The Triple Challenge Challenge - 2020

[albajos]

To easier keep track of everytime you see doubles or triples in the challenges. And maybe get an award from max?
There will be both monthly and yearly stats.
This thread runs from January 1st to December 31st 2020.

You can only get one double/triple from a mini-series or TV-series. In other words only post one episode in a month.
For shorts the 40/60 minute rule applies.

Use the normal way of posting. (Preferably 0-1, 1-1, 2-1) But reset the count at the beginning of every month. I'll add them together in the yearly stats. Use the prefix [double] or [D] and [triple] or [T] on every point.

[albajos]

Not the biggest participation last year, just a handful stayed the whole year, but about 20 did join us for at least a month.

I'll keep on keeping track as long as max runs the stats awards, so keep shooting for those 3-pointers.

For January
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Balkans
100>400

There might be a few triples. Just check the 1000-list for Sci-Fi or Fantasy and then limit those by origin country.

[maxwelldeux]

Well, I guess this answers my question... "Hey albajos - you planning on doing the Triples challenge again in 2020?"

[albajos]

Sci-Fi +1000 (89 titles)
https://beta.icheckmovies.com/lists/336 ... e%3Asci-fi
Fantasy + 1000 (66 titles)
https://beta.icheckmovies.com/lists/336 ... %3Afantasy

[maxwelldeux]

Finally got to a double...

0.1. Nymph (2014, Serbia) [d]

[maxwelldeux]

4040 and 6060

0.1. Nymph (2014, Serbia) [d]

0.2. The Show Must Go On (2010, Croatia) [d]

[albajos]

So 12 hours left (for those last time zones), will maxwelldeux actually win with 2 doubles, or will we get some latecomers?

You can post for 36 hours, and then it's all february

[blocho]

1. Ritzar bez Bronya (double)

That's it for me.

[OldAle1]

All doubles - 1 is SF/1000<400, the rest are Balkans/1000<400

1. The Stone Tape (Peter Sasdy, 1972) (d)
2. Istoria mias kalpikis liras / The Counterfeit Coin (Yorgos Tzavellas, 1955) (d)
3. O drakos / The Ogre of Athens (Nikos Koundouros, 1956) (d)
4. Ilektra (Michael Cacoyannis, 1962) (d)
5. Meandre (Mircea Saucan, 1966) (d)
6. O fovos / The Fear (Kostas Manoussakis, 1966) (d)
7. Ritzar bez bronya / Knight Without Armour (Borislav Sharliev, 1966) (d)
8. Reconstituirea / Reconstruction (Lucien Pintile, 1968) (d)

[maxwelldeux]

Look at OldAle1 swooping in and claiming the lead from me...

[sol]

Look at OldAle1 swooping in and claiming the lead from me...

You piqued my curiosity, so I took a look and this is how I ended up performing in January:

1. One Point O (2004, Jeff Renfroe; Marteinn Thorsson) TRIPLE
2. Euridice BA 2037 (1975, Nikos Nikolaidis) DOUBLE
3. The Barrier (1979, Christo Christov) DOUBLE
4. The Balkan Spy (1984, Dusan Kovacevic; Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic) DOUBLE
5. Sterne (1959, Konrad Wolf) DOUBLE
6. O Drakos (1956, Nikos Koundouros) DOUBLE
7. A Dark Song (2016, Liam Gavin) DOUBLE
8. The Flying Luna Clipper (1987, Ikko Ono) DOUBLE
9. The Childhood of Icarus (2009, Alex Iordachescu) DOUBLE
10. Alien Raiders (2008, Ben Rock) DOUBLE
11. Mysterious Island (1961, Cy Endfield) DOUBLE
12. Goodbye, 20th Cenury (1998, Darko Mitrevski, Aleksandar Popovski) DOUBLE
13. The Milagro Beanfield War (1988, Robert Redford) DOUBLE
14. The Living World (2003, Eugène Green) DOUBLE
15. Vampire Journals (1997, Ted Nicolaou) DOUBLE

[albajos]

about one hour left. seems the win goes down under

[albajos]

End of January

	Participant	Triple	Double
1	sol	1	14
2	OldAle1	0	8
3	maxwelldeux	0	2
4	blocho	0	1

For february there is many obvious doubles.
Probably no triples, but that depends on co-productions

[albajos]

00-01. Lady Sings the Blues (1972) USA 185 checks [double]
00-02. The Wiz (1978) USA 185 checks [double]
00-03. Mudbound (2017) USA 1 official list 1 547 checks [double]

[albajos]

00-04. Harriet (2019) USA 270 checks [double]

[maxwelldeux]

0.1. Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001) [d]
0.2. Ali (2001) [d]

[sol]

Watched a few in February that qualified:

