The Action Movie Tournament

[Posher778]

Don't shoot! No comments nor complaints or whatever about my other "tournament attempts". I'm so fuckin bored and I love action movies, so here we go. Yes there's a lot of tournies but if you think about it, there's more threads that AREN'T tournies.... hehe.

1st Match uno momento.

[Posher778]

Round 1 Match 1


Kill Bill V.1
http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005JMEW.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

VS

MI: 2

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXDG.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Dante'sInferno]

Kill Bill V.1

[Posher778]

1-0 For the best movie EVER.

Keep em coming.

[The STE]

the first Kill Bill movie (though they should be entered as one movie)

[Zero]

hmm - - - i hate tarantino and i hate cruise. . . which do i hate the least???

guess its cruise



MI:2

[Miss Olivia]

Kill Bill.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Kill Bill

[ENTITY2000]

kill bill

[hammerfan]

Kill Bill

[Posher778]

6-1

By the way its first to 10 or 5 hours.

[waffle]

Kill Bill part 2 is way superior to part 1, and MI:2 is just ridiculously OTT, but a hell of a lot of fun. So MI:2

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Posher778
6-1

By the way its first to 10 or 5 hours.


If you go about it that way it's gonna lag quite a bit.

[Posher778]

Just for thew first few rounds. I may change it, because you're right.

[Violent Messiah]

I like Mission Impossible 2 because I'm a John Woo mark, but I like Kill Bill v.1 better. The battle with the Crazy 8s was gawdly. ;)

[AUSTIN316426808]

Crazy 88...Crazy 8s were in Basic.

[The_Return]

If you have to do another tournament, at least lean how to post pics...

Kill Bill

[horrorobsessed]

kill bill

[Posher778]

Kill Bill Takes the cake. Can't say i'm surprised.

next match in a few.

[Posher778]

Round 1 Match 2

The Matrixhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00000K19E/ref=dp_image_0/102-1873093-2052132?ie=UTF8&n=130&s=dvd

VS

Batman Begins
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000AU9UYC/ref=dp_image_0/102-1873093-2052132?ie=UTF8&n=130&s=dvd
Ps.... I still can't get the double pics up, someone elaborately tell me, cause i'm retarded...

[horrorobsessed]

batman begins



the new batmoblie was pretty awesome, like the old one better though.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Batman Begins

[Violent Messiah]

Hmmm...Both were awesome movies. Batman Begins was extremely well done, and the Matrix was great, before the other two just screwed things to hell.

Tough call, but I vote Matrix.

Even though I'll probably be the only one. :eek:

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Violent Messiah


Even though I'll probably be the only one. :eek:


Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

[Violent Messiah]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Funny, I was thinking the same thing.

lol! Yeah, I know...Picking the Matrix over Batman is probably a rather unpopular pick. I picked it based on inital impact when I first saw both...Batman was great, but it was still just another re-telling of the Batman legend. The Matrix, when it first came out, was a rather original idea, which is why I gave it the nod. :D

[AUSTIN316426808]

You misunderstood, I think the Matrix is gonna win this one.



As far as being original, the telling of the story was but the man vs. machine with everything riding on a saviour had been done. Batman had obviously been done before but Bruce Wayne going through the motions of becoming Batman was a first on film. So there's originality and rehash on both sides.

[bwind22]

Matrix > Batman Begins


I vote for The Matrix all the way. Waaaaaaaaaaay more inventive piece of filmmaking. (Now, if it was going up against Chris Nolan's masterpiece Memento, then it'd be a tough choice for me, but in my eyes, Matrix far exceeds Batman Begins. Both good though.)


Matrix

[bwind22]

Posher - A quick lesson in posting pics.....


Keep HDC open in 1 window and open google (or yahoo or whatever) image search in a 2nd window.

Search for the pic you wanna post on google. Find it, click it and then click it again to see the full size image.

Once you are on a screen with only the image, highlight it and right click. On the bottom of the dropdown menu, it says properties. Click 'Properties'.

This will show you all the properties of the image. Highlight & copy the entire image url.

Then switch over to your HDC window and click on the little button that says 'IMG' (its on the screen you're looking at when making a post.) It will pop up a box that says something like "Enter text to be formatted"

In that box, paste the image URL that you copied, then hit enter. The image + neccesary coding will appear in your text box.


It's easier than it sounds and once you do it once or twice, it'll become old hat in no time. Hope that helps. Good tournament.

[Miss Olivia]

Tough one.

Batman Begins.

[mothermold]

Batman Begins

[Dante'sInferno]

Batman Begins

[bwind22]

It's hard for me to believe that The Matrix is gonna get smoked by Batman Begins in an action movie contest. The Matrix is one of the best action movies out there. Bat man was cool, but there wasn't 1/10th the action in it that The Matrix had.

