The 7th MoFo Hall of Fame

[seanc]

I go to bed with grief in my heart. For I know not if my beloved Shawshank is HOF bound. Where for art thou Raul?

[cricket]

I go to bed with grief in my heart. For I know not if my beloved Shawshank is HOF bound. Where for art thou Raul?

I think it's between that and another one

[Friendly Mushroom!]

I'm rooting for Harakiri.

[Guaporense]

I am rooting for Kaguyhime, if it gets above average I will be happy.

[neiba]

Daaamn, I woke up hoping the results would hv been revealed, now everybody went to sleep :( damn you, timezones!!!

Raul, you better not sleep today!!! XD

[rauldc14]

I was literally up for 25 hours in a row, sorry guys. Results Tuesday night :leo:

[Gatsby]

Lemme guess: Shawshank placed pretty low huh? :p

[Friendly Mushroom!]

Lemme guess: Shawshank placed pretty low huh? :p

That or Raul has a servere case of procrastination.

[seanc]

I was literally up for 25 hours in a row, sorry guys. Results Tuesday night :leo:

It's as if Walmart doesn't give a damn about MoFo.

[MovieMeditation]

I don't want Shawshank to win. :(

[rauldc14]

It's as if Walmart doesn't give a damn about MoFo.

Blame it on football. That's what kept me up.

[cricket]

Blame it on football. That's what kept me up.

And cocaine

[seanc]

Blame it on football. That's what kept me up.

Even Aaron Rodgers isn't exciting enough for a 25 hour marathon.;)

[rauldc14]

Here is our bottom 4. I'll give this as a little sneak peak. Maybe I'll even do the next 4 before I head off to the MNF Game tonight.

18. Platform
42 Points

http://deeperintomovies.net/journal/image10/platform3.jpg

17. The Poker House
53 Points

https://media1.giphy.com/media/jUDuEuKVrNSj6/200_s.gif

16. Bob Le Flambeour
74 Points

http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/ayKOx5wSfodjMqW8n6353D3S5qb.jpg

15. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
85 Points

http://www.o-cinema.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya-trailer.png

[MovieMeditation]

Not that far from my own list, actually. I had The Poker House a bit higher up, though that's only because it is a routine drama that kind of falls in my taste without being overly original or exciting. I do owe Platform a proper rewatch some day, but for now it's the only movie I absolutely hated in this Hall of Fame. Kaguyhime was far from a bad film and it was stunning to look at, but the story didn't really click with me and the only reason it is so low is because this HoF was rather solid. It was towards the bottom because it was less good, not because it was bad at all. Bob Le Flambeur was my second Melville and I was mostly underwhelmed by it. I liked certain aspects though and it was enough to place it at #16 on my list. :)

I just realize I actually regret my placing of 11, 12, 13. I want them switch up a bit, but more on that later... Anyways, I hope it won't matter too much in the end.

18. Platform
17. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
16. Bob Le Flambeur

11. The Poker House

Please unveil the next 4 as well, raul! :cool:

[Gatsby]

Platform and Bob should be in the Top 10.

Edit - Will post list after all movies have been posted.

[seanc]

Looks like Raul is unveiling my list instead of the rankings. Well done.

[rauldc14]

14. Freaks
86 Points

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/hero/Freaks.jpg?itok=oE_pR9vG

13. Killer Joe
94 Points

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/arts/movies/2012/07/120726_MOV_KILLERJOE.jpg.CROP.rectangle3-large.jpg

12. You Can't Take It With You
100 Points

http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/you_cant_take_it_with_you_cast.jpg

11. Blues Brothers
104 Points

http://www.shadesdaddyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blue-brothers-ray-ban-wayfarers-sunglasses-shadesdaddy-giggsey.jpg

[Miss Vicky]

Nice work, raul.

Also glad to see Being John Malkovich is in the top ten.

[seanc]

Good job. Six more so we can guess the order of the top five?

[MovieMeditation]

Again, a lot the same for me here, orderwise... I was surprised by You Can't Take It with You though, since it was fun and straightforward without trying to be too much else. A lot of interesting characters and fun scenes. Overly sentimental and such, perhaps, but I enjoyed it a lot personally...

15. Freaks
14. Blues Brothers

12. Killer Joe.

7. You Can't Take It with You

[cricket]

I thought Freaks would be higher

[neiba]

Bob le flambeur should be higher! As well as Kaguya!

[Friendly Mushroom!]

Nice work, raul.

Also glad to see Being John Malkovich is in the top ten.

I'm not. :)

[Pussy Galore]

I missed the revealing, nobody asked me for my list -.-

[rauldc14]

10 through 6 coming in a few minute. 5-1 later as well

[cricket]

How many ballots were cast?

[Swan]

Congrats cricket!

[cricket]

Thanks!

