All right, ALL RIGHT, enough is enough! It's time for AR to finally do a Greatest Live-Action Movie competition. I was thinking about doing another Protagonist tournament or something else first, but no, fuck it, let's just do this one already.
All non-animated movies qualify for this competition. To qualify as a film it has to be at least over an hour in length and generally recognized as a film by most people. Each participant is limited to 16 nominations each. The minimum amount of nominations needed to begin this competition is 64 entries, and the maximum is 128. The maximum limit will not be lifted unless more than 8 people wish to participate, at which point the limit will be raised as seen fit to. The nomination period will last until midnight on March 13th.
That's all I really have to say, so here are my nominations:
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Black Dynamite
Django Unchained
12 Angry Men
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Rashomon
The Seven Samurai
Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
Dial M for Murder
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The World's End
Clerks
Monthy Python and the Holy Grail
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl An American Werewolf in London
Badlands
Days of Heaven
The Thin Red Line
The New World
The Tree of Life
To the Wonder
Quote from: Cartoon X on March 06, 2015, 11:01:03 AM
Black Dynamite
We should just end the tournament now, because this is the factual greatest film of all time.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Untouchables
Aliens
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Back to the Future
Goodfellas
Ed Wood
Predator
John Carpenter's The Thing
Little Miss Sunshine
John Woo's The Killer
Kung-Fu Hustle
Serenity
The Dirty Dozen
Rain Man
Godzilla (1954)
GSF: I'm leaving it up to you to nominate A Better Tomorrow and maybe some other martial arts films. Also, Collateral, can't forget that.
QuoteDial M for Murder
If I could hug you right now, I totally would. :thumbup:
Quote from: Foggle on March 06, 2015, 12:51:33 PM
Quote from: Cartoon X on March 06, 2015, 11:01:03 AM
Black Dynamite
We should just end the tournament now, because this is the factual greatest film of all time.
Neither Sergio Leone nor Ennio Morricone had any involvement with this film whatsoever, so you're wrong. :sly:
I hope you weren't deterred from doing the anime music competition by what I said. I was only half serious :blush: ...but I will definitely do it after I finish the video game music tourney, like I planned.
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on March 06, 2015, 01:24:35 PM
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Untouchables
Aliens
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Back to the Future
Goodfellas
Rear Window
Predator
John Carpenter's The Thing
Little Miss Sunshine
John Woo's The Killer
Kung-Fu Hustle
Serenity
The Dirty Dozen
Rain Man
Godzilla (1954)
GSF: I'm leaving it up to you to nominate A Better Tomorrow and maybe some other martial arts films. Also, Collateral, can't forget that.
>:( That was mine to nominate.
I got you. Collateral is in my top 5.
Collateral
Drunken Master
Drunken Master II
Iron Monkey
Hard-Boiled
Alien
A Better Tomorrow
Jaws
Lone Wolf And Cub
Police Story
Yojimbo
Training Day
The Dark Knight
Quote from: Foggle on March 06, 2015, 12:51:33 PM
Quote from: Cartoon X on March 06, 2015, 11:01:03 AM
Black Dynamite
We should just end the tournament now, because this is the factual greatest film of all time.
I can get behind this. :thumbup:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
Gone Baby Gone
The Terminator
Aliens
Copland
Groundhog's Day
Ghostbusters
Big Trouble in Little China
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Solider
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 2
Most of that was filling in holes.
Good stuff, fellows.
In Bruges
Hot Fuzz
Love Exposure
Cemetery Man
American Psycho
Underground
Army of Darkness
Casino
LA Confidential
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver
Oldboy (original)
There Will Be Blood
The Bird People In China
Blue Velvet
Kill Bill (as one movie; seriously, it becomes a masterpiece when you watch it as intended)
Quote from: gunswordfist on March 06, 2015, 02:00:15 PM
I hope you weren't deterred from doing the anime music competition by what I said. I was only half serious :blush: ...but I will definitely do it after I finish the video game music tourney, like I planned.
Nah, I wasn't planning to do consecutive music tournaments in the first place. ;) I'm also just kind of tired of running anime/manga related competitions, so I probably won't do one of those again for a bit.
