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Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
08-25-09, 02:24 PM
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Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Select your favorite movie from each of the matchups. Final group of this round!!
Matchup #1
#1 Goodfellas
vs
#65 The Game
Matchup #2
#97 Quick Change
vs
#33 Barton Fink
Matchup #3
#16 Silence of the Lambs
vs
#49 The Insider
Matchup #4
#17 Jackie Brown
vs
#48 Chasing Amy
Matchup #5
#8 Se7en
vs
#57 American History X
Matchup #6
#25 Saving Private Ryan
vs
#89 The Player
Matchup #7
#9 JFK
vs
#56 Being John Malkovich
Matchup #8
#24 Toy Story
vs
#41 Face/Off
Matchup #1
#1 Goodfellas
vs
#65 The Game
Matchup #2
#97 Quick Change
vs
#33 Barton Fink
Matchup #3
#16 Silence of the Lambs
vs
#49 The Insider
Matchup #4
#17 Jackie Brown
vs
#48 Chasing Amy
Matchup #5
#8 Se7en
vs
#57 American History X
Matchup #6
#25 Saving Private Ryan
vs
#89 The Player
Matchup #7
#9 JFK
vs
#56 Being John Malkovich
Matchup #8
#24 Toy Story
vs
#41 Face/Off
08-25-09, 02:32 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Goodfellas
The Silence of the Lambs
Jackie Brown
Seven
Saving Private Ryan
JFK
Toy Story
some hard ones. I like every film on this list except for Quick Change, which I haven't seen, so I skipped it
The Silence of the Lambs
Jackie Brown
Seven
Saving Private Ryan
JFK
Toy Story
some hard ones. I like every film on this list except for Quick Change, which I haven't seen, so I skipped it
08-25-09, 02:35 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Goodfellas
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The Silence of the Lambs
Chasing Amy
Se7en
Saving Private Ryan
JFK
Toy Story
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The Silence of the Lambs
Chasing Amy
Se7en
Saving Private Ryan
JFK
Toy Story
08-25-09, 02:38 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Got to vote for four of my '90s favorites: GOODFELLAS, JACKIE BROWN, JFK, and FACE/OFF, heavy-hitters all.
Now get on the stick you John Woo fans, we can't let a cutesy-poo toy commercial beat out Woo's best Hollywood film now, can we?
Now get on the stick you John Woo fans, we can't let a cutesy-poo toy commercial beat out Woo's best Hollywood film now, can we?
08-25-09, 03:00 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Se7en and American History X is a toughie for me, but voted for the underdog.
I voted for Face/Off too, love that movie.
I voted for Face/Off too, love that movie.
08-25-09, 03:06 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Goodfellas (barely)
Quick Change
The Insider (tough pick.)
Jackie Brown
Se7en
Saving Private Ryan (easily)
JFK (easily)
Face/Off (extremely easy pick. How in the fuck is this losing to such a piece of garbage?!!!!)
Quick Change
The Insider (tough pick.)
Jackie Brown
Se7en
Saving Private Ryan (easily)
JFK (easily)
Face/Off (extremely easy pick. How in the fuck is this losing to such a piece of garbage?!!!!)
08-25-09, 04:54 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Goodfellas
Quick Change
The Insider
Chasing Amy
American History X - coin flip decision
Saving Private Ryan
JFK
Face/Off
Quick Change
The Insider
Chasing Amy
American History X - coin flip decision
Saving Private Ryan
JFK
Face/Off
08-25-09, 06:42 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
The Game - Going against the grain on this one.
Quick Change - I'm meh on both of them.
The Silence of the Lambs - Bad draw for Insider.
Jackie Brown - easily
7 - love both
SPR - easy
JFK - by a nose
Face/Off - I was tempted to say Toy Story because of a certain forum member but I like face/off too much..
Quick Change - I'm meh on both of them.
The Silence of the Lambs - Bad draw for Insider.
Jackie Brown - easily
7 - love both
SPR - easy
JFK - by a nose
Face/Off - I was tempted to say Toy Story because of a certain forum member but I like face/off too much..
