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Morticia · 03-15-2002, 03:39 AM

Slade found out that while you can only vote once, you are allowed to make multiple choices. So pick all the films you'd like to see reviewed, and we'll take the top 4 and use them!

As Amelie won't be out on DVD until June, if the film makes a top 4 this week, I'll set it aside until then. Next week it's off the list until it's out on DVD.

Slade and I discussed it some more, and we've modified the rules a bit. I've kept track of film nominations and have 20 for you to choose from. Losing films (films with NO VOTES at all) will be dropped from the list until they are re-nominated. The remaining films that got votes from the first poll will be added back in as needed so we always have 20 to choose from. Please continue to nominate films in the "I Have an Idea" thread in this forum.

The top four winners will be used for the following weeks:

4/7 - 4/13
4/14 - 4/20
4/21 - 4/27
4/28 - 5/4

And this poll will last for one week, till 3/21. I'll make new threads for the winners, please refrain from posting in them until the specified times. (I can always request them closed!) Hopefully then people can have more time to prepare. You can even watch them early as long as you take notes and don't post until the thread is supposed to start.

OK? Start voting, everybody!

Templar · 03-15-2002, 03:47 AM

Awesome.

Just might want to watch the numbers on The Matrix though...there's a certain mod here that might try to pad the stats for that one.

Morticia · 03-15-2002, 04:12 AM

I'm sure he can run, but he can't hide. Yes, even if he is a Mod!

Chazz33 · 03-15-2002, 04:28 AM

I would definetly like to see Notorious get reviewed.

slade · 03-15-2002, 05:24 AM

I don't think Amelie is coming out on DVD until June.

I guess we can leave it on there, and if it gets in the top four just do it the week after it hits the stores?

I give this poll

out of 4. (Just wanted to try them out

).

Morticia · 03-15-2002, 05:35 AM

Whoops, slade....guess I didn't do my homework! Yeah, that'll work...I'll take it off the poll (wait! Can I edit it? OK, here goes....)

Thanks for the

s....they're cool, huh?

edit: nope can't edit it. Maybe a mod will help me sub something. I'll ask

edit edit: It already has 2 votes. Let's let it ride, and I'll set it aside for June if it's popular enough. But I'll remove it next time and make a note to re-add in June!

MrTony · 03-15-2002, 06:11 AM

Okay, I am extra pumped about this forum now that my DVD player is back from the shop. I voted about half and half between stuff I've seen and haven't seen. Although I'm kind of scared to watch Requiem For a Dream. But hey, great art is usually not pretty.

slade · 03-16-2002, 10:01 AM

I hear you on Requiem for a Dream, Mr. Tony. I've avoided that one myself. I hear people talk about it all day--I don't really feel like coming home and watching it.

And, after having watched Fight Club a couple days ago, I'm not too anxious to watch Se7en.

But, I guess it's good to be pulled out of one's comfort zone.

Indyphantom · 03-17-2002, 04:10 AM

excellent...I personally picked 3 films I haven't seen in addition to a couple I have seen that I'd like to explore more deeply.

By the way, AMELIE is not coming out until June...but April has a couple of very interesting titles worth noting, like Mulholland Drive and The Man Who Wasn't There . Just to keep the ball rolling...

Morticia · 03-17-2002, 06:20 AM

Noted, Indy. Slade already called me on Amelie (I hadn't run the whole list by him before starting this thread

).....I will definitely add your titles to the list when the time comes!

Thanks everybody....your input is priceless and noted! I think this is one of the best and most well-received ideas in a long time....

Templar · 03-17-2002, 05:17 PM

You know, I think the Coen Bros are really wonderful, so I want to nominate The Big Lebowski and O Brother Where Art Thou? And The Shawshank Redemption. Thanks.

vikramas · 03-18-2002, 04:34 AM

Morticia: Great poll (I can't wait for Se7en and Eyes Wide Shut personally) but as a proud Indian I would be remiss if I didn't mention Gandhi is spelled wrong (also love that movie)

Morticia · 03-18-2002, 04:45 AM

Whoops, sorry....my bad.

And I work with Indians.....a lot of them!
It will get fixed next poll, thanks!

Dom · 03-18-2002, 01:40 PM

Fixed.

Morticia · 03-18-2002, 04:49 PM

Thanks, Dom....you da man!

mhendu · 03-20-2002, 12:42 AM

I'm a big Scorsese geek, and would like to nominate "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver." I'd also like to suggest "The Third Man" and re-nominate "Brazil." I wish I hadn't missed the Vertigo posting! Any way we can get updated via e-mail on which films will be discussed next? And who is it out there who would rather discuss a mediocre film like "Seven" than a masterpiece like "Persona" or "The Bridge on the River Kwai?"