EK, you keep on nominating the past winners of this tournament. :P
Double Indemnity
The Lost Weekend
Sunset Boulevard
Stalag 17
Love in the Afternoon
Some Like It Hot
The Apartment
One, Two, Three
This time, I hope I can just get someone on here to watch a Billy Wilder movie already, though.
We should have like a week grace period between First Bracket rounds to give everyone enough time to watch all the films.
That was the plan, Foggle my man. ;)
Oh, Aliens was already nominated.
I nominate Live Free or Die Hard in its place.
Avaitor: The last time we did this competition was over five years ago, and with a different group of people. CX, GSF, Homura Akemi, Lord Il, VLord, Pharass, and others weren't here for that. So, it's all fair game, now. ;)
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on March 06, 2015, 03:13:53 PM
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
Gone Baby Gone
The Terminator
Aliens
Copland
Groundhog's Day
Ghostbusters
Big Trouble in Little China
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Solider
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 2
Most of that was filling in holes.
You got Gone Baby Gone but missed The Town and Argo? :thinkin:
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on March 06, 2015, 04:12:22 PM
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on March 06, 2015, 03:13:53 PM
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
Gone Baby Gone
The Terminator
Aliens
Copland
Groundhog's Day
Ghostbusters
Big Trouble in Little China
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Solider
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 2
Most of that was filling in holes.
You got Gone Baby Gone but missed The Town and Argo? :thinkin:
I like it more. But if the limit gets raised I'll probably nominate them.
I'm personally confused as to why I had to be the one to nominate Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Quote from: Spark Of Spirit on March 06, 2015, 04:24:52 PM
I'm personally confused as to why I had to be the one to nominate Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Speaking for myself, I didn't want to nominate more than one movie from any one franchise, and Last Crusade is my personal favorite IJ movie. :P
Probably because it's so obvious that everyone just assumed thst someone else would nominate it for sure. Looks like you were that "someone else." :sly:
^ This too.
Shame. Some great movies aren't going to make the competition then. :humhumhum:
It's irrelevant, really, because I've already nominated the best movie ever made. :>
Quote from: Cartoon X on March 06, 2015, 03:29:19 PM
Quote from: gunswordfist on March 06, 2015, 02:00:15 PM
I hope you weren't deterred from doing the anime music competition by what I said. I was only half serious :blush: ...but I will definitely do it after I finish the video game music tourney, like I planned.
Nah, I wasn't planning to do consecutive music tournaments in the first place. ;) I'm also just kind of tired of running anime/manga related competitions, so I probably won't do one of those again for a bit.
Good. :) :) I don't want to be the Microsoft of this board :D
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on March 06, 2015, 04:47:04 PM
It's irrelevant, really, because I've already nominated the best movie ever made. :>
Yeah, it's John Carpenter's greatest work. ;)
I'm glad Homura nominated Casino Royale. I decided on Goldeneye beforehand since I only wanted to pick one Campbell Bond but now this is perfect. ;D
Goldeneye
Total Recall (1990?)
The Maxtrix (I don't care if I'm the only fan of this film on the site :bleh:)
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on March 06, 2015, 04:10:00 PM
Avaitor: The last time we did this competition was over five years ago, and with a different group of people. CX, GSF, Homura Akemi, Lord Il, VLord, Pharass, and others weren't here for that. So, it's all fair game, now. ;)
I'm pretty sure I was here for that. Avaitor wouldn't let me vote for The Thing. :burn:
Quote from: gunswordfist on March 06, 2015, 05:49:15 PM
The Maxtrix (I don't care if I'm the only fan of this film on the site :bleh:)
It's not a favorite of mine, but I actually do still like the first one. :D
That is a billion times better than I suspect some here think of it. :D It was my absolute favorite movie years ago but that cooled down. I still haven't seen it in its entirety in years but what I did see last year actually gave me a new appreciation for it. Back then, I loved it just for the action. :D
Quote from: gunswordfist on March 06, 2015, 08:30:38 PM
That is a billion times better than I suspect some here think of it. :D It was my absolute favorite movie years ago but that cooled down. I still haven't seen it in its entirety in years but what I did see last year actually gave me a new appreciation for it. Back then, I loved it just for the action. :D
Oh yeah, same here! It was probably my favorite film for years when it first came out.
My brother hyped it to death and it delivered for me. It took me spamming action scenes from the sequels for me to stop caring for the first movie. :D I was terrible.
I like the first Matrix movie.
Maybe I'm just referring to Avaitor then. :thinkin:
I was always kind of lukewarm to The Matrix. When I saw it as a kid I was impressed by the action but didn't understand the story. Now, I find the story to be pretentious, but in a sort of goofy and entertaining way, so I still enjoy the film, even if for unintentional reasons (sort of like how Batman Returns is a guilty pleasure for me).
At any rate, don't mind people not liking a movie that you do. I feel that films like Forrest Gump and Dances With Wolves are legitimately great movies, but modern day film snubs love to shit on them because they won Oscars over what they feel were better movies, and then proceed to find reasons to call them terrible films. I just stopped giving a fuck about those opinions, myself.
Anyways, I notice that nobody nominated Ip Man. I'd replace KFH with it if it weren't for the fact that I feel that this competition really needs its comedy film representatives.
Ed Wood hasn't been nominated either.
Well, shit, I can't fathom what to replace on my list, but I'll have to make room for it somehow....
I meant I try not to nominate movies that I know will get gutted in a competition. :D
Also, speaking of Dancing With The Wolves, I like The Last Samurai and don't give a shit what anyone says about it. :bleh:
The last Samurai is one of my favorite movies. :thumbup:
People will bash it like Avatar just because the story is unoriginal, but for me it's all in the execution. Unlike Avatar, the characters here are fully fleshed out and 3-dimensional, and the actors aren't just phoning in their performances.
Sweet. It's probably my 2nd favorite Cruise film. I remember Avatar being called a Dancing With The Wolves ripoff now. :D I still have not seen it.
Anyway, criticizing movies for being similar is silly. What's next? Saying Akira Kurosawa movies sucks because he "ripped off" Westerns?
Actually, I think it's the other way around. :D
Quote from: gunswordfist on March 06, 2015, 11:04:19 PMI remember Avatar being called a Dancing With The Wolves ripoff now. :D
I called him that.
In retrospect, Almost Famous is probably closer.
12 Years a Slave
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on March 06, 2015, 11:09:21 PM
Actually, I think it's the other way around. :D
I was thinking, I believe Kurosawa movies were influenced by Westerns and then Westerns were influenced by them, like how Magnificent Seven is based off of Samurai Seven.
Yo, I think I'm gonna abstain from nominating stuff. You can take all of my choices off and replace them with some more of your own, guys.
Quote from: Avaitor on March 07, 2015, 03:26:03 AM
Yo, I think I'm gonna abstain from nominating stuff. You can take all of my choices off and replace them with some more of your own, guys.
You sure? You had some good choices, man.
Quote from: Foggle on March 07, 2015, 03:42:55 AM
Quote from: Avaitor on March 07, 2015, 03:26:03 AM
Yo, I think I'm gonna abstain from nominating stuff. You can take all of my choices off and replace them with some more of your own, guys.
You sure? You had some good choices, man.
Yeah, idk, I don't really feel like it. You guys can come up with better stuff, I'm sure!
Cartoon X: How many movies are we allowed to nominate?* Anyway, here are a few that I don't think are in the tournament yet, if any of them have already been nominated and I missed it, I apologize in advance.
Ran
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
M
The Lion in Winter (original version)
The Third Man
Miller's Crossing
Chinatown
The Night of the Hunter
Blade Runner: Director's Cut
Touch of Evil
Out of the Past
The Lives of Others
*Edit: Nevermind, I hadn't read the OP properly.
Quote from: Avaitor on March 07, 2015, 03:26:03 AM
Yo, I think I'm gonna abstain from nominating stuff. You can take all of my choices off and replace them with some more of your own, guys.
Do you still plan on voting in the tournament?
Quote from: Cartoon X on March 06, 2015, 11:01:03 AMThe nomination period will last until midnight on January 13th.
So....does that mean that the deadline was two months ago, or are you saying that we have to wait until next year to start the voting part of this tournament? Or did you just somehow type January when you meant to write March? :sly:
On another note, I count us at 108 nominations, excluding Avaitor's nominations since he abstained. So that leaves us 20 short of thr full limit. Pharass still has 4 votes left, though, and if Lord Il should decide to participate, that will even the total out to its maximum capacity, I believe.
