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The Pacific Place theater was way too hot (temperature-wise) for the 10pm screening on Saturday.  The lower level was nearly tolerable but the upper level was stifling.   Several audience members were telling the announcer guy that it was too hot.

Also, midway through the film the film frame became uncentered vertically and the subtitles were off the screen and unreadable for several minutes.  The projectionist didn't bother to rewind it.   At least, it wasn't rewound before I left the theater.

the new site looks fantastic. i love the idea of integrated blogging, but i already have a site that i will fail to keep current once i start watching films at 4:00 today :)

i do try to do capsule reviews, etc. my blog is general, but you can follow the siff posts by their tags.

siff 2008: http://ironymaiden.livejournal.com/tag/siff2k8

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Here's a link you may want to bookmark and check daily:

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Our admins have assembled this site so quickly I'm amazed. It's only natural that our admins haven't assembled everything quite perfectly. It's a shared work-in-progress.

So, I propose this thread as a place to dscuss the site itself. It's normal that any such discussion will include more "this isn't quite right" than "this is just right".

I'll start with my first collection of observations in a reply to this message.

Accelerating America is a remarkable portrait of an inspirational principal, two of his most challenging students, and a school that offers at-risk youth a second chance. Despite abandonment, poverty, and troubled pasts, America and Jasmine struggle to turn their lives around over the course of a single make-or-break year.

Director Timothy Hotchner scheduled to attend both screenings

Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain all checked out before turning 28. After the sudden death of a bandmate, a distressed rock star hires a geeky grocery store clerk to drive him across the country. The vast American landscape—stunningly photographed—provides solace for this unlikely pair as they make their way to New York for the funeral. Director Erica Dunton scheduled to attend both screenings

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210 holders of SIFF passes (full series, platinum, press and staff) rated every SIFF film they saw, averaging 59 films each. The films were rated on a scale of: Most Favorite (+4), Top of the Heap (+3), Honorable Mention (+2), Guilty Pleasure (+1), Neutral (0), Excusable Irritant (-1), Dishonorable Mention (-2), Bottom of the Heap (-3), or Least Favorite (-4).

The Most Favorite films (those rated Most Favorite by the highest percentage of those who saw it, and by at least 10 voters) are:

2000 Fool Serious Awards

219 holders of SIFF passes (full series, platinum, press and staff) rated every SIFF film they saw, averaging 63 films each.  We made some minor changes to the rating system this year.

2001 Fool Serious Awards

241 holders of SIFF passes (full series, platinum, press and staff) rated every SIFF film they saw, averaging 63 films each.

The Most Liked films (those with the highest weighted average vote) are:

2002 Fool Serious Awards

214 holders of SIFF passes (full series, platinum, press and staff) rated every SIFF film they saw, averaging 62 films each.

The Most Liked films (those with the highest weighted average vote) are:

2003 Fool Serious Awards

236 holders of SIFF passes (full series, platinum, press and staff) rated every SIFF film they saw, averaging 63 films each.

The Most Liked films (those with the highest weighted average vote) are:

2004 Fool Serious Awards

193 holders of SIFF passes (full series, platinum, press and staff) rated every SIFF film they saw, averaging 69 films each.

The Most Liked films (those with the highest weighted average vote) are:

2005 Fool Serious Awards

163 holders of SIFF passes (full series, platinum, press and staff) rated every SIFF film they saw, averaging 68 films each.

The Most Liked films (those with the highest weighted average vote) are:

2006 Fool Serious Awards

171 holders of SIFF passes (full series, platinum, press and staff) rated every SIFF film they saw, averaging 70 films each.

The Most Liked films (those with the highest weighted average vote) are:

167 holders of SIFF passes (full series, platinum, press and staff) rated every SIFF film they saw, averaging 69 films each.

The Most Liked films (those with the highest weighted average vote) are:

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