*Huge* 128 Movie Tournament

[Richard DeNiro]

Since this forum is pretty much used to up post count, I thought... why not atleast see which movie would win a 128 movie tournament while people post here.

It is pretty much set up exactly like the NCAA tournament, excpt the field is twice as big. I am going to start out by posting the first 100 movies, and leave the last 28 for special requests by anyone here. I'm not going to take requests that aren't serious though, so don't say you want Gigli in this or anything along those lines.

The Godfather
The Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather: Part 2
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Seven Samurai
Schindler's List
Pulp Fiction
Casablanca
Star Wars
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Rear Window
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Usual Suspects
City of God
Dr. Strangeglove
Raiders of the Lost Ark
12 Angry Men
Citizen Kane
Memento
Psycho
Goodfellas
The Silence of the Lambs
Sunset Blvd.
Fight Club
The Matrix
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Vertigo
Apocalypse Now
Taxi Driver
To Kill a Mockingbird
Se7en
Chinatown
Hotel Rwanda
Requien for a Dream
American History X
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Million Dollar Baby
L.A. Confindential
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alien
A Clockwork Orange
Saving Private Ryan
Raging Bull
Reservoir Dogs
Sin City
The Shinning
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
The Wizard of Oz
Jaws
Donnie Darko
Braveheart
Forest Gump
Fargo
Full Metal Jacket
Princess Mononoke
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Tereminator 2: Judgement Day
Batman Begins
Once Upon a Time in America
The Sixth Sense
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Ben-Hur
The Deer Hunter
The Green Mile
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Back to the Future
Platoon
Finding Neverland
Gladiator
Gone with the Wind
Mystic River
Big Fish
Magnolia
Trainspotting
Groundhog Day
Twelve Monkeys
Snatch
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Terminator
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Sideways
Heat
The Insider
Cinderella Man
Lost in Translation
Muholland Dr.
Scarface
Pirates of the Caribbean
Garden State
Cube
Being John Malkovich
The Big Lebowski
Jackie Brown
Die Hard
The Devils Advocate
Casino
Vanilla Skies
Red Dragon
The Exocist
It's a Wonderful Life
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Lethal Weapon
Spirited Away
Deliverence
The Searchers
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Sean of the Dead
Animal House
Duck Soup
Rocky
The Butterfly Effect
Blues Brothers
Gone in Sixty Seconds
Office Space
Princess Bride
Enter the Dragon
Saw
The Rock
Hollow Man
The Transporter
Remember the Titans
Fallen
The Goonies
E.T.
Men of honour
Falling Down
Stand By Me

[Rip]

Can I nominate It's a Wonderful Life, not the most modern choice but hell it's a classic mate!

[Richard DeNiro]

Definitely...

I'm pretty much looking for movies that are favorites of posters here, or are just classics like the one you mentioned. Once I get the list finished I think I am going to do about eight matches every other day. It might take a while, but it should be interesting to see which movie wins.

[Mazer]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

[Murder T]

Lethal Weapon

[Dazz]

I nominate Usual Suspects, Sean of the Dead and Spirited Away

[Rip]

Also suprised you don't have Deliverence or The Searchers up there, unless I missed them

*edit*

:yes:

[Richard DeNiro]

Nope I missed both of those movies. Neither of which I've seen before. I'll check them out if I get a chance though...

[Murder T]

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

[Rip]

Never seen either?????

Searchers is probably the definitive John Ford/Wayne western, with iconic final images.

http://www.en.utexas.edu/amlit/gifs/searcher.gif

And Deliverence is excellent (books better though)

[Richard DeNiro]

I've never been a huge western fan, so thats probably why I havn't seen that one.

[Second City Saint]

It's pretty sad that Animal House and Duck Soup aren't up there. Make it happen

[Murder T]

Rocky

[Bluegunn]

Princess Bride

or Enter The Dragon

[Second City Saint]

Office Space and Blues Brothers

[Annihilator]

Gone In Sixty Seconds.

[Murder T]

The Rock

[Sinner]

Saw
Transporter
Butterfly Effect

[Annihilator]

Hollow Man.

[Rip]

Blues Brothers

:yes:

[Aeida]

Butterfly Effect


I'm glad somebody said it

[OceansMafia]

Remember the titans? :D

[Richard DeNiro]

Six movies left before this kicks off. If you have a favorite movie that isn't on the list name it now.

[Rip]

Fallen


Remember the Titans? :D

Watched that on Sky one day when I was on the sick, really enjoyed it.

[The Wilf]

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest.

[Rip]

2001?

Falling Down?

[relentless]

Stand by me

See no evil hear no evil

Men of honour

[Rip]

Which one is Men of Honour?

[Aeida]

What about Team America? is that serious enough for you, better then half the movies there lol...

Men of Honor is a movie with Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. It's about the first African American US Navy Diver and the guy who trained him... its okay

[Rip]

Ah yeah, I remember it now.............. :blah:

[Aeida]

Oh and

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial... i like ET

[Rip]

E.Teeeeeeeeeeeee.

Phoooooooooooooooooooooone

Hoooooooooooooooooooooome

:cool:

My personal favourite is Flash Gordon, but I think its a touch out of its league here :D

[Dream-Evil]

The Goonies.

[Dream-Evil]

Silence of the Lambs as well.

[Rip]

23. Silence of The Lambs

Already up, good film though.

[DogCalledDave]

Leon

[Richard DeNiro]

The first round is going to start now. I am picking the names at random using a random number program and entering 1-128. Here are the first eight matches.

The Sixth Sense vs. Kill Bill Vol. 2

Ben-Hur vs. City of God

Chinatown vs. Plantoon

Snatch vs. Alien

Being John Malkovich vs. Finding Neverland

Gladiator vs. Fargo

Jaws vs. The Godfather

Vertigo vs. Donie Darko

[Dazz]

Sixth Sense
Ben-Hur
Platoon
Alien (can't belive I have to eliminate one of these)
Finding Neverland
Fargo
The Godfather
Vertigo

[Rip]

The Sixth Sense
Ben-Hur
Platoon
Alien
Finding Neverland
Gladiator
The Godfather
Vertigo

Almost in complete agreement Dazz (and I nearly went for Fargo :D)

[Murder T]

The Sixth Sense
Ben-Hur
Platoon
Snatch
Being John Malkovich
Gadiator
The Godfather
Donie Darko

[Second City Saint]

The Sixth Sense

Ben-Hur

Plantoon

Alien

Being John Malkovich
Fargo

The Godfather

Vertigo

[Into the Black]

The Sixth Sense
City of God
Plantoon
Snatch
Being John Malkovich
Fargo
The Godfather
Donnie Darko

[Richard DeNiro]

Sixth Sense
Ben-Hur
Platoon
Snatch
Finding Neverland
Fargo
The Godfather
Vertigo

[darkhorse]

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Ben-Hur

Platoon

Snatch

Being John Malkovich

Fargo

The Godfather

Vertigo

[relentless]

The Sixth Sense.

Ben-Hur.

Platoon.

Alien.

Finding Neverland.

Gladiator.

The Godfather.

Vertigo.

[Dave]

Kill Bill Vol. 2
City of God
Platoon
Alien
Finding Neverland
Fargo
The Godfather
Donnie Darko

[Bluegunn]

The Sixth Sense
City of God
Chinatown
Alien
Finding Neverland
Gladiator
The Godfather
Vertigo

[FaSho34]

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Ben-Hur

Chinatown

Alien

Finding Neverland

Gladiator

The Godfather

Vertigo

[Annihilator]

Kill Bill Vol. 2.

Ben-Hur.

Plantoon.

Alien.

Being John Malkovich.

Gladiator.

Jaws.

Vertigo.

[The Wilf]

Kill Bill Vol. 2

City of God

Plantoon

Snatch

Finding Neverland

Gladiator

The Godfather

Donie Darko

[RockOverBoston]

Most of these required some serious thought:

Kill Bill Deuce
Ben-Hur
Chinatown
Snatch
Being John Malcovich
Fargo
The Godfather
Donnie Darko

.......and while it wasn't a bad film by any means, I'm curious how anyone could vote for Jaws over The freakin' Godfather.

[OceansMafia]

The Sixth Sense

Ben-Hur

Plantoon

Alien

Finding Neverland

Gladiator

The Godfather

Donnie Darko

[Annihilator]

.......and while it wasn't a bad film by any means, I'm curious how anyone could vote for Jaws over The freakin' Godfather.

Well, i have not seen the latter so i went with the former.

[Brian M.]

Not a big fan of comedies eh? What are there like 10 on the list?

Kill Bill Vol. 2
Ben-Hur
Chinatown
Snatch
I've not seen Being John Malcovich or Finding NeverLand, so I won't vote.
Gladiator
The Godfather
Once again, haven't seen either.

[Aeida]

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Ben-Hur

Chinatown

Alien

Being John Malkovich

Gladiator

Jaws

Vertigo

[Richard DeNiro]

Not a big fan of comedies eh? What are there like 10 on the list?


The list was mostly from the top 250 at IMDB. There really wern't many comedies in that list at all. :dunno:

........

Here is the tally so far...

The Sixth Sense (9) vs. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (8)

Ben-Hur (13) vs. City of God (4)

Chinatown (5) vs. Platoon (12)

Snatch (7) vs. Alien (10)

Being John Malkovich (8) vs. Finding Neverland (8)

Gladiator (10) vs. Fargo (7)

Jaws (2) vs. The Godfather (15)

Vertigo (10) vs. Donnie Darko (6)

[Mazer]

Kill Bill 2
Ben-Hur
Platoon
Snatch
Neverland
Gladiator
Godfather
Donnie Darko

[PMBR]

Kill Bill Vol. 2

Ben-Hur

Platoon

Snatch

Being John Malkovich

Gladiator

The Godfather

Donnie Darko

[Richard DeNiro]

Round 1 Winners (And who they beat so far)



Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (The Sixth Sense)
Ben-Hur (City of God)
Platoon (Chinatown)
Alien (Snatch)
Gladiator (Fargo)
The Godfather (Jaws)
Vertigo (Donnie Darko)ALSO: There is a tie right now between Being John Malcovich and Finding Neverland. It will have a rematch in this round, which hopefully won't end in a tie again.

Round 1: (Matches 9-16 + tie breaker)
=============================
Seven Samurai vs. Jackie Brown

Duck Soup vs. American History X

Se7en vs. It's a Wonderful Life

The Wizard of Oz vs. Taxi Driver

The Goonies vs. Big Fish

Star Wars vs. Animal House

Hallow Man vs. The Deer Hunter

Saw vs. Batman Begins

Special Tie Breaker: Being John Malcovich vs. Finding Neverland

[Richard DeNiro]

Seven Samurai
American History X
Se7en
Taxi Driver
The Goonies
Star Wars
The Deer Hunter
Batman Begins
Finding Neverland

[Into the Black]

Jackie Brown
American History X
Se7en
Taxi Driver
Big Fish
Star Wars
The Deer Hunter
Batman Begins

Being John Malkovich*

Malkovich is spelled with a K.

[Dazz]

Jackie Brown
American History X
Se7en
Wizard of Oz (I've never seen Taxi Driver)
The Goonies
Star Wars
The Deer Hunter
Batman Begins

Finding Neverland

[Second City Saint]

Jackie Brown

Duck Soup


Se7en


The Wizard of Oz


The Goonies


Star Wars

Batman Begins


Being John Malcovich

:mad: how could you put Animal House up against Star Wars :cry:

[Mazer]

Jackie Brown
American History X
Its a Wonderful Life
Taxi Driver
Goonies
Star Wars
Deer Hunter
Batman Begins

Finding Neverland

[relentless]

Jackie Brown

American History X

Se7en

The Wizard of Oz

The Goonies

Star Wars

The Deer Hunter

Batman Begins

Special Tie Breaker: Finding Neverland

[Bluegunn]

Seven Samurai

Duck Soup

Se7en

The Wizard of Oz

The Goonies

Star Wars

Hallow Man

Saw

Finding Neverland

[darkhorse]

Jackie Brown

American History X

Se7en

Taxi Driver

Big Fish

Animal House

Hollow Man

Saw

Being John Malkovich

[Annihilator]

Seven Samurai.

American History X.

Se7en.

The Wizard of Oz.

The Goonies.

Star Wars.

Hallow Man.

Batman Begins.

Being John Malcovich.

[Brian M.]

Jackie Brown
American History X
It's a Wonderful Life
The Wizard Of Oz
The Goonies
Animal House
The Deer Hunter
Saw

[Murder T]

Jackie Brown
American History X
It's a Wonderful Life
Taxi Driver
Big Fish
Star Wars
The Deer Hunter
Batman Begins
Being John Malcovich

[Rip]

Seven Samurai

Duck Soup

It's a Wonderful Life

The Wizard of Oz

The Goonies

Star Wars

The Deer Hunter

Batman Begins

Special Tie Breaker: Finding Neverland

[Richard DeNiro]

ROUND OVER....

Round 1 Winners (And who they beat so far)



Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (The Sixth Sense)
Ben-Hur (City of God)
Platoon (Chinatown)
Alien (Snatch)
Gladiator (Fargo)
The Godfather (Jaws)
Vertigo (Donnie Darko)
Jackie Brown (Seven Samurai)
American History X (Duck Soup)
Se7en (It's a Wonderful Life)
The Wizard of Oz (Taxi Driver)
The Goonies (Big Fish)
Star Wars (Animal House)
The Deer Hunter (Hallow Man)
Batman Begins (Saw)
Finding Neverland (Being John Malkovich)

Round 1: (Matches 17-24)
=============================
Dr. Strangeglove vs. Gone in Sixty Seconds

Scarface vs. Sideways

Forest Gump vs. Million Dollar Baby

Psycho vs. The Green Mile

Cube vs. Red Dragon

Lethal Weapon vs. Magnolia

Mystic River vs. Gone With the Wind

Raging Bull vs. Rocky

[Richard DeNiro]

Dr. Strangeglove
Scarface
Forest Gump
Psycho
Cube
Magnolia
Mystic River
Raging Bull

[Dazz]

gone in sixty seconds
scarface
forest gump
psycho
cube
lethal weapon
gone with the wind
raging bull

[RockOverBoston]

This just keeps getting tougher - except for two, ouch, man! Also, I'm thinking that if people haven't seen one of the two movies, they probably should pass. There's one film in this round in particular where the choice couldn't be more obvious but people may not have seen the obvious winner.

Dr. Strangelove
Scarface
Forrest Gump
Psycho - much like the Oscars, I'm not going to give Hanks too many consecutive votes.
Cube
Magnolia
Mystic River (and I'll admit, that's a total homer pick)
Raging Bull

[Second City Saint]

Dr. Strangeglove
Scarface

Forest Gump

Psycho
Red Dragon

Lethal Weapon
Gone With the Wind

Raging Bull

[Into the Black]

Dr. Strangeglove
Scarface
Forest Gump
Psycho
Cube
Magnolia
Mystic River
Raging Bull

[darkhorse]

Dr. Strangeglove

Scarface

Forrest Gump

Psycho

Red Dragon

Lethal Weapon

Mystic River

Raging Bull

[rednaz]

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Scarface

Forest Gump

The Green Mile

Red Dragon

Magnolia

Mystic River

Rocky

[Bluegunn]

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Scarface

Forest Gump

Psycho

Red Dragon

Lethal Weapon

Mystic River
Rocky

[OceansMafia]

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Scarface

Forest Gump
The Green Mile

Cube

Lethal Weapon

Mystic River

Rocky

[Brian M.]

