Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Noah Castle Film Awards (Epilogue)


The Noecitos have been handed for the first time!! That might look like nothing but it is actually a big deal to me. I think it is a great way to celebrate love for the movies. But there is a sad part and that not every movie can make the cut so I wanted to dedicate the epilogue to the 49 films that were in no way represented in the NCFAs. For math's sake I'll say that a total of 46 films were somehow mentioned during this year's festivities so that means that I've watched so far 95 eligible films.
Of course, the lack of these 49 films cannot be attributed to a single factor. Some had a lot of competence and some were just awful. So here they come: the forgotten ones!

The really good ones (a.k.a.  The "I can't believe they were not mentioned!")

Exit through the Gift Shop by Banksy
María y Yo by Félix Fernández de Castro
Toy Story 3 by Lee Unkrich


The good ones

Balada Triste de Trompeta  by Álex de la Iglesia
Bicicleta Cullera Poma by Carles Bosch
Bon Appétit by David Pinillos
Film Socialisme by Jean-Luc Godard (under the category WTF?)
Incendies by Denis Villeneuve 
The King's Speech by Tom Hooper
Uncle Boonmee who can recall his past lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
El Mal Ajeno by Oskar Santos
Mistérios de Lisboa by Raoul Ruiz
Pa Negre  by Agustí Villaronga
Rabia by Sebastián Cordero
Shutter Island by Martin Scorsese
Todo lo que tú quieras by Achero Mañas

The ones between good and O.K.

Going the Distance by Nannette Burstein
Harry Potter 7.1 by David Yates
La Isla Interior by Dunia Ayaso and Félix Sabroso
Knight and Day by James Mangold
Leap Year by Anand Tucker
London River by Rachid Bouchareb
Machete by Robert Rodríguez
La Mosquitera by Agustí Vila
Mr. Nobody by Jaco Van Dormael
Prince of Persia by Mike Newell
The Runaways by Flora Sigismondi
The Switch by Josh Gordon and Will Speck
True Grit by Joel and Ethan Coen

The O.K. ones

Centurion by Neil Marshall
Contracorriente by Javier Fuentes-León
Una Hora Más en Canarias by David Serrano
I Love You, Philip Morris by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
Iron Man 2 by Jon Favreau
Lope by Andrucha Waddington
Mother and Child by Rodrigo García
Tron: Legacy by Joseph Kosinski
Valentine's Day by Garry Marshall
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger by Woody Allen


The bad ones

Cyrus by Jay and Mark Duplass
Date Night by Shwan Levy
Herois by Pau Freixas
The Tourist by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck


The awfulness made film

Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton
Clash of the Titans by Louis Leterrier
Dear John by Lasse Hallström
Estació de l'Oblit by Christian Molina and Sandra Serna
The Last Airbender by M. Night Shyamalan (my pick for worst film of the year)
Robin Hood by Ridley Scott

END OF THE NCFA 2010!


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