Vic Sage

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Elster88 wrote: One of the secretly exciting things about this forum is opening a movie forum post from Vic Sage. just for that, i'll start working on a Eastwood filmography.

surprisingly moving despite being formulaic. Of course, he created the formula.

i had to autodraft the last 7 rounds and got totally screwed over by that freakin machine. MIKE JACOBS! JEFF WEAVER! for feck's sake! Lunchpail, i wish i shared your confidence in my draft.

also, whats this about a $1000 waiver budget? How does that work?

i'm going to have to check out before 9pm, so i hope it goes quickly. But i have a question: if i have to go to auto=draft at some point, will it know to only pick NLers? Or will i be completely screwed?

okay, this is my last revision: 30) Wright 29) Santana 28) Beltran 27) Castillo 26) Feliciano 25) Pagan 24) Murphy 23) F-Rod 22) Francouer 21) Tatis 20) Pelfrey 19) Sheffield 18) Santos 17) Delgado 16) Maine 15) L.Hernandez 14) Stokes 13) Figueroa 12) Church 11) Reyes 10) Green 09) Parnell 08) Misch 07) Nieve 06) Redding 05) Takahashi 04) Sullivan 03) Thole 02) Niese 01) Schneider

well, he didnt get old, but he did get older, and his heart did die well before it attacked him. Just look at the movies he made as he aged... you don't take a pseudonym of Edmund Dantes because you're proud of your work. viewtopic.php?f=11&t=12236&start=0

me neither. how about wed nite, 3/24 (any time after 7pm)?

Hail to the chief, baby... I'm in.

wild horses could not drag me into a theater showing this movie.

43 features got Oscar nominations today. I've seen about 6 of them. Nominations by Picture: Best Picture - Avatar (9) -Best picture -Directing -Film editing -Original score -Sound editing -Sound mixing -Visual effects -Art direction -Cinematography The Hurt Locker(9) - Best picture - Directing - Original screenplay - Best Actor (Jeremy Renner) - Cinematography - Film editing - Original score - Sound editing - Sound mixing Inglourious Basterds(8) - Best picture - Original screenplay - Directing - Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz) - Film editing - Cinematography - Sound editing - Sound mixing Up in the Air (6) - Best picture - Directing - Adapted screenplay - Best Actor (George Clooney) - Best Supporting Actress (Vera Farmiga) - Best Supporting Actress (Anna Kendrick) Precious(6) - Best picture - Adapted screenplay - Directing - Best Actress (Gabourey Sidibe) - Best Supporting Actress (Mo�Nique) - Film editing Up (5) - Best picture - Best animated feature film - Original screenplay - Original score - Sound editing District 9(4) - Best picture - Adapted screenplay - Film editing - Visual effects An Education (3) - Best picture - Adapted screenplay - Best Actress (Carey Mulligan) A Serious Man(2) - Best picture - Original screenplay The Blind Side(2) - Best picture - Best Actress (Sandra Bullock) Best Animated Feature - Up (5) - Best picture - Best animated feature film - Original screenplay - Original score - Sound editing The Princess and the Frog(3) - Best animated feature film - Original song, �Almost There� - Original song, �Down in New Orleans� Fantastic Mr. Fox(2) - Best animated feature film - Original score Coraline (1) -Best animated feature film The Secret of Kells (1) - Best animated feature film Best Foreign Film - The White Ribbon (2) - Best foreign language film (Germany) - Cinematography El Secreto de Sus Ojos(1) - Best foreign language film (Argentina) Ajami (1) - Best foreign language film (Israel) Un Proph�te (1) - Best foreign language film (France) The Milk of Sorrow(1) - Best foreign language film (Peru) Best Documentary Feature - Burma VJ(1) - Documentary feature The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers(1) -Documentary feature Which Way Home(1) - Documentary feature The Cove (1) - Documentary feature Food, Inc.,(1) - Documentary feature technical / Miscellaneous - Nine(4) - Best Supporting Actress (Pen�lope Cruz) - Art direction - Costume design - Original song, �Take It All� Star Trek (4) - Makeup - Sound editing - Sound mixing - Visual effects Crazy Heart(3) - Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) - Best Supporting Actress (Maggie Gyllenhaal) - Original song, �The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)� The Young Victoria(3) - Art direction - Costume design - Makeup The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus(2) - Art direction - Costume design Invictus(2) - Best Actor (Morgan Freeman) - Best Supporting Actor (Matt Damon) The Last Station(2) - Best Supporting actor (Christopher Plummer) - Best Actress (Helen Mirren) The Messenger (2) - Best Supporting Actor (Woody Harrelson) - Original screenplay Sherlock Holmes (2) - Art direction - Original score Bright Star(1) - Costume design Coco before Chanel(1) - Costume design Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(1) - Cinematography Il Divo(1) - Makeup In the Loop(1) - Adapted screenplay Julie & Julia(1) - Best Actress (Meryl Streep) The Lovely Bones(1) Best Supporting Actor (Stanley Tucci) Paris 36(1) - Original song, �Loin de Paname� A Single Man (1) - Best Actor (Colin Firth) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (1) - Sound mixing

