The Great Movie Tournament - Nominations Thread: 2010s

[Iwritecode]

Saying someone has an extra member ID is a serious charge. Even more serious for a staff member (who didn't have advance permission). Although Red_Balloon, and T-Dogz_AK47 might know each other, I see no direct evidence that Red_Balloon is in fact an account used by T-Dogz_AK47.

I see that Red_Balloon has asked for his/her account to be cancelled. So I'll drop it.

[mae]

Also if people are interested, I thought it would be fun to make a prediction pool for fun, where we predict the top 16/8/4/2/winner of the tournament.

That would be fun but it's honestly so wide open.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

I see that Red_Balloon has asked for his/her account to be cancelled. So I'll drop it.

A wise decision. You're making an ass of yourself.

[Iwritecode]

I see that Red_Balloon has asked for his/her account to be cancelled. So I'll drop it.

A wise decision. You're making an ass of yourself.

I know what I know and there are others that agree with me. But I'm done with it now.

[Randall Flagg]

Saying someone has an extra member ID is a serious charge. Even more serious for a staff member (who didn't have advance permission). Although Red_Balloon, and T-Dogz_AK47 might know each other, I see no direct evidence that Red_Balloon is in fact an account used by T-Dogz_AK47.

I see that Red_Balloon has asked for his/her account to be cancelled. So I'll drop it.

Where do you see that?

[Iwritecode]

Saying someone has an extra member ID is a serious charge. Even more serious for a staff member (who didn't have advance permission). Although Red_Balloon, and T-Dogz_AK47 might know each other, I see no direct evidence that Red_Balloon is in fact an account used by T-Dogz_AK47.

I see that Red_Balloon has asked for his/her account to be cancelled. So I'll drop it.

Where do you see that?

Here:

I like the film; Wipers Times is especially poignant to me for family reasons. I'm tired of jibes though so can you please cancel my account. Thanks.

[DoctorZaius]

I had 51 seconded entries from 52 nominations. Not a bad result and I'm happy with that.

I had a better ratio in the 90's tournament though, 57 / 57.

Roughly half of the unseconded nominations are mine

hmmmm...quality over quantity ?

[fernandito]

Also if people are interested, I thought it would be fun to make a prediction pool for fun, where we predict the top 16/8/4/2/winner of the tournament.

I'm down. If you're cool with organizing it, start the thread!

[mae]

Also if people are interested, I thought it would be fun to make a prediction pool for fun, where we predict the top 16/8/4/2/winner of the tournament.

I'm down. If you're cool with organizing it, start the thread!

To keep things tidy, it could even be done in this thread.

[fernandito]

I'll leave it up to Matt, we can always merge later.

[webstar1000]

I had both Mud and Moonrise Kingdom on my lists, just never got to them.

It's just weird because Take Shelter and Midnight Special, two other Nichols films, were nominated. Loving also didn't get nominated but could have. I could make the argument that Mud is his best film.

I agree with the two films of Nichols that went in. As much as I like Mud and Loving, they're just not at the same level of Midnight Special and Take Shelter. I actually wrote out Mud's nomination twice before changing my mind to Nocturnal Animals and While We're Young

Ricky, Philomena is one of the films I totally forgot scor like Tge Help. Moneyball was another one I'm glad someone nominatdatv the end. Weird I forgot about that one when I just recently watched it.

Also TO EVERYONE: it's not in the tournament, but watchMaudie. It's a truly wonderful film starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke.

Maudie is an excellent film. Maude Lewis is a treasure of our province and I’ve tried to purchase her artwork numerous times but always outbid. Her house still is intact in our local museum and they have the largest collection in the world of her works. I’m about an hour or so from where she grew up and have visited it many times with a replica home there now that you can see for free. I wish I remembered this movie as I would have nominated it. She was such a sweet warm soul. Her artwork hangs in the Whitehouse!


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[fernandito]

is Maudie on Prime? (and free? lol)

[Still Servant]

Saying someone has an extra member ID is a serious charge. Even more serious for a staff member (who didn't have advance permission). Although Red_Balloon, and T-Dogz_AK47 might know each other, I see no direct evidence that Red_Balloon is in fact an account used by T-Dogz_AK47.

Then it's somebody posting on his behalf. There is nobody that will ever convince me otherwise.

I've been keeping track of the nominations and seconds since the 90s tournament. The amount of seconds/nominations between T-Dogz and Red Balloon are astronomically out of proportion. It's not even close. I made a promise to Mae that I wouldn't cause a scene, but when I see someone start going around trashing another poster and singling him out, I'm not going to stand by. Over the past few years, I've had 5 different posters reach out to me about this exact issue. And before anybody says it, it's not my "click" of friends. It's posters that I don't have a lot of interactions with.

Last piece of evidence and I will drop it because I don't want this to detract from a great nomination process and post nomination discussion.

Gangster #1 nominated by Red Balloon, seconded by T-Dogz. The films goes on to get ZERO votes in the tournament. Something that has never happened before. You can't tell me that's not suspicious. I'm not saying it's an alt account, but something is fishy.

[Still Servant]

is Maudie on Prime? (and free? lol)

*Mae enters and pushes the Just Watch app again*

[Mattrick]

I had both Mud and Moonrise Kingdom on my lists, just never got to them.

It's just weird because Take Shelter and Midnight Special, two other Nichols films, were nominated. Loving also didn't get nominated but could have. I could make the argument that Mud is his best film.

