The MoFo Top 100 of the Seventies

[rauldc14]

There's some gems in both 1970 and 1978.

[gandalf26]

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
1970 - 0
1971 - 0
1972 - 0
1973 - 0
1974 - 25
1975 - 0
1976 - 0
1977 - 0
1978 - 0
1979 - 0


I'm a big 1974 fan

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

no 1978 means no Days of Heaven :bawling:

[Daniel M]

Just sorted out my list so far, not too difficult to narrow down to 25 as some of other people's favourites that will make the list already are more 7/10 films for me that I am happy to leave off. A few I'm unsure off and that I hope my decision doesn't affec too much, and then I plan on watching a few more films before the deadline too.

[jiraffejustin]

I'll play along

1970 - 1
1971 - 1
1972 - 3
1973 - 2
1974 - 3
1975 - 5
1976 - 3
1977 - 4
1978 - 0!!!!!!!!!!!! (to be fair, I didn't get around to seeing Days of Heaven. It's the one I wanted to see the most that I didn't.)
1979 - 3

[jal90]

no 1978 means no Days of Heaven :bawling:
That looks perfectly fine to me. Not a Malick fan at all

My stats are something like this:

1970: 2
1971: 1
1972: 3
1973: 1
1974: 0
1975: 8
1976: 3
1977: 2
1978: 0
1979: 5

[Holden Pike]

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16326&stc=1&d=1405364076
And now we have reached seventy-nine MoFo ballots received...!

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[7thson]

If it were not for the very early 80's this would be my favorite decade. It was a time that technologically induced cinematic awe, as well as emotional need.

Wish there was a 1975 to 1985 decade... ;)

[Holden Pike]

"This means something..."
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[TONGO]

Damn good analogy, just watching your ferocity building this list :laugh:

[Cobpyth]

Can't wait to see the results of the biggest MoFo event yet in terms of contenders.

P.S. DO NOT FORGET TO ADD CARNAL KNOWLEDGE TO YOUR LIST!!! ;)

http://jessecrall.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/carnal_knowledge_bobby_coat-thumb-425x241-37054.jpg

[7thson]

I am interested in the in the top 5 - or I should say bottom 5.

20 to 25 should be interesting.

[Mr Minio]

OK, done ordering. What does it matter. All 25 are masterpieces!

Just sent my list! Choosing 25 films is easy peasy piece of cake, but ordering is much harder. I didn't pay much attention to it, to be honest. Just made sure one certain film is first. :) Also this decade was dominated by one certain director (three films of his on my list). In case you wonder, yes, there are English language films on my list! I could pick only foreign obscurities, but decided to once again complete a list of my true favourites, not just foreign films for the sake of it. Just the same thing I did with the 80s and 90s. If I counted correctly it's five English-speaking films out of 25 for me! One of them is pretty high leaving behind some true foreign masterpieces. I think that my list is pretty diverse as it contains a documentary, arthouse films, well-known films loved by general audience and an animation! It also has two Polish movies I'm pretty sure nobody else voted for!

[7thson]

OK, done ordering. What does it matter. All 25 are masterpieces!

Just sent my list! Choosing 25 films is easy peasy piece of cake, but ordering is much harder. I didn't pay much attention to it, to be honest. Just made sure one certain film is first. :) Also this decade was dominated by one certain director (three films of his on my list). In case you wonder, yes, there are English language films on my list! I could pick only foreign obscurities, but decided to once again complete a list of my true favourites, not just foreign films for the sake of it. Just the same thing I did with the 80s and 90s. If I counted correctly it's five English-speaking films out of 25 for me! One of them is pretty high leaving behind some true foreign masterpieces. I think that my list is pretty diverse as it contains a documentary, arthouse films, well-known films loved by general audience and an animation! It also has two Polish movies I'm pretty sure nobody else voted for!

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[Skepsis93]

List sent!

[Swan]

It's almost here!

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[Kaplan]

no 1978 means no Days of Heaven :bawling:

I like Badlands much better than Days of Heaven. Enough to make my list...? I can't remember.

[moviefan1996]

I have sent in my list. I am very excited for the countdown.

[The Gunslinger45]

I play your game you rogues.

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

[bluedeed]

Why isn't anyone doing that nuanced version of he year thing I did last time?

[OMEGA5]

Since this appears to be the popular thing:

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

Screw you 1970!

[Mr Minio]

I think I have at least one film from every year. :)

[gbgoodies]

I warned you that my list would be unique. I'll bet I'm the only person here who has eight movies from 1979. :D

1970 - 0
1971 - 3
1972 - 3
1973 - 3
1974 - 0
1975 - 2
1976 - 1
1977 - 3
1978 - 2
1979 - 8

[OMEGA5]

That's 3 lists just on this page with none from 1970. Definitely not a MOFO favorite year.

