All-around film tournament

[pinkerton]

Office Space

[illdojo]

Office Space

[The STE]

3-0 Office Space

[The_Return]

Even though it wasnt nearly as influential, Office Space beats The Matrix any day.

[alkytrio666]

The Matrix

[The STE]

4-1 Office Space, next vote could end the match (assuming it's for Office Space)

[Posher778]

The MATRIX



Save it quick!!

[jay o2 waster]

Office Space

[Dominion]

Office Space by a mile.

[The STE]

6-2 Office Space, next match in a sec

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 8


The Thing
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John Carpenter's remake of the Howard Hawks classic, though mostly just a separate adaptation of "Who Goes There?". Good perfrmances by Kurt Russel and Keith David, good special effects, heavy atmosphere and nicely ambiguous ending. And for the most part, the characters weren't stupid, so there's always that.

VS

Clerks
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While it may not have been the first movie of its kind, most workplace comedies that take place in a non-office setting are compared to Clerks, mostly in a "pff, that's not nearly as good as Clerks" way. And with good reason. Look past the gruddy look and the rampant swearing, and you'll see some smart dialogue with almost a cinéma vérité look to it.

[Dominion]

The Thing.

[Posher778]

haha


The Thing

[bwind22]

Clerks. I think The Thing gets too much hype.

[Despare]

Clerks

I loved both movies but I have to give the nod to Smith's film here.

[pinkerton]

Clerks.....

[The Mothman]

The Thing

i dont really think clerks was all that funny.
bezerker was awesome though.

[The STE]

3-3, one of the more hotly contested matches so far

[roshiq]

---The Thing---

[The STE]

The Thing wins 5-3, next match shortly

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 9


2001: A Space Odyssey
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Long stretches of silence, very little in the way of coherent plot, ambiguous beginning, ambiguous ending, pretty antiquated in its views of what 6 years ago would be like, and one of the best movies ever made, probably THE best science fiction movie ever made. One of the few films I'd call "art."

VS

Evil Dead 2
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Not art. But a hell of a fun movie, and probably more influential than it gets credit for. A lot of fun, gorey, horror/comedies have tried to be Evil Dead 2, some have been better movies, but still, none of them are Evil Dead 2.

[pinkerton]

Evil Dead 2

[Dominion]

Evil Dead 2

[roshiq]

2001: A Space Odyssey

[Geddy]

Evil Dead 2...

[Ripture]

Evil Dead 2

[ShankS]

2001: A Space Odyssey

[Posher778]

2001: A Space Odyssey

Ed2 didn't cut it for me.

[The_Return]

I dont think anyone can argue that 2001 isnt the better film here, but it just isnt that enjoyable. Great movie, but I'll take Evil Dead 2 over it anyday.

[alkytrio666]

2001: A Space Odyssey

[evil squirrel]

Evil dead 2

[bwind22]

2001 is a boring piece of shit. Evil Dead 2 by a longshot. It's about 500 times more entertaining.

[The STE]

Evil Dead 2 wins 8-4, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 10


Halloween
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Black Friday may have done it first, but Halloween did it better than anybody before or since. It had an almost Hitchcockian style in how it built suspense, not resorting to mindless "scares" where someone just jumped out of the side of the frame, a style that is apparently nigh impossible to duplicate. Decent to solid performances all around, especially an unnecessarily good performance by Nick Castle.

VS

March of the Penguins
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There aren't a lot of blockbuster documentaries, but here's one of them. It's not an indictment of the president or an exposé on wrongly accused teens or an artistic filmmaking challenge, it's just penguins looking cute while Morgan Freeman narrates. The simplicity and how it works out is actually kindof admirable.


Although, I'm figuring on a lot of dead penguins in this one

[Dante'sInferno]

Aww poor penguins.



Halloween!

[pinkerton]

Halloween.......

[jay o2 waster]

halloween...

[The Mothman]

2001 is a boring piece of shit.

you must have some kinda beef with slow movies.

[DP McCoy]

Halloween....

[Posher778]

Halloween....

Not a fair one haha

[alkytrio666]

This was an unfair match. March of the Penguins is one of the most entertaining documentaries I've ever seen.


