Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Announcement: Against the Crowd Blogathon 2021


Just when you thought it was safe to go back to blogging.


In space, no one can hear you blog.


This blogathon is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.


One of the above statements was repurposed from a film that most cinephiles like, but I hate. That's the spirit of the Against the Crowd Blogathon. This will be the 8th annual running of AtC, which is like 112 in blog years. I hope I can be forgiven for seriously contemplating euthanasia for this dinosaur, but I just couldn't. Instead, I'm going full Dr. Hammond. You, my trusty scientists, will inject blog DNA to fill in gaps in the Dell on Movies genome to come up with great posts. Just do it. Do it because you could, don't think about if you should.


Should what?


Join silly. Here's how. 

  • Pick one movie “everyone” loves (the more iconic, the better). That movie must have score of 75% or more on rottentomatoes.com (or at least 7.5 on imdb.com). Tell us why you hate it.
  • Pick one movie that “everyone” hates (the more notorious, the better). That movie must have a score of 35% or less on rottentomatoes.com (or 4.0 or less on imdb.com). Tell us why you love it.
  • Include the tomato meter scores of both movies.
  • Use one of the banners in this post, or feel free to create your own (just include all the pertinent details), or just mention this blogathon if using an audio or visual medium.
  • Let us know what two movies you intend on writing, vlogging, posting, or podcasting about in one of the following ways: Comment on this or any AtC 2021 post on this site, tweet me, or hit me up on instagram @dellonmovies, or e-mail me at dellott@yahoo.com.
  • Publish your post on any day from Friday, September 10 through Sunday, September 12, 2021, and include a link to this announcement. If you’re a podcaster or YouTuber that is interested in participating just talk about your chosen movies during your closest podcast and/or video to those dates and mention that you are taking part in this blogathon.
  • If posting on social media, use the hashtag #AgainstTheCrowd2021



If you're thinking about joining but aren't sure how to approach it, or you're just looking for a little inspiration, check out entries from the previous years.




32 comments:

  1. Yay, count me in... Movie I love, The Vow (2012), tomatometer 31% and movie I hate Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018), tomatometer 79%. Thanks again for this yearly vent!

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    1. Can't wait to read your thoughts on Mamma Mia!

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  2. Yes! I missed this last year and I was gutted, so I'm so glad you're hosting it again! I'll drop you a message in the next week or so once I've decided my movies :)

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  3. BTW Love you to join this... https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/08/15/hammer-amicus-blogathon/

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    1. I saw that. I'm trying to think of what to write about. I'll keep you posted.

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  4. Hi, Dell! I'd like to join, please, if it's OK--"Titanic" (1997) for the hate category and "The Happening" for the love category. This is such a great idea! Oh, and my blog is http://takinguproom.wordpress.com

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    1. I'd be happy to have you. I'll definitely check out your blog. Thanks for stopping by!

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  5. YES!!!!! I'm in! I just got to figure out the film that everyone loves that I think is shit.

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    1. Can't wait. I know you'll tear some movie a new one!

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  6. I'm in Dell! I'll have to review what pieces of cinematic glory that I've used before and see what I can turn my love and ire on this time out. :-)

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    1. Glad you'll be back, Joel. You know it wouldn't be as good without you.

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  7. Sounds fun! Now I will just have to see if I can find a low rated film I like.

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    1. Thanks for checking this place out. Surely there's one such movie out there, right?

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  8. I think I finally found a couple of movies to do. For the movie I hate I would like to do "the Princess Bride" (1987), and for the movie I love I would like to do "The Million Dollar Duck" (1971).

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    1. Got it. Never heard of Million Dollar Duck so I'm looking forward to learning.

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  9. I'm in! Now I have to get my thinking cap on hard to do.

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  10. Yahooo! Will decide today which two movies I'm going to blog about and will come back to comment. I love this series.

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  11. Hi again, Dell! Would it be OK if I changed my "hate" movie to "Temple of Doom"? I thought about it after signing up and I think it's worse than "Titanic."

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  12. Hi, here's my post for the blogathon tomorrow... https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/on-films-and-tv/gitterings/rotten-tomatoes-love-hate-movies/

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  13. HOW DID I MISS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT?! I was thinking of this the other day too and how you normally do it this time of year. I'll get something written up.

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  14. Here is my post. Now I have to figure out what Fresh film that I don't like for the next one.

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  15. Here is mine! https://www.itwaslikemagic.com/against-the-crowd-blogathon-2021/

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  16. I had to cook up a post quickly since for some reason I was thinking the blogathon was next weekend. But once again I went for a critically-acclaimed Oscar-winner, and a disaster movie. See my thoughts here.

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  17. I have my post up. https://oldbooksandmovies.blogspot.com/2021/09/against-crowd-blogathon-2021.html

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