Originally posted by BackFire
Where did you get that date? The date I've seen is 12/16/05 as the official US release date.
December 9th was the "limited release" date, meaning NY & LA. Worldwide was 1/13/06.
"Munich" was also a December "limited release", with a 1/6/06 nationwide opening.
..and I'm not dogging you on this, but the cities that get the "limited release" movies are the only ones that are aware of the release date, and get the whole big "special engagement" trailers on television. Whereas the rest of the country isn't aware, and we/they get the "In theatres __________" trailer.
I'm sticking with "Brokeback Mountain", because that ONE limited engagement in December, it played on 5 SCREENS NATIONWIDE.
It's a 2006 movie.
By December 26th it was playing in 217 screens.
December 30th it was playing in 269.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=brokebackmountain.htm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/business
2005 movie.
The year a film is counted as isn't when it got its biggest release, its when it got its initial release. By the end of 2005 it was already in a good number of theaters across the country. It got put into more because of the success in those theaters.
Fine.
Just so everyone else is up to date on these "technicalities", the following films are also ineligible.
V For Vendetta
Munich
Thank You For Smoking
So, that leaves you with a bunch of shitty movies that actually debuted nationwide in the year 2006. I retract my vote for "Brokeback" and replace it with "Scary Movie 4".
Why 'V for Vendetta' or 'Thank you for Smoking'? Both of those had the initial release date of March 17th.
And if you want to list Brokeback Mountain as your favorite 2006 movie, be my guest, dude. You're welcome to have your own definition on what kind of release date you wish to go by. If you're going by a "wide" release, which is understandable, then feel free to list Brokeback. I just didn't want people thinking the film was officially released in 2006.
Originally posted by C-Dic
Fine.Just so everyone else is up to date on these "technicalities", the following films are also ineligible.
V For Vendetta
Munich
Thank You For SmokingSo, that leaves you with a bunch of shitty movies that actually debuted nationwide in the year 2006. I retract my vote for "Brokeback" and replace it with "Scary Movie 4".
What about those who don't live in the glorious US of A? Can we still keep our votes?
Originally posted by BackFire
Why 'V for Vendetta' or 'Thank you for Smoking'? Both of those had the initial release date of March 17th.And if you want to list Brokeback Mountain as your favorite 2006 movie, be my guest, dude. You're welcome to have your own definition on what kind of release date you wish to go by. If you're going by a "wide" release, which is understandable, then feel free to list Brokeback. I just didn't want people thinking the film was officially released in 2006.
Just cuz "Thank You For Smoking" debuted in September of 2005 at the Canadian Film Festival. Tickets were sold to view it, so..yeah. "V For Vendetta" debuted at some Texas Film Festival in December of 2005, too.
Now, that's only if you wanna split hairs and ruin my fun. Otherwise, yeah, they're 2006 movies..😇
Originally posted by Mr Parker
I think a lot of people would change their minds and list this one if they saw it.I know it hasnt been listed because I know the majority of people here havent seen it and that is Firewall with Harrison Ford.
Wow, I watched that earlier this summer and it was pretty bad. It was like a poor man's "Ransom."
I'd like to add:
The Proposition
MI3, Supes Return, and X3 were pretty good too.