It was like Game of Thrones on the Least Undislikeable Movie thread. Superb movies went to the sword at a lightning pace. Lifetime on the thread was nasty, brutish and short for many a masterpiece. 156 films vetoed. And you’ll scarcely believe which they were.
Gregory’s Girl, Apocalypse Now, This is Spinal Tap, It’s a wonderful life, Psycho, Little Miss Sunshine, A hard day’s night, Spirited Away, Oh Brother! Where art thou? Jaws, The Thing… All eliminated.
Bingo Di Veto and his wild bunch were fast and furious. Shoot first. Ask questions later. But to be fair to the bad boys, the most trigger happy were the ones nominating most enthusiastically too.
We are left with 217 films to vote for. What a cavalcade of movie history it is too. From All Quiet on the Western Front from 1930 to Paterson in 2016.
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls062925059/
Now it’s time to find the least dislikeable of them.
Rules
Votes are worth one point each so it doesn’t matter which order you list films. You can only vote once and everybody gets three Thumb Up votes plus one Thumbs Down vote. You are no longer able to completely veto a film, but a negative vote will take a vote away.
Voting closes at midnight UK time on Wednesday. If there is no clear winner, we may need a second round of voting.
Questions????
You do not have to have seen the films you vote for. If the description sounds like something that would hit the AW spot or you’d fancy seeing it yourself: go for it!
Cinemas in the UK sometimes have screenings called Screen Unseen. Ticket prices are cheaper than normal but you have no idea what you are going to see until the credits role. Our task now is to choose a movie for an Afterword Screen Unseen. When the opening credits roll the cinema is full of happy faces. Grumblers and gripers. Pedants, punks, polyannas and purists. Jazzers, jivers and car boot divers. Hippies and hip hoppers. All of them motionless in their seats, enchanted by the magic of the silver screen.
A mission that Tom Cruise wouldn’t touch with a bargepole. Arriverderci Cinema Paradiso. This is Cinema Inferno.
Gatz says
Up votes:
Kind Hearts and Coronets
A Matter of Life and Death
Local Hero
Down vote:
Swingers
Rigid Digit says
The results from the Independent Republic of Rigiddigitestan are as follows:
Thumbs Up:
Grosse Pointe Blank
Toy Story
Team America
Thumbs Down:
Home Alone 3
Best of luck with the counting
hubert rawlinson says
We Rawlinsons are united, but sometimes untied
The Third Man
The Railway Children (couldn’t see it on the list though, was it vetoed?)
Lavender Hill mob
Don’t hate any to give a negative vote to.
Leicester Bangs says
Thumbs up:
Bugsy Malone
Raising Arizona
Unforgiven
Thumbs down:
Kes
Gary says
Up for Bugsy Malone, down for Kes? That’s just mental. Mental, I say.
Leicester Bangs says
Bugsy Malone:
Bugsy Malone: Me and Fat Sam, we’re like this.
[crosses fingers]
Blousey Brown: You mean you’re real good friends?
Bugsy Malone: [shakes head] Nah, it’s just that every time I see him, I cross my fingers, and hope he won’t hit me.
Kes:
Billy: [training his falcon] C’mon Kes!
[whistling]
Billy: C’mon Kes!
Billy: [training his falcon] C’mon Kes!
[whistling]
Billy: C’mon Kes!
Billy: [training his falcon] C’mon Kes!
[whistling]
Billy: C’mon Kes!
Billy: [training his falcon] C’mon Kes!
[whistling]
Billy: C’mon Kes!
Billy: [training his falcon] C’mon Kes!
[whistling]
Billy: C’mon Kes!
I rest my case.
hubert rawlinson says
Billy: Tha wearnt fly away will tha’ Kes cos ‘ave nailed thee t’perch.
Sewer Robot says
👍
Brazil
Kung Fu Hustle
Chinatown
👎
Cal
Tiggerlion says
Where’s the list?
Rigid Digit says
in the text – but link not alive
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls062925059/
Kaisfatdad says
Thanks Rigid.
Kaisfatdad says
On IMDB. The link is there in the OP, Tigger. Just paste and copy into your browser.
As there will be several films that each of us have never heard of, it’s more user friendly than just a list of titles.
Tiggerlion says
I’ve got it! My question is, “Where have I been?” I thought Groundhog Day had been vetoed because a few people can’t stand the female lead!
