timdraft #4: Movie Category Draft (3 Viewers)

[krista4]

4.18 Say Anything- Romantic Gesture

When the ghetto blaster goes up and Peter Gabriel comes on, you know #### just got real.

It's always best for a judge to forget about criteria after you write it. Makes things more fun later on.

I can't wait to argue about the "no idea" category, too.

 

[AcerFC]

Can someone take a PM for Val's next pick?

sure

 

[BobbyLayne]

I know the first 3 posts need updating, but it won't be until this afternoon, sorry.

Even though it's more fun to bash your i-persona, it's awesome that you take the time to do it. Must be incredibly tedious as every pick goes in at least 3 different places.Trenendous effort and much appreciated.

 

[rikishiboy]

I wanna go to bed...can someone take a pm for my 4.25/5.1 picks?

 

[AcerFC]

I wanna go to bed...can someone take a pm for my 4.25/5.1 picks?

sure

 

[Nick Vermeil]

I wanna go to bed...can someone take a pm for my 4.25/5.1 picks?

Hit me

 

[KarmaPolice]

I wanna go to bed...can someone take a pm for my 4.25/5.1 picks?

I will be around all day

 

[KarmaPolice]

I take it this is the slow end of the draft order?

 

[AcerFC]

I take it this is the slow end of the draft order?

doug OTC til 12:24. He was PMed

 

[rikishiboy]

sent my picks to KP....g'nite everyone

and because I forget to say in my PM....thank-you KP.

 

[krista4]

I'm also around all day today if anyone needs to send picks.

 

[BobbyLayne]

expansion of third round pick for Layne-Norwood

There was something deeply disturbing about a 12 year old playing a prostitute that etched this role in our collective memory.

3.13 Portayals best performance by child actor - Jody Foster, Taxi Driver


Travis and Iris in the diner

Since Jodie Foster was only 12 during fi lming, her 20-year-old sister, Connie, doubled her in scenes with adult dialogue or sexually suggestive scenes. Foster had to have a four-hour interview with a psychiatrist to prove she was mentally capable of handling the part of Iris. “There was a welfare worker on the set with me every day, and she saw the daily rushes of all my scenes and made sure I wasn’t on set when Robert De Niro said a dirty word,” Foster said at the time. “Actually, I think the only thing that could have had a bad effect on me was the blood in the shooting scene. It was really neat, though. It was red, sugary stuff. And they used Styrofoam for bones.”

When you did Taxi Driver and were simultaneously making Disney films, were people trying to talk you out of playing Iris?
Well, I did Taxi Driver before I did Freaky Friday, but, yeah, there were lots of people that told my mother – cos I wasn’t that involved in my career at that point – “What are you doing? She shouldn’t do that movie.” But my mom is a big film fan and we were always seeing European movies, whether it was Jean-Luc Godard or Fellini. She was a big fan of Martin Scorsese and she wanted me to be in films where I was taken seriously and that were about important topics. That was a great choice on her part.

How did Scorsese and De Niro behave around you?
I remember them feeling like they had to have a conversation with me about what each scene was. In the scene where I basically pull down his zipper and give him a blow job, I remember the two of them were trying to talk about how they were going to discuss it with me, and then one of them started laughing. And the other one was like, [whispering] “Shut up, shut up!” And then he started giggling too, and then he would be admonishing himself. And the other one would start laughing again. I finally just walked up and said, “What, so you want me to unzip his pants? I mean… So what?” I think they quickly realised they didn’t have to make such a big deal out of it.

Did it have a big impact on your career?
That film really changed my career and it changed me. Up until then, people would only ask me to act natural. I thought that’s what actors did: read the lines and act natural. That just didn’t seem like a very intelligent job, you know? I felt like, “I’m not gonna do that when I get older cos it’s not very interesting.” And through De Niro working with me and trying to do improvs and have me understand the process of creating a character, it was like smelling salts. I woke up and was like, “Oh wow, this is way more satisfying than I thought!” It’s up to the actor to bring that stimulation to a part and I didn’t realise that before Taxi Driver.

Foster was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 49th Academy Awards in 1977.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Should be a 30 minute clock.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'm also around all day today if anyone needs to send picks.

For your category do you care if the other person: a) isn't in the scene for the gesture b) won't be told about the gesture c) is never able to receive the gesture - ie moved, dead, etc.. ?? Can PM examples if you like.