[rauldc14]

11

[rauldc14]

10. Inglorious Basterds
107 Points

http://www.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Inglorious-Bastards.jpg

9. The Hustler
109 Points

http://thefilmspectrum.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Picture-36.png

8. Festen
112 Points

https://magnoliaforever.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/festen.jpg

7. Letter From an Unknown Woman
113 Points

http://www.bfi.org.uk/distribution/sites/bfi.org.uk.distribution/files/images/Letter_from_an_Unknown_Woman_01.jpg

6. Wolf Children
119 Points

http://twitchfilm.com/assets/2013/05/Wolf-Children-HK-Blu-ray-ext2.jpg

[Nope1172]

I'm happy to see Being John Malkovich and Shawshank Redemption is in the top, they are both in my top 50.

[cricket]

I thought The Hustler would be higher

[Friendly Mushroom!]

Same but I don't really care as I already won a HoF.

[rauldc14]

Any top 5 predictions?

[seanc]

Any top 5 predictions?

Basterds didn't make it and I cried a single tear.

[seanc]

I'm pretty confident Shawshank took it. This is why it is #1 on IMDB. People may not love it but very few hate it.

[Friendly Mushroom!]

5. Being John Malkovich
4. Take Shelter
3. Before Sunrise
2. Harakiri
1. Shawshank

[cricket]

5. Being John Malkovich
4. Before Sunrise
3. Take Shelter
2. Shawshank
1. Harakiri

[Miss Vicky]

Malkovich made top 5? Nice.

[Derek Vinyard]

Why you didn't wait for PG? He watch all these movies for nothing... not cool..

[rauldc14]

I said what the deadline was about a hundred times.

[Derek Vinyard]

I said what the deadline was about a hundred times.

a PM is easy to do imo he only has 1 movie left to watch...

[MovieMeditation]

I'm not the host, so I'm not going to tell people what to do, but I would have probably send at least one PM around close to deadline to be sure everyone was aware and that they at least got one warning.

Anyways, I just thought I missed the entire revealing, thankfully I didn't! In how many hours are we going to see the last few, raul? :)

And my nomination made it to the top 10, I'm happy. Thanks guys, glad many of you enjoyed it! :up:

[seanc]

How about knowing what the deadline is and watching the movies. He mentioned it a bunch and extended it. Good God.

[neiba]

Yeah, though the PM could have in fact happened, Sean and Raul are right, the deadline was announced and extended and announced again.

[MovieMeditation]

Chill guys, I'm only saying. :)

I don't mind, I even personally asked twice about the deadline and got a reply both times, I'm satisfied and had no problem remembering the deadline and turning my list in.

I'm only saying maybe a single PM could have been cool, but of course it would just be an extra service and not obligatory... You did/are doing a fine job, raul, hosting this HoF and the PMs you might not have sent towards the end you did in the beginning, when I was lazy and you had to kick me around a bit haha :p

Can't wait for the final results!

[MovieMeditation]

My prediction...

5. Before Sunrise
4. Being John Malkovich
3. Take Shelter
2. Harakiri
1. Shawshank

[neiba]

My predictions are the same as MM's. Though I confess I'd love if Harakiri won this!

[seanc]

Somebody PM Raul and remind him this thing was over three days ago. ;)

[rauldc14]

It's coming today. I'm a Mofo Slacker lately.

[Pussy Galore]

It's ok, I don't mind I enjoyed most movies I watched (except Blues Brothers), but unfortunately for Raul I would have put Shawshank at #2 so it's his loss haha.

[rauldc14]

5. Before Sunrise
122 Points

http://beforesunrise.yolasite.com/resources/002M.jpg

4. Being John Malkovich
124 Points

http://blogs.cresa.com/madison/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/BeingJohnMalkovich.jpg

3. Take Shelter
132 Points

http://www.sonyclassics.com/takeshelter/img/slider/filmmakers.jpg

2. Harakiri
144 Points

https://cinemaparadisoph.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/harakiri-postera.jpg

1. Shawshank Redemption
162 Points

http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/1dad0778-02ec-4561-8186-387bf93fee9d/db49acfe-44df-49c3-8f91-79069674c373.jpg

[Swan]

#3! #3!

[seanc]

Today is a beautiful day. MoFo became as mainstream as IMDB. Great job on hosting and nominating Raul.

[Swan]

I'm the real winner here.

[Citizen Rules]

Of the films I've seen, I would have voted Shawshank Redemption #1.....Congrats Raul!

I love many of the nominations: Being John Malkovich, Letter From an Unknown Woman, Freaks, The Hustler... I could see those being my #1 as well.

[Miss Vicky]

Mildly disappointed. I think Shawshank is an excellent film, but I don't truly love it. Glad to see Malkovich rank as high as it did, though, and I liked 4 of the top 5 films.