Up: Badlands, The Incredibles & Local Hero.
I’d love to veto 150 of those, mostly for being pretentious twaddle but the worst offender is Mulholland Drive, a perfect example of a narcissistic movie business eating itself. Sumptuous to watch but no actual plot.
salwarpe says
Yes – fine a film as it is, I can’t stand Andie MacDowell, and said as much.
Kaisfatdad says
Thatäs better cause for a veto than many we have heard, Sal.
The Groundhog has now had his day on this list.
count jim moriarty says
What’s Mad Max 2 doing on the list? I vetoed it.
I also vetoed Big Hero 6.
Kaisfatdad says
Thanks. Big Hero 6 is now gone.
I couldn’t find Mad Max on the list.No one had voted for either so no harm done.
Anybody else who finds vetoed itens that have sneaked through, just let me know.
count jim moriarty says
Mad Max 2, not the original. 34 on the list.
count jim moriarty says
Up:
A Matter Of Life And Death
Jean de Florette
Mon Oncle.
Down:
Life Is Beautiful.
Gary says
Up:
Big Wednesday
Jean De Florette (and Manon Des Sources – should count as one film really)
The Last Of The Mohicans
Down
Life Is Beautiful (I’m assuming no one would actually vote for Home Alone 3)
Kid Dynamite says
Up:
Infernal Affairs
Still Walking
Braindead
Down:
Mon Oncle
Vulpes Vulpes says
I’m very late to this particular party, but where the heck is North By Northwest? Surely it was not vetoed? Only an imbecile would do so.
Bingo Little says
Locust says
With this many contenders I predict that the winner will snatch its victory by getting all of two votes… 😉
Thumbs up:
Harvey
Modern Times
Foul Play
(I was polite on the music thread and didn’t vote for my own nominations, but I’m done being polite!) All comedies, I’m not in the mood for drama when there’s a Cheesy Wotsit in the White House and mixed nuts everywhere else.
Down:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (unbearable wank)
bungliemutt says
Thumbs Up –
Mulholland Drive
The Lives Of Others
The White Ribbon
Thumbs Down –
Braindead
Arthur Cowslip says
This is an impressive list of films. I can’t even begin to guess what the winner will be.
Thumbs up:
The Third Man
Local Hero
The Untouchables
Thumbs down:
Airplane!
Bingo Little says
Really like this list of movies. Quite tempted to have a little screening season with some of them.
I vetoed Wonder Boys and Betty Blue.
Imagine Local Hero will win. Will vote later.
Kaisfatdad says
Thanks. The Boys and Betty are now off the list.
deramdaze says
Thumbs up:
“If…”
“Paths of Glory.”
“The 400 Blows.”
Thumbs down:
“Rocky IV.”
Black Celebration says
IIRC This is Spinal Tap was faux-vetoed, in order to gain a reaction. Like someone shouting “bum holes!” during a minutes silence. I would like to argue for its inclusion. Is there a more Afterword film? The answer is none. None more Afterword.
Bingo Little says
Bum holes! Nothing faux about it. Tap out.
Rigid Digit says
What … Spinal Tap is back in the running?
Stop the voting, there is no need for this charade of selection – the anointed one is here
Kaisfatdad says
Completely agree with you about Spinal Tap being the ultimate AW film, Black. So I was very happy that Bingo vetoed it. If it had been on the list, it would have been like the Flash entering a race with some infant school kids. No contest.
Kaisfatdad says
Great films, Mr Bangs. But they are all too late to be nominated. You can only choose from the list mentioned in the OP.
But I will honour them by adding them to the Vetoed list, which I hope will eventually be getting the attention it deserves. It’s full of wonderful movies.
Blue Boy says
Impresssive work KFD!
Lot of good films there, so this is a bit of a random list, but I’ll go for
Boyhood
The Third Man
Au Revoir les Enfants
And a thumbs down for Jules et Jim which I watched recently for the first time in probably 40 years and was bored rigid by.
Kaisfatdad says
It’s always interesting to revisit films that made a great impression on one many years ago and see that they have not necessarily stood the test of time.
Have an Up for choosing Boyhood, a remarkable film.
Leicester Bangs says
Gladiator
The Descent
Young Adult
Silver Linings Playbook
Man On Fire
Dig!
