The Super-Sized Movie Tournament

[Tom Samborski]

Thanks for making the 1995 Movie Tournament a success. Now, I've come up with my biggest movie tournament yet- a total of 128 films. The rules are the same as the 95 and 94 movie tournaments.

Here is the long line-up of films in the tournament:

Airplane!
Alien
Aliens
A.I: Artificial Intelligence
American History X
Almost Famous
Amadeus
American Beauty
Annie Hall
Apocolypse Now
Arlington Road
Army Of Darkness
Back To The Future
Back To The Future Part II
Back To The Future Part III
Batman
Batman Returns
Boondock Saints, The
Born On The Fourth Of July
Bowling For Columbine
Big Lebowski, The
Black Hawk Down
Blade Runner
Blue Velvet
Braveheart
Brazil
Casino
Cast Away
Chasing Amy
Clerks
Clockwork Orange, A
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Dead Man Walking
Die Hard
Die Hard II: Die Harder
Die Hard With A Vengeance
Dirty Harry
Dr.Strangelove
Dogma
Donnie Darko
Dumb And Dumber
Ed Wood
Edward Scissorhands
Elephant Man, The
Empire Of The Sun
Empire Strikes Back, The
E.T: The Extra Terrestrial
Evil Dead, The
Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn
Face/Off
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Fargo
Fisher King, The
Friday The 13th
Full Metal Jacket
Game, The
Ghostbusters
Goldeneye
Goldfinger
Godfather, The
Godfather Part II, The
Goodfellas
Happiness
Heat
In The Bedroom
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
It's A Wonderful Life
Jacob's Ladder
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
Jaws
Jerk, The
JFK
Kalifornia
Leaving Las Vegas
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 2
Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Matrix, The
Mad Max
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Malcolm X
Mallrats
Mean Streets
Moulin Rouge
Mulholland Drive
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Cousin Vinny
Natural Born Killers
Office Space
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Panic Room
Platoon
Poltergeist
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Rebel With A Cause
Requiem For A Dream
Return Of The Jedi
Rocky
Run Lola Run
Se7en
Schindler's List
Sex, Lies, And Video Tape
Spider-Man
Starman
Star Trek
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Wars
Taxi Driver
Terminator, The
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
There's Something About Mary
Total Recall
Traffic
True Lies
Unforgiven
Usual Suspects, The
Verdict, The
War Games
When Harry Met Sally
X-Men

To start the game with the first round:

Alien

v.s

Aliens

Begin voting!

[Buck Turgidson]

Alien.

Both brilliant, of course. I just prefer the close quarters claustrophobia of the smaller crew, stuck in one place.

[Mick]

Not much in it - Alien gets my vote.

[Moviefan1234]

"Aliens" (7/10) is better than "Alien" (6/10)

[charliebobo]

Alien

[Ren Hoek]

Alien


P.S.
How did you choose the titles for your tournament, Tom? Are these random picks? If it's a 'best of' list I don't understand why it doesn't include movies as Casablanca or Citizen Kane rather than mediocre stuff such as My Cousin Vinnie or Kalifornia. Just interested...

[Nate6]

I vote for Aliens.

[A.J. Hakari]

ALIENS

[Gregorious8]

A L I E N S

[kahoolagovich]

Aliens!

[Invincible]

Tom you damn copycat!!! :D 128 movie theory huh??? aaahh!!! :D


Aliens...:rolleyes:

[Sad man]

I don´t understand how did you choose the movies but...

It´s a Tough one:
ALIEN(10/10)
ALIENS(9/10)

I vote for ALIEN

[bowieee]

Aliens

[SubMethod]

Alien

[Tom Samborski]

I'm going to let this round continue a bit longer because it's so close, keep them votes coming.

[Ren Hoek]

Hey Tom, since I can't pm you: Could you please answer my question I have posted before? Thanx in advance!

[Tom Samborski]

Well, I couldn't put every film on the list, and I made this tournament based on movies that other schmoes have as their favorites or really liked a lot, and movies from my best of lists as well.

