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The Adventure Movie Popularity Contest nomination thread - a reel thrill

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
Huh… what’s this?

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That’s strange, an old movie ticket. Oh, there’s some information on the back; for one showing only, world’s greatest adventure movie film festival at the world’s first adventure themed movie theatre. Opened 1937, still undiscovered by audience…

That’s a strange brag. Also, this ticket is old so it might be wrong. Still, a movie night sounds fun. Let’s see if I can find this theatre. The name is “The Casus”. This is a Latin word so it’s probably… important? Or just assuming Latin has some sort of weight. Can’t find much online except that apparently it at least exists on paper. It seems many copies of adventure movies are constantly being ordered by never returned. Which might mean it’s also the greatest library of adventure movies. I’ll have to do some research before I head out but I guess. Researching the movies themselves might help to.

So, here’s what I need; let’s prepare me for my own private film festival which will get me hyped for this adventure! How about you all send me a list of your favourite movies. It’s clearly the smartest way to find a hidden movie theatre that’s doing even worse business than… current movie theatres.

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Adventure is one of the most straightforward genres there are and yet kind of vague. Where horror and comedy are about specific emotions, even the Wikipedia gets a little vague saying it’s about “danger” and a “sense of excitement”. Arguably, ANYTHING could be an adventure but not everything is, is it? To me, it’s about having the audience, the characters or both taken away to somewhere exhilarating, whether it be a setting foreign to our experiences (like a Star Wars) or a familiar setting becoming new and exciting (like E.T.)

Again, I understand what YOU might qualify as an adventure movie might differ but I’m going to try to keep it wide open. Think My Dinner With Andre is an adventure into the dueling minds of two friends, sure. Just go with what YOU feel qualifies… though I do have a few requests.

Preparing for the quest!

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1. Choose your top 25 adventure movies in order from favourite downwards.

2. PM them to me

3. Each placement on your list will be represented by points. #1 is 35, #2 is 34 and so on until the end.

4. I will tabulate the scores and then draw up a list based on everyone’s collective points.

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So, what counts as an adventure movie?

Sure this might sound inherently obvious but there’s definitely a lot that is open to interpretation so allow me to clear things up.

It must be a full-length movie. I’ll make some exception for some really old movies from back when about 60 mins was reasonable but I mean a feature, not a short. For the sake the theme, I might let you include a film serial but I strongly doubt you will vote for that. This said, if I’m wrong, have at it.

Like I said, the term adventure can be broadly open to interpretation but I will ask you to go for one that you believe counts. Just follow your heart.

“True stories” can count. Documentaries… yeah, I think that’s fine, if it is in an adventure mode. And if you think Grey Gardens is an adventure…

Does that pretty much cover it? Well, don’t let the rules get you to overthink things too much, these are just basic guidelines so we are on the same page. So please get cracking and try to have your list sent in by the 15th of January. Of 2023.
 

Torzelbaum

????? LV 13 HP 292/ 292
(he, him, his)
So we're voting for individual films here and not series/franchises, right?
 

Torzelbaum

????? LV 13 HP 292/ 292
(he, him, his)
I don't know if this helps or if it just confuses things even more but here's a quote I found about the adventure genre.

"What does the adventure genre include?
The adventure genre consists of books movies where the protagonist goes on an epic journey, either personally or geographically. Often the protagonist has a mission and faces many obstacles in his way."
 

Torzelbaum

????? LV 13 HP 292/ 292
(he, him, his)
That is a good starting point but those seem to have a lot of odd exclusions and inclusions.
 

Torzelbaum

????? LV 13 HP 292/ 292
(he, him, his)
Curious what those are. I'm going through for inspiration at the moment.
I can't quite remember so I would have to double-check those lists to find which ones I was thinking of. But I am also somewhat reluctant to mention any specific movie because I don't want to feel like I am influencing / altering someone else's list.
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
One week left. Yeah, they'll be extra time because it will take me a while to compile the list but at the very least, if you are taking part and are going to be late, let me know if you are participating. It helps a lot.
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
Got three lists. It's a big ask but I'm really hoping for 10 more! At the risk of showing my desperation sweat, please. It's gonna be awesome!
 

4-So

Spicy
I intend to send one but as is my habit, it probably won't be until the last minute. My apologies.
 

Torzelbaum

????? LV 13 HP 292/ 292
(he, him, his)
*sitting in the theater waiting for the previews to start*
I always get here too early...
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
We are up to 7 (including me. Finally got my list in. And I feel like I remembered one today so I might change it. Note: if you want to change/update your list before the deadline, just tell me.). Interesting stuff. Overlap I wasn't expecting. I always like that. I'm hoping to take some time to actually watch and re-watch some of the stuff that makes it high on the list but I will say there's more I've already seen than I expected.

It is one of the broadest "genres" save "drama" which is... anything in fiction, arguably? But as I mentioned before, when @Rascally Badger did a "your top 10 movies of all time" thread list and there was some overlap, I would be tempted just to do a list that's "top 50 movies" and see how much overlap happens with that much freedom.
 

Kirin

Summon for hire
(he/him)
I have a draft with… way too many. Hopefully I can work on it tomorrow but it’s possible I might need the Monday holiday to finish.
 

Lokii

(He/Him)
Staff member
Moderator
It's tradition to turn in on the last day and who am I to stand in the way of that
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
Woo! I assumed I was going to just get to 14 and that's fine but I got 18! Thank you so much!

And if you want to help get it 19 or 20, I'll probably be working on the list for the better part of the week but I don't know when I'll be done so get it in soon.

EDIT: WEEEE! 19!
 
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Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
I need to do a bit of clean-up just so when we are done you can see the final results list but the top 50 has been cemented! And it's pretty impressive. Some really interesting stuff and I think a lot of you will be delighted on where some people see eye-to-eye. I'll start on Monday!
 
It's a damn shame I didn't watch The Lost City before this finalized, but I highly recommend to anyone that is looking forward to this list that you watch The Lost City.
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
The Lost City is a pretty fun movie and a great reminder that Daniel Radcliffe is one of those former child actors who is making great choices in his career.
 
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