Another year, come and gone. Time to have a quick look at the festival in whole and mention what the best films were. IMNSHO.
The best movies:
Z Channel - Absolute winner overall, and also winning the Best Documentary Ever prize, this is what the genre was made for.
Primer - Wins the Moves For People Who Think award!
Zebraman - Easily takes both the Best Childrens Feature prize and the Superest Hero Movie award.
Kung Fu Hustle - Winner in the Kung Fu category! All our base are belong to Stephen Chow, and we are grateful.
The Machinist - Narrowly capturing the Best Psychological Thriller prize, mostly because Christian Bale wins the Freakiest Actor award therein.
Ghost Inna Shell 2 - Takes the coveted Eye-Popping Splendour award.
This years fest had a lot of zombies, with a surprising amount of "limb hacking off". A lot of the showings seated half an hour early or more, which is better than last year. The "late start" was held to an acceptable minimum. There was ferocious garbage collection in the waiting line, something I'm very happy about. Certainly a great fest, compared to previous ones.
In the area of "personal achievement", this year was my most spectacular: I managed to see 32 out of the 30 movies I planned to see, and could only have squeezed in another four or five if there had actually been something I wanted to see in those time slots. I missed 0 of the films I scheduled, and that's the thing I'm most happy about.
Now both the fest and I must remember to work hard next year to maintain this high standard of quality! See you next year, at Filmnerd 3D! (coloured glasses sold seperately)
Posted by Task at September 21, 2004 07:43 PM