[RogueSpear]

Blech....two movies I didn't really care for.

Well, I guess I liked Aliens more...

[Tom Samborski]

Aliens wins this round 8-6.

Next Round:

The Matrix

v.s

Mad Max

[Ren Hoek]

definitely The Matrix

If you had picked Mad Max II: Roadwarrior, the choice would've been tougher for me.

[DaveyJoeG]

The Matrix

[mrdeeds]

The Matrix

[Rob Gordon]

The Matrix

[A.J. Hakari]

THE MATRIX

[BadCoverVersion]

The Matrix (but Max was very decent!!!)

[charliebobo]

The Matrix

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[KillerKlown]

Gotta go against the flow and say: Star Wars

[arto_j]

The Matrix

[Damned Martian]

Whoaaaa! We're going to stay in this thread for the whole life!!

I vote for The Matrix.

Sorry for being so late, I've lost the past match. If anyone is interested, I would have voted the first Alien for a thin hair.

[PrettyInPink]

The Matrix;)

[screamer581]

Originally posted by KillerKlown75
Gotta go against the flow and say: Star Wars

Yeah that is definately going against the flow..it isn't even in this round! :) I vote Mad Max .

[Mike]

The Matrix

[Nate6]

Mad Max

And Mike, that avatar, could you be any more obsessed? ;)

[RogueSpear]

The Matrix

[POLYDISTORTION]

The Matrix

[Tom Samborski]

The Matrix walks out with an easy 13-2 win.

Next Round:

Rocky

v.s

Platoon

[Tom Samborski]

The Matrix walks out with an easy 13-2 win.

Next Round:

Rocky

v.s

Platoon

[Damned Martian]

Platoon

[SubMethod]

Platoon

[DaveyJoeG]

Platoon

[Nate6]

My personal choice here is Rocky.

[Moviefan1234]

"Platoon"

[Gregorious8]

P L A T O O N

[Ren Hoek]

Platoon

[charliebobo]

Rocky

[mrdeeds]

Gee, tough choice. I would have to go with Rocky on this one. Though I think both a great movies.

[The Claw]

Platoon

but Rocky was good

[KillerKlown]

Originally posted by screamer581
Yeah that is definately going against the flow..it isn't even in this round! :) I vote Mad Max .


Eeep!! That's what I get for not reading the orginal post properly....;)


Now that I have read it:


Platoon

[kahoolagovich]

platoon by far

[RogueSpear]

Rocky

I was disappointed in Platoon.

[A.J. Hakari]

ROCKY

[Tom Samborski]

Platoon wins this round 9-5.

Next Round:

Jaws

v.s

Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

[DaveyJoeG]

Jaws

[Ren Hoek]

Jaws (9/10)... but very close (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [8/10])

[A.J. Hakari]

JAWS

[Gregorious8]

Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

I didn't go with Jaws because I'm pissed at it for giving me my fear of the ocean

[Sad man]

JAWS(8/10)

[Rob Gordon]

Indy and the Last Crusade

[Damned Martian]

Jaws - 8/10
Indy 3 - 8/10

Uhmmm....errrrr.....mmmmm......?????:confused:


Ok, this one goes for Indy.

[charliebobo]

Jaws

[PrettyInPink]

Oh gee this is a toughie.
Bloody hell i love them both so much.

Oh Boy, Oh Boy, im gonna be pissed which ever one goes out.

Im gonna go JAWS. aagggggghhhhhhh. I feel so bad INDY, i have betrayed you. Please forgive me!!!!!!!!!

[BadCoverVersion]

Jaws

[KillerKlown]

Jaws

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[arto_j]

Indy for me.

[The Claw]

Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade for sure.

[RogueSpear]

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

[Hannibal21]

JAWS

[Tom Samborski]

Jaws wins this round 9-5.

Next Round:

Jacob's Ladder

v.s

Poltergeist

[Nate6]

Poltergeist

[Damned Martian]

Mmmmmmmmm... tough one...

I'll go with Poltergeist, but both are very good.

