Previous Films of the Week / Discussion

Karl Hungus

#1 - Oldboy
#2 - 12 Angry Men
#3 - Leon
#4 - This Is Spinal Tap
#5 - Dr. Strangelove
#6 - The Princess Bride
#7 - The Big Lebowski / Pulp Fiction
#8 - Fight Club
#9 - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
#10 - Sin City
#11 - Tremors
#12 - Battle Royale
#13 - Grave Of The Fireflies
#14 - John Carpenter's The Thing
#15 - 12 Monkeys
#16 - Brotherhood Of The Wolf
#17 - Batman Begins
#18 - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
#19 - The Seven Samurai
#20 - Pan's Labyrinth
#21 - City of God (Cidade De Deus)
#22 - American History X
#23 - Memento
#24 - Audition
#25 - Die Hard
#26 - Serenity
#27 - The Prestige
#28 - Aliens
#29 - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
#30 - V For Vendetta
#31 - Blade Runner
#32 - The Terminator
#33 - Requiem For A Dream
#34 - The Shawshank Redemption
#35 - Apocalypse Now
#36 - Ring (リング)
#37 - Goodfellas
#38 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
#39 - Casablanca
#40 - The Godfather
#41 - Save The Green Planet
#42 - The Goonies
#43 - American Psycho
#44 - To Kill A Mockingbird
#45 - Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
#46 - Zatoichi
#47 - The Usual Suspects
#48 - Rushmore
#49 - Heat
#50 - Withnail & I
#51 - Monty Python's Life Of Brian
#52 - Starship Troopers
#53 - Mulholland Drive
#54 - Psycho
#55 - Anchorman
#56 - The Seventh Seal
#57 - Alien
#58 - Raiders Of The Lost Ark
#59 - Point Break
#60 - American Beauty
#61 - Falling Down
#62 - The Outlaw Josey Wales
#63 - Terminator 2: Judgement Day
#64 - Meet The Spartans
#65 - The Lives Of Others
#66 - The Exorcist
#67 - High Noon
#68 - A Very Long Engagement
#69 - All That Jazz
#70 - American Graffiti
#71 - Rambo: First Blood
#72 - Showdown In Little Tokyo
#73 - Serpico
#74 - Persona
#75 - La Haine
#76 - Death Machine
#77 - High Fidelity
#78 - Stand By Me
#79 - Vertigo
#80 - Jacob's Ladder
#81 - Dark City
#82 - Dead Man's Shoes

Deliverance

The Thing is my favourite on that list. What a movie! No digital effects either.

Karl Hungus

I'm wondering how people think the list has turned out so far? I think it's quite good myself, with a nice bit of variety, and some rather fun movies, aswell as some very serious ones.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

The Princess Bride, One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest, Fight Club, Sin City, 12 Monkeys and Pulp Fiction are some of my all-time favourite movies.
I haven't seen Leon, This Is Spinal Tap, The Big Lebowski or Brotherhood Of The Wolf yet, but from what I've heard from friends who know my taste in movies, I'll love them.
The only other one I've seen is Batman Begins and I thought it was good, but wouldn't have thought it would make film of the week, although I only saw it once and I probably should watch it again.
As for the other films, I haven't heard much about any of them, but I'm guessing they're worth checking out.

da_deadman

Karl Hungus wrote:

I'm wondering how people think the list has turned out so far?

I think it's working out pretty well so far - I've seen a lot of the films on the list and they are all deserving of their status. But the ones that I have not yet seen are now after jumping right to the top of my own 'Must Watch' film list (with Oldboy sitting on top of the list).

I like how the films of the week have taken such a diverse path - with action, comedy, drama, english-language films, non-english-language films, etc.

Karl Hungus

da_deadman wrote:

I like how the films of the week have taken such a diverse path - with action, comedy, drama, english-language films, non-english-language films, etc.

I agree, it's a very eclectic mix. Good mixture of old and new aswell.

