timdraft #4: Movie Category Draft (1 Viewer)

[Aerial Assault]

[SIZE=medium]21. Dumbo (1941)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Dumbo drops some acid and is promptly subjected to an excellently scored gaggle of elephants, for the most part pink, prancing around and accomplishing nothing of note. I now understand that this category was conceived with the goal of causing the judge to go insane. It’s working. And how was this not taken for scene that scared you as a child? It scared me as an adult. Just now. Amusingly, Disney made this because it lost so much money on Fantasia, which was my pick in the scared-you-as-child category. Message? Probably none. Dumbo deserved better. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]20. An American Werewolf in London (1981)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] A squadron of mutant Nazis with faces like Keith Richards having a bad morning bursts in on a quiet suburban scene and massacres the family – but at least they’re polite enough to knock first. In addition, the sequence ends with a fakeout that is laugh-out-loud funny. Dream within a dream, suckas! No doubt this was also drafted for its potential move into the Nazis category, where it would likely more than have held its own against the likes of Downfall and Judgment at Nuremberg. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]19. The Shining (1980)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]Danny’s Big Wheel ride and his encounter with the Grady twins. Unfortunately, the chilling nature of that part is undercut substantially by Danny cornily conversing with his right index finger moments later. This is an instance where the film is pretty much a classic but the scene, taken apart from the mood of the film, really isn’t that tremendous. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]18. Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Bob Geldof gets comfortably numb and this nine-minute sequence is the result: he hallucinates himself, as we’ve all done at one time or another, as the leader of a fascist nation. (I'm sure many of us completed just such an unfortunate delusion this morning.) Great visuals as we all dope out (heh) that Pink really just wants the world to stop so he can get off. [/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=medium]17. Rushmore (1998)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Jason Schwartzman falls asleep in the chapel during an assembly and dreams of solving a complex geometry problem, after which he is mobbed by his classmates, none of whom ever have to open a math book again for the rest of their lives as a result of the dreamer’s heroism. Witty, and I can relate to the aversion to math. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]16. Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Not bad. Amanda Wyss, who bore more than a passing resemblance to Janet Leigh, buys the farm in an extravagant manner at the hands of Freddie K., who can’t just slice you open: he has to drag you across the ceiling as well. Showoff. Bonus points for the dewsh in his tighty-whiteys who gets satisfyingly clocked in the face. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]15. Jacob's Ladder (1990)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] From a wide panoply of choices from this flick, the drafter chose the party scene hallucination. This is a terrific film, but standing alone, this sequence really isn’t anything more than a couple of cheap visual shocks. However, I can’t downgrade it too far because of the really good acting by Tim Robbins. Plus, who hasn’t had a few visions like this at some club where the relentless music is too loud? [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]14. Metropolis (1927)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] MOLOCH!!!!!! Freder hallucinates one of Metropolis’ machines as a soulless devourer into the maw of which enslaved people are fed, after which, interestingly, lockstepping workers march right in. All this over a busy score of brass and strings. Suggestion for immediate new timthread: was Metropolis the ultimate artistic achievement of the Weimar Republic??? And did it inspire the Chrysler Building? Discuss. [/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=medium]13. Papillon (1973) [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] The last film taken in the category makes for a nice value pick here, as Steve McQueen, serving a life sentence in a French prison for a crime he didn’t commit, and also oddly playing a Frenchman in English (although it works), envisions his freedom first as a parade, then as an extremely spooky version of death. Très sombre and it works nicely even if you’ve never seen the film. Do I detect K4 or tim here? [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]12. All That Jazz (1979)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Roy Scheider hallucinates a series of vivid dream sequences (it’s unclear which one was actually drafted, so I’ll go with a “body of work” grade here, and count the drafter fortunate that I’ve seen the film), which manifest as musical numbers, while he fends off death in a hospital bed. The routines all borrow from various phases of his life. When I see modern-day films with dream sequences that involve death, I always think that this movie did it better. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]11. Alice In Wonderland (1951)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] From the Disney movie. I have nothing insightful to say here, except that by federal statute, even the merest hint of Lewis Carroll in a dream sequence category draft on a fantasy football message board is always a good example of VBD. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]10. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) [/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt] Aw. Heffalumps and Woozles! I dig Pooh and Tigger about as much as I dig Dumbo. But for some reason, Pooh’s cute little dream is much better than Dumbo’s, even though it is a practically by-the-numbers takeoff of the former. Pooh FTW!!!!11 [/SIZE]

