Movie Draft: Ticket Buyers Line

I would definitely pay to see The Martin Savage and Flyarz Film Fests. I would also probably see RathBandu's, but possibly skip out after the car carrier chase in Bad Boys II.

Andre's
R-Lu's
GFC's
Ripoll's

and mine

I hope I'd pay to see mine, seeing as how I picked the films....

All of these struck my fancy:

Diva
Anderson
Nick
Rath
Chris Allen
Eileen

Nunz-Very strong top 3
Flyarz-I'd go to lunch during Huckabees
Savage-See if Perfume kills or makes the fest
Fordyce-Nice range


Top Fest would be Matchstick.

Matchstick brings the goods, as usual. I've got The Ice Harvest number one on my queue, and will check it out this coming weekend.

I dig Anderson's list, though I'm not sitting through The Passion again.

I'll fully admit to not watching enough Asian films to have seen much of Dellemorte's list. In the Mood for Love is achingly good, but I haven't seen Kikujiro, Kairo or The Foot Fist Way. For that reason, I'd love to watch his list. Same thing with Strax (though I'm not a huge fan of Tae Guk Gi - yeah, it's better than SPR, but I didn't really think it's first round material).

flyarz has six 'four star' flix on his list (I haven't seen Chappell's Block Party).

Ratty's list is great.

Fordyce has four great ones, but the last three are iffy (HATE The Way of The Gun especially).

Henry Hill has the most depressing list. A couple of great ones, but I'd be slitting my wrists by the end of that marathon.

Adam Warren, great pick with The Cooler, don't love the rest of it (they're not bad movies or anything), but Constant Gardner was a steal.

Anya showed up, and gets mad bonus for resisting his urges and drafting Serenity.

Rath...very fun list, and Good Night, and Good Luck was a great 3rd rounder.

Assuming everyone's festival is playing concurrently, I think I'd catch the first three of Diva's, then sneak out and hit #4-7 of Martin Savage's. Or I'd go to Flyarz's because it's the most consistently solid from top to bottom. Or, I'd pick Andre's simply because I haven't seen some of his picks yet.

I would go to Dre's and flyarz for sure. Both would be great fun.

And Bailey's, because he managed to make a more depressing festival than mine.

This started out briefly, then I wound up just scrolling through the entire "Your Movies" thread and writing pithy comments:

Kirby and Dre's for sure. Diva has some nice flicks, but there's no rhyme or reason to them. Seems like a bunch of flicks that would be "AMC Select" -- or rather, the non-blockbusters that get a screen at the local chain theater.

Anderson had me until Thank You for Smoking, which is decent but not worthy as a closer to that line-up. Passion of the Christ ensures I'll steer clear.

Ratty has a nice line-up, but X2 stands out like a sore thumb, and Anchorman is an odd #1.

I dig Bailey's list. A lot. Ditto R-Lu.

Nunz peters out towards the end. Sackley's strikes me as odd, but I'd think I want to check it out. Strax's is very cool.

Savage and Rath both have decent lists, but in terms of "ticket buyers" -- I dunno. Probably pass. Same goes for Fordyce, although he at least has Oldboy, so I might just show up for that.

Matchstick has a cool list. I'd show up for that line-up. I'm surprised about the love for GFC's list -- lot of good stuff, but Casino Royale and Zoolander are odd picks there.

Chris Allen: No thanks.

Anya: You said some crazy stuff, but I didn't realize what a good draft you had until now. I'll show up at your festival and hand-out copies of Huckabees, ok?

Chris O.: Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Eileen, Goldberg, Jankis: Each have some good films, but the big picture just doesn't look that enticing. Henry Hill, meanwhile, wasn't having much luck towards the end.

Stump, Warren, Ripoll: I think I'd attend. Yeah. Yeah, I would. Detonathor, you too. Maybe.

Yando: Yes.
tommy five tone: No.

While mine was so bad as to not even be mentioned!

