An incredibly tight race resulted in our first tie in some time. But before we get there, let’s start at the bottom with 8-point vote getter The Mouse That Roared. Just above that with 14 points is State of the Union. Two points higher is The Candidate with 16 points. Dave came in fifth with 18 points. The tightness of the top four leads off with 20-pointer The Last Hurrah. In third with 22 points is One, Two, Three. The tie at 23 points each exists between The Great Dictator and Being There. Both films received Oscar nominations, so it falls to me to make my choice between the two. Being There wins and goes into my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend and reviewed in The Morning After to be posted on May 30 (due to a backlog, I may not be able to get the review posted by that time).

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.

Sometimes a genre gets stuck in the rotation and it makes for a rough viewing schedule. Starting this week, I’m going to be asking for suggestions that fit a specific genre so each week can be a bit spicy. The genre or event listed each week will be posted at the end of this post.

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 (updated through 3/10/11; a small number of titles may be missing still)
Here’s what you need to post today (and through next Wednesday):

1. Below, please provide your suggestions to add to my Netflix queue.
2. 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.

• Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
• David Copperfield (1935)
• Great Expectations (1947)
• The Loved One (1965)
• The Remains of the Day (1993)
• War and Peace (1968)
• Watership Down (1978)
• Women in Love (1970)

This Week’s Category: Titular Characters