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Old 01-20-07, 10:05 PM
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The Paul Haggis Memorial Award for Achievement in Manipulative Screenwriting
and the winner is ...

2006 Andy & Larry Wachowski, V For Vendetta
2005 Paul Haggis, Crash

anybody think of winners in other years?
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Old 01-20-07, 10:08 PM
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Pay It Forward (forgot the year)
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Pay It Forward (forgot the year)
It's better that way...
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Originally Posted by hardercore
and the winner is ...

2006 Andy & Larry Wachowski, V For Vendetta
2005 Paul Haggis, Crash

anybody think of winners in other years?
I'm still trying to forget 2005! *rash -- eyes rolling...
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The obvious addition:

2006 Andy & Larry Wachowski, V For Vendetta
2005 Paul Haggis, Crash
2004 Paul Haggis, Million Dollar Baby

Motherfuckin' Paul Haggis... Sigh.

-JP
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2001 Kristine Johnson and Jessie Nelson, I Am Sam
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What is this "Paul Haggis Memorial Award?" I google'd the bloke and he is yet to kick the bucket.
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It's a piss take. You don't actually think they give out an award for manipulative screenwriting as well, do you?
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V for Vendetta wasn't manipulative at all, I'm sure when the smoke clears, Letters from Iwo Jima will win.
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Each to their own. V for Vendetta just didn't work at all for me, and the writing was a huge factor in that.
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2006 -- Paul Haggis, Casino Royale
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Each to their own. V for Vendetta just didn't work at all for me, and the writing was a huge factor in that.
I think we have different opinions of what manipulative means.
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2002 - Randall Wallace, We Were Soldiers
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Originally Posted by hardercore
It's a piss take.
More of a piss, actually.

Because Paul Haggis is the first guy to write broadly? Gimme a break...

The "Lord of the Rings" films are the most "manipulative" pictures of the last ten years, so I vote Peter Jackson and co.
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There's some bad movies that I would call "manipulative". We Were Soldiers and Pay it Forward are good examples.

But I WATCH MOVIES to be manipulated! I'm not gonna make a list. But I would say that at least 50 of my 100 favorite movies are largely manipulative. Nothin' to be ashamed about.
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How exactly is V for Vendetta manipulative? The story couldn't be much more straightforward

Will someone explain what is meant by manipulative?
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agreed
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It seems to me as if this thread is using manipulative to mean obvious.
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Originally Posted by Parcher
Will someone explain what is meant by manipulative?
Manipulative usually means writing a story that is designed to push every emotional button to get a guaranteed reaction. You're so emotionally drained by the film, that by the time it's over you might think it was a good movie, even though it probably wasn't. Patch Adams immediately comes to mind.
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The Pursuit of Happyness should be a candidate for 2006.
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2007 award for most moronic thread

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