[mark f]

Amateurs. :D

[Sexy Celebrity]

1970 -- Two

1971 -- Two

1972 -- Three

1973 -- One

1974 -- Two

1975 -- Two

1976 -- Three

1977 -- One

1978 -- Two

1979 -- Seven

[Swan]

1970 - 0
1971 - 2
1972 - 2
1973 - 5
1974 - 2
1975 - 2
1976 - 2
1977 - 5
1978 - 2
1979 - 3

[rauldc14]

That's 3 lists just on this page with none from 1970. Definitely not a MOFO favorite year.

Somewhere, MASH lovers are crying.

[bluedeed]

Remember:

1970: 23 (1 film)
1971: 40 (4 films)
1972: 29 (2 films)
1973: 39 (3 films)
1974: 37 (3 films)
1975: 45 (3 films)
1976: 13 (2 films)
1977: 34 (3 films)
1978: 28 (2 films)
1979: 22 (2 films)

This also makes guessing my list easier, I think 1970 should be obvious

[rauldc14]

I have 15 locks but I fully expect about 20 to make it. There's three that I would be happily surprised if they did, and two that potentially could.

[Cobpyth]

My picks are divided as followed according to Bluedeed's method:

1970 - 4 (37 points)
1971 - 3 (58 points)
1972 - 2 (24 points)
1973 - 4 (47 points)
1974 - 1 (25 points)
1975 - 4 (32 points)
1976 - 2 (34 points)
1977 - 2 (6 points)
1978 - 0 (0 points)
1979 - 3 (57 points)

[Camo]

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

[The Rodent]

1. 79
2. 72
3. 77
4. 77
5. 78
6. 75
7. 78
8. 76
9. 73
10. 77
11. 78
12. 72
13. 73
14. 79
15. 79
16. 73
17. 76
18. 70
19. 79
20. 79
21. 76
22. 71
23. 73
24. 78
25. 76

[bluedeed]

1. 79

The Rodent really loves Stalker more than I knew! :D

[The Rodent]

Not even close, Zip Neck!
:D

[rauldc14]

I don't like the Rodent list. Could potentially give too much information away.

[The Gunslinger45]

Not even close, Zip Neck!
:D

It's Caligula!

[rauldc14]

Alien

[The Rodent]

Actually Casey Jones off of them Turtles...

[mark f]

Young Guns -1: Before They Were a Twinkle

[7thson]

Stop cheating ;)

[The Rodent]

My #1 pick was Priscilla Queen Of The Desert

[WBadger]

Can't wait for this list. Never can get enough movie lists.

[Zotis]

I thought this was a fun trend, so here's my list of years.

1970 - 2
1971 - 6
1972 - 3
1973 - 2
1974 - 2
1975 - 1
1976 - 2
1977 - 5
1978 - 1
1979 - 1

I didn't leave any year out. :D

[Holden Pike]

http://i.imgur.com/Btt4Z1T.png

[Harry Lime]

I expect to see the patented, multi-coloured, Holden list format at least somewhere in this countdown.

[Daniel M]

There was a lot of cheesey, not so great, more light hearted kind of movies I felt at the bottom end of the Eighties list. Whilst most of you will tell me I'm in the minority in my complaints here (I know a lot of people loved this), I really hope and think that for the Seventies we can get 100 proper great films, I would love for films I love to appear from the very start to the very end :D Such a fantastic decade, Sixties will be great too.

[Nausicaä]

Okay, I'll do it. :D


1970 = 1
1971 = 5
1972 = 1
1973 = 4
1974 = 2
1975 = 2
1976 = 4
1977 = 3
1978 = 2
1979 = 1

[Holden Pike]

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16332&stc=1&d=1405424980
Time is nearly up, Runners.... (http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/election?iso=20140715T2359&p0=263&fg1=dec680&fg2=000&msg=MoFo+Top+100+of+the+1970s)

[TONGO]

Today's the day! It's gonna pop!!!

http://www.postpopuli.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bluto-animal-house-mensa.jpg

[Yoda]

Finishing up now.

Geez--figuring out what actually goes on the list hasn't been too bad, but ordering the top 15 is incredibly hard. I'm looking at possible #1s as low as my current #8, and pretty much everything from 9-14 could go in any order.

[Holden Pike]

Sitting at eighty-four participants. There are now four hundred and nine different titles that have received at least one vote. Sixty-seven of them have at least a hundred points, and unless I get a lot more ballots at the end here than I anticipate, that means that all of them will make the list. Order to be determined. The bottom threshold now for making the cut and being part of the top one hundred is at sixty points. That means a film could have two first place votes, but if that's all it earns, it won't be enough to make our list. It's going to take three to five people supporting a title, at minimum, for it to make the cut. And wait until you see how many votes the films in the top tier are getting!