[Mike]

I never saw Jacob's Ladder, but Poltergeist was ok, although only scary in one part (that damn clown ;)), so Poltergeist gets my vote.

[screamer581]

Jacob's Ladder was great, but I vote for Poltergeist .

[charliebobo]

Poltergeist

[POLYDISTORTION]

Jacob's Ladder

[SIREN30]

Jacob's Ladder...Peltergeist was CHEEEEEZY!:rolleyes:

[KillerKlown]

Poltergeist

[Ren Hoek]

I'm voting for the better HORROR film in this round... and that was definitely JACOB'S LADDER. POLTERGEIST is for kiddies ;)

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[A.J. Hakari]

JACOB'S LADDER

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP


Could we pick up the pace a bit on the voting ?

[Rob Gordon]

Poltergeist

[Tom Samborski]

Poltergeist wins this round 7-4.

Next Round:

JFK

v.s

Born On The Fourth Of July

[Gregorious8]

J F K for me.

[A.J. Hakari]

JFK

[SubMethod]

JFK

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[RogueSpear]

JFK

[mrdeeds]

Born on the Fourth of July

[Ren Hoek]

JFK, one of my top ten 90s movies

[Rob Gordon]

JFK

[Tagia_Romero]

JFK

[PrettyInPink]

Me votes for JFK.

[charliebobo]

I vote for JFK- one of the best movies ever made

[BadCoverVersion]

JFK

[Damned Martian]

JFK 10/10
Born on the 4th of July 8/10

[arto_j]

JFK

[Tom Samborski]

JFK easily wins this round 12-1.

Next Round:

The Game

v.s

Panic Room

[Mick]

Panic Room

[Damned Martian]

Panic room

[Mike]

Panic Room

[bowieee]

The Game

[arto_j]

The Game

[KillerKlown]

Panic Room

[RogueSpear]

The Game

[MarkItZero]

The Game

[Rob Gordon]

The Game

[SubMethod]

The Game

[DaveyJoeG]

The Game

[Moviefan1234]

"Panic Room"

[PrettyInPink]

The Game

[Ren Hoek]

The Game

[Nate6]

Panic Room

[Tom Samborski]

The Game wins this round 9-6.

Next Round:

A Clockwork Orange

v.s

Requiem For A Dream

[KillerKlown]

A Clockwork Orange

[screamer581]

Both get 10/10 from me...and this is not a fair 1st round matchup damnit! But since I have to vote, I will vote for my #2 movie of all time...A Clockwork Orange

[DaveyJoeG]

Very hard...I'll go with Requiem for a Dream.

[SubMethod]

Requiem For A Dream

[Nate6]

A Clockwork Orange, but they're both great.

[A.J. Hakari]

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

[Rated R]

A Clockwork Orange

Man that was a tough one...initially I chose Requiem but then I started thinking, and Clockwork is a better film in all...

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[Ren Hoek]

Damn, two excellent films! Requiem for a Dream is my fav 2000 film... but I'm voting for Kubrick's masterpiece A Clockwork Orange

[RogueSpear]

I can't vote this round because both movies suck.

Eh, I guess I would vote for Requiem for a Dream if I had to.

[POLYDISTORTION]

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

[Tom Samborski]

A Clockwork Orange wins this round 7-3.

Next Round:

Clerks

v.s

Chasing Amy

[SubMethod]

I'm not a big Kevin Smith fan myself. Think he's a little overrated. But nonetheless I vote for...

Chasing Amy

[screamer581]

Ahhh, damn you again!! Well I guess this is a little easier than the last round, I vote for the great Chasing Amy .

[A.J. Hakari]

CLERKS, by all means.

(I don't think I need to explain my infamous disliking for AMY ;).)

[DaveyJoeG]

Clerks

[Mike]

I never saw Clerks because I don't like black and white movies, but I doubt it could be better than Chasing Amy anyway. Chasing Amy is Kevin Smiths best film in my opinion, it definitely gets my vote.

[Rated R]

Clerks

[POLYDISTORTION]

Clerks

[screamer581]

Originally posted by Mike
I never saw Clerks because I don't like black and white movies, but I doubt it could be better than Chasing Amy anyway. Chasing Amy is Kevin Smiths best film in my opinion, it definitely gets my vote.

Chasing Amy is my fave Smith film too, but you need to check out Clerks also Mike. You will be too busy laughing to notice it is in black and white anyways.

[mrdeeds]

Chasing Amy is the better film, though I didn't really like it.

[Damned Martian]

Chasing Amy

[Ren Hoek]

CLERKS (7/10), Chasing Amy (8/10)... 'nuff said!

[Moviefan1234]

"Chasing Amy"

[charliebobo]

I haven't seen Clerks because I can't find it anywhere, but I seriously doubt it's better than Chasing Amy, which gets my vote

[Mick]

Chasing Amy

[BadCoverVersion]

Chasing Amy (8/10)...but Clerks is very decent (7.5/10)

[Tom Samborski]

Chasing Amy wins this round 9-5.

Next Round:

Mallrats

v.s

Dogma

[arto_j]

Dogma is loads better than Smith's worst effort, Mallrats.

[KillerKlown]

Dogma

[Damned Martian]

Dogma

[charliebobo]

Dogma

[Ren Hoek]

Smith's two worst films... but Dogma is OK

[Moviefan1234]

"Dogma"

[MarkItZero]

MallRats was far better in my opinion

[PrettyInPink]

I will go with DOGMA...

[Mike]

I liked both, but I think I'll vote for Mallrats. Dogma was funny, but I loved the fact that they were poking fun at religion and in my opinion they didn't take full advantage of it. So much more could have been done and the movie could have been freakin' hilarious. Unfortunately, it was only good, not great.

[Rob Gordon]

Mallrats

[screamer581]

Mallrats is easily the worst Smith film, Dogma on the other hand is very smart and funny as hell, so it gets my vote.

[POLYDISTORTION]

DOGMA

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[A.J. Hakari]

MALLRATS

(DOGMA is equally as excellent, but I have to give it up to Smith's sophomore flick for generating some great laughs.)

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

Just a few more votes, then I'll end this round.

[Annie Hall]

Changed my mind, Mallrats.

[urbanlegend23]

Didn't see Mallrats, but I love Dogma (8/10 or A-) so I'll vote for that.

[SubMethod]

Mallrats

[Tom Samborski]

Dogma wins this round 10-6.

Next Round:

Total Recall

v.s

True Lies

[RogueSpear]

Tough round. I love both of them. I'll vote for True Lies.

[A.J. Hakari]

TRUE LIES

[Mike]

This is easy, my vote goes to True Lies.

[Horror whore]

TRUE LIES

[DaveyJoeG]

True Lies

[Sad man]

True Lies

[Rob Gordon]

True Lies

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[mrdeeds]

Total Recall

[charliebobo]

Easily True Lies

[arto_j]

Definitely True Lies.

[Ren Hoek]

I really love all the gory and non-p.c. stuff in TOTAL RECALL, but the action in TRUE LIES is so much better...

[BadCoverVersion]

Toatl Recall

[Damned Martian]

Total recall

[Moviefan1234]

"True Lies"

[Nate6]

True Lies

[Tom Samborski]

True Lies wins this round 12-3.

Next Round:

The Fisher King

v.s

Happiness

[Nate6]

Happiness

[screamer581]

Hmm, I finally just saw The Fisher King recently and liked it a lot, but I think I am going to vote for the very darkly funny Happiness .

[A.J. Hakari]

HAPPINESS

[arto_j]

Like them both, but Fisher King is more my kind of a film. So I vote for that.

[Ren Hoek]

Fisher King is a wonderful film... but I'm voting the dark and cynical HAPPINESS

[Rated R]

Fisher King

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[Damned Martian]

Happiness 9.5/10
Fisher king 8/10

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[Annie Hall]

Fisher King

[SubMethod]

Fisher King

[KillerKlown]

Fisher King

[Tom Samborski]

So far, both films are tied 5-5. Just a few more votes and this round will be over.