 

[jwb]

Morning everyone. A few days ago I complained about the multiple roles category, and I've wondered ever since what I was going to do about it. My plan was, honestly, to punt until one of the last rounds and then select something cheesy- since nearly everything is cheesy I had as good a chance as anyone else.

Then- around 3 pm yesterday it hit me that there was a pick I hadn't considered, from a film I hadn't thought about in several years, and rather than being cheesy, it was a serious, superb acting job. So I am grabbing it up while the grabbing's good:

Jeremy Irons in Dead Ringers- multiple performances

Don't know how many of you have seen this film- it was directed by David Cronenberg and came out in the late 80s. It was one of the creepiest films I think I have ever seen. Jeremy Irons stars as identical twin brothers who are gynecologists- the confident one, Elliot, seduces women and then hands them over to the weak one, Beverly, except that they don't tell the woman involved. Then Beverly starts to have strange visions of mutated women who will require scary looking gynecological instruments- and it gets weirder from there. What I remember is that it's an incredible acting job by Irons.

Here is a clip from early in the film:

Cleese is taking home the gold here - it just doesn't get better than going from "I fart in your general direction" to "LOOK AT THE BONES!!!!!"

 

[krista4]

I'm also around all day today if anyone needs to send picks.

For your category do you care if the other person: a) isn't in the scene for the gesture b) won't be told about the gesture c) is never able to receive the gesture - ie moved, dead, etc.. ?? Can PM examples if you like.

a) no impact; b) slight favorable impact; c) no impact

 

[BobbyLayne]

Should be a 30 minute clock.

We did 7 picks pre-draft.

Since the clock started we've had about 88 picks (minus a few skips).

Good chance we'll be near the end of Round 5 by midnight, a pace of almost 30 picks per day.

Most TimDrafts average 18-22 picks.



Or so I've heard...

But seriously, I do think 30 minutes is a bit much, you end up with a ton of skippers, chaos ensues, etc.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Should be a 30 minute clock.

But seriously, I do think 30 minutes is a bit much, you end up with a ton of skippers, chaos ensues, etc.

But I'm bored NOW. Ensuing chaos would be fun.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'm also around all day today if anyone needs to send picks.

For your category do you care if the other person: a) isn't in the scene for the gesture b) won't be told about the gesture c) is never able to receive the gesture - ie moved, dead, etc.. ?? Can PM examples if you like.

a) no impact; b) slight favorable impact; c) no impact

Bonus points for being in a movie known to be loved by you??

 

[krista4]

I'm also around all day today if anyone needs to send picks.

For your category do you care if the other person: a) isn't in the scene for the gesture b) won't be told about the gesture c) is never able to receive the gesture - ie moved, dead, etc.. ?? Can PM examples if you like.

a) no impact; b) slight favorable impact; c) no impact

Bonus points for being in a movie known to be loved by you??

Sure, unless you snipe my pick, in which case you score negative eleventy billion.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Are we on to the next drafter?

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'm also around all day today if anyone needs to send picks.

For your category do you care if the other person: a) isn't in the scene for the gesture b) won't be told about the gesture c) is never able to receive the gesture - ie moved, dead, etc.. ?? Can PM examples if you like.

a) no impact; b) slight favorable impact; c) no impact

Bonus points for being in a movie known to be loved by you??

Sure, unless you snipe my pick, in which case you score negative eleventy billion.

It's an unwritten rule that the judges have to punt and take the last, crappy pick isn't it?

 

[AcerFC]

Are we on to the next drafter?

Yes

 

[AcerFC]

I'm also around all day today if anyone needs to send picks.

For your category do you care if the other person: a) isn't in the scene for the gesture b) won't be told about the gesture c) is never able to receive the gesture - ie moved, dead, etc.. ?? Can PM examples if you like.

a) no impact; b) slight favorable impact; c) no impact

Bonus points for being in a movie known to be loved by you??

Sure, unless you snipe my pick, in which case you score negative eleventy billion.

It's an unwritten rule that the judges have to punt and take the last, crappy pick isn't it?

TU doesn't subscribe to that theory.

 

[AcerFC]

Neither does AA

 

[AcerFC]

There should be something offered to people who judge. So they can be helpful hen it comes to questions etc

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'm also around all day today if anyone needs to send picks.

For your category do you care if the other person: a) isn't in the scene for the gesture b) won't be told about the gesture c) is never able to receive the gesture - ie moved, dead, etc.. ?? Can PM examples if you like.

a) no impact; b) slight favorable impact; c) no impact

Bonus points for being in a movie known to be loved by you??