Let's finish strong, MoFo. Bring me your ballots.

[Yoda]

Alright, mine's in. Whew.

[Miss Vicky]

The bottom threshold now for making the cut and being part of the top one hundred is at sixty points.

Holy crap. :eek:

I'm pretty sure now that my #1 won't make the cut. :(

[Swan]

Yep, there goes my #2.

[Daniel M]

That is why I'm confident that the list will be great, but it also concerns me about great films that not many have seen. I'm wondering how many Roeg and Altman films make it. Walkabout probably will but I'm not sure how many others love The Man Who Fell to Earth or Don't Look Now. Then with Altman, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville and The Long Goodbye should make it easily, you'd think MASH would even though it divides opinion around here, but then I don't know about a handful of his lesser works that I've recently watched: 3 Women (quite likely to make it), Images, California Split and Brewster McCloud, I want to watch Thieves Like Us today too.

[Holden Pike]

Have faith, dear readers. I'm not going to look up which titles you guys are speculating about, but I will say I think there are going to be lots of happy surprises and a very, very strong list.

Though it isn't done, yet! But from what I see, and the trends in voting....yeah, I think with this many precincts reporting, at this point I can call this one as going to be "pretty fu*kin' good".

But I do recommend running one of these lists, sometime. The fun of watching you all squirm and willdly speculate is a hoot. And we've haven't even really begun, yet!

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16333&stc=1&d=1405433258

[rauldc14]

Number 10 and 11 for me are in big trouble. Not going to make it, barring a miracle.

[The Gunslinger45]

The bottom threshold now for making the cut and being part of the top one hundred is at sixty points.



Well that puts my attempts to get one movie on the list in serious jeopardy.

[Daniel M]

I've always thought about possibly putting myself forward to do a list, but I like not knowing what films are going to be on it and win, and I think I would be frustrated if I saw a film I loved just outside the 100 and not really being able to do much about it, would be so frustrating :D

[honeykid]

I think with this many precincts reporting, at this point I can call this one as going to be "pretty fu*kin' good".

Speaking of precincts, if Assault On Precinct 13 doesn't make the list.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBWbpTJRqk





You have been warned.

[Thursday Next]

That is why I'm confident that the list will be great, but it also concerns me about great films that not many have seen. I'm wondering how many Roeg and Altman films make it. Walkabout probably will but I'm not sure how many others love The Man Who Fell to Earth or Don't Look Now. Then with Altman, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville and The Long Goodbye should make it easily, you'd think MASH would even though it divides opinion around here, but then I don't know about a handful of his lesser works that I've recently watched: 3 Women (quite likely to make it), Images, California Split and Brewster McCloud, I want to watch Thieves Like Us today too.

Not picking on you, Daniel M, but this is a curious sort of thing which seems to happen around here that people focus on directors, rather than on films. It really does seem like some people see the decade, think 'what directors do I like who made films' and vote for their films rather than thinking about which their favourite films are. The best film of the decade could have been made by someone who otherwise made a load of rubbish films (*cough*George Lucas*cough*).

I know everyone has their own criteria for choosing their list, and that's cool. I'm not sure I even know who directed all the films I picked. I'm hoping to see a diverse list rather than a tour through the works of certain favoured directors.

Out of the ones mentioned above, I would have thought Don't Look Now has the strongest chance of making it, but you never know. (I may or may not have voted for one Roeg film but if so I'm not saying which one ;) ). I wouldn't have thought any of Altman's 'lesser works' stand a chance against Rocky, Grease and Jaws, but you never know.

[Mr Minio]

I would be frustrated if I saw a film I loved just outside the 100 and not really being able to do much about it, would be so frustrating :D If I had cared for this, I'd commit suicide by now.

[mark f]

Fassbinder completely ruled the 70s, much more significantly for me than Altman and Roeg, but few people here have seen more than two or three of his films. And none of his films made my list.

[Daniel M]

More the opposite, they're my favourite directors of the decade because of the films they've made. Even your example George Lucas made Star Wars and American Graffiti (which I thought was great), so is one of the best directors of the decade. All the Roeg films I've ever seen are from the decade and I liked them all, same with majority of Altman. I won't be voting for his lesser films because of him, but I wish I could, they're the type of films that would be in my 25-50 range if I did a top 100. My list is diverse and has loads of directors - in fact right now I have 18 different directors.

[Mr Minio]

Fassbinder completely ruled the 70s, much more significantly for me than Altman and Roeg, but few people here have seen more than two or three of his films. And none of his films made my list. I saw 7 films by him. None of them made my list, tho.

