The Great Movie Tournament: Overall Event Overview

**mae** · 01-25-2019 04:47 PM

Hello friends, it is with great pleasure that I start this particular thread, as it will serve as the launchpad for The Great Movie Tournament, our endeavor to go through each of the ten decades of film and yes, it will take a long time. For reference, here is the original announcement/discussion thread. All further announcements and discussion can be had in this thread, and this first post will be continually updated with the schedules and links for all of the tournament polls.

As it stands, and as discussed previously, the goal is to go through each decade of film, starting with the three latest (the 1990s, the 2000s, and the 2010s). We will then go back in reverse order through the 1980s, the 1970s, the 1960s, the 1950s, the 1940s, the 1930s, and the 1920s (perhaps along with the 1910s for good measure). At the end, each of the ten winners will face-off with one another in a round-robin ranking/tournament to determine the ultimate film of all time. Each decade should take us about four months to do as has been our average with these types of tournaments. That means two decades a year for five years. I know, it sounds daunting, and I hope we all make it to the end (if I don't for whatever reason, I would hope someone picks it up and gets it over the finish line).

So the preliminary (rough) overall schedule is as follows:

Winner of each decade

The 1990s

The 2000s

The 1980s

The 2010s

The 1970s

Nominations Thread (Stats)

Round 1

Monday, January 25, 2021

Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Group 9
Group 10
Group 11
Group 12

Friday, January 29, 2021

Group 13
Group 14
Group 15
Group 16

Monday, February 1, 2021

Group 17
Group 18
Group 19
Group 20

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Group 21
Group 22
Group 23
Group 24

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Group 25
Group 26
Group 27
Group 28

Friday, February 5, 2021

Group 29
Group 30
Group 31
Group 32

Upcoming rounds

**Ricky** · 01-25-2019 05:37 PM

Thanks for organizing this, Mae, and making it easy for us to do the "easy" part.

**mae** · 01-25-2019 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by Ricky

Thanks for organizing this, Mae, and making it easy for us to do the "easy" part.

It's honestly my pleasure and I hope this gets everyone to watch some great movies they haven't seen in a while or always been meaning to.

**Ricky** · 01-25-2019 08:44 PM

Hopefully after Oscars season. Gotta prioritize!

**Mattrick** · 01-25-2019 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Ricky

Hopefully after Oscars season. Gotta prioritize!

I feel you. This is my list of movies to watch in the next two months.

Paddington 2 - Jan 12
Black Panther - Feb 16
Annihilation - Feb 23
The Death of Stalin - March 9
Thoroughbreds - March 9
Love, Simon - March 16
Isle of Dogs - March 29
Revenge - May 11
Book Club - May 18
First Reformed - May 18
American Animals - June 1
Won't You Be My Neighbour? - June 8
Damsel - June 22
Three Identical Strangers - June 29
Sorry To Bother You - July 6
Eighth Grade - July 13
Nico 1988 - August 1
The Miseducation of Cameron Post - August 3
BlacKKKlansman - August 10
The Wife - August 17
The Little Stranger - August 30
Mandy - September 14
Colette - September 21
The Sisters Brothers - September 21
the Old Man and The Gun - September 28
Bad Times at the El Royale - October 12
First Man - October 12
Can You Ever Forgive Me? - October 19
Galveston - October 19
Boy Erased - November 2
Widows - November 16
Vice
If Beale STreet Could Talk
Burning
Cold War
Capernum
Shoplifters
Never Look Away
You Were Never Really Here

**Still Servant** · 01-26-2019 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Mattrick

Originally Posted by Ricky

Hopefully after Oscars season. Gotta prioritize!

I feel you. This is my list of movies to watch in the next two months.

Paddington 2 - Jan 12
Black Panther - Feb 16
Annihilation - Feb 23
The Death of Stalin - March 9
Thoroughbreds - March 9
Love, Simon - March 16
Isle of Dogs - March 29
Revenge - May 11
Book Club - May 18
First Reformed - May 18
American Animals - June 1
Won't You Be My Neighbour? - June 8
Damsel - June 22
Three Identical Strangers - June 29
Sorry To Bother You - July 6
Eighth Grade - July 13
Nico 1988 - August 1
The Miseducation of Cameron Post - August 3
BlacKKKlansman - August 10
The Wife - August 17
The Little Stranger - August 30
Mandy - September 14
Colette - September 21
The Sisters Brothers - September 21
the Old Man and The Gun - September 28
Bad Times at the El Royale - October 12
First Man - October 12
Can You Ever Forgive Me? - October 19
Galveston - October 19
Boy Erased - November 2
Widows - November 16
Vice
If Beale STreet Could Talk
Burning
Cold War
Capernum
Shoplifters
Never Look Away
You Were Never Really Here

You Were Never Really Here needs to move to the top.

