the draining of ethanol from a torpedo). Anderson conducted research about “Dianetics” and its early followers.

Although he always had Phoenix in mind for the main role of Freddie Quell, Anderson considered casting Jeremy Renner and James Franco before Phoenix was finally brought onto the project. The movie was shot in Northern California on 65mm film — the first fiction film to be shot on 65mm since Branagh’s HAMLET in 1996.

Tomato meter: 86%, 8.1/10 average rating
Academy Awards: 0 wins, 3 nominations

Random critic comment: “The Master is as confounding as it is magnificent.” —Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Random RTM comment: “Absolutely brilliant. The 70mm just popped and the acting was extraordinary.” —@RichWS

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