Travis Bickle · 03-20-2002, 03:02 AM

Well, I would be interested in how our fellow forum members interpret more abstract films like 'Mulholland Drive' or 'Blue Velvet'. I also think that controversial or 'mediocre' movies would make for a more colourful discussion for film class. What do you think teach?

**SilentBob** · 03-20-2002, 06:41 AM

Come on Memento.

Please if you do another post like this include/consider the following movies.

Unbreakable
Silence of the Lambs
Frequency
Three Kings
Blow
A.I.

Dom · 03-20-2002, 12:13 PM

I "stuck" the upcoming discussion threads so everyone can see them and prepare for the viewings.

Morticia · 03-20-2002, 04:14 PM

Thanks Dom -- hadn't occurred to me....I'm still learnin'!!

All nominees have been recorded for next poll, gosh we're gonna be busy for a long time with this Film Class, thanks to all for the enthusiasm.

I'm all up for making sure 'controversial' and mediocre movies get discussed.

Ask slade, I think it'd be fun if we review "Tommy Boy" one day.

IKEA_boy · 03-20-2002, 05:46 PM

I'd like to see Memento discussed here. Next to that, Se7en and Fight Club (not on the list but I'll try anyway).

mhendu · 03-20-2002, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Travis Bickle
I also think that controversial or 'mediocre' movies would make for a more colourful discussion for film class.

It could make for more heated discussions, maybe you're right. Still, I'd be more likely to say something about "The Conversation" than "Enemy of the State." Whether that matters to anyone is another story.

But honestly, if the purpose of the board is to plumb the depths of the films in question, a thread on "Seven," "Cube" or even "Memento" is resting in shallow water. Cleverly contrived concepts and stylized visuals do not make a movie great. Sure, I enjoyed all three films to an extent, and found things to admire in each of them, but the parts don't add up to a convincing whole. Start a thread on a more 'conventional' film like "The Apartment" and you'll find more to contemplate. Now that I'm off my soap-box...does anyone else like Cronenberg's film "Crash?"

Morticia · 03-21-2002, 09:21 PM

We've tallied the results, the next 4 films have been chosen! Look for another poll later today (when I get home from work...)

Thanks all!
closing....

View Poll Results: Which movies (pick as many as you'd like) should be used in Film Class?
Requiem for a Dream	14	41.18%
The Matrix	14	41.18%
Se7en	22	64.71%
Gone With the Wind	6	17.65%
Memento	19	55.88%
Amelie	7	20.59%
Persona	4	11.76%
Dead Ringers	9	26.47%
Notorious	11	32.35%
Eyes Wide Shut	12	35.29%
Cleopatra	3	8.82%
Bridge on the River Kwai	9	26.47%
Cube	7	20.59%
The Exorcist	10	29.41%
Gandhi	8	23.53%
The Longest Day	6	17.65%
Terminator	11	32.35%
Terminator 2	12	35.29%
The Wizard of Oz	11	32.35%
Die Hard	10	29.41%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

03-15-2002, 03:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
Morticia Administrator Emeritus Film Class Goddess Part-Time PRN Princess Panty Thief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Devil's Point. Burn baby burn!	Film Class - Pick as many as you'd like Slade found out that while you can only vote once, you are allowed to make multiple choices. So pick all the films you'd like to see reviewed, and we'll take the top 4 and use them! As Amelie won't be out on DVD until June, if the film makes a top 4 this week, I'll set it aside until then. Next week it's off the list until it's out on DVD. Slade and I discussed it some more, and we've modified the rules a bit. I've kept track of film nominations and have 20 for you to choose from. Losing films (films with NO VOTES at all) will be dropped from the list until they are re-nominated. The remaining films that got votes from the first poll will be added back in as needed so we always have 20 to choose from. Please continue to nominate films in the "I Have an Idea" thread in this forum. The top four winners will be used for the following weeks: 4/7 - 4/13 4/14 - 4/20 4/21 - 4/27 4/28 - 5/4 And this poll will last for one week, till 3/21. I'll make new threads for the winners, please refrain from posting in them until the specified times. (I can always request them closed!) Hopefully then people can have more time to prepare. You can even watch them early as long as you take notes and don't post until the thread is supposed to start. OK? Start voting, everybody! __________________ Nope, you really haven't lived until you've fed a naked Fire Dancer a S'more...cooked from her own flaming baton. I reject your reality and substitute my own! "Freeze dried moles. Price as marked." -- Nixon, Suicide Girl Last edited by Morticia : 03-15-2002 at 05:33 PM.

