***Antsmarching.org’s Top Films of 2017***

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by thebestauntie

Dunkirk or Get Out tonight?

Dunkirk if I'm simply choosing the better film. Get Out is probably better suited for nighttime viewing though.

[thebestauntie]

Originally Posted by clayj41

Dunkirk if I'm simply choosing the better film. Get Out is probably better suited for nighttime viewing though.

I'm going with Get Out

[clayj41]

REMINDER: Lists are due three weeks from today.


I've got a few more films to watch myself, but I don't expect them to have any real impact on my list. I could submit today and feel fairly confident that nothing will change at the top.

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by clayj41

And just like the last five years, we'll also be polling Favorite Male Performance (Lead AND Supporting), Favorite Female Performance (Lead AND Supporting), Favorite Director, and Favorite Screenplay (Adapted OR Original).

Anyone interested should submit a list of their top 3 to 5 in each category, and then I'll attempt to reveal the winners contemporaneously with the Oscars broadcast.

Remember to submit your votes in individual categories as well. Past winners:

Favorite Director
2016: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
2015: Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
2014: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2013: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
2012: Ben Affleck, Argo

Favorite Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2016: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
2015: Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
2014: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
2013: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
2012: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Favorite Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
2016: Emma Stone, La La Land
2015: Brie Larson, Room
2014: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
2013: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
2012: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Favorite Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
2016: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
2015: Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
2014: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
2013: Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
2012: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Favorite Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
2016: Naomie Harris, Moonlight
2015: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
2014: Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2013: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
2012: Amy Adams, The Master

Favorite Screenplay
2016: Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
2015: Steve Jobs, Aaron Sorkin
2014: Whiplash, Damien Chazelle
2013: Her, Spike Jonze
2012: Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino

[thebestauntie]

Originally Posted by clayj41

Remember to submit your votes in individual categories as well. Past winners:

Favorite Director
2016: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
2015: Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
2014: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2013: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
2012: Ben Affleck, Argo

Favorite Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
2016: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
2015: Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
2014: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
2013: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
2012: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Favorite Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
2016: Emma Stone, La La Land
2015: Brie Larson, Room
2014: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
2013: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
2012: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Favorite Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
2016: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
2015: Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
2014: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
2013: Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
2012: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Favorite Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
2016: Naomie Harris, Moonlight
2015: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
2014: Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2013: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
2012: Amy Adams, The Master

Favorite Screenplay
2016: Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
2015: Steve Jobs, Aaron Sorkin
2014: Whiplash, Damien Chazelle
2013: Her, Spike Jonze
2012: Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino

This of course is not to be confused with our annual Ants Oscar Poll, which you can enter your picks by clicking on the link in my signature.

[clayj41]

Lists are due ONE WEEK from today.

[Mickey Carson]

Got to watch a few more films before submitting my list. On the docket:
-The Darkest Hour
-Wonderstruck
-Spiderman: Homecoming

And I think I need to rewatch A Ghost Story because I keep thinking about it, and I'm pretty sure it's going to take another jump up my list.

[ExistenceNow]

Not sure if it's still your current email, Clay, but I sent my list to the address I sent to the 2015 list to.

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Not sure if it's still your current email, Clay, but I sent my list to the address I sent to the 2015 list to.

I still use that one as a personal email address. When did you send it? It's not showing anything from you just yet.

[ExistenceNow]

Like, literally a minute before I made that post.

edit: It's showing up in my sent folder.

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Like, literally a minute before I made that post.

edit: It's showing up in my sent folder.

To my hotmail address, right?

[ExistenceNow]

No it's some strange time warner business extension... maybe it's your old work email?

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

No it's some strange time warner business extension... maybe it's your old work email?

Nevermind. I got it. I know you had sent lists to both email addresses before, but I thought that one was still too new for you to have sent anything to it.

[clayj41]

List are due in TWO DAYS. We have 5 submissions thus far, but most of you slackers wait until the last minute.

[dmbetc]

Compiling my lists now!

[AlpineValley804]

Clay, is the deadline 12 am Friday morning or 12 am Saturday morning?

[clayj41]

Originally Posted by AlpineValley804

Clay, is the deadline 12 am Friday morning or 12 am Saturday morning?

It’s actually noon on Friday, but that generally gets extended to whatever time I wake up on Saturday.

[AlpineValley804]

Originally Posted by clayj41

It’s actually noon on Friday, but that generally gets extended to whatever time I wake up on Saturday.

I am taking you up on that. Will give me time to knock out a few more movies on Friday night.

[mthawk07]

Submitted my list, only 14 movies, but they were good ones for the most part!

[thebestauntie]

Originally Posted by clayj41

It’s actually noon on Friday, but that generally gets extended to whatever time I wake up on Saturday.

I will also appreciate the extension as I am going to try and see Lady Bird Friday night. Or tomorrow night and then try and grab something else on Friday.

[BotheLaneFan]

$1 will be paypal’d to anyone who votes for Twin Peaks: The Return. $2 if you vote it #1.

[Ascf33]

Funny enough, my wife and I are going to watch Lady Bird on Friday night as well so Clay you'll have my list sometime over night as well.

[TwoStep2888]

finally submitted, meant to see a few more films like Gay in Italy but never got around to it, still made a list of 14 movies I liked

[clayj41]

We're at 9 lists, which is ahead of where we usually are at this point. I'm going to start tabulating to save myself some work tomorrow, but everyone else has about 24 hours to PM me their submissions.

Only 5 people have voted for their favorites in the individual categories though so please remember to do so if you're interested.

[Ascf33]

Clay you'll have mine overnight tonight. Got Lady Bird and Call Me By Your Name double feature tonight.

[clayj41]

55 eligible films through 9 submissions. I'm expecting at least 4 more lists, but we're still very far off from our peak participation:

2016 – 69 (12 lists)
2015 – 72 (16 lists)
2014 – 69 (23 lists)
2013 – 84 (25 lists)

I know it's mostly just a bunch of regular posters that are the most vocal in this thread and the movie thread, but ANYONE CAN VOTE!!!

[dmbetc]

Hey LA, can I get a copy of my Oscar submissions, if possible? I forgot to mark down what I picked - I know most but a few I don’t remember

[thebestauntie]

Originally Posted by dmbetc

Hey LA, can I get a copy of my Oscar submissions, if possible? I forgot to mark down what I picked - I know most but a few I don’t remember

Um, sure. I'll do it some time tomorrow okay? It's a bit trickier than just copying and pasting and I'm too tired right now to figure it out haha. But be on the lookout for a PM from me tomorrow

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by clayj41

55 eligible films through 9 submissions. I'm expecting at least 4 more lists, but we're still very far off from our peak participation:

2016 – 69 (12 lists)
2015 – 72 (16 lists)
2014 – 69 (23 lists)
2013 – 84 (25 lists)

I know it's mostly just a bunch of regular posters that are the most vocal in this thread and the movie thread, but ANYONE CAN VOTE!!!

I badgered at least one new person into submitting.

Maybe I should mention that your list is anonymous (except your #1, if it gets a second vote of course)?

[thebestauntie]

List and favorites submitted!