 

[Andy Dufresne]

[SIZE=medium]14. Metropolis (1927)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]MOLOCH!!!!!! Freder hallucinates one of Metropolis’ machines as a soulless devourer into the maw of which enslaved people are fed, after which, interestingly, lockstepping workers march right in. All this over a busy score of brass and strings. Suggestion for immediate new timthread: was Metropolis the ultimate artistic achievement of the Weimar Republic??? And did it inspire the Chrysler Building? Discuss. [/SIZE]

That scene really is a great one.

 

[Aerial Assault]

[SIZE=medium]9. The Cell (2000)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Jennifer Lopez invents a technique that allows her to enter the minds of disturbed people, and luckily, the movie also features Vincent D’Onofrio, all too effortlessly playing a comatose serial murderer, so she tries it out on him. What follows is a very complex sequence with loads of horrifying imagery and effectively haunting visuals. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]8. (500) Days of Summer (2009)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Awesome. Joseph Gordon-Levitt beds Zooey Deschanel, then has the greatest morning walk to work of all time. He looks in the window of a car to check his reflection and gets a wink back from an image of Harrison Ford (from Return of the Jedi), he dances in the streets with about 100 other well-choreographed people, there’s a cartoon bird, and the whole montage is set to “You Make My Dreams (Come True)” by Hall & Oates. I don’t think this was really even a strict dream sequence, but in a category about scenes that bend reality, who cares. Great movie, great pick. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]7. Fletch (1985)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Truly one of the funniest movies of all time. Chevy Chase’s titular character, established early on as a Laker fan, has a dream in which Chick Hearn and Kareem talk about Fletch’s contributions to the team, coupled with slow-motion highlights of Chase’s character, wearing Lakers jersey #99, in action. I don’t know how Hearn got through the narration of this without laughing: “He is actually 6-5, with the Afro 6-9 . . . this gritty kid from the streets of Harlem [as Fletch is shown getting ready to take a huge bite a defender’s arm] . . . four million dollars a year, that’s true. But he earns every penny of it.” Bonus points for the fact that the sequence is funny and even charming on its own without any knowledge of the rest of the movie. Four out of five dentists, Dr. Rosenrosen *and* Dr. Jellyfinger approve of this selection. What the hell is happening here - where’s the records room? Oh, and interestingly, pretty much all attempts at comedy drafting in this category succeeded, whereas most in Superheroes failed spectacularly. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]6. 8 ½ (1963)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]I cannot believe that Otto e Mezzo lasted until the eighth round for this category. I was waiting until the last minute to make my Dream Sequences pick because of some palaver about how judges are supposed to behave . . . but I’m not sure what everyone else’s excuse was. So this is the opening scene, and if you are somehow participating in a movie draft and don’t know this one, I’m not going to explain it to you. It’s Fellini! Nice pick. [/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=medium]5. Prince of Darkness (1987)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Everyone trapped in a decaying church has the same dream, which is explained scientifically as a targeted message from scientists of the future, showing the horrors of what will be and imploring their avoidance. However, the dream changes each time as the future grows inexorably closer. The static, the shaky cam, and the filtered vocals of the narrator delivering the horrifying warning about what the “dreamers” are seeing are all extremely effective. My pick. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]4. Spellbound (1945)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] “Alll meexed up - like peeces of a puzzle that don’t fit.” Fantastic. Gregory Peck, suffering from amnesia, talks through a dream he’s had in order to have it analyzed by Ingrid Bergman and a Freudian analyst played by Russian actor Michael Chekhov. Now, listen up, because this is really important: if directing a film about mental illness that includes a really critical dream sequence, hire Salvador Dali to design it. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]3. Inception (2010)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Leo DiCaprio and Ellen Page discuss the architecture of dreams at a Parisian café, then he reveals to her that she’s dreaming. The scene promptly starts to explode around them, due to her awareness of her own dream, until it’s revealed that they’re actually back in the crew’s workshop. Fantastic acting, sound mixing and visual effects. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt] YES!!!!!!!! Oh, wait - - did the drafter realize that I’m a Francophile and French speaker in making this pick? Enh, if I’m being manipulated, I really don’t care. Intriguingly, since the actual title of this movie is Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon , this is the second “Papillon” of the draft. I guess butterflies and dream sequences go together like Aaron Hernandez and shell casings. Anyway, the paralyzed protagonist, tragically unable to move as the result of a stroke that leaves him mentally unaffected, realizes that he is “confined” to what his imagination and his memory can envision for him . . . and in so doing escapes the “diving bell” that his body has become, and allows his spirit (the butterfly) to soar. I really want to reward this pick because it was so much less obvious than many others that were made. Bravo. [/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=medium] . . . and the winner is: [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]1. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium] Judge Reinhold’s character faps it to Phoebe Cates doffing her bikini top to show off a ridiculously perfect rack that probably rates only a 7 on the always intriguing, never failing to be inaccurate offdee scale. As for the dream sequence, it’s tops among local girls at the club, apartment complex, etc., but more of a regionally attractive dream. Just kidding; it’s the easy winner, and hopefully this makes up for the reverse misogyny perpetrated by the female judges of Romantic Gestures. Oh, just kidding. By the way, the Spicoli surfing dream sequence with Stu Lantz (“nice jacket, Stu”) would have earned top honors as well, just for different reasons. [/SIZE]