08-25-09, 06:57 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Goodfellas - Easily
Barton Fink - Easily
Silence of the Lambs - Pretty easily
Chasing Amy - Hard choice
American History X - a toss-up, chose the underdog
The Player - By a mile
Being John Malkovich - By another mile
Toy Story - Might have chosen Face/Off if not for the damn doves
Barton Fink - Easily
Silence of the Lambs - Pretty easily
Chasing Amy - Hard choice
American History X - a toss-up, chose the underdog
The Player - By a mile
Being John Malkovich - By another mile
Toy Story - Might have chosen Face/Off if not for the damn doves
08-25-09, 07:24 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
GoodFellas
Barton Fink
The Silence of the Lambs
Jackie Brown
Se7en
The Player
Being John Malkovich
Toy Story
Barton Fink
The Silence of the Lambs
Jackie Brown
Se7en
The Player
Being John Malkovich
Toy Story
08-25-09, 07:59 PM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Matchup #1
Goodfellas vs The Game- I really wanted to vote for The Game because I think mafia movies are blown way out of proportion in our culture. People revere these fucking murderers far too much. But Goodfellas just happens to be one of the best films of the past 20 years so I had to give it to it.
Matchup #2
Quick Change vs Barton Fink- Abstain. Barely remember Barton Fink, and never heard of Quick Change.
Matchup #3
Silence of the Lambs vs The Insider- A tough one. I saw The Insider once years ago and remember being blown away by it... but Silence is a film I come back to once every 2 or 3 years so it must have something a little extra. The book and the movie is feminist in the best sense of that word.
Matchup #4
Jackie Brown vs Chasing Amy- No contest for me. I used to love Chasing Amy when I was 19-20 years old, but these days I just can't get around how awful Joey Lauren Adams is in this movie. She made Ben Affleck look like De Niro. Too bad Kevin Smith let the temptation to cast his girlfriend wreck what could have been his best movie.
Oh, and Jackie Brown's a masterpiece by one of our greatest living filmmakers. There's that too.
Matchup #5
Se7en vs American History X- Kind of tough since I haven't seen either in a very long time. Fincher sometimes turns me off, but this was a pretty effective thriller. Any movie with a "curby" can suck it.
Matchup #6
Saving Private Ryan vs The Player- To me there was no contest. SPR must be one of the most overrated movies of all time. I think people let Spielberg's good intentions and the well-earned reverence of those who fought in WW2 get in the way of seeing that Private Ryan, while visually great, has a mediocre script. Band of Brothers is far far better.
The Player is a lot of fun. The music is bad (as in a lot of Altman's comedies- I just don't get that light thumpy almost-jazzy scoring that both Altman and Alexander Payne seem partial to), but inside-Hollywood satire has never been better.
Matchup #7
JFK vs Being John Malkovich- I only saw JFK once as a kid, but I generally don't like Stone's MTV frenetic style. "Oh look! This shot is black and white! Now this shot is tinted orange! Now this shot is a photographic negative!" Who fucking cares? Conspiracy crap is conspiracy crap, whether it's the pimply dormroom detectives of Loose Change, or a 3-hour Costner epic.
Being Jon Malkovich is a work of fuckin' art. Brilliantly written, and perfectly directed. This should be a landslide.
Matchup #8
Toy Story vs Face/Off- Again, haven't seen either since they were in the theatres. I admire Pixar and know that they do good work, but I'm just not a cartoon guy. Can't get into it as much, can't relate to animated animals and stuff as I can real human beings.
Face/Off was just too much fun not to vote for. A cartoon for adults.
Goodfellas vs The Game- I really wanted to vote for The Game because I think mafia movies are blown way out of proportion in our culture. People revere these fucking murderers far too much. But Goodfellas just happens to be one of the best films of the past 20 years so I had to give it to it.
Matchup #2
Quick Change vs Barton Fink- Abstain. Barely remember Barton Fink, and never heard of Quick Change.
Matchup #3
Silence of the Lambs vs The Insider- A tough one. I saw The Insider once years ago and remember being blown away by it... but Silence is a film I come back to once every 2 or 3 years so it must have something a little extra. The book and the movie is feminist in the best sense of that word.
Matchup #4
Jackie Brown vs Chasing Amy- No contest for me. I used to love Chasing Amy when I was 19-20 years old, but these days I just can't get around how awful Joey Lauren Adams is in this movie. She made Ben Affleck look like De Niro. Too bad Kevin Smith let the temptation to cast his girlfriend wreck what could have been his best movie.
