MOFO Movie Tournament: Bracket 1 [Archive] - Page 2

Film Trash Review

07-03-11, 06:50 PM

Got it on the last day! haha.

Bracket 1
1. City Lights vs. 16. Brokeback Mountain
8. American Beauty vs. 9. Silence of the Lambs
5. The Night of the Hunter vs. 12. Apocalypse Now
4. The Big Lebowski vs. 13. Thelma and Louise
6. Audition vs. 11. Akira
3. Oldboy vs. 14. Tootsie
7. Star Wars Episode 5 vs. 10. Paper Moon

mark f

07-03-11, 07:03 PM

Have you really seen all 14 of those flicks?

Film Trash Review

07-03-11, 07:06 PM

Have you really seen all 14 of those flicks?

Double Checked and shockingly yes. I think it's the first time that a list of films has been mentioned and I had seen all of them. I feel special :D haha.

ash_is_the_gal

07-03-11, 07:06 PM

despite his love for new movies, he voted for City Lights over Brokeback Mountain? someone is a homophobe.

Sexy Celebrity

07-03-11, 07:07 PM

I really wanted Tootsie to win. That's a shame.

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/Tootsie(2).jpg

TOOTSIE - NOOOOOOO! :bawling::bawling::bawling:

MovieMan8877445

07-03-11, 07:09 PM

Double Checked and shockingly yes. I think it's the first time that a list of films has been mentioned and I had seen all of them. I feel special :D haha.

You might wanna go cross out some films on your movie lists then.

rauldc14

07-03-11, 07:17 PM

I don't believe him either. I don't get why people have to lie about whether or not they've seen both. What good is it? And I don't want to have to judge whether or not I believe them all the time.

ash_is_the_gal

07-03-11, 07:18 PM

well, i think when you do believe a person has seen both, that person's votes should count twice as much!

mark f

07-03-11, 07:27 PM

despite his love for new movies, he voted for City Lights over Brokeback Mountain? someone is a homophobe.

No biggie. He made up for it in the other bracket voting for Good Burger over Chaplin's The Kid. :cool:

We love you, Film Trash!

Film Trash Review

07-03-11, 07:39 PM

despite his love for new movies, he voted for City Lights over Brokeback Mountain? someone is a homophobe.

Not homophobic haha. I just thought Brokeback was boring and semi-pointless.

Film Trash Review

07-03-11, 07:41 PM

You might wanna go cross out some films on your movie lists then.

The only ones I didn't have crossed off were Tootsie and City Lights.

I just saw City Lights two days ago so I forgot to cross it off. As for Tootsie I don't know what happened, must have missed it when skimming through the lists.

Sexy Celebrity

07-03-11, 07:42 PM

Not homophobic haha. I just thought Brokeback was boring and semi-pointless.

Oh, I wouldn't say it was pointless....

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v0KzZ0tauyo/TZmrdJPfQgI/AAAAAAAAAI0/6HN0Q_GXIRc/s1600/bbmt.jpg

But there could have been more sex between Heath and Jake.

Film Trash Review

07-03-11, 07:43 PM

I don't believe him either. I don't get why people have to lie about whether or not they've seen both. What good is it? And I don't want to have to judge whether or not I believe them all the time.

You don't have to judge whether or not you believe people. I don't get why everyone is saying I am lying. On the other two brackets I left matches out because I didn't see some of those films. Why would I lie but only on this bracket?

Film Trash Review

07-03-11, 07:44 PM

No biggie. He made up for it in the other bracket voting for Good Burger over Chaplin's The Kid. :cool:

We love you, Film Trash!

I never thought "The Kid" was that great of a movie and someone has to vote for Good Burger. haha. ;)

Film Trash Review

07-03-11, 07:45 PM

Oh, I wouldn't say it was pointless....

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v0KzZ0tauyo/TZmrdJPfQgI/AAAAAAAAAI0/6HN0Q_GXIRc/s1600/bbmt.jpg

But there could have been more sex between Heath and Jake.

I said Semi-Pointless. Not completely pointless :cool:

Sexy Celebrity

07-03-11, 07:50 PM

Actually, if I may be honest, Jake wasn't the hotter cowboy in Brokeback Mountain. Heath Ledger was -- he wore better cowboy clothes and had the hottest accent ever.

http://l.yimg.com/eb/ymv/us/img/hv/photo/movie_pix/focus_features/brokeback_mountain/_group_photos/heath_ledger13.jpg

They put Jake in darker clothes with a darker hat and I like my cowboys in more light colored clothing. So, I am kinda disappointed about that.

But, still, I liked watching Heath have his way with him in the tent -- I just wish there was more of it.

Deadite

07-03-11, 07:52 PM

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/10/26/vampire-mouth.jpg

This means something...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/4373977112_8b01b2ee79.jpg

Swan

07-03-11, 07:53 PM

8. American Beauty vs. 9. Silence of the Lambs
5. The Night of the Hunter vs. 12. Apocalypse Now

rauldc14

07-03-11, 08:02 PM

6 hours left to vote. So far we've had at least 33 people contribute to this so it seems to be working well with this style.

