The Greatest Live-Action Movie Ever Tournament

[gunswordfist]

Taxi Driver. But I should be pissed about Starship Troopers.

[Avaitor]

I do like Taxi Driver, but the top 2 films needed more love for me this time, and I feel distant from it. And I haven't seen Starship Troopers, but I dislike Heinlein and did not care for the original novel at all.

[gunswordfist]

...watch the damn movie.

[Foggle]

I do like Taxi Driver, but the top 2 films needed more love for me this time, and I feel distant from it. And I haven't seen Starship Troopers, but I dislike Heinlein and did not care for the original novel at all.

The movie has almost nothing to do with the book. They're completely different aside from sharing the same basic plot and political satire.

[Avaitor]

I do like Taxi Driver, but the top 2 films needed more love for me this time, and I feel distant from it. And I haven't seen Starship Troopers, but I dislike Heinlein and did not care for the original novel at all.

The movie has almost nothing to do with the book. They're completely different aside from sharing the same basic plot and political satire.

You know, that's what I've heard, and I do want to get to it at some point. But I can't really rank a movie too highly if I haven't seen it, right?

[LumRanmaYasha]

Results:

Match 21:

Aguirre: The Wrath of God - 7
Die Hard - 8
The Rules of the Game - 9
Starship Troopers - 6

Match 22:

Singin' in the Rain - 5
Drunken Master II - 7
Sunset Boulevard - 10
Taxi Driver - 8

The Rules of the Game, Die Hard, Sunset Boulevard, & Taxi Driver move on to round 2.

Round 1: Match 23


Little Miss Sunshine

VS.


The Apartment

VS.


Underground

VS.


John Carpenter's The Thing

Round 1: Match 24


Die Hard with a Vengeance

VS.


To Kill A Mockingbird

VS.


Ip Man

VS.


The Bird People In China

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

John Carpenter's The Thing
Little Miss Sunshine
The Apartment
Underground

To Kill A Mockingbird
Ip Man
Die Hard with a Vengeance
The Bird People In China

[Avaitor]

The Apartment
The Thing
Little Miss Sunshine
Underground

Pass on the second for right now.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Pass on the first.

Second same as listed.

[gunswordfist]

Opposite of Spark for the 2nd.

[LumRanmaYasha]

Results:

Match 23:

Little Miss Sunshine - 5
The Apartment - 6
Underground - 2
John Carpenter's The Thing - 7

Match 24:

Die Hard with a Vengeance - 6
To Kill A Mockingbird - 7
Ip Man - 5
The Bird People In China - 2

John Carpenter's The Thing, The Apartment, To Kill A Mockingbird, & Die Hard with a Vengeance move on to round 2.

Round 1: Match 25


Live Free or Die Hard

VS.


The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

VS.


Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

VS.


Casablanca

Round 1: Match 26


Black Dynamite

VS.


Harakiri (1962)

VS.


Rashomon

VS.


Alien

My Picks:

Match 26:

Black Dynamite
Rashomon
Harakiri
Alien

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly- My favorite film of all time since I was a kid, and that's just not going to change

Casablanca- I really need to re-watch it sometime, but it's a classic

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World- While I prefer the comic, this is easily the best possible adaptation of this source material that you could ever hope for

Live Free or Die Hard- It's nowhere near as good as Die Hard 1 or 3, but it's a really entertaining action movie in its own right

Pass on the second match for now.

[gunswordfist]

Dammit, I could have saved Ip Man. I also got to stop voting before I watch half the movies in a match. At least my favorite movie if not my favorite piece of fiction and entertainment ever advanced!

[Spark Of Spirit]

Casablanca
The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly
Live Free or Die Hard
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

[Avaitor]

Casablanca
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Live Free or Die Hard