Dr. Strangeglove
Scarface
Forrest Gump
Psycho
Red Dragon
Lethal Weapon
Mystic River
Rocky

[relentless]

Kill Bill vol 2 beating The Sixth Sense? pssh

Dr. Strangeglove vs. Gone in Sixty Seconds (have'nt seen Dr Strangeglove) - void.

Scarface

Forest Gump vs. Million Dollar Baby (have'nt seen MDB) -void

The Green Mile

Red Dragon (did'nt particularly like either, RD just edges it)

Lethal Weapon

Mystic River

Raging Bull

[Murder T]

Gone in Sixty Seconds
Scarface
Forest Gump
The Green Mile
Lethal Weapon
Gone With the Wind
Rocky

[PMBR]

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Sideways

Million Dollar Baby (That was a hard fucking choice)

Psycho

Red Dragon

Magnolia

Mystic River

Raging Bull

[Rip]

Dr. Strangeglove
Scarface
Forest Gump
The Green Mile
Red Dragon
Lethal Weapon
Mystic River
Raging Bull

This is throwing up some odd results so far :wtf:

[RockOverBoston]

Seriously, how the fuck can anyone even kind of justify voting for "Gone In Sixty Seconds", a completely average film at best, over what's widely considered one of the greatest films of all time?

relentless -- to me, it's that Kill Bill 2 stands up to repeated viewings a lot better than The Sixth Sense does. Once the secret is revealed, you feel the need to watch it one more time to see how you couldn't have picked up on that. The third time, when it's all spelled out for you, it's just not the same.

[Dave]

Dr. Strangeglove
Scarface
Million Dollar Baby
Psycho
Red Dragon
Magnolia
---
Raging Bull

[Dazz]

Seriously, how the fuck can anyone even kind of justify voting for "Gone In Sixty Seconds", a completely average film at best, over what's widely considered one of the greatest films of all time?


never seen Dr Strangelove, so I can't vote for it

[Richard DeNiro]

ROUND OVER....

Round 1 Winners (And who they beat so far)



Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (The Sixth Sense)
Ben-Hur (City of God)
Platoon (Chinatown)
Alien (Snatch)
Gladiator (Fargo)
The Godfather (Jaws)
Vertigo (Donnie Darko)
Jackie Brown (Seven Samurai)
American History X (Duck Soup)
Se7en (It's a Wonderful Life)
The Wizard of Oz (Taxi Driver)
The Goonies (Big Fish)
Star Wars (Animal House)
The Deer Hunter (Hallow Man)
Batman Begins (Saw)
Finding Neverland (Being John Malkovich)
Dr. Strangeglove (Gone in Sixty Seconds)
Scarface (Sideways)
Forest Gump (Million Dollar Baby)
Psycho (The Green Mile)
Red Dragon (Cube)
Lethal Weapon (Magnolia)
Mystic River (Gone With the Wind)
Raging Bull (Rocky)

Round 1: (Matches 25-32)
=============================
The Rock vs. 12 Angry Men

Pulp Fiction vs. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Princess Bride vs. Garden State

Die Hard vs. Groundhog Day

Kill Bill Vol. 1 vs. The Insider

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King vs. Trainspotting

Enter the Dragon vs. Braveheart

Full Metal Jacket vs. Casino

[Richard DeNiro]

12 Angry Men
Pulp Fiction
Garden State
Die Hard
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Braveheart
Full Metal Jacket

- Full Metal Jacket vs. Casino was very tough to call. Both were great movies. Trainspotting almost got my vote over Lord of the Rings as well, but i just couldn't do it.

[Dave]

12 Angry Men
Pulp Fiction
Garden State
Die Hard
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
----
----

[RockOverBoston]

never seen Dr Strangelove, so I can't vote for it

If you've never seen it, then you really can't vote against it, either.

Moving forward:

12 Angry Men
Pulp Fiction
Garden State
Groundhog Day
The Insider (odd, I vote for Kill Bill 2, but not Kill Bill 1 - found this matchup tougher)
Trainspotting
Braveheart
Full Metal Jacket

[Brian M.]

12 Angry Men
Pulp Fiction
Garden State
Groundhog Day
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Lord Of the Rings: Return Of The King
Braveheart
Full Metal Jacket

[Into the Black]

12 Angry Men
Pulp Fiction
Garden State
Groundhog Day
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Trainspotting
Braveheart
Full Metal Jacket

[PMBR]

12 Angry Men

Pulp Fiction

Princess Bride

Groundhog Day (I'm a Bill Murray mark)

Kill Bill Vol. 1

Trainspotting

Braveheart

Full Metal Jacket (Arguably Best War Movie vs Best Gangster Movie)

[Second City Saint]

The Rock
Princess Bride

Groundhog Day

Kill Bill Vol. 1
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Braveheart

Full Metal Jacket

[OceansMafia]

12 Angry Men

Pulp Fiction

Princess Bride

Die Hard

Kill Bill Vol. 1

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Braveheart

Full Metal Jacket

[Murder T]

The Rock
Pulp Fiction
Princess Bride
Die Hard
Kill Bill 1
Lord of Rings:ROTK
Braveheart
Full Metal Jacket

[rednaz]

The Rock

Pulp Fiction

Garden State

Groundhog Day - For some reason I watch it everytime it comes on.

Kill Bill Volume 1

LOTR Return

Braveheart

Casino

[Bluegunn]

12 Angry Men

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Princess Bride

Die Hard

The Insider

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Enter the Dragon

Full Metal Jacket

[Rip]

The Rock (just don't like 12 angry men at all :dunno:)
Pulp Fiction
Princess Bride
Groundhog Day
Kill Bill Vol.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Braveheart
Full Metal Jacket

[Dazz]

The Rock

Pulp Fiction

Garden State

Groundhog Day

Kill Bill Vol. 1

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Enter the Dragon

Full Metal Jacket

[Annihilator]

The Rock.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Garden State.

Groundhog Day.

Kill Bill Vol. 1.

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

Enter the Dragon.

Casino.

[Richard DeNiro]

ROUND OVER....

Round 1 Winners (And who they beat so far)




Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (The Sixth Sense)
Ben-Hur (City of God)
Platoon (Chinatown)
Alien (Snatch)
Gladiator (Fargo)
The Godfather (Jaws)
Vertigo (Donnie Darko)
Jackie Brown (Seven Samurai)
American History X (Duck Soup)
Se7en (It's a Wonderful Life)
The Wizard of Oz (Taxi Driver)
The Goonies (Big Fish)
Star Wars (Animal House)
The Deer Hunter (Hallow Man)
Batman Begins (Saw)
Finding Neverland (Being John Malkovich)
Dr. Strangeglove (Gone in Sixty Seconds)
Scarface (Sideways)
Forest Gump (Million Dollar Baby)
Psycho (The Green Mile)
Red Dragon (Cube)
Lethal Weapon (Magnolia)
Mystic River (Gone With the Wind)
Raging Bull (Rocky)
12 Angry Men (The Rock)
Pulp Fiction (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Garden State (Princess Bride)
Groundhog Day (Die Hard)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (The Insider)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Trainspotting)
Braveheart (Enter the Dragon)
Full Metal Jacket (Casino)

Round 1: (Matches 33-40)
=============================
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings vs. Rear Window

Saving Private Ryan vs. Fallen

The Butterfly Effect vs. Heat

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels vs. The Exocist

The Shinning vs. Spirited Away

Back to the Future vs. Pirates of the Carribean

Cinderrela Man vs. Requiem for a Dream

The Silence of the Lambs vs. Stand By Me

[Richard DeNiro]

Rear Window
Saving Private Ryan
Heat
Lock, Stock, and two Smoking Barrels
The Shinning
Back to the Future
Requiem for a Dream
The Silence of the Lambs

[Mazer]

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings

Saving Private Ryan

Heat

The Exorcist

The Shining

Pirates of the Carribean

Requiem for a Dream

The Silence of the Lambs

[Dazz]

LOTR: The fellowship of the ring
Saving Private Ryan
Heat
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells
Spirited Away
Back To The Future
Requiem For A Dream
Silence of the Lambs

[PMBR]

FANTASTIC PAIRINGS IN THIS ROUND

Rear Window

Saving Private Ryan

The Butterfly Effect

The Exorcist

The Shining

Pirates of the Carribean

Cinderella Man

Stand By Me

[Into the Black]

Lord of the Rings: FOTR
Saving Private Ryan
Heat
Lock, Stock, and two Smoking Barrels
The Shinning
Pirates of the Carribean
Cinderella Man
Silence of the Lambs

[Rip]

Rear Window
Fallen
Heat
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
The Shinning
Back to the Future
Requiem for a Dream
Stand By Me

[Dave]

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
Saving Private Ryan
Heat
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
The Shining
Pirates of the Carribean
----
The Silence of the Lambs

[thegoat]

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Saving Private Ryan

Heat

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

The Shinning
Pirates of the Carribean

Requiem for a Dream

The Silence of the Lambs

[Annihilator]

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings.

Saving Private Ryan.

-------------------

The Exocist.

The Shinning.

Pirates of the Carribean.

Cinderrela Man.

The Silence of the Lambs.

[Second City Saint]

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
Saving Private Ryan

Heat

The Exocist

The Shinning
Back to the Future

Requiem for a Dream

Stand By Me

[RockOverBoston]

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
Saving Private Ryan

Heat

The Exorcist

The Shining
Pirates of the Carribean

Requiem for a Dream

Stand By Me

A few more really tough matchups in this round, and one that's probably the most obvious yet - there's not a single way in the world one could rationalize voting for "The Butterfly Effect" over "Heat", so I hope to God no one has/does.

[Dazz]

there's not a single way in the world one could rationalize voting for "The Butterfly Effect" over "Heat", so I hope to God no one has/does.

someone did ROB someone did

[RockOverBoston]

I just caught that myself.

Why, "Annihilator", why?

Also, I missed the round where people voted for the exremely forgettable "Hollow Man" over the all time classic "The Deer Hunter".

I'll say this again - if you haven't seen one (or both) of the two movies that you've got to choose from, just don't vote. It's important that you be able to justify your selections. Even an "I liked movie X better than movie Y" would suffice.

That said, if people actually exist who like "Hollow Man" and "The Butterfly Effect" better than "Heat" and "The Deer Hunter", I'd recommend a lobotomy.

[Richard DeNiro]

For the next round I think I am going to require explanations for the votes to count. It doesn't take long to write one sentence per match-up.

[Annihilator]

I just caught that myself.

Why, "Annihilator", why?

I..........., Oh why bother. Anyway i edited my post. Hope that is satisfying.


I'll say this again - if you haven't seen one (or both) of the two movies that you've got to choose from, just don't vote.

Fine.

[Bluegunn]

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings

Saving Private Ryan

The Butterfly Effect

The Exocist

Spirited Away

Back to the Future

Requiem for a Dream

Stand By Me

[RockOverBoston]

For the next round I think I am going to require explanations for the votes to count. It doesn't take long to write one sentence per match-up.

That's a damned good idea.

[Richard DeNiro]

ROUND OVER....

Round 1 Winners (And who they beat so far)



Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (The Sixth Sense)
Ben-Hur (City of God)
Platoon (Chinatown)
Alien (Snatch)
Gladiator (Fargo)
The Godfather (Jaws)
Vertigo (Donnie Darko)
Jackie Brown (Seven Samurai)
American History X (Duck Soup)
Se7en (It's a Wonderful Life)
The Wizard of Oz (Taxi Driver)
The Goonies (Big Fish)
Star Wars (Animal House)
The Deer Hunter (Hallow Man)
Batman Begins (Saw)
Finding Neverland (Being John Malkovich)
Dr. Strangeglove (Gone in Sixty Seconds)
Scarface (Sideways)
Forest Gump (Million Dollar Baby)
Psycho (The Green Mile)
Red Dragon (Cube)
Lethal Weapon (Magnolia)
Mystic River (Gone With the Wind)
Raging Bull (Rocky)
12 Angry Men (The Rock)
Pulp Fiction (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Garden State (Princess Bride)
Groundhog Day (Die Hard)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (The Insider)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Trainspotting)
Braveheart (Enter the Dragon)
Full Metal Jacket (Casino)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Rear Window)
Saving Private Ryan (Fallen)
Heat (The Butterfly Effect)
The Shinning (Spirited Away)
Pirates of the Carribean (Back to the Future)
Requiem for a Dream (Cinderella Man)
The Silence of the Lambs (Stand By Me)

Round 1: (Matches 41-48 + one tie breaker)
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade vs. Falling Down

Schindler's List vs. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Sean of the Dead vs. The Usual Suspects

Hotel Rwanda vs. A Clockwork Orange

Monty Python and the Holy Grail vs. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

The Matrix vs. Office Space

Remember the Titans vs. Casablanca

Goodfellas vs. Blues Brothers

Special Tiebreaker

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels vs. The Exocist

[Dave]

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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Usual Suspects
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
The Matrix
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Goodfellas
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

[Richard DeNiro]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: It not be the best in the Indiana Jones series, but I still liked it better than Fallen. I liked John Goodman though, so it was tough.
Schindler's List: The two Towers was my second favorite LOTR movie, but Schindler's list was just a little bit better.
The Usual Suspects: Kevin Spacy is great in this movie, the story is great, and I loved the ending. Sean of the Dead is a fun movie, but not a better movie.
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: The best Star Wars movie of the six, against a classic comedy. Very tough call, but I had to stick with Star Wars.
The Matrix: Office Space was a great comedy, but the Matrix was a greater movie.
Casablanca: I liked Remember the Titans... but Casablanca is the definative film of the first half of the century.
Goodfellas: Joe Pesci, DeNiro, Liotta... great crime story.
Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels: I liked both, but I'm not the biggest horror fan.

[Second City Saint]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Schindler's List
Sean of the Dead

A Clockwork Orange

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Office Space

Casablanca
Blues Brothers

The Exocist

how come all the movies I suggested get put up against some of the best movies of all time...doesn't seem fair :mad:

[Richard DeNiro]

which ones did you suggest? And a lot of these movies are great, so there aren't too many good matchups for any movie.

[RockOverBoston]

Falling Down - tragically underrated film up against the wrong Indiana Jones flick.
Schindler's List - far more riveting than LOTR.
The Usual Suspects, but this one was close, they're both awesome.
A Clockwork Orange - still too soon to know whether or not Rwanda will stand the test of time like this one has.
Holy Grail - I'm just not a huge Star Wars fan, though Empire was my favorite
Office Space - underrated. The same cannot be said at all for The Matrix
Casablanca - I loved Remember The Titans, but come on here........
Goodfellas - the better of two really entertaining movies.
The Exorcist - again, the better of two really good films.

[PMBR]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Schindler's List

Sean of the Dead

Hotel Rwanda

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Office Space

Casablanca

Goodfellas

Special Tiebreaker

The Exorcist

Based off of the comment that Second City Saint made, don't feel too bad. My favorite film of all time got put against Requiem For A Dream in the first round. My heart sank when I saw that.

