Guidelines

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Some guidelines to help newcomers to the Film Club

What it is for: to provide an area where people with a love of movies can gather to choose and discuss films.

The Format: each month, a thread will be started and people asked to suggest movies they would like to discuss. About half-way through the month, a poll will be started where votes can be cast to select the movie of choice. The film gaining the most votes will become the next month’s movie for discussion. At the beginning of the next month, a discussion thread will be opened where people can discuss the chosen film.

Things to keep in mind: When nominating a movie, it is wise to remember that you suggest a film that (you feel) has something worthy of discussion. It could be anything from plot, actors, themes, or technical aspects – it doesn’t really matter as long as it has something worth discussing. Also, you may wish to suggest a theme rather than a film (recently we had a theme discussion on vampires in movies).

Always keep in mind that the whole point of this section is to allow Chronicles members to discuss their likes/dislikes/ideas etc. on a common movie – and in that respect, your favourite movie may not necessarily be one worthy of discussion. As an example – Gorefest 5: The Guns Just Got Bigger might be your favourite film but has it got anything in it that other people may find interesting enough to discuss? After all, the whole point about this section is to set up an area where people can debate movies.

Finally, if people nominate and vote for a movie, it would expected that they would actually be prepared to discuss that film – so think carefully about the movie you suggest and what you may want to talk about if it gets chosen. Hopefully, this will increase both the level and fun of the debate.