netflix works pretty well for me. with a family of 4, we maintain 4 lists and so everybody always has a movie, or one on the way. Living in the suburbs, there are no video stores in walking distance, and the nearest blockbuster is about a 10min drive. But we use it for those rare moments when there is nothing in the house anybody wants to see, but we want to see SOMETHING. But Usually, in those situations, we just go out to the movie theater and see something NEW. Also, with netflix you can watch stuff online. I just plug my laptop into my bigscreen and I've watched many a tv show or shlock movie that way. Yesterday, my son and I watched a whole lot of SOUTH PARK, just cuz mommy was out and not there to object.

Producer's Guild awards given yesterday: Best Picture - THE HURT LOCKER Other Nominees for theatrical motion pictures: AVATAR DISTRICT 9 AN EDUCATION INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS INVICTUS PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE STAR TREK UP UP IN THE AIR Best animated feature - UP other nominees for animated feature: 9 CORALINE FANTASTIC MR. FOX THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Best documentary - The COVE Other nominees for Documentary feature: BURMA VJ SERGIO SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION

GG noms * = winners BEST DRAMA * Avatar The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Up In The Air BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL: (500) Days Of Summer * The Hangover It's Complicated Julie & Julia Nine BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox The Princess And The Frog * Up BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Baaria (Italy) Broken Embraces (Spain) The Maid (Chile) A Prophet (France) * The White Ribbon (Germany) BEST SCREENPLAY: District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds It's Complicated * Up In The Air

i'm revising my rankings, basing them more on WAR, plus subjective adjustments thereafter: 1. Wright 2. Santana 3. Beltran 4. Castillo 5. Pagan 6. Pelfrey 7. Feliciano 8. Tatis 9. Santos 10. Delgado 11. L.Hernandez 12. Murphy 13. Reyes 14. F-Rod 15. Parnell 16. Francouer 17. Church 18. Sheffield 19. Maine 20. Figueroa 21. Schneider 22. Redding 23. Green 24. Stokes 25. Misch 26. Niese 27. Thole 28. Cora 29. Sullivan 30. A.Hernandez

WGA nominations for best screenplay in 2009 (awards given on 2/20): original screenplay: 1) Avatar 2) 500 days of summer 3) The Hangover 4) The Hurt Locker 5) A Serious Man adapted screenplay: 1) Crazy Heart 2) Julie & Julia 3) Precious 4) Star Trek 5) Up in the Air

of the remaining list of films, here some others that have gotten some buzz: AWAY WE GO BROTHERS CRAZY HEART DISTRICT 9 (500) DAYS OF SUMMER HARRY POTTER AND THE HALFBLOOD PRINCE THE HURT LOCKER THE INTERNATIONAL INVICTUS IT'S COMPLICATED JULIE & JULIA ME AND ORSON WELLES THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS NINE NOTORIOUS OBSERVE AND REPORT PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE PUBLIC ENEMIES THE ROAD A SERIOUS MAN A SINGLE MAN SUGAR SUNSHINE CLEANING UP IN THE AIR WHIP IT THE YOUNG VICTORIA [u:2zbg4pxc]animation:[/u:2zbg4pxc] DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL (ani) FANTASTIC MR. FOX (ani) 9 (ani) PONYO (ani) THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (ani) [u:2zbg4pxc]documentaries:[/u:2zbg4pxc] ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (documentary) CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (doc) GOOD HAIR (doc) MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT (DOC) THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE (doc) TYSON (doc)