But, I mean, come on...Halloween.

[The STE]

alright, alright, I'll stop the mass penguin slaughter at 6-0. Next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 11


The Notebook
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Real life pair Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams star in one of the most well-received romance movies in a long time. I actually haven't seen it yet, but I'm a big fan of both actors, especially Gosling.

VS

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
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One of the three great westerns (along with Once Upon a Time in the West and The Wild Bunch). Maybe not ALL westerns try to be The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but most do, and the rest should.



Ok, there's a match or two coming up that more than makes up for all these one-sided matches. Promise.

[The_Return]

Shame, I really did like The Notebook. Hate to see it knocked out so soon.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

[DP McCoy]

The Good,The Bad and the Ugly

[pinkerton]

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

[The STE]

Shame, I really did like The Notebook. Hate to see it knocked out so soon.

Hey, a lot of great movies didn't even make it past the qualifyer rounds (*cough*Taxi Driver*cough*)


3-0 GBU

[jay o2 waster]

The Good the bad and the ugly

[Dominion]

I haven't seen either of them, so I'll wait until next round to vote.

[cactus]

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

[pinkerton]

*+1 to bump spam down*


do not reply to the spam thread and bump it up

[The STE]

5-0 GBU, next match in a sec

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 12


Back to the Future
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Remember when Michael J. Fox was young and Chris Lloyd was funny? Those were the days, huh? A fun time-travelling movie where Crispen Glover punches a guy out.

VS

Kill Bill
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The exact opposite of all these infulential movies in the tournament. Samurai movies, kung fu movies, spaghetti westerns, and exploitation movies all rolled up into one giant bloody violent epic. I don't distinguish between volumes one or two, since it was conceived as one movie. You can vote for a particular volume if you want, but the votes will still go to Kill Bill as a whole

[jay o2 waster]

Kill Bill....

[The_Return]

Back to the Future, easy.

[paws the great]

Back to the Future

[pinkerton]

Back to the Future

[Posher778]

Kill Bill


DEFINENTLY.

[Dominion]

Back to The Future

I liked Kill Bill, but Back to The Future was one of my favorite childhood movies, and one of the few that is still good.

[Despare]

Back to the Future

[alkytrio666]

Tough match, but it's gotta be Kill Bill for me.

[Disease]

Back to the future

[_____V_____]

Havent been online in awhile so just read back through the pages and matchups...have to admit, great tourney with some shitass tough matches.

Like this one...Back to the Future has been one of my all-time fav movies...but...

Kill Bill, by a mere whisker, just cuz of Tarantino's visual brilliance.

[The STE]

6-4 Back To The Future. Next match in a sec

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 13


This Is Spinal Tap
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To my knowledge, the semenal mockumentary, and rivals Holy Grail for quotability. Thuroughly original, well acted throughout, good music, and a cucumber wrapped in foil.

VS

Saving Private Ryan
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Highly acclaimed but unseen by me past the beginning, it does have one of the best war battle scenes I've ever seen.

[bwind22]

Damn, I probably woulda went with Kill Bill in that last match. I always prefered Back to the Future 2 over the original for it's cool vision of the future and those AWESOME hoverboards that we're still waiting for.


I'll go with Saving Private Ryan here. Spinal Tap's good, but I don't even know if I'd rank it as Christopher Guest's best work.

[roshiq]

Saving Private Ryan

[pinkerton]

Saving Private Ryan

[_____V_____]

Saving Private Ryan. Just for the war scene on the beach alone.

[DP McCoy]

Saving Private Ryan. Just for the war scene on the beach alone.

What he said

[The_Return]

I havent seen either:o

[_____V_____]

I havent seen either:o


You really need to grab all those DVDs and go on a movie watching marathon when summer starts.:p

[The_Return]

You really need to grab all those DVDs and go on a movie watching marathon when summer starts.:p

March Break is next week, 9 days off school (inc. weekends)...hopefully I wont have to work very much because I plan to just sit back and power through DVDs all week. I already have a bunch that I need to see, but Im thinking about hitting up Blockbuster and grabbing some "must-sees" that Ive missed out on.

[jay o2 waster]

This is Spinal Tap

[Dominion]

Private Ryan, I guess.

