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donniedarko

10-23-12, 06:57 PM

Well all 32 nominations are in. So no one accuses me of being biased towards my "beloved Bergman" I put the movie names in a hat, shuffled them, and then pulled them out 1 by 1. If there is a tie(s), there will be a ranking system, that I will explain when we get there. If you didn't nominate you can still vote, this will last a month (November 23rd) so everyone has an opportunity to watch the films. In parentheses will be who nominated, but don't vote based on that ;)

Sawdust and Tinsel (wintertraingles) vs L' Enfant (sexy celebrity)
The Double Life Of Veronique. (Honeykid) vs The Devils Backbone (deadite)
Sansho The Baliff (rauldc) vs Tokyo Drifter (Genises Pig)
Stalker (Mr.Minio) vs City of God (Skepsis)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (wintertriangles) vs The Blue Kite (tyler1)
Chunking Express (sexy celebrity) vs Battle Royal (skepsis)
My Life as Dog (godoggo) vs Fear Eats Soul (thursdays next)
Satantango (Mr.Minio) vs Talk To Her (godoggo)
Jaagte Raho (genises pig) vs The Girl on the Bridge (honeykid)
Underground (Harry Lime) vs Pan's Labyrinth (Proximity)
Touki Bouki (Harry Lime) vs Andrie Rublev (Thomas P)
Breathless (Hitchfan) vs Show me Love (thursdays next)
Nosferastu (Rauldc) vs Tae Guk Gi (Proximity)
La Dolce Vita (Thomas P) vs Battleship Potemkin (donniedarko)
Oldboy (donniedarko) vs Humanity and Paper Balloons (tyler1)
Let The Right One In (Deadite) vs Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan)

Deadite

10-23-12, 07:22 PM

So much for my nominations. :(

donniedarko

10-23-12, 07:38 PM

I can only vote in two so far

La Dolce Vita (Thomas P) vs Battleship Potemkin (donniedarko)
La Dolce Vita was oringinally my nomination, and while I think they're both highly technically accomplished I like La Dolce Vita more

Let The Right One In (Deadite) vs Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan)
LTROI is decent, but its not even close

rauldc14

10-23-12, 07:43 PM

Thanks for waiting a month. I'd like to see some of these.

HitchFan97

10-23-12, 08:27 PM

Good thing I have a month. Aside from my own nominations, the only other films I've seen are The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and La Dolce Vita.

Godoggo

10-23-12, 08:51 PM

I need to watch ten movies. I'll most likely watch all of them before I vote.

Thursday Next

10-24-12, 06:56 AM

Ok, I've got a few films to watch.

I can't find a film called 'Satango' - is that Bakha satang?

Tyler1

10-24-12, 08:03 AM

No it's not Peppermint Candy, neither is it a form of dance, it's Satantango (1994).

Mr Minio

10-24-12, 09:46 AM

No it's not Peppermint Candy, neither is it a form of dance, it's Satantango (1994).
It is, indeed. The reason why I named it Satango instead of Satantango is that there's double tan in the middle and the shorter version looks more like a combination of these words with a main part. I mean satan tango, Satango. Nonetheless, the proper name is Satantango or even Sátántango with proper Hungarian grammar.

Dang! I can only vote in this:
Let The Right One In (Deadite) vs Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan)
Cries and Whispers win! Mediocre movie cannot stand a chance versus Bergman's genius.

honeykid

10-24-12, 10:59 AM

Chunking Express (sexy celebrity) vs Battle Royal (skepsis)
La Dolce Vita (Thomas P) vs Battleship Potemkin (donniedarko)

I like both of the first choices, but BR takes it quite easily. Sadly, I don't like either of the second choices, but I'll watch Potemkin twice before I suffer La Dolce Vita again.

wintertriangles

10-24-12, 03:12 PM

These are the only ones I know for sure right now

The Double Life Of Veronique. (Honeykid) vs The Devils Backbone (deadite)
Stalker (Mr.Minio) vs City of God (Skepsis)

ThomasP

10-24-12, 03:22 PM

Nosferastu (Rauldc) vs Tae Guk Gi (Proximity)
Breathless (Hitchfan) vs Show me Love (thursdays next)

These two are the clear favorites for me. I prefer both massively to the others. I feel like they are two of the greatest films created. I cannot say this for the other two.

Harry Lime

10-24-12, 03:29 PM

Who nominated Satantango? What an ass. It's great, really great, but 7 hours, black and white, Hungarian, few cuts, have fun!