I agree with the two films of Nichols that went in. As much as I like Mud and Loving, they're just not at the same level of Midnight Special and Take Shelter. I actually wrote out Mud's nomination twice before changing my mind to Nocturnal Animals and While We're Young

Ricky, Philomena is one of the films I totally forgot scor like Tge Help. Moneyball was another one I'm glad someone nominatdatv the end. Weird I forgot about that one when I just recently watched it.

Also TO EVERYONE: it's not in the tournament, but watchMaudie. It's a truly wonderful film starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke.

Maudie is an excellent film. Maude Lewis is a treasure of our province and I’ve tried to purchase her artwork numerous times but always outbid. Her house still is intact in our local museum and they have the largest collection in the world of her works. I’m about an hour or so from where she grew up and have visited it many times with a replica home there now that you can see for free. I wish I remembered this movie as I would have nominated it. She was such a sweet warm soul. Her artwork hangs in the Whitehouse!


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Why didn't you second it? lol

[webstar1000]

I had both Mud and Moonrise Kingdom on my lists, just never got to them.

It's just weird because Take Shelter and Midnight Special, two other Nichols films, were nominated. Loving also didn't get nominated but could have. I could make the argument that Mud is his best film.

I agree with the two films of Nichols that went in. As much as I like Mud and Loving, they're just not at the same level of Midnight Special and Take Shelter. I actually wrote out Mud's nomination twice before changing my mind to Nocturnal Animals and While We're Young

Ricky, Philomena is one of the films I totally forgot scor like Tge Help. Moneyball was another one I'm glad someone nominatdatv the end. Weird I forgot about that one when I just recently watched it.

Also TO EVERYONE: it's not in the tournament, but watchMaudie. It's a truly wonderful film starring Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke.

Maudie is an excellent film. Maude Lewis is a treasure of our province and I’ve tried to purchase her artwork numerous times but always outbid. Her house still is intact in our local museum and they have the largest collection in the world of her works. I’m about an hour or so from where she grew up and have visited it many times with a replica home there now that you can see for free. I wish I remembered this movie as I would have nominated it. She was such a sweet warm soul. Her artwork hangs in the Whitehouse!


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Why didn't you second it? lol

Totally must have missed it. I was Away most of the weekend. It should be in this tournament. Very sad it was missed and your right... watch it guys. Amazing film.


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[Randall Flagg]

Saying someone has an extra member ID is a serious charge. Even more serious for a staff member (who didn't have advance permission). Although Red_Balloon, and T-Dogz_AK47 might know each other, I see no direct evidence that Red_Balloon is in fact an account used by T-Dogz_AK47.

Then it's somebody posting on his behalf. There is nobody that will ever convince me otherwise.

I've been keeping track of the nominations and seconds since the 90s tournament. The amount of seconds/nominations between T-Dogz and Red Balloon are astronomically out of proportion. It's not even close. I made a promise to Mae that I wouldn't cause a scene, but when I see someone start going around trashing another poster and singling him out, I'm not going to stand by. Over the past few years, I've had 5 different posters reach out to me about this exact issue. And before anybody says it, it's not my "click" of friends. It's posters that I don't have a lot of interactions with.

Last piece of evidence and I will drop it because I don't want this to detract from a great nomination process and post nomination discussion.

Gangster #1 nominated by Red Balloon, seconded by T-Dogz. The films goes on to get ZERO votes in the tournament. Something that has never happened before. You can't tell me that's not suspicious. I'm not saying it's an alt account, but something is fishy.

I would guess that the number of nominations and seconds between myself and webstar1000 are "astronomically" out of proportion.



I myself asked my son (who is an admin here and helps with tech issues) to log in and make a vote in a tie issue. I asked him to choose himself which of the films he preferred. I also PM'd mae about it and said the decision to allow the vote or not rested with her.


I think that the films that ended in the last 16, and the ultimate winner for each period were legit.


Of course I could be mistaken, so I leave any and all judgement calls to mae.



mae makes all decisions and I stand behind them.



Jerome

[mae]

Thanks, Jerome, I try and run this as best and as fair as possible. All nominations are final and I feel like the list we ended up with reflects the decade wonderfully. I'm going over it now, collecting trailers and posters as I always do, and it just reminds me of what a great ten years of movies it was! Can't wait for the voting to start!

[Randall Flagg]

Thanks mae.

End of debate/discussion about unfair voting.

Official complaints regarding multiple accounts should be sent via PM to myself or Patrick.

[mae]

To get back on topic, I am pleasantly surprised to see no Fast & Furious movies were nominated.

[Aremag]

To get back on topic, I am pleasantly surprised to see no Fast & Furious movies were nominated.

The only one out of that dumb bunch I would have not been that upset about would have been Hobbs & Shaw. It was dumb but entertaining probably due to the fact that it didn't have the overcrowded and not entertaining crew from most of the previous entries. Plus I've liked Statham since I first saw him in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

[Iwritecode]

I watched and mostly enjoyed the F&F movies but they all kind of run together in my memory. I remember certain actors and certain scenes but I couldn't tell you which specific movie they are from.

My wife and I are big fans of Paul Walker though and he seemed like a really cool guy IRL. It was a sad day when we lost him.

[DoctorZaius]

To get back on topic, I am pleasantly surprised to see no Fast & Furious movies were nominated.

Oops - I thought about it, but I felt that plenty of people nominate genre faire and I left it to others. It's a shame because something from that series deserves to be in the tourney.

[fernandito]

I'm stoked that there's no F&F films on here

[webstar1000]

I'm stoked that there's no F&F films on here

I like action and not a fan of F&F that much... they are really silly to be honest. lol