[Despare]

This Is Spinal Tap

[alkytrio666]

March Break is next week, 9 days off school (inc. weekends)...hopefully I wont have to work very much because I plan to just sit back and power through DVDs all week. I already have a bunch that I need to see, but Im thinking about hitting up Blockbuster and grabbing some "must-sees" that Ive missed out on.
Did you watch Goodfellas yet?!








Anyway, Saving Private Ryan for me.

[The_Return]

Did you watch Goodfellas yet?!


Not yet! Soon, I promise...very soon.

[alkytrio666]

Not yet! Soon, I promise...very soon.
Alright. Throw me a PM review when you do.

[paws the great]

Saving Private Ryan

[The STE]

SPR wins, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 14


Rocky Horror Picture Show
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One of the very few musicals I like. Crazy, funny, occasionally really hot (Tim Curry in drag, mmmmm), and has one of the biggest fanbases of any movie that I know of.

VS

Platoon
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Oliver Stone's made a lot of overblown and pretentious clunkers in his time. This is not one of them. Arguably the best vietnam movie ever made, including Apocalypse Now. Strong performances all around, tightly directed, never heavy-handed, great combat scenes, and a really intense village scene.

[jay o2 waster]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

[knife_fight]

Rocky Horror

[Despare]

Rocky Horror Picture Show

[pinkerton]

Platoon.........

[_____V_____]

Shit! This one is tough...I love BOTH movies...

a cult classic against a piece of masterful brilliance...




hmm....

Platoon.

[crabapple]

Rocky Horror....

I've seen it way more.

[The STE]

4-2 Rocky Horror

[jay o2 waster]

whoops.. edit

[evil squirrel]

Platoon by a looooong way.

[alkytrio666]

Platoon...

[bwind22]

platoon by miles

[DP McCoy]

Platoon....

[The STE]

Platoon comes from behind to win 6-4, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 15


Goodfellas
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Some call it the greatest mob movie ever. While I think Godfather is better, it's damn close between the two. Even then, it's still one of the greatest movies of all time, and one of Scorsese's best.

VS

Schindler's List
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The best holocaust movie, Steven Spielberg's best movie, formerly on my top 10 list. This is one of the most emotionally affecting movies I've ever seen. I'd put it up there with the likes of Requiem for a Dream (though not quite as high as that), with a nice grey-area protagonist and an evil 'villain,' and Ben Kingsly giving a hell of a performance as the only really good one out of the main characters. Excellent movie.



Ouch....

[DP McCoy]

Schindlers List.

[stubbornforgey]

Goodfellas

[jay o2 waster]

Goodfellas

[Disease]

Goodfellas

[Posher778]

Goodfellas

[The STE]

Goodfellas wins 5-1, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 16


The Departed
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Scorsese's brilliant remake of the Hong Kong classic Infernal Affairs. IMO his best work since Goodfellas, and superior even to IA. Great ensemble cast, highlighted by Wahlberg's brief but intense performance as Dignam.

VS

A Clockwork Orange
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This one actually makes me kinda sad. McDowell could've had a great career. If...., A Clockwork Orange, but then he was in Caligula. Anyways, Kubrick gives this a weird and unique feel, making it one of those movies that's tough to fit in a particular genre, not unlike Pulp Fiction. Good supporting cast, but the thing that makes the movie is McDowell's scary performance as Alex.

[Posher778]

Clockwork Orange.

[paws the great]

The Departed

[The STE]

it's tied 2-2

[Dominion]

Cockwork Orange

[Geddy]

A Clockwork Orange.

[jay o2 waster]

The Departed

[GorePhobia]

The Departed (http://www.myspace.com/syafsnj) :)

[The_Return]

The Departed, mainly just because Ive yet to see all of Clockwork Orange:o

[The STE]

Departed wins, next match in a sec

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 17


When We Were Kings
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Thuroughly interesting documentary about the Rumble in the Jungle

VS

Vertigo
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One of eight million Hitchcock classics, with always-great Jimmy Stewart. And, if I'm not mistaken, the first film to use the zoom in/dolly back camera trick that everybody uses now.

