Greatest Film Ever!

[cradleman]

yep, computer is still down. this is the first i've been on here in a week. was supposed to have been fixed by monday, yet i still don't have a call from Best Buy. so i guess i just have to wait until i finally get a call. i promise that this will start again once it's up and running.

 

[cradleman]

Great Mouse Detectives 20
Airplane II: the sequel 18
Our Hospitality 13
Rocky 9

Incredibles 26
Prince of Egypt 21
Tokyo Story 12
Shark Tale 11

Great Mouse Detectives, Airplane II, Incredibles, and Prince of Egypt advance after about 6 weeks of voting! i have a new computer so this goes back to a regular schedule. time for new matches!

MATCH 11!

The Fearless Vampire Killers

Rosemary's Baby

Big Fat Liar

The Shawshank Redemption

MATCH 12!

The Santa Clause 2

Unstoppable

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

again, that's:

The Fearless Vampire Killers
Rosemary's Baby
Big Fat Liar
Shawshank Redemption

The Santa Clause 2
Unstoppable
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

My vote:
1. Shawshank Redemption: brilliant and amazing in every way. never met one person who has seen it (and most people i know have) who doesn't at least like it, and most love it
2. Rosemary's Baby: good, if overrated
3. Fearless Vampire Killers: i'm interested
4. Big Fat Liar: i remember this. not that good

1. Unstoppable: very good film
2. Santa Clause 2: fairly funny
3. Dorian Gray: i like the story it's based on, but i've not seen this version
4. Cheaper by the Dozen 2: dear god no

 

[Superpan]

Well, the first match has a movie I've never seen, two classic movies I haven't seen and have no real wish to see, and a Frankie Muniz movie that I've seen aprts of and is okay....so pass.

1. The Picture of Dorian Gray- SEE IT! This film is great! Taut, moody, and well-performed. Perfectly captures the horror of the story which I am a fan of solely because of this film.
2. Santa Clause 2- Seen it. It's good.
3. Cheaper By the Dozen 2- As much as I dislike this film series...
4. Unstoppable- ...I don't think this movie shouldn't beat Dorian.

YAY! This contest is back.

 

[HEATXZ]

Match 11
Shawshank Redemption
Fearless Vampire Killers
Big Fat Liar
Rosemary's Baby

Match 12
Santa Clause 2
Unstoppable
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
The Picture of Dorian Gray

 

[Frostbite200]

The Shawshank Redemption
Rosemary's Baby
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Big Fat Liar

 

[SpideyFan914]

1. Our Hospitality (One of my favorite Keatons!)
2. Airplane II (Liked the first.)
3. Great Mouse Detective (Well-known.)
4. Rocky (Boring as hell.)

1. Incredibles (Duh.)
2. Shark Tale (Pity vote.)
3. Tokyo Story (Pretty good!)
4. Prince of Egypt (Loved it as a kid!)


I'll be going to Israel for the next 10 days, so here's some votes on upcoming matches:

MONDAY
1. Rosemary's Baby (One of my favorite horror movies!)
2. Shawshank
3. Vampire Killers (Great Polanski film, though it's clearly outmatched here.)
4. Big Fat Liar

Pass

TUESDAY
Pass, I assume RoboCop is safe.

1. Borat (Epic. A dude goes around pretending to be a stereotype, just to see people's reactions, and get it on film. The brilliant part is that, except for Borat and crew, everyone's actions in the film are genuine.)
2. Usual Suspects (A bit hard to follow, but good.)
3. Superman Returns
4. Freaky Friday

WEDNESDAY
1. Lady Vanishes
2. Batman '66
3. Bender's Game (My least favorite of the Futurama movies, though all right.
4. American Tail

Pass.

THURSDAY
1. Limelight (Not Chaplin's best, drags a bit in the middle, but the beginning and ending parts are beautiful.)
2. Lost Boys
3. Evil Dead II
4. Alvin

1. Full Metal
2. Wild Strawberries
3. Ichabod and Mr. Toad (It's a threat, but I can't put it in last.)
4. Joe's Apartment

FRIDAY
1. Metropolis (REALLY wanna see this.)
2. Arsenic (Fun!)
3. Dr. Mabuse
4. Dr. Phibes

Pass.

FRIDAY
1. Dusk Till Dawn
2. New Groove
4. Meet the Parents
4. Flywheel

1. Aladdin
2. Fistful (Weakest of Dollars Trilogy by far.)
3. Diabolique
4. DBZ

SATURDAY
1. American Psycho (HELL YES!!)
2. Witch's Ghost (One of my favorite Scoobys!)
3. All Quiet (Supposed to be amazing.)
4. Karate Kid (A pleasant surprise, but alas, no.)

1. Chasing Amy
2. Van Helsing
3. Mummy Returns (I hope this is not a threat.)
4. Naruto

SUNDAY
1. Shoot the Piano Player (I'm the only one who will vote for this.)
2. Few Dollars More (El Indio!)
3. Lawrence of Arabia (Need to see.)
4. One Piece

Pass.

MONDAY
1. Midnight in Paris (Best of the year!)
2. Dangerous Mind (Heh.... I have this from Netflix, and have for several days, but haven't had the chance to watch it yet.... And won't 'til I get back.... Heh....)
3. Wasn't There (Not the Coens' best, though still great.)
4. X3

Pass.

TUESDAY
1. Adaptation (Only reason I'm voting. I haven't seen, or heard of, any of the others. But this is one of my favorite all-time movies!)
2. Scooby
3. Unknown
4. Nashville

1. Gold Rush
2. French Connection (Best chase scene ever.)
3. Sword in the Stone
4. Akeelah

WEDNESDAY
Pass.

1. Baby
2. Dracula
3. Michael Clayton
4. Witch Mountan

THURSDAY (When I'm coming back, but I'll post now just in case.)
1. Cassidy and Sundance (Favorite Western!)
2. V for Vendetta
3. Cheaper by the 12
4. Dragon

1. Fargo
2. Sharkboy and Lavagirl (I guess.... that.... I've seen it....)
3. Shaggy Dog
4. Great Race

Oh hey, looks like I already voted. Looked it over, and I still stand on all of these.

 

[cradleman]

Shawshank Redemption 15
Rosemary's Baby 11
Fearless Vampire Killers 9
Big Fat Liar 5

Santa Clause 2 10
Unstoppable 8
Dorian Gray 7
CBTD2 5

Shawshank, Rosemary's, SC2 and Unstoppable advance

MATCH 13!

Earth (2007)

Robocop

Kirikou & The Sorceress

The Untouchables

MATCH 14

Borat

Freaky Friday (2003)

The Usual Suspects

Superman Returns

again, that's:

Earth (2007)
Robocop
Kirikou & The Sorceress
The Untouchables

Borat
Freaky Friday (2003)
The Usual Suspects
Superman Returns

My Vote:
1. Robocop: total awesomeness
2. Untouchables: great film
3. Earth: dunno
4. Kirikou: possible threat

1. Usual Suspects: one of my all time favorites
2. Freaky Friday: i definitely like it alot. remember when lindsay lohan was hot and wasn't washed up?
3. Borat: not my thing
4. Superman Returns: terrible, awful, BORING movie

 

[HEATXZ]

Match 13
Robocop
Kirikou & The Sorceress
Untouchables
Earth

Match 14
Borat
Freaky Friday
The Usual Suspects
Superman Returns

 

[DuckTwacy]

My Vote:
1. Robocop: total awesomeness
2. Untouchables: great film
3. Earth: dunno
4. Kirikou: possible threat

I'll go with this for the first match. My vote for the second match:

1. Usual Suspects: been wanting to see it for a while, heard it's supposed to be good.
2. Borat
3. Superman Returns
4. Freaky Friday

 

[cradleman]

Robocop 12
Untouchables 8
Kirikou 5
Earth 5

Usual Suspects 13
Borat 13
Freaky Friday 8
Superman Returns 6

Robocoap, Untouchables, Usual Suspects and Borat advance

MATCH 15!

The Lady Vanishes

An American Tail

Batman (1966)

Bender's Game

MATCH 16!

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Lethal Weapon

Dodgeball

Bee Movie

again, that's:

The Lady Vanishes
An American Tail
Batman (1966)
Bender's Game

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Lethal Weapon
Dodgeball
Bee Movie

My Vote:
1. Batman: funny
2. Lady Vanishes: i really should finish this, what i watched was very good
3. American Tail: eh
4. Bender's Game: not a futurama fan

1. Lethal Weapon: on rep
2. Pirates: it wasn't a travesty like 3
3. Dodgeball: looks funny
4. Bee Movie: dear god no

 

[HEATXZ]

Match 15
Bender's Game
An American Tail
Adam West Batman Movie
The Lady Vanishes

Match 16
Dodgeball
Pirates of the Caribbean
Lethal Weapon
Bee Movie

 

[Superpan]

1. Batman (1966)- Ah, great movie...just great.
2. An American Tail- Big movie for kids in the 90s.
3. The Lady Vanishes- Hitchcock!
4. Bender's Game- Not alot of film pefigree for a movie I haven't seen.

I've only seen one movie in the second match so when that happens in this contest, I'll abstain.

 

[the greenman]

Match 15
Lady Vanishes - Hitch
An American Tail
Batman Movie
Benders Game

Match 16
Lethal Weapon Excellence in buddy cop films
Dodgeball
Pirates of the Caribbean
Bee Movie

 

[DuckTwacy]

1. Batman
2. The Lady Vanishes
3. Bender's Game
4. An American Tail

1. Dodgeball
2. Lethal Weapon
3. Pirates
4. Bee Movie

 

[Gold Guy]

An American Tail (I remember loving this film as a kid)
Batman (Kinda lame, really)
The Lady Vanishes (Sounds good)
Bender's Game (Haven't heard any good things about it)

Pass on the second match.

 

[cradleman]

good voting numbers on match one at least. let's keep it up!

Batman 22
Lady Vanishes 19
American Tail 17
Bender's Game 12

Lethal Weapon 13
Dodgeball 13
Pirates 10
Bee Movie 4

Batman, Lady Vanishes, Lethal Weapon and Dodgeball all advance!

MATCH 17!

Limelight

Evil Dead II

The Lost Boys

Alvin and the Chipmunks

MATCH 18!

Joe's Apartment

Wild Strawberries

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

Full Metal Jacket

again, that's:

Limelight
Evil Dead II
The Lost Boys
Alvin and the Chipmunks

Joe's Apartment
Wild Strawberries
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Full Metal Jacket

My Vote:
1. Evil Dead II: watched this a couple weeks ago. was very pleasantly surprised, it's a better horror film than the first and not as disturbing.
2. Limelight: giving chaplin the benefit of the doubt
3. Lost Boys: though, honestly, i want to see this more
4. Alvin: ruins an awesome cartoon

1. Ichabod: loved this as a kid
2. Full Metal Jacket: Kubrick gets the benefit of the doubt
3. Wild Strawberries: heard of it
4. Joe's: haven't

 

[HEATXZ]

Match 17
Evil Dead II
The Lost Boys
Limelight
Alvin and the Chipmunks

Match 18
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Full Metal Jacket
Joe's Apartment
Wild Strawberries

 

[Superpan]

1. Limelight- The movie that cemented Chaplin as one of my favorite filmmakers. Slow, overblown, and sentimental, but otherwise a great movie.
2. The Lost Boys- Sounds awesome!
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks- Seen it.
4. Evil Dead II- Threat!

1. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad- It is SO awesome this movie doesn't need help.
2. Wild Strawberries- The parts I saw looked interesting.
3. Full Metal Jacket- Big movie.
4. Joe's Apartment- Not familiar.

 

[the greenman]

The Lost Boys- Peter Pan with vampires.
Evil Dead II- When Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell came into their own.
Limelight
Alvin and the Chipmunks

Full Metal Jacket- One of the greatest WAR films ever, besides being a Kubrick masterpiece. One of the few films that you can split in two.
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Wild Strawberries
Joe's Apartment

 

[DuckTwacy]

1. Evil Dead II - Groovy!
2. The Lost Boys
3. Limelight
4. Alvin - no.

1. Full Metal Jacket
2. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
3. Joe's Apatment
4. Wild Strawberries