The MoFo Movie Club Poll - June

Ok campers, you know the drill by now - Five new(ish) releases with a vote on which one you want to discuss. The poll will be up for a week.

Film choice 1: The Kite Runner (2007, Marc Forster)



Marc Forster's (Finding Neverland, Monster's Ball) tale of two Afghan boys during the Russian invasion of their country. Based on Khaled Hosseini's novel.

Film choice 2: No Country For Old Men (2007, Ethan & Joel Coen)



Not a lot needs to be said - The Coen's Oscar-laden modern Western...

Film choice 3: Shrooms (2006, Paddy Breathnach)



Quite possibly the most accurate depiction of Ireland since The Quiet Man, for the sake of balance I've included this for all the cineists out there. I don't think this is available to rent in Australia, as of yet.

Film choice 4: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007, Tim Burton)



Burton and Depp, together again. This time in in a musical based on the life of the infamous Victorian serial killer/pie manufacturer.

Film choice 5: Sleuth (2007, Ken Branagh)



Slipping in some more Irishness as we go, this is Belfast Boy Branagh's adaptation of the 1972 minor classic, itself an adaptation of Anthony Schaffer's (The Wicker Man! ) stage production. With added Pinter.

So there we have it. Everything should be easily available in Britain and The States (Sleuth is coming next month in Australia but I wanted to include it here, sorry AusFos), I'll put the poll up for one week.

Let The Public decide!

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Argh, I'm torn. On one hand, I get a reason to see No Country for Old Men again. On the other, I can get another reason to watch Sweeney Todd.

I guess I'll have to flip a coin...

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I saw a trailer for The Kite Runner and I'm not sure if it's going to make for good conversation but the movie looks really interesting. So yeah, Kite Runner for President!

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We are both the source of the problem and the solution, yet we do not see ourselves in this light...

Really torn on this one. I went with No Country for Old Men, but I'd be cool with quite a few of these choices. Except for maybe Sleuth, which I'd pretty much just tear into.

I voted Sleuth

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No Country For Old Men

Have i ever mentioned how much i like Tomy Lee Jones?
No Country For Old Men

I went with Sleuth. Never seen it and I've got no clue as to what it's about.

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Looks like No Country's gonna win, which is fine by me. I'm not all that big a fan of the movie, but it should make for some good discussion fodder. I voted for Sleuth to give me an excuse to rent the dang thing already, but No Country's okay, too.

I so do not want to watch the new Sleuth. I don't care how freakin good it is.

Hey I voted for "no country for old men" and found that it is the most voted one, at least till now.

Shrooms. Really? I've seen it and it's most definitely not worth discussing.

There's nothing like a mandate from the people to decide whether something is worth discussing or not. Those who voted for Shrooms are MoFos too, lest we forget.

Still, No Country... is streaking out in front like I suspected it would. It's a film that I would have found it hard to justify not including but also a film that I would imagine the majority of people here have already seen...

I bet the Ancient Greeks never had this problem!

There is, honestly, nothing to discuss. I freakin' rented it because I thought, don't ask me why, there's probably a correlation between the title and my early college years, there'd be something interesting.

Lest we forget, there's been more people taking a dump on the idea that we might watch, Sleuth.

I pick Sweeney Todd. Not like it matters at this stage of the voting.

Sweeney Todd would be great, then me and Aus could go back and forth for at least 2 pages on whether or not Helena was mumbling all of her lines or not. I'll go first, I say: NOT! But seriously, it was a really good flick and I would be more than happy to watch it again.

Hmmm, you've just given me an idea for a Movie Club theme if there's not much choice in a particular month...

Hopefully it has to do with college and not taking a dump on a movie.

no country's the only thing that's gonna get me in on this discussion.

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Bit of both...

Sweeney Todd is coming up on the rails, folks, there's now only three votes in it.