Same...even though I do love Dead Ringers.

I'll have that.

For me as well

Enemy Mine

Dead Ringers

Enemy Mime
and Dead Ringers


Enemy Mime (snicker) is a bit simple and corny, but I found it far more dramatically accessible (emotionally/intellectually) than Out of Africa. I was in the middle of my artsy high-drama kick when I saw Out of Africa, and oh my, it sure came off "literary" to me when I saw it, and that's not a good thing. The fun description is "glacial pacing".

Night of the Demons and Dead Ringers... you know, love or hate it. For film, nine times out of ten, I prefer story-art over art-story. The story, craft, and performance of Jeremy Irons (Dead Ringers) was excellent. Film was won many awards, but then again, Out of Africa won bigger ones. Demons had more fame, but the 'nightmare that makes no sense' isn't my bag.


(Dead Ringers won the Genie Award for Best Canadian Film of 1988.

Jeremy Irons' performance was highly acclaimed and won Best Actor awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle. When Irons won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991 for Reversal of Fortune, he thanked Cronenberg in his acceptance speech.[5] The film was nominated for the Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics.

It is the favorite Cronenberg film of Korean director Chan-wook Park[6] and was voted for in the 2002 Sight and Sound Poll by Lalitha Gopalan.[7] In 1999, Rolling Stone listed Dead Ringers as 95th on their list of 100 Maverick Movies.[8] Total Film placed Dead Ringers 35th on their list of the "50 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time"[9] while Entertainment Weekly placed it 20th on their list of The 25 scariest movies of all time.[10] In 2004, the Toronto International Film Festival Group named Dead Ringers the 6th best Canadian Film ever made.[11] It was named one of "The Top 10 'True-Story' Horror Movies of All-time!" by Bloody Disgusting.[12])

For some reason, Dead Ringers has always been my least favorite Cronenberg film. It just didn't click for me.

Actually, I think I know what you mean. Tends to be love it/hate it like Demons for different reasons.

For me, I have to be in the mood to see a film like Dead Ringers. I think it takes one to task, and if you're not in the mood for crossword puzzle, it's taxing. And an actor playing two roles, and it's not comedy... that's gonna fall on one or the other side of the fence.

Enemy Mine - 7
Out of Africa - 1

Night of the Demons - 4
Dead Ringers - 4

Waiting for more votes in the horror matchup...

Still waiting...

Enemy Mine
Dead Ringers

Non-Horror:

Enemy Mine - 8 (horcrux2007, hammerfan, realdealblues, neverending, The Villain, MichaelMyers, Sculpt, roshiq)
Out of Africa - 1 (metternich1815)


Horror:

Dead Ringers - 5 (metternich1815, horcrux2007, MichaelMyers, Sculpt, roshiq)
Night of the Demons - 4 (hammerfan, realdealblues, neverending, The Villain)


Enemy Mine scores a huge win, but Dead Ringers has to fight it out for it's ultra-narrow victory!!



Last match of the Qualifying Round up shortly...

Honey, I Shrunk...Dressed to Kill

Police Story
Dressed to Kill

Same for me

Same for me too.

Same

Copy this

Ditto

Non-Horror:

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids - 5 (roshiq, The Villain, metternich1815, The Bloofer Lady, Chronogrl)
Police Story - 2 (hammerfan, horcrux2007)


Horror:

Dressed To Kill - 7 (roshiq, hammerfan, The Villain, metternich1815, horcrux2007, The Bloofer Lady, Chronogrl)
The New York Ripper - 0


Honey, I Shrunk The Kids completes a comfortable win, while Dressed To Kill absolutely decimates it's opponent in a big shutout!!



This completes the Qualifying Round.

Get ready to chew your hats while choosing, because Round 1 starts now...

The Shining

The Shining

The Shining

Me as well.

The Shining

I refuse to vote for The Shining. Big Trouble in Little China

Why do you refuse to vote for The Shining? I'm not saying you have to; I'm just wondering why it's not a choice for you.

Hate that movie. Stanley Kubrick destroyed everything Stephen King did in the book and now anyone ever talks about is the movie despite the book being so much better. I've even seen references in film and TV when they say they are talking about the book but only reference things that only happened in the movie and not the book. Plus i just think it's overrated. It's on every single best of horror lists. Its not that good.

I've read the book a couple times now, and it's my third favorite Stephen King book, but I enjoyed the film more; it's my 6th favorite horror film. I respect your opinion because my friend is exactly like you. I got him into Stephen King, and he liked the book a lot more than the movie.

The Shining

I'm not super fan of the film The Shining either. I thought it was OK. Relatively speaking, good for a horror film. Also wasn't a big fan of Little China either. I my opinion, the gravitas of Kubrick tends to 'overrate' Shining a bit.

Shining.

The Shining.

The Shining - 8 (hammerfan, roshiq, horcrux2007, The Bloofer Lady, Chronogrl, Sculpt, MichaelMyers, neverending)
Big Trouble in Little China - 1 (The Villain)
Raw Deal - 0

The Shining pulverises it's opponents and scores a very strong win!!

Aliens

Aliens

Aliens

Aliens

As much as I love Dune, I have to vote for Aliens