The Citizen of the Year

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Template:Infobox brickfilm old The Citizen of the Year is a 2004 comedy film by "Watson Films". The film is about a man who, in a desperate attempt to become the Citizen of the Year, treats a bum to dinner in a fancy restaurant.

Plot

Ballser, a man who lives in a fancy house, greets his neighbor, who lives in a messy shack. Ballser informs the neighbor that he was nominated for Citizen of the Year again. The neighbor grudgingly congratulates Ballser. Ballser starts to ask about the neighbor's parrot, but then notices a trash can full of dead parrots. A father and son insult the neighbor, and a group of people walk by and enthusiastically greet Ballser. Ballser leaves, and the neighbor, angry, shoots a light on Ballser's house. The neighbor decides he wants to compete for Citizen of the Year.

Later that day, the neighbor ignore pleas of help from an old lady and a robbery in progress. The neighbor spots a bum and insults him, but then begrudgingly realizes if he helps the bum, he might be eligible for the award. The neighbor tosses a coin at the bum. The bum scoffs at the neighbor's weak attempt at charity. The neighbor demands the bum vote for him for Citizen of the Year, saying that the bum "owes him." The bum confronts the neighbor, sarcastically saying maybe he'll buy a large meal and a house with the coin.

"Or maybe I'll beat the crap out of you and steal all yo' money!" the bum retorts. Frightened, the neighbor says he'll do anything. The bum asks for a meal. The neighbor tells the bum to put some pants on. The bum steals a pair of pants and is confronted by the store owner, but Ballser appears and pays for the pants.

The neighbor takes the bum to a restaurant. Eventually the neighbor yells at the bum, and everyone stares. Despite the neighbor's best efforts to limit the meal to complimentary dinner rolls, the bum orders an expensive meal and urinates at the table. A waiter slips on the urine and the neighbor is asked to leave. The neighbor tries to point out the bum did it, but is thrown out.

One year later, the neighbor is grumbling about how he doesn't want Ballser to win Citizen of the Year again. The bum watches the neighbor approach. Ballser appears and tells the bum "You know what to do."

Legacy

Post #1

"KG, this was a great film. I admit that I downloaded the low quality format, so I didn’t see it in its proper glory, but despite the losses to compression, it was still more than evident that this film was well-crafted in terms of visual quality, but moreso in the superb writing (and acting) that I, of course, fully expect from any film you produce. The characters were funny, but they could possibly have used a couple more touches. The citizen of the year guy should have been a christian. Although that may have made him a carbon copy of Ned Flanders, now that I think about it. The main character… well, to be funnier you have to fit into some sort of stereotype. Believe me. The main character stood on the line between white trash and just a regular old jerk. You could always use some more jokes developing one trait or the other. The bum, well, he was excellent. So beautifully sarcastic. I don’t really even think there’s much room for improvement there. The writing was superb, especially for a ten minute film. You kept delivering the jokes at a steady enough pace that I didn’t get bored. All the character’s lines were written well, although personally I’d give the citizen of the year guy a couple more funny lines, because audiences naturally begin to despise unfunny goody-two-shoes characters. In fact, this film didn’t have a protaganist, in my mind. The actor(s), and this is important, delivered most lines very well. This is what made the film funny. Some of my favourites were “‘My daddy says your house is like that because you’re a jerk’ ‘I don’t deny it'” and “OUR ANNIVERSARY IS RUINED!” So far I’ve essentially said that I like everything. Well I don’t. Loser. I didn’t like the ending. Why would the citizen of the year guy do that? It only leads to embarrassment, it doesn’t better the main character in any way, so I think it’s sort of out of character. Besides, there are so many better ways you could have ended this film. I really just don’t think a plot-twist style ending works at all of a comedy of this degree of silliness. I would have had the citizen of the year guy and the main character have another discussion after the restaurant incident to conclude the film, end on a funny joke, and cut to the credits. See, isn’t that better? Great film all the same, KG." - Scott Dombert, September 10, 2005

Post #2

"No, no, I am not on drugs. I am on The Citizen of the Year. I am quite addicted. *looks to the sky* Yes, now my sig has something too. There are many reasons why now my sig has something too. *rousing music begins to play* My sig has something too because of pride. Pride in humanity. We are a magnificent race: There is war and there is destruction, but upon the ashes of this great inferno is love and there is beauty and there is art. I am referring to The Citizen of the Year. My sig has something too because of love. I love my fellow man, and I reach across, through the darkness, through the great bumbling grinding gears of politics, I reach across to my fellow man. Nations unite under The Citizen of the Year. Canadians, Americans, Hungarians, Dutchmen, Germans... Nations that once fought each other now stand together under this: The Citizen of the Year. My sig has something too because of grace. The grace of The Lord, who has endowed this gift upon us: The Citizen of the Year. Let us stand together in joy. Let us utilise this graceful medium to see deeper into each other's hearts. Let us love, let us cherish, and let us hope. Let us download The Citizen of the Year, the link is in my sig!" - Scott Dombert, September 17, 2005

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