03-15-2002, 04:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
Morticia Administrator Emeritus Film Class Goddess Part-Time PRN Princess Panty Thief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Devil's Point. Burn baby burn!	I'm sure he can run, but he can't hide. Yes, even if he is a Mod! __________________ Nope, you really haven't lived until you've fed a naked Fire Dancer a S'more...cooked from her own flaming baton. I reject your reality and substitute my own! "Freeze dried moles. Price as marked." -- Nixon, Suicide Girl

03-15-2002, 04:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
Chazz33 Actor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Long Island	I would definetly like to see Notorious get reviewed. __________________ "To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." -Homer J.

03-15-2002, 05:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
slade Film Class God Join Date: May 2001 Location: Oregon City, OR	I don't think Amelie is coming out on DVD until June. I guess we can leave it on there, and if it gets in the top four just do it the week after it hits the stores? I give this poll out of 4. (Just wanted to try them out ). __________________ It is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time yet remain lonesome. T. S. Eliot's description of television

03-15-2002, 03:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Templar Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Bumblefark, PA	Awesome. Just might want to watch the numbers on The Matrix though...there's a certain mod here that might try to pad the stats for that one.

03-15-2002, 05:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
Morticia Administrator Emeritus Film Class Goddess Part-Time PRN Princess Panty Thief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Devil's Point. Burn baby burn!	Whoops, slade....guess I didn't do my homework! Yeah, that'll work...I'll take it off the poll (wait! Can I edit it? OK, here goes....) Thanks for the s....they're cool, huh? edit: nope can't edit it. Maybe a mod will help me sub something. I'll ask edit edit: It already has 2 votes. Let's let it ride, and I'll set it aside for June if it's popular enough. But I'll remove it next time and make a note to re-add in June! __________________ Nope, you really haven't lived until you've fed a naked Fire Dancer a S'more...cooked from her own flaming baton. I reject your reality and substitute my own! "Freeze dried moles. Price as marked." -- Nixon, Suicide Girl Last edited by Morticia : 03-15-2002 at 05:38 AM.

03-15-2002, 06:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
MrTony Forum Wise Guy Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Waterloo, Iowa, USA	Okay, I am extra pumped about this forum now that my DVD player is back from the shop. I voted about half and half between stuff I've seen and haven't seen. Although I'm kind of scared to watch Requiem For a Dream. But hey, great art is usually not pretty. __________________ Prevent tornadoes before they happen: Make sure that warm, moist air fronts do not converge with cool, dry ones. Movies, Music and a few Games My Top 20 Films

03-16-2002, 10:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
slade Film Class God Join Date: May 2001 Location: Oregon City, OR	I hear you on Requiem for a Dream, Mr. Tony. I've avoided that one myself. I hear people talk about it all day--I don't really feel like coming home and watching it. And, after having watched Fight Club a couple days ago, I'm not too anxious to watch Se7en. But, I guess it's good to be pulled out of one's comfort zone. __________________ It is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time yet remain lonesome. T. S. Eliot's description of television

03-17-2002, 04:10 AM	#9 (permalink)
Indyphantom Forum Lothario Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: the black lodge...	excellent...I personally picked 3 films I haven't seen in addition to a couple I have seen that I'd like to explore more deeply. By the way, AMELIE is not coming out until June...but April has a couple of very interesting titles worth noting, like Mulholland Drive and The Man Who Wasn't There . Just to keep the ball rolling... __________________ My DVD List at DVD Aficionado Last edited by Indyphantom : 03-17-2002 at 04:21 AM.

03-17-2002, 06:20 AM	#10 (permalink)
Morticia Administrator Emeritus Film Class Goddess Part-Time PRN Princess Panty Thief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Devil's Point. Burn baby burn!	Noted, Indy. Slade already called me on Amelie (I hadn't run the whole list by him before starting this thread ).....I will definitely add your titles to the list when the time comes! Thanks everybody....your input is priceless and noted! I think this is one of the best and most well-received ideas in a long time.... __________________ Nope, you really haven't lived until you've fed a naked Fire Dancer a S'more...cooked from her own flaming baton. I reject your reality and substitute my own! "Freeze dried moles. Price as marked." -- Nixon, Suicide Girl

03-17-2002, 05:17 PM	#11 (permalink)
Templar Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Bumblefark, PA	You know, I think the Coen Bros are really wonderful, so I want to nominate The Big Lebowski and O Brother Where Art Thou? And The Shawshank Redemption. Thanks. Last edited by Templar : 03-17-2002 at 11:12 PM.

