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Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

Hayden — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 10:52:28 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/19/2017 15:52

With a 6 to 5 to 4 majority, the next film poll will be early cinema 😁

Will get that posted later today.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

badseed — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:50:54 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 02/18/2017 05:50

There are certainly tons of very important short films, some less than one minute. This could be intense...

But back to the list at hand, it inspired me to purchase (500) Days of Summer. Target has a killer buy two get one free sale going right now so priced at $5 I suppose it was one of the free ones. I had a decent haul. Probably gonna drop another bill online before the sale ends for some good horror and/or Criterion deals.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

cestuneblague — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:33:19 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/18/2017 02:33

No, If there's a pre-1930's poll next, Ill get a list in, even if I have little time to really catch up on new films. Given I think it should continue where's there's no time limit/exclusion of short films

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

Hayden — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:57:35 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/17/2017 23:57

StreetSpirit wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT3UAHCH0fCxLwodm7-2CKQ/videos
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTWl1yoEvFiZ300ICwQkmzJ8fOMQ1ch7F
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnjZhlhTL4pQfqCsMv4FTBFRU57C4vbxl
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfX9VYqVjSScSMOkZDavjeimez552luWm

Ooo, thanks StreetSpirit 😄

Hoping people check a good handful of these out. Plenty to pick from.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

badseed — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:55:58 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 02/17/2017 22:55

Yeah, they're actually easier to find than just about any other kind of film because of the public domain thing. There's tons on Netflix too if anybody actually still has that. I don't think you're anyone's gonna find sympathy here from the real movie buffs with silly excuses. Most of y'all probably don't watch foreign movies either. I get it. You like to be able to walk and talk and text and eat and smoke and drink and look away from the screen regularly when you watch movies. I used to be like that too (fun fact: even if you do all that during Captain America or Beavis and Butthead a lot of your criticisms on that film are still invalid no matter how much you claim to have watched). But I'm not going to try to turn what should by all logical means be a K-pop tournament into a classic rock one just because I haven't been exposed to K-pop and am not interested in trying it out. I'd just sit it out, and probably ignore it until I get to the point where it does interest me, and then be so happy that it's there to look at.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

Mercury — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:19:37 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 02/17/2017 21:19

Thanks for the links, StreetSpirit. Very very helpful to me as well. And everyone really. There are some essentials and some that I've been meaning to see for awhile there.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

CA Dreamin — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 13:00:44 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 02/17/2017 18:00

hereforashortime wrote:

The problem with doing pre-30s is that for people who haven't seen many movies from that time, it's quite hard to actually get your hands on them to actually watch them, If I made a pre-30s list it would be about 2 movies long.

StreetSpirit wrote:

they're very easy to seek out. They're all so old, many of them are in the public domain now, easily accessible online.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

hereforashortime — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 10:40:12 GMT

Author: hereforashortime

Posted: 02/17/2017 15:40

The problem with doing pre-30s is that for people who haven't seen many movies from that time, it's quite hard to actually get your hands on them to actually watch them, If I made a pre-30s list it would be about 2 movies long.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

Norman Bates — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 04:49:46 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 02/17/2017 09:49

Voted pre-1930s.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

CA Dreamin — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 21:13:30 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 02/17/2017 02:13

Hayden wrote:

:lol:
I'll admit I'm one of the 5 people who voted for the Pre-30's poll.

As host, your vote is the only one that counts.

Mercury wrote:

I kind of agree with both CGD and Badseed here. I also am thin on pre-30s films (maaaaybe 20-30 I've seen).

Dude we're all thin on the Silent Era. It's natural for several reasons that don't need mentioning. According to my letterbox'd, I've seen only 76 films pre-1930 so I'm in the same boat.

Mercury wrote:

I would be interested in the list to get recs from people more familiar than myself. I'm sure I have many gaps in even the most must-see, essential silent era films. I did end up voting for the pre-30s poll because I feel like it would be great to complete this big undertaking that Hayden has orchestrated. To bring this big many-part look at each era of cinema to a close before stepping back and diving into our biggest extravaganza yet - our new all time ranks. It just seems like a perfect closer to this thing.