[Holden Pike]

in fact right now I have 18 different directors.

Right now?!? Due in ten hours and thirty-six minutes.

But, please, take you time. :)

[Daniel M]

I watched Fear Eats The Soul earlier today actually (I was meant to watch it a week or two ago but forgot), I liked it a lot. I kind of regret not exploring more from him, but there's so much more other directors I could say the same which I think is testament to how great the decade was.

[Daniel M]

Right now?!? Due in ten hours and thirty-six minutes.

But, please, take you time. :)

Yeah, I've got a 'preliminary list' drawn up ready, but a few viewings tonight could alter it a little, we'll see :p

And add another five hours for time zones as well (GMT), gives me time to squeeze in one or two more than some others ignore

[Yoda]

Pretty sure the deadline is ET.

[Daniel M]

Oh yeh, I get what you mean there, silly me but ten hours is still plenty of time to watch films :D

[seanc]

I have five directors with multiple films on my list but every single one of them also has films from the 70's that are way off my list. So while I understand you point Thursday, I don't exactly know what to do with the info. The fact that each of those directors have films I love and some I could care less about makes me think I have some discernment.

[rauldc14]

I just watched Autumn Sonata. Brilliant. Too bad I turned my list in already.

[mark f]

Oh yeh, I get what you mean there, silly me but ten hours is still plenty of time to watch films :D
Sure - all night. :)

[rauldc14]

Daniel, I'd be careful of computer issues flaring up. It's a strict deadline, so I'd get it in :p

[Yoda]

Yeah, better safe than sorry.

[Daniel M]

Deadline is 5AM here, I normally go to sleep about 3AM, so if I submit it then I'll have two hours to sort out any problems, got multiple computers and smart phones available so barring a complete catastrophe, I think I'll be fine :D

[rauldc14]

Seems crazy but I'm more worried about hoping to see some of the films that barely missed the cut on my list making it then those on the fringe actually on my list. I don't want them to miss because of me!

[mark f]

I wouldn't be surprised if only 15 or 16 from my list make it into the 100.

[Skepsis93]

I'd say there's six on mine that could conceivably be left off, but they all have a chance of making an appearance.

[Swan]

When does the countdown begin?

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

i have my list all made up, but i want to see if i can finish bergman's scenes from a marriage tonight before sending it in. i think it has a good chance of making it.

[Holden Pike]

When does the countdown begin?

No set day. Especially as it looks like there are people that will be turning them in on the eleventh hour.

Maybe as early as Friday, more likely Monday or Tuesday.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

No set day.

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[rauldc14]

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[Holden Pike]

And people, to make it easier on me, just before you send your list in, give it one more look see. Make sure that a) you actually have twenty-five films and haven't skipped a number, b) make sure you don't have the same film more than once. This has already come up three times, believe it or not. I am sure it is from last minute juggling of the order, not realizing you didn't delete the line....but it will make it quicker (and less embarrassing) if you catch it before you send in the list.

Thank you. :)

[Miss Vicky]

I didn't get to watch nearly as many 70s films as I had hoped/planned to, but I didn't pay much attention to who directed what. I will say though that one director ended up with three entries on my list, with two of them scoring quite high.

[Miss Vicky]

:facepalm:

[rauldc14]

And.....a disqualified list

[Cobpyth]

Send your list to Holden Pike, Gideon, and delete your post now!

[Miss Vicky]

1. My top 25 of the 1970's (In no particular order)



#1 In order to qualify for the countdown, you have to PM your list to Holden.

#2 Lists submitted for the countdown have to be ordered

#3 You only listed 24 films. You don't have to submit a full 25, but you only listed 24 in your now deleted post.

[Yoda]

Post deleted. Please read the rules! :)

[rauldc14]

That list shouldn't be allowed.

[Holden Pike]

Well, I didn't see it. I was busy doing something else. If the cop doesn't see you make an illegal turn, it wasn't an illegal turn, right? You're not disqualified, Gideon. You can still send me your list. Now that you've been made an example of.

Yes, again, please send the lists to me, in a private message. Do not publicly reveal your list until after the entire collective list has been revealed...which will be many weeks from now.

But I appreciate the enthusiasm? :)

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[Thursday Next]

Fassbinder completely ruled the 70s, much more significantly for me than Altman and Roeg, but few people here have seen more than two or three of his films. And none of his films made my list.

I've only seen three, and two of them are on my list.One of them has no chance, but I've seen the other one mentioned here a few times so I have tentative hopes it will make it.

More the opposite, they're my favourite directors of the decade because of the films they've made. Even your example George Lucas made Star Wars and American Graffiti (which I thought was great), so is one of the best directors of the decade. All the Roeg films I've ever seen are from the decade and I liked them all, same with majority of Altman. I won't be voting for his lesser films because of him, but I wish I could, they're the type of films that would be in my 25-50 range if I did a top 100. My list is diverse and has loads of directors - in fact right now I have 18 different directors.

Yeah, Lucas was a bad example, he's made quite a few films I really like, some of which are either on my list or just missed off. But I had to suffer through Attack of the Clones again the other day, and that's what sprang to mind.

Just had a quick count up and I have four directors with more than one film in my top 25. But I wouldn't say I was a particular fan of any of them, as they all have plenty of other films which I don't like or haven't seen.

[cricket]

I ended up with 23 different directors and I could see anywhere from 14 to 20 of my movies making it. I believe 3 of my movies will not get any other votes.

[rauldc14]

87 lists wow. We may just hit the 90 barrier.

[Holden Pike]

87 lists wow. We may just hit the 90 barrier.

We are going to go well past ninety. Tacitus, Daniel, Frightened Inmate No. 2, Pussy Galore, sarah f, MovieDan82, Destiny, Ash is the Gal, and a few others have promised me they are finishing. And I haven't officially disqualified Gideon, he can still turn his in the proper way (I hope you do, Gideon). We may still well hit a hundred, Kids.

[gandalf26]

Damn the last few To[p 100's have been around the 60 mark.

[Holden Pike]

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

[mark f]

Gideon is notorious for not interacting with the forums or its members, so unless a PM was sent I wouldn't expect a list being sent. Also, I'm not sure but I have a hunch Gideon is a female or at least a female impersonator, just as I'm a male impersonator. The Gideon user name comes from the Roy Scheider character in All That Jazz, and he/she really likes musicals and romantic comedies, which I also like, at least the good ones. :)

[Holden Pike]

I've got Gideon's list. All is well.

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Have you noticed that Gideon is always online when Sexy is offline....? :suspicious:

[mark f]

I know that Gideon posted a ton of reviews at IMDb, but I don't recall what the user name was there. So, no Sexy methinks.

[Miss Vicky]

I don't think Sexy would ever create an alter-ego that actually talks about movies and doesn't ever really interact with other MoFos. His own ego would never allow it and there wouldn't be any point to it anyway.

[Camo]

He's definitely not SC. That would be the most pointless alter ego ever even more than Database Errol :p

[Mr Minio]

Sexy wouldn't dare 'lose' some posts by posting as other user unless it's for fun and really seldom.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Maybe it's JayDee.

This whole "I'm sick" thing with JayDee has got to be a lie. He's on another name.

[Swan]

Is this the most lists one of these things has had?

[bluedeed]

Gideon is notorious for not interacting with the forums or its members, so unless a PM was sent I wouldn't expect a list being sent. Also, I'm not sure but I have a hunch Gideon is a female or at least a female impersonator, just as I'm a male impersonator. The Gideon user name comes from the Roy Scheider character in All That Jazz, and he/she really likes musicals and romantic comedies, which I also like, at least the good ones. :)

Gideon interacts with the forum, just on a delayed response of about 10 years usually :)

[Miss Vicky]

Is this the most lists one of these things has had?

Yes, I believe so.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I can't believe nobody's figured out that I'm Miss Vicky yet. How come nobody can tell that?

[Swan]

Sexy has a room of 20 computers and is on as 20 different members at once.

[Miss Vicky]

Yes, the truth is out. I'm Sexy's slightly-less-bitchy alter ego.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

sexy celebrity has been my alter account all along. please ban him, i have no use for it anymore.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Sexy has a room of 20 computers and is on as 20 different members at once.

I'm everybody here. This site is a big M. Night Shyamalan movie. At the end, the camera pulls back to reveal a massively schizophrenic woman (played by Roseanne Barr) and her thousands of multiple personalities, all being played out on a web forum. The year is 2744 and the Internet has evolved. The world has changed. This is the Twitter of the future. Celebrities have become super crazy. Much more than they are now. They've become bored with talking about themselves, so they made up thousands of other pretend people to speak for. It's like a darker, even scarier, even sadder story than Her.

[Daniel M]

Sent my list, my brother has too.

[Sexy Celebrity]

GET THOSE LISTS IN PEOPLE! Time's almost up!

- Holden

[The Sci-Fi Slob]

Hurry!
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[Holden Pike]

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16341&stc=1&d=1405467236

OK, officially on the spreadsheet, we are up to 90 MoFos, and they should all be accounted for on the second page of this thread. I just got Yasashii and Daniel M's lists, which will make 92, but I haven't entered them, yet. I'll send you guys the notification message after I do that.

I'm still at the office. Driving home, so there will be a gap for a while before I return online.

I expect to have a bunch more ballots.

