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View Poll Results: Select Your Favorite Movie from each of the Four Matchups
Matchup #1/ Movie 1 --#3 The Dark Knight
58.33%
Matchup #1/Movie 2 --#35 The Usual Suspects
33.33%
Matchup #2/Movie 1 --#14 The Shawshank Redemption
57.41%
Matchup #2/Movie 2 --#19 The Thing
38.89%
Matchup #3/Movie 1 --#6 Jaws
67.59%
Matchup #3/Movie 2 --#38 Shaun of the Dead
28.70%
Matchup #4/Movie 1 --#11 Once Upon a Time in the West
39.81%
Matchup #4/Movie 2 --#43 Casino
45.37%
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"Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

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"Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

Please select one movie from each of the 4 matchups. Which movie on most nights would you prefer to watch?

Matchup #1

#3 The Dark Knight
Vs
#35 The Usual Suspects

Matchup #2

#14 The Shawshank Redemption
Vs
#19 The Thing

Matchup #3

#6 Jaws
Vs
#38 Shaun of the Dead

Matchup #4

#11 Once Upon a Time in the West
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#43 Casino

This is the final group of Round #3!!
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

The Dark Knight
The Shawshank Redemption
Jaws
Casino
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

The Dark Knight
The Shawshank Redemption
Porn of the Dead
Casino

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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

Crud, I like both Dark Knight and Usual Suspects. Had to go with Suspects as it's my favorite movie
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shawshank vs. the thing.....hardest decision yet.
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The bracket is updated. Link in sig. We will be down to the Sweet 16 after this group.
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

Usual Suspects
The Thing
Jaws
Once Upon a Time in the West
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

Originally Posted by woody5254
The bracket is updated. Link in sig. We will be down to the Sweet 16 after this group.
Took a quick peek. Looking at the 12 films that have already advanced, only 3 of them would be considered upsets by the way they're ranked:

#25 The Shining over #8 Heat
#20 Terminator 2 over #13 Taxi Driver
#18 Casablanca over #15 Fight Club
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

The Dark Knight - tough one, could go either way
The Thing - Shawshank is #1 on imdb but not for me!
Jaws- I love Shaun but it's Jaws
Once upon a Time in the West - easy pick, Casino is meh.
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Originally Posted by cardsfan111
Took a quick peek. Looking at the 12 films that have already advanced, only 3 of them would be considered upsets by the way they're ranked:

#25 The Shining over #8 Heat
#20 Terminator 2 over #13 Taxi Driver
#18 Casablanca over #15 Fight Club
Yeah, the top seeds have advanced throughout the tourney. This group has the two lowest seeds left. Shaun and Casino. I am wondering if the top seeds will advance once we get to the next round, those all seem pretty wide open to me.
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

The Dark Knight
The Thing = great movie. (Shawshank = overrated sack.)
Jaws - Shaun is good but not THAT good.
Once Upon A Time In The West - Claudia Cardinale? We're done here
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Originally Posted by Matt Millheiser
The Thing = great movie. (Shawshank = overrated sack.)
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

#35 The Usual Suspects (Very hard choice)
#19 The Thing (Very hard choice)
#6 Jaws
#43 Casino (Very hard choice)
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

Dark Knight
Shawshank
Jaws
Casino
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

The Usual Suspects (by a million miles)
The Thing (Not even close)
Jaws (Very easy)
Once Upon a Time in the West (tough)
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

The Dark Knight
The Shawshank Redemption
Jaws
Once upon a Time in the West
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

The Dark Knight (easy pick)
The Thing (Hard pick but had narrowly chose the thing.)
Shaun of the Dead (Can't believe I voted for this but Jaws isnt near my favorite Spielberg and I dont find Jaws that re-watchable. both are very overrated though.)
Once Upon a Time in the West (I LOVE ME some Casino and hated to vote against it but OUATITW s one of my top 10.)
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

Shawshank
Shaun
Casino

All hard picks, like both TDK and The Usual Suspects, but didn't vote as I think they are both overrated. Being honest with myself now I probably should have voted TDK.
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For me it was 3 easy choices and one really hard one.

Suspects
Shawshank
Jaws

and the hard one

Casino by a VERY slim margin over Once Upon a Time in the West.
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

Usual Suspects
The Thing
Jaws
Once Upon a Time in the West
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Re: "Favorite" Movie Tournament Round #3/Group #4 Poll

The Dark Knight
Shawshank Redemption
Jaws
Once Upon a Time in the West
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The Usual Suspects (easiest choice yet...TDK is the most overrated movie in the tourney by a wide margin)
Shawshank Redemption (an excellent, yet still overrated movie, but I just didn't like The Thing that much)
Jaws (no contest)
Casino (toughest choice for me yet and simply came down to which genre I prefer more, gangster or spaghetti western...and I simply love my gangster films).
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Don't like either one, so I won't vote
Never seen Shawshank, and I don't like The Thing at all, so I won't vote again
Jaws (I like Shaun, but I've always found Hot Fuzz to be funnier)
Once Upon a Time in the West (An easy choice. Casino sucks.)
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The Usual Suspects -- Not even close. I loved TDK but Usual Suspects is one of my favorite all time and I believe it my favorite of all the movies left in the tournament.

Shawshank

Shaun of the Dead -- I think it's hilarious and I think Jaws is overrated.

Casino
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I've seen both options in just one of these matches (though that's one pair more than I've seen in the last two rounds, methinks). I have absolutely nothing bad to say about Jaws. A friend of mine caught a midnight showing of it last year and decided that Spielberg may have actually peaked with it.

But not only can't I think of a better romantic comedy with zombies, I can't think of another romantic comedy with zombies than Shaun of the Dead. From start to finish, I enjoy it. I was reminded how much I enjoy it when I sat down about a month ago and watched every single bonus feature--including all three commentary tracks--in the span of two days. It never got old.

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