**Mattrick** · 01-26-2019 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Still Servant

You Were Never Really Here needs to move to the top.

It's chronological. The site I was using for release dates didn't have it. Added it after when I realized it. Haven't looked up the date yet, but I'm pretty sure it was April something.

**Still Servant** · 01-27-2019 03:39 PM

While I wait for this tournament to start, I figured I would go ahead and start putting together a list of my favorite films from 2000-2009. I went and dug out the thread from this very forum. I found my list, and it will be a nice starting point for me, not to mention looking at what other people put on their list.

However, that's not why I'm posting this link. Feev not once, but twice promised to put together a list of his favorite films of the decade and never did.

You've had 10 years, my dude. Where that list at? We demand a list!

http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...-of-the-decade

**mae** · 01-27-2019 04:18 PM

There's also this thread: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...s-of-2000-2009 I should probably merge them.

**Still Servant** · 01-27-2019 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by mae

There's also this thread: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...s-of-2000-2009 I should probably merge them.

That's the one I thought I linked. Not sure what happened.

**mae** · 01-27-2019 05:30 PM

They've been merged

**Still Servant** · 01-27-2019 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by mae

They've been merged

Oh, I gotcha.

**Jean** · 01-28-2019 02:37 AM

I've barely survived a great shock now - I had a very clear, absolutely real idea, that there was no 12 Monkeys among the nominations. As soon as I got home I ran to check - and luckily, of course, it was there very early on the list. But it definitely cost me tons of those neurons or whatever they are

**mae** · 01-28-2019 04:07 AM

And we are live, folks! The first polls just went up! To anyone new to the process, please make sure to not vote more than the specified amount of titles per poll (six during the first round). You can vote for less, but please do not vote for more.

**MikeDuke** · 01-28-2019 06:36 AM

Voted. Glad to see this thing rolling along. And thanks again Mae. This is an awesome undertaking.

**St. Troy** · 01-28-2019 06:46 AM

Yes, big thanks to Mae for putting in all the work.

**mae** · 01-28-2019 07:01 AM

It's a lot of work, but it's fun work. Please check the schedule in the first post and make sure to come back for all the upcoming polls. Each one runs for seven days so everyone should get a chance.

**mae** · 01-28-2019 07:11 AM

Also worth pointing out is the newly-created section for The Great Movie Tournament under the Past Tournaments sub-forum. This is an archive area for all of our previous events and I've already moved the announcement and the 1990s nominations threads there for posterity. They're still fully accessible there and you can post replies if you like. To keep things tidy-ish here at The Gem, poll threads will also be moved there shortly after the polls close and the titles moving on announced.

**Still Servant** · 01-28-2019 08:24 AM

Keep up the great work, Mae. Let me know if you need my help in any way.

**webstar1000** · 01-28-2019 09:09 AM

Yes thank you. These are great fun. Although after my birthdate (1976) I liked the movies but don't like a single one I can think of before hand....

**Lookwhoitis** · 01-28-2019 10:49 AM

good grief...

**fernandito** · 01-28-2019 11:12 AM

Great work, Mae.

**mae** · 01-28-2019 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by Lookwhoitis

good grief...

I know, it's the most ambitious thing ever attempted in the history of online polls, and I'm not even sure I would be able to see it through five years. But I'll damn well try!

**T-Dogz_AK47** · 01-28-2019 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by webstar1000

Yes thank you. These are great fun. Although after my birthdate (1976) I liked the movies but don't like a single one I can think of before hand....

What even these?....

Jaws (1975)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part 2 (1974)
The Exorcist (1973)

Originally Posted by Lookwhoitis

good grief...

My thoughts exactly.

**Heather19** · 01-28-2019 02:28 PM

Thanks Mae! I know how much work goes into these, and this one is a huge endeavour. I wish we could do it all at once because I'm a huge fan of classic films. I don't want to wait years to get to them

Originally Posted by webstar1000

Yes thank you. These are great fun. Although after my birthdate (1976) I liked the movies but don't like a single one I can think of before hand....

What! Hitchcock... Orson Welles... 2 of the best directors. There's nothing you like by them?

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