Thanks, everybody.

:)

[TONGO]

The Pink Panthers were hysterical. Not high enough on the greats list but the franchise deserves a mention.

http://fancydresscostumes.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/peter-sellers-return-of-the-pink-panther.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ8x5LXr5Rs

[weeman]

Out of interest, what is the 70's equivalent of Europe's "The Final Countdown"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw

[Cobpyth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHFxncb1gRY

[rauldc14]

I'm interested if more lists will equate to more greatness or more junk.

[bluedeed]

I'm interested if more lists will equate to more greatness or more junk.

Less of my films, so more junk

[weeman]

I'm interested if more lists will equate to more greatness or more junk.

What's 70's Asian Cinema like? ;)

[rauldc14]

I think by having 90+, we won't see as much Asian. I'd be surprised to see more than 8 actually.

[Miss Vicky]

I'm interested if more lists will equate to more greatness or more junk.

There's no real answer to that. Especially given that your definition of "junk" doesn't exactly fit with that of other people.

Case in point:

http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/MoFoPics/Cries12.jpg

Though of course everybody's definition of those terms varies to some degree.

[Swan]

I think by having 90+, we won't see as much Asian. I'd be surprised to see more than 8 actually.

There were Asian people in the 70's?

[rauldc14]

Nah, I'm talking junk as in "I've never even heard of that before, what the hell?". I'd assume I will have at least heard of most of these this time around.

[bluedeed]

Nah, I'm talking junk as in "I've never even heard of that before, what the hell?". I'd assume I will have at least heard of most of these this time around.

Those are the best kind of films and what makes lists interesting, not self-validation

[Swan]

I think we can all expect Cries and Whispers to make the list. Sorry raul.

[Sexy Celebrity]

I think by having 90+, we won't see as much Asian. I'd be surprised to see more than 8 actually.

Well, just in case, the gong's now in the shop getting a cleaning so it'll be ready:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcp9X4QsI1E

[rauldc14]

I think we can all expect Cries and Whispers to make the list. Sorry raul.

Why are u sorry. Of course it's making the list. I didn't bring it up in this convo.

[Swan]

Because you hate it. :p

[cricket]

Are there any Asian films that are definitely expected to make the list? I watched I think 3-Dersu Uzala, House, and The Castle of Cagliostro. I'm guessing none of those make it. What are the other big ones?

[Miss Vicky]

I think it's a bit wrong to call something you've never heard of "junk." I think they're more like "opportunities for exploration." Which is not to say that they won't ultimately be something you hate, just that they shouldn't be dismissed simply because they are foreign to you.

[Miss Vicky]

Are there any Asian films that are definitely expected to make the list? I watched I think 3-Dersu Uzala, House, and The Castle of Cagliostro. I'm guessing none of those make it. What are the other big ones?

I've seen a lot of love for House around here. I wouldn't be surprised to see it make the cut, actually.

[rauldc14]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You are right as always.

[mark f]

There's enough weirdos cineastes here so House will make it. :)

[cricket]

I'd rather Dersu Uzala make it

[mark f]

Me too.

[wintertriangles]

There's enough weirdos cineastes here so House will make it. :)I can only think of a couple filmmakers here, who else is there?

[rauldc14]

Well we know The Castle of Cagliostro has 25 already, so it has a good start :p

[TONGO]

Holden said it was gonna take a few days I think to get it all sorted. Course the way hes been attacking this he might have it licked before you finish reading this post.

What?! No love for The Apple Dumpling Gang?!

http://www.impawards.com/1975/posters/apple_dumpling_gang_ver2.jpg

I was a little kid in the 70's :)

[Guaporense]

Well we know The Castle of Cagliostro has 25 already, so it has a good start :p

No. Not even the highest animated movie in my top 25 (first time I make one without Miyazaki on 1st place).

[Guaporense]

Are there any Asian films that are definitely expected to make the list? I watched I think 3-Dersu Uzala, House, and The Castle of Cagliostro. I'm guessing none of those make it. What are the other big ones?

Asian cinema was in crisis during the 1970's: Japanese cinema was in a depression with the lowest number of movies made and lowest studio revenues during that decade (because TV destroyed film ticket sales). While the cinema of China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc, was still rather embryonic.

I would expect a ton of Japanese movies in the 1950's and 1960's countdowns though.

In the 1970's the most critically aclaimed Japanese film was Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) about the Yakuza:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Battles_Without_Honor_and_Humanity.jpg

[Holden Pike]

DON'T LOOK NOW...
http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16350&stc=1&d=1405479354
...but there's only ONE HOUR LEFT
to get your MoFo 1970s ballot in!

.
.