[Despare]

Vertig o

[The_Return]

I was spectacularly unimpressed with Vertigo, but it gets my vote on the basis that Ive never even heared of When We Were Kings:o

[Dominion]

I was spectacularly unimpressed with Vertigo, but it gets my vote on the basis that Ive never even heared of When We Were Kings:o


Ditto.......

[jay o2 waster]

Vertigo, havnt seen the other

[Disease]

vertigo...

[The STE]

5-1 Vertigo, next match in a sec

[Disease]

Departed wins, next match in a sec

How the hell did that happen?

[The STE]

Either The Departed got 5 votes before Clockwork Orange or it had more votes over 5 when I checked the match, same way any movie wins

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 18


Empire Strikes Back
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The best of the Star Wars series (IMO), other than that, it's still the same technical wonder that Star Wars was, but with a little bit better acting, and better characterization.

VS

Crumb
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ELL1RG.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Outstanding documentary of the incomparable comic artist Robert Crumb, creator of Fritz the Cat among others.

[Disease]

Either The Departed got 5 votes before Clockwork Orange or it had more votes over 5 when I checked the match, same way any movie wins

MAybe you should try looking up, I think something just went sraight over your head.

[Disease]

The Empire Strikes back

[The STE]

I counted right, The Departed won 5-4

[cactus]

The Empire Strikes Back

[Disease]

I counted right, The Departed won 5-4

maybe you are takeing my origanal comment a little too literally

[Despare]

Empire Strikes Back

[Dominion]

Crumb. That dude is a perv.

[_____V_____]

Empire Strikes Back

All hail, Lord Vader!

[The STE]

Empire wins, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 19


Chasing Amy
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Arguably the best romantic comedy of all time (this or Say Anything). Proof that not all romantic comedies are brainless sugarjobs for teen girls and house wives to gush over.

VS

Rear Window
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Another Jimmy Stewart classic, this one I'd put even above Vertigo. Excellent use of setting, very nice camera work, and Stewart totally carries the movie, while wearing the leg cast, no less.

[Dominion]

Chasing Amy.

[Despare]

Chasing Amy

[_____V_____]

Rear Window is a classic...but the more complete entertainer is...

Chasing Amy.

[evil squirrel]

Chasing Amy.

[jay o2 waster]

Chasing Amy

[roshiq]

Rear Window

[alkytrio666]

Roshiq, are you the only one sane here?!

REAR WINDOW. By a mile.

[The_Return]

Rear Window

[DP McCoy]

Rear Window.

[Thomasgeorge]

Chasing Amy

[The STE]

Chasing Amy pulls out a surprise win, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 20

Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
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Awww. How could you not like Wallace and Gromit? Despite anime and CGI animation dominating the animated movie field these days, it's nice to see a good stop-motion feature film. Even when the weird innuendo comes in out of left field, there's not a frame in the movie that isn't at least a little charming.

VS

Perfect Blue
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One of the better movies of this sort, live action or animated, if only for the fact that most movies like this are filled with dozens of clichés that this one manages to avoid, especially concerning the ending. And the art in terms of framing and all that rivals most of the stuff Miyazaki's done, surpassing at least a couple of his movies. Aronofsky got a lot of the look of Requiem for a Dream from this movie.

[The_Return]

Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Didnt think I was going to like it but I literally enjoyed every second.

[Dante'sInferno]

Perfect Blue

[Thomasgeorge]

wallace and gromit

[jay o2 waster]

wallace and gromit

[Despare]

I LOVED Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, great movie!

That being said my vote goes to Perfect Blue.

[knife_fight]

Perfect Blue. I hate anime and I love Wallace & Grommit, but even I have to admit that Perfect Blue is better artistically.

[DP McCoy]

Wallace&Gromit.

[The STE]

Wallace & Gromit wins, next match secondarily

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 21


M
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The serial killer movie that started it all. And it allowed the long stretches of silence even when Sound pictures, or "talkies" as we insiders call them, were still relatively new and people jammed sound in everywhere. It didn't just have sound in the movie. It used sound. The whistling, the girls name being called out over and over again. And who could forget the imagery implying that first death in the movie? The empty place at the table, that balloon hitting the power lines. And there's Peter Lorre owning every scene he's in.