 

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[SIZE=medium]Dream Sequences: Final Rankings[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]1. Fast Times at Ridgemont High – 25 points (BobbyLayne)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – 24 points (Tiananmen Tank)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]3. Inception – 23 points (Andy Dufresne)
4. Spellbound – 22 points (hooter311)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]5. Prince of Darkness – 21 points (Aerial Assault)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]6. 8 ½ – 20 points (krista4)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]7. Fletch – 19 points (Dr. Octopus)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]8. (500) Days of Summer – 18 points (Nick Vermeil)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]9. The Cell – 17 points (higgins)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]10. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day – 16 points (rikishiboy) [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]11. Alice In Wonderland – 15 points (Tish155)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]12. All That Jazz – 14 points (Mrs. Rannous)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]13. Papillon – 13 points (Mister CIA)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]14. Metropolis – 12 points (jwb)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]15. Jacob's Ladder – 11 points (Karma Police)
16. Nightmare on Elm Street – 10 points (Joffer)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]17. Rushmore – 9 points (John Madden's Lunchbox)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]18. Pink Floyd - The Wall – 8 points (DougB)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]19. The Shining – 7 points (Kumerica)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]20. An American Werewolf In London – 6 points (Usual21)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]21. Dumbo – 5 points (Val Rannous)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]22. Vertigo – 4 points (Tremendous Upside)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]23. Dreams – 3 points (timschochet)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]24. American Beauty – 2 points (AcerFC)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]25. Waking Life – 1 point (Time Kibitzer)[/SIZE]

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I'll take it!

 

[Aerial Assault]

I'll take it!

Inception?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I'll take it!

Inception?

Yep.

 

[Doug B]

Good job, jwb! Hopefully Doug B is keeping score.

I don't see names with the picks :( The score sheet is by drafter name, the rankings posts never seem to give drafter name.

 

[timschochet]

Good job, jwb! Hopefully Doug B is keeping score.

I don't see names with the picks :( The score sheet is by drafter name, the rankings posts never seem to give drafter name.

You're going to have to use the 2nd post. The information is jumbled (thanks to the updated forum) but the information is still there.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Doug, I'll match them up for you right now, for Dream Sequences, then edit my post. That will help a little, anyway.

 

[jwb]

Good job, jwb! Hopefully Doug B is keeping score.

I don't see names with the picks :( The score sheet is by drafter name, the rankings posts never seem to give drafter name.

truthfully, I'd rather *not* know who drafted what anyway.

 

[jwb]

[SIZE=medium]14. Metropolis (1927)[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]MOLOCH!!!!!! Freder hallucinates one of Metropolis’ machines as a soulless devourer into the maw of which enslaved people are fed, after which, interestingly, lockstepping workers march right in. All this over a busy score of brass and strings. Suggestion for immediate new timthread: was Metropolis the ultimate artistic achievement of the Weimar Republic??? And did it inspire the Chrysler Building? Discuss. [/SIZE]

That scene really is a great one.

One of my favorites ever. I picked it early - probably for score, I should have went w/ 8 1/2 (which was my second choice), but this is one of my all time favorite films, so I have to have it. (heh - same w/ Solaris, which screws me in every movie draft!)

 

[Doug B]

You're going to have to use the 2nd post. The information is jumbled (thanks to the updated forum) but the information is still there.

You never had any of this stuff offline anywhere?

I am working through post #2's text manually ofline, but it's going to be slow.

 

[Doug B]

Doug, I'll match them up for you right now, for Dream Sequences, then edit my post. That will help a little, anyway.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Doug, I'll match them up for you right now, for Dream Sequences, then edit my post. That will help a little, anyway.

Done. Sorry I didn't do that initially. And to all judges with submissions still outstanding - let's do this for Doug, who is being quite kind about the whole "assuming the scoring responsibilties) thing. It just took me 0.2 (and I'm not even billing for it) to match up the drafters with their picks.

 

[Aerial Assault]

For some, yea, that's probably so. Can only speak for myself, but I only write one or two line explanations, and I'm comfy doing that - I judge in almost every draft.

Nice job on the shootout scenes.

Echo, jwb. I was so wrapped up in myself that I didn't even realize the shootouts had been judged. Nice job on those - succinct and interesting to read - and I'm glad you liked the scene from Clear and Present Danger. I was going to pick it no matter what unless sniped, but when I found it online, I was surprised to see how well it held up. And the shooters (good guys) were the FBI, not the CIA.

 

[Val Rannous]

You're going to have to use the 2nd post. The information is jumbled (thanks to the updated forum) but the information is still there.

You never had any of this stuff offline anywhere?

I am working through post #2's text manually ofline, but it's going to be slow.

I just exported the data into an Excel spreadsheet, if you can send me an email address I can get it forwarded to you.

 

[jwb]

For some, yea, that's probably so. Can only speak for myself, but I only write one or two line explanations, and I'm comfy doing that - I judge in almost every draft.

Nice job on the shootout scenes.

Echo, jwb. I was so wrapped up in myself that I didn't even realize the shootouts had been judged. Nice job on those - succinct and interesting to read - and I'm glad you liked the scene from Clear and Present Danger. I was going to pick it no matter what unless sniped, but when I found it online, I was surprised to see how well it held up. And the shooters (good guys) were the FBI, not the CIA.

ah, ok - because Ryan was with them, I figured they were CIA (I forgot he went there w/ the FBI).

Yea, this scene really held up well.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

[SIZE=medium]12. All That Jazz (1979)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium] Roy Scheider hallucinates a series of vivid dream sequences (it’s unclear which one was actually drafted, so I’ll go with a “body of work” grade here, and count the drafter fortunate that I’ve seen the film), which manifest as musical numbers, while he fends off death in a hospital bed. The routines all borrow from various phases of his life. When I see modern-day films with dream sequences that involve death, I always think that this movie did it better. [/SIZE]

I did post a link to the scene I wanted later on. I just couldn't find one at the time I drafted. I went with the end scene with Ben Vereen.

Nice rankings.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Sorry...Spies are .90 finished

Real life intervened

Will have up by Monday at the latest

 

[Aerial Assault]

12. All That Jazz (1979)

Roy Scheider hallucinates a series of vivid dream sequences (it’s unclear which one was actually drafted, so I’ll go with a “body of work” grade here, and count the drafter fortunate that I’ve seen the film), which manifest as musical numbers, while he fends off death in a hospital bed. The routines all borrow from various phases of his life. When I see modern-day films with dream sequences that involve death, I always think that this movie did it better.

I did post a link to the scene I wanted later on. I just couldn't find one at the time I drafted. I went with the end scene with Ben Vereen. Nice rankings.

Crap, I did miss it then despite trying to be vigilant. Sorry. Score would be the same; very good pick. 17 to 4 were all really close to one another.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

12. All That Jazz (1979)

Roy Scheider hallucinates a series of vivid dream sequences (it’s unclear which one was actually drafted, so I’ll go with a “body of work” grade here, and count the drafter fortunate that I’ve seen the film), which manifest as musical numbers, while he fends off death in a hospital bed. The routines all borrow from various phases of his life. When I see modern-day films with dream sequences that involve death, I always think that this movie did it better.

I did post a link to the scene I wanted later on. I just couldn't find one at the time I drafted. I went with the end scene with Ben Vereen. Nice rankings.

Crap, I did miss it then despite trying to be vigilant. Sorry. Score would be the same; very good pick. 17 to 4 were all really close to one another.

I figured it really didn't matter since you'd seen the movie. No biggies.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Nice work jwb and AA.

 

[krista4]

Nice work jwb and AA.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Sorry...Spies are .90 finished

Real life intervened

Will have up by Monday at the latest

Tuesday says hello.

Real/Historical Portrayal is up for grabs. I got promoted, boss got fired, and the Controller ran off to Greece. Long story that ends in a five letter word for wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. So, yeah, not looking like tons of free time for BL near term.

 

[Val Rannous]

Sorry...Spies are .90 finished

Real life intervened

Will have up by Monday at the latest

Tuesday says hello.

Real/Historical Portrayal is up for grabs. I got promoted, boss got fired, and the Controller ran off to Greece. Long story that ends in a five letter word for wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. So, yeah, not looking like tons of free time for BL near term.

Mrs. Rannous and I were discussing taking this one over and doing a tag team job, since we've seen over half of the movies already between us. If you've got any info/work you've already done on it, forward it to us and we'll go from there. (much like Mrs. R and Krista did on Romantic Gestures).

And Greece? Really? Person must not have been much of a financial mind if that's the target to run to...

 

[BobbyLayne]

Google image search Kefalonia.

 

[Val Rannous]

Google image search Kefalonia.

Oh, I know it's pretty, that's never been the question. Love the color of the water there.

Still, the country is in just a little bit of crisis currently. They ain't Egypt, but then, what is...

 

[Doug B]

I just exported the data into an Excel spreadsheet, if you can send me an email address I can get it forwarded to you.

Received ... working with it now

 

[Doug B]

Through 17 categories:

Drafter - Total Score
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Nick Vermeil - 279
BobbyLayne - 264
krista4 - 261
AcerFC - 259
Karma Police - 245
Tremendous Upside - 243
Aerial Assault - 236
Val Rannous - 235
Andy Dufresne - 230
Mrs. Rannous - 222
Tiannamen Tank - 222
timschochet - 220
John Madden's Lunchbox - 217
jwb - 213
Time Kibitzer - 191
higgins - 191
tish155 - 188
Doug B - 187
Dr. Octopus - 185
Joffer - 184
Mister CIA - 179
hooter311 - 176
rikishiboy - 161
Usual21 - 152
Kumerica - 139

 

[Doug B]

Done. Sorry I didn't do that initially. And to all judges with submissions still outstanding - let's do this for Doug, who is being quite kind about the whole "assuming the scoring responsibilties) thing. It just took me 0.2 (and I'm not even billing for it) to match up the drafters with their picks.

Thanks to the list I got from Val, future judges won't have to do this. Just post selection & score like usual, and I can take care of the rest.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Through 17 categories:

Drafter - Total Score

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Nick Vermeil - 279

BobbyLayne - 264

krista4 - 261

AcerFC - 259

Karma Police - 245

Tremendous Upside - 243

Aerial Assault - 236

Val Rannous - 235

Andy Dufresne - 230

Mrs. Rannous - 222

Tiannamen Tank - 222

timschochet - 220

John Madden's Lunchbox - 217

jwb - 213

Time Kibitzer - 191

higgins - 191

tish155 - 188

Doug B - 187

Dr. Octopus - 185

Joffer - 184

Mister CIA - 179

hooter311 - 176

rikishiboy - 161

Usual21 - 152

Kumerica - 139

I have my score at 287 GB. I think you are missing either long take, super heroes or drugs. I got an 8 in all 3.

 

[higgins]

Through 17 categories:

Drafter - Total Score

---------------------------------------------------

Nick Vermeil - 279

BobbyLayne - 264

krista4 - 261

AcerFC - 259

Karma Police - 245

Tremendous Upside - 243

Aerial Assault - 236

Val Rannous - 235

Andy Dufresne - 230

Mrs. Rannous - 222

Tiannamen Tank - 222

timschochet - 220

John Madden's Lunchbox - 217

jwb - 213

Time Kibitzer - 191

higgins - 191

tish155 - 188

Doug B - 187

Dr. Octopus - 185

Joffer - 184

Mister CIA - 179

hooter311 - 176

rikishiboy - 161

Usual21 - 152

Kumerica - 139

I should have 201 -- following is my tally:

Score

1.09 -- The Dark Knight, Superhero 23

2.17 – Lincoln, Historical

3.09 – The King’s Speech, England 17

4.17 – The Scent of a Woman, Dance 15

5.09 – 9 ½ Weeks, S

6.17 – Michael Caine, Drama to comedy

7.09 – Misery, Shocking 13

8.17 – Shadow of a Vampire, Movie in a

9.09 – Let It Ride, Gambling

10.17 – Shawshank, Courtroom

11.09 – Finding Forrester, Classroom 11

12.17 -- Contact, Space 11

13.09 -- Tatum O’Neal, Child actor

14.17 – Scene from The Cell, Dream seq 17

15.09 -- Lee Marvin in ‘Cat Ballou’, Multiple

16.17 – Scene from ‘Good Will Hunting’, Mon

17.09 – Gremlins, Scene that scares kids 7

18.17 -- Triumph of the Spirit, Na 7

19.09 -- Way of the Dragon, Fight scene

20.17 – Altered States, D 5

21.09 – Maria Von Trapp, Parent 7

22.17 -- Cinderella Man, Realistic sports scene 18

23.09 -- Gone in 60 Seconds, Chase 18

24.17 – Grand Central in Carlito’s Way, Long 14

25.09 -- Nighthawks, NYC 1

26.17 -- Fistfull of Dollars, Shootout 2

27.09 – The Fourth Protocol, Spies

28.17 – It Might Get Loud, R&R

29.09 -- What Dreams May Come, R 5

30.17 – Asparagus, ? _________

Total = 201

 

[Doug B]

I didn't re-do all the categories. I was using this post (#4781) as gospel. Thought it was an accurate starting point:

...

Anyhow, here is the corrected scoring:

Total Rankings after 15 Categories

Nick Vermiel 245

AcerFC 234

Karma Police 230

krista4 227

BobbyLayne 215

Tremendous Upside 214

timschochet 210

Val Rannous 209

Mrs. Rannous 202

John Madden's Lunchbox 199

Aerial Assault 197

Andy Dufresne 196

Tiannamen Tank 185

Time Kibitzer 182

jwb 181

Doug B 178

higgins 172

Mister CIA 163

tish155 163

Joffer 155

Dr. Octopus 151

rikishiboy 140

hooter311 137

Usual21 124

Kumerica 120

...

 

[Doug B]

I have my score at 287 GB. I think you are missing either long take, super heroes or drugs. I got an 8 in all 3.

Didn't even reckon those categories. Used the 15-categories score in post #4781 as the starting point.

 

[Doug B]

Need to lock this in -- the 15-category scoring shown in posts #4781 and #4888 were posted over two weeks ago, and some discrepancies are only now being brought up. I know a lot of drafters haven't looked in this thread for a while... but now is the time for us to review our scores and clear up any discrepancies.

 

[AcerFC]

My score is correct. American Beauty should have been higher imo

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Need to lock this in -- the 15-category scoring shown in posts #4781 and #4888 were posted over two weeks ago, and some discrepancies are only now being brought up. I know a lot of drafters haven't looked in this thread for a while... but now is the time for us to review our scores and clear up any discrepancies.