1. Poetic Justice (1993) DOUBLE
2. Undefeated (2011) DOUBLE
3. Days of Glory (2006) DOUBLE
4. For Love of Ivy (1968) DOUBLE
5. Porgy and Bess (1959) DOUBLE
6. Adam Clayton Powell (1989) DOUBLE
7. King: A Filmed Record (1970) DOUBLE
8. The Great White Hope (1970) DOUBLE
9. When We Were Kings (1996) DOUBLE
10. Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) DOUBLE
11. Lilies of the Field (1963) DOUBLE
12. Boyz n the Hood (1991) DOUBLE
13. Legacy (2000) DOUBLE
14. Tsotsi (2005) DOUBLE
15. Marshall (2017) DOUBLE

[blocho]

Only one in February:

1. Driving Miss Daisy (double)

[OldAle1]

Just one for me in February:

1. Hors la loi / Outside the Law (Rachid Bouchareb, 2010) DOUBLE - Africa & Academy Awards

[albajos]

End of February

	Participant	Triple	Double
1	sol	0	15
2	albajos	0	4
3	maxwelldeux	0	2
4	blocho	0	1
4	OldAle1	0	1

[sol]

? !

Can I keep it up and win March too? Almost certainly not.

[blocho]

End of February

	Participant	Triple	Double
1	sol	0	15
2	albajos	0	4
3	maxwelldeux	0	2
4	OldAle1	0	1

You forgot me.

[albajos]

You forgot me.

I often skip post without avatars as there are less space between them.

[blocho]

You forgot me.

I often skip post without avatars as there are less space between them.

I used to have a decent avatar. There was some forum member who made custom avatars for people. I can't remember who it was. I think it got lost in the switch to the new site. I need to work on something new.

[maxwelldeux]

Time to kick off March:

0.1. Andhadhun (2018) [d]
0.2. Boys Don't Cry (1999) [d]

[Melvelet]

1. Salaam Bombay! 1988 TRIPLE
2. Wanda 1970 DOUBLE

[albajos]

00-01. Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Cathy Yan USA 1 official list 657 checks [double]
00-02. Hustlers (2019) Lorene Scafaria USA 1 official list 657 checks [double]
00-03. Afsporet (1942) Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen Denmark 17 checks [double]

[sol]

1. Hustlers (2019) DOUBLE
2. Terminal Island (1973) DOUBLE
3. Beware the Slenderman (2016) DOUBLE
4. Queen & Slim (2019) DOUBLE
5. One for the Money (2012) DOUBLE
6. Monkey Business (1998) DOUBLE
7. Salaam Bombay! (1988) TRIPLE
8. Andhadhun (2018) DOUBLE
9. The Whole Truth (2015) DOUBLE
10. Viceroy's House (2017) DOUBLE
11. The Polka King (2017) DOUBLE
12. Ripley's Game (2002) DOUBLE
13. Cookie (1989) DOUBLE
14. Thin Ice (2011) DOUBLE
15. Hot Pursuit (2015) DOUBLE
16. Abducted in Plain Sight (2017) DOUBLE
17. The Ladies Club (1986) DOUBLE

[OldAle1]

A big month for me.

TRIPLES:

1. Talaash (2012)
2. Talvar (2015)
3. Tees Maar Khan (2010)

DOUBLES:

4. Siesta (1987) (female-crime)
5. Birds of Prey (2020) (female-crime)
6. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes "The Dying Detective" (1994) (female-crime)
*. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes "The Red Circle" (1994) (female-crime)
7. Blue Steel (1990) (female-crime)
8. Wanda (1970) (female-crime)
9. Street Corner (1953) (female-crime)
10. Eyewitness (1956) (female-crime)
11. Mi vida loca (1993) (female-crime)
*. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes "The Cardboard Box" (1994) (female-crime)
12. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996) (female-India)
13. Subway in the Sky (1959) (female-crime)
14. Hollywood Vice Squad (1986) (female-crime)
15. Guncrazy (1992) (female-crime)
16. 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) (female-India)
17. Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007) (female-India)
18. Yugant (1995) (female-India)
19. Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002) (female-India)
20. The Bling Ring (2013) (female-crime)

So multiple TV episodes don't count? I listed the two "extras" with asterisks assuming this; just want to have them there for my personal count.

[sol]

RIP Sol Trifecta for Jan-March - though flavo probably beat us both in spades were he to list a count here.

[OldAle1]

Eh, there's a good chance I'll step back a bit from the challenges, for this month and maybe generally, I dunno. In any case I'm not really looking to consciously hit a lot of them for April though I think it'll actually be quite easy.

[blocho]

Not much for me in March:

1. The Whistleblower (double)
2. Breaking Bad (double)

There were actually 17 episodes directed by women from the heavy dose of I took of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but the rules state only one post per month is allowed for TV.

[maxwelldeux]

Criminal Indian Women

0.1. Andhadhun (2018) [d]
0.2. Boys Don't Cry (1999) [d]

0.3. Making a Murderer Part 2: Words and Words Only (2018) [d]
0.4. The Rookie: Follow-Up Day (2020, Liz Friedlander) [d]
0.5. Heir to an Execution (2004, Ivy Meeropol) [d]
0.6. Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop (2015, Erin Lee Carr) [d]
0.7. I Love You, Now Die: The Prosecution (2019, Erin Lee Carr) [d]
0.8. At the Heart of Gold (2019, Erin Lee Carr) [d]


Better than I've been doing...

[albajos]

End of March

	Participant	Triple	Double
1	OldAle1	3	17
2	sol	1	16
3	Melvelet	1	1
4	maxwelldeux	0	8
5	albajos	0	3
6	blocho	0	2

[AB537]

Posting here so I get prompted to record my stuff for April

[Obgeoff]

April doubles:
1. Anticipation of the Night (1958, Brakhage) 7
2. Sleeping Beauty (1959, Geronimi et al.) 7
3. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, Crichton) 8
4. Witness for the Prosecution (1957, Wilder) 9
5. La Ronde (1950, Ophuls) 8
6. Alice in Wonderland (1951, Geronimi et al.) 7
7. Bangiku (1954, Naruse) 7
8. The Bigamist (1953, Lupino) 8
9. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, Sturges) 8
10. The Wrong Man (1956, Hitchcock) 8
11. Shorts [68 minutes]
What's Opera, Doc? (1957, Jones) 8 7m
The Tell-Tale Heart (1953, Parmalee) 8 8m
Window Water Baby Moving (1959, Brakhage) 9 13m
Les mistons (1957, Truffaut) 7 18m
Panta Rhei (1952, Haanstra) 8 10m
Orchard Street (1955, Jacobs) 6 12m
12. The Man from Laramie (1955, Mann) 8
13. Winchester '73 (1950, Mann) 7
14. White Nights (1957, Visconti) 8
15. The Man in the White Suit (1951, Mackendrick) 7
16. Taira Clan Saga (1955, Mizoguchi) 8
17. Ride Lonesome (1959, Boetticher) 7
18. The Cousins (1959, Chabrol) 7
19. Main Street (1955, Bardem) 8
20. The Deadly Invention (1958, Zeman) 6
21. Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953, Berlanga) 7
22. Party Girl (1958, Ray) 8
23. The Fly (1958, Neumann) 6
24. Richard III (1955, Olivier) 7
25. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956, Lang) 8
26. Bitter Victory (1957, Ray) 9
27. Edward and Caroline (1951, Becker) 9
28. Magnificent Obsession (1954, Sirk) 8
29. The Crossing of Paris (1956, Autant-Lara) 7
30. The Ballad of Narayama (1958, Kinoshita) 8
31. The Devil Strikes at Night (1957, Siodmak) 8
32. The Naked Dawn (1955, Ulmer) 6
33. The White Reindeer (1952, Blomberg) 6
34. Summer Interlude (1951, Bergman) 8
35. To Joy (1950, Bergman) 9
36. Dreams (1955, Bergman) 7
37. Miss Julie (1951, Sjoberg) 7

April Trebles:
1. Summer with Monika (1953, Bergman) 8
2. The Magician (1958, Bergman) 7

[maxwelldeux]

I can't compete with that, but here's the few I watched this month:

0.1. The Bigamist (1953) [d]
0.2. The White Reindeer (1952, Finland) [d]
0.3. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955, Sweden) [d]

[blocho]

This is what I watched in April.

Doubles:
1. 5 Steps to Danger
2. Sapphire
3. The Long Memory
4. Valkoinen Peura
5. La Traversee de Paris

Triples
1. Ansiktet

[sol]

All doubles; no triples.

1. Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
2. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
3. The Long Memory (1953)
4. Mars and Beyond (1957)
5. 5 Steps to Danger (1957)
6. Tiger in the Smoke (1956)
7. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
8. Is-slottet (1987)
9. Cowboy (1958)
10. Hondo (1953)

11. This Can't Happen Here (1950)
12. A Ship Bound for India (1947)
13. Architecture of Doom (1978)
14. Man on the Roof (1976)
15. Johan (1921)
16. Animal Farm (1954)
17. Ride Lonesome (1959)

[OldAle1]

April doubles (no triples - were there any eligible? don't think so)

1. Seven Days to Noon DTC/50s
2. The Magical World of Disney: Mars and Beyond DTC/50s
3. Animal Farm DTC/50s
4. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt DTC/50s
5. 5 Steps to Danger DTC/50s
6. Thriller - en grym film DTC/Nordic
7. Tiger in Smoke DTC/50s
8. The Long Memory DTC/50s
9. Is-slottet DTC/Nordic
10. Skepp till India land DTC/Nordic
11. Tulipunainen kyyhkynen DTC/Nordic
12. Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta DTC/Nordic
13. Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit DTC/Nordic
14. Soldaten og Jenny DTC/Nordic
15. Naisenkuvia DTC/Nordic