Idioteque

Hi all,

Just stumbled accross this part of boards and am glad to see the diverse mix of great movies that have been 'film of the week'. I have many of them in my collection but there are one or two that I haven't seen and it's always nice to watch something new(to me) considering the sh*te that is being churned out at the moment in main stream cinema.
Anyway in keeping with the suggestions here's some of my all time favourites

2001 Odyssey(and if looking for more Sci-fi how about Event Horizon?!?)
Adaptation
Magnolia
Platoon/Apocalypse Now
Das Boot
Akira
Usual suspects

Karl Hungus

Idioteque wrote:

Hi all,

Just stumbled accross this part of boards and am glad to see the diverse mix of great movies that have been 'film of the week'. I have many of them in my collection but there are one or two that I haven't seen and it's always nice to watch something new(to me) considering the sh*te that is being churned out at the moment in main stream cinema.
Anyway in keeping with the suggestions here's some of my all time favourites

2001 Odyssey(and if looking for more Sci-fi how about Event Horizon?!?)
Adaptation
Magnolia
Platoon/Apocalypse Now
Das Boot
Akira
Usual suspects

I've moved your post from the suggestion thread, as that's to be kept solely for suggesting films to be Film Of The Week, no chat or discussion so that it's clear to count the votes. All the rules are outlined in the first post, so if you've got something to suggest, then take note

da_deadman

Idioteque wrote:

Hi all,

Hi Idioteque.

Idioteque wrote:

Platoon/Apocalypse Now

You know what, I've never seen either of these films. For some reason I have not seen too many Vietnam War films. But I recently picked up Apocalypse Now Redux so I'll watch that one very shortly.


Anyway, as Karl suggests, keep an eye on the Film of the Week suggestions and throw in your tuppence worth to the weekly debate.

Retr0gamer

They are far and away the 2 best vietnam films.

da_deadman

Yeah - that's what I hear, so I'll make an effort to watch both of those films very soon.

I mean, I didn't even see Jacob's Ladder until recently - I dunno, I must have had some sort of mental block against 'Nam films.

Galvasean

I am very happy how this list is turning out. Nearly all the genres are well represented + Ive seen and really enjoyed nearly all of them There is but one film Ive seen on the list which i don't think deserves to be there but I shall keep that to myself.

Karl Hungus

Galvasean wrote:

There is but one film Ive seen on the list which i don't think deserves to be there but I shall keep that to myself.

Why bring it up if you're going to keep it to yourself?

Don't be such a tease, and spill the beans ffs!

Galvasean

Oh I just didn't want to start another debate about it *cough*[spoier]Sin City[/spoiler]

In other news you can buy the Thing and Fight Club for €5 each in HMV now. Suffice to say I helped myself!

Karl Hungus

Galvasean wrote:

Oh I just didn't want to start another debate about it *cough*[spoier]Sin City[/spoiler]

Meh. I certainly enjoyed the film, but I wouldn't scorn anyone for disliking it.

Galvasean wrote:

In other news you can buy the Thing and Fight Club for €5 each in HMV now. Suffice to say I helped myself!

Aye, they've a fair few things there for a fiver. I picked up Glengarry Glen Ross (2 Disc) last week, and also spotted 12 Angry Men, which I should probably snap up next time I'm in town. Fair few bargains to be found.

johnny_ultimate

My only criticism of the list thus far: few controversial choices. While there has been the odd dissenting voice on one or two films, the majority have been overwhelmingly embraced by most.

But otherwise, it is truly a terrific list, with some excellent films, and many of my personal favourites. Must get around to seeing the one or two I havent seen yet though.

Karl Hungus

johnny_ultimate wrote:

My only criticism of the list thus far: few controversial choices. While there has been the odd dissenting voice on one or two films, the majority have been overwhelmingly embraced by most.

I don't know if there's going to be that many controvertial choices because of the nature of voting in the films, a certain amount of popularity and consensus is at work.

DeepBlue

Hmmm....there seems to be a pattern developing of a lot of one line nominations (and yes I've done it myself too ).

Looking back at the first few pages of this thread many posters gave a few paragraphs or at least a few lines as to why their nominated films should be FOTW.
Any chance of making that a mandatory requirement when nominating a film and supporting the nomination as very often there isn't much follow up on the actual thread of the "winning" film?

BlitzKrieg

proposing a new film one should give a reason, or at the least a clip via youtube.


but supporting shouldnt require the same, the person who proposed should have summed it up perfectly.


besides if everyone wrote their opinions in the nominations there wont be anything to talk about in the actual thread

Karl Hungus

DeepBlue wrote:

Hmmm....there seems to be a pattern developing of a lot of one line nominations (and yes I've done it myself too ).

Looking back at the first few pages of this thread many posters gave a few paragraphs or at least a few lines as to why their nominated films should be FOTW.
Any chance of making that a mandatory requirement when nominating a film and supporting the nomination as very often there isn't much follow up on the actual thread of the "winning" film?

