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For the second time during a MoFo countdown, we're going to be having a Group Watch thread! Here's how this thread will work:

-The host will nominate a war movie, the participants will have 3 days to watch it, and to state that they watched the film in the thread (make sure your nomination doesn't last over four hours).

-You're not required to review the film. You can if you want to, but simply writing something like "I just watched XX and really enjoyed it" should suffice.

-Afterwards, the host will use a random number generator to pick the next person to nominate a film (provided the person watched your nomination and hasn't nominated a film yet) and the process would repeat.

-This thread will last till the deadline for the preliminary thread (or close to it).

-You can opt-in/opt-out of this thread whenever you want. You're not required to watch every film in this thread just because you watched one film in it.

In short, this is similar to a Hall of Fame, except it requires far less effort.

I'm sure many of us will be voting for some obscure films which not many MoFos have seen, so participating in this thread might be a good way to increase the likelihood of your film making the countdown.
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Nominations:

Kanal (1957, Andrzej Wajda)
Nominated By: SpelingError

Le Silence de la mer (1949, Jean-Pierre Melville)
Nominated By: Allaby

The Bridge (1959, Bernhard Wicki)
Nominated By: Thursday Next

The Red Angel (1966, Yasuzô Masumura)
Nominated By: cricket

King Rat (1965, Bryan Forbes)
Nominated By: Citizen Rules

Fortress of War (2010, Alexander Kott)
Nominated By: edarsenal

Shoulder Arms (1918, Charlie Chaplin)
Nominated By: Wyldesyde19

Barefoot Gen (1983, Mori Masaki)
Nominated By: cricket

Regeneration (1997, Gillies MacKinnon)
Nominated By: Thursday Next

City of Life and Death (2009, Chuan Lu)
Nominated By: Citizen Rules

Land of Mine (2015, Martin Zandvliet)
Nominated By: ScarletLion

The Shop on Main Street (1965, Elmar Klos and Ján Kadár)
Nominated By: John-Connor

Bitter Victory (1957, Nicholas Ray)
Nominated By: Frightened Inmate No. 2

The Burmese Harp (1956, Kon Ichikawa)
Nominated By: SpelingError

Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020, Jasmila Žbanić)
Nominated By: Frightened Inmate No. 2

The Painted Bird (2019, Václav Marhoul)
Nominated By: ScarletLion

White Material (2009, Claire Denis)
Nominated By: Siddon

Westfront 1918 (1930, G. W. Pabst)
Nominated By: ScarletLion

Johnny Got His Gun (1971, Dalton Trumbo)
Nominated By: cricket

Sahara (1943, Zoltán Korda)
Nominated By: Citizen Rules

No Time for Sergeants (1958, Mervyn LeRoy)
Nominated By: Allaby

Three Came Home (1950, Jean Negulesco)
Nominated By: Citizen Rules

In Harm's Way (1965, Otto Preminger)
Nominated By: John-Connor

Fires Were Started (1943, Humphrey Jennings)
Nominated By: SpelingError

The 12th Man (2017, Harald Zwart)
Nominated By: Torgo

Anthropoid (2016, Sean Ellis)
Nominated By: John-Connor

Coming Home (1978, Hal Ashby)
Nominated By: cricket

War Witch (2012, Kim Nguyen)
Nominated By: Allaby

A Town Like Alice (1956, Jack Lee)
Nominated By: Citizen Rules

The Four Feathers (1939, Zoltan Korda)
Nominated By: Allaby

The Hill (1965, Sidney Lumet)
Nominated By: John-Connor

This Land is Mine (1943, Jean Renoir)
Nominated By: SpelingError



Nomination #1



Kanal (1957, Andrzej Wajda)

Deadline to Watch It: March 15

Nominated By: SpelingError



I’ll submit a nomination shortly. Going to go over my options.
I believe we wait until we watch the film and the deadline comes, and then the next host is picked at random.



Also, let me know if you need a link to the film.
Super excited to see this happening again and glad you're running it. I'll take a link, Youtube doesn't work for me as I can't snag the subs only the video from there.



Super excited to see this happening again and glad you're running it. I'll take a link, Youtube doesn't work for me as I can't snag the subs only the video from there.
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I'll keep an eye on this thread, but I probably won't watch as many movies from here as I did with the last countdown group watch thread.

I expect that most of the movies that are nominated in here will heavily feature the battles, but that's the part of war movies that I like the least. I'll probably focus my watch list more on movies where they take place in war times, but focus more on the people than the battles. (I expect that mostly war/romance movies will be on my watchlist.)
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I watched Kanal today on the Criterion channel. I thought this was pretty good. It was well shot with good performances. I didn't find it as compelling or gripping as many others did though, based on the reviews and comments on Letterboxd. It won't make my ballot, but I think it has a good shot at making the final countdown.



I watched Kanal today on the Criterion channel. I thought this was pretty good. It was well shot with good performances. I didn't find it as compelling or gripping as many others did though, based on the reviews and comments on Letterboxd. It won't make my ballot, but I think it has a good shot at making the final countdown.
Good film that. Love all those tunnel shots.



Kanal will definitely make my ballot. Maybe even in the top 10. Throughout the first half, it does a great at establishing the dynamics between various characters, specifically for Daisy and Korab. Though their situations definitely aren't good, you still maintain a bit of hope for them to pull through. Once they move to the sewers in the second half though, it is then that the film adopts a thoroughly bleak tone. Watching the character dynamics and relationships slowly break down throughout this portion of the film makes for a rather unforgettable experience. The movie also remains beautiful at the same time, which is saying a lot given the setting. The camerawork and the resilience which certain characters maintain throughout the second half is all top notch and acts as a great contrast to the tone. Like The Ascent, another film which will surely make my ballot, neither film feels like misery porn. All the hardships the characters encounter feel earned and it instead serves as a portrait at the unpleasantness of war.