[bluedeed]

The 1960s list will allow me to fill in my lack of Oshima films

[Harry Lime]

Japanese cinema was in a depression with the lowest number of movies made and lowest studio revenues during that decade (because TV destroyed film ticket sales).
Yeah but ATG was producing some serious cinema at the time, with an assist from Toho. Great decade for Japanese cinema.

[rauldc14]

I'm surprised Brodinski didn't submit. He was online earlier today.

[Guaporense]

Yeah but ATG was producing some serious cinema at the time, with an assist from Toho. Great decade for Japanese cinema.

You can always find great movies in every decade of Japanese cinema from the 1930's onwards but the economic size of the film industry was at it's lowest point in the 1970's in Japan over the last 60 years. Hence less talent and thus less great stuff produced over the decade compared to the other decades.

[Harry Lime]

Hence less talent and thus less great stuff produced over the decade compared to the other decades.
Hence I strongly disagree and thus have to believe you don't know what you're talking about saying something like that.

[Holden Pike]

http://i.imgur.com/0PZmUts.png

THANK YOU, ALL!

[Sexy Celebrity]

It's midnight!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbHwbgIELCc

[Holden Pike]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFeBp1PDKyg

"...I love you."

[s1n1st3r]

Damn just missed had a few movies to go!!!

[s1n1st3r]

This was my list bar 5 entries if anyone was interested... too bad

Chinatown 1
Star Wars Ep IV 2
Jaws 3
The Outlaw Josey Wales 4
Halloween 5
Rocky 6
Alien 7
Deliverance 8
Taxi Driver 9
The Spy who loved me 10
Bedknobs and Broomsticks 11
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 12
The Warriors 13
Dirty Harry 14
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 15
The Exorcist 16
One flew over the cuckoos nest 17
Mean Streets 18
The Deer Hunter 19
The Towering Inferno 20

[Sexy Celebrity]

That's a good list. You should have moved your ass.

[Miss Vicky]

You should've just submitted a top 20, then. Holden said previously that he would accept lists of less than 25.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Looks like an Asian movie just moved up higher.

[Holden Pike]

Sorry, s1n1st3r. I caught you late. We'll give you plenty of warning for the 1960s list, whenever that winds up being due (probably early next year). And at least watch the reveal of the group list, see how many of your choices make it, and where they place.

Thanks!

[donniedarko]

Damn, one away from 100 lists

[Harry Lime]

Forgot about the short lists being submitted.

99*

[Mr Minio]

This was my list bar 5 entries if anyone was interested... too bad

Chinatown 1
Star Wars Ep IV 2
Jaws 3
The Outlaw Josey Wales 4
Halloween 5
Rocky 6
Alien 7
Deliverance 8
Taxi Driver 9
The Spy who loved me 10
Bedknobs and Broomsticks 11
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 12
The Warriors 13
Dirty Harry 14
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 15
The Exorcist 16
One flew over the cuckoos nest 17
Mean Streets 18
The Deer Hunter 19
The Towering Inferno 20

No foreign films? I don't approve. One flew, Star Wars and The Outlaw Josey Wales are the best outta these.

[Skepsis93]

99? Bloody 'ell, good job Holden and MoFos!

[Daniel M]

Yeah awesome job, a few weeks ago I think we were on like 30-40 lists and when Holden said he wanted 100 I thought he was crazy, but nope... incredible stuff and I can't wait for this to start :D

[cricket]

Same here, I thought Holden was dreaming shooting for that many. I think it has a whole lot to do with him that their is so much participation. Hats off to you, Holden.

[honeykid]

s1n1st3r has The Warriors on their list, though. That alone should mean it counts.

[7thson]

Normally I do not do "lists" it is usually too tough for me and then I re-think it and get mad for not having a certain film on there. This list was fun however and even though I am re-thinking a little already it brought up some good memories of growing up and made me want to watch some movies that I have not seen in a very long time.

[Sedai]

@ Minio - Not a fan of Chinatown?

[Mr Minio]

I rate it 3

[weeman]

99 Mofo lists on the wall, 99 Mofo lists.

This should be good. A great decade of film and a very large selection of lists. I expect a few surprises, but the larger number of lists could equate to the early favourites having a better chance.

[Sexy Celebrity]

You've officially got 100 lists now.

Just count my list as a joint list with my mother, Sexy Mommy. (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=63441)

Since she's my mother, we've both seen the same '70s things and like them all equally.

Just mark it off as "Sexy Celebrity / Sexy Mommy." Two people.

So, congratulations. You got exactly 100 lists. YAY!

[rauldc14]

I blame sleezy and brodinski for not making 100.

[rauldc14]

The real question is who is going to be the Mystic River, Titanic, and Gandhi of this list and miss despite its popularity.

[Holden Pike]

None of you want to start seeing the reveal of the official list today, right? Just wait a few or five days? Let it all sink in?

[Swan]

I want you to start ASAP.

[Daniel M]

Today would be awesome :D

[Sedai]

I would perhaps like to see a a couple films posted today... :D

[Miss Vicky]

Today would be fantastic.

[Holden Pike]

OK, sounds like everybody wants Monday. Night.

[Sexy Celebrity]

If you don't start, they can always enjoy the rest of "Mother of The Godfather." My own '70s list. I haven't finished it.

[Holden Pike]

I should be able to start sometime this afternoon. Should.

[Daniel M]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQqwG_rQx7A

[Skepsis93]

MoFos can be demanding. Holden cracking under the pressure. I managed two days between the deadline and starting the 80s countdown. :p

[Daniel M]

I managed two days between the deadline and starting the 80s countdown. :p

Holden's better than you

[Holden Pike]

Until then, here is the traditional list of films that received exactly one point, and one point only. Sixteen movies that were somebody's number twenty-five choice...and that was it. Let's end the suspense for those folks right now.

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Concert for Bangladesh
The Crazies
Diamonds Are Forever
Every Which Way But Loose
Farewell, My Lovely
Fat City
The Fury
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
La Grande Bouffe
The Lords of Flatbush
Love at First Bite
Meatballs
Robin & Marian
Summer City
A Touch of Zen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EJvizCVEyc

[Miss Vicky]

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo was mine.

I must confess, I put it at #25 because I knew that the "One Pointers" list was the only way it was gonna get a mention. :laugh:

[Daniel M]

Farewell, My Lovely looks good, Cobpyth probably gave it the point. Shame I didn't get round to it but I guess it wouldn't have made a difference :D

[Skepsis93]

Holden's better than you

http://media.giphy.com/media/nAckQ1Nyw0M7e/giphy.gif



he is, though

[The Gunslinger45]

I would like to start as soon as you can.

[Skepsis93]

99 pissing lists, tho. What do you people have against me/the 80s? :tsk:

[Sexy Celebrity]

Until then, here is the traditional list of films that received exactly one point, and one point only. Sixteen movies that were somebody's number twenty-five choice...and that was it. Let's end the suspense for those folks right now.

How many points/people voted for Pumping Iron?

[Sexy Celebrity]

Wait. Maybe I can't find out. IN CASE it appears on the actual list.

[christine]

aww Concert for Bangladesh was mine. I remember that , it was the prototype charity concert. Always loved George

thanks for the youtube clip Holden, but not working for me

[Holden Pike]

How many points/people voted for Pumping Iron?

More than one.

[Yoda]

Don't let these ravenous jackals pressure you, Holds. They always want things immediately. Do it whenever you want.

[Skepsis93]

Don't let these ravenous jackals pressure you, Holds. They always want things immediately. Do it whenever you want.

Yup, and he hasn't tortured Daniel nearly enough to start the countdown just yet.

[Sexy Celebrity]

More than one.

http://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=16359&stc=1&d=1405527648

If you voted for Pumping Iron and you're not the person I'm thinking of, you're safe.

[Skepsis93]

Pumping Iron was my #1.

[Sexy Celebrity]

You're safe.

[christine]

who voted for A Touch of Zen? nice :)

[Skepsis93]

Sorry, I mistyped. It was Daniel's #1. He loves those ripped manly bodies.

[TONGO]

Every Which Way but Loose was mine.

http://i.imgur.com/r43D8ew.gif

[mark f]

Duddy Kravitz was mine. Richard Dreyfuss is great and auteur Denholm Elliott's bar mitzvah film is a hoot. Holds isn't much of a fan, but I recommend you check it out for yourself. It's on YouTube (with closed captioning, although they occasionally get the dialogue wrong). It's one of several of the excellent films on my list which is criminally underseen and won't make The 100. Then again, I left off dozens which are equally good and in the same boat. Happy viewing. :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BRcVMPM-rs

[n3wt]

Im really looking forward to this :yup: Dont rush yourself Holden whenever you are ready is fine by me :cool::up:

[mark f]

Yeah, yesterday is soon enough.

[s1n1st3r]

I should have submitted a top 20 but not to worry 60's list will be interesting. A lot of classics I have in mind. Also I don't really watch many foreign films until recent times so I could not think of many in the 70's that I have seen.

[honeykid]

I should have submitted a top 20 but not to worry 60's list will be interesting. A lot of classics I have in mind. Also I don't really watch many foreign films until recent times so I could not think of many in the 70's that I have seen.

Really? How? Will there be 70's movies included? :D

[s1n1st3r]

Really? How? Will there be 70's movies included? :D

Sorry that was referring to a reply from Mr Minio about no foreign films in my list.