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We're winding down 2009 with a week left! So what was the most specialist effect to grace screens this year?
Would you believe it was a toss-up between a Moose on Fire, a green alien boner, a soul/blood-sucking mosquito or Vin Diesel? Well, it was.
Now watch to see who won.
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In any given year, there's can be a certain drop in quality when it comes to some actors and directors. Ben Foster comes to mind as a high-roller (The Messenger had a Tomatometer of 90 percent) and a low one (Pandorum, which Foster also starred in, had 27 percent.)
So it's fitting we had Matt Atchity, Editor-in-Chief of Rotten Tomatoes, stop by the Year-Endies to help present our Quality Chasm Awards.
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As we've come to welcome our new media overlords, so has the market for short films expanded and further evolved. Once measured as an extra five or ten minutes to sneak into a screening, the short film has found a new home through online distribution as well as overshadowing the films they get partnered with at film festivals. That said, here's my Five Favorite Shorts of 2009:
5) The History of Aviation (New York Film Festival, 2009) This is an infuriating short that reads like "filming-by-the-numbers." But it's impossible to deny that Bálint Kenyeres' film isn't magnificent in its' composition as it zooms in and out of the mountains, to the sea and back again while a family searches for a missing child. There's little sense of dread as period actors fumble about or the elderly matriarch drools in her wicker wheelchair. This is instead what you should give to your aspiring filmmakers and say, "This. Just without the whole hammer-on-the-head bit about modernization and crashing."
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4) Batman: Ashes to Ashes (DailyMotion, 2009)
We were watching this take on Batman as Sin City by way of The Spirit by co-writers/directors Julien Mokrani and Samuel Bodin. It takes all the good parts of an Elseworlds tale and turns it into the sort of thing that you'd never see released under the Batman mythos. Also, it proves a French Batman is still as disturbing as the actual Batman.
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3) The Slow Game (NYFF, 2009)
Paolo Sorrentino's incredibly intense, yet completely average setting against a rugby practice has you on the edge of your seat the entire time. Only when you realize the tension is nothing but a daily occurrence, do you appreciate the weirdly comforting nature of the short. Also, wicked Guitar Hero cameo.
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2)Plastic Bag (NYFF, 2009)
Ramin Bahrani proves he has a wicked sense of humor with this short that divided people at NYFF this year. But I'll be damned if it isn't awesome.
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1) Marble Hornets (Something Awful, 2009)
What started as a Goon thread about creepy images gave birth to a legitimately frightening figure: The Slender Man. A few days later, someone posted about their friend Alex was working on a student film. He slowly got more and more irritable until finally he gave up and couldn't watch the tapes. That was 2006. In June, the tapes were brought back out in an attempt to see what happened to Alex.
Here's the first take:
Hornets is legitimately enthralling, sucking you into its' world (follow the 90+ page thread on SA) and even updating on twitter in real time. As we've come to welcome our new media overlords, so has the market for short... more
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After waiting patiently, Brett and Ellen bring you their Year-Endie of the Year Awards from Fresh Faces to films that are simply Goin' For It.
Where that "g" went, I have no idea.
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More than a few good actors, actresses and robots were lost this year on screen. Join us as we look back on them as they way they were: horrible.
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The lost art of the movie trailer is a bit of an enigma. A trailer's main purpose is to entice you into waiting and being able to rewatch it countless times while still being pumped for said film. Or, it is meant to shiv a question so deep into your mind that you can't help but break into a studio lot to find out why.
That said, these trailers stood out the most to us this year.
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5) Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans
Technically a sizzle reel over the actual trailer, this introduced the world to the supposed madcap nature of Werner Herzog and Nicholas Cage. Yet the actual film was far more bizarre--not for a lack of iguanas and break-dancing souls, but because so much of it depended on Cage's own mannerisms and Herzog's toying with the audience.
Which is what this trailer should've made stridently more clear, yet we were blinded by iguanas.
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4) C Me Dance
What starts out as a seemingly inspirational story quickly takes a turn for the spitting-out-coffee. Guest appearance by Satan.
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3) A Serious Man
Speaking of confusing: the Coens' latest took on a whole new life when it came to keeping the beat. The entire process was so off-kilter for a trailer, especially for one of their films, that it looked completely foreign when compared to other films at the time.
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2) After Last Season
The trailer that set off fevered search for the purpose of Mark Region's debut. After all, no one could believe this was legitimately a film--which, in the year that Old Dogs was released, is surprising.
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1) District 9
Is it a fake documentary? Is it viral advertising for Halo? Whatever it was, District 9 managed to captivate everyone through its' viral ads demanding residents were escaping and that peacekeeping forces were headed in to keep them under control.
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We're winding up for The Rotten Tomatoes Show's Year-Endies Award Show this week and we'll be bringing you a few of our favorites from 2009.
We'll have a few Five Favorite Films of '09 from our show crew, Ellen's going say something about all 114 films she reviewed and I'll be taking a look at the best moments out of this year along with the definitive opening sequences of the decade.
We'll even have the second annual Our Favorite Jeffrey Wells Moments. So check back throughout the week and then watch us on Thursday night.
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2009 was special. But the effects were specialer. So here's the award for Specialist Effect.
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Ellen's Year-Endie of the Year Award: Fresh Faces
Brett's Year-Endie of the Year Award: Goin' For It
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesEllen's Year-Endie of the Year Award: Fresh Faces
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The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesThe Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30... more
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The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesThe Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30... more
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Naming your franchise "Final Destination" is like naming your movie "Apocalypse 2."Naming your franchise "Final Destination" is like naming your movie... more
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Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox take a peek at what's coming up this weekend including The Princess and the Frog, Invictus, & A Single Man. Also, new on DVD, is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Public Enemies, & The Cove.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show visit: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/movies.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com
For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/moviesBrett Erlich and Ellen Fox take a peek at what's coming up this weekend including... more
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The Rotten Tomatoes Show presents its year-end awards, the Year-Endies. And we need your help. Tell us which movies deserved your awards this year. Here’s what to do.
1. Watch the explanatory video above.
2. Login to Current through Facebook Connect or your account.
3. Upload your video (1 gig limit) or click on the webcam tab for a 60-second response.
4. Click Upload.
If we choose yours for the show you’ll get $100. Make sure your video is in before Sunday at midnight.
If you're under 18 , or If you run into any problems with the webcam/upload, email us at jlichman AT current DOT com.The Rotten Tomatoes Show presents its year-end awards, the Year-Endies. And we need... more
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