I think it would be an administrative nightmare. How would we guage which film wins based on good arguments for a film? Does a good argument give the film an extra vote? Or a bad reason give it a negative vote? Then we've got the innevitible complaints of "Hey, the film I voted for got way more votes, what gives?" Then there's the adjustment that people would have to make, like changing the way they've been voting for the past half a year or so!

Sorry, but it's running very smoothly as it is, and I think that on the whole, it's been an exceptional list of films so far. I really wouldn't want to risk throwing a spanner in the butthole at this stage.

I think it's up to you if you want to make a convincing argument as to why a certain film should be FotW, and hopefully guide some more people who are reading the thread but are yet undecided into giving your nomination the +1, but no way should it be mandatory.

Also, what Blitzkreig said.

faceman

funny, i was just thinking if there was a master list of all the previous FOTW!

Its lookin good tho, deffo nice to have them all in the dvd collection. Altho there are some flicks listed that i dont think will stand the test of time, its definitely a great coversation and debate topic. I shall be takin this list to the pub this weekend!

usually modern/recent films get overlooked for events like this when the media run similar things so its nice to some in there none the less.

Karl Hungus

faceman wrote:

funny, i was just thinking if there was a master list of all the previous FOTW!

A lot of people seem to overlook this thread, and I can't fathom why. It's stuck, and it's linked in my signiature.

faceman wrote:

Its lookin good tho, deffo nice to have them all in the dvd collection. Altho there are some flicks listed that i dont think will stand the test of time, its definitely a great coversation and debate topic. I shall be takin this list to the pub this weekend!

usually modern/recent films get overlooked for events like this when the media run similar things so its nice to some in there none the less.

Yeah, it is a good list, but I'm almost getting the feeling that it's becoming a little too popular, and all the films that are already considered classic that you'll find everywhere else, like the imdb.com lists, are being voted in, while a lot of lesser known films are being overlooked. I would like to see some more interesting selections.

I've had people thank me in person for doing the FotW, saying they've found some great films because of it, but now it's looking like there's a lot of films that everyone's already seen coming up. The way voting is going now, it looks like films like Audition or 12 Monkeys wouldn't even get a look in more recently.

faceman

Karl Hungus wrote:

Yeah, it is a good list, but I'm almost getting the feeling that it's becoming a little too popular, and all the films that are already considered classic that you'll find everywhere else, like the imdb.com lists, are being voted in, while a lot of lesser known films are being overlooked. I would like to see some more interesting selections.

I've had people thank me in person for doing the FotW, saying they've found some great films because of it, but now it's looking like there's a lot of films that everyone's already seen coming up. The way voting is going now, it looks like films like Audition or 12 Monkeys wouldn't even get a look in more recently.

it was a simple yet great idea. i agree though, there really is little value in having popular films getting voted FOTW as chances are most of us have seen them and there is probably very little to discuss. However there will come a point when great modern flicks dry up allowing for the lesser known flicks to emerge.

Anyway you know what you're doing, keep it up!

joe_chicken

I see what you mean about the list going the way of popular movies and I can see why you'd think this was a bad idea.

I disagree.

There are only a handful of truly great movies that everybody loves and are guaranteed to get voted for (Shawshank being one of them...). There's no harm in dedicating a week of comments to such a movie, it's good to get other peoples views on movies, especially when they disagree with you, it may change your own (Blade Runner for example, I'm actually itching to see this movie again from the comments made from that week)

But I think on the flip side, there are a lot of cult movies (Audition and 12 Monkeys being two) that will get everyone who feels strongly about them to definitely vote. You can hardly call Requiem for a Dream mainstream either!? I think a list that goes:

#32 - The Terminator
#33 - Requiem For A Dream
#34 - The Shawshank Redemption

is ok by me!

I think the posts made on the actual FoTW thread helps people decide what movies to watch i.e. they can see what other people voted for, and if they like the posters previous choices they may decide to watch their suggestion, even if it doesn't make FoTW.

All you need do is look back on the last page of FoTW and I see (at the moment):

The Breakfast Club, Assault on Precinct 13, The Third Man, La Haine, Adam and Paul and Apocalypse Now

No matter who wins, that's some list

Deliverance

I think 'London to Brighton' should be added to the list. If not then I would reccomend it as a brilliant Brit flick worth watching.

Karl Hungus

Deliverance wrote:

I think 'London to Brighton' should be added to the list. If not then I would reccomend it as a brilliant Brit flick worth watching.