[bowieee]

FISHER KING

one of my all time favorites.

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

Just a couple more votes, cause this round is so close.

[charliebobo]

The Fisher King

[Rob Gordon]

The Fisher King

[Tom Samborski]

The Fisher King wins this round 8-5.

Next Round:

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

v.s

Raging Bull

[Invincible]

One Flew...

[bowieee]

One flew over the cuckoos nest

[PrettyInPink]

Thats a toughie. OOOhhh i love them both.

Im gonna go Raging Bull just for Rober De Niro. Mmmm.;)

[DaveyJoeG]

Raging Bull

[Mike]

I haven't seen either, but I'm going to have to go with ONE FLEW OVER THE CUKOO'S NEST because that's the one I'd rather see.

[KillerKlown]

One flew over the cuckoos nest

[screamer581]

Jesus...both are in my top 10 fave films. I don't even know what to pick, well, One Flew Over.... will probably win, so I guess I will vote for Raging Bull . Pretty much all of these rounds have been hard as hell!

[Ren Hoek]

woah, that's my favorite Scorsese against my favorite Milos Forman... *coin toss* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[charliebobo]

This is gonna be tough... I'm gonna go with One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest because as much as I admire and like Raging Bull, it's hardly a movie I can watch often

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP

[The Claw]

Both were good but I vote fore One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

[Tom Samborski]

BUMP, keep those votes coming.

[Annie Hall]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

[Tom Samborski]

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest wins this round 8-3.

Next Round:

Batman Returns

v.s

Back To The Future Part II

[Annie Hall]

Back to the Future Part II...my favorite in the trilogy.

[POLYDISTORTION]

Batman Returns

[screamer581]

Batman Returns

[A.J. Hakari]

BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II

[bowieee]

Batman returns

[Nate6]

Batman Returns

And wait, I missed that last round. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest beat Raging Bull?!?!?! :eek: What in the fuck? I mean, OFOTCN is a great movie, but better than Raging Bull? I'm a big advocate of allowing people to love and vote for whatever they want, but this one hurts. :(

[The Claw]

Batman Returns but I like Back To The Future Part II alot too.

[Rated R]

Batman Returns

I share your dismay Nate6, Raging Bull is superior

[Mike]

Batman Returns

[Tagia_Romero]

I like both but The Bat gets my vote

[arto_j]

Back to the Future II

Never did care much for the Batman films.

PS. "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" is much better than "Raging Bull".

[mrdeeds]

Back to the Future Part II

[charliebobo]

Originally posted by arto_j

PS. "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" is much better than "Raging Bull".

I agree, although not much better

Batman Returns for me.

[Mick]

BTTF Part II

[PrettyInPink]

Im going with the BAT on this one.

Though i do enjoy BTTF films.;)

[Damned Martian]

Batman Returns, the best of the saga IMO

[BadCoverVersion]

Batman Returns

[Tom Samborski]

Batman Returns wins this round 12-5.

Next Round:

Back To The Future

v.s

Back To The Future Part III

[Damned Martian]

The first Back to the Future, by far

[arto_j]

Yeah, definitely the original one.

[Ren Hoek]

BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART UNO!

[charliebobo]

The first one

[POLYDISTORTION]

Back To The Future

[A.J. Hakari]

BACK TO THE FUTURE

[RogueSpear]

Back to the Future

[PrettyInPink]

Back to the Future

[Annie Hall]

How unfair! Part III was godawful.

Back to the Future.

[SubMethod]

Back To The Future Part I

[KillerKlown]

Back To The Future Part I

[The Claw]

Back To The Future

[screamer581]

Back To The Future, no question.

[Rated R]

Back To The Future

[Nate6]

The first Back to the Future.

[Tom Samborski]

Back To The Future wins this round 15-0:eek:

Next Round:

Blade Runner

v.s

Brazil

[Moviefan1234]

"Blade Runner"

[Nate6]

Blade Runner

[charliebobo]

Blade Runner.

I hated Brazil but I think my opinion might chance if I see it again

[POLYDISTORTION]

Blade Runner