I haven't seen very much this year, but here's my top 10 of what little i've seen: AVATAR THE HANGOVER I LOVE YOU, MAN INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS MONSTERS VS ALIENS (ANI) STAR TREK UP (ani) WATCHMEN WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE XMEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE here's an overall ranking of all the films i've seen this year: AVATAR THE HANGOVER WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE * INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS STAR TREK UP (ani) WATCHMEN * I LOVE YOU, MAN MONSTERS VS ALIENS (ANI) XMEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE --------------------------- CORALINE (ani) TERMINATOR SALVATION ASTRO BOY (ani) CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (ani) * ALIENS IN THE ATTIC EVERYBODY'S FINE G-FORCE G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA IMAGINE THAT INKHEART THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN PAUL BLART MALL COP THE PINK PANTHER 2 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS ICE AGE DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (ani) PLANET 51 (ani)

Here is the list of Oscar-eligible films released in 2009. What are your top 10? [u:1agdyzro]features:[/u:1agdyzro] ADAM ADORATION ADVENTURELAND ADVENTURES OF POWER ALIENS IN THE ATTIC ALL ABOUT STEVE ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL AMELIA AMERICAN VIOLET AMREEKA ANGELS & DEMONS ARMORED AVATAR AWAY WE GO BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS A BEAUTIFUL LIFE BLACK DYNAMITE THE BLIND SIDE THE BLUE TOOTH VIRGIN THE BOONDOCK SAINTS II: ALL SAINTS DAY THE BOX BRIDE WARS BRONSON BROTHERS BRUNO THE BURNING PLAIN CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT COLD SOULS CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC COUPLES RETREAT THE COVE CRANK HIGH VOLTAGE CRAZY HEART CROSSING OVER THE DAMNED UNITED DANCE FLICK DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? DISTRICT 9 DON'T FADE AWAY DRAG ME TO HELL DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION DUPLICITY EASY VIRTUE EVERYBODY'S FINE EXTRACT FAME FAST & FURIOUS FIGHTING THE FINAL DESTINATION FIRED UP (500) DAYS OF SUMMER THE FOURTH KIND FRANKIE & ALICE FREE STYLE FRIDAY THE 13TH FUNNY PEOPLE G-FORCE G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA GAMER GENTLEMEN BRONCOS GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST GOODBYE SOLO THE GOODS: LIVE HARD * SELL HARD THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD THE HANGOVER HANNAH MONTANA THE MOVIE HARRY POTTER AND THE HALFBLOOD PRINCE THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU HOTEL FOR DOGS THE HURT LOCKER I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER I LOVE YOU, MAN THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS IMAGINE THAT IN THE LOOP THE INFORMANT! INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS INK INKHEART THE INTERNATIONAL THE INVENTION OF LYING INVICTUS IRENE IN TIME IT'S COMPLICATED JENNIFER'S BODY JULIE & JULIA KNOWING LAND OF THE LOST THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT LAW ABIDING CITIZEN THE LIGHTKEEPERS THE LIMITS OF CONTROL LOOKING FOR PALLADIN THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND LOVE HAPPENS THE LOVELY BONES LYMELIFE MANAGEMENT ME AND ORSON WELLES THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS THE MERRY GENTLEMAN THE MESSENGER MISS MARCH THE MISSING PERSON MOON MY BLOODY VALENTINE MY LIFE IN RUINS MY ONE AND ONLY MY SISTER'S KEEPER NEW IN TOWN NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN NINE NINJA ASSASSIN NOT EASILY BROKEN NOTORIOUS OBSERVE AND REPORT OBSESSED OCEAN OF PEARLS OLD DOGS ORPHAN OY VEY! MY SON IS GAY! THE PACK PANDORUM PAPER HEART PARANORMAL ACTIVITY PAUL BLART MALL COP A PERFECT GETAWAY PETER AND VANDY THE PINK PANTHER 2 PIRATE RADIO POST GRAD PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE THE PROPOSAL PUBLIC ENEMIES RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN THE ROAD SAW VI A SERIOUS MAN 17 AGAIN SHERLOCK HOLMES SHORTS SHRINK A SINGLE MAN THE SOLOIST STAR TREK STATE OF PLAY THE STEPFATHER STREETBALLERS SUGAR SUNSHINE CLEANING SURROGATES TAKEN THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 TAKING WOODSTOCK TERMINATOR SALVATION THAT EVENING SUN THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN TRUCKER 12 ROUNDS THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON TWO LOVERS 2012 TYLER PERRY'S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF TYLER PERRY'S MADEA GOES TO JAIL THE UGLY TRUTH THE UNBORN UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS THE UNINVITED (UNTITLED) UP IN THE AIR THE VICIOUS KIND WATCHMEN WHATEVER WORKS WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE WHIP IT WHITEOUT WORLD'S GREATEST DAD XMEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE YEAR ONE THE YOUNG VICTORIA ZOMBIELAND [u:1agdyzro]animation:[/u:1agdyzro] ASTRO BOY (ani) BATTLE FOR TERRA (ani) CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (ani) CORALINE (ani) DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL (ani) THE DOLPHIN STORY OF A DREAMER (ani) FANTASTIC MR. FOX (ani) ICE AGE DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (ani) MARY AND MAX (ani) THE MISSING LYNX (ANI) MONSTERS VS ALIENS (ANI) 9 (ani) PLANET 51 (ani) PONYO (ani) THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG (ani) THE SECRET OF KELLS (ani) TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE (ani) A TOWN CALLED PANIC (ani) UP (ani) [u:1agdyzro]foreign[/u:1agdyzro] ANTICHRIST (foreign) BLOOD THE LAST VAMPIRE (for) THE BOYS ARE BACK (for) BRIGHT STAR (for) BROKEN EMBRACES (for) BROTHERS AT WAR (d0c) CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA (for) CHERI (for) CHERRY BLOSSOMS (for) COCO BEFORE CHANEL (for) CREATION (for) DAYTIME DRINKING (for) DISGRACE (for) THE ECLIPSE (for) AN EDUCATION (for) EVA (for) FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING (for) THE HEADLESS WOMAN (for) HOME (for) IL DIVO (for) IRON CROSS (for) IS ANYBODY THERE? (for) JULIA (for) THE LAST STATION (for) LITTLE ASHES (for) THE LITTLE TRAITOR (for) LONDON RIVER (for) LORNA'S SILENCE (for) THE MAID (for) THE MISFORTUNATES (FOR) PARIS 36 (for) PUNCTURED HOPE: A STORY ABOUT TROKOSI AND YOUNG GIRLS'SLAVERY IN TODAY'S WEST AFRICA (for) RED CLIFF (for) RUDO Y CURSI (for) SERBIAN SCARS (for) SERBIS (for) SIMON & MALOU (for) SIN NOMBRE (for) SKIN (for) THE SONG OF SPARROWS (for) THE STONING OF SORAYA M. (for) STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUNLI (for) TETRO (for) THIRST (for) TOKYO SONATA (for) THE WEDDING SONG (for) THE WHITE RIBBON (for) A WOMAN IN BERLIN (for) [u:1agdyzro]documentaries:[/u:1agdyzro] ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (documentary) THE BOYS: THE SHERMAN BROTHERS' STORY (doc) BROTHERS AT WAR (d0c) BY THE PEOPLE: THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA (doc) CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (doc) CRUDE (doc) EVERY LITTLE STEP (doc) FACING ALI (doc) GOOD HAIR (doc) IT MIGHT GET LOUD (doc) JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE (doc) MARY PICKFORD: THE MUSE OF THE MOVIES (doc) MEMORYMAN (doc) MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT (DOC) MORE THAN A GAME (doc) THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE (doc) SOUL POWER (doc) TYSON (doc) VALENTINO THE LAST EMPEROR (doc) WALT & EL GRUPO (doc) X GAMES 3D: THE MOVIE (doc) YES MADAM, SIR (doc) YOUSSOU N'DOUR: I BRING WHAT I LOVE (doc)

ok, but why do you think "CGI movies" cannot have a good, well-written story? I submit, as Exhbit A, the LOTR trilogy.

Effects aside, there is sufficient meaning to make this more than mere spectacle. It has a moral worldview, whether one is sympathetic to it or not. It has an archtypal narrative which, while not groundbreaking, hits the right notes to work. Dismissing it out of hand is as silly as lauding it as a life-changing experience. It's simply an excellent SF epic, with great FX.

FARGO is from 1996, and RIPLEY is from `99.

As for ranking the LOTR films, its not necessary. They were shot together to tell a single story. I think its appropriate to treat them as a single work, despite the commercial necessity of splitting it up into 3 films.

don't hijack ths thread. I like the Bourne movies, for what they were... well directed action. They've picked up the 007 mantel and added moral ambiguity. Damon is very good in the series. As for the asswipe from the NEW YORKER, his list is consistent with the magazine. Pretentious bullshit. Its about the appearance of intellect, without having to condescend to the actual applicattion of intellect. Its a coffee table list.