Oh, and Jackie Brown's a masterpiece by one of our greatest living filmmakers. There's that too.
Matchup #5
Se7en vs American History X- Kind of tough since I haven't seen either in a very long time. Fincher sometimes turns me off, but this was a pretty effective thriller. Any movie with a "curby" can suck it.
Matchup #6
Saving Private Ryan vs The Player- To me there was no contest. SPR must be one of the most overrated movies of all time. I think people let Spielberg's good intentions and the well-earned reverence of those who fought in WW2 get in the way of seeing that Private Ryan, while visually great, has a mediocre script. Band of Brothers is far far better.
The Player is a lot of fun. The music is bad (as in a lot of Altman's comedies- I just don't get that light thumpy almost-jazzy scoring that both Altman and Alexander Payne seem partial to), but inside-Hollywood satire has never been better.
Matchup #7
JFK vs Being John Malkovich- I only saw JFK once as a kid, but I generally don't like Stone's MTV frenetic style. "Oh look! This shot is black and white! Now this shot is tinted orange! Now this shot is a photographic negative!" Who fucking cares? Conspiracy crap is conspiracy crap, whether it's the pimply dormroom detectives of Loose Change, or a 3-hour Costner epic.
Being Jon Malkovich is a work of fuckin' art. Brilliantly written, and perfectly directed. This should be a landslide.
Matchup #8
Toy Story vs Face/Off- Again, haven't seen either since they were in the theatres. I admire Pixar and know that they do good work, but I'm just not a cartoon guy. Can't get into it as much, can't relate to animated animals and stuff as I can real human beings.
Face/Off was just too much fun not to vote for. A cartoon for adults.
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Wow...the JFK vs. BJM fight is pretty close. Kinda amusing to see two fan fav directors with somewhat underappreciated films against each other in other words. Jackie Brown vs. Chasing Amy...kinda close as well.
08-26-09, 12:44 AM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
That isn't what he means. Round one featured 128 entrants in the tournament, but the matchups were played out over the course of several polls-- the 128 matchups were broken into groups of 8. That roun d is now done; meaning, we have 64 entrants left. The process repeats and we are left with 32, then 16, then 8, then 4, then 2, then a winner.
08-26-09, 01:36 AM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Matchup #1: Goodfellas
Matchup #4: Chasing Amy
Matchup #5: Se7en
Matchup #7: Being John Malkovich
Matchup #8: Toy Story
Matchup #4: Chasing Amy
Matchup #5: Se7en
Matchup #7: Being John Malkovich
Matchup #8: Toy Story
08-26-09, 05:31 AM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Matchup #1: Goodfellas - Not even close
Matchup #2: Quick Change - Same. Easy choice.
Matchup #3: The Silence of the Lambs
Matchup #4: Jackie Brown
Matchup #5: American History X - TOUGH ONE. Could've easily gone in the other direction
Matchup #6: Saving Private Ryan0
Matchup #7: ABSTAIN - JFK is garbage, and never saw BJM
Matchup #8: Face/Off
Matchup #2: Quick Change - Same. Easy choice.
Matchup #3: The Silence of the Lambs
Matchup #4: Jackie Brown
Matchup #5: American History X - TOUGH ONE. Could've easily gone in the other direction
Matchup #6: Saving Private Ryan0
Matchup #7: ABSTAIN - JFK is garbage, and never saw BJM
Matchup #8: Face/Off
08-26-09, 08:40 AM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Matchup #1: Goodfellas
Matchup #3: The Silence of the Lambs
Matchup #4: Chasing Amy
Matchup #5: Se7en
Matchup #6: Saving Private Ryan
Matchup #7: Being John Malkovich
Matchup #8: Toy Story
Matchup #3: The Silence of the Lambs
Matchup #4: Chasing Amy
Matchup #5: Se7en
Matchup #6: Saving Private Ryan
Matchup #7: Being John Malkovich
Matchup #8: Toy Story
08-26-09, 09:56 AM
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Re: Favorite Movie of the 90's: Round of 64/Group #1
Matchup #3: The Silence of the Lambs
Matchup #6: Saving Private Ryan
Matchup #8: Face/Off (tough one)
Matchup #6: Saving Private Ryan
Matchup #8: Face/Off (tough one)
