TNL Movie Club 20XX

MOVIE CLUB

Let's all lose interest in this idea again together.

Rules:

-> 1 movie every week
-> everyone that is anyone puts a movie up for consideration
-> Straw Poll decides the film
-> Feel free to be a reknob and vote even if you don't put up a movie or intend on watching the chosen one
-> Don't vote for your own film, that will defeat the purpose if we get nothing but ties.

Current Film choice:

Possession (1981)

A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.

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Current selections:

Possession (1981)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
Borgman (2013)
Love Liza
The Transfiguration (2016)
Southern Comfort (1981)


Current Poll:

https://www.strawpoll.me/15793591



Bombs away.

I'm down for sure, but a little more info on your choice would be good, unless we're going in blind as a thing.

I added the logline. Remember that it may not be chosen, so throw your suggestion into the pot.

As for Borgman, I highly recommend not watching a trailer and especially not reading any descriptions of the opening or plot.

Blind is my favorite approach. This is the 2014 flick on Amazon Prime?

Yep. Directed by Alex van Warmerdam.

Possession (1981)

A woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.

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Jesus, they even did a remake of Down and Out in Beverly Hills?

Here's my suggestion: Vietnam in IP's back yard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7V6gITreRA

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)

Based on the classic novella by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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So to make sure I understand, we all throw in a movie suggestion then we will vote later this week on which one we all watch?

that's what I took from it.

Are we going to watch all the suggested movies in order of most voted to least or is it a new round of suggestions every week?

How are we supposed to vote on movies we've never seen.
How can I force you all to watch my pick.

I'll participate but I want some real discussion no one-sentence bs.

ha, keep dreaming.

My thought was that each week anyone who wanted to would present a movie, with as much or as little information as they wanted to provide.

Then, fairly early in the week we'd vote on the movie to watch. Then those who want to would watch it by the end of the week and we start again. A new round of suggestions and voting each week.

The worst thing about past movie clubs was that you would put up a movie, then have to wait for a few months for anyone to (maybe) watch it. This could help solve that problem, as at least everyone can be involved every week if they want to be.

I don't need to be an iron fist that controls the golden rules, feel free to make suggestions. Personally I'm open to going off of as little as a teaser image/poster and single sentence for voting. We're also adult humans on the internet, so we can do as much research as we want to.

Let’s do exactly that but with the addition that you can’t vote for your own pick.

Also, the more you tell me about your movie the less likely I am to watch it.

My Pick:
The Transfiguration (2016) - Troubled teen Milo (Eric Ruffin) hides behind his fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the equally alienated Sophie (Chloe Levine), the two form a bond that begins to challenge Milo's dark obsession, blurring his fantasy into reality.

I vote for that one because it sounds rad.

Josh- yeah probably should have specified no voting for your own.

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Originally Posted by Satsuki

I vote for that one because it sounds rad.

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Suggest a movie! Doesn't matter if you won't have time to watch one.

I'll post the poll early tuesday afternoon pacific time if we have all our movies for now. If there's any other interest today we can do early wednesday.

oh gosh, I'm terrible at movies. uhhhhhh......how about Love Liza, with Philip Seymour Hoffman? That seems to be one a lot of people haven't seen.

You're right though, why stick with the format of the thread when shitting out any old thing will do?

I’m following the rules!!! They said not to post too much info about it!!!

Poll is up:

https://www.strawpoll.me/15793591

The films are ordered randomly. Vote for anything but your own choice.

FIRST

OK, we have our first tie. I put Possession and Borgman into a random list ordering thing and Possession came out on top.

This week's film is Possession (1981)!

Yay!

Do I start a new thread?

It can be found in The Usual Places™. There are also some terrible rips on YouTube if you are a savage.

I figured we could just keep the discussion in this thread, but it's up to you guys.

A few words about the movie I picked without talking about the plot at all:

1) It's really fucking weird, almost genreless. You have been warned.
2) It's directed by critically acclaimed auteur Andrzej Zulawski, and this is his first film in English. As such, the dialog is odd, cumbersome and at times poetic.
3) The director basically funneled all of the pain and anguish he felt from his divorce into this film, which is why it's so dark and negative.
4) I think the success if the film hinges on your opinion of the lead actresses performance - It is so batshit crazy, and personally I think it's fearless and amazing, but it might be too much for some.

I think we'd be best opening a new thread on it now that the voting is done.

After actually thinking about it you're right, especially for people that want to check this thread without running into spoilers.