Congrats, raul.

[seanc]

1.Shawshank Redemption
2.Inglorious Basterds
3.Before Sunrise
4. Being John Malkovich
5. Take Shelter
6. The Hustler
7. You Can't Take It With You
8. Killer Joe
9. Harakiri
10. Festen
11. Freaks
12. The Blues Brothers
13. Letter From An Unknown Woman
14. Bob Le Flambeur
15. Wolf Children
16. Tale Of Princess Kaguya
17. The Poker House
18. Platform

Here is my list. I thought the top ten were all very good movies and the top five I absolutely love. This was a very good HOF. I know Shawshank gets a bit of a negative rep because of the IMDB thing but this shows it is a movie that resonates in some way with the vast majority of people. Shawshank is also a movie that worked for what is now a very broad audience. I lived in St. Pete Florida at the time of its release, not exactly a small town, and the theater was empty at my viewing. This was not a blockbuster film oreven a slick Oscar movie. It got seen and became popular through word of mouth. Honestly, not all that different of a journey than Pulp Fiction had the same year. Shawshank does have the benefit of being melodrama so you can show it to grandma and feel okay about it. Still, not the major mainstream film upon its release that it has become.

Anyway, anyone who has been here very long knows I love it and I am very glad it has a place on our HOF list. Great job MoFos.

[MovieMeditation]

My prediction...

5. Before Sunrise
4. Being John Malkovich
3. Take Shelter
2. Harakiri
1. Shawshank
http://i.imgur.com/fypAmty.gif?noredirect

Anyways, I had much fun with this HoF, but I'm not exactly happy with that #1 there. ;):p But lots of good films and I like the general ranking quite a lot. I think I messed up my ranking a bit, since I may have wanted 11-13 to be mixed up a bit. Anyways, here's my list...

1. Festen
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Before Sunrise
4. Wolf Children
5. Being John Malkovich
6. Take Shelter
7. You Can't Take It with You
8. Harakiri
9. Letter from an Unknown Woman
10. The Shawshank Redemption
11. The Poker House
12. Killer Joe
13. The Hustler
14. The Blues Brothers
15. Freaks
16. Bob Le Flambeur
17. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
18. Platform

[seanc]

Good job nailing it. I thought you might have. Then in my head I thought you had 4 and 5 flipped. Should have looked back.

[Miss Vicky]

My Ballot:

1. Being John Malkovich
2. Killer Joe
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Festen
6. Harakiri
7. Freaks
8. Take Shelter
9. Letter From An Unknown Woman
10. Wolf Children
11. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
12. The Poker House
13. Bob Le Flambeur
14. Before Sunrise
15. The Blues Brothers
16. The Hustler
17. You Can't Take It With You
18. Platform

[Guaporense]

I'm the real winner here.

Indeed. Everybody knew what movie would win. I was surprised that Take Shelter did so well.

[Guaporense]

I already forgot my list that I sent. I remember the top 4 were something like:

1 - Kaguyahime
2 - Harakiri
3 - Shawshank
4 - Wolfchildren

I also contributed for Shawshank to win. If I were strategic I might have put it in the last place so a non-Hollywood movie would have won.

[neiba]

Close enough! XD congratulations to Sean and Shawshank, a worthy winner of probably the best HoF I've been part of.

[cricket]

That was a fun Hall of Fame with lots of great nominations. The top 9 on my list I'd consider personal favorites, the next 4 I think very highly of, the 4 after that I liked, and only the last one doesn't do much for me.

1. The Blues Brothers
2. Killer Joe
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Harakiri
5. The Hustler
6. Letter from an Unknown Woman
7. Being John Malkovich
8. Freaks
9. Wolf Children
10. Take Shelter
11. Festen
12. Inglorious Basterds
13. Platform
14. Bob Le Flambeur
15. The Poker House
16. You Can't Take it With You
17. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
18. Before Sunrise

Thanks Raul-great job!


Pussy Galore-you should post your rankings:)

[rauldc14]

I'd like to see PGs list too. Curious if anything would have changed.

[Gatsby]

This was a fun Hall of Fame. Thanks Raul for hosting and everyone for participating. :)

Here's my list, I put some films higher than I should because I wanted them to rank a bit higher:

1. Blues Brothers
2. Being John Malkovich
3. Shawshank Redemption
4. Freaks
5. Letter from An Unknown Woman
6. Platform
7. Harakiri
8. Wolf Children
9. Take Shelter
10. Bob Le Flambeur
11. Festen
12. Before Sunrise
13. Killer Joe
14. Inglorious Basterds
15. The Hustler
16. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
17. You Can't Take It With You
18. The Poker House

[Guaporense]

Hum, Kaguyhime did really poorly. I guess that if I nominated a Nanoha film it might have ranked higher. ;)