[Second City Saint]

which ones did you suggest? And a lot of these movies are great, so there aren't too many good matchups for any movie.Animal House (up against Star Wars)
Office Space (up against the Matrix)
Blues Brothers (up against Goodfellas)
Duck Soup (up against American History X)

maybe it's just bad luck

[Richard DeNiro]

I just went and added explanations to mine for this round. Not everyone has to do that just yet, but after this round is over you have to. I supose you can cop out by just typing "I just liked it better" but thats better than nothing.

[Mazer]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Connery-Ford intereactions were great.

Schindler's List
Really compelling story. Great look into someone who did the best they could, but still felt it wasn't enough.

Sean of the Dead
Sean was funny, and completely unique.

A Clockwork Orange
Groundbreaking film. One of my all-time favorites.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Extremely tough. I would either have to spend pages justifying this, or just say that I jus enjoy Monty better. So there's my cop out.

Office Space
Wins on the test of time, as well as the rewatchability factors.

Goodfellas
Great acting, gerat story.

Special Tiebreaker

The Exorcist
Probably the scariest movie ever when it came out.

[Into the Black]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- I loved this Indiana movie. One of my favorites.
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Though Schindler's List was good, I enjoyed the battle at Helm's Deep more than most scenes I've ever seen.
The Usual Suspects
- One of my favorite movies of all time.
A Clockwork Orange
-Kubrick did it again with this movie. One of his best.
Monty Python
- Most quotable movie of all time perhaps. Very funny.
Office Space
- Maybe because I worked in a office for a short while, it swayed my vote.
No Vote
- Never got around to seeing Casablanca
Goodfellas
- In my top ten of all time.
Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels
- I had to pick something. Tough call.

[thegoat]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones films were part of my childhood :heart:

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
As was the book version of this, and while not as good the film was still lovely.

The Usual Suspects
Possiby my favourite film of all time, and Simon Pegg just irritates me for some reason.

A Clockwork Orange
Like someone else said Hotel Rwanda's so recent and this one has stood up nicely to continued viewing

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Never really got the Star Wars thing, and Monty Pythons fucking funny.


Casablanca
Its Casablanca.

Goodfellas
Definately in my top 10, just a generally quality film, I find very few faults in it.

Special Tiebreaker

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels
Vinny Jones! Its also well funny, and I never really got The Exorcist. Just one of those films that never grabbed me.

[Dazz]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - I love the Indy films, probably not a good reason to vote for it but thats my reason

Schindler's List - up until now I've voted for both LOTR films but Schindlers list handles a very difficult subject perfectlty and is possibly one of the best films of all time

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - never been a big fan on the Python films

The Matrix - Matrix is just about the superior of the two

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Blues Brothers - Goodfellas is good but Blues Brothers is gold

Special Tiebreaker

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels - never got the hype around the exorcist

[RockOverBoston]

I think part of the hype that surrounds The Exorcist now is that from a visual/special effects perspective it was well ahead of its time, and even bad remakes haven't taken away from that fact.

That being said, it was still a tough choice between those 2 films.

[relentless]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Usual Suspects

A Clockwork Orange

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The Matrix vs. Office Space- have'nt seen Office space-void

Remember the Titans

Goodfellas (tough one)

[relentless]

Seriously, how the fuck can anyone even kind of justify voting for "Gone In Sixty Seconds", a completely average film at best, over what's widely considered one of the greatest films of all time?

relentless -- to me, it's that Kill Bill 2 stands up to repeated viewings a lot better than The Sixth Sense does. Once the secret is revealed, you feel the need to watch it one more time to see how you couldn't have picked up on that. The third time, when it's all spelled out for you, it's just not the same.


valid point. Jack dee spoilt it for me, prick.

[Richard DeNiro]

ROUND OVER....

Round 1 Winners (And who they beat so far)




Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (The Sixth Sense)
Ben-Hur (City of God)
Platoon (Chinatown)
Alien (Snatch)
Gladiator (Fargo)
The Godfather (Jaws)
Vertigo (Donnie Darko)
Jackie Brown (Seven Samurai)
American History X (Duck Soup)
Se7en (It's a Wonderful Life)
The Wizard of Oz (Taxi Driver)
The Goonies (Big Fish)
Star Wars (Animal House)
The Deer Hunter (Hallow Man)
Batman Begins (Saw)
Finding Neverland (Being John Malkovich)
Dr. Strangeglove (Gone in Sixty Seconds)
Scarface (Sideways)
Forest Gump (Million Dollar Baby)
Psycho (The Green Mile)
Red Dragon (Cube)
Lethal Weapon (Magnolia)
Mystic River (Gone With the Wind)
Raging Bull (Rocky)
12 Angry Men (The Rock)
Pulp Fiction (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Garden State (Princess Bride)
Groundhog Day (Die Hard)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (The Insider)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Trainspotting)
Braveheart (Enter the Dragon)
Full Metal Jacket (Casino)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Rear Window)
Saving Private Ryan (Fallen)
Heat (The Butterfly Effect)
The Shinning (Spirited Away)
Pirates of the Carribean (Back to the Future)
Requiem for a Dream (Cinderella Man)
The Silence of the Lambs (Stand By Me)
Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels (The Exocist)
Indiana Jones the the Last Crusade (Fallen Down)
Schindler's List (Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
The Usual Suspects (Sean of the Dead)
A Clockword Orange (Hotel Rwanda)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Star Wars: The Empire Stikes Back)
Office Space (The Matrix)
Casablanca (Remember the Titans)
Goodfellas (Blues Brothers)

Round 1: (Matches 49-56)
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E.T. vs. Sunset Blvd.

Memento vs. Men of Honour

The Transporter vs. A Street Car Named Desire

Twelve Monkeys vs. The Searchers

Vanilla Skies vs. Princess Mononoke

Muholland Dr. vs. Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Shawshank Redemption vs. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Godfather: Part 2 vs. Deliverance

[Richard DeNiro]

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Memento: One of the greatest ideas for a film I've ever seen. Loved the directing.
A Street Car Named Desire: Easily the much better film.
Twelve Monkeys: Great acting with a great story.
Princess Mononoke: My favorite anime movie I've ever seen.
Mulholland Dr.: Great film if you can figure out what it means.
The Shawshank Redemption: No contest here... atleast for me.
The Godfather: Part 2: Same as above.

[Bluegunn]

E.T.

Men of Honour

The Transporter

Twelve Monkeys

Princess Mononoke

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Shawshank Redemption

The Godfather: Part 2

[relentless]

E.T. - it's E.T. no further explanation needed.

Men of Honour - I enjoyed memento also, but you can't beat De niro saying "cookie".

The Transporter vs. A Street Car Named Desire - void

Twelve Monkeys vs. The Searchers - void although I hated 12 monkeys.

Vanilla Skies - loathe anime

Raiders of the Lost Ark - go get em Indy

The Shawshank Redemption - superb, superb film. One of my favourites of all time.

Deliverance - all time cult classic, and I love the music.

[RockOverBoston]

E.T.-- tough decision here, but E.T. brings back childhood memories.
Memento -- though it's not as great the second time, it's one of the greatest recemt movies for 1st view.
A Streetcar Named Desire -- you're fucking kidding here, right? The fucking Transporter?
Twelve Monkeys -- It took some time to grow on me, but I've really learned to dig this film.
Vanilla Sky -- great twists, plus, you know, I've had physical contact with women and stuff
Mulholland Dr. -- fucking love this film. Poor Indy, that's twice I've had to vote against him.
The Shawshank Redemption -- this film absolutely never gets old.
The Godfather: Part 2 vs. Deliverance -- I'm passing because I refuse to vote against either of these movies.

[The Brothers Grimm]

Round 1: (Matches 49-56)
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E.T.

Memento

The Transporter

Twelve Monkeys

Vanilla Skies

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Shawshank Redemption

The Godfather: Part 2

[Dazz]

Sunset Blvd. - ET was just WAY to soppy and a little to predictable for my liking, still a good film though

Memento - I love films that make you think and don't give away too much

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Princess Mononoke - One of, if not the best anime film of all time, the only film to out gross it in Japan is Titanic :wtf: and I nominated it

Raiders of the Lost Ark - It's Indy, classic adventure no matter how many times you see it it's still great

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - The definitive western

The Godfather: Part 2 vs. Deliverance - as much as I want to vote for the godfather I've never seen deliverance

[Into the Black]

E.T.
Memento
A Street Car Named Desire
Twelve Monkeys
Vanilla Skies
Muholland Dr.
The Shawshank Redemption
The Godfather: Part 2

[Richard DeNiro]

ROUND OVER....

Round 1 Winners (And who they beat so far)




Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (The Sixth Sense)
Ben-Hur (City of God)
Platoon (Chinatown)
Alien (Snatch)
Gladiator (Fargo)
The Godfather (Jaws)
Vertigo (Donnie Darko)
Jackie Brown (Seven Samurai)
American History X (Duck Soup)
Se7en (It's a Wonderful Life)
The Wizard of Oz (Taxi Driver)
The Goonies (Big Fish)
Star Wars (Animal House)
The Deer Hunter (Hallow Man)
Batman Begins (Saw)
Finding Neverland (Being John Malkovich)
Dr. Strangeglove (Gone in Sixty Seconds)
Scarface (Sideways)
Forest Gump (Million Dollar Baby)
Psycho (The Green Mile)
Red Dragon (Cube)
Lethal Weapon (Magnolia)
Mystic River (Gone With the Wind)
Raging Bull (Rocky)
12 Angry Men (The Rock)
Pulp Fiction (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Garden State (Princess Bride)
Groundhog Day (Die Hard)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (The Insider)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Trainspotting)
Braveheart (Enter the Dragon)
Full Metal Jacket (Casino)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Rear Window)
Saving Private Ryan (Fallen)
Heat (The Butterfly Effect)
The Shinning (Spirited Away)
Pirates of the Carribean (Back to the Future)
Requiem for a Dream (Cinderella Man)
The Silence of the Lambs (Stand By Me)
Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels (The Exocist)
Indiana Jones the the Last Crusade (Fallen Down)
Schindler's List (Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
The Usual Suspects (Sean of the Dead)
A Clockword Orange (Hotel Rwanda)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Star Wars: The Empire Stikes Back)
Office Space (The Matrix)
Casablanca (Remember the Titans)
Goodfellas (Blues Brothers)
E.T. (Sunset Blvd.)
Memento (Men of Honour)
Twelve Monkies (The Searchers)
Vanilla Skies (Princess Mononoke)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Muholland Dr.)
The Shawshank Redemption (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
The Godfather: Part 2 (Deliverance)

Round 1: (Matches 57-64 + 1 tiebreaker)
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Citizen Kane vs. To Kill a Mocking Bird

The Big Lebowski vs. Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Apocalypse Now vs. Once Upon a Time in America

The Bridge on the River Kwai vs. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Sin City vs. The Devils Advocate

Fight Club vs. Lost in Translation

Reservoir Dogs vs. The Terminator

L.A. Confindential vs. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Speical Tiebreaker: The Transporter vs. A Street Car Named Desire

[Richard DeNiro]

I filled my list out and wrote long reasons for each one. For some reason when I hit post it said I was logged out and it didn't take. I'm just posting winners now, and might re-type the rest later.

Citizen Kane
The Big Lebowski
Apocalypse Now
Star Wars: ROTJ
Sin City
Fight Club
Reservoir Dogs
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
A Street Car Named Desire

[Mazer]

Disqualifying myself on a couple rounds here.

Citizen Kane-two classics, Kane is just.... classic...er :shifty:

Apocalypse Now-Yeah, Coppola was good.

Sin City-Devil's Adocate was too much of a Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey rip-off.

Fight Club-One of my personal Top Ten. Plus, I kind of thought Lost was overrated:dunno:

Reservoir Dogs-Tarantino really opened things up for future pics with this film.

Special: Streetcar, same as before

[Dazz]

To Kill a Mocking Bird - A good book and an equally good film

Terminator 2: Judgement Day - MIndless violence with Arnie,what isn't to like

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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Big fan of Star Wars, not a big fan of war movies

The Devils Advocate - Kept me thinking, as opposed to Sin City which I turned off

Fight Club - Lost in Translation is highly overrated in my opinion

Reservoir Dogs - Tarantino's best and one of the best films I've seen

L.A. Confindential - Not a fan of either, but this one didn't send me to sleep

[Dave]

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The Big Lebowski
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Sin City
Fight Club
Reservoir Dogs
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

A Street Car Named Desire

[Second City Saint]

Citizen Kane- toughy. Gregory Peck was phenomenal as Atticus, but Kane gets the nod as the more entertaining film. Orson Well's crowning acheivement

The Big Lebowski-You can't vote against the Dude. Enough said.
Apocalypse Now-By far the best non Godfather Copola movie, memorable lines and characters earn the nod for me.

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi-Kwai was the better film, but it's a sin to vote against Star Wars.

Sin City-I love how it was done, considering I read the graphic novel.

Fight Club-I loved the plot twist and Pitt's dickish bad guy acting

Reservoir Dogs-The "more" mob version of Pulp Fiction. Tarrentino gets shot and there's a 5 minute discussion on why to leave a tip. Awesome.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-Great movie, plain and simple.

A Street Car Named Desire-Marlon Brando is my favorite actor and this was one of his top 3 films so I'm going with Streetcar. Question: How can you vote against a movie that was turned into a great Simpsons episode?

[Bluegunn]

To Kill a Mocking Bird

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Once Upon a Time in America

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Sin City

Fight Club

The Terminator

L.A. Confindential

A Street Car Named Desire

[relentless]

Citizen Kane - even the experts claim it's the best film of all time.

Terminator 2: Judgement Day - The Big Lebowski is a fun film though

Apocalypse Now vs. Once Upon a Time in America - void

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - no matter how good the opposition is, I cant vote against a series of films I love with a passion.

Sin City vs. The Devils Advocate - void

Fight Club - everything about this film, from the directing to the acting is pure class. Great ending too.

The Terminator - I'd like to see this go up against Predator though. Resevoir Dogs is better than Pulp fiction imo.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - I did not like La confidential at all.

Speical Tiebreaker: The Transporter vs. A Street Car Named Desire - void

[Into the Black]

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The Big Lebowski
Once Upon a Time in America
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Sin City
Fight Club
Reservoir Dogs
L.A. Confindential
A Street Car Named Desire

[RockOverBoston]

Citizen Kane-- I actually love the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" and I enjoyed the film as well, but there are numerous reasons why Citizen Kane tops so many Best of All Time lists.

The Big Lebowski-- for the record, this wasn't even close for me.

Apocalypse Now--just a riveting movie which I'd vote for over the majority of the films in this tournament. Not my winner, mind you, but a solid contender.

The Bridge on the River Kwai--this one wasn't much of a contest for me, either. As I've said, I'm not as big of a Star Wars fan as most anyway, but even if I was, this'd still probably be a mismatch.

Sin City-- no knock on The Devil's Advocate, a good movie in its own right, but if these are the last 2 films available in a video store, there's no question that I'm grabbing Sin City.

