"I cannot start my day with a confrontation" The 2017 ILX Film Poll Voting Thread - Ballots Due Sunday, March 4th at 7pm EST.

will vote Western then to stop Paddington winning

Probably too obscure. Try Dunkirk.

lemme tell you about a little film called Darkest Hour

Meh. Their Finest! Lone Scherfig, one of the great.

sent my revised ballot! also mostly to re-order

I redid mine from scratch before looking at my old one; discovered that the first four were the same with one order flipped. After two days I decided I was right before and flipped them again. (A whole bunch were dropped altogether.)

will send it along in a couple days

Me too

Wait, who are we sending ballots to this time?

sic, via ILX mail, apparently. Is it reliable?

A reminder that the shamefully overlooked The Other Side of Hope is available from the Criterion Collection.

That was one of the main reasons I wanted to send a revised ballot.

i applaud you

I wasn’t going to revise mine, did so to include The Other Side of Hope, and was surprised to realize it was in my top 3.

Is it reliable?

I've received five revised ballots so far

Wait, if I include Western then I should really include Jeune Femme. This whole thing is falling apart.

My general rule is that I'd rather vote for things I like in the year I think other people will vote for them if there's a choice. There doesn't seem to be anything to be gained from sticking to the year I saw them in an exercise like this, and I usually don't bother voting for something if it's already appeared prominently the year before because of a much earlier US release date.

think Western will probs do better next year, will be revising for The Other Side of Hope though

On the one hand, I really think we're overestimating how well Western would be doing, even if we all coordinated our votes. On the other, removing it would leave me space for Paddington. Hmmmm...

I think I'll throw in Jeune Femme too, just because my cinemagoing has ground to a sudden halt because of becoming a father, so I doubt I'll be submitting a 2018 ballot In fact, Jeune Femme was the very last film I saw before the baby came.

Jeunne Femme is the one that was also called Montparnasse Bienvenue, right? Good film, just slightly missed my ballot.

Yes, that's right. I don't know why they called it that in some territories: weird to choose a different title that's still in French.

Looking fwd to the countdown. I am making no changes and iirc sic said to sit tight.

Morbs its great that you revived the thread. :-)

Hope Gukbe gets works through whatever is going down.

Paddington, is that the thing about the bear? Just checking..

I believe it's known as Jeune Ours in some territories.

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Sent you my revised ballot

The Ornithologist better rank high. It's still on Netflix!

Was pretty high on my 2016 ballot...

it's a muddle

so is sex on a fresh water beach

that's a mudder

so is Bea Arthur

Just resubmitted!

anyone other than Morbs and Soto still planning on sending a revised or new ballot?

Yes, I will tonite!

sent!

I send one, I think?

Same

I was considering revising but I think I might as well let mine stand - i don’t think there’s anything I’d add anyway, I was just thinking of shuffling some things and maybe removing a couple

yes, got Fred and Eric's: I haven't been posting "received" notices because that's tedious for everyone else to open an updated thread for, but we've got 12 revisions in so far, with Alfred's still being read by System.

I guess i should've saved this revive for when my rewatches are complete in the fall?

lol,I feel my rewatching, rethinking, reordering is never going to be complete...

it never should be

Nope, which is why no better time than the eternal present to rank.

sent!

Alfred, yours still hasn't show up - can you try again?

Just sent a slightly revised ballot

I sent it to ilx2017filmp✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧!

That's Gukbe's account. You need to send it ilxmail (ie by clicking on sic's name then 'Send an Email to this User')

election interference from Miami!

Fraud complete!