MOFO Movie Tournament: Bracket 1

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
2. All About Eve vs. 15. Lawrence of Arabia

Bracket 1 Matchups will be voted on until July 3rd, giving us one month to see as many of these if necessary. Feel free to vote whenever, and feel free to edit votes and posts as more films are seen.

For example, right now I could only vote in 2 of these matchups since I've only seen both films in 2 of the matchups. In a month, hopefully it will give me time to see more.

I plan on staggering a few of the brackets, so the 2nd and 3rd brackets could be up fairly soon as well.

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
2. All About Eve vs. 15. Lawrence of Arabia

I was about to say... a whole month waiting for one bracket to end... boring.

*sigh*

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
2. All About Eve vs. 15. Lawrence of Arabia

Bracket 1
1. City Lights vs. 16. Brokeback Mountain
8. American Beauty vs. 9. Silence of the Lambs

I voted for City Lights mainly because of the impact I believe the film had on film history. I wasn't a huge fan of either of these films but I still believe that a lot can be taken away from City Lights in terms of historical cinema. And who knows, with a rewatch of that, maybe it is even better than seeing it for the first time. The movie did seem like it was a bit outdated watching it now but the significance of it cannot be denied.

I voted for Silence of the Lambs mainly because it fricken rules. Anthony Hopkins gives you the most bang for your buck performance if that makes any sense, since he was actually only truly on screen for about 18 or so minutes (or so I've heard). And you can't ignore a big 5 Oscar sweep, regardless of whether or not you believe in the Oscars as a true barometer to American film success (yes, I said American). In American Beauty, there was a lot to be liked but there was also a sense of eerieness to a part of the film, which is maybe why some may like that film a bit better. But SOTL is easily in my top 25 of all-time, and it obviously gets my vote here.

nah, I just would like a majority of them to end at a different time, just so it truly isn't all done at once, if that makes any sense.

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
2. All About Eve vs. 15. Lawrence of Arabia

I promise I will watch the films I have not seen in the next 2 weeks and then I will finish.

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
2. All About Eve vs. 15. Lawrence of Arabia

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
2. All About Eve vs. 15. Lawrence of Arabia

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
2. All About Eve vs. 15. Lawrence of Arabia

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
2. All About Eve vs. 15. Lawrence of Arabia

Go, Tootsie, Go!

... or should that be, Roll, Tootsie, Roll!

Not that I've checked or anything but I do want to re-emphasize only vote if you've seen both films! Thank you.

This is an interesting bracket to be sure. I only say that because some of the other brackets seem a bit more "loaded" with films that I figured would go far matching up against each other.

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. The Empire Strikes Back vs. 10. Paper Moon
2. All About Eve vs. 15. Lawrence of Arabia

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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. The Empire Strikes Back vs. 10. Paper Moon
2. All About Eve vs. 15. Lawrence of Arabia

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How many people are voting for the 'best' film and how many for which they prefer? Just wondering. For the record (and not that you'd expect anything else from me) I'm voting for the one I like the most.

I hope Empire manages to pull through, cos I'm not watching Paper Moon just so I can vote for it.

I'll be damned if brokeback mountain beats city lights. It's already bad enough Oldboy has like 2 votes

Stupid City Lights. You better stay away from my Mountain.

I'm with SC on this one.

There's still no basis of comparison in this tournament

That's why I wasn't really a big fan of it.