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Re: The Ratings Project
« Reply #20 on: September 26, 2012, 03:55:12 PM »
I think The Bells of St. Marys is quite a bit better. Bing Crosby's best actor Oscar for Going My Way is the only one Ive seen in person though. Pretty neat.

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Re: The Ratings Project: FAQ, Comments, and Questions
« Reply #21 on: September 26, 2012, 03:56:07 PM »
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Going My Way (Leo McCrary, 1944) — 4.1
Going My Way (Leo McCrary, 1944) — 5
Going My Way (Leo McCrary, 1944) — 6
Going My Way (Leo McCrary, 1944) — 3.5

Yikes! I was going to rate that one a 9, but I haven't seen it recently enough. It's so sweet! Like Miracle on 34th Street-sweet, but better crafted!

edit: McCrary?! Maybe I should fix that.

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Miracle on 34th St is at least somewhat respectful to those who don't agree with its worldview. I'd watch it over Going My Way any time.

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Re: The Ratings Project: FAQ, Comments, and Questions
« Reply #22 on: September 26, 2012, 03:57:23 PM »
Miracle on 34th St is at least somewhat respectful to those who don't agree with its worldview. I'd watch it over Going My Way any time.

Hmm, interesting. I'll definitely have to queue up Going My Way this winter and see what you're talking about.

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Re: The Ratings Project
« Reply #23 on: September 26, 2012, 04:03:26 PM »
Week 1

Seventh Heaven (Frank Borzage, 1927) — 9
It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934) — 8
Pygmalion (Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard, 1938) — 7
Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939) — 10
The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940) — 10
Going My Way (Leo McCarey, 1944) — 8
The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, 1945) — 5
The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946) — 8
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948) — 7
A Letter to Three Wives (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1949) — 7
All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) — 10
An American in Paris (Vincente Minelli, 1951) — 10
The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951) — 6
The Bad and the Beautiful (Vincente Minelli, 1952) —6
On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954) — 8
Marty (Delbert Mann, 1955) — 6
The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956) — 7
The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957) — 6
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962) — 6
A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann, 1966) — 5
In The Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967) — 5
The Lion in Winter (Anthony Harvey, 1968) — 10
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) — 8
Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969) — 7
Patton (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1970) — 8
The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971) — 9
The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) — 6
The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973) — 7
Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975) — 6
All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976) — 6
Coming Home (Hal Ashby, 1978) — 5
Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton, 1979) — 5
Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980) — 6
Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson, 1981) — 5
Gandhi (Richard Attenborough, 1982) — 5
A Room with a View (James Ivory, 1985) — 6
The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987) — 7
Moonstruck (Norman Jewison, 1987) — 7
Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, 1989) — 6
The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) — 7
Howards End (James Ivory, 1992) — 6
The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993) — 5
Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994) — 3
Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee, 1995) — 7
The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995) — 6
Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997) — 5
Shakespeare in Love (John Madden, 1998) — 4
American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999) — 4
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000) — 8
Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 2000) — 4
Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001) — 4
Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar, 2002) — 7
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003) — 7
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) — 7
The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006) — 8
Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007) — 5
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) — 7
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Re: The Ratings Project
« Reply #24 on: September 26, 2012, 04:19:54 PM »
Week 1: Academy Award-Winners for Best Screenplay

To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962) — 7
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) — 6
Patton (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1970) — 4
The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971) — 5
The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) — 8
The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973) — 9
Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975) — 3
All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976) — 6
Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson, 1981) — 8
Gandhi (Richard Attenborough, 1982) — 5
The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987) — 5
Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994) — 8
Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee, 1995) — 9
The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995) — 10
Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997) — 9
Shakespeare in Love (John Madden, 1998) — 7
American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999) — 5
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000) — 8
Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 2000) — 7
Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001) — 9
Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar, 2002) — 5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003) — 10
Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004) — 10
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) — 7
The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006) — 5
Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007) — 8
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) — 6
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Re: The Ratings Project: FAQ, Comments, and Questions
« Reply #25 on: September 26, 2012, 05:04:02 PM »
Ratings out of 10? Hmmm, this will take some getting used to, but I will try my best.

Week 1
These are all films which won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay and appeared on at least one Top 100 list here at the forum.
 
It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934) —  7
Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939) — 8
The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946) — 9
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948) — 9
All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) — 6
On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954) — 6
The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957) — 7
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962) — 7
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) — 7
Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969) — 5
The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971) — 6
The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) — 7
The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973) —   8
Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton, 1979) — 8
Ordinary People (Robert Redford, 1980) — 9
Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson, 1981) — 10
Gandhi (Richard Attenborough, 1982) — 6
The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987) — 9
Dead Poets Society (Peter Weir, 1989) — 7
The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) — 10
Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994) — 10, obvi
Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee, 1995) — 6
The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995) — 6
Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997) — 8
Shakespeare in Love (John Madden, 1998) — 7
American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999) — 6
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000) — 10
Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 2000) — 9
Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001) — 9
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003) — 6
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) — 7
The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006) — 7
Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007) — 8
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) — 8
The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011) — 9

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Re: The Ratings Project
« Reply #26 on: September 26, 2012, 05:05:55 PM »
Just give all these movies 0's.

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Re: The Ratings Project
« Reply #27 on: September 26, 2012, 05:12:49 PM »
By my calculations, after 12 voters submitted.

Top 5:
The Best Years of Our Lives
A Letter to Three Wives
All About Eve
The Bad and the Beautiful
Seventh Heaven 

Bottom 5:
Dead Poets Society 
A Man for All Seasons 
The Piano 
Going My Way 
Coming Home 

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Re: The Ratings Project
« Reply #28 on: September 26, 2012, 05:19:51 PM »
Week 1

Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939) —   5
The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940) —   5
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948) —   7
All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) —   7
The Lavender Hill Mob (Charles Crichton, 1951) —   7
On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954) —   7
The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957) —   8
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962) —   5
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969) —   6
Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969) —   7
The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971) —   9
The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) —   6
The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973) —   5
Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975) —   9
All the President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976) —   9
Coming Home (Hal Ashby, 1978) —   7
Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton, 1979) —   4
Gandhi (Richard Attenborough, 1982) —   5
The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987) —   5
Moonstruck (Norman Jewison, 1987) —   6
The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) —   7
The Piano (Jane Campion, 1993) —   6
Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994) —   4
The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995) —   5
Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997) —   6
American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999) —   5
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000) —   5
Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 2000) —   5
Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001) —   8
Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar, 2002) —   7
Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004) —   4
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) —   8
The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006) —   8
Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007) —   4
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) —   6
The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011) —   5
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Re: The Ratings Project
« Reply #29 on: September 26, 2012, 05:20:37 PM »
By my calculations, after 12 voters submitted.

A Man and a Woman should be in there somewhere ... I think.

I'll also be making a slight adjustment to the averages based on the number of votes on which each is based.

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