Deadite

07-03-11, 08:05 PM

I never thought "The Kid" was that great of a movie and someone has to vote for Good Burger. haha. ;)

No.

No one has to vote for Good Burger.

No one.

MovieMan8877445

07-03-11, 08:55 PM

The only ones I didn't have crossed off were Tootsie and City Lights.

I just saw City Lights two days ago so I forgot to cross it off. As for Tootsie I don't know what happened, must have missed it when skimming through the lists.

You might wanna check the Thrills again then. Night of the Hunter is definitely on there. :)

Deadite

07-03-11, 09:56 PM

Brokeback Mountain had a point. It showed that gay people can fall in love and have turbulent relationships just like hetero people do.

mark f

07-03-11, 11:12 PM

Sexy Celebrity

07-03-11, 11:18 PM

Brokeback Mountain didn't even really start off as a mainstream movie just because of the homosexual content. I had to go see it at one select movie theatre in December 2005 just to watch it and then in another city I remember it was only at an arthouse movie theatre. I think it eventually went to more theatres - it made about 80 million, according to IMDB - but that was only because of its Academy Award nomination.

Deadite

07-03-11, 11:57 PM

If you mean for "mainstream" audiences, then that may be true, but that theme had been floating just "under the radar" for about 50 years in several significant films and longer than that in some "underground" ones.

Yeah, I get you, mark. :) I'm not saying it was that groundbreaking. I'm sure other films have dealt with the subject similarly though I'm drawing a blank at the moment.

But it was a very polished and artistic treatment, I think.

mark f

07-04-11, 12:25 AM

A few films I would mention would be both Oscar Wilde films from 1960, Victim (those are all at least 50 years old) and then I'd have to break it down chronologically. Maybe, I can do that later, but my "other" family's calling... :cool:

Wow! That looks like the Brits were way more into opening the closet of "queer cinema" than us Yanks... like I didn't know that.

rauldc14

07-04-11, 02:26 AM

Well, I reckon time has run up for this round of bracket 1

Here are the results (winners in bold):

City Lights 12
Brokeback Mountain 7

American Beauty 16
Silence of the Lambs 17

Night of the Hunter 9
Apocalypse Now 14

Big Lebowski 19
Thelma and Louise 7

Audition 6
Akira 12

Oldboy 18
Tootsie 7

Star Wars Episode 5: 13
Paper Moon 5

All About Eve 7
Lawrence of Arabia 16

The matchup that garnered the most votes also happened to be the closest battle obviously between two highly liked contenders that got a rough matchup. Other than that Night of the Hunter was a potential sleeper to move on until Apocalypse Now got a slew of ending picks that helped it maintain its distance. Brokeback had a chance too at one point but Chaplin was too much to overcome. The Big Lebowski had the most amount of votes with 19.

The second round of this bracket will be soon to come and will have the following matchups:

City Lights vs. Silence of the Lambs
Apocalypse Now vs. Big Lebowski
Akira vs. Oldboy
Star Wars Episode 5 vs. Lawrence of Arabia

Deadite

07-04-11, 02:27 AM

And this:

http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/144155.1020.A.jpg

:D

Sexy Celebrity

07-04-11, 02:31 AM

It's so disappointing to see American Beauty, Brokeback Mountain, and my Tootsie lose -- but, HEY, my Apocalypse Now WON! :highfive:

http://blogs.smh.com.au/entertainment/archives/tootsie470.jpg

Tootsie will get her revenge one day, though. She has a score to settle.

MovieMan8877445

07-04-11, 02:36 AM

I just finished Night of the Hunter, too. Hell, I still probably would've voted for Apocalypse Now.

rauldc14

07-04-11, 02:42 AM

There's always next time for Tootsie. After seeing Night of the Hunter, I really wish it was moving on, but it faced really stiff competition that could end up going a long way in this one.

I was afraid there was going to be a tie, but luckily it was settled beforehand, since I didn't set an official tie-breaking rule.

ash_is_the_gal

07-04-11, 02:45 AM

so what will happen when there is a tie?

MovieMan8877445

07-04-11, 02:46 AM

Why not a sudden death match?

rauldc14

07-04-11, 02:46 AM

The only truely fair idea I had was letting both move on and have a 3 way battle, though it could really complicate things.

I am open to any other suggestions, but I'm really hoping we never have to deal with it, though it could possibly happen.

Harry Lime

07-04-11, 02:54 AM

Sudden death for the 24 hours prior to the next round starting (where the winner will go on).

MovieMan8877445

07-04-11, 02:56 AM

A good thing that seems to be happening as the tournament goes on, is I'll be able to vote more and more. I've seen every film in the next bracket, except Akira.

ash_is_the_gal

07-04-11, 03:03 AM

in some ways i wish we had to vote privately. i think knowing which movie is winning does affect how some people will vote. it also affects what movies people will watch. for example, many people may have not bothered watching either of the films in the Children of Men/The Lady of Shanghai because CoM was so far ahead.