You have to vote for it to be entered into the list.

Deliverance

Karl Hungus wrote:

You have to vote for it to be entered into the list.

Ehmm, how do I do that? it doesn't seem obvious. Other than that take a look at the film yourself and see what you think.

Necronomicon

Deliverance wrote:

Ehmm, how do I do that? it doesn't seem obvious. Other than that take a look at the film yourself and see what you think.

You have to vote in the other sticky thread, this is just like an archive of all the winners.

Karl Hungus

Deliverance wrote:

Ehmm, how do I do that? it doesn't seem obvious. Other than that take a look at the film yourself and see what you think.

The thread that's titled Vote here for Film of the Week that is both stuck to the top of the film board, and linked in my signiature. I don't mean to be condescending, but it astonishes me that anyone could miss it, it couldn't be more obvious.

Karl Hungus

Wacker wrote: »

Right, some observations on the films that have won Film of the Week to date:

22% of the films are foreign language. That is higher than I would have expected, and very welcome.

Just 19.5% are from pre 1980. This is lower than I would have expected, and I would like to see more old ones get in there. However, three of the last four winners were pre-1980, so I don’t think this is the time to get behind another old one.
Only one film was both pre-1980 and in a foreign language (the Seven Samurai).
Only one animated film has been Film of the Week to date. This was also one of the foreign language films (Grave of the Fireflies).
The winners these days seem to be safe-bets. This is coupled with people getting behind movies until they win. I personally prefer to see things get mixed up a little, with winners coming from left-field (Tremors, Princess Bride, for examples).

Some good statistics.

I'm a little dissapointed that there haven't been more animated films getting in there, despite my numerous attempts at nominating Spirited Away. Might throw a vote for The Iron Giant next week.

I'd definitely agree about some recent winners being safe bets. I really would like to see more left field winners also, maybe some more underground films. I like to think that FotW is less about aknowledging films that are already aknowledged as great, and more about picking films that are less talked about to discuss.

Galvasean

Fair enough, next week my vote goes to Showdown In Little Tokyo.
Who'se with me?

BlitzKrieg

here's a question for the statistic man?

Who has nominated the most winners (I know I nominated Tremors and The Good the Bad and the Ugly first in both cases [though it took a couple of rounds for Tremors to get its recognition)

Wacker

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Some good statistics.

I'm a little dissapointed that there haven't been more animated films getting in there, despite my numerous attempts at nominating Spirited Away. Might throw a vote for The Iron Giant next week.

I'd be reluctant to get behind Spirited Away (at least for the moment), as there has already been an anime movie picked. I'm all for having a balance, which is why I never vote for Asian movies. They have plenty of support already without my assistance. Older movies need to be dragged over the line however.
I haven't yet seen the Iron Giant, but I intend to pick it up, as I like Ratatouille and love the Incredibles.

User45701

the only winnder i nominated was Serenity, Ive been nominating fear and loathing in las vagas for a few weeks now and im very interested to know when other people will get behind it

Galvasean

User45701 wrote: »

the only winnder i nominated was Serenity, Ive been nominating fear and loathing in las vagas for a few weeks now and im very interested to know when other people will get behind it

When all the other films they like better get picked?

Karl Hungus

Odd that not many people post on this thread, you think it would be booming? Oh well.

I'm still dissapointed there aren't more animated films though, Grave of the Fireflies is the only one so far. Do people just not like animated films all that much? I've been very eager to see both Spirited Away and The Iron Giant get a FotW, but it just isn't happening...

Wacker

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Odd that not many people post on this thread, you think it would be booming? Oh well.

I'm still dissapointed there aren't more animated films though, Grave of the Fireflies is the only one so far. Do people just not like animated films all that much? I've been very eager to see both Spirited Away and The Iron Giant get a FotW, but it just isn't happening...

The Iron Giant was really close once or twice.

I keep meaning to get behind a Pixar movie. I only ever seem to think of it ten seconds after I nominate something else, which isn't helpful.

Karl Hungus

Wacker wrote: »

The Iron Giant was really close once or twice.

I keep meaning to get behind a Pixar movie. I only ever seem to think of it ten seconds after I nominate something else, which isn't helpful.

Spirited Away got extremely close too.

Theboinkmaster

I think the list is shaping up nicely and have discovered a few gems because of it.

Agree with Karl on the point that lesser-known films are great to get on the list as it gives people a chance to discover them. Whilst Shawshank is a modern classic most people have seen it, however it is nice to see people discuss it.

As someone else said though as time goes on hopefully the lesser-known and underrated films get onto the list, as the well dries so to speak.

PS I'm up for some Iron Giant most definitely!

johnny_ultimate

While I find it great that smaller films do manage to sneak their way in every month or so, I still feel the list needs more variety. As mentioned above, animated films really haven't gotten a chance yet, while the lack of non-Asian foreign films and older films is very disapointing. Seems that whenever the list is getting too American, there is another 'token' Asian film thrown in to silent the dissenters

Aside from that, I really enjoy the discussion. One or two I haven't yet got around to seeing, but intend on e.g. Brotherhood of the Wolf.

Karl Hungus

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

While I find it great that smaller films do manage to sneak their way in every month or so, I still feel the list needs more variety. As mentioned above, animated films really haven't gotten a chance yet, while the lack of non-Asian foreign films and older films is very disapointing. Seems that whenever the list is getting too American, there is another 'token' Asian film thrown in to silent the dissenters

Well, Pan's Labyrinth, City of God and Brotherhood of the Wolf are non-Asian foreign films. I would kind of agree with you though, as there are quite a lot of excellent European films out there, especially French and German, and it would be nice if they got a spot. I could easily see a film like La Haine get Film of the Week, Amelie maybe, or Downfall.

I wouldn't agree about older films though, I think there's plenty of representation on that front, but I suppose it would depend on how old is old for you? I would consider it being pre-1980, and as such there's many greats being represented.

There is probably a lot of film that aren't as strongly represented though. How many comedy films are there so far? Or for that matter, horrors? And I think neither genre is lacking in it's respective masterpeices.

I would completely disagree about the Asian films being tokens though, I think they are seriously good films, and are well deserving of their places. There's no doubting just how influential The Seven Samurai is, nor how excellent Oldboy is.

johnny_ultimate

Karl Hungus wrote: »

I wouldn't agree about older films though, I think there's plenty of representation on that front, but I suppose it would depend on how old is old for you? I would consider it being pre-1980, and as such there's many greats being represented.

I do admit there is alot of classics in there (nice to see the likes of to Kill a Mockingbird represented especially), but I would consider films post 1970 modern. I think it's inevitable though, [assumption] considering most people on here would be under thirty[/assumption] that modern films will dominate.

I would completely disagree about the Asian films being tokens though, I think they are seriously good films, and are well deserving of their places. There's no doubting just how influential The Seven Samurai is, nor how excellent Oldboy is.

The token remark was a little sarcastic admittedly, but I do for the most part think that the list tends to have a bit of a trend i.e. American, American, American, Asian (for variety). Don't get me wrong, I love Seven Samurai as much as the next film buff (and I hope Ran makes the cut this week, as it is probably in the top five films ever made) but I think it would be nice to see some more European films in particular getting a chance to shine. Boards wise, the trend seems to be tilted in favour of Asian culture (and I am a massive fan, too). But if the list is to reach definitive heights (which Im sure you will agree is slowly but surely becoming the case compared to the usual nonsense top tens released by this institution or the next) variety is the key. As you point out, there are a plethora of terrific comedies, horrors and animated films from around the globe worthy of placement on the list.

Karl Hungus

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I do admit there is alot of classics in there (nice to see the likes of to Kill a Mockingbird represented especially), but I would consider films post 1970 modern. I think it's inevitable though, [assumption] considering most people on here would be under thirty[/assumption] that modern films will dominate.

Yeah, I suppose depending on your definitions, many of the films I'd consider older are 70's movies.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The token remark was a little sarcastic admittedly, but I do for the most part think that the list tends to have a bit of a trend i.e. American, American, American, Asian (for variety). Don't get me wrong, I love Seven Samurai as much as the next film buff (and I hope Ran makes the cut this week, as it is probably in the top five films ever made) but I think it would be nice to see some more European films in particular getting a chance to shine. Boards wise, the trend seems to be tilted in favour of Asian culture (and I am a massive fan, too). But if the list is to reach definitive heights (which Im sure you will agree is slowly but surely becoming the case compared to the usual nonsense top tens released by this institution or the next) variety is the key. As you point out, there are a plethora of terrific comedies, horrors and animated films from around the globe worthy of placement on the list.

I think it's just representative of the way the voters are leaning, and where our interests lie.

