I Heart Huckabee was from 2004. Jacob's Ladder is 1990, not exactly an old movie. Schizopolis is 1996, again, not old. Then yes, Taxi Driver is old and so is Fantastic Planet, and so is Cries and Whispers. Even Grave of the Fireflies isn't that old (88 isn't old). The Shining is a classic, you said it yourself.

Last month had No Country for Old Men, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Saving Private Ryan AND Fight Club, ALL of them 95-present.

And before we changed how we'd do the movie club, new movies were the only movies that won (300 and Transformers). And it failed.



We go through and we pick movies that can actually be studied. We don't pick obscure 1930 silent Japanese movies about a guy who falls in love with a porcupine but finds out he's a ghost because we know you guys won't watch that. We try our best to strike a balance. We try to throw in a bunch of different genres. And you're not happy with any of them! We've tried horror, war, animated, sci-fi, comedy, romance, drama, psychological thrillers, action...

We're trying, especially me because I appear to be the "movie buff" (I hate the term too) of the forum and I want this to succeed. Was Taxi Driver my first choice? God no. Honestly I think I wanted any of the other movies to win, but it won and I watched it and commented.

If you don't want to be in it, fine, just leave, no hard feelings, but I wasn't booting you out and I won't.

i consider myself a movie buff... but what you are... man i can't think of a word for it... lol.

not sure exactly why its failing then man... if u tried new movies and it didn't work... old movies aren't working either... the whole forcefeeding a movie i don't particularly care to see isn't going to work either...

this movie club isn't exactly like any other movie club i been apart of its a lot harder to do when were not all meeting up and watching the movie together... all the movie clubs i have been apart of are local... but still forum based... they list the new release wether its dvd or in theatre... we all vote... we all pick a day... those that can make it attend... following a discussion on the forum... i think the downfall is the lack of physical participation. im part of a horror club here in knoxville as well as a general movie club... this is how both work...

maybe because people are trying to read to much into the films the other members feel either threatened or maybe not up to par on the types of discussions you guys are expecting. i mean, to me godfather was a mobster movie... and next thing i know im going wow.. oranges and symbolism etc... some people are just fine with going... ya i liked it no i didn't like it.. and why... i don't know really kinda just rambling on now...

but i'm just not going to force myself to sit through a movie i have no interest in seeing... i'll just sit aside and wait for the next set of movies to come up and maybe i'll see more than one i've heard of yanno.

oh and ps... anything pre 2000 i consider a old movie.. almost a decade thats old to me.

Was the first line in your post negative or positive?

Well like I said. If you don't want to be in it, you can just quit.
But this isn't digital media. I'd be all up for talking about new movies and stuff that don't necessary have a lot of substance (but are entertaining regardless), because not every movie I see is a classic or whatever. Hell, I've watched Shutter, 21 and Never Back Down recently. But the movie club was in fact created for that more in depth discussion and I made it clear. I want both.

If someone wants to talk about say, Transformers, fine, make a post in digital media and I'll gladly reply... but keep that shit out of the Movie Club.

But we're not force feeding you either. You chose to join, you chose to VOTE. Don't see a movie you don't like next month? Don't vote. Once you place your vote you should just participate.

I don't really start seeing a movie as old until prolly the 60s or 70s. But it's not something I care about cuz I don't care if a movie is old or new. Good is good.

Oh and I know why it's failing. Because people don't care enough about movies on this forum to bother.

lol... if i want a movie to win i have to vote... if my movie doesn't win and i have absolutely no interest in the film that does... i'm not going to watch it... just because i vote and my movie doesn't win doesn't mean i wont participate just not going to participate if i have no interest in the movie chosen... and your right i wont vote if i don't see any movie i recognize even remotely...

oh and the top line wasn't negative just saying i think your beyond just a "movie buff" i watch movie 2 or 3 times a week... and i consider that a movie buff... daily... thats more like fanatic...

Just to throw it out there, a lot of these movies are from imdb top 100 movies of all time.

I fail to see how any of these movies lack your interest if it included in the top 100 movies ever created in the history of the world.

That's pretty much all the points I was going to hit on. I loved the scenery. The way the city was portrayed really helped you to see from Travis' point of view. I, of course, also loved the whole "wash away the scum of the world" idea.


The ending...how did you feel?

Lmao, I went to watch the ending on youtube cuz my memory's a lil blah about it. And my volume was down and I forgot that I had Rock Bottom by Eminem playing so when I turned up the volume I saw Travis driving while that song played. It was the "I'm runnin' up to someone's lawn with guns drawn" part. Kinda fitting, really.

But on a serious note, the ending and how I feeeelt: Well it was an ultimate badass moment. Walking into a house full of "scum" and killing them. What I like about it is you are cheering for the guy then the epilogue of the movie flips it on you. Sure, it's a happy ending if you look at it on the surface but during the shootout he's releasing his rage, then he's being called a hero (which he denies being) and then the ending hints that he'll "go crazy again."

Ok..that was pre-ending, ending. lol. I meant after that part...Travis is standing around with the other cabbies after they show a brief montage of news paper clippings hailing him as a hero. The Wizard tells him that he's got a fare, so he goes jumps in the cab and Betsy's sitting there. They barely talk, she says she saw him in the paper. He drops her off, won't let her pay, drives away. Credits.

How did THAT make you feel? The picture of perfection he once had he now ignores.

So, I can't make any threads but I wanted to get some discussion going anyways about where I think this should go, because I still haven't given up on the Movie Club.

First of all. I think you should all harass AJ (I'm kidding about harassing him), and urge him to make me a co-leader of the MC (movie club, you lamers) so we can get this going. And if you do that for me, this is what I propose for the continuation of this thing:

So the first few MoTMs we had complete freedom over the nominations and well... it left a little to be desired, to be nice.
But then we tried giving you a bunch of movies to choose from. Also left a little to be desired.
So I say, let's, as a group, try to figure out something that works. The only thing I really do not want is picking movies in the theatre because it just doesn't work.