I have my score at 287 GB. I think you are missing either long take, super heroes or drugs. I got an 8 in all 3.

Didn't even reckon those categories. Used the 15-categories score in post #4781 as the starting point.

Not sure where the discrepancy or how to find it since it's 8 points light and I had 3 categories with an 8. Do your total points for all drafters and categories add up? I'm not going to lose sleep over it (unless I lose by 8 points or less. Then rage.)

Tim's first post on page one says "after 14 categories" and it has me at 245. Then post 4781 has me at 245 after 15 Categories. In any event, I appreciate the effort.

 

[Doug B]

Do your total points for all drafters and categories add up?

I don't have separate scoring for the first 15 categories. I have one column with the first 15 categories scores lumped into one figure. I have a second column for the shootout scores, and a third column for the dream sequence scores. That's it. No separate scores for any of the first 15 categories posted. I just planned to keep adding columns as more categories were scored.

I will look back through the thread for the 14-categories vs 15 categories scores to fix your issue.

 

[krista4]

Need to lock this in -- the 15-category scoring shown in posts #4781 and #4888 were posted over two weeks ago, and some discrepancies are only now being brought up. I know a lot of drafters haven't looked in this thread for a while... but now is the time for us to review our scores and clear up any discrepancies.

I believe higgins, at least, brought up the discrepancy a while ago, and the discrepancies are in part what led to the outcry for a better system.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Do your total points for all drafters and categories add up?

I don't have separate scoring for the first 15 categories. I have one column with the first 15 categories scores lumped into one figure. I have a second column for the shootout scores, and a third column for the dream sequence scores. That's it. No separate scores for any of the first 15 categories posted. I just planned to keep adding columns as more categories were scored.

I will look back through the thread for the 14-categories vs 15 categories scores to fix your issue.

Cool. I wouldn't spend too much time on it though since you'll likely have to go way back to find it. I can also post my scores as I know them if that helps.

What I meant by total points is there should be 5525 for 17 categories but your through 17 categories only adds up to 5279. That's 246 points missing somewhere.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Do your total points for all drafters and categories add up?

I don't have separate scoring for the first 15 categories. I have one column with the first 15 categories scores lumped into one figure. I have a second column for the shootout scores, and a third column for the dream sequence scores. That's it. No separate scores for any of the first 15 categories posted. I just planned to keep adding columns as more categories were scored.

I will look back through the thread for the 14-categories vs 15 categories scores to fix your issue.

Cool. I wouldn't spend too much time on it though since you'll likely have to go way back to find it. I can also post my scores as I know them if that helps.

What I meant by total points is there should be 5525 for 17 categories but your through 17 categories only adds up to 5279. That's 246 points missing somewhere.

ETA, in no way do I blame you for this discrepancy. Lord knows I don't have the time to go back through. I only have time to point out when others mess it up.

 

[Doug B]

What I meant by total points is there should be 5525 for 17 categories but your through 17 categories only adds up to 5279. That's 246 points missing somewhere.

... I was hoping it wouldn't be that far off. Probably will be better off starting over :(

 

[Doug B]

I will look back through the thread for the 14-categories vs 15 categories scores to fix your issue.

Nick, found your missing eight points -- you got 8 for Bull Durham when you should've gotten 16.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

I will look back through the thread for the 14-categories vs 15 categories scores to fix your issue.

Nick, found your missing eight points -- you got 8 for Bull Durham when you should've gotten 16.

 

[higgins]

Need to lock this in -- the 15-category scoring shown in posts #4781 and #4888 were posted over two weeks ago, and some discrepancies are only now being brought up. I know a lot of drafters haven't looked in this thread for a while... but now is the time for us to review our scores and clear up any discrepancies.

I believe higgins, at least, brought up the discrepancy a while ago, and the discrepancies are in part what led to the outcry for a better system.

I consistently let timmy know when my total was wrong, leading timmy to jokingly state you'll get the scores I give you and you'll like it.