VS

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One of the iconic anime horror movies (of which there are oddly few). It was a toss-up which I was going to put in between this and VHD: Bloodlust, but this one barely made it over the other. Great animation, and a weird face on D's hand.

[Despare]

M .

[jay o2 waster]

m
.........................

[DP McCoy]

Vampire Hunter D.

[Posher778]

M



....................

[The_Return]

Havent been able to see either yet (though both are very high on my Ziplist), so for now I'll have to go with M, based on the fact that Im a big fan of Lorre and as a rule Im not too fond of anime.

[Freak]

Vampire Hunter D

[cactus]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[paws the great]

M...............

[The STE]

M wins this match, next match will be posted in a second

[bwind22]

Vampire Hunter D

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 22


Nightmare Before Christmas
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While a lot of the fanbase of this movie annoys me (which you could easily say about Scarface, too, anyways), the movie its self is practically a classic already. The character designs are unique, the writing is solid, and the musical numbers are not irksome, which is more than one can say for 90% of the rest of the musicals made.

VS

Minority Report
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Remember when Tom Cruise wasn't blatantly crazy, and made movies that were actually good? I miss those days. Those were good days. This was also during Spielbergs weird sci-fi movie period, which turned out the dreadful AI, but I think this one definately makes up for it. Good effects, good action scenes, and a good supporting performance by pre-Alexander Colin Farrel.

[DP McCoy]

Minority Report.

[paws the great]

Minority Report

[Posher778]

Nightmare Before Christmas

[knife_fight]

Nightmare Before Christmas

[Despare]

Nightmare Before Christmas

[jay o2 waster]

nightmare before christmas

[The_Return]

Hard match.

Nightmare Before Christmas, but Minority Report is still a damn good movie.

[The STE]

5-4 NBC, next match in a sec

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 23


Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
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It's all about the best cinematography in movies, so if nothing else, it looks a hell of a lot better than your average flick. Might not be the most interesting thing to watch for the average movie-goer, but if you're big into movies and moviemaking, this is definately one to check out.

VS

Casablanca
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I could just leave it at the title and cover- hell, I could leave it at the title, and I wouldn't have to say another word. For my money, this is the best movie currently in the tournament, since Taxi Driver got eliminated in the qualifying rounds. Bogart, Bergman, Claude Reins, As Time Goes By, that dialogue, everything about this movie, really. It's Casablanca.

[Despare]

It is a shame about Taxi Driver (can't TD just take The Departed's spot?) Anyway, Casablanca.

[The STE]

if there's some big voter outcry for Taxi Driver to take Departed's spot, I guess I wouldn't see the harm in it, but I'm not just gonna arbitrarily replace one movie with another.

[Despare]

if there's some big voter outcry for Taxi Driver to take Departed's spot, I guess I wouldn't see the harm in it, but I'm not just gonna arbitrarily replace one movie with another.

I know I was just joking, I just think Taxi Driver is so deserving of a spot. Not enough people voted in the prelims I think just because of the size of the list. I say take Taxi Driver and another deserving movie that got some votes in the prelim and toss them in just so... so there's a correct number of matches. Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket.

[paws the great]

Casablanca

[bwind22]

Well, I haven't seen Visions of Light, but it certainly looks like it'd be more interesting than Casablanca, because that just didn't do much for me.


Visions of Light

[Thomasgeorge]

casablanca

[roshiq]

Visions of Light

[DP McCoy]

Casablanca.

[Dante'sInferno]

Casablanca

[The_Return]

Hah.

Casablanca

[Disease]

Who the fuck voted against Taxi Driver!!!!?

[jay o2 waster]

Casablanca

[Posher778]

Casablanca

Way better imo.

[alkytrio666]

Casablanca, the single greatest motion picture of all time.

[The STE]

Who the fuck voted against Taxi Driver!!!!?

All the people who voted for The Godfather


anywho, Casablanca wins, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 24


Psycho
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Possibly the most iconic horror movie of all time, up there with Jaws or Night of the Living Dead. The music was tone-perfect, the mid-film twist was well done, and Anthony Perkins is top-notch, creating a twitchy, nervous little man that he would later perfect in Orson Welle's The Trial. Not the best horror movie ever, but very few are better.

VS

Super Size Me
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Sure, if you eat nothing but McDonalds for a month, your health is gonna go to shit. This movie may not tell us anything any rational person wouldn't already know, but it seems pretty anti-McDonalds, and that's always a good thing. The selling point is that the guy in question seems pretty likeable, so the viewer can actually get behind him a little.

[Freak]

Psycho.....

[Posher778]

Psycho.......

[Dante'sInferno]

Psycho....

[alkytrio666]

Super Size Me was a great film but there is no way I can't cast my vote for Psycho.
What he said.

[paws the great]

Psycho......

[The_Return]

Super Size Me was a great film but there is no way I can't cast my vote for Psycho.

My thoughts exactly.

[Dominion]

Super Size Me

[The STE]

Psycho wins 7-1, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 25


The Princess Bride
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This one must've been a bitch to market. Part romance, part fantasy, part action, part comedy, et cetera. And it works on all of those levels. A lot of great performances, particularly by the late Andre the Giant, but the REAL star of the movie is Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya, who I am still baffled didn't get any awards for the role. Also features the best sword fight scene I've ever seen.

VS

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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The one that started it all. The semenal horror film AND German expressionist film. The plot and acting, while both were good, are not nearly the point of the movie. The point is the look, the horrifically angled houses, the tall chairs, the jumbled mess that is the town, the nightmarish look that infects everything in the movie. There's no way the look of this movie could ever be replicated.

[The_Return]

I loved Princess Bride when I was a kid, but Caligari wins this one by a long shot.

[Dominion]

The Princess Bride

[Posher778]

The Princess Bride!


"Offer me anything, anything I want. Anything in the entire world, anything!"

"Yes, yes, anything you want..."


"Well I want my father back you son of a BITCH!"

[paws the great]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

[alkytrio666]

Another toughy...

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

[jay o2 waster]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

[jay o2 waster]

edit:: i always reply when i want to start a thread....

[Geddy]

Cabinet of dr caligari.

[The STE]

Das Kabinet wins, next match later tonight

[VampiricClown]

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 26


This Film Is Not Yet Rated
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I would almost go so far as to say this should be required viewing for anybody interested in the filmmaking process. The whole thing really sheds some light on the ratings system and how flawed it really is. Explains the rules for appealing a film rating, shows that a lot of the reasons films get rated NC-17 are vague and can change from movie to movie, and that the MPAA is much more inclined to help out a studio film than an indy movie. See this movie.

VS

Sid & Nancy
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Dramatic biopic of Sid Vicious, with a scarily great performance by Gary Oldman, acclaimed by everybody except Johnny Rotten. But even he said Oldman did good. Factual accuracy issues aside, the movie is solid, but is elevated almost to excellent-great status by Oldman.

[Despare]

Sid & Nancy

[Dominion]

Sid and Nancy

[bwind22]

Hmmmm...

A film that I wasn't all that impressed in against a film I am really anxious to see, but haven't gotten around to yet.....

I'll have to go with the one that I'm excited to see....

This Film is not yet Rated

[roshiq]

I'll have to go with the one that I'm excited to see....

This Film is not yet Rated

...me too.

[DP McCoy]

Sid&Nancy...

[paws the great]

Sid & Nancy

[The STE]

Sid&Nancy wins, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 27


Battle Royale
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Japanese high school students killing each other in various violent ways, "Beat" Takeshi as the stone-faced teacher who kills a couple students himself, and Verdi's Requiem Mass. What's not to love about Battle Royale? Very nice and often unmentioned use of the island setting, and paced extremely well over the three days. Not to mention the fantastic direction, especially the lighthouse fight scene.

VS

12 Angry Men
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Twelve of the greatest actors of their day, a couple of them some of greatest actors of all time, sitting in a room deciding the fate of a young-ish man accused of murder. No need for a fancy plot or any action in this one. The direction could have been functional and just relied on the weight of the actors, but Lumet directs it in a subtle but very powerful way that accentuates the acting. One of the five best movies I've ever seen.

[alkytrio666]

12 Angry Men

[DP McCoy]

Battle Royale...i love this movie.

[Despare]

Battle Royale

Tough choice...

[jay o2 waster]

Battle Royale

[knife_fight]

12 Angry Mens

[Posher778]

Battle Royale

[stubbornforgey]

definately battle royale

[The STE]

shockingly, Battle Royale wins over 12 Angry Men. Next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 28


Dawn of the Dead
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The zombie movie. It has everything a great zombie movie needs. Gore, kills coming out of nowhere, gore, people held up in a building or some sort keeping the zombies out, gore, a little bit of dark comedy, gore, and Tom Savini. Also has a strong performance by Ken Foree. Also, it's friggen Dawn of the Dead.

VS

Ninja Scroll
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Somewhat overlooked anime film, has a story more interesting and coherent than a lot of anime movies, good voice acting in both the Japanese language and the English dub, another rarity, and crazy monster villains.

[alkytrio666]

Hahaha.

Dawn of the Dead.

[jay o2 waster]

Dawn of the dead

[Dominion]

Dawn of The Dead.

I think it might win this match.

[cactus]

Dawn of the Dead, easy

[The STE]

Ninja Scroll don't win, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 29


The Lion King
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Disney adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, only not quite as depressing. Animation is on the high end of the Disney spectrum, and the voice acting is the best of all the Disney movies, even the ones nowadays that cram stars into every role possible. One of the last great animated films in the States before Toy Story started the eventual swing to CGI.

VS

The Untouchables
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Film adaptation of a now unspoken of TV series. Top-notch cast, highlighted by Sean Connery in the role that won him an Oscar.

[Despare]

Another tough match...
Untouchables.

[The_Return]

What a bizare conincidence...I just finished watching The Untouchables for the first time.

Two great movies, but I have to go with The Untouchables

[The STE]

2-1 The Untouchables


So far, there's only one documentary that hasn't been eliminated, and it's the only one that hasn't had a match yet. So in theory, the entire Documentary genre could be eliminated in the first round

[bwind22]

untouchables

[paws the great]

The Untouchables

[The STE]

Untouchables wins, next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 30



The Godfather
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One of the movies generally regarded as the best of all time (along with Casablanca and Citizen Kane), and with good reason. The movie is absolutely great on every conceivable level. Acting, direction, cinematography, sound (something not often talked about in movies), pacing, everything. It's epic without feeling forced like a lot of movies, and a bunch of other stuff I could say, but really don't need to.

VS

Night of the Living Dead
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Reinvented the zombie subgenre, if not horror in general. You don't see a lot of movies ripping off something like I Walked with a Zombie, or The Plague of the Zombies. They all go for NotLD. Dawn may have done it better, but this one did it first.



So...yeah, seems like every match involving The Godfather could've conceivably been the finals.

[paws the great]

Night of the Living Dead

[Disease]

Night of the liveing dead

[roshiq]

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[bwind22]

Wow, this is a really tough one!

I'm really torn, but I think I'll have to lean to NOTLD on this one. If it had been Godfather 2 (which I actually liked slightly more than the original) my vote may have gone the other way...

NOTLD

[The STE]

And the Godfather is out at 5-2. Next match in a second

[The STE]

Round 1: Match 31


Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
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Zombies, ghosts, serial killers, vampires, aliens, bah! THIS is the really scary shit. Documentary about the West Memphis Three, accused and convicted of the murder of three first grade boys, mostly on the basis that they wore a lot of black and listened to heavy metal and weren't strict christians. Show of hands, how many people here fit that description? Infuriating that they were convicted, and frightening in that there are people like this right now. This shit could happen to any one of us. What are the odds of a zombie outbreak?


VS

High Fidelity
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John Cusack vehicle, with one of his stronger performances next to Say Anything, and with a great and funny supporting cast, highlighted by Jack Black. Written very well, making Cusack's character an ass, but still likeable.








I'll cast a vote for Paradise Lost right now.

[bwind22]

high fidelity

[DP McCoy]

High Fidelity.

[stubbornforgey]

high fidelity

[alkytrio666]

I must say, I'm kind of dissapointed The Godfather lost. Night of the Living Dead is a spectacular horror flick, but compared to the fucking Godfather?



High Fidelity.

[Thomasgeorge]

the high thing