I love how CX edited his post yesterday and still has the date wrong. :sly:
Fixed. :bleh:
The current list of nominations is as follows:
1. Citizen Kane
2. Casablanca
3. Black Dynamite
4. Django Unchained
5. 12 Angry Men
6. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
7. Rashomon
8. The Seven Samurai
9. Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
10. Dial M for Murder
11. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
12. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
13. The World's End
14. Clerks
15. Monthy Python and the Holy Grail
16. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
17. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
18. The Untouchables
19. Aliens
20. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
21. Back to the Future
22. Goodfellas
23. Ed Wood
24. Predator
25. John Carpenter's The Thing
26. Little Miss Sunshine
27. John Woo's The Killer
28. Kung-Fu Hustle
29. Serenity
30. The Dirty Dozen
31. Rain Man
32. Godzilla (1954)
33. Collateral
34. Drunken Master
35. Drunken Master II
36. Iron Monkey
37. Hard-Boiled
38. Alien
39. A Better Tomorrow
40. Jaws
41. Lone Wolf And Cub
42. Police Story
43. Yojimbo
44. Training Day
45. The Dark Knight
46. Raiders of the Lost Ark
47. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
48. Gone Baby Gone
49. The Terminator
50. Copland
51. Groundhog's Day
52. Ghostbusters
53. Big Trouble in Little China
54. X-Men: Days of Future Past
55. Captain America: The First Avenger
56. Captain America: The Winter Solider
57. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
58. Die Hard
59. Lethal Weapon
60. Lethal Weapon 2
61. In Bruges
62. Hot Fuzz
63. Love Exposure
64. Cemetery Man
65. American Psycho
66. Underground
67. Army of Darkness
68. Casino
69. LA Confidential
70. Raging Bull
71. Taxi Driver
72. Oldboy (original)
73. There Will Be Blood
74. The Bird People In China
75. Blue Velvet
76. Kill Bill
77. Die Hard with a Vengeance
78. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
79. The Grand Budapest Hotel
80. Why Don't You Play In Hell?
81. Gone Girl
82. Battle Royale
83. Little Shop of Horrors (1986 musical)
84. Scream
85. The Cabin in the Woods
86. Caligula (uncut)
87. The Descent
88. Casino Royale (2006)
89. Mean Girls
90. Videodrome
91. The Usual Suspects
92. Hitchcock
93. Live Free or Die Hard
94. Goldeneye
95. Total Recall (1990)
96. The Matrix
97. 12 Years a Slave
98. Ran
99. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
100. M
101. The Lion in Winter (original version)
102. The Third Man
103. Miller's Crossing
104. Chinatown
105. The Night of the Hunter
106. Blade Runner: Director's Cut
107. Touch of Evil
108. Out of the Past
109. The Lives of Others
110. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
111. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
112. Dazed and Confused
113. The Blues Brothers
114. Labyrinth
115. The Fly
116. Harakiri (1962)
117. Double Indemnity
118. The Rules of the Game
119. Chimes at Midnight
120. The Apartment
121. Sunset Boulevard
122. Badlands
123. The Tree of Life
124. Pulp Fiction
125. Duck Soup
126. 8 1/2
127. Whiplash
128. Before Sunrise
If Avaitor hadn't decided to pull his nominations, I would have seen it fit to raise the max limit of nominations for the competition and allowed people to make additional nominations as well. However, as it stands, I see no reason to. Pharass has 4 nominations he has left to make and Vlord has 15, and that will fill us to 128. I will not start this competition before the 13th no matter what, but if they don't add in enough nominations before the 12th, I will allow other members to make more nominations on a first come, first serve basis until the limit of 128 is reached. However, if any other forum members who have yet to nominate anything decide to do so, such as previous competition participants like Dr. Insomniac, Rynnec, ShadowGentleman, Inkwolf, Lord Il, and talonmalon333, I will do what I would have done if Avaitor had not retracted his votes and raise the max limit for nominations and how many nominations one person can make.
Damn, that's a good list so far.
Wait, where's the Star Wars films? At least put Empire on there.
You want 'em in, you nominate 'em yourself. :humhumhum:
Okey doke,
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Also
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Dazed and Confused
The Blues Brothers
for good measure.
