Welp, here's the rest of my list that I didn't get to. Nothing really ground-breaking or important that got left out. Like I said before the noms started, mostly just movies that make me laugh.
Hot Shots! Part Deux
National Lampoons Loaded Weapon 1
Major League 2
Rookie of the Year
Angels in the Outfield
D2: The Mighty Ducks
D3: The Mighty Ducks
Demolition Man
Mr. Baseball
Freeway
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
Can someone do an audit for me? I have 255 films on my list. Not sure what I missed. I'm about to walk out the door.
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Can't wait for the voting to begin
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I believe the final list is a really wonderful encapsulation of a truly great decade of film. When I first thought back to the '90s I didn't realize just how good this time was for movies. Plus there just is something particular about the look and feel of these movies, but I guess the same can be said for any decade. And I think we have a really good representation of different genres and types of films. What's exciting is that our voting from Round 1 till The Final will allow us to rank these 256 titles in order so my hope is that this becomes the ultimate list for the decade, and that we can repeat this process for each of the other decades of cinema.
Also, I'm pleased it took us exactly two weeks. Not too quick and not too long; just right. Hopefully we can keep to that in the future.
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I think I got about 25 movies in so I can't complain some didn't get it. But Bridges of Madison Country, Affliction, and best picture nominee Secrets and Lies didn't get in :'( And that makes me a sad panda.
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Some stats:
Number of nominations per year:
- 1990: 19
- 1991: 20
- 1992: 19
- 1993: 25
- 1994: 30
- 1995: 31
- 1996: 20
- 1997: 33
- 1998: 27
- 1999: 32
Directors with multiple nominations:
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Alex Proyas: The Crow (1994), Dark City (1998)
Andrew Davis: Under Siege (1992), The Fugitive (1993)
Anthony Minghella: The English Patient (1996), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Addams Family (1991), Men in Black (1997)
Bobby Farrelly: Kingpin (1996), There's Something About Mary (1998)
Brian De Palma: Carlito's Way (1993), Mission: Impossible (1995)
Cameron Crowe: Singles (1992), Jerry Maguire (1996)
Chris Columbus: Home Alone (1990), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Curtis Hanson: The River Wild (1994), L.A. Confidential (1997)
F. Gary Gray: Friday (1995), The Negotiator (1998)
Frank Darabont: The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999)
Frank Oz: What About Bob? (1991), In & Out (1997)
Gregory Hoblit: Primal Fear (1996), Fallen (1998)
Gus Van Sant: To Die For (1995), Good Will Hunting (1997)
James Foley: Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Fear (1996)
James Mangold: Cop Land (1997), Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Jan de Bont: Speed (1994), Twister (1996)
Jim Jarmusch: Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
John Lasseter: Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999)
John Woo: Hard Boiled (1992), Face/Off (1997)
Jonathan Demme: Silence of the Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993)
Kevin Reynolds: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Waterworld (1995)
Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Delicatessen (1991), The City of Lost Children (1995)
Martin Campbell: Goldeneye (1995), The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Michael Bay: The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998)
Paul Thomas Anderson: Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999)
Richard Linklater: Dazed and Confused (1993), Before Sunrise (1995)
Rob Reiner: Misery (1990), A Few Good Men (1992)
Robert Rodriguez: Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Sam Raimi: Army of Darkness (1992), A Simple Plan (1998)
Ted Demme: The Ref (1994), Beautiful Girls (1996)
Terry Gilliam: The Fisher King (1991), Twelve Monkeys (1995)
The Wachowskis: Bound (1996), The Matrix (1999)
Wes Craven: Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), Scream (1996)
Wolfgang Petersen: In the Line of Fire (1993), Air Force One (1997)
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David Fincher: Se7en (1995), The Game (1997), Fight Club (1999)
James Cameron: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), True Lies (1994), Titanic (1997)
Kevin Smith: Clerks (1994), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999)
Krzysztof Kieślowski: Three Colors: Blue (1993), Three Colors: Red (1994), Three Colors: White (1994)
Luc Besson: La Femme Nikita (1990), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997)
Martin Scorsese: GoodFellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Casino (1995)
Michael Mann: The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Heat (1995), The Insider (1999)
Oliver Stone: JFK (1991), The Doors (1991), Natural Born Killers (1994)
Paul Verhoeven: Total Recall (1990), Showgirls (1995), Starship Troopers (1997)
Peter Farrelly: Dumb and Dumber (1994), Kingpin (1996), There's Something About Mary (1998)
Peter Jackson: Dead Alive (1992), Heavenly Creatures (1994), The Frighteners (1996)
Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997)
Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future Part III (1990), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997)
Ron Howard: Backdraft (1991), Apollo 13 (1995), Ransom (1996)
Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park (1993), Schindler's List (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Coen Brothers: Miller's Crossing (1990), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998)
Tim Burton: Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Tom Shadyac: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), The Nutty Professor (1996), Liar Liar (1997)
Tony Scott: True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998)
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Joel Schumacher: Flatliners (1990), Falling Down (1993), The Client (1994), A Time to Kill (1996)
Would any brave soul like to take on the challenge of figuring out the list of actors with multiple nominations?
Well here's some stats of my own. Just goes to show how little time I had to see movies in the 90's.
Of the movies in, I have:
Seen: 82
Maybe seen or partially seen 12
Never head of: 47
Of the movies nominated but not seconded:
Seen 11
Maybe seen: 3
Never heard of : 35
Wanted:
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I think I got about 23 in. Not bad for my first time trying.
I have these so far
Robert DeNiro
Denzel Washington
Al Pachino
Val Kilmer
Michael Douglas
Matt Damon
Ray Liota
Mel Gibson
Donald Sutherland
Tom Cruise
Juliette Lewis
Nicolas Cage
Woody Harrelson
Christian Slater
Michael J Fox
Gene Hackman
Bruce Willis
Laurence Fishburn
Arnold Schwarzenegger
It's a start
The interesting thing to know wold be the number of films these actors are in. I imagine it would be a very difficult task though.
Awesome. Ready to start the tournament on Monday! I'm actually happy with how long it took us to do the nominations process, too. Like Mae said, not too long, not too short. I'm also happy with the variety of films on our list--Comedy, Action, Drama. And our sandbox has remained pretty peaceful, I think. Now, off to count how many of these nominations I've actually seen!
A NEW GAME BEGINS
Yea, this was fun. Should be interesting to see how the rest of it goes.
Well, I've seen exactly 50 films on our list (I didn't include the ones I've only seen parts of). Keep in mind I was born in '92, so most of you have a leg up on me.
A NEW GAME BEGINS
I think we did a great job with the nominating of these films. It's a wide cross section. I can't wait to have that master list you mentioned. I'd like to put it on my website for archival purposes.
Before the tournament, I compiled a list of my favorite films of the 90s. There are a 146 films on that list. Of those 146 films, 121 of them made it into the tournament. That's 82%.
The only films I nominated that didn't get in were Toy Soldiers and Radio Flyer. My hope is these didn't get in because people don't like them, but because not enough people are familiar with them. If that's the case, please be sure to see them.
Other films on my list that were never nominated: Courage Under Fire, Man Bites Dog, Demolition Man, Cliffhanger, The Good Son, Gremlins 2, Kindergarten Cop, Navy Seals, Arachnophobia, Memphis Belle, New Jack City, Alive, This Boy's Life, Congo, Executive Decision, Ghosts of Mississippi, What's Eating Gilbert Grape and Barton Fink.
Films on my list that were nominated, but not seconded: Tommy Boy, City Slickers.
We should be proud of ourselves, we nominated over 325 films. That's impressive.
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And earlier I posted my list of 100 that I whittled down from my nearly 400-title longlist. There were still plenty of good or even great films on there but you can't get everything in. I think the cross section is pretty spot on for all types of movies and it's going to be so much fun voting on these. I can't wait to start! I hope participation in the voting process will be on par with our previous tournaments, so hopefully around 20-30 active voters.
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I've watched 134 of the movies on this list completely and seem part of alot of the others. There are quite a few 90s films that I could have nominated that I liked but weren't necessarily "great." Of course my junior high, high school, and half my college years were in the 90s. So it was the decade that most shaped who I am. I still listen to Lithium (90s alternative rock) on my satellite radio.