[waffle]

The Matrix was awesome and has to win. I don't think that in 10 years time, people will be saying, "so and so is a great film, really Batman Begins-y" in the same way that we refer to stuff as Matrix-y now.
It captured peoples' imaginations, and has had a huge influence on movies since, so I'm voting The Matrix.

[The_Return]

Hard choice.

Personally, I liked Batman Begins more, though The Matrix is hands down the better film....

I have to go with prefrence here, Batman Begins.

[bwind22]

Are we supposed to vote for what we liked better or the better action film?

[tarcher80]

the was mediocre to me, but I hated batman begins (oh, how i yearn for the days of burton!!!).

the matrix

[Miss Olivia]

It's a question of what YOU think. I think Batman Begins was the better action flick.

[Thomasgeorge]

batman

[The Flayed One]

Matrix was an over-hyped piece of shit. Batman Begins, please.

[Yellow Jacket]

The Matrix

Batman Begins was a bad attempt to relieve one of the most beloved superheroes of all time, IMO.

[scouse mac]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
Batman Begins

[Freak]

Batman Begins

[Posher778]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
The Matrix

Batman Begins was a bad attempt to relieve one of the most beloved superheroes of all time, IMO.

Are you serious? Batman Begins was IMO the best Batman film ever. Yes better than the one with Nicholson. And Tarcher, the Tim Burton shit was HORRIBLE!

[alkytrio666]

Oh come on, people.

Action = The Matrix = Action.

The Matrix, hands down.

[AUSTIN316426808]

@posher- It's 10-6.

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by Posher778
Are you serious?

Yes I am. The Scarecrow get-up was horrible (though Cillian Murphy's performance was excellent), Christian Bale sounded like he was taking a crap the whole time, the backstory was ruined, and the action was only enjoyable half of the time, and the backstory of Batman was stale. Tim Burton could do a dark version of Batman, Christopher Nolan could not. I'm not saying it's the worst movie ever made, nor is it even considered bad enough to be in the 100 worst (or 200 worst), but it is a shoddy prequel and a shoddy film. I give it a 1/5.

BTW- Was it Austin316426808 that also didn't like Batman Begins like I did?

[Posher778]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
Yes I am. The Scarecrow get-up was horrible (though Cillian Murphy's performance was excellent), Christian Bale sounded like he was taking a crap the whole time, the backstory was ruined, and the action was only enjoyable half of the time, and the backstory of Batman was stale. Tim Burton could do a dark version of Batman, Christopher Nolan could not. I'm not saying it's the worst movie ever made, nor is it even considered bad enough to be in the 100 worst (or 200 worst), but it is a shoddy prequel and a shoddy film. I give it a 1/5.

BTW- Was it Austin316426808 that also didn't like Batman Begins like I did?

Tarcher methinks.

[The_Return]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
Yes I am. The Scarecrow get-up was horrible (though Cillian Murphy's performance was excellent), Christian Bale sounded like he was taking a crap the whole time, the backstory was ruined, and the action was only enjoyable half of the time, and the backstory of Batman was stale. Tim Burton could do a dark version of Batman, Christopher Nolan could not. I'm not saying it's the worst movie ever made, nor is it even considered bad enough to be in the 100 worst (or 200 worst), but it is a shoddy prequel and a shoddy film. I give it a 1/5.

BTW- Was it Austin316426808 that also didn't like Batman Begins like I did?

It wasnt a prequel. Its not related to the Burton series at all, it's a whole new film.

Posher - Just because you like this film more is no reason to call Burton's film horrible. Fantasic movie, Id really like to see you come up with a reason why you didnt like it.

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by The_Return
It wasnt a prequel. Its not related to the Burton series at all, it's a whole new film.

It was a prequel, but I didn't mean it as it was a prequel to all of the Tim Burton's Batman's. I'm just saying that Nolan tried to bring back that dark feeling to the Batman series, but, unlike Burton, he was unsuccesful.

@Posher- I'm just voicing my opinion. I don't care if you feel that Batman Begins was more superior than Tim Burton's Batman. I know a lot of people feel that way. But, a lot of people feel the same way I do too. Oh, and when is the next match going to be up?

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
Yes I am. The Scarecrow get-up was horrible (though Cillian Murphy's performance was excellent), Christian Bale sounded like he was taking a crap the whole time, the backstory was ruined, and the action was only enjoyable half of the time, and the backstory of Batman was stale. Tim Burton could do a dark version of Batman, Christopher Nolan could not. I'm not saying it's the worst movie ever made, nor is it even considered bad enough to be in the 100 worst (or 200 worst), but it is a shoddy prequel and a shoddy film. I give it a 1/5.

BTW- Was it Austin316426808 that also didn't like Batman Begins like I did?


Sorry, I'm not with ya on this one. I haven't yet seen a Bale movie I don't like.

I thought the backstory was done very well and realistically. Bale's performance was great, I thought the voice he used as Batman was a good move. Nolan is a great director and I love his interpretation of Batman.

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
Sorry, I'm not with ya on this one. I haven't yet seen a Bale movie I don't like.

I thought the backstory was done very well and realistically. Bale's performance was great, I thought the voice he used as Batman was a good move. Nolan is a great director and I love his interpretation of Batman.

Sorry about that. Well, it might've been bwind22, but it doesn't really matter.

[AUSTIN316426808]

By exact definition it's a prequel, but since Begins and the films to come have no relation to the other four, I don't consider it a prequel.

The new Star Wars films tell the story of the events that lead to the rule of the empire and the rebellion that takes place in 'A New Hope', that's what a prequel is. Batman Begins has a different story, different characters, and most notable, the Joker is just showing up. It's not really a prequel rather than a new start. Just my opinion.

[tarcher80]

Originally posted by Posher778
Tarcher methinks.

you wish it was me, posher. i didn't hate the movie... just didn't like it and didn't understand why everyone was sucking its dick. i thought it was better than the 3rd and 4th, but not worthy of comparison to the 1st and 2nd.

[bwind22]

The first Tim Burton Batman movie is, in my opinion, the definitive one. I liked that waaaaay better than Batman Begins.

I did not like Batman Returns very much at all & Batman Forever & Batman and Robin were downright terrible, so I'd rank Batman Begins as the #3 Batman movie of all time...

That's right, I said it. #3! Batman Begins is slightly less entertaining the Batman The Movie, starring Adam West.

Batman
Batman The Movie
Batman Begins
Batman Returns
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin



That's how I'd rank the Batman movies in terms of overall enjoyability. I'm sure it's not a very popular order, but what do I care....

Anyways, The Matrix is a better action movie than any of them, hands down.

[Despare]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
I haven't yet seen a Bale movie I don't like.

You love Newsies too!?

My vote goes for Batman.

[The_Return]

Good Lord man, when are you going to put an end to this match?

By the way, here's how I rank the Batman movies:

Batman
Batman Begins
Batman Forever
Batman Returns
Batman and Robin

I havent seen the Adam West version, though Im sure it's alot of fun:D

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Despare
You love Newsies too!?




I wouldn't say love but I enjoyed it.

Empire of the Sun- Great movie.
Newsies- Average, fun flick.
Swing Kids- Same as Newsies but a little better.
American Psycho- Great movie.
Equilibrium- Great movie.
The Machinist- Great movie.
Batman Begins- Great movie.

Looking forward to seeing the rest and I'll be in the theatre opening night of The Prestige.


As far as the Batman list...

Batman Begins - Batman
Batman Returns
Batman Forever

[bwind22]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808

Empire of the Sun- Great movie.
Newsies- Average, fun flick.
Swing Kids- Same as Newsies but a little better.
American Psycho- Great movie.
Equilibrium- Great movie.
The Machinist- Great movie.
Batman Begins- Great movie.


That's not an impressive filmography to me.

Empire of the Sun- Never saw it
Newsies- Never saw it
Swing Kids- Gay
American Psycho- Great movie.
Equilibrium- Over-rated Matrix rip off. Still decent action film though.
The Machinist- I found it boring.
Batman Begins- It was cool.


I think Batman Begins, The Machinist, American Psycho & Equilibrium are all over-rated quite a bit, especially at this site. American Psycho & Batman are still very cool movies, just not as great as they are touted to be.




Return... SEE the Adam West version!!! It's got some of the cheesiest lines in film history!

[AUSTIN316426808]

You're entitled to your opinion, an opinion that obviously isn't to high on Bale and/or his career. I on the other hand, along with alot of people on and outside of this site think very highly of him and his career. I'm not saying you're wrong because you're going against the majority on the subject, that would just be stupid, I was just pointing out that he is well liked elsewhere.

It's all opinions, non of which are right or wrong, just personal preference, so hey, whatever the fuck the ever.

[Despare]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
I wouldn't say love but I enjoyed it.

Empire of the Sun- Great movie.
Newsies- Average, fun flick.
Swing Kids- Same as Newsies but a little better.
American Psycho- Great movie.
Equilibrium- Great movie.
The Machinist- Great movie.
Batman Begins- Great movie.

Looking forward to seeing the rest and I'll be in the theatre opening night of The Prestige.


As far as the Batman list...

Batman Begins - Batman
Batman Returns
Batman Forever

I agree.

