One of my favorite speeches following a loss is Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams addressing his team, following their 109-103 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 4 of the 2021 NBA Finals. And for those of you who do not know what that speech entailed, well it entailed him telling his team a.k.a. the NBA team that I root for you that they had three games to win two, only for the Bucks to close that series out in six games.
Alright, so you might wondering what does that well-intended speech have to do with this entry, right?
Well, when dealing with a movie assessment/re-assessment schedule as time-consuming as the one that I’m currently dealing with from the standpoint of determining what movies will have 2,000 of the overall guaranteed Two ThouCentennial spots, it’s all about using specific formulas, such as having a lot of options to work with to achieve one goal, which in this case is having eight movies battle it out for the tentative guaranteed Two ThouCentennial spot that will be revoked from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, hence the title of this entry and its subsequent editions.
In the fourth version of this entry, we will looking at five separate groups and the roles that they will play in determining in putting this 2,000-piece puzzle together, so get your snacks and drink ready, because there is going to be a lot to unpack here.
Let’s begin.
*Denotes movie that needs hard copy confirmation
***Denotes movie that is third in the revoked spots queue
Group One: 56 To Reach, a group of movies that have been deemed the next 56 movies to reach Tier 5 of the Land Of Infusion page. To find out what they are, simply view the numbered list below.
**Note: The Last Duel, England Is Mine, Jurassic World: Dominion, Minions: The Rise Of Gru, Black Widow, Daylight, The Invisible, Lima: Breaking The Silence The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, Meet The Deedles, 3 Strikes, Glitch, Now You See It…, Innocent, Lust For Love, Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, The Game Plan, Clouds, Skyline, Turistas, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, Klaus, Screaming Dead and Thor: Love And Thunder were all awarded revoked tentative guaranteed Two ThouCentennial spots, hence the bold “C”
- Sweet Dreams
- Buried Secrets
- Black WidowC
- Ivansxtc.
- DaylightC
- The Brass Teapot
- England Is MineC
- The InvisibleC
- Lima: Breaking The SilenceC
- The Chipmunk Adventure
- One Man And His Cow
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
- The Mitchells Vs. The MachinesC
- Meet The DeedlesC
- He’s Just Not That Into You
- Notorious
- 3 StrikesC
- Greener Grass
- Made In Dagenham
- The Breakfast Club
- The Personal History Of David Copperfield
- Firewalker
- Suicide Note
- GlitchC
- Now You See It…C
- The Last DuelC
- Apocalypse Now
- InnocentC
- Lust For LoveC
- Sonic The HedgehogC
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2C
- Girl In Progress
- Ernest Goes To Jail
- Repo! The Genetic OperaC
- Eternals
- Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of MadnessC
- Towelhead
- Red Rocket
- Exodus: Gods And Kings
- American History X
- Jurassic World: DominionC
- The Game PlanC
- Minions: The Rise Of GruC
- Thor: Love And ThunderC
- CloudsC
- SkylineC
- Beyond Skyline
- Skylines
- TuristasC
- Honey, We Shrunk OurselvesC
- Broken Diamonds
- Balance, Not Symmetry
- KlausC
- Air Bud***
- Date And Switch
- Screaming DeadC
Group Two: Four (Soon To Be Five) Tier 5 Battle Winners, a group where four (soon to be five) movies have held off quite a few Tier 12 movies to join all of the Group One movies. The “W” denotes official Tier Battle Winners.
**Note: The Mambo Kings clinched the tentative guaranteed Two ThouCentennial spot that was revoked from Running Scared
- The Mambo KingsW
- Uncle SamW
- Love AffairW
- Mary ShelleyW
- The Cobbler
Group Three: A Six Pack Of Success, the six Tier 12 movies that passed their assessments. To find what the six movies are and when they passed their assessments, simply view the bullet points and bold text below:
- Movie: DC League Of Super-Pets, Date Of Successful Assessment: August 2, 2022
- Movie: Step Up: All In, Date Of Successful Assessment: August 5, 2022
- Movie: We Were Soldiers, Date Of Successful Assessment: August 6, 2022
- Movie: American Pie Presents: Beta House, Date Of Successful Assessment: August 7, 2022
- Movie: K-9: P.I., Date Of Successful Assessment: August 9, 2022
- Movie: Beast, Date Of Successful Assessment: August 20, 2022
Group Four: The Fall Back Options, the twelve movies that could be on stand by if any new or fairly new movie fails its assessment.
- King Solomon’s Mines
- Benji
- Fury
- The Great Debaters
- Eastern Promises
- Tron
- Tron: Legacy
- The Last Mimzy
- Footloose ’84
- Learning To Drive
- Mississippi Grind
- Leave No Trace
Well, there you have it. The stretch run of finally putting this 2,000-piece puzzle together before its biggest piece (Saved By The Bell: Wedding In Las Vegas) gets its full-on assessment done on October 7, 2022. Of course, this is version nine of this entry, as version ten will become public sometime next month. Stay tuned.