Harry Lime

10-24-12, 03:33 PM

Sawdust and Tinsel (wintertraingles) vs L' Enfant (sexy celebrity)
The Double Life Of Veronique. (Honeykid) vs The Devils Backbone (deadite)
Sansho The Baliff (rauldc) vs Tokyo Drifter (Genises Pig)
Stalker (Mr.Minio) vs City of God (Skepsis)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (wintertriangles) vs The Blue Kite (tyler1)
Chunking Express (sexy celebrity) vs Battle Royal (skepsis)
My Life as Dog (godoggo) vs Fear Eats Soul (thursdays next)
Satantango (Mr.Minio) vs Talk To Her (godoggo)
Jaagte Raho (genises pig) vs The Girl on the Bridge (honeykid) - Jaaga huh? Thanks for the rec, gp, i'll dl and watch it later.
Underground (Harry Lime) vs Pan's Labyrinth (Proximity)
Touki Bouki (Harry Lime) vs Andrie Rublev (Thomas P)
Breathless (Hitchfan) vs Show me Love (thursdays next)
Nosferastu (Rauldc) vs Tae Guk Gi (Proximity) - Which Nosferatu?
La Dolce Vita (Thomas P) vs Battleship Potemkin (donniedarko)
Oldboy (donniedarko) vs Humanity and Paper Balloons (tyler1)
Let The Right One In (Deadite) vs Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan)

Mr Minio

10-24-12, 03:37 PM

Who nominated Satantango? What an ass. It's great, really great, but 7 hours, black and white, Hungarian, few cuts, have fun! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/Trollface.svg/200px-Trollface.svg.png

Don't complain! It's a masterpiece. I watched it in a single run without any breaks!

donniedarko

10-24-12, 03:38 PM

Tleast he didn't nominate Berlin Alexphillia, or whatever it's called

Edit: Yes Mr. Minio that one

Mr Minio

10-24-12, 04:30 PM

Do you mean Berlin Alexanderplatz?

wintertriangles

10-24-12, 04:51 PM

I'm doing that next tournament. Along with Yoda's wedding video

Godoggo

10-24-12, 06:35 PM

Satantango is on youtube if anyone is interested. I'm going to watch all seven hours tonight. I better be able to speak Hungarian by the end of this.

Proximity

10-24-12, 06:48 PM

So far:
Stalker (Mr.Minio) vs City of God (Skepsis)

that alone was not easy. I don't think I'm going to vote anymore. You guys sort this out haha

Nausicaä

10-29-12, 07:53 PM

Sawdust and Tinsel (wintertraingles) vs L' Enfant (sexy celebrity)
The Double Life Of Veronique. (Honeykid) vs The Devils Backbone (deadite)
Sansho The Baliff (rauldc) vs Tokyo Drifter (Genises Pig)
Stalker (Mr.Minio) vs City of God (Skepsis)
Chunking Express (sexy celebrity) vs Battle Royale (skepsis)
Touki Bouki (Harry Lime) vs Andrei Rublev (Thomas P)
Breathless (Hitchfan) vs Show me Love (thursdays next)
Nosferatu (Rauldc) vs Tae Guk Gi (Proximity)
La Dolce Vita (Thomas P) vs Battleship Potemkin (donniedarko)
Oldboy (donniedarko) vs Humanity and Paper Balloons (tyler1)
Let The Right One In (Deadite) vs Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan)

rauldc14

10-29-12, 08:24 PM

honeykid

11-04-12, 01:48 PM

For those in the UK who haven't seen it, The Devil's Backbone is on BBC Four tonight, at 9:55pm.

Nausicaä

11-04-12, 01:51 PM

^ Fantastic film.

wintertriangles

11-04-12, 02:15 PM

Sawdust and Tinsel (wintertraingles) vs L' Enfant (sexy celebrity)
Sansho The Baliff (rauldc) vs Tokyo Drifter (Genises Pig)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (wintertriangles) vs The Blue Kite (tyler1)
Chunking Express (sexy celebrity) vs Battle Royal (skepsis)
Underground (Harry Lime) vs Pan's Labyrinth (Proximity) - PS: I picked Underground not necessarily because I like it more but because more people need to see it
Touki Bouki (Harry Lime) vs Andrie Rublev (Thomas P)
Nosferastu (Rauldc) vs Tae Guk Gi (Proximity)
La Dolce Vita (Thomas P) vs Battleship Potemkin (donniedarko)
Let The Right One In (Deadite) vs Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan)

I've got a bunch to watch still to finish this round up

Thursday Next

11-13-12, 06:03 PM

Posting a few of my picks now in case I forget before the 23rd. Still quite a few more to watch.

Stalker (Mr.Minio) vs City of God (Skepsis)
Chunking Express (sexy celebrity) vs Battle Royale (skepsis)
My Life as Dog (godoggo) vs Fear Eats Soul (thursdays next)
Breathless (Hitchfan) vs Show me Love (thursdays next)
La Dolce Vita (Thomas P) vs Battleship Potemkin (donniedarko)

Godoggo

11-14-12, 03:45 PM

Sawdust and Tinsel(wintertraingles) vs L' Enfant (sexy celebrity)
The Double Life Of Veronique. (Honeykid) vs The Devils Backbone (deadite)
Sansho The Baliff (rauldc) vs Tokyo Drifter (Genises Pig)
Stalker (Mr.Minio) vs City of God(Skepsis)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (wintertriangles) vsThe Blue Kite (tyler1)
Chunking Express (sexy celebrity) vs Battle Royal (skepsis)
My Life as Dog(godoggo) vs Fear Eats Soul (thursdays next)
Satantango (Mr.Minio) vs Talk To Her (godoggo)
Jaagte Raho (genises pig) vs The Girl on the Bridge (honeykid)
Underground (Harry Lime) vs Pan's Labyrinth (Proximity)
Touki Bouki (Harry Lime) vs Andrie Rublev (Thomas P)
Breathless (Hitchfan) vs Show me Love (thursdays next)
Nosferastu (Rauldc) vs Tae Guk Gi (Proximity)
La Dolce Vita (Thomas P) vs Battleship Potemkin (donniedarko)
Oldboy (donniedarko) vs Humanity and Paper Balloons (tyler1)
Let The Right One In (Deadite) vs Cries and Whispers(Hitchfan)

Thursday Next

11-14-12, 06:59 PM

Underground (Harry Lime) vs Pan's Labyrinth (Proximity)

Close call, both great films.

Tyler1

11-15-12, 07:20 AM

Sawdust and Tinsel (wintertraingles) vs L' Enfant (sexy celebrity)
The Double Life Of Veronique. (Honeykid) vs The Devils Backbone (deadite)
Sansho The Baliff (rauldc) vs Tokyo Drifter (Genises Pig)
Stalker (Mr.Minio) vs City of God (Skepsis)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (wintertriangles) vs The Blue Kite (tyler1)
Chungking Express (sexy celebrity) vs Battle Royal (skepsis)
My Life as a Dog (godoggo) vs Fear Eats the Soul (thursdays next)
Satantango (Mr.Minio) vs Talk To Her (godoggo)
Jaagte Raho (genises pig) vs The Girl on the Bridge (honeykid)
Underground (Harry Lime) vs Pan's Labyrinth (Proximity)
Touki Bouki (Harry Lime) vs Andrie Rublev (Thomas P)
Breathless (Hitchfan) vs Show me Love (thursdays next)
Nosferastu (Rauldc) vsTae Guk Gi (Proximity)
La Dolce Vita (Thomas P) vs Battleship Potemkin (donniedarko)
Oldboy (donniedarko) vs Humanity and Paper Balloons (tyler1)
Let The Right One In (Deadite) vs Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan)

donniedarko

11-18-12, 01:17 AM

Nice to see this participation do far.
Remember to get your votes in the Friday after Thankgiving

wintertriangles

11-18-12, 09:36 AM

My Life as Dog (godoggo) vs Fear Eats Soul (thursdays next)
Breathless (Hitchfan) vs Show me Love (thursdays next)
Oldboy (donniedarko) vs Humanity and Paper Balloons (tyler1)

Still need to find Jagte Raho. I doubt I'll have time for Satantango

Godoggo

11-20-12, 02:20 PM

Underground (Harry Lime) vs Pan's Labyrinth
Nosferastu (Rauldc) vs Tae Guk Gi (Proximity)

Underground is in an unfortunate pairing for me. I would have voted for it against a lot of these movies, but not against Pan's.

Hopefully, I get to the remaining three movies, but this might be it from me.

Thursday Next

11-20-12, 03:49 PM

The Double Life Of Veronique. (Honeykid) vs The Devils Backbone (deadite)

Probably. I like The Devil's Backbone a lot, though.

donniedarko

11-23-12, 01:20 PM

Voting ends in six hours and ten minutes
Everyone get your last minute votes in!

donniedarko

11-23-12, 10:17 PM

Actually voting will end 11:59 PT
Votes will be tallied and round 2 or the ties round will be up 2morro

Mr Minio

11-24-12, 05:51 AM

Stalker (Mr.Minio) vs City of God (Skepsis)

At least this one...

donniedarko

11-24-12, 03:04 PM

K votes over, bolds are the winners, no bold means it's a tie
There were plenty of ties and I will shortly be putting up a round to decide the winners of the ties

Sawdust and Tinsel (wintertraingles) vs L' Enfant (sexy celebrity)
The Double Life Of Veronique. (Honeykid) vs The Devils Backbone (deadite)
Sansho The Baliff (rauldc) vs Tokyo Drifter (Genises Pig)
Stalker (Mr.Minio) vs City of God (Skepsis)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (wintertriangles) vs The Blue Kite (tyler1)
Chunking Express (sexy celebrity) vs Battle Royal (skepsis)
My Life as Dog (godoggo) vs Fear Eats Soul (thursdays next)
Satantango (Mr.Minio) vs Talk To Her (Godoggo)
Jaagte Raho (genises pig) vs The Girl on the Bridge (honeykid)
Underground (Harry Lime) vs Pan's Labyrinth (Proximity)
Touki Bouki (Harry Lime) vs Andrie Rublev (Thomas P)
Breathless (Hitchfan) vs Show me Love (thursdays next)
Nosferastu (Rauldc) vs Tae Guk Gi (Proximity)
La Dolce Vita (Thomas P) vs Battleship Potemkin (donniedarko)
Oldboy (donniedarko) vs Humanity and Paper Balloons (tyler1)
Let The Right One In (Deadite) vs Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan)