The MoFo Top 100 of the Seventies

[Holden Pike]

Awesomeness. I have the spreadsheet on my work computer, so I won't update until the morning, but thanks for your lists. :)

[jiraffejustin]

Sent my list. I am going on a vacation tomorrow, so I doubt I will be able to see anything else before the due date.

[meatwadsprite]

Trying to get in another couple movies before I submit mine.

http://www.audienceseverywhere.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/texas-chain-saw-massacre-1974-dinner-table.jpg

Saw this today. What the hell is that grandpa.

[mark f]

He's The Gimp's great-grand uncle.

[meatwadsprite]

rofl

[Holden Pike]

Three more lists, up to thirty-two, and it's amazing how much shifting goes on. There are now six movies with at least 300 points, one film has five first place votes, already...and it's not even in first place (it's in second). The title that so far appears on the most lists, twenty-four out of thirty-two (75%!), is in third place. The movie I mentioned a while back that had jumped out to the early lead, way out, with the first batch of ballots entered, it has now dropped down to a numerical tie for fourth place, currently fifty-one points off the lead. But it could easily leapfrog right back into the top spot, in the next handful of ballots, or by the finale. There are really seven or so movies at this point that I could legitimately see finishing at number one, and it may be none of them! It's very much still wide open, especially the bottom half of the list, that is very unformed and YOUR votes will make the difference.

Thirteen days left, MoFos. This part has already been so much fun for me, I want more and more ballots, and I can hardly wait to start unveiling the list! Still confident (or at least hopeful) we can get up near a hundred members to participate. Bring 'em on.

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[Ðèstîñy]

And here are a few lists, for reference sake, that I had in there...

The 1970s, from the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.

OK, I just cropped your 70's lists as images to my Zune so that my not having a personal computer won't be an issue.

I'll have my list on time, babe!

[Holden Pike]

I'll have my list on time, babe!

Yay!

[The Gunslinger45]

I am honestly surprised we do not have the 1001 Movies to see before you die as a list on the site.

[Cobpyth]

I am honestly surprised we do not have the 1001 Movies to see before you die as a list on the site.

The problem is probably that it changes every year.

[The Gunslinger45]

The problem is probably that it changes every year.

I did not know it changed every year. I thought it was like the AFI top 100 and was changed over every decade or so.

[Yoda]

The problem is probably that it changes every year.
That's part of the problem--the other being that it'd just be insanely long and difficult to display well. Take a look at the Ebert list (http://www.movieforums.com/lists/roger-eberts-great-movies.html), which is huge but still only around a third of the size.

[The Gunslinger45]

That's part of the problem--the other being that it'd just be insanely long and difficult to display well. Take a look at the Ebert list (http://www.movieforums.com/lists/roger-eberts-great-movies.html), which is huge but still only around a third of the size.

Point taken.

[Captain Spaulding]

Maybe you could divide the list into 3 or 4 parts, going by the years the films were released, like 1902-1958, then 1959-1982, etc. And just use one version of the list and note that it's the 2013 edition or something, so the films may have changed. Or ignore the bottom of the list altogether, since it's the rest of the list that is so helpful and such a great guide to film. Of all the lists out there, the 1001 Movies to See Before You Die is probably my favorite and the most helpful, imo.

[Captain Spaulding]

I'm so excited for the countdown. This is the first decade list that I'm a part of.

Really? You've been here for five years. Why didn't you participate in the previous ones?

I'm really starting to feel the looming deadline's pinch. So many films, so little time! I've been slacking these last couple of weeks. Now there's no way I'm going to be able to watch all the films I wanted to see. I'll be visiting family these next few days, and apparently my ten-year-old niece is going to have to stay with me next week, which is really going to cut into my movie-watching time. Initially I had planned on going on a 70's binge next week to make up for these last couple of weeks where I've hardly watched anything, but now I won't be able to.

I still won't submit my list until the day before the deadline, though, so I can try to squeeze in as much as I can. I've still got Walkabout, Harold and Maude, Scenes From a Marriage, Autumn Sonata, Klute, Logan's Run, Wise Blood, Sounder, Jeanne Dielmann, and several more 70's films on my DVR waiting to be watched. Plus I really wanted to rent The Conformist and The Mirror before finishing my list. Hopefully I'll still be able to.

[Captain Spaulding]

LOL. And the post I was responding to randomly disappears. Damn you, Swan!

[Swan]

Really? You've been here for five years. Why didn't you participate in the previous ones?


I went missing in action for a few years while the other lists were taking place.

[Captain Spaulding]

I went missing in action for a few years while the other lists were taking place.

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[Yoda]

Same, on the pinch thing. When I get busy with work/life stuff my movie watching can really suffer, so I've not been getting through nearly as many as I'd hoped. Still, the 70s are chock-full of great films, and I had most of my list more or less in mind before making any catch-up efforts, so I should still be able to put a good one together.

[cricket]

I wanted to watch about another 20 but I'm starting to poop out. I'm really looking forward to it starting.

[Pussy Galore]

I have now watched 120 movies from the 70's. (taking in consideration that 3 months ago I had watched something like 65 and that 2 years ago I had seen none is pretty good haha)

[honeykid]

I went missing in action for a few years while the other lists were taking place.
Much like many of your posts. :p:D

I don't think I've watched a single 70's film for the list.

[rauldc14]

Much like many of your posts. :p:D

I don't think I've watched a single 70's film for the list.

Yet you've procrastinated in sending in your list :p

[honeykid]

I could've sent my list in minute 1 of day 1 and I doubt it would've mattered whether I'd watched every other film from the 70's. Despite that, you never know. OK, I do. :D

[Kaplan]

Almost done making a list. I'm sure I'm forgetting something and there are of course lots of gems I've yet to see, but I love the 70s and it's hard enough to narrow it down and put them in order. But I'm working on it.

[Holden Pike]

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Ummmmmmmm....I'm not really sure that makes sense, even comic book sense.
So just get 'em done by July 15th, yeah?
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[Cobpyth]

I'll probably send my list in tonight, because I'm leaving for 2 weeks to Austria and Italy. I probably won't have the time to watch that much new stuff there.

I still have to fill in some of the gaps at the end, but I'm pretty satisfied with what I have, despite having missed a few classics (I'll watch those while the list is running).

[Cobpyth]

My list has been sent in.

I luckily decided to watch Barry Lyndon just now, right before my departure, because that film may or may not have snuck in my list at the very last minute. ;)

I'm quite happy with the end result, even though it was extremely hard to leave off some of my other favorite '70s films, but I guess pretty much everyone had that problem.

I loved exploring this decade immensely and I can't wait to see which films everyone else picked!

[Holden Pike]

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HERE (http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/07/jaws-ridiculous-say-kids-who-owe-everything-jaws) is a great little piece, a conversation between Richard Dreyfuss' two adult children after they re-watched Jaws for the first time in many, many years.

Oh, and there are tons of spoilers in there...you know, if you haven't ever seen Jaws. And if you haven't ever seen Jaws, what in the Hell is wrong with you? Go watch it, right now!

"Well, I guess people think you were married to Roy Scheider." :D

http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/07/jaws-ridiculous-say-kids-who-owe-everything-jaws (http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/07/jaws-ridiculous-say-kids-who-owe-everything-jaws)

[Miss Vicky]

Sent my list in.

It's a few days early and I'm not thrilled with it but I'm getting a little tired of trying to do focused, purpose driven movie watching and not just watching whatever I feel like watching, so my list is what it is.

[Pussy Galore]

Have I forgot any important 70's movie that you think I should definitely watch before I send my list?
These are all the ones I've seen (or have at home ready to watch).

3 Days of the Condor (1975)
Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Alien (1979)
All the President's Men (1976)
Amarcord (1973)
The American Friend (1977)
American Graffiti (1973)
Annie Hall (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
Badlands (1973)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Bed & Board (1970)
Being There (1979)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Bound for Glory (1976)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Buffet froid (1979)
The Butcher (1970)
Cabaret (1972)
Caliber 9 (1972)
Carrie (1976)
The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Le Cercle rouge (1970)
Chinatown (1974)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Conformist (1970)
The Conversation (1974)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Cross of Iron (1977)
Day for Night (1973)
Days of Heaven (1978)
Deep Red (1975)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Deliverance (1972)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Dirty Money (1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Duck, You Sucker (1971)
Duel (1971)
The Duellists (1977)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
The Exorcist (1973)
F for Fake (1973)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
French Connection II (1975)
The French Connection (1971)
Frenzy (1972)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Get Carter (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Halloween (1978)
Harold and Maude (1971)
High Plainrifter (1973)
House (1977)
I as in Icarus (1979)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Jaws (1975)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Life of Brian (1979)
Little Big Man (1970)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Mad Max (1979)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Manhattan (1979)
Marathon Man (1976)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
MASH (1970)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Mean Streets (1973)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Murder by Death (1976)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
Nashville (1975)
Network (1976)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Les ordres (1974)
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Paper Moon (1973)
Papillon (1973)
The Passenger (1975)
Patton (1970)
Rocky (1976)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Scarecrow (1973)
Serpico (1973)
The Shootist (1976)
Sleeper (1973)
Solaris (1972)
Sorcerer (1977)
Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Stalker (1979)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Sting (1973)
Straight Time (1978)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Tenant (1976)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
They Call Me Trinity... (1970)
Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
The Warriors (1979)
The Wicker Man (1973)
The Wild Child (1970)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Young Frankenstein (1974)

[mark f]

Well you missed a few that made my list, but that's enough to make an excellent (if flawed HA!) list.

[Pussy Galore]

What movies? I still have time rent them :)

[rauldc14]

You missed some greats, but its a formidable list overall.

[mark f]

PG, I sent you a PM.

[Jack1]

Just formulating my final list. And then I'll start working through notable sixties films in preparation for that list. :D

In fact, when will the sixties list thread go up?

[Pussy Galore]

thanks Mark, cricket and Camo for the recommendations!

rauldc can you send me a PM telling me which great ones I've forgot please, I'd appreciate it!

[Holden Pike]

THIRTY-SIX lists now! Thanks to everybody who has submitted, thus far.

262 total titles, eleven have earned at least 200 points, nine of those have gotten to the 300 plateau, and two flicks have already topped 400 points!

Still all kinds of wide open. Coming into the home stretch, MoFo! The chicks'll cream for our '70s list.

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[Zotis]

I still want to watch a couple more movies before I submit mine. I'm about to watch Le Circle Rouge. I might also watch a couple more Francis Di Leo films, I think he's my favorite 70's director. I also might watch The Conformist.

Pussy Galore, you HAVE to watch Annie Hall! It's arguably Woddy Allen's best film.

[mark f]

Your favorite? Isn't it Fernando Di Leo?

[Camo]

Woodies best of the 70's is Manhattan ;)

[rauldc14]

Woodys best is a film he was in but didn't direct :D

[Holden Pike]

Yeah, if you have time - any of you, check out The Front, about the Hollywood Blacklist during the McCarthy era of the 1950s, in which Woody Allen stars but did not write or direct. Great film.

Most of the people involved with the film, apart from Woody, we're directly effected by the Blacklist, themselves.

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[Sexy Celebrity]

I'm going to be like SC now...


14 days!!!???


That's like a million years away!!!!!

I don't really write like that, but I love the way you did that.

I feel so inspired now.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Trying to get in another couple movies before I submit mine.

http://www.audienceseverywhere.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/texas-chain-saw-massacre-1974-dinner-table.jpg

Saw this today. What the hell is that grandpa.

That's actually not an old man. It's John Dugan, born in 1940, making him in his early 30's when he played Grandpa.

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John Dugan in makeup as Grandpa for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).

I thought I had read he was even younger when he did that, but I guess not. He played Grandpa again in Texas Chainsaw 3D.

The same grandpa makeup was also used on Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man:

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Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970).

[Zotis]

Your favorite? Isn't it Fernando Di Leo?

Psh, uh... no.... like I'd make a silly typo like that... psh....

Dangit!

Woodies best of the 70's is Manhattan ;)

Yeah, if you have time - any of you, check out The Front, about the Hollywood Blacklist during the McCarthy era of the 1950s, in which Woody Allen stars but did not write or direct. Great film.

Most of the people involved with the film, apart from Woody, we're directly effected by the Blacklist, themselves.

What? Are you serious? And these are better than Annie Hall? Okay well... I gotta check these out then! If they're better than Annie Hall then they're going to be like my favorite movies ever!

[Harry Lime]

So who are the slackers that haven't turned in a list yet? Expose them so we can shame them into sending a list.

[the samoan lawyer]

Dersu Uzala worth a watch anyone? Its on my watchlist but with only days to go ive no chance of getting through many.

[jal90]

It's worth a watch and it may even jump into your favorites (I hope), so give it a try.

[cricket]

Dersu Uzala worth a watch anyone? Its on my watchlist but with only days to go ive no chance of getting through many.

It was my first from Kurosaw and I loved it.

[Holden Pike]

D'oh! I had made this for the Fourth, and forgot to post it...

http://i.imgur.com/9PUYu9u.png

[teeter_g]

When does the countdown start? Also are you going to start a separate thread for the countdown so we don't have to wade through all this stuff...?

[Holden Pike]

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The countdown will start...not exactly sure? I'll need at least a few days to get all the tabulations done and start compiling all the pretty pictures and info. I've been doing a lot of prep work for it already, and having a blast, but obviously I can't start making the countdown itself until all the ballots are in and I check the results.

And yes, there will definitely be a separate thread.

Then if you remember the format of the previous lists, I'll reveal two titles per day, until we get down to the top twenty or so. Here, for your reading pleasure, is the MoFo Top 100 of the 80s: Countdown thread (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=34503) that Skepsis93 did such an outstanding job with at the beginning of the year.

[honeykid]

Manhattan is better than Annie Hall. :yup:

[the samoan lawyer]

Manhattan is better than Annie Hall. :yup:

:nope:

[Pussy Galore]

Easilly, out of the 5 Woody Allen movies I've seen Annie Hall is the one I enjoyed the least.

[The Gunslinger45]

I personally did not like Manhattan.

[TokeZa]

I never really got on the Woody Allen train. I think Annie Hall is a decent / good flick but thats about it.

I still need to see Manhatten, but im not so sure i should give Allen that many shots. His movies tends to be a bit tedious for me. I would rather see more of Bergman 70's material :)

[Holden Pike]

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Only EIGHT DAYS left! That's nearly three times what The Condor got. And I'm probably not sending any assassins disguised as mail carriers to any of your homes/workplaces.

Probably.

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[The Gunslinger45]

Seriously can't wait for this next countdown.

[Jack1]

I personally did not like Manhattan.
Likewise. Thought it was poor. Got a fair bit of flak on here for saying so, though.

[The Gunslinger45]

Likewise. Thought it was poor. Got a fair bit of flak on here for saying so, though.

It happens.

Like what happens whenever I say something bad about Tarantino. :D

[Camo]

Likewise. Thought it was poor. Got a fair bit of flak on here for saying so, though.

Really? Most people i've seen talk about it on this site didn't like it.

[Deadite]

This will be interesting to follow.

[Jack1]

Really? Most people i've seen talk about it on this site didn't like it.
Flak is pushing it, to be fair. I got the impression most people on here enjoyed it, though. Perhaps not.

[Miss Vicky]

I tried watching Manhattan. Got annoyed with the characters and shut it off after like 20 minutes, though. Needless to say, it didn't make my list.

[Pussy Galore]

I think Manhattan is fantastic. It's intelligent, with great characters and the black and white cinematography is beautiful. But it's a Woody Allen movie, it has it's own style if you don't like it you don't like it.

[rauldc14]

Manhattan is average in my opinion. Its pretty level with Annie Hall, though I may have AH just a tad ahead. Of course I like plenty 70s and Allen ahead of it.

[Holden Pike]

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Manhattan. A divisive film from a polarizing filmmaker. Will it make the list? Will Annie Hall or one of Woody's many other films from the decade place higher? Time will tell. Vote now, and stay tuned.

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[Kaplan]

I think Manhattan is fantastic. It's intelligent, with great characters and the black and white cinematography is beautiful. But it's a Woody Allen movie, it has it's own style if you don't like it you don't like it.

I love Woody Allen movies, and I think Manhattan is his best. But I can see how people find his characters annoying. Maybe the best way to get into Woody Allen's movies is to start with his pre-Annie Hall movies.

[The Gunslinger45]

I don't know, I have seen a few of his pre Annie Hall stuff like Bananas and I was not a fan.

[Kaplan]

I've got my list made, except for debating about the 25th spot, and it just seems so conventional to me. But what can I do? Except two or three I've only seen a few times, the rest I've seen 6-12 times, and there's four or five I've seen 25+ times, so they all qualify as favorites. I guess it's just what I've been exposed to. For a 60s list I could see myself searching out more movies to find some more obscure or lesser known movies, but right now my movie watching is a third what it used to be (I have a 15-month old at home). Anyhow, my list will be in by the end of the day!

[Holden Pike]

That's quite alright, Kaplan. The fun of the list is seeing where those favorites, even if they do seem "conventional" to you, place among the other collective MoFo taste, and then getting all kinds of recommendations for further viewing. Recommendations that may well alter your list, if somebody asks you such a question years from now.

[Kaplan]

I don't know, I have seen a few of his pre Annie Hall stuff like Bananas and I was not a fan.

Then I guess you're not a fan. Maybe try Sleeper or Take the Money and Run. But probably, unless something suddenly clicks with you, you're not meant to be a fan of Woody Allen movies.

[The Gunslinger45]

Then I guess you're not a fan. Maybe try Sleeper or Take the Money and Run. But probably, unless something suddenly clicks with you, you're not meant to be a fan of Woody Allen movies.

Certain film I have liked. I liked The Purple Rose of Cairo and liked Annie Hall. But overall I am not a fan of Woody Allen's movies.

[BlueLion]

Except two or three I've only seen a few times, the rest I've seen 6-12 times, and there's four or five I've seen 25+ times, so they all qualify as favorites.

So basically it all depends on how many times you've actually seen them? Some of my favorites I haven't even seen more than 4 or 5 times (and I don't mean the 70s list).

Honestly I cannot find the time to watch the same movie that many times even if I truly love it. How do you guys do it?

[honeykid]

We truly love them. :p

[BlueLion]

But if you only see a film, say, twice, you can't truly love it or consider it a favorite?

[honeykid]

I was just messing.

I think you can love it, I wouldn't consider it a favourite, though. For my 100, I made a rule that I had to've seen a film 5 times before it could be considered.

[The Gunslinger45]

Some films I do not have to see a whole lot. Some films linger with me. A film like Stalker is currently my 11th favorite movie. Only saw it once, but it was a very intense viewing experience. Number 12 is The Boondock Saints, and that is cinematic junkfood. Always good on any occasion.

[BlueLion]

For my 100, I made a rule that I had to've seen a film 5 times before it could be considered.

This is exactly what I'm talking about. It makes no sense to me.

But hey, it's your 100, after all.

[Kaplan]

So basically it all depends on how many times you've actually seen them? Some of my favorites I haven't even seen more than 4 or 5 times (and I don't mean the 70s list).

Honestly I cannot find the time to watch the same movie that many times even if I truly love it. How do you guys do it?

I didn't arrange my list from most watched to least watched, if that's what you're wondering. And seeing a movie four or five times is still a good many times to have seen a movie. A movie can certainly be a favorite after your first viewing, but then I'd think you'd want to return to it, at least every so often.

As a side note, are you turning in a list for the 70s?

[BlueLion]

As a side note, are you turning in a list for the 70s?

Yes. I leave everything until the last minute.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I want Kaplan's avatar.

Is that Steve Martin in The Jerk or something?

Kaplan used to have the ugliest avatar on the site. It was a dead person or something. I hated it. But now he's gotten the picture and he has the best avatar on the site. He's gone from my Gross List to my Exciting List.

[gbgoodies]

So who are the slackers that haven't turned in a list yet? Expose them so we can shame them into sending a list.


Hey, some of us "slackers" are still watching movies from the 1970s. Would you rather that we send in our lists without watching classic movies like "Barry Lyndon", "Chinatown" and "Taxi Driver"?

[Pussy Galore]

Hey, some of us "slackers" are still watching movies from the 1970s. Would you rather that we send in our lists without watching classic movies like "Barry Lyndon", "Chinatown" and "Taxi Driver"?

I actually want to rewatch these 3 before sending my list !

[The Gunslinger45]

Hey, some of us "slackers" are still watching movies from the 1970s. Would you rather that we send in our lists without watching classic movies like "Barry Lyndon", "Chinatown" and "Taxi Driver"?

To be fair you SHOULD have seen them already. :p

But I will not hold it against you since you are correcting this mistake. :D

[gbgoodies]

To be fair you SHOULD have seen them already. :p

But I will not hold it against you since you are correcting this mistake. :D


I've actually seen "Chinatown" and "Taxi Driver" already, but that was years ago, and with my memory, I barely remember them, so I'm rewatching them. I never saw "Barry Lyndon" though, so that one's a first-time watch.

[The Gunslinger45]

I've actually seen "Chinatown" and "Taxi Driver" already, but that was years ago, and with my memory, I barely remember them, so I'm rewatching them. I never saw "Barry Lyndon" though, so that one's a first-time watch.

Ah ha. I see now. Either way good choice to make.

[Holden Pike]

The deadline is there for a reason, and those of you who will wait for the last hour of the last day, that is absolutely 100% A-OK. Of course the more of you that do this, the more of an avalanche I have to deal with, and thus longer before I get the votes tabulated and start revealing the list.

So the sooner the better, but ballots are welcome anytime, including the literal "last minute".

[Harry Lime]

Hey, some of us "slackers" are still watching movies from the 1970s. Would you rather that we send in our lists without watching classic movies like "Barry Lyndon", "Chinatown" and "Taxi Driver"?
Those three should have been watched months ago.

[Cobpyth]

You can count me among the Manhattan LOVERS of this site!

I hope it does really well and it will be interesting to see if it'll beat Annie Hall. I personally think it will.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyaj2P-dSi8

[Pussy Galore]

I hope it will, I think Manhattan is a 1000 time better then Annie Hall

[Thursday Next]

I didn't really like Annie Hall when I watched it, but it's one of those comedies seems funnier in hindsight, it sticks with you. I really hated Manhattan.

I don't rewatch films that often, since there are always so many films to watch for the first time. So most films in my top 25 I've only seen once. My top 2 though I've seen many times and they were always way ahead of the rest of my list.

I'm starting to wonder how many of the 70s list I will have seen. I bet it's a lot lower than the previous three decades.

[Skepsis93]

I rewatched Manhattan the other day, and it still hasn't really clicked with me. I really feel as if it has all the ingredients for me to love it (a romantic vision of New York, Gershwin, quintessential Allen neurosis and wit), but I only vaguely like it. Annie Hall is by far the better film, IMO.

[Holden Pike]

I'd like to tell you which Woody Allen movie is winning....but I ain't gonna. You'll just have to wait and see.

I have forty lists now. The top ten is continuing to coalesce, but the top spot really is still up for grabs between four or five legitimate contenders, at least, and a rash of high-placed votes for something that is sitting at number thirteen or twenty right now could easily catapult another one right into the mix. This is going right down to the wire, I'm sure.

What's really exciting is there are enough ballots in now that the next tier is starting to form, those that will likely reside in the 30-60 range. You guys are doing a great job of mixing it up, list to list and often within the same list.

Purty dern fun, and we've got a quick week to the finish line!

http://i.imgur.com/AexgZjh.png
SEVEN DAYS...!

[jal90]

I'd like to tell you which Woody Allen movie is winning....but I ain't gonna. You'll just have to wait and see.

It's Love and death. Any other result I will consider to be invalid.

[Holden Pike]

http://i.imgur.com/W5DmgEF.png

[linespalsy]

I can see their dirty pillows.

[TONGO]

Is this where I submit a top 25 from the 70's list?

[Yoda]

Yes! :) Just PM it to Holden (http://www.movieforums.com/community/private.php?do=newpm&u=401).

[Holden Pike]

*clink* *clink* *clink*
http://i.imgur.com/5eekcpV.png

[Holden Pike]

Is this where I submit a top 25 from the 70's list?

The rules are on the first page of this thread. Send it in a private message to me, do not post it publicly.

Thanks, Dude.

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[TONGO]

It is done

http://cdn.filmschoolrejects.com/images/BREAKING-AWAY-e1397257286581.jpg

[Sedai]

I have all my films chosen, but I am having a devil of a time putting them in order...

[Skepsis93]

I have all my films chosen, but I am having a devil of a time putting them in order...

Make sure you turn in the right list this time. :p

[Jack1]

My list is submitted. It's not perfect, but it's probably as good as I'm gonna get it at this point.

[Holden Pike]

We are up to forty-four lists, now. :)

http://i.imgur.com/jeY86sL.png

[The Gunslinger45]

The 15th needs to hurry up and get here.

[gandalf26]

Holden will make an offer you can't refuse to anyone not submitting a list.

[Jack1]

How long after the 15th will the countdown begin? I go on holiday on Sunday so I'll probably miss half of it. :( Not to worry.

[Miss Vicky]

There's not a set date. It all depends on how long it takes Holden to get the list and graphics together for it.

[Holden Pike]

How long after the 15th will the countdown begin? I go on holiday on Sunday so I'll probably miss half of it. :(
Right.

It depends how long it takes me to get all of the lists entered into the spreadsheet, especially if I get a whole bunch right at the deadline. Then I'll do some spot checks, make sure the math is correct, get the pictures and information together to present them all nice and purty. It could, conceivably, be ready to start by that Friday or Saturday, but more likely it'll be the following Monday, the 21st. Yeah, my band has a gig on Saturday, then I am seeing Queen with Adam Lambert on Sunday. It'll be Monday, at the earliest.

Then I'll reveal two per day, starting with #100 and #99. It takes closer to two months to reveal the entire list, so unless you are lost at sea, you won't miss much.

I've been doing a lot of prep work, but there's only so much I can do until all the ballots are cast, and the top one hundred is finalized.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16179&stc=1&d=1404915635

[Jack1]

Right.

It depends how long it takes me to get all of the lists entered into the spreadsheet, especially if I get a whole bunch right at the deadline. Then I'll do some spot checks, make sure the math is correct, get the pictures and information together to present them all nice and purty. It could, conceivably, be ready to start by that Friday or Saturday, but more likely it'll be the following Monday, the 21st. Then I'll reveal two a day, starting with #100 and #99. It takes closer to two months to reveal the entire list, so unless you are lost at sea, you won't miss much.

I've been doing a lot of prep work, but there's only so much I can do until the top one hundred is finalized.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16179&stc=1&d=1404915635
Cheers.

[Holden Pike]

Here (http://www.npr.org/2014/07/08/329731479/richard-dreyfus-children-jaws-makes-no-sense?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140708) is an audio component from NPR and even more material to go with that story I posted the other day, about Richard Dreyfuss' children recently re-watching Jaws.

http://www.npr.org/2014/07/08/329731479/richard-dreyfus-children-jaws-makes-no-sense?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140708

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[gandalf26]

I think a period of around 1 hour should suffice from the end of the submission period until the list begins. ;)

[Swan]

July 15th is a big day apparently. It's also the day Under the Skin comes out.

[Yoda]

And it's the day after the site's anniversary, too.

CAN YOU TAKE THAT MUCH MOFO?

[Godoggo]

July 15th is a big day apparently. It's also the day Under the Skin comes out.

It also was the day, I was supposed to announce the HoF winner as well. Now that has been extended to the 18th.

[donniedarko]

Don't think I'll be able to see any movies by the 15th, period. So I sent in my list, I always do it about a week early anyways. I thought the personal year break downs of peoples lists was pretty interesting during the 80s list, so I guess I'll do mine.

1970- N/A
1971- 4
1972- 3
1973- 4
1974- 4
1975- 1
1976- 1
1977- 3
1978- N/A
1979- 5

Point Distribution:
1970- N/A
1971- 41
1972- 38
1973- 40
1974- 52
1975- 13
1976- 15
1977- 52
1978- N/A
1979- 51

[Holden Pike]

Donnie's list makes forty-five. :)

I'm gonna have to abandon teasing you with numbers soon, leave the big surprises for the reveals, but at this point there are now 284 different titles. Thirty-nine already have at least a hundred points each, thirteen have two hundred or more, nine have already amassed four hundred or more, and the three current leaders are all in the five hundreds.

And I'm hoping we're only around halfway there to how many ballots will ultimately be turned in. Believe me, I am more anxious than you guys to get things started. But I wants more entries! Bring 'em on.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16181&stc=1&d=1404932284

[Jack1]

Donnie's list makes forty-five. :)

I'm gonna have to abandon teasing you with numbers soon, leave the big surprises for the reveals, but at this point there are now 284 different titles. Thirty-nine already have at least a hundred points each, thirteen have two hundred or more, nine have already amassed four hundred or more, and the three current leaders are all in the five hundreds.

And I'm hoping we're only around halfway there to how many ballots will ultimately be turned in. Believe me, I am more anxious than you guys to get things started. But I wants more entries! Bring 'em on.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16181&stc=1&d=1404932284
How many ballots did the previous lists have?

[Holden Pike]

I think there were sixty-some for the '80s. I want to get closer to a hundred for this one. Try, anyway. I looked it up, the MoFo 1980s list had 62 ballots, 371 total films. The MoFo 1990s list had 54 participants.

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[jrs]

Sent mine in. :)

[honeykid]

1970- N/A

1978- N/A

Point Distribution:
1970- N/A
1978- N/A

It's is applicable. It's just that it's zero.

I'm sorry. It's a sickness. I'll get my coat. :o

[Yoda]

FYI, Holden's first post in this thread is now the most repped post in site history.

Pretty sure he'll break that with the post that starts the countdown, though.

[gbgoodies]

It wasn't easy narrowing it down to only 25 movies, and putting them in order, but it's finally done, and I sent it in. :yup:

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Pretty sure he'll break that with the post that starts the countdown, though.

I was gonna +rep you then but I'll save it for the aforementioned post. ;)

[Hit Girl]

Sent my list in. :)

[jrs]

I should be on the Member List but I'm not. :eek:

[Cobpyth]

My top list is spread like this (IMDb standards):

1970 - 4
1971 - 3
1972 - 2
1973 - 4
1974 - 1
1975 - 4
1976 - 2
1977 - 2
1978 - 0
1979 - 3

[Thursday Next]

Mine (assuming my maths is correct):

1970 - 2 films, 26 pts
1971 - 1 film, 6 pts
1972 - 3 films, 59 pts
1973 - 0 films, 0 pts
1974 - 3 films, 59 pts
1975 - 4 films, 43 pts
1976 - 1 film, 9 pts
1977 - 2 films, 45 pts
1978 - 4 films, 35 pts
1979 - 5 films, 43 pts

[Holden Pike]

I should be on the Member List but I'm not. :eek:

I didn't get into the office and update until this morning, Tiger. You're there. Officially. I don't count from the time I receive the PM with the list, but from when I enter it into the spreadsheet.

Up to forty-nine MoFos now, overnight. It will be fifty, but Powdered Water has to get back to me, I think one of his titles is ineligible, so he's not officially in the mix quite yet until we clarify or he replaces it with another flick.

http://i.imgur.com/eQ58MM3.png

[rauldc14]

I think we can get 65 lists.

[Holden Pike]

I think we can get 65 lists.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16194&stc=1&d=1405002465

[rauldc14]

I meant 165

[Holden Pike]

I meant 165
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[Mingusings]

Sent mine in!

[The Gunslinger45]

I am so impatient for this to begin! I kinda want to go into cryo for a few days like they did in Alien!

[Powdered Water]

I submitted the best list on this forum. ;) I can't wait to see where my number 1 ends up.

[Mr Minio]

Taxi Driver will be number one.

Sorry I spoiled your fun. :(

[BlueLion]

Its chances will most certainly be increased when it gets some good 25 points from me pretty soon.

[Mr Minio]

Too bad it's not getting even one point from me. :)

[BlueLion]

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[Deadite]

Star Wars or Apocalypse Now, probably....

[Mr Minio]

Either way a 3 film wins. I don't think Star Wars will win.

[Skepsis93]

The Godfather. We're offbeat, but not that offbeat.

[The Gunslinger45]

Taxi Driver will be number one.

Sorry I spoiled your fun. :(

You tease me Minio! :D

[Mr Minio]

Forgot about the existence of Godfather movies. :( I have to rewatch them as well as I saw them centuries ago.

[Daniel M]

You guys are forgetting that the top 10 was already announced here...

Top 10 prediction:

The Godfather
Star Wars
The Godfather: Part II
A Clockwork Orange
Chinatown
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
Jaws
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Alien

Someone had to :p

:p

I think the top 9 is pretty certain, wasn't sure about 10 but Alien makes sense with all the big Sci-fi/horror fans around here: Swan, Slob, Nostromo etc., it might even go higher :)

[Holden Pike]

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[rauldc14]

You'll see a few surprises I would reckon . though all of Daniels list is assured top 20 material.

[BrowningIdentity]

If no other comedy film makes it, I do hope Blazing Saddles will!

[the samoan lawyer]

My 70's crusade has ended and my list has been sent. Its been an absolute nightmare picking 25 films from the 151 that ive watched, from an awesome decade.

It reads:-

1970 - 1
1971 - 1
1972 - 3
1973 - 3
1974 - 3
1975 - 3
1976 - 4
1977 - 1
1978 - 0
1979 - 6

[Holden Pike]

http://i.imgur.com/vKLXp0x.png
We're already up to fifty-five lists. Keep 'em coming!

[Holden Pike]

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16250&stc=1&d=1405078855

Oh, and we are now up to three hundred and twenty-nine different films. Two hundred and twenty-nine of them won't make the final list! Vote your favorites in.

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[Holden Pike]

Only a hundred points separate the first through fourth place vote getters, thus far. Those four seem to have the inside track for the top spot, right now, but that could change in a hurry. The oddest anomaly, so far, is that the film with the most first place votes, and it already has eight, is not in first place. It's in third. The top two spots have five first place votes each, which isn't nothing certainly, but the other film with five firsts at this point...is down in ninth place.

Go figure.

The top twelve or so seem to be settling in, BUT there are quite a few on that next tier that could easily hop up with a few 25 and 23 point votes. And I'm confident we're still going to get a lot more ballots, like at least thirty more. At least. There are a few titles that have been climbing the charts quickly just in the last ten or twelve ballots, two in particular that both went from being way down the list and in danger of maybe not even making the cut, all the way up to the thirties! Lots of room for more titles to do just that.

http://i.imgur.com/MKzbxw9.jpg

[rauldc14]

Who are our last minute offenders? I see Yoda and Daniel are waiting last minute. Who else so we can call them out:p

[rauldc14]

Cricket too! Hurry cricket!

[mark f]

Holden has already PMed those he expects to send a list in who haven't. Sarah got one, and she's finalizing her list.

[Holden Pike]

There are plenty of people who say they are working on their lists and will turn 'em in. No reason to call them out. Yet.

Now, Tuesday morning rolls around...I may get nasty. ;)

Some are using one more weekend to cram in viewing some 1970s movies. Others are just plain old procrastinators. Some, though fewer still, actually have lives!

Many are very seriously disturbed.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16254&stc=1&d=1405093160

[Yoda]

I'm both!

[mark f]

Sarah's disturbed about making Sophie's Choice-like decisions getting down to 25.

[Daniel M]

I could get my brother to send in a list too, he's watched enough 70s films to have a decent list of his own. Hasn't posted in ages and I keep telling him to get involved but his computer is pretty much broke nowadays.

[Holden Pike]

Sarah's disturbed about making Sophie's Choice-like decisions getting down to 25.

I hear THAT. Those last six or so I had to leave off of mine...painful. My only consolation is that, running the list, I get to see who picked up my slack and did vote for those beloved movies I somehow didn't have room for. You all will have to wait a couple months to see all those results.

But that is one way to help you through those tough choices at the end. You may not be voting for it, but I'll bet you somebody showed it some love. And it may well make the top hundred, even without your help.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16256&stc=1&d=1405093786
It's a list, Mrs. Walker, it's a list....

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[Austruck]

Okay, so, I just send my own list of top-whatever (??) '70s films to... Holden in a PM? That's it?

[Cobpyth]

Top 25 '70s films to Holden in a PM. ;)

[Daniel M]

Also, I'll get weeman to send in a list :)

[Austruck]

Got it. Thanks!

[Holden Pike]

Okay, so, I just send my own list of top-whatever (??) '70s films to... Holden in a PM? That's it?
You bet your boots, you do. Taffeta, Darling....

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[Austruck]

Taffeta, sweetheart...

[Holden Pike]

No, Silly, the dress, it's taffeta. It wrinkles so easily. :D

[Austruck]

I have a feeling my list is going to have a whole BUNCH that will get only these single votes. HA HA HA. Throwing off the curve!

[Austruck]

Okay, DONE and SENT. And yes, I bet my list doesn't look like anybody else's. :)

My reasoning for a lot of my choices? I have the distinction of being able to say I saw a vast majority of these in the theater when they were new. I was a kid/teenager in the '70s -- very formative years -- and I chose movies that really had an impact on me at the time. And "impact" doesn't have to be some sort of profound, philosophical thought. Just movies that struck me at the time and stayed with me over the years. Movies I can still rewatch to this day and get that same impact all over again.

So sue me if a lot of them are comedies... :)

[Austruck]

Let me just say that I was a bit sad to see that "The Elephant Man" squeaked into the '80s, not the '70s... or that would have been really high on my list. :(

[Skepsis93]

I think I may have just seen the last film that will crack my list, but I have a few I still want to catch on the off chance. Count on mine being one of the last-minuters, Holds. ;)

[Holden Pike]

Let me just say that I was a bit sad to see that "The Elephant Man" squeaked into the '80s, not the '70s... or that would have been really high on my list. :(
The Elephant Man finished at number nineteen, on The Mofo Top 100 of the 1980s List (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=34503). With your help, perhaps it could have gone a little higher? At least you got your say, this time. :)

There's only one David Lynch feature eligible here...

http://kaganof.com/kagablog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/lady.gif

[VFN]

Seems too hard to make a list. Too many films to choose from. Someone send me a list that I can submit.

[Harry Lime]

Too bad it's not getting even one point from me. :)
Don't worry, I more than made up for your forgetting to add it to your list.

[TheUsualSuspect]

I'm no fan of Eraserhead. I respect it, but that's about it.

[seanc]

Okay, DONE and SENT. And yes, I bet my list doesn't look like anybody else's. :)

My reasoning for a lot of my choices? I have the distinction of being able to say I saw a vast majority of these in the theater when they were new. I was a kid/teenager in the '70s -- very formative years -- and I chose movies that really had an impact on me at the time. And "impact" doesn't have to be some sort of profound, philosophical thought. Just movies that struck me at the time and stayed with me over the years. Movies I can still rewatch to this day and get that same impact all over again.

So sue me if a lot of them are comedies... :)

Sounds like my 80's list. Looking forward to seeing what you chose.

[Nemanja]

Done and sent. It was a wonderful journey. (70's)! ;)

[gandalf26]

This is torture, I have a list of 24 films with 1 space left, and about 15 films in the running for that last slot. Also haven't even started on an order.

[Harry Lime]

You know what might be interesting? A podcast of the top 100 when it's done. Holden, Mark, Yoda, maybe a couple others, not me.

[wintertriangles]

Or a couple during even

[Harry Lime]

Agreed.

Hopefully you're down with this too, WT. We need some arthouse to mix in with all that Hollywood.

[mark f]

Don't forget Guap. We need some bs anime hardly anybody else here cares about to balance it out for all our Japanese listeners. I want to hear if Guap really sounds like a Japanese girl. :)

[Harry Lime]

Don't forget Guap. We need some bs anime hardly anybody else here cares about to balance it out for all our Japanese listeners. I want to hear if Guap really sounds like a Japanese girl. :)
I'd pay for this.

And then probably pay again to make it stop.

[Yoda]

That's a pretty cool idea. I'll see if there's some way we can swing something.

And yeah, if Guap's reading this: open invitation to be on the podcast.

[OMEGA5]

The Godfather. We're offbeat, but not that offbeat.

^This

[HitchFan97]

List is sent, finally!

[Holden Pike]

Now up to sixty-one lists accounted for! Three hundred and forty-seven titles. Keep 'em coming. :)

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[WBadger]

62nd list coming up

[bluedeed]

I'm probably sending mine in tomorrow, just have some ordering to do, always the most arbitrary and annoying part.

[Holden Pike]

There is a film right now sitting at 666 points. If it were The Omen or The Exorcist, I would close all voting for those titles, right now. ;)

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[TheUsualSuspect]

I'd love to join / listen to that podcast.

[iluv2viddyfilms]

Grrrr... working on my list... about done... I've come to hate number because really, what's the difference between a 23rd and 24th best film... I've always struggled with this, especially as I get older.

[Nausicaä]

My list will be with you later on today or tomorrow. I was bullied into it! ;)

[Tacitus]

Many are very seriously disturbed.


I told you in confidence, man. Respect it!

Anyway, done. ;)

[Mr Minio]

I want to hear if Guap really sounds like a Japanese girl. :)
I'd pay for this.

And then probably pay again to make it stop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDMztXrMGw

You wanted it yourself.

[Daniel M]

If you were doing podcasts maybe do like every 20/25 movies, or is that too often? I dunno. Any way, it will be cool to get discussion on some of the movies involved :)

[bluedeed]

The 80s list could've used some podcasts as well, I was able to get some of my favorites on there, but not many people payed attention, a podcast would've helped them get seen.

[Holden Pike]

http://i.imgur.com/14gxG0R.png
Lists are due by end of the day on Tuesday!

[Holden Pike]

Up to sixty-six lists now, and still going strong!
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[OMEGA5]

Looking forward to a new countdown!

[Holden Pike]

Looking forward to a new countdown!

Me, too. :D

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[Watch_Tower]

"Anyone who reveals their list before the countdown has ended will be disqualified. Don't make me come back there. I will turn this thing around, so help me!"

I just wana get this straight, I can email you my list but not post anything here?

Oh man this is going to be tough, there are s o many movies already floating around my head and all the suggestions people have here uffffffffffffff

[Yoda]

Yeah, email/PM. Just don't post it publicly, so everyone can be surprised. :)

[Yoda]

Up to sixty-six lists now, and still going strong!
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This GIF reminded me that I'd completely forgotten Pumping Iron. Yay.

[Holden Pike]

"Anyone who reveals their list before the countdown has ended will be disqualified. Don't make me come back there. I will turn this thing around, so help me!"

I just wana get this straight, I can email you my list but not post anything here?

Yup. It makes the reveal of the top hundred suspenseful, and fun to try and predict. If everybody posted their lists, everybody could simply do the math. If you look back over the '80s countdown (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=34503), for example, you'll see that as each film, or pair of films, are revealed, many members will chime in with, "Oh, I had that as my number four" or "sixteen" or "I almost had it on my list but bumped it at the last second", etc. You can reveal what's on your list as it comes up in the countdown, but don't post your entire list until the very end.

Oh man this is going to be tough, there are so many movies already floating around my head and all the suggestions people have here uffffffffffffff

Yes, uffffffffffffff, indeed. A Herculean task, to be sure. And impossible, really. But have fun with it. :)

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[Sexy Celebrity]

Up to sixty-six lists now, and still going strong!
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Thanks! New avatar material.

[Nausicaä]

List sent - well twice because I missed one off... hope it got through okay. :o

[gajughead]

My very first list is on the way.

[Holden Pike]

Got both of those. And everybody please remember to number them, 1-25.

[weeman]

List. Almost. Complete.

[Pussy Galore]

I still have 3 movies to watch (Barry Lyndon, The Mirror and Being There) and 3 to rewatch (The Sting, Chinatown and Star Wars) before I send my list.

[rauldc14]

I still have 3 movies to watch (Barry Lyndon, The Mirror and Being There) and 3 to rewatch (The Sting, Chinatown and Star Wars) before I send my list.

That's a lot of watching in 48 hours

[Pussy Galore]

I'll watch The Mirror tonight, watch 3 movie tomorrow and 2 tuesday

[iluv2viddyfilms]

OK. My list is in.
and
Although I may be breaking the rules here, but NO... Pumping Iron is NOT on it.

[cricket]

Sent my list in; if my first 50 picks were ineligible, I'd still be able to find 25 titles that I'd be happy with. The countdown was good motivation for me to watch a lot of movies outside of my comfort zone. If anything, it's made me a more knowledgeable movie fan, and will make me a better forum member.

Like some other members, the hardest part for me was deciding between childhood favorites I saw at the cinema, and have loved for many years, from new favorites. I ended up with a nice mix that I feel good about, and I look forward to the countdown.

1970, 1
1971, 3
1972, 3
1973, 2
1974, 1
1975, 2
1976, 3
1977, 4
1978, 3
1979, 3

[seanc]

Cricket you deserve some major props for the homework you did for this list. Honestly I did not watch all that much new stuff because I already had 25 I really liked from the decade. I know you did too so that is not an excuse just the reason. You give me motivation for the 60's list though. I started to make one a couple weeks ago and there are only 12 titles that I feel comfortable putting on a list so I need to do a lot of watching and a lot of recos.

[rauldc14]

My 60s needs some massive work too. Only about 10 I really like. Others I enjoy but feel like I could find different things I would like more.

[mark f]

I've seen more movies from the '50s than any other decade. :)

[cricket]

Thanks seanc, I have a habit of overdoing things, but this was good because it's something positive. At least I had already seen a lot of 70's movies. The 60's, not as much.

[rauldc14]

I've seen more movies from the '50s than any other decade. :)

I haven't seen much from the 50s but that would be an easy list for me because what I've seen I've mainly loved.

[cricket]

I've seen more movies from the '50s than any other decade. :)

Sounds like you'd be a great host for that countdown:)

[Miss Vicky]

I've got a much better start on my 60s list than I did on my 70s list, but I still have a long way to go. I actually started writing down possible movies for my 60s list as I was doing my 70s list. Several times when I'd think of an older movie I liked and I thought might work for my 70s list, it turned out to be from the 60s. I've got 8 definites so far.

[Thursday Next]

I had the opposite problem, Miss Vicky, I had films on my 60s list which turned out to be 70s films. I've got a 60s list of 25 now, but some of those towards the bottom of the list I'd be happy to replace with other films.

[Holden Pike]

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16314&stc=1&d=1405334339
Seventy-three lists! Keep 'em coming.
Final two days of voting...

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[Holden Pike]

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OK....make that seventy-four lists!

This one really is going to go right down to the wire. Those of you about to turn in ballots over the next two days (deadline tomorrow at midnight, Tuesday turning into Wednesday, Eastern Standard Time), you are sealing the fate and placement of so many movies. Still less than a hundred points separates the top three vote getters, anything can happen there. And there's quite a bunching in the next six slots as well, as places four through nine on the list are also only separated by a hundred points, total.

But beyond the final look of the top ten, there are races all up and down at every level that are either a dead heat or separated by single points. Yes, even your one or three point vote from the bottom of your list will still determine what the final list looks like. Bigtime.

The top twenty-seven films all have at least two hundred points, and the hundred point threshold currently goes down to number fifty-five. Right now, after seventy-four ballots, the minimum number of points a film needs to get on the list is fifty-two. But that means there are about thirty-six films just on the cusp, within twenty points, that a high-placed vote from you could vault right onto the list. And really anything that gets two or three big votes or more in this last push, even if it hasn't gotten a single nomination yet, could still crack the list.

Three hundred and eighty-three titles have been named, thus far. Two hundred and eighty-three of 'em ain't gonna be in the top one hundred.

Keep those ballots coming. I really think we can at least get into the high eighties or into the nineties, if not all the way to my hopeful goal of one hundred MoFos participating.

Bring 'em on!

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[Kaplan]

My 60s needs some massive work too. Only about 10 I really like. Others I enjoy but feel like I could find different things I would like more.

Probably the same for me, but I won't know until I start making such a list. I can guarantee I won't have watched those movies as many times, and so for that reason alone I'll definitely be more open to something new and exciting for me.

[Kaplan]

Since it's fashionable, here's how my films break down by year. Just noticed 1978 is unrepresented. :( It does seem as though 1970 and 1978 are the two years most people have the fewest films from.

1970 - 1
1971 - 5
1972 - 2
1973 - 2
1974 - 5
1975 - 1
1976 - 4
1977 - 1
1978 - 0
1979 - 4

[weeman]

And finally. A list is turned in. It's been emotional.

[Holden Pike]

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And now 76 Lists...

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[Brother Blue]

As the deadline is drawing near, when can we expect the countdown to begin?

[Miss Vicky]

Holden previously said he expects it to start next Monday, if I recall correctly. He needs time to add the last minute lists, double check his calculations and put graphics together for the countdown.

[Holden Pike]

As the deadline is drawing near, when can we expect the countdown to begin?

It really depends on how many I get at the last minute. And how many in these last two days have errors or clarifications that I need to go back on. There is an outside chance that if everything goes just right...I could conceivably start the countdown by Friday. It is possible, anyway. But more likely it will be Monday or Tuesday.

We'll see. :)

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[Brother Blue]

:up:

[Daniel M]

This has probably been asked many times before but when is the exact deadline, midnight Tuesday? Just checking as I'll probably watch a few films tomorrow, and the time difference probably gives me the chance to fit in 1/2 more as well :)

[Holden Pike]

The deadline is the stroke of midnight, Tuesday turning into Wednesday, here where I am on East Coast Standard Time. Thirty-six hours and nineteen minutes from now.

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[Yoda]

The films I've been catching up on for my list haven't fared so well so far (I liked The Shootist okay, but it won't be on my list), but I saw What's Up, Doc? last night, and that might make it. Took a little while to get going, but man, it really takes off during the car chase.

[Holden Pike]

And the courtroom scene!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UMUZyFWbzw

[Yoda]

"What are those pills for?"
"I don't know. They're afraid to tell me."

Yeah, the entire second half of the movie--probably starting with the hotel room scene--is loads better than the first.

Really loved O'Neal's performance, in particular.

[Yoda]

Also, didn't realize until just now that Bogdanovich also directed Noises Off!, but I should have figured, because the style (which isn't really slapstick--it's a little more artful than that) is really evident. Incidentally, that one's a bit of an underrated gem.

[Holden Pike]

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Too late for the '80s list, but if you like those two, also check out Bogdanovich's They All Laughed sometime, which I like a lot. Similar sensibility, though maybe toned down half a step? It is still probably known mostly through the infamy of Dorothy Stratten's murder, which took place before the film was released, and which rather understandably, perhaps, colored how the film was seen at the time.

And I sure hope you got to see Paper Moon and The Last Picture Show, for purposes of the list. If not, definitely check them out, eventually. Everybody.

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[christine]

Can't wait to read the results, it's going top be really interesting. If course I forgot several films I should've had but never mind

[mark f]

It does seem as though 1970 and 1978 are the two years most people have the fewest films from.
Too bad since 1970 is a really good year. I had three from that year on my list and I could have included three others.

[Daniel M]

Agreed Mark. I know we both think Five Easy Pieces is great, and I don't think I'm spoiling anything when I say that it's likely these following three will be on my list somewhere: El Topo, The Conformist, Le Cercle Rouge (I posted about these all earlier in the thread for recommendations, and everyone should now by now that I love them). Those are my tastes of course and I'm sure your films will be different :D

[Nostromo87]

The deadline is the stroke of midnight, Tuesday turning into Wednesday, here where I am on East Coast Standard Time.


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[mark f]

Agreed Mark. I know we both think Five Easy Pieces is great, and I don't think I'm spoiling anything when I say that it's likely these following three will be on my list somewhere: El Topo, The Conformist, Le Cercle Rouge (I posted about these all earlier in the thread for recommendations, and everyone should now by now that I love them). Those are my tastes of course and I'm sure your films will be different :D
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