Yup

Mercury wrote:

Who knows how many people (let's face it, maybe 1 or 2 or 3 tops but still) will be inspired to dive into watching Passion of Joan of Arc or Sunrise or Intolerance due to the silent era poll. Then that could slightly influence our overall list nicely, maybe Sunrise or whatever gets a few more votes there as a result. Maybe?

For sure. What I like about the decade polls is they encourage me to seek out films I haven't seen. Personally that's how I've treated every decade poll so far. A Silent Era poll would be no different.

Mercury wrote:

But I also agree with CGD that that list may be lighter on participation as a direct result of the fact that silent films are not as popular or easy to get into for the past couple generations. Generally speaking.

Eh, I'm not concerned with participation. Movie buffs will find a way to participate because they don't discriminate against silent films. There's nothing stopping you, me, CGD, or anyone else from seeking out silent films we've never seen before. And they're very easy to seek out. They're all so old, most of them are in the public domain now, easily accessible online. And most of them are barely an hour long. If you only have a Top 10, then just submit a Top 10. Nobody's gonna think negatively of you.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

badseed — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:41:21 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 02/17/2017 01:41

I know I don't speak for everyone but I'm American. I'll be a little bitch and protest the prejudice against silent films if we don't do pre-30s first. 🤣

Good call on that showdown Hayden. Wouldn't be surprised if that's the top 4. But don't count out Chaplin and Keaton, or King Vidor or Erich von Stroheim... Nosferatu will likely make its second top ten appearance. Don't know how high Birth of a Nation can go but other Griffith films could perform well. There's Lon Chaney and John Barrymore and Rudolph Valentino and Douglas Fairbanks and... Just saying it would be an awesome list.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

Hayden — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:21:39 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/17/2017 01:21

StreetSpirit wrote:

Hayden, don't put this to a vote. Don't be democratic. You know what makes sense, so just do it.

🤣

I'll still leave it to the vote. I'll admit I'm one of the 5 people who voted for the Pre-30's poll.

Due to the assumed amount of people that would participate in it, the timeframe would most likely be similar to the Romance list (3 weeks-ish). Of course, there would be no time limit on the films.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

Mercury — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:01:57 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 02/17/2017 01:01

I kind of agree with both CGD and Badseed here. While I also am thin on pre-30s films (maaaaybe 20-30 I've seen) I would be interested in the list too get recs from people more familiar than myself and to see a nice, cute BEA concensus on the 20-30 can't miss ones. I'm sure I have many gaps in even the most must-see, essential silent era films. But I also agree with CGD that that list may be lighter on participation as a direct result of the fact that silent films are not as popular or easy to get into for the past couple generations. Generally speaking.

At the same time I did end up voting for the pre-30s poll because I feel like it would be great to complete this big undertaking that Hayden has orchestrated. To bring this big many-part look at each era of cinema to a close before stepping back and diving into our biggest extravaganza yet - our new all time ranks. It just seems like a perfect closer to this thing. Who knows how many people (let's face it, maybe 1 or 2 or 3 tops but still) will be inspired to dive into watching Passion of Joan of Arc or Sunrise or Intolerance due to the silent era poll. Then that could slightly influence our overall list nicely, maybe Sunrise or whatever gets a few more votes there as a result. Maybe?

So yeah it's close but I went with Silent Era/pre 30s films.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

CA Dreamin — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:57:34 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 02/17/2017 00:57

badseed wrote:

it only makes sense that we cover that one last time period so that anyone who does benefit from the silent era list can rank them accordingly on the big one.

For real. How long have we been doing the decade polls? Like two years? After all that, why in the world would we skip the last of those polls, to do an all-time poll, only to then go back to the one we skipped? I don't care if there's a TV show list, 2016 list, actors list, or another genre list in the mix. But just don't do an all-time before finishing all the eras. Hayden, don't put this to a vote. Don't be democratic. You know what makes sense, so just do it.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

badseed — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:23:58 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 02/16/2017 23:23

StreetSpirit wrote:

I understand. I had the same problems, and after about number 40 on my list I stopped caring about the ranking of the films and really rushed the rest of it. As a result, I forgot several key films that should have made my list. But it's ok. It's only a survey, and I was happy to participate. I like your movie taste and wish you had participated too. You didn't have to take it seriously. If your list looked bad, nobody was gonna care. Remember how bad my horror list was? (hopefully not, haha)

That's exactly what it was. It took so much out of me just putting together the top 30 that I was just unable to even try to rank the rest them properly. Maybe I should have just submitted the 30 I had; those were the ones I felt most belonged here. For the record I didn't really have anything too unexpected. This was my top 10:

City Lights
Casablanca
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Graduate
Vertigo
The Apartment
Blue is the Warmest Color
Before Sunset
Bonnie and Clyde
Moonrise Kingdom

So yeah kinda basic although I think I did a great job with variety in regards to different kinds of romance and different tones of films.

I understand some people not wanting to do a pre-30s list, and honestly there's nothing I'd like more than an overall top 250, but it only makes sense that we cover that one last time period so that anyone who does benefit from the silent era list (and I'm sure there's some of us, myself included) can rank them accordingly on the big one.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

Hayden — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:11:53 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/16/2017 23:11

CryingGameDahlin wrote:

And if we're doing pre-1930's next... .uh, count me out.

I'd keep an eye out for what the next poll is. The vote is currently tied.

And there's an insane amount of strong material Pre-30's. The Metropolis Vs. Battleship Potemkin Vs. Sunrise Vs. Joan of Arc will make an interesting showdown.

But if it's our all-time list, I'll make sure to make a bit of a spectacle about it. Either way, should be an exciting next list.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

cestuneblague — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:20:18 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 02/16/2017 15:20

Yeah I think the middling Disney films are more okay than the standard-file Rom-Coms that prop up a bit too frequently, and a number of barely average films that realllllllllllyyyyy stretch the idea of a "romance film" even though they technically could fit (Bruce Almighty). And Im not on the "La La Land" train at all, I think one film that is the ultimate You're Going to Fall Madly In Love With It or Total Eh experience, and I mostly fall in the latter, so one of the ten best "romance" films of all time?.... but there were also some really clever choices here as well as the more familiar great films, so all in all it all balances out nicely.

And if we're doing pre-1930's next... .uh, count me out. I think we could def find a lot of creative choices but my watched log there is a bit too thin to really put much forward, and I think the other options could encapsulate a lot more films and potentially voters, but eh it's a democracy so whatever you do next just keep the good times rollin'.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

CA Dreamin — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:13:08 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 02/16/2017 02:13

badseed wrote:

I sat this one out. Tried to make a list a couple times and just wasn't feeling it. Too hard distinguishing "best" from "most romantic" from "most personally relatable" and what not. I never got past 30 before it was just a jumbled mess of confusion.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

Hayden — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:23:00 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/14/2017 20:23

StreetSpirit wrote:

Sure about that? For one, I don't like musicals. Secondly I've been told La La Land is extremely sugarcoated. I don't know if I'd like it. I've been deliberately avoiding it. The only condition I'd watch it in theaters is if was a date movie.

To be honest, it doesn't actually have toooo many music numbers. Outside of the first fifteen minutes, there isn't actually any more typical major 'music dance numbers'. A lot of the songs are just... nice songs. I think it's a really fantastic soundtrack.

And I wouldn't say it's sugarcoated. It's fun, but not sugarcoated. I dunno, give it a shot. If you like it you like it, if you don't then there's no harm done. As long as you go into it with the mindset that you'll like it rather than hate it, you should find yourself enjoying it.

Anyway, a reminder for you guys to vote for whatever the next list will be in the poll in the submission thread.

Re: Best Ever Romance Films [List]

Mercury — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:10:14 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 02/14/2017 20:10

Gowi wrote:

A lot of this list is just a big fat no, lol.

OMG! yas! lolololololololololol! Couldn't have said it better myself. whoa.