| Yoda | 12-04-20 04:37 PM |
The Movie Forums Top 100 of All-Time Refresh: Countdown
I started this forum 20 years ago. A decade into its existence we held a countdown to try to quantify which films were the most loved by the community. Now, a decade later, we're doing it again to see how our tastes have changed, both as a community (with plenty of new people), and as individuals.
The Numbers
To that latter point, exactly 10 people participated in both lists: rauldc14, honeykid, Yoda, sarah f, mark f, Miss Vicky, TheUsualSuspect, Iroquois, Thursday Next, and Powdered Water.
In total we ended up with 96 ballots and 988 films. That's over twice as many submissions as the last incarnation of this list. To give you a sense of the scale, the #1 film last time had a point total that would've barely cracked the Top 10 this time around. And this time, it wasn't even possible to make the list unless at least three people chose you...and that's if they put you 1st, 1st, and 5th. Anything less just wasn't good enough.
I am grateful to each and every person who submitted a list. I know it was hard to choose, to whittle down, and to rank our favorites, but we got through it, somehow. It's gonna be okay. Until a film you like doesn't make the cut or isn't as high as you'd like, at which case, you should definitely fly off the handle and call everyone a troglodyte. Mostly because it's just a fun word to say.
A huge thanks, in particular, to @TheUsualSuspect for tabulating everything. I'd say it was a thankless task, but here I am thanking him so I guess it's a not. It's a one-thank task, unless some of you thank him, too (which you should). His efforts let me focus on all the fun stuff like presentation and arguing. I am grateful.
The Panel
TUGG, Holden Pike, Hey Fredrick, The Rodent, donniedarko, WrinkledMind, Diehl40, matt72582, Skepsis93, Tramuzgan, Guaporense, martyrofevil, Cobpyth, SpelingError, ahwell, mojofilter, John Dumbear, cricket, Citizen Rules, John W Constantine, Kaplan, Olivier Parent, KeyserCorleone, seanc, Rauldc14, The Samoan Lawyer, Captain Spaulding, Gandalf26, Miss Vicky, Thursday Next, HollowMan, neiba, pahaK, edarsenal, Siddon, Steve Freeling, John-Connor, Cobra, Torgo, Urkillinmesmalls, ScarletLion, Jinnistan, HashtagBrownies, SmudgeEFC1985, Rockatansky, re93animator, ApexPredator, dadgumblah, Deschain, Thunderbolt, Fabulous, Takoma11, sawduck, crumbsroom, Powdered Water, Mr Minio, John McClane, Yoda, Agrippinax, 7thson, GulfportDoc, Iroquois, CosmicRunaway, CiCi, Nemanja, MovieMeditation, honeykid, WHITBISSELL!, Okay, Raven73, Frightened Inmate No. 2, Wyldesyde19, kgaard, ynwtf, Wooley, Derek Vinyard, Pussy Galore, gbgoodies, moongirl, Sedai, Maaann, Austruck, Taz, MovieFan1988, resopamenic, StanleyKubrick, IrishSansRed, TONGO, rbrayer, mark f, TheUsualSuspect, sarah f, JayDee, cat_sidhe, Daniel M, Thief
There's a few small technical things for me to work on and polish, so I'll give you guys this evening to make predictions and whip yourselves into a frenzy.
Tomorrow I'll post the "one pointers." For those who don't know, those are the films who...yeah, you get the idea. They got one point, which means they were 25th on one person's ballot and not on any other lists. It's popular among panelists to put hopeless causes here so they get a little extra attention, and we're going to continue to reward that shameless gaming of our system.
Thanks for your patience. Won't be long now.
