Comedy Tournament Round #1/Group #5

[woody5254]

We can now do 25 poll options!! So we can do 12 matchups at time:)

When you are in the mood for a comedy which movie are you more likely to watch?

Matchup #1

#20 Back to the Future
Vs
#109 Slap Shot

Matchup #2

#45 Mallrats
Vs
#84 Wayne's World

Matchup #3

#60 Gold Rush
Vs
#69 Tootsie

Matchup #4

#28 Christmas Vacation
Vs
#101 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Matchup #5

#37 Bad Santa
Vs
#92 Team America: World Police

Matchup #6

53 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Vs
76 My Cousin Vinny

Matchup #7

21 Hot Fuzz
Vs
108 Bringing Up Baby

Matchup #8

44 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
vs
85 Napolean Dynamite

Matchup #9

63 Better Off Dead
Vs
66 Trading Places

Matchup #10

31 Blues Borthers
Vs
98 Spies Like Us

Matchup #11

34 Borat
Vs
95 Stripes

Matchup #12

15 The 40-Year Old Virgin
Vs
114 Liar Liar

Make sure you vote in the other active poll: Horror Round#1/Group#4

[pinata242]

A lot more matchups in the poll than you're advertising.

[awil1026]

Wow. Christmas came early!

[TheMovieman]

A lot more matchups in the poll than you're advertising.

Wow, you're right...

[Rockmjd23]

BTTF
Wayne's World
Gold Rush
Christmas Vacation
Team America
Ace Ventura
Hot Fuzz
Napoleon Dynamite
Trading Places
Spies Like Us
Borat
Liar, Liar

[woody5254]

A lot more matchups in the poll than you're advertising.

Yeah, I made the initial post and saw there were more poll options now. So I went ahead and did the poll and went back and fixed the initial post. Now it all should be good I hope. We will do twelve matchups in this Round and then I think we will use 8 after that.

[Giles]

Back to the Future
Wayne's World
Tootsie
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Team America: World Police
My Cousin Vinny
Hot Fuzz
Napoleon Dynamite
Trading Places
Blues Brothers
Borat
The 40-Year Old Virgin


Back to the Future - comedy - oh come on!

Bringing Up Baby against Hot Fuzz - increee-ahbleh

[Groucho]

Bringing Up Baby against Hot Fuzz - increee-ahblehI wonder how many of us have seen both films?

[Hokeyboy]

Matchup #9/Movie 1 --#63 Better Off Dead
Matchup #9/Movie 2 --#66 Trading Places

Damn you. :(

[Charlie Goose]

Matchup #1 Back to the Future - I like Slap Shot, but BTTF is a classic.

Matchup #2 - Wayne's World

Matchup #3 - Tootsie

Matchup #4 - Christmas Vacation

Matchup #5 - ABSTAIN - Didn't see either one.

Matchup #6 - My Cousin Vinny - Ugh, tough one. I love Ace Ventura too.

Matchup #7 - Hot Fuzz - Didn't like it the first time, but I enjoy it more and more each time I see it.

Matchup #8 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Easy choice.

Matchup #9 - Better Off Dead - You bastard, putting two of my favorites against each other! :grunt:

Matchup #10 - Blues Brothers - No contest, I had my fill of Chevy Chase with Xmas Vacation.

Matchup #11 - Stripes - Another easy one, I hated Borat.

Matchup #12 - The 40-Year Old Virgin - Darn, another rough choice.

[inri222]

Slap Shot
Mallrats
Gold Rush
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Team America: World Police
My Cousin Vinny
Bringing Up Baby
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Trading Places
Blues Brothers
Borat
Liar Liar

[Palaver]

Matchup #1/ Movie 1 --#20 Back to the Future
Matchup #2/Movie 2 --#84 Wayne's World
Matchup #3/Movie 1 --#60 Gold Rush
Matchup #4/Movie 1 --#28 Christmas Vacation
Matchup #5/Movie 2 --#92 Team America: World Police
Matchup #6/Movie 1 --#53 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Matchup #7/Movie 1 --#21 Hot Fuzz
Matchup #8/Movie 2 --#85 Napoleon Dynamite
Matchup #9/Movie 1 --#63 Better Off Dead
Matchup #10/Movie 2 --#98 Spies Like Us
Matchup #11/Movie 1 --#34 Borat
Matchup #12/Movie 1 --#15 The 40-Year Old Virgin

[Bandit03]

BTTF
Mallrats
Tootsie
Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
My Cousin Vinny
Hot Fuzz
Napoleon
Trading Places
Blues Bros.
Stripes
40 Year Old Virgin

[bunnydojo]

Is Back To The Future really a comedy? I always thought it was more of an adventure with a few consequential laughs. I'd put it more on par with certain Schwarzenegger movies (Total Recall, True Lies, etc.) or the later Brosnan Bond movies, in that there are jokes and silly moments, but it's not really a comedy-based movie.

Then again, it has plenty of votes, so who am I to judge? :)

[MinLShaw]

Some of my favorites in this round, and for once they weren't all pitted against one another. I didn't vote in some matches because I'm not a big enough fan one way or the other, and deferred to more dedicated fans to resolve those battles.

[woody5254]

Do you all like doing this many matchups at once?

[Mountain Biker]

Back to the Future
Wayne's World
Tootsie
Christmas Vacation
Bad Santa
Ace Ventura (tough one!)
Hot Fuzz
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (by a million miles, ND is so overrated)
Better Off Dead (tough one!)
The Blues Brothers (tough one!)
Stripes (by a million miles)
The 40-Year Old Virgin

[Charlie Goose]

Do you all like doing this many matchups at once?
I would prefer smaller groups.
1) Gives me a chance to absorb the matchups, rather than being blitzed with two dozen movies at once.
2) If I happen to miss one group now, that's a lot of votes that I won't get to cast.
3) If we do it too quick, it will be over too quick! :(

However, since you're the one doing all the work, whatever you choose is fine with me.

[awil1026]

Do you all like doing this many matchups at once?
I like it.

[Michael Corvin]

Spies Like Us vs. Blues Brothers? Damn.

[The Bus]

I wonder how many of us have seen both films?

They're both among my favorite comedies.

[scott1598]

I would prefer smaller groups.
1) Gives me a chance to absorb the matchups, rather than being blitzed with two dozen movies at once.
2) If I happen to miss one group now, that's a lot of votes that I won't get to cast.

However, since you're the one doing all the work, whatever you choose is fine with me.

:up: ...just too many imo, getting a little laborious.

BTTF
Wayne's World
Tootsie
X-Mas Vacation
Bad Santa
My Cousin Vinny
Hot Fuzz
FBDO
Better Off Dead
Spies Like Us
Borat
40YOV

[The Bus]

Do you all like doing this many matchups at once?

Yes.

[wendersfan]

So am I to understand that four times as many of you prefer Hot Fuzz to Bringing Up Baby?

Humanity is doomed, and rightly so.

[NoirFan]

The Gold Rush
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Bringing up Baby
Better Off Dead
Blues Brothers
Borat
The 40 Year Old Virgin

[kstublen]

-Back to the Future
-Wayne's World
-Abstain
-Christmas Vacation
-Bad Santa
-My Cousin Vinny
-Hot Fuzz
-Ferris Bueller's Day Off
-Trading Places
-Blues Brothers
-Stripes
-The 40-Year Old Virgin

[woody5254]

Okay here is the schedule for the rest of Round #1:
5/1 Horror #5: 9 Matchups
5/2 Comedy #6: 11 Matchups
5/3 Horror #6: 9 Matchups
5/4 Comedy #7 11 Matchups
5/5 Horror #7: 8 Matchups
That will close out Round #1 for both tournies and get them on equal footing for Round #2. Round #2 will be 4 groups of 8 Matchups for each tourney.

[chris_sc77]

Slap Shot (Back to the Future is among the most Overrated films of all time.)
Mallrats (Easily)
Tootsie (Easily, Bonus points for having Bill Murray in a great small performance.)
Christmas Vacation (I dont consider Fear and Loathing a comedy per se so this wins.)
Bad Santa (I love me some TEam AMerica but Bad SAnta is mush more successful in what it does.)
My Cousin Vinny (Easily)
Hot Fuzz (Easily. However if this was up against the Philadelphia Story the choice would be harder.)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (easily)
Trading Places (easily)
Blues Brothers (easly)
Borat (Very hard choice but it does make me laugh more I think. I dunno after thinking about it though. Bill Murray is my favorite so I may be wrong.)
The 40-Year Old Virgin (easily)

[Rockmjd23]

So am I to understand that four times as many of you prefer Hot Fuzz to Bringing Up Baby?

Humanity is doomed, and rightly so.
I bet most haven't seen Bringing Up Baby but voted anyway. I, however, have seen both but still picked Hot Fuzz in anticipation of this reaction. ;)

[tommyp007]

Spies Like Us vs. Blues Brothers? Damn.

Tell me about it. Voted for Spies like Us.

[hasslein]

Is Back To The Future really a comedy? I always thought it was more of an adventure with a few consequential laughs. I'd put it more on par with certain Schwarzenegger movies (Total Recall, True Lies, etc.) or the later Brosnan Bond movies, in that there are jokes and silly moments, but it's not really a comedy-based movie.

Then again, it has plenty of votes, so who am I to judge? :)

Slap Shot is infinitely funnier.

[Trevor]

Had to abstain from most of the match-ups, as I don't go out of my way to watch mainstream comedy.

Like the more match-ups.

[Sweet Baby James]

Slap Shot
Abstain
Gold Rush
Christmas Vacation
Team America(tough choice)
My Cousin Vinny
Bringing Up Baby
Abstain
Trading Places
Blues Brothers
Stripes
Abstain

[nateman]

Matchup #1: Slap Shot
Matchup #2: Wayne's World
Matchup #3: Tootsie
Matchup #4: Christmas Vacation
Matchup #5: Bad Santa
Matchup #6: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Matchup #7: Hot Fuzz
Matchup #8: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Matchup #9: Better Off Dead
Matchup #10: Blues Brothers
Matchup #11: Borat
Matchup #12: The 40-Year Old Virgin

[awil1026]

So am I to understand that four times as many of you prefer Hot Fuzz to Bringing Up Baby?

Humanity is doomed, and rightly so.
I've never seen Bringing Up Baby-- added it to my Blockbuster queue.

[KillerCannibal]

BTTF
Wayne's World
n/a
Fear & Loathing (although now I'm thinking I made the wrong choice)
Team America
Ace Ventura
Hot Fuzz
Ferris Bueller
Better Off Dead
Spies Like Us
Stripes
40 Yr. Old Virgin

[Sweet Baby James]

I've never seen Bringing Up Baby-- added it to my Blockbuster queue.

That's the problem with these type of polls. IMHO, if you haven't seen both titles, then you should abstain from that match-up.

[Trevor]

IMHO, if you haven't seen both titles, then you should abstain from that match-up.
Absolutely.

[woody5254]

12 Hours left to vote in this one. We have a couple of close matchups.

[NoirFan]

I can't believe Christmas Vacation is crushing Fear and Loathing.

[B5Erik]

Trading Places is beating Better Off Dead?

I weep for the future.... ;)

[NoirFan]

Trading Places is beating Better Off Dead?

I weep for the future.... ;)

"Buck up, little camper!"

[B5Erik]

"Buck up, little camper!"

"This is pure snow! Do you know what the street value of this mountain is?"

There are so many great lines from that movie. It's a classic.

[NoirFan]

There are so many great lines from that movie.

Including one so good it was later stolen by Men at Work, though the exact wording was changed slightly: "Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."