Lost in Translation-- this was, by far, the hardest choice I've made in this entire tournament. Palahniuk is my favorite modern author (though this is, at best, his 3rd best book, behind "Survivor" and "Choke" -- still an awesome read, though) and "Fight Club" made an excellent transition to film. Great movie. That said, it didn't re-establish one box office star (Murray) nor launch another (Johanssen) and a director (S. Coppala) into the stratosphere. Plus, I think it was slightly more intelligent than "Fight Club".

Reservoir Dogs-- and this one wasn't even close for me, either.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-- another tough one, but this was the better of 2 well above average films. Love this movie to bits and pieces.


Speical Tiebreaker:A Streetcar Named Desire-- those of you who voted for "The Transporter" in the first place quite obviously haven't seen Streetcar, one of the all time greats. It's ridiculous that there was a tie in the first place.

[/quote]

[Richard DeNiro]

....ROUND OVER....

Here is who advanced to the second round.



Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (The Sixth Sense)

Ben-Hur (City of God)

Platoon (Chinatown)
Alien (Snatch)
Gladiator (Fargo)
The Godfather (Jaws)
Vertigo (Donnie Darko)
Jackie Brown (Seven Samurai)
American History X (Duck Soup)
Se7en (It's a Wonderful Life)
The Wizard of Oz (Taxi Driver)
The Goonies (Big Fish)
Star Wars (Animal House)
The Deer Hunter (Hallow Man)
Batman Begins (Saw)
Finding Neverland (Being John Malkovich)
Dr. Strangeglove (Gone in Sixty Seconds)
Scarface (Sideways)
Forest Gump (Million Dollar Baby)
Psycho (The Green Mile)
Red Dragon (Cube)
Lethal Weapon (Magnolia)
Mystic River (Gone With the Wind)
Raging Bull (Rocky)
12 Angry Men (The Rock)
Pulp Fiction (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Garden State (Princess Bride)
Groundhog Day (Die Hard)
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (The Insider)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Trainspotting)
Braveheart (Enter the Dragon)
Full Metal Jacket (Casino)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Rear Window)
Saving Private Ryan (Fallen)
Heat (The Butterfly Effect)
The Shinning (Spirited Away)
Pirates of the Carribean (Back to the Future)
Requiem for a Dream (Cinderella Man)
The Silence of the Lambs (Stand By Me)
Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels (The Exocist)
Indiana Jones the the Last Crusade (Fallen Down)
Schindler's List (Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
The Usual Suspects (Sean of the Dead)
A Clockword Orange (Hotel Rwanda)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Star Wars: The Empire Stikes Back)
Office Space (The Matrix)
Casablanca (Remember the Titans)
Goodfellas (Blues Brothers)
E.T. (Sunset Blvd.)
Memento (Men of Honour)
Twelve Monkies (The Searchers)
Vanilla Skies (Princess Mononoke)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Muholland Dr.)
The Shawshank Redemption (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
The Godfather: Part 2 (Deliverance)
Citizen Kane (To Kill a Mocking Bird)
The Big Lebowski (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)
Apocalypse Now (Once Upon a Time in America)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Sin City (The Devils Advocate)
Fight Club (Lost in Translation)
Reservoir Dogs (The Terminator)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mine (L.A. Confindential)
A Street Car Named Desire (The Transporter)Round 2: (1-8)

Rules: You must at least give one reason for choosing your film. It doesn't have to be long, just a brief explanation behind your choice. If you haven't seen one don't vote. Voting will also last two days instead of one to get the max amount of votes.
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The Wizard of Oz vs. Citizen Kane

Groundhog Day vs. Alien

A Clockwork Orange vs. Raging Bull

The Shinning vs. Finding Neverland

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade vs. Red Dragon

Vertigo vs. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Saving Private Ryan vs. The Goonies

Ben-Hur vs. Star Wars

[Richard DeNiro]

Citizen Kane: While Wizard of Oz is a classic, it just doesn't tell the story that Citizen Kane does.
Grounghog Day: Bill Murry is great. One of the best comedies ever.
A Clockwork Orange: Tough choice... I liked Clockwork slightly better though.
The Shinning: One of my favorite horror movies of all time.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Both are good, but Last Crusade is more entertaining.
Vertigo: I liked both, but Fellowship doesn't quite stand up to this classic.
Saving Private Ryan: The Goonies is a fun film, but Private Ryan is a better one.
Star Wars: wow... Star Wars was just more memorable to me.

[Dazz]

The Wizard of Oz - Just a classic, Kane is good but Oz is brilliant

Groundhog Day - tough choice but I have to go for Groundhog day, Bill Murray at his best (apart from ghostbusters, which should have been in here)

A Clockwork Orange - Don't know why I like it but I do

Finding Neverland - Big fan of peter pan in all forms

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - i've never rated the hannibal films

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The Goonies - Chunk > Tom hanks

Ben-Hur vs. Star Wars - can't chose between the two

[PMBR]

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Terminator 2: Judgement Day
This film is one of the best of the 90's hands down. Best of the series.

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The Devils Advocate - simple choice. i didnt like Sin City that much.

Fight Club - one of my favorite movies of all time beats out one of Bill Murrays best

Reservoir Dogs - Tarrantino beats the first Terminator hands down.

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A Street Car Named Desire - oh come on The Transporter was nothing compared to this classic. It is an insult that these 2 films tied

[Rip]

The Wizard of Oz - Not my favourite of the two personally, but has much the greater impact on both cinema and 'pop-cuture'

Alien - Simply put, breathtaking

Raging Bull - One of the greatest acting performances, ever

The Shinning - Jack Nicholson on top form

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Sean Connery, and one that truely is for all the family

Vertigo - Classic, scares without trying

Saving Private Ryan vs. The Goonies - don't care for either

Star Wars - re-invented the genre, how many films can say that?

[Into the Black]

The Wizard of Oz
- Still holds up today as a great movie. I know Kane does too, but this movie is just too classic.
Groundhog Day
- Such a great movie. I can watch it over and over.
Raging Bull
- Best DeNiro film out there, and thats saying alot.
The Shinning
- So many great scenes.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Great adventure story.
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- First movie in a great trilogy. Does a good job setting up the rest of the films.
Saving Private Ryan
- The D-Day scene alone made this movie.
Ben-Hur
- I feel like I am doing something evil by voting this, but this isn't the best of the Star Wars movies.

[Zefflin]

The Wizard of Oz

Alien

Raging Bull

The Shinning

Red Dragon

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Saving Private Ryan

Star Wars

[PMBR]

The Wizard of Oz
stands the test of time better in my opinion

Groundhog Day
I hated Alien and I'm a Bill Murray fan

Raging Bull
DeNiro's best

The Shining
Jack Nicholson was brilliant and this is my favorite horror film

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
easy choice for me. I love this film

Vertigo
Hitchcocks genius lives on today

Saving Private Ryan
Spielberg movies fighting it out. SPR was better of the two. Looks like his directing is better than his writing

[relentless]

The Wizard of Oz - It has the ability to make older viewers re-capture their youth if only for a few hours - classic.

Alien - no comparison here for me, visually stunning and great gore factor.

Raging Bull - wow now that is a tough call to make. I'm going for De-Niro's gritty depiction of Jake LaMotta's life though, in the role he is outstanding.

The Shinning - A truly wonderfully disturbing film which portrays the thin line between sanity and insanity, beautifully.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Although this is'nt my favourite Indy adventure. I found Red Dragon did'nt really live up to it's predecessors.

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - The stuff that dreams are made of. A rpg fans directed wet dream.

The Goonies - another difficult choice, but people are still using the catchphrase "hey you guys" in modern society for a reason.

Star Wars - The greatest example of it's particular genre of all time.

[thegoat]

Citizen Kane- Rather than because I love this film, which I do, this choice was made more because gradually over time I've developed a deep loathing for The Wizard of Oz... Not quite sure why.

Alien- Back when I first saw it I though Alien was awe-inspiring, and to me its stood up pretty well over the years.
Raging Bull- Tough choice, but Deniro edges it with his performance over Clockwork Oranges general goodness.

The Shinning vs. Finding Neverland... Never seen Finding Neverland

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade- Indie!... and I thought Red Dragon was bollocks.

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring- A moment I anticipated since I was read it at about 10, and it lived up to it.

Saving Private Ryan- The opening alone beats The Goonies.

Ben-Hur- Classic, and I don't like Star Wars.

[Saint]

The Wizard of Oz vs. Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane, Hated Wizard of oz

Groundhog Day vs. Alien
Groundhog Day - Never liked Alien and Murrary dilvered in this movie and made me laugh quite a bit

A Clockwork Orange vs. Raging Bull
Raging Bull - Great boxing movie, one of the best, Deniro is a great actor not to forget

The Shinning vs. Finding Neverland
Shinning - It was a pretty cool story although it took awhile to get to, gotta love jack, Heressss Johnny

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade vs. Red Dragon
Red Dragon was good, but Indiana Jones is a classic and its a movie that brings back good childhood memories, and I just love Harrison Ford.. as an actor

Vertigo vs. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Not a big fan of either to be honest, but LOTR: Fellowship of the ring, although probably the worst out of the bunch, it was really interesting and to see how the story was going to be played out, and the scenry is simply astonishing

Saving Private Ryan vs. The Goonies
Saving Private Ryan, not my type of movie but it has one hell of a story line, and really made you feel emotion, goonies on the other hand..


Ben-Hur vs. Star Wars
Star Wars, not sure about Ben-Hur, I don't know much about it, and star wars is a classic and one of my favorites when I was a kid

[Bluegunn]

The Wizard of Oz: Catchy musical, just a classic.

Alien: Action, gory, and somewhat a suprise ending to me atleast

Raging Bull: Deniro was just magnificent

The Shinning: Just a great horror film.

Red Dragon: Just a sad ending that always gets to me.

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Got to love the staff, and the scenery was great too.

The Goonies: One of my favorite Disney Movies of all time.

Star Wars: The one that started it all, just great scenes and fighting sequences.

[Richard DeNiro]

Zefflin... I can't take those votes like they are right now.

[Big]

The Wizard of Oz vs. Citizen Kane
Wizard of Oz, mainly cuz I like it more.

Groundhog Day vs. Alien
Groundhog Day, I thought Alien was overrated. Even though GHD wasn't as funny as I thought it could've been, it was better then Alien.

A Clockwork Orange vs. Raging Bull
Raging Bull easily. I love DeNiro and it was just an awesome movie.

The Shinning vs. Finding Neverland
The Shining. Jack Nicholson. LEGEND. HEEEEEERE'S JOHNNNY!

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade vs. Red Dragon
Indiana Jones, do I even have to give an explanation?

Vertigo vs. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Hmm....LOTR, I liked it more.

Saving Private Ryan vs. The Goonies
Saving Private Ryan...what other film did people have to go to counseling to see after it came out? Saving Private Ryan made the toughest generation crack because of the realism of the movie inciting flashbacks. Fucking awesome.

Ben-Hur vs. Star Wars
Never seen either.

[Zefflin]

Zefflin... I can't take those votes like they are right now.

I have to have a reason don't I?

[Richard DeNiro]

....ROUND OVER....

Here is who advanced to the third round.




The Wizard of Oz (Citizen Cane, Taxi Driver)
Groundhog Day (Alien, Die Hard)
Raging Bull (A Clockwork Orange, Rocky)
The Shinning (Finding Neverland, Spirited Away)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Red Dragon, Fallen Down)
Lord of the Rings: FOTR (Vertigo, Rear Window)
Saving Private Ryan (The Goonies, Fallen)
Star Wars (Ben-Hur, Animal House)

Round 2: (9-16)

Rules: You must at least give one reason for choosing your film. It doesn't have to be long, just a brief explanation behind your choice. If you haven't seen one don't vote. Voting will also last two days instead of one to get the max amount of votes.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 vs. Heat

Platoon vs. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

E.T. vs. Lethal Weapon

American History X vs. Casablanca

Fight Club vs. Batman Begins

Goodfellas vs. Sin City

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King vs. Pirates of the Caribbean

Forest Gump vs. A Street Car Named Desire

[Big]

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 vs. Heat
Heat....DeNiro and Pacino teaming up is pretty cool, plus it had Val Kilmer. Underrated imo, but overdrawn.

Platoon vs. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Platoon, one of the more grittier war movies...they were even smoking real drugs during that drug scene

E.T. vs. Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon spawned 3 sequels, how many did ET get? Yeah thats right.

American History X vs. Casablanca
Oo0o0o this is a toughie. Casablanca for standing the test of time imo. Just watched it yesterday as a matter of fact. :heart: AHX though.

Fight Club vs. Batman Begins
Another tough one, but I'm going to go with Fight Club. Chock full of awesome quotes and nothing was really done like it before, whereas Batman Begins, even though it was being redone and revamped, had 6 previous movies.

Goodfellas vs. Sin City
Godamn, another tough one. Goodfellas though, cuz I'm a guinea and it's one of my favorite movies ever.

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King vs. Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean, mainly because there's a lack of pirate movies around.

Forest Gump vs. A Street Car Named Desire
Forest Gump is the quintessential movie, covering war, hippies, drugs, amputees, shrimp, the south, elvis, famous bumper sticker sayings, the origins of the smiley face, JFK, LBJ, etc.

[Richard DeNiro]

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 vs. Heat
Heat: Two of the greatest actors teaming up. Tough choice none-the-less.

Platoon vs. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python: Most quotable movie ever, funny lines...

E.T. vs. Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon: I really didn't like either too greatly, but I liked Lethal Weapon more.

American History X vs. Casablanca
American History X: For me its because of Edward Norton's great preformace.

Fight Club vs. Batman Begins
Fight Club: One of the best of all times in story and directing.

Goodfellas vs. Sin City
Goodfellas: Hated voting in this one, but Goodfellas just seems right. One of the best crime movies.

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King vs. Pirates of the Caribbean
Lord of the Rings: Too many great scenes and epic events.

Forest Gump vs. A Street Car Named Desire
A Street Car: Who doesn't love these classic films?

[Zefflin]

Fight Club vs. Batman Begins.

Brad pitt or Batman...c'mon people it's fucking Batman.

[Dazz]

Heat - De Niro and Pacino, need I say more

Platoon - As I said before, I didn't really find the Python films funny

E.T. - Don't really like either but I can't stand Mel Gibson

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Fight Club - Just edges it, though I'll be honest there's no real reason, I just like it more

Goodfellas - I honestly can't see the appeal of Sin City

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Love the book, love te film

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[PMBR]

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 vs. Heat
I absolutely loved Heat but Kill Bill Volume 2 definately did it for me.

Platoon vs. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python will be funny 100 years from now. They get my vote.

E.T. vs. Lethal Weapon
I think Lethal Weapon has just lasted as long as it can. Come on... its E.T.

American History X vs. Casablanca
I enjoyed Casablanca, but I'm not much for classics. American History X is one of my favorite pieces ever, and Nortons best work. American History X

Fight Club vs. Batman Begins
Followed up by Norton's second greatest work. Fight Club hands down. Better story, better acting, better film

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King vs. Pirates of the Caribbean
I didnt like the LOTR series. sorry. By default I have to vote Pirates.

Forest Gump vs. A Street Car Named Desire
Forrest Gump vs a movie that barely beat The Transporter. I love Brando but Tom Hanks brilliant performance alone takes the cake on this one.

[relentless]

Groundhog day over Alien? no taste people :blah:

Heat - Best public shoot out scene, in any film imo.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Comedy genius.

E.T.- One of those films that you can watch 1000 times and never get bored of.

American History - A powerful, brutally honest depiction of a World issue that will never find a happy medium.

Fight Club - I'm not too sure about Christian Bale as Batman. Fight club is unique and makes you think.

Goodfellas vs. Sin City - void

Lord of the Rings: The Return Of The King - Tough call as I enjoyed both immensely. But how can you possibly vote against one of, if not the greatest visually stunning cinematic masterpiece of all time.

Forest Gump vs. A Street Car Named Desire - void

[RockOverBoston]

This is interesting, I think I'll be voting for some films in this round that I voted against earler on. Wacky Stuff.



Kill Bill: Vol. 2 vs. Heat :

You can (and should) talk about Pacino and DeNiro all day, but Kill Bill Deuce had a pretty impressive cast in and of itself, and it's really Kilmer's performance that I had to look at to make a final choice.


Platoon vs. Monty Python and the Holy Grail:

This one kind of smarts, as I love Holy Grail, but when I was very young, Platoon was the first reality-based movie to truly shock and educate me. Holy Grail didn't do either.


E.T. vs. Lethal Weapon:

......and this is E.T.'s easiest matchup yet, if memory serves. I'm not even convinced that the first Lethal Weapon stands out as the best in that series.


American History X vs. Casablanca:

Well, someone's got to. I think that, as awesome as it is, the only way we could ever truly tell whether or not AHX measures up to Casablanca is to wait 55 years and see how well it's held up. Gotta give a little love to longevity here.


Fight Club vs. Batman Begins:

Passed on it last time, can't do it this time - in my humble opinion, this one's not even close. Batman Begins makes for a great relaunch of a franchise that had produced some flat-out bad movies, and may be held in slightly higher regard by many than it should be for that reason. Fight Club was the better written, directed, and perhaps most importantly, acted movie of the 2.


Goodfellas vs. Sin City:

Loved Sin City to death. Loved Goodfellas more.


Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King vs. Pirates of the Caribbean:

If POTC had the same budget that LOTR had, this wouldn't even be debatable. Since they didn't, it gets the edge for substantially better acting performances and the phenomenal cinematography of things that actually exist.


Forest Gump vs. A Street Car Named Desire:

One of the other cats mentioned that this was the battle of "Forrest Gump vs a movie that barely beat The Transporter." Fact is, that'd never have happened if those voting for Transporter had ever seen Streetcar, and it's ignorant as all hell to write it off again for such reasons -- but that's not the point here. Many years from now, Forrest Gump will definitly have endured like Streetcar has, and it'll forever go down as Hanks' crowning moment. It wins in probably the closest vote of this whole tournament for me.

[Benpas]

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 vs. Heat

Heat: DeNiro and Pacino


Platoon vs. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Holy Grail: I got to go with grail here, as much as I love platoon....Grail is just one of my favorite films and it's a movie I watch whenever possible

E.T. vs. Lethal Weapon

E.T: Such an important movie in my childhood


American History X vs. Casablanca

American History X, as much as I appreciate it...I don't like Casablance.

Fight Club vs. Batman Begins

Fight CLub: See ET and change to adolescence


Goodfellas vs. Sin City

Sin City: I love both of these films , but Sin City is one of the only movies were I've sat in awe at everything. It's done so well


Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King vs. Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates: Based only on the fact that it's a movie I can watch without getting boring, ROTK is great but I can't watch it long enough for it to become my favorite, I only saw it once in the theatre and that's it


Forest Gump vs. A Street Car Named Desire

Forrest Gump: Haven't seen Street Car, have no desire to


[/QUOTE]

[PMBR]

One of the other cats mentioned that this was the battle of "Forrest Gump vs a movie that barely beat The Transporter." Fact is, that'd never have happened if those voting for Transporter had ever seen Streetcar, and it's ignorant as all hell to write it off again for such reasons -- but that's not the point here. Many years from now, Forrest Gump will definitly have endured like Streetcar has, and it'll forever go down as Hanks' crowning moment. It wins in probably the closest vote of this whole tournament for me.
I said the "barely beating Transporter" line as a joke. I loved Streetcar and even voted for it agains Transporter

[Rip]

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 vs. Heat Don't care :nono:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - I love Platoon but Python is a timeless classic

Lethal Weapon - Simple I hate E.T. it's shmaltzy cr*p

Casablanca - One of the most quoted films of all time, and still enjoyable today without huge special effects

Batman Begins - Its Batman, done as it should be

Sin City - Best comic book conversion to date

Pirates of the Caribbean - Read Lord of the rings for the first time when I was 8, read it every year at least twice, all the films are poor immitations of the real thing

Forrest Gump - My eldest daughters favourite film, I have seen it 100's of times and can still bare to watch it, that has to make it good

[Into the Black]

Heat
- I liked Vol. 2, but Heat was better.
Platoon
- One of the greatest war movies ever.
E.T.
- Slightly better then Lethal Weapon
American History X
- Very good movie, just more enjoyable for me.
Fight Club
- No contest for me. Fight Club is probably going to get my vote in almost every round its in.
Goodfellas
- Could watch this many times over again.
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- A great end to the trilogy.
Forest Gump
- Tom Hanks was so good, made Forest really come to life. Good story too.

[Richard DeNiro]

....ROUND OVER....

Here is who advanced to the third round.



The Wizard of Oz (Citizen Cane, Taxi Driver)
Groundhog Day (Alien, Die Hard)
Raging Bull (A Clockwork Orange, Rocky)
The Shinning (Finding Neverland, Spirited Away)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Red Dragon, Fallen Down)
Lord of the Rings: FOTR (Vertigo, Rear Window)
Saving Private Ryan (The Goonies, Fallen)
Star Wars (Ben-Hur, Animal House)
Heat (Kill Bill Vol. 2, The Butterfly Effect)
Monty Python and the Holy Grain (Platoon, Star Wars: TESB)
American History X (Casablanca, Duck Soup)
E.T. (Lethal Weapon, Sunset Blvd.)
Fight Club (Batman Begins, Lost in Translation)
Goodfellas (Sin City, Blues Brothers)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Lord of the Rings: FOTR, Back to the Future)
Forest Gump (A Street Car Named Desire, Million Dollar Baby)

Round 2: (17-24)

Rules: You must at least give one reason for choosing your film. It doesn't have to be long, just a brief explanation behind your choice. If you haven't seen one don't vote. Voting will also last two days instead of one to get the max amount of votes.
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Gladiator vs. Raiders of the Lost Arc

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels vs. Office Space

Scarface vs. Jackie Brown

The Godfather: Part 2 vs. 12 Angry Men

Psycho vs. Shindler's List

The Shawshank Redemption vs. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Full Metal Jacket vs. The Big Lebowski

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi vs. The Deer Hunter

[Rip]

Raiders of the Lost Arc - Indy wins it everytime

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels - Brit gangster movies seldom turn out right, this one did in a big way

Scarface - For the commanding lead performance

The Godfather: Part 2 - Very good, and not keen on the alternative

Psycho - reinvented horror

The Shawshank Redemption - excellent conversion to screen, and 2 excellent leads

Full Metal Jacket - genuine, moving and awe inspiring at times

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - I'm a sucker for sci-fi

[RockOverBoston]

These matchups just got tough as nails all of a sudden.

Gladiator - as already established, I'm not as big a fan of the Raiders series as many are, and even if I were, I still think I'd prefer Gladiator.

Office Space - infinitly quotable, utterly hilarious movie, even moreso than Lock, Stock

Scarface - I like Jackie Brown quite a lot, but come on now........

Godfather Deuce - the true standout in the trilogy, and it could be argued that it's got an even better cast than 12 Angry Men, which is saying a lot.

Schindler's List - stealing a line someone else used before here, but I'm pretty sure no one had to seek counseling after seeing "Psycho".

These next two, by the way, were tough.

Shawshank Redemption - it wins for now. Pretty much everyone has seen at least part of this film, and the overwhelming majority have enjoyed it. Gets the edge based on those criteria and those only. We'll see if it'd still win when Eternal Sunshine is over 10 years old, though.

Private Pyle vs. The Dude? Unfair, man. I am going to, quite literally, allow the coin to call this one.

The coin says the Dude does not abide.

Full Metal Jacket.

The Deer Hunter - in the infamous words of Bobcat Goldthwait, "because I'm an adult and I've been laid".

[Richard DeNiro]

Gladiator vs. Raiders of the Lost Arc
Gladiator: Very very tough choice here. I think Gladiator had the better acting, and a better story.

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels vs. Office Space
Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels: Very hard choice here as well. Both were great, but Lock, Stock just seemed to edge Office Space out.

Scarface vs. Jackie Brown
Scarface: Al Pacino as Tony Montana... enough said

The Godfather: Part 2 vs. 12 Angry Men
The Godfather: Part 2: Two great stories in one movie. One of the best ever.

Psycho vs. Shindler's List
Psycho: It's hard to vote against Schindler's List but here I think I have to. Psycho is a great great horror picture.

The Shawshank Redemption vs. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Shawshank Redemption: Can't find a single thing wrong with this movie.

Full Metal Jacket vs. The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski: The Dude abides with me voting here. My only knock on FMJ is the ending.

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi vs. The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter: Walken and DeNiro in the same movie.

[relentless]

Gladiator - Both great films, prefered the acting and superb dialogue in Gladiator though.

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels vs. Office Space - void I don't believe I have seen Office space?

Scarface - Just an all time gritty classic.

The Godfather: Part 2 vs. 12 Angry Men - void

Schindler's List - horrific and moving portrayal of a man's inner battle between right and wrong.

The Shawshank Redemption - Morgan freeman and Tim Robbins complimenting each other in an absolutely outstanding film.

Full Metal Jacket - A unique film that finds the perfect balance between humour and dead-pan.

The Deer Hunter - I love Star wars but DeNiro excels himself in this role. Showing why he is such a versatile actor.

[Dazz]

Raiders of the Lost Arc - Love Indy , hate russell crowe, simple choice

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels vs. Office Space - void

Scarface - Al Pacino is great and Jackie Brown is probably the weakest of Tarrentino's films

The Godfather: Part 2 vs. 12 Angry Men - void

Shindler's List - Classic film, one that genuinly made me cry a little

The Shawshank Redemption - as stated before eternal sunshine is one of the few films that sent me to sleep

Full Metal Jacket vs. The Big Lebowski - void

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Star wars, I liked star wars, I didn't like The Deer Hunter

[RockOverBoston]

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Star wars, need i say more

Actually, yeah, you probably need say more. This isn't just some run-of-the-mill film that Jedi's up against here, this is an All Time Classic.

[Into the Black]

Raiders of the Lost Arc
- Hard decision here. Indy gets my vote though. I can't think of a great reason. They are so equal to me, and I had to choose one.
Office Space
- Once again I just think this is a great comedy, and in my top five comedies of all time.
Scarface
- I could list off a million reasons. Jacky Brown isn't Quinten's best movie either. Al Pacino is my reason.
The Godfather: Part 2
- Long live the Godfather: Part 2. Amazing film.
Shindler's List
- Just does a great job of showing the horror that was the holocaust.
The Shawshank Redemption
- Such a great movie. Stuff like this doesn't come around that often.
Full Metal Jacket
- This is sort of like two different movies in one. Kubrick was a great director and told a great story.
The Deer Hunter
- The Russian Roulett sceens alone made this movie. Star Wars was entertaining, but not better.

[Richard DeNiro]

A few more people to vote are needed. It's pretty even for a lot of the matches.

[Leper Messiah]

If more voters are needed, I'll do this...

Gladiator vs. Raiders of the Lost Arc
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Gladiator was better in almost all aspects of film-making, but Raiders is one of those movies which I watch anytime it's on and never get tired and I'm a sucker for the Indy character.

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels vs. Office Space
Lock, Stock and Two Loaded Barrels - As much I love Office Space, I love this film's fast-paced storyline and great dialogue. Thought this was much better than Snatch.

Scarface vs. Jackie Brown
Scarface - I didn't like either movie, to be honest, as I think Scarface is generally one of the more overrated movies. But, Jackie Brown was a complete disappoint for me after seeing Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, so Mr. Montana gets it. I guess if anything, I do like Scarface for the characters and amusing quotes... and Tony face deep in a mountain of coke.

The Godfather: Part 2 vs. 12 Angry Men
The Godfather: Part 2 - One of my absolute favorite movies of all-time... although I have to say 12 Angry Men would be high on my list too.

Psycho vs. Schindler's List
Schindler's List - Loved Fiennes performance and it was shot beautifully. Psycho doesn't do it for me for some reason. Realize it is deemed a classic, but I really think Hitchcock made better films than this one and it definitely doesn't overtake Spielberg's pic.

The Shawshank Redemption vs. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Shawshank Redemption - Not in my top 5 like at the IMDB, but a great film nevertheless. Big Morgan Freeman fan, too.

Full Metal Jacket vs. The Big Lebowski
Full Metal Jacket - Strange when I like a movie more than another just because of the first half of the film, but it rings true in this case. Boot camp part of Jacket was fantastic and pushes it past the Dude.

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi vs. The Deer Hunter[/QUOTE]
The Deer Hunter - Maybe if this was A New Hope or Empire Strikes Back I'd pick differently, but Jedi is definitely below Deer Hunter. I was annoyed at the 30 minute wedding sequence, but whatever... it's DeNiro and Walken.

[Richard DeNiro]

....ROUND OVER....

Here is who advanced to the third round.




The Wizard of Oz (Citizen Cane, Taxi Driver)
Groundhog Day (Alien, Die Hard)
Raging Bull (A Clockwork Orange, Rocky)
The Shinning (Finding Neverland, Spirited Away)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Red Dragon, Fallen Down)
Lord of the Rings: FOTR (Vertigo, Rear Window)
Saving Private Ryan (The Goonies, Fallen)
Star Wars (Ben-Hur, Animal House)
Heat (Kill Bill Vol. 2, The Butterfly Effect)
Monty Python and the Holy Grain (Platoon, Star Wars: TESB)
American History X (Casablanca, Duck Soup)
E.T. (Lethal Weapon, Sunset Blvd.)
Fight Club (Batman Begins, Lost in Translation)
Goodfellas (Sin City, Blues Brothers)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Lord of the Rings: FOTR, Back to the Future)
Forest Gump (A Street Car Named Desire, Million Dollar Baby)
Raiders of the Lost Arc (Gladiator, Muholland Dr.)
Lock, Stock, and two loaded Barrels (Office Space, The Exocist)
Scarface (Jacky Brown, Sideways)
The Godfather: Part 2 (12 Angry Men, Deliverance)
Schindler's List (Psycho, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
The Shawshank Redemption (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly)
Full Metal Jacket (The Big Lebowski, Casino)
The Deer Hunter (Star Wars: ROTJ, Hallow Man)


Round 2: (17-24)

Rules: You must at least give one reason for choosing your film. It doesn't have to be long, just a brief explanation behind your choice. If you haven't seen one don't vote. Voting will also last two days instead of one to get the max amount of votes.
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The Godfater vs. Braveheart

Reservoir Dogs vs. Mystic River

Pulp Fiction vs. Dr. Strange Glove

Requiem for a Dream vs. Kill Bill Vol. 1

Silence of the Lambs vs. Garden State

Twelve Monkeys vs. Memento

The Usual Suspects vs. Vanilla Skies

Se7en vs. Apocalypse Now

[Cameron]

The Godfather - It's a classic. I never was too high up on Braveheart, anyway.

Mystic River - I just remember this being one of the only movies from those movie award shows that I actually liked. Amazing movie.

Pulp Fiction - Classic.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 - I've never seen Requiem, but Kill Bill would win regardless. Awesome action movie.

Garden State - I found it quite humorous.

Twelve Monkeys - Had to choose one.

Vanilla Skies - Uh, I'm not sure if this is a completely different movie from the one with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, but I'll go with it anyway because it was weird as hell.

Se7en - Not the perfect ending, but one of the most suspenseful movies I've ever seen.

[Dazz]

The Godfater -classic film, no bad scottish accents

Reservoir Dogs vs. Mystic River - void

Pulp Fiction vs. Dr. Strange Glove - void

Requiem for a Dream vs. Kill Bill Vol. 1 - void

Garden Staten - as stated before, i wasn't a fan of the hannibal films

Memento - great film, makes you watch it and actually pay attention to it

The Usual Suspects - my favourite film ever

Se7en - great film full of twists

[Leper Messiah]

The Godfather vs. Braveheart
The Godfather - My absolute favorite film of all-time with tremendous ensemble cast and emotional top-notch storytelling. Pacino was never better than his work in I and II.


Reservoir Dogs vs. Mystic River
Reservoir Dogs - First Tarantino film I saw and I fell in love with the style. Yet another great group of actors (Keitel, Buscemi, Roth, Penn, etc.) doing some of their best work. Flashbacks worked tremendously in this one.


Pulp Fiction vs. Dr. Strangelove
Dr. Strangelove - Pulp Fiction was great, maybe a notch below Reservoir Dogs, but Strangelove stood out in my mind. Peter Sellers is sorely missed these days and his characters in that movie were gold.


Requiem for a Dream vs. Kill Bill Vol. 1
N/A - Never saw Requiem for a Dream and Kill Bill was only decent, imo.


Silence of the Lambs vs. Garden State
Silence of the Lambs - One of the best villains in history of motion pictures, played by one the best actors in history of motion pictures. This one was a landslide in my mind, although Garden State was pretty good.


Twelve Monkeys vs. Memento
Memento - Only because of the constant flashbacks and "reverse" plot development which made it pretty unique. Didn't think too much of it overall though, but then again 12 Monkeys was weaker and didn't stand out at all.


The Usual Suspects vs. Vanilla Skies
Usual Suspects - Awesome screenplay by Singer. The revelation of who was Kaiser Soze was done brilliantly, as was acting by both Kevin Spacey and Gabriel Byrne.


Se7en vs. Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now - "I love the smell of napalm in the morning". A different, more hallucinagenic, view of the Vietnam War, with great soundtrack, great acting and awesome visuals. One of Brando's last great performances.

[Dave]

Silence of the Lambs vs. Garden State
Silence of the Lambs - Garden State was very good, but Silence of the Lambs just has more of a story, and has a much more accomplished feel to it.

The Usual Suspects vs. Vanilla Skies
The Usual Suspects - The greatest film I've ever seen, and although I really liked Vanilla Sky it was still only a remake of another, better film.

[Richard DeNiro]

The Godfater vs. Braveheart
The Godfather: Not as good as the second Godfather. But still a very great movie. Pacino was brillant.

Reservoir Dogs vs. Mystic River
Reservoir Dogs: I loved both movies, but Reservoir dog's was just slightly better. Liked the style.

Pulp Fiction vs. Dr. Strange Glove
Pulp Fiction: Two QT movies in a row. This movie is one of the best ever. Best dialog I can remember.

Requiem for a Dream vs. Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kill Bill Vol. 1: I'm going for the QT trifecta. Requiem was a pretty sad film near the end, but to me it wasn't as good as Kill Bill Vol. 1.

Silence of the Lambs vs. Garden State
Garden State: I loved this movie. Silence of the Lambs was great, but Garden State was just better IMO.

Twelve Monkeys vs. Memento
Memento: Loved the reverse film idea, and Guy Pierce was great.

The Usual Suspects vs. Vanilla Skies
The Usual Suspects: Enjoyed both movies, but Usual Suspects was top notch.

Se7en vs. Apocalypse Now
Se7en: Very intense movie, though both were. They were both very equal, so I decided based upon the actors. Loved Spacy in this film.

[PMBR]

The Godfather vs. Braveheart
too close for me to vote

Mystic River
Eastwoods brilliant direction takes this one

Pulp Fiction
Tarantino's best work.

Requiem for a Dream
Vol 2 was better and would have beaten RFAD, but Vol 1 wasn't quite enough to do it.

Silence of the Lambs vs. Garden State
Best villian of all time. Silence of the Lambs without question.

Twelve Monkeys vs. Memento
Memento. Simply based on the experiemental chronology which was brilliantly done.

Se7en vs. Apocalypse Now
too close for me to vote.

[Rip]

The Godfather - Loved Braveheart but the accents cost it the win here.

Reservoir Dogs - Simply a better film IMO

Dr. Strange Love - "You cannot fight in the war room!"

Requiem for a Dream vs. Kill Bill Vol. 1 - :dunno:

Silence of the Lambs - Excellent performance from Hopkins

Memento - Hate 12 Monkeys so.......

The Usual Suspects - Clever, and brilliantly acted

Apocalypse Now - Hardest choice of the round, but for the phenominal images used, gotta go for Apocalypse

[Into the Black]

The Godfater:
Both were great. Godfather was just a tad better though.
Reservoir Dogs:
I could watch this movie over and over again.
Pulp Fiction:
So many great moments. Such a great cast.
Requiem for a Dream
Kill Bill has one of the best sword fighting scene's I've ever seen, but Requiem was deeper and had more meaning to me.
Silence of the Lambs:
Great thriller with one of the greatest characters ever... Hannibal.
Memento:
Right now Memento just might be my favorite movie.
The Usual Suspects:
Every once and a while I pop this movie in, and its still amazing each time.
Se7en:
I love crime/mystery films. And this one was one of the best. Loved how it didn't have a normal hollywood ending.

[thegoat]

The Godfater
Good as Braveheart is, its clearly no Godfather. Its merely good as opposed to great if you ask me.

Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs has, as previously mentioned got great repeat viewing potential... seen Mystic River once, doubt I'll watchit again for years.

Pulp Fiction
I saw Pulp Fiction again the other day, its just fucking brilliant. No way I could vote against it at this point. Fave Tarantino film.

Requiem for a Dream
And my least favourite. Requim for a Dream takes it, quality film against what I consider Tarantinos weakest.

Garden State
Tough choice. Garden States one of few comedys I really love though.


The Usual Suspects
So clever, good acting, brilliant story. First time I saw the ending, pure brilliance.

Se7en vs. Apocalypse Now
Couldn't pick

[Big]

The Godfater vs. Braveheart
Toughy, I vote Godfather, after 30 years its still the second best modern mafia movie.

Reservoir Dogs vs. Mystic River
Reservoir Dogs, Mr. Pink's tipping policy and the story the undercover cop has to make up takes this away from Mystic River. The book was better then the movie regarding MR

Pulp Fiction vs. Dr. Strange Love
Pulp Fiction for Christopher Walken's scene alone

Requiem for a Dream vs. Kill Bill Vol. 1
Can't remember either that well, so im not gonna vote

Silence of the Lambs vs. Garden State
Silence of the Lambs, buffalo fuckin bill

Twelve Monkeys vs. Memento
didn't see either

The Usual Suspects vs. Vanilla Sky
The Usual Suspects was awesome, the twist was rather good and surprising and it was great all around

Se7en vs. Apocalypse Now
Seven was extremely well done and I haven't seen Apocalypse Now, but even without seeing it, I've gotta give it to Apocalypse Now. I heard so much about it, and I think it lives up to a higher standard then Se7en does.

[relentless]

Braveheart - some may disagree, I believe it's the greatest love story ever told.

Reservoir Dogs - I enjoyed both but RD is better than Pulp fiction imo and we all know how good that is.

Pulp Fiction vs. Dr. Strange Glove - void

Kill Bill Vol. 1 - it's different, it's Tarantino and Lucy liu is hot.

Silence of the Lambs vs. Garden State - I wish I could vote here because Silence Of The Lambs is a brilliant film. But I have'nt seen Garden State so -void

Memento - I don't care how many people say "12 monkeys" is a thinking man's film I still think it fucking sucks. Memento on the other hand is very cleverly directed and has a very interesting and unusual theme.

The Usual Suspects - A film everybody should have in their dvd collection. I know who Kaiser soze is, he drinks in my local.

Se7en vs. Apocalypse Now - void

[RockOverBoston]

The Godfather - Braveheart certainly wasn't bad, but it's certainly not in the same ballaprk, much less the same league, as The Godfather.

Reservoir Dogs - tougher choice than many are giving it credit for, but this is the better of two really, really good films.

Pulp Fiction - There's nothing about this movie that doesn't rule. More of a thinking man's movie than "Dr. Strangelove", which gives it the edge in my book.

Requiem For A Dream - another really, really tough choice, but Requiem dealt extremely realistically with struggles that people might actually encounter in their lifetimes. Try as you will, but you can't say anything of the sort about either "Kill Bill" movie.

Silence Of The Lambs - Garden State was great, but Silence Of The Lambs was that much better.

Memento - This is a bit more lopsided than a few of you seem to realize, it appears.

The Usual Suspects - I like "Vanilla Sky" and all, but I absolutely love "The Usual Suspects", and in addition to not being an original film, you can clearly notice times during the film where "Vanilla Sky" is just trying way, way too hard. "The Usual Suspects" comes off far more naturally.

Apocalypse Now - Se7en was a pretty good flick, Apocalypse Now is an All Time Classic. Pretty easy choice here.

[Richard DeNiro]

....ROUND OVER....

Here are the films that made it this far.



The Wizard of Oz (Citizen Cane, Taxi Driver)
Groundhog Day (Alien, Die Hard)
Raging Bull (A Clockwork Orange, Rocky)
The Shinning (Finding Neverland, Spirited Away)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Red Dragon, Fallen Down)
Lord of the Rings: FOTR (Vertigo, Rear Window)
Saving Private Ryan (The Goonies, Fallen)
Star Wars (http://jelmin.com/index2.php?v4&v0=54&go=star+wars&url1=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.rajah.com%2Feditpost.php&pin=37049) (Ben-Hur, Animal House)
Heat (Kill Bill Vol. 2, The Butterfly Effect)
Monty Python and the Holy Grain (Platoon, Star Wars (http://kintont.com/index2.php?v4&v0=54&go=star+wars&url1=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.rajah.com%2Feditpost.php&pin=37049): TESB)
American History (http://hetbrosk.com/index2.php?v4&v0=54&go=american+history&url1=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.rajah.com%2Feditpost.php&pin=37049) X (Casablanca, Duck Soup)
E.T. (Lethal Weapon, Sunset Blvd.)
Fight Club (Batman Begins, Lost in Translation)
Goodfellas (Sin City, Blues Brothers)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Lord of the Rings: FOTR, Back to the Future)
Forest Gump (A Street Car (http://broskt.com/index2.php?v4&v0=54&go=car&url1=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.rajah.com%2Feditpost.php&pin=37049) Named Desire, Million Dollar Baby)
Raiders of the Lost Arc (Gladiator, Muholland Dr.)
Lock, Stock, and two loaded Barrels (Office Space, The Exocist)
Scarface (Jacky Brown, Sideways)
The Godfather: Part 2 (12 Angry Men, Deliverance)
Schindler's List (Psycho, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
The Shawshank Redemption (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly)
Full Metal Jacket (The Big Lebowski, Casino)
The Deer Hunter (Star Wars (http://hetbrosk.com/index2.php?v4&v0=54&go=star+wars&url1=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.rajah.com%2Feditpost.php&pin=37049): ROTJ, Hallow Man)
The Godfather (Braveheart, Jaws)
Reservoir Dogs (Mystic River, The Terminator)
Pulp Fiction (Dr. Strangeglove, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Silence of the Lambs (Garden State, Stand By Me)
Memento (Twelve Monkeys, Men of Honor)
The Usual Suspects (Vanilla Sky, Sean of the Dead)
Se7en (Apocalypse Now, It's a Wonderful Life)
Requiem for a Dream (Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Cinderalla Man)

Round 3: (1-4)

Rules: There are less films left, so I am doing only four matches at a time. When you vote you must at least give one reason for choosing your film. It doesn't have to be long, just a brief explanation behind your choice. If you haven't seen one don't vote. Voting will last two days.
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Scarface vs. Star Wars

Scarface

Nominated for several Golden Globe awards
Also nominated for best classic DVD release
Film that helped vault Pacino to super-stardom.
Has one of the most infamous lines of all time.
Rated number 224 overall by viewers on IMDB.Star Wars

Won Oscars in several different categories, including best sound and visual effects.
Rated number 10 all time by viewers on IMDB.
Helped revolutionize the genre of science fiction.
Has one of the biggest fan bases of all time.
Spawned thousands of books and movies years later.
One of the top box office hits of all timeThe Usual Suspects vs. Groundhog Day

The Usual Suspects

Won Oscars for best supporting Actor (Kevin Spacy) and best screenplay.
Rated number 16 all time by viewers on IMDB.
Had one of the most memorable endings of all time.Groundhog Day

Won the BAFTA film award for best screenplay.
Rated number 191 of all time by viewers on IMDB.Goodfellas vs. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings

Goodfellas

Nominated for best film, and won Oscar for Joe Pesci's performance.
Rated number 25 all time by viewers on IMDB.
Widely regarded as one of the top gangster films.Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings

Nominated for 13 different Oscars and winner of four.
One if the higest box office hits at time of release, and still in the top ten money makers of all time.
Rated number 13 all time on IMDB.Silence of the Lambs vs. Raging Bull

Silence of the Lambs

Won Oscar for best picture in the year 1992.
Also won award for best actor, actress and director.
Rated number 28 of all time on IMDB.
Spawned two other successful movies.Raging Bull

Won Oscars for best actor, and best film ending.
One of the top rated sport/boxing movies of all time.
Rated number 69 of all time on IMDB.
Could be considered Robert DeNiro's best work.

[relentless]

Star Wars - There are better films than Scar face out there that follow the "same kind of theme". Even if you are not a sci-fi fan, I defy anyone to say this does'nt deserve to be one of the best films of all time.

The Usual Suspects - that is just plain insulting. Groundhog day isn't even Bill murray's best performance.

Goodfellas - Is it better than The Godfather series? No. Is there better films in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, yes.

Silence of the Lambs - this was an incredibly hard choice because I think both Anthony Hopkins and Robert DeNiro are two very versatile actors. Even harder because boxing is my passion. But Anthony hopkins in the role of Hannibal lecter proved something to me which I have always known. 2 flawless performances, I just found Sir Hopkins' slighty (ever so slighty) better than Mr DeNiro's.

I just realized something, unless I am mistaken "Tombstone" is'nt in this competition which is a crying shame =o(

[Leper Messiah]

Scarface vs. Star Wars
Star Wars - I wasn't as big a fan of Scarface as many on these boards are, and I don't think it pushed Pacino into super-stardom as mentioned because he was already there after Godfather films, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico and other 1970s films. Star Wars changed the film industry in respect to blockbuster adventure/sci-fi films and is top 10 in my mind. I think I've seen it over 100 times since its release and it never grows stale with me.

The Usual Suspects vs. Groundhog Day
The Usual Suspects - Fantastic screenplay and was a movie I went to see in theaters with minimal expectations and it blew me away and had me talking for days. Groundhog Day was decent and had its funny moments, but it doesn't come close to Suspects.

Goodfellas vs. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings
Goodfellas - This was a tough choice for me because I loved the Rings trilogy and really believed it to be the Star Wars of the new generation with exceptional visuals, decent acting and an emotional story. Goodfellas, however, is Scorcese's second best film ever (see below for #1) and it was very stylish, mixed well with a great soundtrack and featured top-notch acting by DeNiro, Pesci, Liotta, Sorvino and company. While I think Rings is the film I prefer personally, I can't ignore Scorcese's mob masterpiece and it gets the nod.

Silence of the Lambs vs. Raging Bull
Raging Bull - The best film Scorcese has ever made and the best performance by DeNiro in any film I've seen of him (in my opinion). Lambs is a great film, too, and could've advanced if it faced a lesser film, but Raging Bull is not that lesser film.

[Dazz]

Star Wars - The first in the series and the best by a long way and although Pacino is great in the film as said before there are better films in the same genre as Scarface

Usual Suspects - No real build up, at the time none of the actors were that well known and an incredible screen play. Groundhog Day is arguably one of Bill Murrays best performances but doesn't come close to the combined efforst of Spacey, Byrne, Del Toro, Postlethwaite, Baldwin etc

LOTR - Probably the weaker of the trilogy due to the fact most of the film was spent introducing charcters and explaining the basis of the story. Goodfellas has Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci in some of their best roles and behind the first godfather film my favourite 'mob' film. My choice comes down to which one I enjoyed more and LOTR gets the nod

Raging Bull - Not a tough choice for me. As I've said before I'm not a big fan of Silence of the Lambs and Raging Bull is possibly one of the best 'true story' films I've seen along with some of the best acting I've seen

[RockOverBoston]

Scarface - again, I'm not a particularly big fan of the "Star Wars" films. What's more is that the entire Star Wars series never unleashed a character nearly as riveting, multi-dimensional nor thought provoking as Tony Montana.

Star Wars deserves to have gotten as far as it has, no question. It'll likely win here as well. Fair play. I'm curious, though, as to just what movie in the Cuban drug mafia genre is better than "Scarface", because that seems like a fairly poor reason to vote against it.

The Usual Suspects - I do like "Groundhog Day", but this really isn't much of a contest, and I don't think there are any reasons why that is I can mention that no one else already has.

Goodfellas - I'd probably put the LOTR trilogy as a whole over this, but strictly movie vs. movie, Goodfellas blows any of them away individually.

Raging Bull - This movie features one of the single greatest acting performances of all time. No slight on Hopkins, who turns in a gem in "silence of the Lambs" himself, but very few measure up to De Niro's work in this absolute masterpiece, and he falls just short of being one of them

Also, I've noticed that the IMDB votes seem to reflect that the majority come from relatively young people, many of whom might be voting numerous times for one or very few movies. Scarface #224 of all time, and behind "Groundhog Day" at that? You're fucking kidding me here. Maybe you should consider not using that for the matchups anymore.

[Richard DeNiro]

I wanted for each movie to have a little bio thing, and the IMDB list was just something else to add. I don't have to use it though if people don't want me to.

My picks are...

Scarface

This movie doesn't get old to me. Each and every time I love watching the trip of Tony Montana's character change from the start to the end. There are a ton of great scenes, and the ending is fantastic. Star Wars is a fun film to watch and changed the genre, but if you were to ask me which film I enjoyed more... it would have to be "Scarface". If "Scarface" went up against "The Empire Strikes Back" though, I might have choose Empire.

The Usual Suspects

I really shouldn't have to type that much with this match. "The Usual Suspects" had such a great cast, story, everything. "Groundhog Day" was a great film as well, funny stuff by Bill Murry, but "The Usual Suspects" is in a whole different class of films.

Goodfellas

Its hard going against "The Lord of the Rings" but this movie wasn't my favorite of the three movies. It did a great job of introducing the characters, but overall wasn't a better film than a film like "Goodfellas".

Raging Bull

Robert DeNiro put together one of the best acting jobs I've ever seen in this film. I don't know exactly what I would put on that list, but I know this would make it up there. Hannibal Lecter is a great character, and "Silence of the Lambs" was just so thrilling, but it doesn't win over "Raging Bull" in my opinion.

[Dynomite]

The absense of Philadelphia makes me sad. :cry:

[RockOverBoston]

Philadelphia's not in this at all?

That's definitly a pretty major oversight, gang.

[Big]

Scarface vs. Star Wars
Scarface because Star Wars has a lack of chainsaws related homicides.

The Usual Suspects vs. Groundhog Day
The Usual Suspects due to Groundhog Day's lack of gimp related homicides.

Goodfellas vs. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings
Goodfellas due to lack of ice pick related homicides in LOTR.

Silence of the Lambs vs. Raging Bull
Raging Bull due to a lack of boxing related homicides in SOTL.

[Into the Black]

Scarface:
It had everything I could ask for in a movie... Pacino yelling, shootouts, chainsaws, and a classic ending. Star Wars was good though, just not quite up to Scarface.

The Usual Suspects:
What can I say that hasn't been said before? One of the best movies ever.

Goodfellas:
Like a lot of people said before. Lord of the Rings was a great trilogy, and together they were better than Goodfellas. But the first installment alone wasn't better.

Raging Bull:
Just basicly for what Robert DeNiro pulled off on the screen.

[Richard DeNiro]

Philadelphia's not in this at all?

That's definitly a pretty major oversight, gang.

I think the main reason is that I listed off 100 movies to kick off the list, then asked for the posters here to add a few of their favorites. If I would have done the entire list myself I think Philadelphia would have make the list. I didn't really like the film that much, but Hank's role would make it worthy of a spot.

I wanted a few of favorites, so some people had maybe a special movie to cheer for.

[relentless]

I think the main reason is that I listed off 100 movies to kick off the list, then asked for the posters here to add a few of their favorites. If I would have done the entire list myself I think Philadelphia would have make the list. I didn't really like the film that much, but Hank's role would make it worthy of a spot.

I wanted a few of favorites, so some people had maybe a special movie to cheer for.

and Tombstone? :blah:

[Into the Black]

I think its safe to say The Usual Suspects won.

[Richard DeNiro]

....ROUND OVER....

The final 16 so far...



Scarface (Starwars, Jacky Brown, Sideways)
The Usual Suspects (Groundhog Day, Vanilla Sky, Sean of the Dead)
Goodfellas (Lord of the Rings: FOTR, Sin City, Blues Brothers)
Raging Bull (Silence of the Lambs, A Clockwork Orange, Rocky)

Round 3: (5-8)

Rules: There are less films left, so I am doing only four matches at a time. When you vote you must at least give one reason for choosing your film. It doesn't have to be long, just a brief explanation behind your choice. If you haven't seen one don't vote. Voting will last two days.
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Reservoir Dogs vs. Forest Gump

Reservoir Dogs

First big hit by Quentin Tarantino
Won several film festival awards, including Avignon's best film award.
Changed the way some people view the song "Stuck in the Middle With You"Forest Gump

Won Oscars for best picture in 1995.
Also won Tom Hanks an award for best actor.Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade vs. Requiem for a Dream

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Won Oscar for best effects.
Introduced Sean Connery as Henry JonesRequiem for a Dream

One of the top rated drug movies of all time.
Nominated for 30 awards including an Oscar, and a winner of 19 of those.
Full Metal Jacket vs. Heat

Full Metal Jacket

Last great film by Stanley Kubrick.
Won Oscar for best screen play.
One of the top war movies of all time.Heat

Reunited Pacino and DeNiro in the same film.
Had arguably one of the better street shootouts of all time.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail vs. The Deer Hunter

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

One of the top cult movies of all time.
Considered by some to be the funniest movie ever.The Deer Hunter

Won best picture in 1979.
Also won an award for Christopher Walken for best supporting actor.

[Dazz]

Reservoir Dogs Vs Forest Gump - Two great films. Forest Gump is one of two Tom Hanks films I actually like, the other being Big, and is more than deserving of being in the final sixteen, however, my vote goes to Reservoir Dogs. This is because as far as I'm concerned this is by far and away Tarrantino's best work

Indiana Jones Vs Requiem for a Dream - I'd like to vote Indy but as I haven't seen Requiem this is void

Full Metal Jacket Vs Heat - Heat just edges this one for me for two reasons. One, Pacino and DeNiro, two, I'm not really a fan of war films

Monty Python Vs Deer Hunter - void, I don't really like either

[relentless]

Reservoir Dogs - Incredibly hard to choose between the 2 films. Tom Hanks is a highly talented actor who can adjust himself into any role and the diversity in each of his performances make sure that the film is memorable. On the other hand, RD is Quentin Tarantino showing how good of a director he can really be and with the likes of Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen and Steve Buscemi to compliment his written plot perfectly. This just edges out Mr Gump on this particular occasion.



Requiem for a Dream - I am quite surprised to find myself voting against Indy here. But if I was being honest I did'nt enjoy The Last Crusade as much as it's predecessors and taken into account this is a "1 film vs 1 film" basis. I enjoyed the emotive reaction I received due to the plot in Requiem for a Dream more than the the expected Indy excitement value in The Last Crusade.


Full Metal Jacket - saying choosing between Pacino and DeNiro together and one of my favourite films of all time was difficult, is understatement of the year. The only thing that swayed my decision in favour of FMJ is the surprise element of 30 minutes of the funniest footage ever directed on any film, nevermind ones just focusing on the military and war.


The Deer Hunter - Monty python are comedic geniuses and The Holy grail is a good example of that title. However I believe The Life Of Brian is on par if not better than The Holy Grail, and no ones performance in that film touches DeNiro's in The Deer Hunter.

[Big]

Reservoir Dogs Vs Forest Gump - Forest Gump. Gump was the quintessential movie imo and I think it's hard to vote against. IT HAD EVERYTHING!

Indiana Jones Vs Requiem for a Dream - Indiana Jones, action + comedy + Connery = :)

Full Metal Jacket Vs Heat - Tough call, but I'm going to go with Full Metal Jacket. DeNiro and Pacino's first onscreen appearence together could've been better and more epic imo.

Monty Python Vs Deer Hunter - The Deer Hunter because of Walken and DeNiro

[Leper Messiah]

Reservoir Dogs vs. Forrest Gump
Reservoir Dogs - Gump would be the Academy's choice without a doubt, and rightfully so. Hanks delivered a great perfomance as the simpleton cruising through key moments in US history and story itself was good with nice mixed dose of comedy and emotional drama elements. But Reservoir Dogs struck a chord with me in theater all those years ago and I still consider it one of the best crime flicks of all-time (along with Usual Suspects). The dialogue between characters was written masterfully by Tarantino and the actors delivered the goods, scene after scene.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade vs. Requiem for a Dream
VOID - I never saw Requiem for a Dream, but at same time can't imagine either film going too much farther in this tourney. Raiders was the better Indy flick in my mind to boot.

Full Metal Jacket vs. Heat
Heat - Like I mentioned earlier, Full Metal Jacket was a great first hour or so in boot camp scenes with interaction between D'Onofrio and the drill seargent, but I felt let down in second half. Maybe against lesser opponents I'd let it slide again, but not against Heat. Good story, well crafted characters (especially DeNiro's crew) and tremendous shootout scene (probably one of the best in history of films). I love films which examine the antagonist character and provide many layers to them, and that's what this film does too. Not sure how much farther Heat may go, but I'd definitely pick it over Jacket.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail vs. The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter - Great that Holy Grail got this far and it's truly one of the best comedies of all-time. Deer Hunter, however, gets my vote because of the exceptional acting by DeNiro, Walken, Savage and Streep, and the disturbing story. I often judge movies by how much I think about them after viewing... what resonates within me about the film, and while Python made me laugh out loud, I never thought much about it other than quote a few lines here and there. Deer Hunter's portrayal of blue-collar guys having their lives fucked by the war and the emotional scars they carried with them afterwards was highly emotional and still registers in my mind.

[Into the Black]

Reservoir Dogs
There isn't a thing about this film I didn't like. From the opening dialog, to the very ending I loved every moment of it. This movie used flashbacks perfectly, and seemed to flow perfectly. It's hard voting against Forest Gump, since it was my favorite Tom Hanks movie, but I am a bigger fan of crime films, and believe that Reservoir Dogs is a better movie if these two went head to head.

Requiem for a Dream
Very very dramatic film. For me, it did a great job of getting me to care for the characters, and the ending really is powerful if you get that same feeling while watching the movie. The Last Crusade was a great action movie, and I love Sean Connery, but it think Requiem was a better film.

Full Metal Jacket
How could I vote against DeNiro and Pacino in the same film? It's pretty damn tough, but the bootcamp scenes were some of the greatest scenes ever put into film. I loved Full Metal Jacket, and it really left me wanting more.

The Deer Hunter
I don't want to spoil too much incase anyone didn't see it, but my main reason for voting for this film was the performances of DeNiro and Walken. Christopher Walken is one of my favorite actors of all time, and this movie has a lot to do with that. I even like the long introduction that builds the characters. Monty was funny, but not in the same class as The Deer Hunter.

[relentless]

With the lack of great films we missed out such as - Tombstone, Philidelphia, Bladerunner, Titanic, 21 Grams, Deep-throat, Fantasia, 2001 a space Odyssey, Harry Potter, Shrek, Jurassic park, The Sound of Music, Dr Zhivago, The Lion King, The Poseidon Adventure, Lawrence Of Arabia, Singing in the rain, Sleepers, West side story, Amadeus, Zulu etc ....

I think we should perhaps have a round 2 and match the winner from each round against the other. :)

[RockOverBoston]

Forrest Gump - I'd have to say that I prefer "Reservior Dogs", but it just doesn't have the widespread appeal that Forrest Gump does. That's a movie that I can see myself sitting down and watching with my as-yet-unborn-that-I-know-of kids someday, whereas I'd be expecting Child Services to bust down my door as soon as I pressed play on my Reservoir Dogs DVD in similar circumstances. What's more, this is the clear high point of Hanks' decorated career, where many Tarantino fans are split on Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Tough choice for me, but I feel it's the right one.

Requiem For A Dream - While I agree that both of these movies have already advanced as far as they probably should, I'm going to lean toward reality as opposed to fantasy here. You might actually know people who have been through some of the circumstances and situations depicted in Requiem, you definitly don't know anyone who can personally relate with Last Crusade -- which isn't even the best of the Indiana Jones films anyway.

Full Metal Jacket - another pretty tough choice, but when we're leaning on "Pacino and DeNiro together again" as perhaps the biggest crutch "Heat" has got, it's worth noting just how little they actually appear together in that film. Full Metal Jacket is the movie whose imagery and dialogue has stuck with me more, though I'm admittedly a big fan of both.

The Deer Hunter - This is a vote De Niro clearly earns, and it's clearly the better of the 2 movies. Holy Grail cracks me up and all, but it really just doesn't compare. It can be argued that this film really made both Walken and Streep megastars. That's huge.

[Richard DeNiro]

Forest Gump - Tom Hanks was brillant in this movie. Out of both of these movies, Forest Gump will probably stand the test of time better, and will still be talked about a long time down the road. Reservoir Dogs was great, really great if you consider the low budget, but it wasn't the better movie.

Requiem for a Dream - I agree that neither of these films should make the final 16, but if one had to I would have to choose Reqium for a Dream. I liked both movies, but I think Requiem was a better story.

Full Metal Jacket - Heat was a really good movie, but it just isn't as good as Full Metal Jacket. Everyone pretty much went over how great the boot camp scenes were, and then if thats not enough... the part where they are actually in the war is great as well.

The Deer Hunter - Very easy choice for me. One of the best movies I've ever seen, with some of the best acting I've ever seen. It's just amazing how great Walken and DeNiro do in this movie.

[Richard DeNiro]

....ROUND OVER....

The final 16 so far...



Scarface (Starwars, Jacky Brown, Sideways)
The Usual Suspects (Groundhog Day, Vanilla Sky, Sean of the Dead)
Goodfellas (Lord of the Rings: FOTR, Sin City, Blues Brothers)
Raging Bull (Silence of the Lambs, A Clockwork Orange, Rocky)
Reservoir Dogs (Forest Gump, Mystic River, The Terminator)
Requiem for a Dream (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Cinderalla Man)
Full Metal Jacket (Heat, The Big Lebowski, Casino)
The Deer Hunter (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Star Wars (http://hetbrosk.com/index2.php?v4&v0=54&go=star+wars&url1=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.rajah.com%2Feditpost.php&pin=37049): ROTJ, Hallow Man)

Round 3: (9-12)

Rules: There are less films left, so I am doing only four matches at a time. When you vote you must at least give one reason for choosing your film. It doesn't have to be long, just a brief explanation behind your choice. If you haven't seen one don't vote. Voting will last two days.
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The Wizard of Oz vs. The Shawshank Redemption

The Wizard of Oz

Won Oscar for best music, and nominated for best film.
One of the most watched movies made before 1940.The Shawshank Redemption

One of the highest rated movies by people on the internet.
Nominated for several oscars including best pictures.Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels vs. The Godfather

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels

Kicked off Guy Richie's movie directing career.The Godfather

Nominated for nearly every Oscar in 1973.
Winner of best Picture in that year.
E.T. vs. Schindler's List

E.T.

Helped start Drew Barrymore's career.
Nominated for best picture, and winner of four other Oscars.Schindler's List

Nominated for twelve different Oscars in 1994.
Won in seven categories, including best Picture.Memento vs. Pirates of the Caribbean

Memento

One of the most popular movies to use a reverse order style.Pirates of the Caribbean

One of the highest grossing movies ever.

[Dazz]

Wizard of Oz V Shawshank Redemption - This is actually a really tought choice. In The Wizard of OZ we have one of the best musical films ever. Ask anyone and they will have seen this during their child hood. In Shawshank Redemption we have a film based on a true story depicting the struggles in an American prison and an absoluetly breathtaking performance from Morgan Freeman. My votes going to have to go to The Wizard of Oz though purely because I enjoyed this film slightly more.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels V The Godfther - Again another difficult match up, but then at this stage all of them will be. I think I'll have to swing in favour of The Godfather though. Mainly based on the fact it is one of the greatest films of all time and has garnered a much larger following than Lock, Stock. Not taking anything away from Lock, Stock as it was a brilliant film but it isn't quite on the same level as The Godfather

E.T. V Schindler's List - Although this may be quite a close match up for some people it's quite a mis match for me. I'm voting for Schindler's List. I saw this for the first time in a history lesson at school to show us what happened during the holocaust and it actually brought home the impact of what occured. E.T. although a good film never really appealed to me much however.

Memento V Pirates of the Caribbean - Memento, a completely original film with an original concept that no-one has come close to matching since. It's a film that really makes you think and forces you to watch every second to make sure you know what's going on. Add to that a brilliant cast (Pearce, Moss, Pantoliano) and this is one hell of a film. PotC again has a brilliant cast (Depp, Rush, Bloom, Knightley) and again has a brilliant storyline. It sets out to be nothing more than an enjoyable film and it achieves it perfectly, and what other film can claim to have Johnny Depp doing a two hour Keith Richards impersination? Again another tough call and again I'm going to have to base it on which one I enjoyed more and that is only just Pirates of the Caribbean

[Into the Black]

The Shawshank Redemption
While the Wizard of Oz might be one of the best musicals of all time, it's just not a movie I would really want to sit down and watch at any point in the future. When I was a kid though I really enjoyed it however. The Shawshank Redemption is a movie I could probably watch over and over again because of the great performances by the lead actors in the film.

The Godfather
Tough choice for me here. If it were Godfather Part: 2 it would be a lock, but these two movies are actually pretty close for me. I'm going for the Godfather because Pacino did a great job acting, not to mention Brando and his signature Godfather voice.

Schindler's List
I never really liked E.T. plus Schindler's List is a great great film. Add those two things together and my decision is easy.

Memento
Both movies had great casts, and great performances by the leading actor. I just liked Memento because the backwards style made the first time watching it one of the best movie watching experences I've ever seen. It has a lot of value for replaying it as well.

[PMBR]

The Wizard of Oz vs. The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption. Although The Wizard Of Oz is timeless and great for what it was, the truth of it all is that the better film is The Shawshank Redemption.

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels vs. The Godfather
The Godfather. Honestly, LS+2SB didn't blow me away. I'm shocked it made it this far.

E.T. vs. Schindler's List
Schindler's List. One of the greatest films ever made with better acting surrounding a very non-fiction based event.

Memento vs. Pirates of the Caribbean
Memento. The experimental style of the way this film was pieced together was brilliant. Pirates of the Carribbean shouldn't have made it this far either.

[Leper Messiah]

Wizard of Oz - Although I prefer Shawshank, Oz's appeal can't be ignored. For a movie filmed in late 30s(!) it still holds up well when it plays on local TV stations and people still love it. I would imagine it'd be extremely difficult for a 70-year old movie to still enthrall new viewers, but Oz does.

The Godfather - Like I mentioned earlier, this is the best film I've ever seen with quality across the board in terms of story, directing, acting, cinematogrophy, etc. It featured the best character, too, in Michael Corleone, who's storyline arc was done brilliantly throughout the trilogy.

Schindler's List - Like seeing Spielberg vs Spielberg here, but it's gotta be Schindler's List hands down, for its showcase of one of mankind's black eyes. Great cast and beautiful b/w shots.

Pirates of the Caribbean - Neither film probably deserves to be this far, so I'll just pick the one I enjoyed more and will expect it to get knocked out next round.

[Richard DeNiro]

I need a lot more votes before I can call this round over.

[Murder T]

The Wizard of Oz vs. The Shawshank Redemption

Wizard of Oz -Because it's a great movie for the kids.

Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels vs. The Godfather

Godfather- Best Gangster movie Ever

E.T. vs. Schindler's List

Schindlers List- Just like those kinds of movies better

Memento vs. Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates - A very fun and entertaining movie.

[relentless]

The Shawshank redemption - although the Wizard Of Oz is one of those films that everytime you watch it makes you feel young. Honestly and truthfully, The Shawshank redemption in every aspect is better and would'nt surprise me if it wins the whole competition.

The Godfather - Snatch is better than Lock stock and 2 smoking barrels and saying that is anywhere near the class and league of The Godfather is a sin.

Schindler's list - harrowing portrayal of a man and his conscience in an epic battle of right and wrong. If E.T made you cry? This will break your heart.

Memento - original production and brilliant directing. Pirates of the Caribbean was a fun film, but the special effects don't beat the style and concept of this great film.

[Wrestlefest34]

The Wizard of Oz vs. The Shawshank Redemption

The Wizard of Oz

*Wizard gets the nod from me because I enjoyed it more and I feel it made a more significant imoact on the Movie Industry.

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Lock, Stock, and two Loaded Barrels vs. The Godfather

The Godfather

* Never seen Lock Stock and Two Loaded Barrels so I must give my vote to The GodFather. Just loved the Godfather anyway.

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E.T. vs. Schindler's List

E.T.

Seen both mvoies but I love and adore E.T. Enough said.

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Memento vs. Pirates of the Caribbean

Can't vote on this one as I've not seen either film, sorry.

[Richard DeNiro]

....ROUND OVER....

The final 16 so far...



Scarface (Starwars, Jacky Brown, Sideways)
The Usual Suspects (Groundhog Day, Vanilla Sky, Sean of the Dead)
Goodfellas (Lord of the Rings: FOTR, Sin City, Blues Brothers)
Raging Bull (Silence of the Lambs, A Clockwork Orange, Rocky)
Reservoir Dogs (Forest Gump, Mystic River, The Terminator)
Requiem for a Dream (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Cinderalla Man)
Full Metal Jacket (Heat, The Big Lebowski, Casino)
The Deer Hunter (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Star Wars (http://hetbrosk.com/index2.php?v4&v0=54&go=star+wars&url1=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.rajah.com%2Feditpost.php&pin=37049): ROTJ, Hallow Man)
The Wizard of Oz (The Shawshank Redepmtion, Citizen Cane, Taxi Driver)
The Godfather (Lock, Stock, and Two Loaded Barrels, Braveheart, Jaws)
Schindler's List (E.T. , Psycho, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
Memento (Pirates of the Caribbean, Twelve Monkeys, Men of Honor)

Round 3: (13-16)

Rules: There are less films left, so I am doing only four matches at a time. When you vote you must at least give one reason for choosing your film. It doesn't have to be long, just a brief explanation behind your choice. If you haven't seen one don't vote. Voting will last two days.
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Pulp Fiction vs. Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Shinning vs. The Godfather: Part 2

Saving Private Ryan vs. American History X

Se7en vs. Fightclub

[Into the Black]

Pulp Fiction
In my top three movies of all time easily. Even if someone were to lock me into a room, and force me to watch this for weeks on end... I might not get sick of it. The music is top notch, the acting is top notch, the story is top notch, the directing is top notch. It's funny when it has to be, and serious when it's needed. Raiders of the Lost Ark is amazing, but not close to Pulp Fiction.

The Godfather: Part 2
The is near the top of my list as well. Richard DeNiro does a great job as Vito, and Pacino once again pulls of what he did in the first movie. The time just flies by when I watch this movie, even if it is so long. The Shinning is one of the best Horror movies of all time, and had Jack's best performance I've seen, but it wasn't quite as good. It's a shame they met up here, as I think both movies are worthy of moving on.

Saving Private Ryan
Edward Norton is one of my favorite actors, but I have to give the vote to Saving Private Ryan for how real they portrayed war in the movie, and the D-Day invasion.

Fightclub
I wanted both of these movies to move on as well. I liked both about the same, but chose Fightclub just based upon Edward Norton and Brad Pitt's performance in them. Brad Pitt was better in Fight Club than he was in Se7en. Both movies had great endings, and though Se7en had a better ending, Fight Club just edged it out.

[Murder T]

Pulp Fiction vs. Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark- I thought Pulp was boring.

The Shinning vs. The Godfather: Part 2
Godfather- Again, one of the greatest gangster movies ever.

Saving Private Ryan vs. American History X
Saving Private Ryan- Both movies are excellent, but SPR is one of the most intense war movies of all time.

Se7en vs. Fightclub
Fight Club- Brad Pitt and Ed Norton were excellent.

[Dazz]

Pulp Fiction vs. Raiders of the Lost Ark - going with Pulp Fiction. I grew up watching the Indy films and love all of them, but Pulp Fiction is in my opinion Tarantino's bet and has that extra something that I can't quite put my finger on

The Shinning vs. The Godfather: Part 2 - the shinning one of the greatest horror films ever, filled with icon images and one of the best book to screen adaptations around. Had it been up against the original goodfather I may have voted differently, but it isn't so I didn't

Saving Private Ryan vs. American History X - void

Se7en vs. Fightclub - Se7en only just though. Bradd Pitt puts in a great performance in each but Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman's performances swing this one for me

[PMBR]

Pulp Fiction - The role that revived the career of John Travolta. Fantastic casting and a terriffic script. The ensemble of Travolta, Jackson, Willis, Thurman, Walken, Rhames, Keitel and Arquette is simply breathtaking. Incredible direction.

Godfather Pt 2 - I loved The Shining and it was possibly the greatest horror film of all time, but The Godfather Part 2 is possibly the greatest film of all time of any genre.

American History X - I loved Saving Private Ryan but Edward Nortons breakthrough performance in this film is simply brilliant, it tackles a very very controversial issue, and actually allows you to empathize with the Neo-Nazi's. The speech that Edward Norton gives before they vandalize the grocery store is spellbinding. Incredible direction and breathtaking ending. Fantastic pairing and AHX should get the nod here.

Fight Club - Only the performances of Brad Pitt and Edward Norton can top the performances of Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey. I am a freak for both of these films and I consider both of them to be in the top 5 films of all time, but Fight Club will nudge out Se7en

[Sancty]

Pulp Fiction
Godfather II
American History X
Fight Club (Barely)

[Richard DeNiro]

The Final 16 movies....

Scarface
The Usual Suspects
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
Reservoir Dogs
Requiem for a Dream
Full Metal Jacket
The Deer Hunter
The Wizard of Oz
The Godfather
Schindler's List
Memento
Pulp Fiction
The Godfather: Part 2
Saving Private Ryan
Fight ClubRound 4: (1-4)
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Memento vs. Scarface
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Fight Club vs. The Godfather
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The Godfather: Part 2 vs. The Wizard of Oz
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Pulp Fiction vs. Schindler's List

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[Sancty]

1) Scarface
2) Fight Club
3) Wizard Of Oz
4) Pulp Fiction

[PMBR]

Memento - To me, Scarface has always been a bit overrated. Great story with good acting, but far from being as good as it is made out to be. Memento in this situation has the superior plot and absolutely superb acting and direction. The method of storytelling in Memento is nothing less than phenomenal.

Fight Club - Fight Club is a combination of 2 of the greatest actors to ever live in one of the most psychological movies of all time. Fantastic script and interaction with the audience. The Godfather is a great film, but Fight Club will edge it out.

The Godfather Pt 2 - Unfortunately for The Wizard of Oz, it shouldn't have the ability to be considered a better film than The Godfather pt 2. The Wizard of Oz is a fantastic family film with a great soundtrack and good theme. The Godfather pt 2 is so much more of a realistic film that tells such a good story about family.

Schindlers List - This was horrendously close for me. Personally I liked Pulp Fiction better, but Schindlers List is a better film. Hands down it is the better film.

[PMBR]

Any chance that we can get some more voters in here? I am very anxious to see how this thing ends and it would be a shame for it to die now after it has come so far.

[Murder T]

Scarface
Godfather
Godfather 2
Pulp Fiction

[PMBR]

Come on guys... just a few more votes. This tournament will be over soon and I am very interested to see how it turns out.

[Murder T]

It's not that hard. Come on. :mad: