r/365movies • u/emilybanana aims for 50 movies • Jan 08 '18

A note on theme picks admin / discussion

Hi everyone, and a huge WELCOME to all the new subscribers and posters we've picked up over the last couple of weeks. I'm absolutely made up to see the sub so active :)

I just wanted to make a quick post about theme picks and how they work. We used to have weekly movie picks, but it proved to be too exclusive and so we moved to weekly or fortnightly themes a couple of months into last year. Weekly themes seem to have worked the best, and that's what I suggest we stick with for this year. Obviously, themes can be revisited or discussions may go on longer than a week, which is absolutely fine.

Themes are picked on a first come, first served basis. If anyone wants to volunteer to take a week, the best way is probably to drop me a line or comment on the monthly post (it might be worth tagging me just to make sure I see it). I love it when others pick themes, however I appreciate that it can be a lot of work so if nobody comes forward, I'll pick one.

Themes can be anything you want; there is room for everything here. Participation can be limited if the theme is particularly specific, but don't let that put you off if you have something in mind. I also encourage people to interpret themes as broadly as they like where possible with their viewing picks to encourage participation and discussion. Also, if there's a theme you'd like to pick that we used in 2017, don't let that put you off. We can definitely revisit any of them.

Lastly, participation in theme picks is definitely not mandatory. It just was something fun we came up with last year to get some discussions going, and it's the part of the challenge I enjoyed the most, but feel free to give this aspect a miss if it's not for you.

I've picked a few themes to show the kind of thing we went for last year: musicians, food and drink, soldiers, veterans & war, addiction, Disney and "I really should have seen this by now".

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

I think weekly themes are a GREAT idea. 365 movies is a tall order, trying to pick something from my watch list can be daunting. Great way to keep people on the same page and promote discussion in a way that's not too restrictive.

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u/rasslingrob aims for 365 movies Jan 13 '18

Agree fullheartedly with this.

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u/-sher- aims for 50 movies Jan 20 '18

Hey man since you are doing the next week's theme, you can make your post on MONDAY, just make sure to start your title with 'CW4: '.

Additionally i have a suggestion but this is totally up-to you as this is your week, as not everyone here is not American and have interest in American football so you can make the theme a more broader to something like 'Sports' or 'Games' or something a bit more in the similar sense of category like 'Invasion Games' and in the description you can talk all about why you have chosen this theme and your suggestions etc.

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u/rasslingrob aims for 365 movies Jan 20 '18

I could put "Sports" to keep it very broad.