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RockGolf 
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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 Posted - 12/12/2006 : 21:04:25
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Dear Santa Clews:
What I want for Christmas is a list of the top 20 vote-getting reviews of films released in 2006. I have been a very good boy. Can you deliver these before Xmas so we can send them on to local media types?
I promise to leave you spiked egg nog and homemade shortbread.
Thank you
R.G. |
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benj clews 
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Posted - 12/12/2006 : 21:48:44
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Okay, but only on the condition you don't give me any of that godawful egg nog and especially no shortbread...
1. Snakes On A Plane
"Boeing constrictors." (41)
BiggerBoat
2. Da Vinci Code, The
"Hanks: You've Got Grail." (36)
demonic
=3. Rocky Balboa
"Aging Bull." (34)
Sludge
=3. Snakes On A Plane
"Makes aviation hiss story." (34)
R o � k G o 7 f
=3. Da Vinci Code, The
"Something about Mary Magdalene." (34)
BaftaBabe
6. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
"High Seaquel." (33)
detainee
7. Pink Panther, The
"Martin Sellers out." (29)
Beanmimo
8. 1 Second Film, The
"Worth a second viewing." (28)
Whippersnapper
9. Eight Below
"Pupsicles." (27)
Lindsey K
=10. Poultrygeist: Attack Of The Chicken Zombies!
"Murder most fowl." (26)
thefoxdad
=10. New Orleans Story
"Muddy Gras." (26)
thefoxdad
=10. Basic Instinct 2
"Crossed, uncrossed, YAWN, crossed." (26)
Conan The Camper
=10. United 93
"United, they fell." (26)
R o � k G o 7 f
=14. Irish Vampire Goes West, The
"'Gimme a bloody pint!'." (25)
Fa7ken
=14. Zombie Prom
"Night of Jiving Dead." (25)
Fa7ken
=14. Hollywoodland
"Actually, speeding bullet faster." (25)
Yukon
=14. Who Killed The Electric Car?
"Mad-at-gas-car." (25)
Yukon
=14. Death Of A President
"Bush. Whacked." (25)
mampers7
19. Shaggy Dog, The
"Dog Dad Afternoon." (24)
The Prof
20. Snakes On A Plane
"Flying hissassins." (23)
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 12/13/2006 : 13:53:48
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| Yay! It's just what I wanted! Thanks you, Santa Clews. The rum is sitting in front of my fireplace. |
Edited by - RockGolf on 12/13/2006 16:16:57 |
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 12/13/2006 : 14:47:35
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quote:
Originally posted by R o � k G o 7 f
Dear Santa Clews:
What I want for Christmas is a list of the top 20 vote-getting reviews of films released in 2006. I have been a very good boy. Can you deliver these before Xmas so we can send them on to local media types?I promise to leave you spiked egg nog and homemade shortbread.
Thank you
R.G.
Hey, R o � k G o 7 f, great idea. Let us know if anything comes of this.
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 12/13/2006 : 16:16:06
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I've sent copies of the list to Peter Howell of the Toronto Star, whose column introduced me to this site, Jim Emerson of the Chicago Sun-Times, whose review's headlines are often FWFR-worthy, and CBC radio's Feedback, who interviewed Benj on air earlier this year. If you want to do the same, please list your recipients here so we don't cause duplicates. I usually preface the letter with some variation of this:
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...yadda, yadda, yadda the website www.fwfr.com - the Four Word Film Review. As you may know, the site allows users to submit cogent, funny or accurate reviews of any film in cinematic history, as long as that critique is limited to a maximum of four words.
Annually the site's moderator, Benj Clews, gathers the reviews for films released in the current calendar year as selected by fellow reviewers. Then FWFR's around the world submit the list to local media types to publicize the site and give out a Christmas giggle. Here, for your amusement and that of your readers, are the top twenty FWFRs of 2006. It includes popular films, cult films that lend themselves to jokes, and documentaries. You may use any or all the list in your column, as long as the website is attributed.
I also strip off the vote count and contributors' names to tighten the list up. |
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Conan The Westy 
"Father, Faithful Friend, Fwiffer"
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Posted - 12/13/2006 : 17:11:59
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 7 f
I also strip off the vote count and contributors' names to tighten the list up.
If you include mine please make it Conan the Westy rather than any variation I'm using at the time. |
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Downtown 
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 12/13/2006 : 17:48:55
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| I would think that the top reviews of the top films of 2006 might be better...while we all love it, I doubt the mainstream media cares about reviews for "Zombie Prom." |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/13/2006 : 17:51:05
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| Yes, I agree. I also think it would be better to use just one review for each film. |
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 12/13/2006 : 19:07:35
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Here's the list for those films, based on BoxOfficeMojo.com:
1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - High Seaquel.
2 Cars - Car 'toon.
3 X-Men: The Last Stand - Pryde and Prejudice.
4 The Da Vinci Code - Hanks: You've Got Grail.
5 Superman Returns - Lois Lane's no Kidder.
6 Ice Age: The Meltdown - Latifah has mammoth butt.
7 Over the Hedge - Bruce Willis: Die Yard.
8 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby - Ferrell's Daze of Thunder.
9 Happy Feet - Dance of the Penguins.
10 Click - Man-of-pause.
11 Mission: Impossible III - Cruise, Hoffman. No autism.
12 Casino Royale - 'Royale' without cheese.
13 The Devil Wears Prada - Wolf in Streep's clothing.
14 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - Borat misunderkazakhstanding.
15 The Departed - Ratt Damon.
16 The Break-Up - Ex-Friend. No benefits.
17 Scary Movie 4 - Four scare, seven years.
18 Failure to Launch - Mockingbird CPR really works!
19 Inside Man - Buried a-Clive.
20 Open Season - Lawrence's Boog bear-ly funny.
Some have very few votes. #20 has only 2.
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Downtown
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 12/13/2006 : 21:35:29
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| Ummm...should it bother me that on the film where I was tied for first, you only chose one of the two reviews, with mine being the one you excluded? |
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 12/13/2006 : 22:28:14
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Where there was a tie, I tried to pick the review that the mainstream media would care about.
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Downtown
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 12/14/2006 : 00:15:31
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 7 f
Where there was a tie, I tried to pick the review that the mainstream media would care about.
Touche. But it's actually the outright top vote-getter now with one more vote...I swear to God it really wasn't me!
Of course it's not so important anyway because people can use whatever reviews they want when promoting FWFR. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 12/14/2006 : 06:37:21
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 7 f
Here's the list for those films, based on BoxOfficeMojo.com:
18 Failure to Launch - Mockingbird CPR really works!
HURRAH!!! I made the list!!!
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Airbolt
"teil mann, teil maschine"
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Posted - 12/15/2006 : 21:27:20
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Benj , Is this list going to any UK media?
BTW when the Times ran a FWFR competition a while Back did they reference the site? ( Can't remember exactly when )
I'm pleased that one of my reviews NEARLY got in  Maybe next year! |
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 12/16/2006 : 07:27:51
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Originally posted by AIRBOLT
Benj , Is this list going to any UK media?
Yeah! Forward it to the media. Maybe RogerEbert.com might bite. They published something about us before and they seemed starved for content since Roger has been absent for so long. |
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Sludge 
"Charlie Don't Serf!"
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Benj: Top reviews of 2006 films?
