The Great Movie Tournament - Nominations Thread: 2010s

[Still Servant]

I wanted to nominate Batman v Superman, I greatly enjoyed that, especially the Ultimate Edition, but I knew it wouldn't get any love, sadly. But I did proudly nominate Jupiter Ascending!

I'm glad you mentioned Jupiter Ascending, especially after my mention of Cloud Atlas. Both films are directed by the Wachowskis and both were films that really divided people. In my opinion, Cloud Atlas is a superior film. What were your thoughts on that one?

[mae]

I like both actually, but prefer JA. I like different and imaginative movies when filmmakers just go for it, I respect that.

[MikeDuke]

I wanted to like JA. I really did. But I think my issue was it was how quickly Mila Kunis just accepted what was happening around her and to her character. I just could not buy that part. At least in The Matrix, Neo just did not accept what was happening to him and it took him a while to come to grips with what was happening and what his role was. At least that's my thought. I wanted to like JA. But I just could not get past that. There might have been other things, but I only saw it in the theater one time and that was it.

[webstar1000]

I wanted to nominate Batman v Superman, I greatly enjoyed that, especially the Ultimate Edition, but I knew it wouldn't get any love, sadly. But I did proudly nominate Jupiter Ascending!

I’ll second this if it’s a nom!


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[mae]

I wanted to nominate Batman v Superman, I greatly enjoyed that, especially the Ultimate Edition, but I knew it wouldn't get any love, sadly. But I did proudly nominate Jupiter Ascending!

I’ll second this if it’s a nom!

Batman v Superman? No, I can't nominate yet. But we do have Lego Batman nominated

[webstar1000]

I wanted to nominate Batman v Superman, I greatly enjoyed that, especially the Ultimate Edition, but I knew it wouldn't get any love, sadly. But I did proudly nominate Jupiter Ascending!

I’ll second this if it’s a nom!

Batman v Superman? No, I can't nominate yet. But we do have Lego Batman nominated

I’ll nominate it. I loved it.


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[mae]

Now I can nominate:

I Am Mother (2019)
Grant Sputore

Watch trailer:

[Still Servant]

Damn! I wish I could second. I loved that movie.

[Mattrick]

How has this not been nominated?

Nomination 23 - The Help (2011)
Directed by Tate Taylor

[Randall Flagg]

I second I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House.

[mae]

I'll second Side Effects. And that's 320.

[mae]

Thank you to everyone for another great job with the nominations, I believe, as usual, we have a very eclectic mix of great movies, and I am very eager to get voting!

I have the first Round 1 polls opening on Monday, July 27, so we have three weeks at our disposal to go over the list and see any movies we might want to catch up on that we haven't seen or watched a while ago and want a refresher.

The overview thread will be updated with the schedule soon. I'll also post the usual nomination stats here shortly, and Still Servant has a tough job ahead of him getting us the always fascinating actors breakdown

[mae]

Some stats:

Number of nominations per year:

• 2010: 27 (8%)
• 2011: 28 (9%)
• 2012: 28 (9%)
• 2013: 31 (10%)
• 2014: 36 (11%)
• 2015: 29 (9%)
• 2016: 37 (12%)
• 2017: 41 (13%)
• 2018: 32 (10%)
• 2019: 31 (10%)

Directors with multiple nominations:

2
Alejandro González Iñárritu: Birdman; The Revenant
Alex Garland: Ex Machina; Annihilation
Alfonso Cuarón: Gravity; Roma
Ari Aster: Hereditary; Midsommar
Barry Jenkins: Moonlight; If Beale Street Could Talk
Ben Affleck: The Town; Argo
Bong Joon-ho: Snowpiercer; Parasite
Bryan Singer: X-Men: Days of Future Past; Bohemian Rhapsody
Damien Chazelle: Whiplash; La La Land
Danny Boyle: 127 Hours; Yesterday
Darren Aronofsky: Black Swan; Mother!
David Ayer: End of Watch; Fury
David Fincher: The Social Network; Gone Girl
David Yates: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Debra Granik: Winter's Bone; Leave No Trace
Gareth Edwards: Godzilla; Rogue One
Gareth Evans: The Raid; The Raid 2
Greta Gerwig: Lady Bird; Little Women
James Gunn: Guardians of the Galaxy; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
James Mangold: Logan; Ford v Ferrari
Jason Reitman: Young Adult; Tully
Jean-Marc Vallée: Dallas Buyers Club; Wild
Jeff Nichols: Take Shelter; Midnight Special
Jennifer Kent: The Babadook; The Nightingale
Jeremy Saulnier: Blue Ruin; Green Room
Joel and Ethan Coen: True Grit; Inside Llewyn Davis
Jordan Peele: Get Out; Us
Joss Whedon: The Avengers; Avengers: Age of Ultron
Lee Unkrich: Toy Story 3; Coco
Lynne Ramsay: We Need to Talk About Kevin; You Were Never Really Here
Matt Reeves: Let Me In; War for the Planet of the Apes
Morten Tyldum: The Imitation Game; Passengers
Noah Baumbach: While We're Young; Marriage Story
Park Chan-wook: Stoker; The Handmaiden
Paul Feig: Bridesmaids; The Heat
Paul Thomas Anderson: The Master; Phantom Thread
Richard Linklater: Before Midnight; Boyhood
Ridley Scott: Prometheus; The Martian
Robert Eggers: The Witch; The Lighthouse
Ryan Coogler: Creed; Black Panther
Steven Soderbergh: Contagion; Side Effects
Wes Anderson: The Grand Budapest Hotel; Isle of Dogs
Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris; Blue Jasmine

3
Chad Stahelski: John Wick; John Wick: Chapter 2; John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
David O. Russell: The Fighter; Silver Linings Playbook; American Hustle
J. J. Abrams: Super 8; Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Mike Flanagan: Hush; Gerald's Game; Doctor Sleep
Quentin Tarantino: Django Unchained; The Hateful Eight; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rian Johnson: Looper; Star Wars: The Last Jedi; Knives Out
Sam Mendes: Skyfall; Spectre; 1917
Steve McQueen: Shame; 12 Years a Slave; Widows
Steven Spielberg: Lincoln; Bridge of Spies; Ready Player One
Yorgos Lanthimos: The Lobster; The Killing of a Sacred Deer; The Favourite

4
Anthony and Joe Russo: Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Captain America: Civil War; Avengers: Infinity War; Avengers: Endgame
Christopher Nolan: Inception; The Dark Knight Rises; Interstellar; Dunkirk
Martin Scorsese: Shutter Island; Hugo; The Wolf of Wall Street; The Irishman
Taika Waititi: What We Do in the Shadows; Hunt for the Wilderpeople; Thor: Ragnarok; Jojo Rabbit

6
Denis Villeneuve: Incendies; Enemy; Prisoners; Sicario; Arrival; Blade Runner 2049

[Still Servant]

Denis just killing it!

[Still Servant]

This is the part where I start thinking of all the films that I totally left off my very comprehensive list. Shame on me for totally forgetting about Mud.

That being said, I think we did a very good job of filling this field. There are quite a few smaller films that I really hope people try to watch before the tournament starts.

[mae]

And your fear of all the MCU movies making it didn't come to pass We did get a healthy helping of them, but definitely not all.

[Mattrick]

Moonrise Kingdom never got a nomination eh

[mae]

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

[Iwritecode]

Were both IT movies nominated together?

[mae]

No, just the first one.

[Mattrick]

I was going to nominate Mud because of Jeff Nichols, but I thought some other films were more deserving. Can't believe I didn't think of The Help until it was too late. I'm quite surprised no one nominated The Help considering how loved that movie is.

[mae]

To anyone new to the process, or just as a reminder, I've alphabetized and randomized the list using https://www.random.org/lists/ to create the 32 groups of 10 titles for the first round (top six will move on and the bottom four will be eliminated). Had to randomize the list more than 20 times before I had groups with no more than one Marvel movie in them! But looking over the groups, I can tell you it will be very difficult casting those votes... What do you leave out? Get ready for some tough decisions.

[Iwritecode]

Welp, I started out with a list of 93 movies and got 59 of them at least nominated. Here's the rest of my list. Lots of sequels and a couple of comedies that probably wouldn't make it very far. I'm pretty happy with the ones that did get in.

Iron Man 2
Grown Ups
Kick-Ass
Captain America: The First Avenger
Thor
The Change Up
Real Steel
In Time
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
Pacific Rim
Grown Ups 2
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Blended
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Ant-Man
The Intern
Ted 2
Daddy's Home
Pitch Perfect 2
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Pitch Perfect 3
Cars 3
The Upside
Before I Fall
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Incredibles 2
Deadpool 2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spiderman Far from Home
IT Chapter 2
Happy Death Day 2U

[mae]

Here are the ones I still had on my list, most of these wouldn't have gotten seconds I imagine or go past the first round:

Bunch of movies

1. Chico & Rita (2010)
2. Confessions (2010)
3. The Infidel (2010)
4. Monsters (2010)
5. The Illusionist (2010)
6. Poetry (2010)
7. Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
8. Meek's Cutoff (2010)
9. Boy (2010)
10. A Cat in Paris (2010)
11. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
12. Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
13. Carnage (2011)
14. The Intouchables (2011)
15. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
16. 50/50 (2011)
17. Tomboy (2011)
18. The Turin Horse (2011)
19. Bernie (2011)
20. Margaret (2011)
21. The Painting (2011)
22. Pariah (2011)
23. Sunny (2011)
24. Guilty of Romance (2011)
25. Kill List (2011)
26. Le Havre (2011)
27. Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011)
28. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
29. It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
30. Flight (2012)
31. Ernest & Celestine (2012)
32. Wadjda (2012)
33. The Hunt (2012)
34. Mud (2012)
35. Frances Ha (2012)
36. The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
37. Wolf Children (2012)
38. Like Someone in Love (2012)
39. Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
40. In Another Country (2012)
41. Borgman (2013)
42. Fruitvale Station (2013)
43. Stranger by the Lake (2013)
44. Hard to Be a God (2013)
45. The Great Beauty (2013)
46. Nymphomaniac (2013)
47. Nebraska (2013)
48. The Best Offer (2013)
49. Short Term 12 (2013)
50. Norte, the End of History (2013)
51. The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013)
52. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
53. Leviathan (2014)
54. Paddington (2014)
55. Blind (2014)
56. The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
57. Breathe (2014)
58. Two Days, One Night (2014)
59. Girlhood (2014)
60. Spring (2014)
61. Mommy (2014)
62. Timbuktu (2014)
63. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
64. 45 Years (2015)
65. The Brand New Testament (2015)
66. The Summer of Sangaile (2015)
67. Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)
68. Kaili Blues (2015)
69. Krisha (2015)
70. The Assassin (2015)
71. The Second Mother (2015)
72. April and the Extraordinary World (2015)
73. Loving (2016)
74. The Red Turtle (2016)
75. The Salesman (2016)
76. Elle (2016)
77. A Cure for Wellness (2016)
78. Lights Out (2016)
79. Morris from America (2016)
80. A Silent Voice (2016)
81. The Wailing (2016)
82. Christine (2016)
83. Things to Come (2016)
84. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
85. The Breadwinner (2017)
86. Thelma (2017)
87. The Rider (2017)
88. Disobedience (2017)
89. Close-Knit (2017)
90. I Am Not a Witch (2017)
91. Ingrid Goes West (2017)
92. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
93. Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
94. Sorry to Bother You (2018)
95. The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
96. The Tale (2018)
97. Capernaum (2018)
98. Cold War (2018)
99. Blindspotting (2018)
100. Support the Girls (2018)
101. Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)
102. Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)
103. Ash is Purest White (2018)
104. An Elephant Sitting Still (2018)
105. Rafiki (2018)
106. Madeline's Madeline (2018)
107. I Lost My Body (2019)
108. The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
109. The Souvenir (2019)
110. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
111. Atlantics (2019)
112. Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019)
113. Queen of Hearts (2019)
114. And Then We Danced (2019)
115. Honey Boy (2019)
116. Color Out of Space (2019)

So I like weird movies, sue me :) I also like superhero movies and raunchy comedies, go figure!

[Still Servant]

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.