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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 02/03/2009 :  08:10:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
SA:MOU = Self-Assessment: Moving On Up
DA LATEST ROOLZ

1. Look at the top-rank reviews of ANY OF YOUR PAGES. Pick ONE film you think deserves to move up to the next page - as sorted by votes received. This means that even one vote will "move it up." You are urged to say which page from the top you've chosen.

2. Isolate that film* and present the link in this thread.

3. You now have the choice to share with us AN EXPLANATION OF WHY YOU LIKE IT. Not an explanation of the review ... but of WHY YOU LIKE IT.

Who knows, your wish may come true.

4. Da Roolz have been altered because far be it from me to insist on tyranny. Clearly some people just don't want to share their explanations of why they like one review in a page of 100, but they still can't resist upping their vote count.

So go on, do whatever you want to.

Honestly, I don't want to be the SA:MOU police and neither do I want to have to read yet another pseudo-explanation that someone likes a pun because it's a pun. I hope some people will play within the spirit of SA:MOU if only because I really like to compare my own assessment of why I like someone's review with its author's.



* It's been covered before how to do this, but here's a step-by-step recap:
1. Go to the page featuring everyone's reviews of your chosen film.
EITHER
2. From the drop-down display options choose My Reviews Only. [this method is ONLY if you have one review for your chosen film]

OR
2. Select Reviewer Name for the page display.
3. Find your own review and count which number it is on the page.
4. Up at the top url display you'll see something like this:
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?sort=2&dir=2&id=1698&Mode=&Rows=1&Start=11
5. See where it says Start=11 ... change that numeral to whatever you counted in step 3, and press go.
6. Your new page should now start with your chosen review.
7. NOW, to eliminate all the other reviews still showing, go up to the url display again and see where it says Rows=100.
8. Change that to Rows=1

Your new page should now have only your chosen review displayed. Copy that url and use it as your link for this thread.



Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."

Posted - 02/03/2009 :  14:02:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote



You used to be so amused...
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 02/03/2009 :  14:29:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
From my 3rd page and looking to rise even higher is

Nixon before Frost

I like this because not only is it a portmanteau word, a form that packs in so much, but also because the "gate" swings both ways. If you see what I mean.

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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"

Posted - 02/03/2009 :  16:27:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In my earlier FWFR days I wrote a review for Cats & Dogs--The Canine Mutiny. Lo and behold years later a movie called Firehouse Dog was released and it had a dog protagonist who was a movie star. One of his films? The Canine Mutiny.

Currently sniffing a fireplug at p. 16.

Edited by - lemmycaution on 02/03/2009 16:27:44
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"

Posted - 02/03/2009 :  17:16:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I like the fact that both characteristics mentioned are so totally true in both senses. Currently top of page 17.
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[matt] 
"Cinemattic."

Posted - 02/04/2009 :  02:05:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

I like this because it manages to be quite 'clever' (it references the literary function 'pathetic fallacy') and really immature at the same time!

Also, it sounds exactly right; it's only the alteration of the spelling that completely changes the meaning.



This is on my third page with a pathetic 5 votes!
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 02/18/2009 :  08:55:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In the interests of fairness - I'll leave this SA:MOU until next Tuesday.


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