SHERDOG MOVIE CLUB: Let's pick the Week 110 movie!

[europe1]

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Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC.

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AndersonsFoot is having a birthday this week. So he's decided to celebrate it by picking four movies that he would like to discuss on his birthday!


Here are our candidates!


Zodiac (2007)

Director: David Fincher

Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo

Premise: In the late 1960s/early 1970s, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.





A Ghost Story (2017)

Director: David Lowery

Stars: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr.

Premise: In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.





Army of Darkness (1992)

Director: Sam Raimi

Stars: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert

Premise: A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.






O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson

Premise: In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Members: @europe1 @MusterX @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Cubo de Sangre @sickc0d3r @chickenluver @FrontNakedChoke @AndersonsFoot @Tufts @Coolthulu

AndersonsFoot Top Theme for this week is "Top 5 based on a True Story Movies"
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[FrontNakedChoke]

FrontNakedChoke's Top for this week is "Top 5 based on a True Story Movies"
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I believe you mean @AndersonsFoot , my good sir.

 

[europe1]

Dear club members, our evil-minded founder shadow_priest_x has finally decided to poochie from Sherdog.

As we mentioned several weeks back. Shadow handed over the club to me because he wanted to significantly scale down his time spent on Forums like this. Well, that time has come now. After 109 weeks in the club, he has decided to resign.

MusterX, Scott Parker 27... us guys are now the original grey-beards around here... and that Suspiria-mentioning scoundrel chickenluver as well I suppose, despite his hiatus.

I believe you mean @AndersonsFoot , my good sir.

Criticism of the Club-Ruler will not be tolerated in this new regime. I'll speak to the mods and have them re-instate your yellow-cards for saying that, my good sir! ! <45>

 

[FrontNakedChoke]

Criticism of the Club-Ruler will not be tolerated in this new regime. I'll speak to the mods and have them re-instate your yellow-cards for saying that, my good sir! ! <45>

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Sucks to see @shadow_priest_x go.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Some more loosely inspired than others.

• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• Jaws
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Psycho
• The Silence of the Lambs

 

[Scott Parker 27]

Dear club members, our evil-minded founder shadow_priest_x has finally decided to poochie from Sherdog.

As we mentioned several weeks back. Shadow handed over the club to me because he wanted to significantly scale down his time spent on Forums like this. Well, that time has come now. After 109 weeks in the club, he has decided to resign.

MusterX, Scott Parker 27... us guys are now the original grey-beards around here... and that Suspiria-mentioning scoundrel chickenluver as well I suppose despite his hiatus.




Criticism of the Club-Ruler will not be tolerated in this new regime. I'll speak to the mods and have them re-instate your yellow-cards for saying that, my good sir! ! <45>

@shadowpriest is leaving us...NO!!!

 

[chickenluver]

Top 10 movies based on true stories. This was very difficult. I excluded several movies that deviated heavily from the original story to make it easier.

1. Amadeus
2. The Devils
3. Raging Bull
4. The Elephant Man
5. Julius Caesar (1953)
6. Henry V (1944)
7. Ivan the Terrible
8. Alexander Nevsky
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
10. My Left Foot

 

[Andersons Foot]

I knew going in I'd have a difficult time choosing between Zodiac and A Ghost Story. I think both could spark a major discussion, more so than than the other 2. Either way, if you guys haven't seen those 2, no matter the result, they're both worth a watch.

 

[Andersons Foot]

Also, my first week back choosing the candidates @shadow_priest_x handed over the reigns to @europe1 , and now on my second week, he leaves for good.

Surely just a coincidence

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Also, my first week back choosing the candidates @shadow_priest_x handed over the reigns to @europe1 , and now on my second week, he leaves for good.

Surely just a coincidence

He saw your shitty nominations and bailed.

 

[Andersons Foot]

He saw your shitty nominations and bailed.

 

[chickenluver]

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Psycho
• The Silence of the Lambs

We should all be thankful for Ed Gein.

 

[Coolthulu]

Dear club members, our evil-minded founder shadow_priest_x has finally decided to poochie from Sherdog.

As we mentioned several weeks back. Shadow handed over the club to me because he wanted to significantly scale down his time spent on Forums like this. Well, that time has come now. After 109 weeks in the club, he has decided to resign.

MusterX, Scott Parker 27... us guys are now the original grey-beards around here... and that Suspiria-mentioning scoundrel chickenluver as well I suppose, despite his hiatus.




Criticism of the Club-Ruler will not be tolerated in this new regime. I'll speak to the mods and have them re-instate your yellow-cards for saying that, my good sir! ! <45>

 

[Coolthulu]

My Top 5......

The Wolf of Wall Street

GoodFellas

Chopper

El Cid

Bronson

 

[sickc0d3r]

Let's see... too hard to choose 5, so I'll go 10.

Goodfellas

The Fighter​

Raging Bull
The Bounty
Apollo 13
JFK
Blow
Tombstone
The Doors
Walk The Line

 

[chickenluver]

The Bounty

With Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson? I liked it. Crazy true story. When I watched it I didn't know it was a true story, and when it ended with

Spoiler

them settling on that island and stranding themselves there, and the on screen text informing me that their descendants STILL live there my mind was blown through the roof.

The history of that island is pretty fucked up honestly. Check this shit out

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_sexual_assault_trial_of_2004

It's phile island essentially, a dise so to speak.

The former mayor that was convicted in 2004 is named Steve Christian, a descendant of Fletcher Christian, Mel Gibson's character in the movie.

The current mayor is Shawn Christian, son of Steve, who was also convicted of child rape in 2004. He was released after two years, got elected mayor in 2013 and reelected in 2016.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

So shadow is gone from sherdog or the club?

 

[chickenluver]

So shadow is gone from sherdog or the club?

Just the club I think

 

[The Diplomat]

Just the club I think

Is he banned? Last time he posted was Friday, and I can't go to his profile.