4815162342 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Thanks. I can understand why some people would feel the ending is a tad tacked on though it's generally how the novel ended. I kept it in (and made it a bit more even-footed than in the novel) to sort of emphasize that even though the film generally has the America F-Yeah! patriotism, the end reinforces the fact that history is a very, very long chess match and a short-term trade-off in America's favor might not stay that way in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Top 25 forthcoming sometime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Top 25 to be announced in order of ascending running time: First batch coming tonight, or whenever that top 25 list gets finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Interesting. Now I feel obligated to do something unique with my list too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) Now for my Top 25. I would like to give this disclaimer first: I have changed my top 25 ranking method this year so the 25 films on this list may not match up with my rating as my ratings are less personally biased (Not that they aren’t ) than my top 25 which is personally biased to which movies I want to see succeed more or just personally like. And I would also like to mention that the films this year have been quite strong so I'm not completely happy with the list as I would've liked to have about 5-7 more films on the list. However after much consideration I've come probably as close to being happy with the list as I can. Lastly, I have changed the order of the announcement and will now announce from the longest running time down because funnily enough my number 1 film has the shortest running time on my top 25. First up, because they didn't have a running time and so were given a nominal running time of 999 minutes: 18. Nonexistence & This is a big one and a surprise given that no one else except for me seems to like it: 10. Killer Husband! Edited November 18, 2012 by riczhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 And I'll be back once an hour for the next while to reveal two films each time: And now with a running time of 180 minutes, and 167 minutes: 22. Paradise Lost & 12. Hindenburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Creator Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Everyone's copying my unothodox method of doing it that I did last year. Copycats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Everyone's copying my unothodox method of doing it that I did last year. Copycats.I actually wasn't thinking about that. I saw Alfred doing something new, and I felt obliged to do something new as well. I'm thinking next year I'll do it by MPAA rating, or Alphabetically by Director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Next up, both from the players who evidently enjoy writing films with long running times At 161 minutes: 5. Dawn of Oblivion & at 156 minutes: 14. Dragon Age: Onslaught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 It's funny how these two films ended up with the exact same runtime, and clocking both at 155 minutes each: 4. Empty Hearth & 2. Worlds Apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) I think I used Empty Hearth's Plot as my template for Worlds Apart. Probably why they clocked in at the same time. Not that the run-time doesn't work for both movies. Edited November 18, 2012 by riczhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 And for the final 2 of the night. Clocking in at 147 minutes: 21. Warcraft: The Cataclysm & Clocking in at 144 minutes: 3. The Shark Mutiny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Next up, both from the players who evidently enjoy writing films with long running times :The Rise and Fall of Julius Caesar may break the 3-hour mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I always write short movies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I always write short movies... Just checked: my longest movie is 127 min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 My main Oscar contender is 96min long. :lol:Maybe he had it that way for a reason... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Celia, A Slave is 117 mins lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 My main Oscar contender is 96min long. :lol:Maybe he had it that way for a reason... I did say I had to announce descending running time because otherwise my number one film would've been too early on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 My main Oscar contender is 96min long. :lol:Maybe he had it that way for a reason... Kinda weird since he gave The Shark Mutiny a higher grade than Belmond Lane (9.5 vs. 9.0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Kinda weird since he gave The Shark Mutiny a higher grade than Belmond Lane (9.5 vs. 9.0)I refer you to the disclaimer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
