War, what is it good for? Another tournament.

Voting is now closed, with the exception of the following match-ups which need a tie-breaker. First vote breaks the tie, but please don't cheat. If you haven't already voted on them please watch them if you need to and vote on them:

1. Stairway to Heaven (1946) a.k.a. A Matter of Life and Death vs The Hunt for Red October (1990)
6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) vs J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (2000)

The following have made it to the next round:

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Schindler's List (1993)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Glory (1989)
The Train (1964)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Platoon (1986)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Das Boot (1981)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

That's only 15. Grave of the Fireflies?

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doh. Good catch.

If you haven't already voted on these, could you please break our ties?:

1. Stairway to Heaven (1946) a.k.a. A Matter of Life and Death vs The Hunt for Red October (1990)
6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) vs J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (2000)

6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) vs J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (2000)

I never really got into J.S.A. Chan-wook Park definitely had better work follow this.

Now we just need a tiebreaker for A Matter of Life and Death vs The Hunt for Red October.

1. Stairway to Heaven (1946) a.k.a. A Matter of Life and Death vs The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Break this tie

I can vote for A Matter of Life and Death again.

If only it were that easy

If at the end of the month it's still a tie, both move on.

Okay I decided to go ahead and move forward with both films in the tie moving on, so we have a three way match-up

1. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) vs The Hunt for Red October (1990) vs The Human Condition II (1959)

2. Paths of Glory (1957) vs Glory (1989)

3. Dr. Strangelove (1964) vs Full Metal Jacket (1987)

4. The Battle of Algiers (1966) vs Apocalypse Now (1979)

5. Platoon (1986) vs The Train (1964)

6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) vs Das Boot (1981)

7. Black Hawk Down (2001) vs Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

8. The Guns of Navarone (1961) vs Schindler's List (1993)

3. Dr. Strangelove (1964) vs Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Kubrick vs Kubrick match-up. Dang. I could see the winner of this taking the whole tournament.

6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) vs Das Boot (1981)

7. Black Hawk Down (2001) vs Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

3. Dr. Strangelove (1964) vs Full Metal Jacket (1987)

4. The Battle of Algiers (1966) vs Apocalypse Now (1979)

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These are the best movies I've seen in a tourney at the second round here at MoFo. At least haif are in my top movies list. Damn, we're good.

1. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) vs The Hunt for Red October (1990) vs The Human Condition II (1959)

2. Paths of Glory (1957) vs Glory (1989) [both great]

3. Dr. Strangelove (1964) vs Full Metal Jacket (1987) [both great]

4. The Battle of Algiers (1966) vs Apocalypse Now (1979)

5. Platoon (1986) vs The Train (1964) [close, both great; will decide later]

6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) vs Das Boot (1981) [close]

7. Black Hawk Down (2001) vs Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

8. The Guns of Navarone (1961) vs Schindler's List (1993) [both great]

3. Dr. Strangelove (1964) vs Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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Oh my god my votes match Mark's

1. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) vs The Hunt for Red October (1990) vs The Human Condition II (1959)

2. Paths of Glory (1957) vs Glory (1989)

3. Dr. Strangelove (1964) vs Full Metal Jacket (1987)

4. The Battle of Algiers (1966) vs Apocalypse Now (1979)

6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) vs Das Boot (1981)

7. Black Hawk Down (2001) vs Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

1. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) vs The Hunt for Red October (1990) vs The Human Condition II (1959) (I'm just about equally indifferent to all three of these)

2. Paths of Glory (1957) vs Glory (1989)

3. Dr. Strangelove (1964) vs Full Metal Jacket (1987)

4. The Battle of Algiers (1966) vs Apocalypse Now (1979)

5. Platoon (1986) vs The Train (1964)

6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) vs Das Boot (1981)

7. Black Hawk Down (2001) vs Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

8. The Guns of Navarone (1961) vs Schindler's List (1993)[/quote]

That should be a more-normal occurrence. Now what's up with lines?

2. Paths of Glory (1957) vs Glory (1989)

3. Dr. Strangelove (1964) vs Full Metal Jacket (1987)

4. The Battle of Algiers (1966) vs Apocalypse Now (1979)

6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) vs Das Boot (1981)

7. Black Hawk Down (2001) vs Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

8. The Guns of Navarone (1961) vs Schindler's List (1993)

I looked at every single one, said to myself "now how would mark f vote" and then chose the opposite. Then I took a breather (I had earned it) for a sigh of relief that the first trio had 'A Matter of Life and Death' instead of 'Colonel Blimp' or some such nonsense.

Tiebreakers needed -

4. The Battle of Algiers (1966) vs Apocalypse Now (1979)

Movies moving to the next round -

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Platoon (1986)
Das Boot (1981)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Schindler's List (1993)

How come no advance warning on closing voting?