While I can't deny others the right to nominate if they haven't already done so, I kind of hope that the list doesn't get too long. While there are tons of great movies (and believe me, I've had to make tough decisions in leaving off some of my favorites), I feel that these games are more interesting with just the right amount of nominations involved. Just look at The Greatest Villain tournament. It's super interesting now that it has boiled down to the "worst of the worst," but honestly the first 2 rounds weren't that interesting for me since just about any half-way decent villain was on the list. Forcing a limit on these kinds of tournaments forces each of us to pick and choose the films that we feel the most passionate about, and thus the competition is all the stronger and more interesting for it.
Of course, don't misunderstand me. I'm not suggesting anything, here. Should others choose to nominate, they deserve to have their input taken into account just as much as anyone. I'm simply stating my opinion that these kinds of games are more fun when we already start off with the best of the best, as opposed to taking a few rounds to get to that point.
Quote from: Comeau on March 07, 2015, 06:45:16 PMStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Now, how the hell did I miss nominating that one? I'm not even the biggest Star Wars fan, but this is one of the greatest genre films ever. I feel so ashamed. :(
As you should lol.
I actually liked the Greatest Villains the most at the beginning. It was nice seeing all those different villains, a lot of them were among my favorites. Now the list is more like what you expect to see at any site where people like villains from multiple forms of medium.
How many sites pit villains like Tywin Lannister against villains from a completely different medium and culture like Meruem? Simply having more villains isn't more interesting, IMO, because you'll have clear, easy answers as to who you think is better in a given round. When there's less to choose from, your choices become much tougher as your favorites go head to head, and that to me is more interesting.
Quote from: Homura Akemi on March 06, 2015, 03:34:18 PM
Videodrome
The fact that someone brought that '80s title up which many (at least that I've spoken to about it) haven't heard of.. I'm almost in awe. That movie freaked the hell out of me. O_o David Cronenberg's movies are disturbing as they are brilliant. Highly doubtful it would make it far in the competition, but it's a fun nomination to have.
I can't really add too much more (in case I can). But I would like to entertain Labyrinth as another nomination. Such a fun movie when I was a kid and equally as enjoyable today.
And since talking about Cronenberg, how about The Fly remake he made as well. Creepy and very memorable, Jeff Goldblum's performance was fantastic.
I need to catch up on watch Cronenberg's work. I've been meaning to.
Quote from: Cartoon X on March 07, 2015, 10:11:15 AM
Quote from: Avaitor on March 07, 2015, 03:26:03 AM
Yo, I think I'm gonna abstain from nominating stuff. You can take all of my choices off and replace them with some more of your own, guys.
Do you still plan on voting in the tournament?
Maybe, idk.
I've heard of Videodrome, I just haven't gotten around to seeing it yet. I thought it was a pretty well-known 80's film thanks to a strong cult-following built over time, much like movies such as Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Creeps, and They Live.
Also, I love Cronenberg's remake of The Fly. I even ranked it as one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time on an earlier list that I made. :thumbup:
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on March 07, 2015, 11:56:30 PM
I've heard of Videodrome, I just haven't gotten around to seeing it yet. I thought it was a pretty well-known 80's film thanks to a strong cult-following built over time, much like movies such as Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Creeps, and They Live.
I thought the same as well and I still do believe that to be correct. It's just weird when I bring it up to people and they look at me like I have two heads because they've never heard of it. :e_confused:
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on March 07, 2015, 11:56:30 PMAlso, I love Cronenberg's remake of The Fly. I even ranked it as one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time on an earlier list that I made. :thumbup:
Nice! It's well deserved to be regarded quite highly.
My last four nominees:
Harakiri (1962)
Double Indemnity
The Rules of the Game
Chimes at Midnight
Eh, what the hell.
The Apartment
Sunset Boulevard
Badlands
The Tree of Life
Pulp Fiction
Duck Soup
8 1/2
Whiplash
Before Sunrise
With Avaitor's picks, we have now reached the original maximum of 128 entries. In light of other forum members who are still capable of nominating material or those who may still want to add something in while they still can, I will raise the maximum limit of nominations to 160. In addition, I will now allow everyone to potentially nominate up to 20 films total. These will be the only extensions. Once 160 nominations have been reached, this thread will be closed.
Rear Window
The Host
They Live
To Kill A Mockingbird
Just to avoid confusion with any other films that may share that name, I'm talking about the 2006 Korean film with "The Host." At first I was going to nominate Ip Man, but we already have a solid representation of martial arts films in this competition thanks to GSF, whereas we could always use another monster movie for some variety, IMO.
