Alex95 Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 14 hours ago, Alex95 said: @Elliott, who I'm sure will be thrilled with the rules of the round, has Thirteen Ghosts vs. The Bourne Identity @Elliott has about four more hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 @*Diana calls herself a Shannon Elizabeth fan and then constantly nominates movies that she stars in, smh. anywhore I’m saving Thirteen Ghosts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 THE BOURNE IDENTITY The Bourne Identity is an action-adventure pseudo-science fiction film that was released in 2002. It is the first film in the Bourne saga, and an adaptation of the 1980 novel of the same name. I am just finding out there was a 1988 made-for-TV adaptation of said novel???? WHAT? I have to look it up to see if it's as bad as I'm thinking it is. At any rate, The Bourne Identity stars Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. The basic premise of the film is that a man who goes by the pseudonym Jason Bourne wakes up and has no recollection of his - you guessed it - identity. Chaos ensures involving terrorists and the CIA. The film ended up being a box office success, as evidenced by the fact that four additional films followed. It's a fun way to kill two hours, but I prefer Thirteen Ghosts to it, so out it goes here. SAVE: Thirteen Ghosts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 22 hours ago, Alex95 said: The sooner you cut and save each round during the cycle, the better it will be for you in the future. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Diana Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Elliott said: @*Diana calls herself a Shannon Elizabeth fan and then constantly nominates movies that she stars in, smh. anywhore I’m saving Thirteen Ghosts. F*ck my drag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 @Steven_ is up next to nominate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_ Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 NOMINATIONS How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Thirteen Ghosts (2001) Nicholas Nickleby (2002) The Dreamers (2003) The Butterfly Effect (2004) Tsotsi (2005) The History Boys (2006) The Counterfeiters (2007) Let the Right One In (2008) The White Ribbon (2009) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogLenzen Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 cut Grinch save Let the right one in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogLenzen Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) If you can believe, I think I saw this for the first time last year. I'm a big Jim Carrey fan but this never appealed to me whatsoever. I love practical effects and make-up as much as the next person but overall this gave off really creepy vibes to me (without having seen it). And I was always thankful that the Cat in the Hat flopped and we didn't have to suffer through any more live action Seuss stuff. Now that I've actually seen it, I don't think it was really that awful and I can kind of understand the appeal it might have had. It's funny because I was probably the target audience for this movie when it came out and I never gave it a chance, and now I don't have any nostalgia attached to it and have no need to keep it around. With this cut I think we are officially at 300! Save Let the Right One In 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tom~ Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Save Nicholas Nickelby cut The Counterfeiters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tom~ Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 The Counterfeiters I like some war moves, but I've never seen this, so an easier cut for me. The Counterfeiters is a Austrian-German war drama film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitsky. It fictionalizes Operation Bernhard, a secret plan by Nazi Germany during World War II to destabilize the United Kingdom by flooding its economy with forged pound notes from the Bank of England. The film's story focuses on Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch, Jewish counterfeiter who is coerced into assisting the operation at a Sachsenhausen concentration camp. It's based on a Czech-language memoir that was later translated into English. It won a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and has a 93% RT rating but out it must go now. Save: Nicholas Nickleby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Save The Butterfly Effect Cut The White Ribbon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Chris Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Save The History Boys Cut Tsotsi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 THE WHITE RIBBON Released in 2009, The White Ribbon is a drama film that was written and directed by Michael Hank. The film is from Germany and is entirely in black-and-white; according to Wikipedia, its basic premise is portraying a dark depiction of society and a family in a northern German village just before World War I is set to begin. The film had its premiere at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in May 2009, where it won the prestigious Palme d'Or award. It went on to receive many positive reviews and several awards. The film was nominated for two separate awards at the Academy Awards in 2010, but won neither of them. The film has since grossed $19.3 million against its $18 million budget. SAVE: The Butterfly Effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 @Alex95 when he sees I actually checked this thread in my morning visit to IDF and he doesn't have to harass me on Twitter: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Diana Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 The Dreamers The choice between cutting a movie I don't know vs a movie with Shannon Elizabeth (let's just pretend I didn't just nominate it forgetting she was in it though ) easy choice for me. Dreamers has 60 percent on rotten tomates anyway so it isn't a real big loss by any means. The Dreamers is a 2003 romantic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and is another romance movie based a book which was the 988 novel The Holy Innocents. I like romance movies obviously but this one looks uninteresting based on the trailer so no thank you. Good for it getting this far I guess.Saving Thirteen Ghosts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share Posted December 30, 2022 That leaves @*Chris with Tsotsi vs. The History Boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 The Dreamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tom~ Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, Elliott said: The Dreamers I thought I was the only one who'd seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, ~Tom~ said: I thought I was the only one who'd seen it. It’s an obscure NC-17 film that HBO used to air in the middle of the night. Of course I’ve seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tom~ Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, Elliott said: It’s an obscure NC-17 film that HBO used to air in the middle of the night. Of course I’ve seen it. And enjoyed it for Matthew and Theo, I presume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Chris Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Oops, it was too early for me and I had fallen back asleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Chris Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Tsotsi is a film that I'm not familiar with, and therefore, it is an easy cut out of the nominated films ; It was released in 2005 and it is a film by Gavin Hood. Inspired by a novel of the same name, this crime drama takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa where it follows Tsotsi who is referred to as a thug, and he ends up finding a baby in a car that he stole - I am sure the movie follows the aftermath of this scenario. The movie was met with plenty of acclaim especially for the writing, directing, acting, and cinematography. In fact, it won the 2006 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film where it became the first South African film to win as well the first African film not made en Francais to win the award. This is a great showing for this movie! SAVING: THE HISTORY BOYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex95 Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 @~Tom~ is up next to nominate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tom~ Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Might need a slight extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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