Jerry Maguire
Clueless
The Last Boy Scout
Lucy
P’Tang Yang Kipperbang
salwarpe says
Thumbs Up (great actors, I could watch them again and again, and they create their own world)
Trading Places
Brazil
The Last of the Mohicans
Thumbs Down (bored me and the theme music is as irritating as that playing in the Python Cheese Shop sketch)
The Third Man
Declan says
LOL! The Third Man theme tune is played on zither, whereas the Cheese Shop sketch is on bouzouki. Conclusion: you don’t love slack-stringed East European instruments, avoid balalaikas at all costs!
😉
@salwarpe
salwarpe says
Indeed – I suspect I wouldn’t bally like it.
GCU Grey Area says
A Matter Of Life and Death gets my vote.
Gatz says
You’re allowed two more of equal value (though AMOLAD is the best film ever made so it would be entirely reasonable not to use them).
yorkio says
A Matter of Life and Death gets both a thumbs up and a thumbs down from me. The thumbs up comes from me, as it’s just about my favourite film of all time and I simply cannot comprehend for the life of me how someone couldn’t love it. And yet, despite several attempts I cannot persuade Mrs Y to sit through more than 20 minutes of it. It makes no sense at all to me and she’s clearly wrong, but the fact remains that there is someone who doesn’t like it.
Jackthebiscuit says
Thumbs up
The Sting
Local Hero
Kind hearts & coronets
Thumbs down
Rocky IV
seekenee says
Up:
Midnight run
Radio days
Billy liar
Down:
Rogue one star wars
Declan says
Up:
Dr Strangelove
If..
Paris, Texas
Down:
Misery
Scarlet says
Like
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Team America: World Police
When Harry Met Sally
This was very hard. All my stone cold, nailed on
cinematic adorations were vetoed so I’ve ended up with three films I merely like. Diva made it through and Betty Blue didn’t? I’m so confused.
Dislike
Brazil – the only film where I’ve ever walked out of the cinema.
Kaisfatdad says
There is no rhyme or reason as to the films which made it onto this list, Scarlet. But there are some fine movies there, even if the ones that got vetoed are just as good.
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls062968600/?start=1&view=detail&sort=title:asc&defaults=1&lists=ls062968600&scb=0.46393490263990555
To be honest, I never for a moment imagined that the original thread would get such a response. I’m just glad that we’ve had a really enthusiastic cinema thread and I’ve heard about several “new” movies I’d like to see and have felt inspired to revisit old favourites like Betty Blue.
Scarlet says
It has really been great for that!
I’ve made a list.
Mike_H says
Up: Fargo
Up: Night Of The Hunter
Up: Chinatown
Down: Rocky Balboa
I would have liked to vote out the entire “Rocky” franchise and the very existence of Sylvester Stallone. “Rocky Balboa” therefore chosen at random. How any of this series escaped the veto in the preliminaries is beyond my Ken (or my Barbie).
And who was the blackguard who vetoed the magnificent “Once Upon A Time In The West”?
I diskard them utterly. And the knackered old burro they rode in on.
Gary says
I’d be agree with you over the Rocky franchise, on account of it being crap an’ everything, with the notable exception of Balboa, which is actually a really good, gritty drama a million miles away from the formula pomp of the others.
Moose the Mooche says
Veto Fargo, and all Coen brothers films. “Ohhhh, we were born rich and we’ve been to college, let’s have a good laugh at people who have to work for a living”. Fuck off.
Also veto Once Upon a Time… it’s absolutely TEDIOUS. If I want to see a series of tight close-ups of sweaty Mexican people I can do a lot bloody better than that thank you.
Kaisfatdad says
Sorry Moose. The possibility to veto closed at midnight on Friday. But it was interesting to heat your opinion anyway.
Sewer Robot says
He’s saying he printed it out and chucked it on the fire – quite right too!
Mohair-Sam says
Votes for
Big Wednesday
Night of the Hunter
Point Break
Once Upon a Time in America
White Heat
Votes against
Nada. I’ll leave that to Don Veto
Kaisfatdad says
Sorry @Mohair-Sam. Two of those have to go. You get only three votes. So I’ll take the first three unless yoiu tell me otherwise. Glad to see Night of the Hunter getting a vote after DFB’s fine piece about it. A wonderful film.
Mohair-Sam says
Ok I’ll loose point break an once upon a time in America.