03-18-2002, 04:34 AM	#12 (permalink)
vikramas Supporting Actor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gainesville, FL	Morticia: Great poll (I can't wait for Se7en and Eyes Wide Shut personally) but as a proud Indian I would be remiss if I didn't mention Gandhi is spelled wrong (also love that movie) __________________ "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

03-18-2002, 04:45 AM	#13 (permalink)
Morticia Administrator Emeritus Film Class Goddess Part-Time PRN Princess Panty Thief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Devil's Point. Burn baby burn!	Whoops, sorry....my bad. And I work with Indians.....a lot of them! It will get fixed next poll, thanks! __________________ Nope, you really haven't lived until you've fed a naked Fire Dancer a S'more...cooked from her own flaming baton. I reject your reality and substitute my own! "Freeze dried moles. Price as marked." -- Nixon, Suicide Girl

03-18-2002, 01:40 PM	#14 (permalink)
Dom Administrator Emeritus "I'm having a life now." Join Date: Jun 1998 Location: Elm Street 123	Fixed. __________________ Unca Dom Insanity grows All them silver discs Yesterday starts tomorrow - tomorrow starts today

03-18-2002, 04:49 PM	#15 (permalink)
Morticia Administrator Emeritus Film Class Goddess Part-Time PRN Princess Panty Thief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Devil's Point. Burn baby burn!	Thanks, Dom....you da man! __________________ Nope, you really haven't lived until you've fed a naked Fire Dancer a S'more...cooked from her own flaming baton. I reject your reality and substitute my own! "Freeze dried moles. Price as marked." -- Nixon, Suicide Girl

03-20-2002, 12:42 AM	#16 (permalink)
mhendu Supporting Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA	I'm a big Scorsese geek, and would like to nominate "Raging Bull" and "Taxi Driver." I'd also like to suggest "The Third Man" and re-nominate "Brazil." I wish I hadn't missed the Vertigo posting! Any way we can get updated via e-mail on which films will be discussed next? And who is it out there who would rather discuss a mediocre film like "Seven" than a masterpiece like "Persona" or "The Bridge on the River Kwai?" __________________ mhendu's DVD collection

03-20-2002, 03:02 AM	#17 (permalink)
Travis Bickle Actor Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Far west to the centre of the universe	Well, I would be interested in how our fellow forum members interpret more abstract films like 'Mulholland Drive' or 'Blue Velvet'. I also think that controversial or 'mediocre' movies would make for a more colourful discussion for film class. What do you think teach?

03-20-2002, 06:41 AM	#18 (permalink)
SilentBob Silent Director/Silent Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Burlington, Ontario	Come on Memento. Please if you do another post like this include/consider the following movies. Unbreakable Silence of the Lambs Frequency Three Kings Blow A.I. __________________ SilentBob's DVD's Supporting both HD-DVD and Blu-ray XBOX LIVE: luvthempocket8s PS3 ONLINE: pokerlover

03-20-2002, 12:13 PM	#19 (permalink)
Dom Administrator Emeritus "I'm having a life now." Join Date: Jun 1998 Location: Elm Street 123	I "stuck" the upcoming discussion threads so everyone can see them and prepare for the viewings. __________________ Unca Dom Insanity grows All them silver discs Yesterday starts tomorrow - tomorrow starts today

03-20-2002, 04:14 PM	#20 (permalink)
Morticia Administrator Emeritus Film Class Goddess Part-Time PRN Princess Panty Thief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Devil's Point. Burn baby burn!	Thanks Dom -- hadn't occurred to me....I'm still learnin'!! All nominees have been recorded for next poll, gosh we're gonna be busy for a long time with this Film Class, thanks to all for the enthusiasm. I'm all up for making sure 'controversial' and mediocre movies get discussed. Ask slade, I think it'd be fun if we review "Tommy Boy" one day. __________________ Nope, you really haven't lived until you've fed a naked Fire Dancer a S'more...cooked from her own flaming baton. I reject your reality and substitute my own! "Freeze dried moles. Price as marked." -- Nixon, Suicide Girl

03-20-2002, 05:46 PM	#21 (permalink)
IKEA_boy Director Emeritus ~~Persista~~ Persistent Student Join Date: Oct 2001	I'd like to see Memento discussed here. Next to that, Se7en and Fight Club (not on the list but I'll try anyway).

03-21-2002, 09:21 PM	#23 (permalink)
Morticia Administrator Emeritus Film Class Goddess Part-Time PRN Princess Panty Thief Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Devil's Point. Burn baby burn!	We've tallied the results, the next 4 films have been chosen! Look for another poll later today (when I get home from work...) Thanks all! closing.... __________________ Nope, you really haven't lived until you've fed a naked Fire Dancer a S'more...cooked from her own flaming baton. I reject your reality and substitute my own! "Freeze dried moles. Price as marked." -- Nixon, Suicide Girl

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