I stated this in the discussion thread but Kirby, R-Lu, and Adam Warren have line-ups that I can get behind. I'm a huge fan of your 1st and last draft, flyarz. But the middle few don't grab me. Patrick has a great top three. Everyone else has a few picks I really love, but the totality of their line-ups don't pull me in. Not to say that the picks are bad. But I wouldn't consider them my favorites.

Well in my defense, the original criteria of the draft was best movies of 2000-2007, not best movies of the past 7 years that fit well together. I would have drafted differently if that were the case. But you're right, I tend to enjoy non-studio films.

Whoops! Weird, as I can remember what I wanted to say: pretty good middle, but your opener and closer are weak.

Yeah, it wasn't in the rules. I was just particularly interested in the people who -- intentionally or not -- had a line-up that seemed to play well together.

Well, there was no way in hell I was letting this draft go without getting a Rings film, and I prefered ROTK to TT. FOTR was my first choice, but not to be.

I was actualy a big nerd and gave everybody grades. Sort of like Mel Kiper but for movies and without bulletproof hair. But I like this idea better.

There were plenty of festivals I'd attend. Kabong, Stump, Detonathor, Nick, Sackley, and Diva, among others. Very few shitfests. These are the real standouts:

My top of the pops is Andre's. In the Mood For Love and Spirited Away were in my top ten, 40 YOV is probably my favorite comedy of the decade, and Audition was one of my top bonus round picks (nicely paired with Pulse.) Add to that the excellent Memories of Murder and a Kitano film I haven't seen and I am totally there.

R-Lu's lineup was a pretty close second. Kill Bill and Ghost World are films I dearly love, Yi-Yi is a great movie I was kicking myself for forgetting about when I was considering stuff to draft, and The Son was one of those cinematic experiences that just sort of sneaks up on you. I also dug A Scanner Darkly, and will probably be checking out Shijie and Climates very soon.

Kirby and flyarz were next in line in terms of having the most really good movies without a single entry that I'd skip.

Other standouts were Strax and Ripoll. I'd also love to go to Yando's fest because I haven't seen four of his choices.

Everybody has some greats, so I'd be happy to attend pretty much any of the festivals. Though, I'd have to go to Denny's during any of the LOTR flicks.

R-Lu's festival would be fun because I haven't seen some of the flicks and the movies I have are the supershit. I think A Scanner Darkly is up there among the greatest steals of the draft. It has one of the best endings of all the flicks nominated, I think.

Fordyce has an insane mixture of stuff and it would make an excellent and fun festival. Unlike Guttenberg, I'm really happy to see Way of the Gun make the grade. It's a flick I initially hated, but it turned out to be a grower. Love the final gun fight. Just brutal. The last scene sucks, but what can you do?

Speaking of, Guttenberg put together a great festival. He has a great closer in Ichi.

I think some of the bonus flicks absolutely made these festivals, by the way.

Anyawatchin really did have a great draft. I underestimated him because he usually lives in the Gossip forum. First pick is Spartan? That's awesome. I think the only questionable pick on there is Wonderland. It's not a great flick, but Kilmer really does give a brilliant performance in it. And I can't fault his love for the final Bourne flick. Greengrass even managed to save the weak ending of Supremacy in it.

Jankis's only mistake, I think, is Inside Man. That's a tough way to end an amazing festival. He'd reignite my love with the midnight showing of The Descent - a flick that would have easily made my top five if people had taken more of my picks (some of which, I think, were never in danger - even in the bonus rounds.)

Nick's fest is all aggression with a creamy middle. That's some good programming. Though, if he was being honest with himself, The Descent would have been his number two. No Country is already a classic, in my mind. I'd probably start and end the festival with it.

Dre's pick of Memories of Murder and tommy five-tone's pick of Keane are excellent choices and make me jealous. As do Into the Wild (Ratty) and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Rathbone).

Can I pick Yando's just because I desperately want to see "There Will Be Blood"?

Holy moly, my line-up is kinda lavender upon further inspection, isn't it? Time to re-evaluate my priorities in life, I guess.