Boycott Smartfilter

Jesus Saves, David Shaves!Boing Boing is starting a protest against a product called SmartFilter because SmartFitler flagged Boing Boing as a nudity site, thus censoring the site for users in coutries like Iran, UAE, and Qatar. So, I figured I would jump on the bandwagon and post some rockin' genitalia here.


For the dudes who only like to look at their own penises. Boobs! Oh, sorry about that bonus penis.





This has nothing to do with movies. It is just fun.

Another Collection of Top 10 Lists

I stumbled on another site, CriticsTop10.net, that collects all the top ten lists and creates one big list. The movies are scored slightly differently on this list. They just give one point per movie no matter what the placement on the top 10 list.

The list used to create the brackets is from Movie City News and they score the movies by the position in the top 10 lists, #1 gets 10 points and #10 gets 1 point.

With the two scoring systems, there are some slight differences in the two lists. I do not know which scoring system is better. However, Critics Top 10 does have some interesting sub-listings such at 'Passion Index', 'Cream of the Crop Critics', 'Oscar Best Picture Contenders', 'Number of #1 Mentions out of 640 Lists', 'Foriegn Language' and 'Documentary'.

CriticsTop10.net
Movie City News

Game 10: Head-On (31) vs Saraband (34)

How Todd made his picks

Mom has watched another pair of movies: Head-On (31) vs Saraband (34)

Winner: Saraband (34)

Mom says, "Watched Saraband the ingmar bergman movie score five, loved the stories
and the acting was awesome......
I love liv ulman ( have for years) she only made few american movies... she
does not like hollywood.. somewhere in all of my books I have a wonderful
book of poetry by her.... she..... is very talented...Best of all igmar
bergman was 84 when he wrote and directed this flick....."

and
"last night I watched Head-On
score....3 too much violence... I think their break free from customs, religious believes ect. can come about with less schnapps.....and to think all this adventure in the birthplace of BACH."

I had to read about Head-On to figure out what Mom was talking about here. Basically, the characters go on a drunken rampage and finally learn how to enjoy their lives. Or they attain enlightenment.

This leaves Todd alone in the lead and Tony alone in the gutter!

Tony, this guy can help!
Here are the updated standings!
Rank Predictor Score
1 Todd King - 3
2 Ben Owens - 2
3 PCH - 2
4 Jan - 2
5 VAsko - 2
6 Rowan Reid - 2
7 Etherpimp.com - 1
8 greg - gasman@interland.com 1
9 Terry Maltos - 1
10 Rock Star's Wife - 1
11 Bill M. - 1
12 Tarzan - 1
13 Nancy - 1
14 Sara Sara - 1
15 Tony Owens - 0

Up Next! Game 12: Kings and Queen (15) vs Millions (50)

In Other Movie News:
Werner Herzog gets shot

Liv!!

Werner Herzog is the new Eternal Now

Werner Herzog, the director of Grizzly Man, is everywhere and all powerful.

Yum!!
After seeing Werner Herzog eat his shoe, I figured he was the coolest director alive. Recent events have confirmed this.

First, Herzog helps Joaquin Phoenix from a car wreck:
"Phoenix was saved because he was wearing his seatbelt, but has revealed he was helped from the wreckage by the 63-year-old, who has a home nearby.

The actor says, "I remember this knocking on the passenger window. There was this German voice saying, 'Just relax.' There's the airbag, I can't see and I'm saying, 'I'm fine. I am relaxed. Finally, I rolled down the window and this head pops inside. And he said, 'No, you're not.'

"And suddenly I said to myself, 'That's Werner Herzog!' There's something so calming and beautiful about Werner Herzog's voice. I felt completely fine and safe. I climbed out. I got out of the car and I said, 'Thank you,' and he was gone.""
- sfgate.com

Then, he gets shot with an air rifle, but continues with the interview saying "It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid.". Video Link

Digging around I found that Ian Curtis, singer of Joy Division, commited suicide after watching one of his movies, Stroszek. Ok, that is not cool, but still... Let's call it 'just nuts'.

I tried to explain the ending of Stroszek to one of my friends and after 5 minutes of me rambling, she said, "Sounds weird". I said, "Yeah".

I guess Ian Curtis found it even more weird than I did.

From Wikipedia:
"Ian Curtis, lead singer of the band Joy Division, reportedly committed suicide a few hours after watching the Stroszek on BBC 2 on May 18, 1980. The original vinyl release version of Joy Division's posthumous album Still featured the following groove notation: "The chicken won't stop" (side A), etched chicken tracks across the grooves (sides B & C), and "The chicken stops here" (side D). These are all references to the film's grim finale."