Sure, unless you snipe my pick, in which case you score negative eleventy billion.

It's an unwritten rule that the judges have to punt and take the last, crappy pick isn't it?

TU doesn't subscribe to that theory.

Very True.

 

[KarmaPolice]

There should be something offered to people who judge. So they can be helpful hen it comes to questions etc

Hey !!!

 

[BobbyLayne]

Should be a 30 minute clock.

But seriously, I do think 30 minutes is a bit much, you end up with a ton of skippers, chaos ensues, etc.

But I'm bored NOW. Ensuing chaos would be fun.

Very good point. JML has a chaos theory about TimDrafts (he encourages rancor), so you might be able to push this new rule through.

 

[timschochet]

There should be something offered to people who judge. So they can be helpful hen it comes to questions etc

The only thing that's offered is our ridicule and scorn.

 

[AcerFC]

There should be something offered to people who judge. So they can be helpful hen it comes to questions etc

Hey !!!

Most are. I have never had a problem. But not having to worry about taking a pick would lend to no conflicts

 

[AcerFC]

19. Aerial Assault skipped
20. Val Rannous Gone with the wind
21. Doug B skipped
22. Time Kibitzer OTC til 1:24 est
23. Andy Dufresne- On deck and chomping at the bit
24. Mister CIA- autoskip
25. rikishiboy- In the Hole and Sent to KP

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Was TK PM'd?

 

[AcerFC]

Was TK PM'd?

yes, when he was on deck

 

[BobbyLayne]

Seems like the momentum of Days 1 and 2 has been lost.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Who can I PM my pick to?

 

[Tiananmen Tank]

I know the first 3 posts need updating, but it won't be until this afternoon, sorry.

I'm not sure if this will be useful to anyone other than me, but I've been keeping a Google Doc with our draft selections in order. I made it public if anyone wants to use it during the periods Tim can't keep the front page up to date. You can access it here.

A few things might be ####ed up in terms of selection order, though.

 

[AcerFC]

Who can I PM my pick to?

ill take it

 

[AcerFC]

Andy, you still around. KP has rikishis two and then it is back to you

 

[AcerFC]

19. Aerial Assault skipped
20. Val Rannous Gone with the wind
21. Doug B skipped
22. Time Kibitzer Timed out
23. Andy Dufresne- OTC, give me a minute
24. Mister CIA- autoskip
25. rikishiboy- ON Deck, I have his picks

 

[AcerFC]

For Andy

4.23 - Eddie Murphy in Coming to America - multiple performances in a movie

Sexual Chocolate! -



Don't hate me 'cuz I'm beautiful.

 

[AcerFC]

For Rikishi

4.25 Hellboy - Superhero


5.1 Daniel Hillard - movie parent

 

[AcerFC]

Round 5
1. rikishiboy- Daniel Hillard
2. Mister CIA- autoskip
3. Andy Dufresne- OTC til 2:26, left without sending another pick
4. Time Kibitzer- skip
5. Doug B- skip
6. Val Rannous- I have it
7. Aerial Assault- skip
8. hooter311
9. higgins

10. Karma Police
11. timschochet
12. Tish155

 

[Tiananmen Tank]

For Andy

4.23 - Eddie Murphy in Coming to America - multiple performances in a movie

Sexual Chocolate! -

This was one I considered as a later round pick, figuring it would drop pretty far. Guess not.

Hellboy hurts. That was what I was leaning toward for superhero.

 

[AcerFC]

What do we do about Andy. He left and didnt send another pick. I have Vals. I am leaving in 20 minutes

 

[Usual21]

For Andy

4.23 - Eddie Murphy in Coming to America - multiple performances in a movie

Sexual Chocolate! -

"Hi...I'm Acer...and I snipe Usual in every freaking draft..."

MY BAD! I see it was for Andy...But you'll snipe me before it's through, lol.

 

[AcerFC]

For Andy

4.23 - Eddie Murphy in Coming to America - multiple performances in a movie

Sexual Chocolate! -

This is Andy, not me

 

[AcerFC]

Hooter, I see you down there. If we wait on Andy, can I send you Vals pick. He is right in front of you

 

[Time Kibitzer]

I apologize for slowing things down, combination of things being a bit busy and not thinking I'd be up so early. So do I owe 2 picks now?

 

[AcerFC]

I apologize for slowing things down, combination of things being a bit busy and not thinking I'd be up so early. So do I owe 2 picks now?

just one. Andy is OTC til 2:26