But you know something? This forum is an incredible resource for creating interest in films. Take for instance, Save The Green Planet, I created a thread about it, urging people to see it, and I seriously thought it would have absolutely no chance in getting a FotW, but lots of people here had seen it after I urged it, and voted it in, which I was seriously shocked with.

So, I'm going to go post a thread about European cinema, and perhaps we can drum up some interest in that?

Wacker

By my reckoning, the most discernible shift in film-making came in the year 1969. '69 saw the release of Easy Rider and Midnight Cowboy, the two films that really got things moving with the 'new breed' of directors (Coppolla, Spielberg, Lucas, Scorsese, Malick, etc.) that emerged after the big studios had their huge problems, as most typified by the disaster that was Cleopatra. Hitchcock was well past his best by then, and '69 was also the last really big year for the Western as a genre.

I consider (in general terms) films 'old' if they're from 1969 or beforehand. Anything beyond that is a different degree of modern. There have only been five winners out of forty-eight thus far. This isn't a disasterous under-representation by any means, but I would like to see a few more in there.

The lack of Hitchcock in the list thus far is the most glaring omission by my reckoning. I get behind Psycho every now and then, but there is no mass support at any given juncture.

Regarding the Asian film point from above, I have no issue with Asian films winning more than European films, etc. What does bother me a little is that some people only seem to vote for Asian cinema. I see this attitude a lot and I find it a little grating.

Wacker

Actually, I just checked, and there has yet to be a single winner by Steven Spielberg, who is easily the most prestigious director in cinema history. He's not my favourite (or even in my top five) but this really surprises me and represents a major hole in the list.

Karl Hungus

I don't know, a large part of me considers that "Film of the Week" isn't even meant to be representative of anything, it's merely a film of the week. Just because Sin City got a week earlier than The Godfather did, doesn't mean it's a better film. If we want it to be fully rounded and representative of classics, then it's something that should take serious forethought and debate as to what gets in, what order they're in, and we'd probably be better off not calling it Film of the Week at all!

So while I've complained that there's not enough animated films, or any other representation of things I believe are more deserving (Still no David Lynch ffs?), I think that's just something we shouldn't give too much thought to. I think it's a good thing that the FotW lacks the pretentions of being a definitive list, and as such we can vote in more quirky and left of field films. I mean, come on, Tremors? I love the fact that it's in there!

Speaking of annoying voting attitudes, there's quite a lot of people who keep on voting for the same thing constantly untill it gets in. Grinds my gears tbh!

Wacker

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Speaking of annoying voting attitudes, there's quite a lot of people who keep on voting for the same thing constantly untill it gets in. Grinds my gears tbh!

Me too. I test the water with the same films every few weeks, but I don't think I've ever voted for the same film two weeks in a row.

I'm working on some new stats right now. Bear with me and I'll have them soon.

Karl Hungus

Speaking of Senor Spielbergo, I've voted for Empire of the Sun once or twice. Seriously fantastic film, his masterpiece as far as I'm concerned, and a great cast.

johnny_ultimate

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Speaking of annoying voting attitudes, there's quite a lot of people who keep on voting for the same thing constantly untill it gets in. Grinds my gears tbh!

*cough*Serpico*cough*

Wacker

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Speaking of annoying voting attitudes, there's quite a lot of people who keep on voting for the same thing constantly untill it gets in. Grinds my gears tbh!

Okay, having trawled through all 67 pages of voting, here is what I've observed:

Firstly, Karl, you have been guily of what you complained about above, with Spirited Away. The difference is that it hasn't won yet despite your underhand tactics!

Secondly, it took 356 posts before someone voted for the Matrix. Not that I ever have or anything, but I just thought you guys might like to know. I find this particularly surprising considering V for Vendetta has been FOTW. Do many of you guys think V is superior? I certainly don't.

Thirdly, (unless I missed something) it took an insane 398 posts before anyone got behind any Spielberg films! That was Raisers of the Lost Arc.

Fourthly, there has not been even one vote for a LOTR movie to date. Not even one!

Fifthly, I don't have nearly as many voted under my belt as I thought I did. I have backed or nominated 13 films, 9 of which were winners. That is a 69% rate of success. Not bad. But then, I don't get behind something if I don't think it can win. I was c*nt-hair away from getting Rocky 3 in; that would have been an achievement!

Karl Hungus

Hmm, I didn't think I voted for Spirited Away that many times.

It should win, damnit!