Bruno S in 2003

Yeah, so Stroszek is real powerful and stuff. This is due in large part because of the actor Bruno S. Bruno S was in another movie by Werner Herzog called The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser. This might be Werner Herzog's best movie. Watch it, you will be freaked out you did.



Yeah, I am in love with Werner Herzog. For Werner Herzog, I would switch teams. There has to be someone in this world you would switch teams for, right? Right?

Did someone say somethin' about switchin' teams!

Bruno!!

An explanation of MomsFavoriteMovies

This is an explanation of this blog for newcomers.

First of all, sorry, you are too late to win the DVD...

I am hosting a game where people will predict my mom's favorite movie of 2005. The game is a bracket tournament like March Madness. My mom will watch the top 64 movies of 2005, and who ever scores the most points will win a copy of my Mom's favorite movie of 2005.

Unfortunately, since you missed the deadline, you are too late to win the DVD. However, feel free to play the game and try to score more points than your friends and enemies. Best of all, you can find what movie is my Mom's Favorite Movie of 2005. Woo Hoo!!

For more info, read this.

Game 7: Me and You and Everyone We Know (25) vs Kung Fu Hustle (40)

Todd Pulverizes!
Jan Butchers!

Mom was able to get a bit of a headstart before the prediction deadline passed, so the results are already in for Game 7. Mom watched Me and You and Everyone We Know(25) vs Kung Fu Hustle(40) .

Winner: Kung Fu Hustle!!! Another upset.

Mom says, " saw kung fu hustler last night... loved it.... score 5
as you know I love those martial art flixs ...... with comedy it was great... " (I had no idea she loved martial arts movies!)

and "me and you & everyone we know........ 4
I liked it / a sort of dark comedy... children let to fend for themselves , mother not there and Dad struggling.
A little bit too California for me....."

Well, now that I am single, I can not wait to watch Kung Fu Hustler!!

This pick caught several people off guard. Only Jan, Todd, Bill and Rowan guessed correctly, leaving Jan and Todd tied for first.

Poor Tarzan picked Me and You and Everyone We Know to go the whole way. Hang in there Tarzan, there are plenty of opportunities to pick up points.

Rank Predictor Score
1 Jan - 2
2 Todd King - 2
3 Etherpimp.com - 1
4 Ben Owens - 1
5 greg - 1
6 PCH - 1
7 Rock Star's Wife - 1
8 Bill M. - 1
9 Tarzan - 1
10 VAsko - 1
11 Rowan Reid - 1
12 Sara Sara - 1
13 Terry Maltos - 0
14 Tony Owens - 0
15 djcarman - 0
16 Nancy - 0


Tarzan having a tough morning

Up Next: Game 10
Head-On (31) vs Saraband (34)
Good Luck!

Game 5: Last Days vs Look at Me

...and they're off!!!

The Prediction deadline has past, Mom has watched her first pairing and has made her first decision. Game 5, Last Days (21) vs Look at Me (45). ...and the winner is ......Look at Me! Our first upset even!

Below is what Mom had to say about the movies. Mom used to write telegrams for a living. She recently retired, but her love of the style carries on in her emails.

Mom said, "just finished " look at Me " score 4. on a personal note... I loved the music..(Handel)..."

and "score for last days .... 3......... even thought I liked the movie I thought looking at the result of a beautiful young man having fried his brain. for almost 2 hrs.. was a bit too long... the interaction of the other people was too meager..... it’s a wonder that courtney love is still around.
so of look at me and last days..... I liked look at me... best....."

"I knew it!"

Most of you were not surprised by this upset.

Here is the leader board.
Rank Predictor Score
1 Etherpimp.com - 1
2 Ben Owens - 1
3 greg - 1
4 _NotEligible - 1
5 PCH - 1
6 Jan - 1
7 Rock Star's Wife - 1
8 Stewart - 1
9 Todd King - 1
10 Tarzan - 1
11 VAsko - 1
12 Sara Sara - 1
13 Terry Maltos - 0
14 Tony Owens - 0
15 Bill M. - 0
16 djcarman - 0
17 Rowan Reid - 0
18 Nancy - 0

Game 7 is the next pairing: Me and You and Everyone We Know vs Kung Fu Hustle. Stay tuned for the results of this epic battle.

Deadline Correction

I mistakenly had the deadline set to midnight 2/12. This made it so any prediction that came in on 2/12 appeared to be late. I corrected the deadline to midnight 2/13, so these predictions are now on time.

In other words, you can predict on Sunday, but Monday will be too late to be eligible for the prize.

I made my picks

I have made my picks. I did not want to make any picks, but it bothered me that there was a 'not finished' prediction, so I made my picks. However, just to make sure everyone knew there was no funny business going on, I had the lower seed win every game. In theory, I should do really poorly. We will see.

_NotEligible is also me. I am going to try to remove that user. If I can not, then I will just make bad picks.