Since listening to the Bullets and Blood special on the Secret History of Hollywood Podcast I’ve become a born again Jimmy Cagney fan so I’ll keep White Heat
http://www.attaboyclarence.com/the-secret-history-of-hollywood-a-modern-guide-to-the-golden-age-of-hollywood/
Kaisfatdad says
Thanks for ameding your vote, Sam. And thanks even more for the link to that site which looks like a real treat. I look forward to listening to a few of them.
Mohair-Sam says
Best movie history podcast and wonderfully narrated . Hours and hours of wonder. The Hitchcock series is fantastic
badartdog says
Up:
Mullholland Drive
Chinatown
Spinal Tap
Down:
When Harry Met Sally
Sitheref2409 says
Local Hero
The Searchers
Heat
Down
The Matrix
bricameron says
Up! Pompeii.
Kaisfatdad says
After the Oscars fiasco last night, I am getting rather nervous about announcing the results of this poll.
“And the most Undislikeable film is ….Home Alone 3”
The Flounce Factor would shoot up to 11.
Bingo Little says
It’s gratifying to learn that so many Afterworders have taken the time to watch Home Alone 3.
Kaisfatdad says
Don’t make that acceptance speech yet!
It ain’t over till the fat lady ….appears on the cover of several magazines.
seanioio says
Upvote
Moon
Bartleby says
Ups to:
Jean De Florette (and of course Manon)
Local Hero
39 Steps
Down:
Mad Max 2
Bingo Little says
Up:
Badlands
Horse Feathers
Big Wednesday
Down:
Kes
Wheldrake says
Up:
A Matter of Life and Death (probably the finest British film ever made)
Local Hero
Grosse Point Blank
Down:
Days of Thunder (what the hell is this crap doing on the list???)
Bingo Little says
One of the best Nascar movies ever made!
Wheldrake says
That’s not a recommendation!
SouthernExile says
Up votes
LA Confidential
Trading Places
The Sting
Down Vote
Days Of Thunder – not as good as Top Gun
Moose the Mooche says
“Days Of Thunder – not as good as Top Gun”… this is like “Kid Rock – not as good as Limp Bizkit”
Bingo Little says
High praise, Moose. High praise.
Kaisfatdad says
This was far more difficult than I’d imagined, even after so many films had been vetoed.
I’ve decided to take a risk and go for three films, none of which I’ve seen but would really like to. All of them will hopefully keep bums firmly on seats.
Thumbs up!
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Wood Job
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Thumbs down
I sure hate to punch a mook when he’s on the ropes, but it’s going to have to be Rocky 3.
Wheldrake says
Watched Wilderpeople last week and it is an absolute treat from start to finish. Go watch!
Colonel Blimp is great too, but just edged out for me by A Matter of Life and Death as the best Powell/Pressburger film.
Bartleby says
Just ordered Wilderpeople from the tax dodgers – high hopes and only a fiver. Must hunt out the other list and remind myself what other films people rated that I hadn’t come across before…
Kaisfatdad says
Only four hours to go to submit your votes!
Bingo will be pleased to hear that on his recommendation I bought Chef and Home Alone 3 in a charity shop.
I’m pleased that these threads seem to be leading people to new discoveries which is what it is all about. Today I saw the Lego Batman Movie and yesterday Moonlight. (I’m eclectic!) Both would have certainly made it onto the orginal list. The former is a hoot.
Makka Pakka says
A late vote but hopefully decisive!
Thumbs Up!
Local Hero
A Room For Romeo Brass
Fargo
Thumbs Down
Home Alone 3
KDH says
Thumbs Up
Roman Holiday
Mulholland Drive
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
Thumbs Down
The Big Blue
I don’t suppose it matters much unless there’s a late rush as it currently has no votes, but I did veto Point Break (22/2).
Thanks for doing this by the way KFD – has reminded me of a lot of great movies (and suggested a few I haven’t seen) even if I did find some of the rampant vetoing a bit mean-spirited.
Kaisfatdad says
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!
Thanks Makka and KDH for your votes and thanks everyone else who has taken the time to vote.
I will now do the calculations and by the weekend hopefully be able to announce a winner.
Completely agree about the ridiculousness of the vetoing, KDH: all as mad as a box of frogs. But with a few of the obvious favourites out of the way, perhaps it led to a few newer names coming to the fore.