17th MoFo Hall of Fame

I was beginning to wonder if you were still in this, Suspect.

I'm still waiting on write-ups and ballots from five participants:

@HashtagBrownies - 5 movies left
@Luis - 2 movies left
@MijaFrost - 2 movies left
@neiba - 1 movie left
@TheUsualSuspect - 6 movies left

The deadline is 12:00 midnight (Pacific Time) on December 29th. That is 1 week from today!

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@Miss Vicky I won't be able to watch 'Day For Night until after Christmas, just a head's up. Sorry that I'm leaving everything till the last minute, that's just how I roll.

13/14 The Hawks and The Sparrows

Excuse that these last 2 write ups are going to be extremely short and unstructured, I'm in the middle of traveling and this is literally the only 20 minutes I've been able to grab my laptop and access WI-FI.

This film was interesting for sure although I wouldn't say I particularly liked or disliked it. Don't get me wrong, I did appreciate a look into a specific culture and time period's humor, and even if it didn't really quite land with me, it was a nice challenge for the palette. The film never really bored me although I wouldn't say it kept me completely engrossed either. It was a film...and I watched it. Characters were somewhat charming, I didn't find myself as annoyed with the bird as some of the MoFos here. Yeah... it wasn't particularly memorable but I didn't mind the film.

60/100
@Miss Vicky

Look forward to to the results and of course the 18th HOF as well.

Me too! I have my nom picked out for the 18th.

@Siddon should host the 18th. He's been rock solid in the Hofs and I bet would do a great job as host. Siddon how about it?

I can keep track, tabulate the points etc. But I don't know how to do any of the art stuff

All anyone really has to do to be a good host is: be reliable and want to host. Artsy stuff doesn't matter. I just grab movie posters from a google image search, that's all. Do you know how to do the links for members reviews? If not it's easy.

Ghostwatch

It would have been cool to see this when it first aired. As everyone has said, the concept is the best thing about this film. The story of a woman and her two kids being haunted by a ghost in their home isn't original, it could probably pass as a Conjuring film these days, but the approach to the content is original enough to it makes the film stand out, good or bad. I applaud films for trying something different. If you're going to do some run of the mill story, you got to make it good. If you're going to try something new, I'll be a little bit more lenient on ya.

Apparently there was some backlash to the film and it was never rebroadcast. I'm sure there were a bunch of kids who watched this and freaked out, something their grandparents probably experienced during Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast. Reading some info on the project, "The rumour that the show's makers had wanted to include a high-pitched tone that would agitate viewers' pets during the broadcast is mostly true. Writer Stephen Volk suggested it, but as soundtracks are 'capped' for transmission (meaning, limited in pitch, volume, etc.), even if permission had been secured to go ahead with the idea, technically-speaking, it would not have been possible." That would have been hilarious. A lot of good ideas brought forth but it just couldn't be capitalized on.

I don't think something like this could be pulled off today, too many skeptical people in the world. It was a fun watch (not scary) and one I'm glad was included here. Would have worked well in the Horror HoF.

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Suspect's Reviews

You mean the Wilhelm scream? I don't think I noticed that in the film, or if I did, I've completely forgotten about it.

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If it did, it's not listed here



Edit - Last updated in 2010, hahahaha ignore.

No, completely different one. I'll try and find it.

Sitting down to watch Day for Night, will do a post up and send my list tomorrow or the day after.

Does anyone have a link for Day for Night?

Check your PMs

Day for Night

The French New Wave is kind of a hit and miss for me. While the style and concept behind the whole movement is not really my thing, I like the talent of some of the people involved in it and how they get to this epic scenes from time to time. That made love films like Pierrot le Fou or Breathless.
Unfortunately, it didn't happen here.

I get the passion Truffaut has for filmmaking, and how much the process of creating a film means to him. I also liked all the stereotypical characters and how they represent the making of a perfomance show, being a film, a play or an opera (which I am more familiar with).
But I felt bored the whole film, didn't really love any quote or any specific scene, which was a disappointment. Even those key scenes, which were supposed to be funny like the girl entering the wrong door just failed to impress me.



Aaaaand end of the HoF for me. Votes sent.

I'm surprised you didn't like that but good job finishing.

At least I’m beating the guy who was disqualified.

It's all good UNLESS you get disqualified because I loved your nomination! So finish!

5 movies 3 days 1 kid. Tough task.