The Batman list, the Bale list... my sentiments exactly (except for Swing Kids which I haven't seen so I'd replace with Reign of Fire on that list).

[Miss Olivia]

I think Empire of the Sun is one of the best WWII movies ever made. It was a very different perspective.

My two cents.

[Disease]

that tom cruise smile, don't you just want to put a steel cap through it?

[Disease]

who are you miss olivia? empire is a terrible movie, but read the book, J.G. Ballard, and then read his follow up novel. it's all based on his child hood. what more could inspire a writer. he was once asked to write the novelisastion of alien but he turned it down.... i want to know you miss....

[Miss Olivia]

LOL I read the book as well, and I loved it.
The first time I saw the movie I was in my early teens, and it affected me pretty deeply. I didn't really understand yet that things like that happened in the world. When I read the book, I was older, and I appreciated the differences....but I still loved the movie.

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by Disease
that tom cruise smile, don't you just want to put a steel cap through it?


Well that's about as outta nowhere as it gets.

[waffle]

miss olivia I'm with you there, Empire of the Sun is a cracking film. Okay, it's a bit Spielbergy in places, but being a Spielberg film, I guess he has the right.

Plus - Equilibrium was great, plus it didn't rip off the Matrix, unless wearing long black coats counts. It invented gun-fu darnit! Plus, I like seeing people get their heads sliced in two.

Anyway - innit time for another match-up?

[Yellow Jacket]

Since we're into this ranking of the Batman films, here's my list (not including Batman the Movie with Adam West since I have yet to see it):

Batman
Batman Returns
Batman Forever
Batman & Robin
Batman Begins

Let the flaming begin...

[slasherman]

Originally posted by Posher778


I still can't get the double pics up, someone elaborately tell me, cause i'm retarded...
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/slasherman1971/adressurl.jpg

The Matrix

Batman Begins
Batman Forever
Batman
Batman Returns
Batman & Robin

[Miss Olivia]

I loved the OG Batman movie. It's campy and fun, and I loved the series. Burgess Meredith was awesome as the Penguin.
His penguin submarine was the best.

[Freak]

The only Batman movie I ever liked was with Michael Keaton.The rest were just horrible.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
You're entitled to your opinion, an opinion that obviously isn't to high on Bale and/or his career. I on the other hand, along with alot of people on and outside of this site think very highly of him and his career. I'm not saying you're wrong because you're going against the majority on the subject, that would just be stupid, I was just pointing out that he is well liked elsewhere.

It's all opinions, non of which are right or wrong, just personal preference, so hey, whatever the fuck the ever.

Oh, I know what you're saying man. No need to elaborate.

I fully realize that my opinion isn't the popular one around here. And it's not like I think Bale is a bad actor or anything. He's fine. It's just that I won't ever be rushing to the theatre on a Friday because "There's a new Christian Bale movie out today" or anything like that.

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by bwind22
Oh, I know what you're saying man. No need to elaborate.

I fully realize that my opinion isn't the popular one around here. And it's not like I think Bale is a bad actor or anything. He's fine. It's just that I won't ever be rushing to the theatre on a Friday because "There's a new Christian Bale movie out today" or anything like that.

Me and you think the same bwind. Christian Bale is alright, but not an actor for me to go crazy over. Now Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, Red Eye, Breakfast on Pluto) and Charlie Hunnam (Green Street Hooligans) are a different story.

[tarcher80]

is this thread ever going to progress???

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally posted by tarcher80
is this thread ever going to progress???

Sadly, I highly doubt it.

[crazy raplh]

I liked the first batman.

[tarcher80]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
Sadly, I highly doubt it.

you're probably right. well, when in rome...

i liked batman and robin the bestest!!!! you all can eat me!!! that was such a super sweet wicked movie. i pee maw pants................

[Miss Olivia]

hyuck hyuck

[waffle]

Posher!

Totals and new match-up.... pleeeeeeeeeeez!

[Yellow Jacket]

Can we just re-entitle this thread to "Batman", because that's what this thread is leading to?

[Posher778]

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket
Sadly, I highly doubt it.


Sorry, it's the band camp time of year and i'm swamped. Just wanted everyone to know the tounrament isn't going anywhere until after next week. Sorry. I'm dead tired, good night...

[horrorobsessed]

Originally posted by Posher778
Sorry, it's the band camp time of year and i'm swamped. Just wanted everyone to know the tounrament isn't going anywhere until after next week. Sorry. I'm dead tired, good night...

completely understand. i go back to band camp next week. it's so hot here, last year the tar on the parking lot we practice on melted to my shoe. it was ridiculus, it's ten times worse this year, and our band director doesn't believe in water breaks.

[waffle]

This one time, at band camp, I pushed a tuba up my urethra