TSM Movie Tournament First Round

[Guest Askewniverse]

What I've gathered to this point is that this is a "favorite movie" tournament not a "greatest ever" tournament.

That's correct. From my post at the beginning of this thread:

 

The match-ups were determined by a random drawing. Please vote for your favorite movie.

 

The biggest travesty in this list is putting Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind against Citizen Kane.

That's the thing with randomly drawing movies out of a hat. Two of your personal favorites could end up being pitted against each other in some cases, while other match-ups may end up as a mis-match (Fight Club - Tenenbaums).

[Downhome 0]

That's not right though. Who here wants a final of say, Citizen Kane and Dogma?

 

The films should have been paired up based on the number of people who nominated them.

 

Not that it matters, heh. I'm sure we all know which films will win this.

[Guest Askewniverse]

That's not right though. Who here wants a final of say, Citizen Kane and Dogma?

 

The films should have been paired up based on the number of people who nominated them.

 

Not that it matters, heh. I'm sure we all know which films will win this.

I can see your point, but look at it the other way. If I had paired up movies based on the number of nominations received, these would have been some of the first round match-ups:

 

Pulp Fiction

Goodfellas

 

Shawshank Redemption

Terminator 2

 

Reservoir Dogs

Kill Bill Vol. 1

 

If I had done that, people would be complaining that all the "good movies" were pitted against each other in the first round. Then again, maybe I should have done it by number of nominations. If I did, some of my personal favorites (which are getting killed) may have had a better chance.

[Henry Spencer 0]

A Clockwork Orange

A Nightmare on Elm Street

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Pulp Fiction

 

Braveheart

Reservoir Dogs

 

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Psycho (1960)

 

The Crow

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

 

Predator

Goodfellas

 

Ghostbusters

Schindler's List

 

Casino

Rocky

 

L.A. Confidential

The Godfather Part II

 

Back to the Future

Jaws

 

X2: X-Men United

Blazing Saddles

 

American History X

Dogma

 

Almost Famous

Chasing Amy

 

Aliens

Scarface

 

Die Hard

The Shawshank Redemption

 

The Matrix

Mallrats

 

Fight Club

The Royal Tenenbaums

 

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Kill Bill Vol. 2

 

Platoon

Seven Samurai

 

Full Metal Jacket

Seven (Se7en)

 

Memento

The Evil Dead

 

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Office Space

 

The Usual Suspects

Army of Darkness

 

Taxi Driver

American Beauty

 

Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn

North by Northwest

 

The Breakfast Club

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Raging Bull

 

Kill Bill Vol. 1

The Terminator

 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Citizen Kane

 

Heat

Forrest Gump

 

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Halloween

 

Donnie Darko

Clerks

[chaosrage 0]

I'm surprised you didn't say it had Hogan, since I like Hogan.

Well that would have been my next post.

 

But yeah, R3 had Mr T, Hogan, Eye of the tiger, and great lines like

 

"I don't hate the man, I just pity da fool."

 

What does Rocky 2 have? The exact same fight as the first one. Only this time Rocky wins.

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

I'm surprised you didn't say it had Hogan, since I like Hogan.

Well that would have been my next post.

 

But yeah, R3 had Mr T, Hogan, Eye of the tiger, and great lines like

 

"I don't hate the man, I just pity da fool."

 

What does Rocky 2 have? The exact same fight as the first one. Only this time Rocky wins.

Well, Rocky II goes with Rocky 1, so technically it's like 1 big movie stretched out into two, since 2 starts where 1 left off.

 

Rocky III doesn't seem to memorable at all except for the minor things you said.

[Guest El Satanico]

A Clockwork Orange

A Nightmare on Elm Street

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Pulp Fiction

 

Braveheart

Reservoir Dogs

 

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Psycho (1960)

 

The Crow

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

 

Predator

Goodfellas

 

Ghostbusters

Schindler's List

 

Casino

Rocky

 

L.A. Confidential

The Godfather Part II

 

Back to the Future

Jaws

 

X2: X-Men United

Blazing Saddles

 

American History X

Dogma

 

Almost Famous

Chasing Amy

 

Aliens

Scarface

 

Die Hard

The Shawshank Redemption

 

The Matrix

Mallrats

 

Fight Club

The Royal Tenenbaums

 

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Kill Bill Vol. 2

 

Platoon

Seven Samurai

 

Full Metal Jacket

Seven (Se7en)

 

Memento

The Evil Dead

 

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Office Space

 

The Usual Suspects

Army of Darkness

 

Taxi Driver

American Beauty

 

Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn

North by Northwest

 

The Breakfast Club

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Raging Bull

 

Kill Bill Vol. 1

The Terminator

 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Citizen Kane

 

Heat

Forrest Gump

 

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Halloween

 

Donnie Darko

Clerks

[Beast 0]

A Clockwork Orange

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

 

Reservoir Dogs

 

Psycho (1960)

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

 

Goodfellas

 

Ghostbusters

 

Casino

 

L.A. Confidential

 

Back to the Future

 

Blazing Saddles

 

Dogma

 

Almost Famous

 

Scarface

 

The Shawshank Redemption

 

The Matrix

 

Fight Club

 

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

 

Platoon

 

Seven (Se7en)

 

Memento

 

Raiders of the Lost Ark

 

The Usual Suspects

 

American Beauty

 

North by Northwest

 

The Breakfast Club

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

 

Kill Bill Vol. 1

 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

Forrest Gump

 

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

 

Clerks

[godthedog 0]

these tournaments have proven to be useless time & again, everybody bitches about everything, nobody's ever happy with it, and we end up with people arguing over the greatness of 'south park' v. the greatness of 'predator'.

 

i AM intrigued by 'eternal sunshine' being pitted against 'kane'. i'd never thought about comparing the two before, and was surprised to find that i enjoy 'eternal sunshine' more. time will tell with that one though: 'kane' has held up against a good 20-30 viewings from me, and i've only seen 'eternal sunshine' once.

[4hartthreat 0]

A Clockwork Orange

A Nightmare on Elm Street-X

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King-X

Pulp Fiction

 

Braveheart-X

Reservoir Dogs

 

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Psycho (1960)-X

 

The Crow

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers-X

 

Predator

Goodfellas-X

 

Ghostbusters

Schindler's List-X

 

Casino-X

Rocky

 

L.A. Confidential-X

The Godfather Part II

 

Back to the Future

Jaws-X

 

X2: X-Men United-X

Blazing Saddles

 

American History

Dogma -X

 

Almost Famous

Chasing Amy-X

 

Aliens-X

Scarface

 

Die Hard

The Shawshank Redemption-X

 

The Matrix-X

Mallrats

 

Fight Club-X

The Royal Tenenbaums

 

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Kill Bill Vol. 2-X

 

Platoon

Seven Samurai-X

 

Full Metal Jacket

Seven (Se7en)-X

 

Memento-X

The Evil Dead

 

Raiders of the Lost Ark-X

Office Space

 

The Usual Suspects-X

Army of Darkness

 

Taxi Driver

American Beauty-X

 

Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn

North by Northwest-X

 

The Breakfast Club

Terminator 2: Judgment Day-X

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring-X

Raging Bull

 

Kill Bill Vol. 1-X

The Terminator

 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-X

Citizen Kane

 

Heat

Forrest Gump-X

 

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Halloween-X

 

Donnie Darko-X

Clerks

[Guest Askewniverse]

I'm going to close voting at 10 p.m. (eastern time), so if there's anybody left who wants to vote, please do so. As of right now, there are three ties and I don't really want to be the one who breaks them.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

A Nightmare on Elm Street

 

Pulp Fiction

 

Reservoir Dogs

 

Psycho (1960)

 

The Crow

 

Goodfellas

 

Ghostbusters

 

Casino

 

The Godfather Part II

 

Back to the Future

 

Blazing Saddles

 

American History X

 

Almost Famous

 

Scarface

 

The Shawshank Redemption

 

Mallrats

 

The Royal Tenenbaums (stupid braketing)

 

Kill Bill Vol. 2

 

Platoon

 

Full Metal Jacket

 

Memento

 

Office Space

 

The Usual Suspects

 

Taxi Driver

 

Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn

 

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

 

Raging Bull

 

Kill Bill Vol. 1

 

Citizen Kane

 

Forrest Gump

 

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

 

Donnie Darko

[Guest Askewniverse]

Voting has now closed. The results:

 

A Clockwork Orange - 32 votes

A Nightmare on Elm Street - 19 votes

 

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - 12 votes

Pulp Fiction - 39 votes

 

Braveheart - 15 votes

Reservoir Dogs - 36 votes

 

Dawn of the Dead (1978) - 16 votes

Psycho (1960) - 34 votes

 

The Crow - 21 votes

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 30 votes

 

Predator - 10 votes

Goodfellas - 40 votes

 

Ghostbusters - 22 votes

Schindler's List - 29 votes

 

Casino - 21 votes

Rocky - 29 votes

 

L.A. Confidential - 23 votes

The Godfather Part II - 36 votes

 

Back to the Future - 39 votes

Jaws - 12 votes

 

X2: X-Men United - 25 votes

Blazing Saddles - 26 votes

 

American History X - 37 votes

Dogma - 14 votes

 

Almost Famous - 25 votes - advances via coin flip

Chasing Amy - 25 votes

 

Aliens - 14 votes

Scarface - 37 votes

 

Die Hard - 15 votes

The Shawshank Redemption - 36 votes

 

The Matrix - 25 votes

Mallrats - 26 votes

 

Fight Club - 42 votes

The Royal Tenenbaums - 9 votes

 

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - 29 votes

Kill Bill Vol. 2 - 22 votes

 

Platoon - 29 votes

Seven Samurai - 21 votes

 

Full Metal Jacket - 23 votes

Seven (Se7en) - 28 votes

 

Memento - 37 votes

The Evil Dead - 14 votes

 

Raiders of the Lost Ark - 32 votes

Office Space - 19 votes

 

The Usual Suspects - 39 votes

Army of Darkness - 12 votes

 

Taxi Driver - 28 votes

American Beauty - 23 votes

 

Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn - 22 votes

North by Northwest - 26 votes

 

The Breakfast Club - 18 votes

Terminator 2: Judgment Day - 33 votes

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - 19 votes

Raging Bull - 32 votes

 

Kill Bill Vol. 1 - 31 votes

The Terminator - 20 votes

 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 22 votes

Citizen Kane - 27 votes

 

Heat - 13 votes

Forrest Gump - 38 votes

 

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - 26 votes

Halloween - 25 votes

 

Donnie Darko - 23 votes

Clerks - 28 votes

 

The next round will be up shortly. As with this round, the match-ups for the next round (and all upcoming rounds) will be determined via random drawing.

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

I'm glad to see the Star Wars films made it, and 2 LOTR films didn't. At least some people have brains...

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Well, with Ghostbusters and EDII out of the game, may the best film win, as the two I really wanted to make it far lost in the opener. Funny to see what is universally regarded as Smith's worst movie beat out a movie that, until the 2 sequels in 2003 ruined it for everyone, was thought to be a superb sci-fi film.

 

Side note: Perhaps seperate results threads so people can discuss / bitch and complain about the results without bumping an old round up?