Ip Man
Robocop
Starship Troopers
Edit: Thinking about making my last pick Rush Hour, Saving Private Ryan or Halloween.
While I enjoy Rush Hour, I doubt that it'll make it past the first round because....well, Bret Ratner.
The other two have a chance, though.
Also, speaking of John Carpenter films, have you seen "They Live" yet, GSF?
I have. Probably in my top 10 for scifi movies but not one of my favorite favorites. I'd nominate Escape From New York before it.
It's my second favorite Carpenter film, personally. After that is Big Trouble In Little China, then Escape From New York, then Halloween. I love them all, though.
In fact, screw it, I'm switching from Argo to They Live. That film is great, but JC films are so underrated outside of the core cult fanbase, so I want this one to get some more exposure.
For me it's The Thing, Halloween, Big Trouble In Little China, Escape From New York and then They Live. I need to give the latter 3 a rewatch though.
Quote from: gunswordfist on March 08, 2015, 07:25:05 PM
For me it's The Thing, Halloween, Big Trouble In Little China, Escape From New York and then They Live. I need to give the latter 3 a rewatch though.
Oh god, yes! All good stuff.
How about John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness? That's another one that stands out for me.
I still need to watch Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth Of Madness, actually. I'll get around to them eventually.
Quote from: Lord Il on March 08, 2015, 09:57:41 PM
Quote from: gunswordfist on March 08, 2015, 07:25:05 PM
For me it's The Thing, Halloween, Big Trouble In Little China, Escape From New York and then They Live. I need to give the latter 3 a rewatch though.
Oh god, yes! All good stuff.
How about John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness? That's another one that stands out for me.
I haven't seen it! I don't even know what it's about, for shame...
Quote from: Dr. Ensatsu-ken on March 08, 2015, 10:18:41 PM
I still need to watch Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth Of Madness, actually. I'll get around to them eventually.
I was just thinking about this one, during the post.
Fuck it, I nominate Rush Hour. :bleh: I don't care if people hate on him for no good reason. :bleh: He directed Rush Hour 1, 2 and Prison Break. That's better than anything 99% of American directors have done in the last 17 years.
I wouldn't go that far, but I will say that I liked the first 2 Rush Hour movies, and I don't mind Chris Tucker that much in them. They are fun movies for what they are, though I'd say that Police Story is a better comedy and action movie than any Rush Hour film.
I think Rush Hour is funnier (from what I remember) but Police story is of course the better action movie.
I think that some of the humor is dated, but it mostly holds up. I just love Police Story's blend of slapstick and situational humor, though. That court scene where Chan plays that misleading but suggestive recording of Selina (which she tampered with) at the trial (with his girlfriend in attendance) had me laughing so hard.
:D Oh yeah. I can't wait to rewatch these.
The Philadelphia Story
Moonrise Kingdom
Boogie Nights
Singin' in the Rain
The Thin Red Line
The 400 Blows
Selma
Dead Man Walking
Quote from: Avaitor on March 09, 2015, 11:00:56 PM
The Philadelphia Story
Moonrise Kingdom
Boogie Nights
Singin' in the Rain
The Thin Red Line
The 400 Blows
Selma
Dead Man Walking
This makes me want to replace one of my movies and nominate King: a Filmed Record.
Replace Rush Hour with Chinese Connection (Fists Of fury in other countries). Not enough Bruce in this compo.
If there's still room left, I'd like to add the following:
Army of Shadows
The Saragossa Manuscript
Barton Fink
Once Upon A Time In the West (may already have been nominated, I need to check)
Today is the last day to nominate anything for this tournament if you have not already done so or still have nominations left to make. Once we reach the max limit of 160 nominations, no further ones will be accepted and this thread will close. Otherwise, it will be closed promptly at midnight with whatever is already in place.
Here is the current list of nominations:
1. Citizen Kane
2. Casablanca
3. Black Dynamite
4. Django Unchained
5. 12 Angry Men
6. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
7. Rashomon
8. The Seven Samurai
9. Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
10. Dial M for Murder
11. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
12. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
13. The World's End
14. Clerks
15. Monthy Python and the Holy Grail
16. An American Werewolf in London
17. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
18. The Untouchables
19. Aliens
20. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
21. Back to the Future
22. Goodfellas
23. Ed Wood
24. Predator
25. John Carpenter's The Thing
26. Little Miss Sunshine
27. John Woo's The Killer
28. Kung-Fu Hustle
29. Serenity
30. The Dirty Dozen
31. Rain Man
32. Godzilla (1954)
33. Collateral
34. Drunken Master
35. Drunken Master II
36. Iron Monkey
37. Hard-Boiled
38. Alien
39. A Better Tomorrow
40. Jaws
41. Lone Wolf And Cub
42. Police Story
43. Yojimbo
44. Training Day
45. The Dark Knight
46. Raiders of the Lost Ark
47. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
48. Gone Baby Gone
49. The Terminator
50. Copland
51. Groundhog's Day
52. Ghostbusters
53. Big Trouble in Little China
54. X-Men: Days of Future Past
55. Captain America: The First Avenger
56. Captain America: The Winter Solider
57. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
58. Die Hard
59. Lethal Weapon
60. Lethal Weapon 2
61. In Bruges
62. Hot Fuzz
63. Love Exposure
64. Cemetery Man
65. American Psycho
66. Underground
67. Army of Darkness
68. Casino
69. LA Confidential
70. Raging Bull
71. Taxi Driver
72. Oldboy (original)
73. There Will Be Blood
74. The Bird People In China
75. Blue Velvet
76. Kill Bill
77. Die Hard with a Vengeance
78. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
79. The Grand Budapest Hotel
80. Why Don't You Play In Hell?
81. Gone Girl
82. Battle Royale
83. Little Shop of Horrors (1986 musical)
84. Scream
85. The Cabin in the Woods
86. Caligula (uncut)
87. The Descent
88. Casino Royale (2006)
89. Mean Girls
90. Videodrome
91. The Usual Suspects
92. Hitchcock
93. Live Free or Die Hard
94. Goldeneye
95. Total Recall (1990)
96. The Matrix
97. 12 Years a Slave
98. Ran
99. Aguirre: The Wrath of God
100. M
101. The Lion in Winter (original version)
102. The Third Man
103. Miller's Crossing
104. Chinatown
105. The Night of the Hunter
106. Blade Runner: Director's Cut
107. Touch of Evil
108. Out of the Past
109. The Lives of Others
110. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
111. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
112. Dazed and Confused
113. The Blues Brothers
114. Labyrinth
115. The Fly
116. Harakiri (1962)
117. Double Indemnity
118. The Rules of the Game
119. Chimes at Midnight
120. The Apartment
121. Sunset Boulevard
122. Badlands
123. The Tree of Life
124. Pulp Fiction
125. Duck Soup
126. 8 1/2
127. Whiplash
128. Before Sunrise
129. Rear Window
130. The Host
131. They Live
132. To Kill A Mockingbird
133. Ip Man
134. Robocop
135. Starship Troopers
136. Chinese Connection
137. The Philadelphia Story
138. Moonrise Kingdom
139. Boogie Nights
140. Singin' in the Rain
141. The Thin Red Line
142. The 400 Blows
143. Selma
144. Dead Man Walking
145. Army of Shadows
146. The Saragossa Manuscript
147. Barton Fink
148. Once Upon A Time In the West
149. The Avengers
150. Almost Famous
151. North by Northwest
152. Notorious
153. Sunrise
154. Argo
155. The Name of the Rose
156. Hotel Rwanda
157. Psycho
158. 3:10 To Yuma (2007)
159. The Graduate
160. Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
If no one's going to nominate it, I might as well.
The Avengers
Also
Almost Famous
North by Northwest
Notorious
Sunrise
Argo
The Name of the Rose
Mackenna's Gold
Psycho
3:10 To Yuma (2007)
The Graduate
Oh, can I swap out Duck Soup with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
You don't have to swap. I'll just remove An American Werewolf in London from my list.
Tell you what, I'll replace one of my own nominations with American Werewolf. I think it deserves to be in the competition too.
The max limit of 160 nominations has now been reached and thus this thread will now be closed. If you wish to make any last-minute substitutions, contact me by PM before midnight tonight. Otherwise, the competition will begin sometime tomorrow as planned. See you there!
Thanks, CX! :thumbup: