Feed the Queue #30

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Feed the Queue #30

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January 27, 2011

Wesley Lovell

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Decent participation this week and so we have some varied results. Because of the placement of Red River on one ballot, Nightmare Alley barely misses out on almost being first. And with so many John Wayne movies in such a short period of time, I am temporarily closing submissions for John Wayne films. The Searchers has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend (or watched this weekend if I have time) and reviewed in The Morning After to be posted on January 31.

Here’s the deal: every week, I will be calling for suggestions of films to be added to my Netflix queue. Each person makes one suggestion and one alternate (in case I have seen one of your suggestions). The next week, when I call for new suggestions, we begin a one-week voting period to select the film to be placed immediately into my Netflix queue to be reviewed the weekend after (because I’ll already have my Netflix queue selections for the coming weekend). Then, you’ll find out what I thought in my weekly Morning After feature on Monday morning.

I’m also going to throw in a couple of selections I haven’t seen from Oscar history. To select the years from which I’ll contribute, I will randomly select two years and then look at the Best Picture race and choose a film there I have not yet seen.

To help decide what to pick, here is a list of what I’ve seen (or at least that I have personally logged).

Full List of Films I’ve Seen (some titles missing, especially those already viewed during this series)
Here’s what you need to post today (and through next Wednesday):

Below, please provide your suggestions to add to my Netflix queue.
Next, please rate each of the following entries in order of preference. Item 1 will be most preferred, 2 next most preferred and so forth.

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Barton Fink (1991)
The Last Detail (1973)
Naked Lunch (1991)
A Passage to India (1984)
Random Harvest (1942)
Seabiscuit (2003)

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6 responses to “Feed the Queue #30”

Mike Furlong

January 29, 2011

Suggestions:

Two fantastic movies that deserve to be better known…

Southern Comfort (1981) You’ll never look at Cajuns the same again, and the haunting music will get under your skin.

Split Image (1982) James Woods and Brian Dennehy are outstanding in a film about the deprogramming of a teenage cult member.

Preference:

1. The Adventures of Robin Hood
2. Naked Lunch
3. The Last Detail
4. Barton Fink
5. Plan 9 from Outer Space
6. A Passage to India
7. Seabiscuit
8. Random Harvest

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Wes Huizar

January 28, 2011

New:
The Room (2003) 😀
La Dolce Vita
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

1. The Adventures of Robin Hood
2. Plan Nine from Outer Space
3. Barton Fink
4. Naked Lunch
5. A Passage to India
6. Random Harvest
7. The Last Detail
8. Seabiscuit

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1. Wes Huizar
  
  January 28, 2011
  
  I gave you 3 suggestions because I wouldn’t ever expect anyone to take “The Room” seriously. It’s probably the worst movie ever made, but it’s also one of the most hilarious bad movies ever made. So if you shoot that one down, La Dolce Vita is my #1 and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is my alternative.
  
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  1. Wesley Lovell
    
    January 28, 2011
    
    We don’t do alternates anymore. I place both films mentioned by each person on the list now. Makes the list a little more interesting.
    
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Peter J Patrick

January 27, 2011

New:
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Picnic (1955)

Rankings:
1. A Passage to India
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood
3. Random Harvest
4. The Last Detail
5. Naked Lunch
6. Barton Fink
7. Seabiscuit
8. Plan 9 from Outer Space

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Scott W

January 27, 2011

Wow, this is an eclectic list of films. I better put the two I suggested first, although I can’t in good conscience, say they are more quality movies than The Adventures of Robin Hood.
1. Naked Lunch
2. Plan 9 from Outer Space
3. The Adventures of Robin Hood
4. The Last Detail
5. Barton Fink
6. A Passage to India
7. Seabiscuit
8. Random Harvest

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