33rd Hall of Fame

Procedure:

Movie Nominations: Any movie that you feel is worthy of an HoF, that's under 240 minutes can be nominated...Previous HoF winners are excluded. Movies that were HoF nominated in the past but didn't win are still eligible.

PM Me Your Nomination: Include the film's title & year of release...and a short write-up about why you nominated it. Keep your nomination a secret until the films are revealed.

Open Door Policy: For one week after the reveal of the nominations people can still join. This is also the time period in which to withdraw from the HoF if you've changed your mind. Look carefully at the movie nominations and make sure you can find & watch them. Members have 3 days to withdraw after the last movie is nominated. That way no one is ever forced to watch a movie that they are uncomfortable with.

Length of HoF: There will be approximately one week of viewing time per movie. So if there are 10 movie nominations the HoF will be about 10 weeks long. The deadline to finish will be posted after the HoF starts.

During the HoF: Everyone watches the nominated movies and will discuss them in this thread. You need to write at least a few sentences about your thoughts on each movie after you watch it. Part of the process is a shared discussion of the movies as a group. Note: If you've seen a movie recently or have seen it many times you can skip watching it, otherwise you have to watch all nominated movies.

Requesting Help to Locate Movies: If you have trouble locating a movie make a post and ask for help in the HoF. When responding with a movie link send it by private message, don't post links or embed films in this thread.

Dropouts: Members who don't finish will be disqualified and their movie nomination removed from the HoF. It helps to start watching the movies right away so that you don't have a bunch of movies to watch at the end. If for any reason you do need to drop out make sure and let me know that you can't finish.

Participation: An HoF is about participation, you can go at your own pace with one caveat: If a member is inactive with no movies reviewed for long periods of time I will contact them to see what's up. Depending on the situation I might place their movie in 'undetermined status' meaning the movie is not required to be watch at that time. Basically we don't want a situation where someone joins but never participates as we can't tell if that person has dropped out or not.

Past HoF Dropouts: Are welcomed but if they haven't completed an HoF since last dropping out they will need to watch all the movies, write the reviews and send in a voting list before their movie is officially listed and required to be watched.

Ballots: When you're done watching the nominations PM me your ballot. Once you've sent in a ballot it's not changeable so make sure you're happy with your rankings before sending it in. Keep your ballot private until after the reveal of the final voting results, then it's customary to post your ballot (voting list) once the HoF is all done.

Rules of Conduct:

No personal disputes or accusations are allowed on the HoF thread. If you have a complaint or suspect another member of being disingenuous with their nomination or criticisms of other films, etc do not post about it in the thread. Instead message the host with your concerns and the host will investigate and resolve it. This way people aren't airing grievances in the thread and if someone does seem to be a problem the host can privately speak to them and determine the best course of action. The host is in charge and settles disputes.

Negative movie reviews are of course allowed and are part of the HoF, but using a review to 'pay someone back' isn't allowed. If such reviews are posted the member will be messaged and asked to take out the snarky comments before linking them and flagging them as official.

If you have a difference of opinion regarding a film be respectful to other's viewpoints and debate the topic with an open mind and respect...and never make it personal.