Battle of the 00s - Voting Thread

[Silencio]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Pride & Prejudice
3. -
4. Dogville

[EvilShoe]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Spider-Man 2

4. Dogville

[Sycophant]

1. No Country for Old Men (goddamn, that was cruel)
2. Pride & Prejudice
3. (seen neither? wtf?)
4. (no von Trier for me)

[TrippyRamone]

1. No Country For Old Men
2. Pride and Prejudice

havent seen the other 4

[soitgoes...]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Pride & Prejudice
3. Grizzly Man
4. Almost Famous

[Watashi]

Damn Joe Wright.

[Sven]

Damn Joe Wright.

Right now I'm thinking "Damn Coens!"

[Hugh_Grant]

4. Almost Famous

[Derek]

Right now I'm thinking "Damn Coens!"

Didn't you say No Country is your favorite Coen film? I really like Monster's Inc. and all, but are you sure you want to say it's better than anything the Coens have ever made?

[Sven]

Didn't you say No Country is your favorite Coen film? I really like Monster's Inc. and all, but are you sure you want to say it's better than anything the Coens have ever made?

Watch my top 100 and you'll see.

[Boner M]

1. No Country for Old Men (tough, but Duncan reminded me how much I hate children)
2. Spider-Man 2 (eh)
3. Grizzly Man
4. abstain, only seen the butchered Dogville

[SirNewt]

Watch my top 100 and you'll see.

If Monsters Inc. lands that high, I'll just kiss you.

Monsters Inc. > all pixar > coens

1. Monsters Inc
---I suck
---Oh, I suck again (this time with accent)
4. I can't vote for something here because I haven't seen both flicks but can I vote against Almost Famous?

SirNewt- keeping the honor system intact since 2008.

[Sven]

can I vote against Almost Famous?

Please do.

[Sven]

That does it: Rep for everyone with a Monsters Inc vote!

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. -
3. Werckmeister Harmonies (Grizzly Man was a'ight, though.)
4. Dogville

[Raiders]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Pride & Prejudice
3. Werckmeister Harmonies
4. Dogville

[Lazlo]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Pride & Prejudice

4. Almost Famous

[DSNT]

S'more scores:

No Country for Old Men 17 vs. Monsters Inc. 3
Pride & Prejudice 9 vs. Spider-Man Two 5
Grizzly Man 2 vs. Werckmeister Harmonies 6
Dogville 11 vs. Almost Famous 7

I'll shut this one down tomorrow afternoon and let the next batch ride through the weekend.

[dreamdead]

1. Monsters Inc. (it's a shame that it's up against the Coens, cos this is really one of Pixar's strongest in my eyes)
2. Pride & Prejudice
3. Werckmeister Harmonies
4. Dogville

[Llopin]

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Pride & Prejudice
3. Werckmeister Harmonies (hard one, sad to lose Herzog so soon)
4. Dogville

[origami_mustache]

No Country for Old Men
n/a
Werckmeister Harmonies
Dogville

[DSNT]

Final Scores:
No Country for Old Men 19 vs. Monsters Inc. 4
Pride & Prejudice 11 vs. Spider-Man Two 5
Grizzly Man 2 vs. Werckmeister Harmonies 9
Dogville 14 vs. Almost Famous 7

New Battles:

1. Spirited Away vs. Good Bye Lenin!
2. All the Real Girls vs. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
3. Kill Bill V. 1 vs. Pulse
4. 3-Iron vs. Match Point

[Qrazy]

1. Spirited Away (no contest)
2. -
3. Pulse
4. 3-Iron (no contest)

[Stay Puft]

3. Pulse
4. 3-Iron

[Watashi]

2. A.I.
4. Match Point

[origami_mustache]

Pulse
Match Point

haven't seen Spirited Away or A.I.

[soitgoes...]

1. Spirited Away

3. Kill Bill V. 1

[Rowland]

3. Pulse
4. 3-Iron

[Sven]

- Haven't seen Lenin, but I'm sure I would've voted for Spirited Away, which'll probably win anyway
2. All the Real Girls, though I do like AI
3. Kill Bill V. 1, because it was more fun
- Haven't seen 3-Iron, but I'd like to

[Ezee E]

1. Good Bye Lenin! (like them both, so I'll mix it up since nobody's seen Lenin)
2. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
3. Kill Bill V. 1
4. Match Point

[Derek]

New Battles:

2. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (love both)
3. Kill Bill V. 1 (love both)
4. 3-Iron

Two of the toughest picks so far for me.

[dreamdead]

2. All the Real Girls (man, what a difficult choice, though... I'll give it to this one for the gorgeous score and Zooey)
3. Pulse
4. 3-Iron (decent Kim vs. crappy Allen; not a hard choice)

[DSNT]

1. Spirited Away
2. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
3. Pulse
4. 3-Iron

Asian films for teh win!

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

Spirited Away 3 vs. Good Bye Lenin! 1
All the Real Girls 2 vs. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 4
Kill Bill 4 vs. Pulse 6
3-Iron 6 vs. Match Point 3

[Qrazy]

(crappy Allen; not a hard choice)

Thank you, this gets way too much love.

[Silencio]

1. -
2. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
3. Pulse
4. Match Point

[Duncan]

2. All the Real Girls
3. Kill Bill V. 1
4. Match Point

[Hugh_Grant]

New Battles:

1. Good Bye Lenin!
2. All the Real Girls

[trotchky]

3-Iron.

[Spinal]

1. Good Bye Lenin!

3. Pulse

[dreamdead]

3. Pulse

POS RAPE! :pritch:

Because I feel like I've singled you out on your dislike of Before Sunset. And that you really liked one of the jilted film swap thingies...

[Boner M]

1. h/s the latter
2. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
3. Pulse
4. Match Point

[Boner M]

POS RAPE! :pritch:
Piece of shit rape? Wow, that's a doozy.

[dreamdead]

Piece of shit rape? Wow, that's a doozy.

No, no, silly. Positive rape. Positive rape. It's antithetical to call Spinal a piece of shit while making him wear a bow and dancing with him.

Or are you insinuating that the lexicon for a "pos rape" doesn't actually work and that I should just stick with the tried and true "rep"? :sad:

[ledfloyd]

man, I love Spirited Away, Kill Bill and All the Real Girls, but can't vote for em.

4. Match Point

[SirNewt]

I've seen exactly half these movies and can't vote. . .

I'll just throw more support to Spirited Away, 10th best movie ever.

[DSNT]

Score Update:

Spirited Away 3 vs. Good Bye Lenin! 3
All the Real Girls 4 vs. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 6
Kill Bill 5 vs. Pulse 9
3-Iron 7 vs. Match Point 7

[Bosco B Thug]

2. All the Real Girls (although I have a lot of problems with A.I., it's hard to vote against it for such a small film as AtRG when comparing it to such a grand and ambitious film as A.I.)
3. Pulse

[Philosophe_rouge]

Spirited Away
All the Real Girls

[Raiders]

All the Real Girls
Pulse
3-Iron

[Qrazy]

Score Update:

Spirited Away 3 vs. Good Bye Lenin! 3
All the Real Girls 4 vs. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 6
Kill Bill 5 vs. Pulse 9
3-Iron 7 vs. Match Point 7

If Spirited Away and 3-iron lose everyone here gets neg raped.

[Llopin]

1. Spirited Away
2. -
3. Pulse (meh)
4. 3-Iron

[DSNT]

Final Scores:
Spirited Away 5 vs. Good Bye Lenin! 3
All the Real Girls 7 vs. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 6
Kill Bill 5 vs. Pulse 12
3-Iron 9 vs. Match Point 7

New Battles:
1. Sunshine vs. This is England
2. Kung Fu Hustle vs. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Dr. vs. Gladiator
4. Lost in Translation vs. Tropical Malady

[Spinal]

3. Mulholland Dr.

[dreamdead]

3. Mulholland Dr.
4. Tropical Malady

easy choices for those two...

[Derek]

New Battles:

1. Sunshine
2. Kung Fu Hustle (almost impossible to choose, but I'm sure AHoV will get plenty of votes)
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. Tropical Malady

[Eleven]

1. Tough one. 28 Days Later got shafted, so Sunshine
2. NOOOOOOOOOOO! A History of Violence
3. Easiest matchup thus far. Mulholland Dr.
4. ~

[DSNT]

1. This is England
2. Kung Fu Hustle
3. Mulholland Drive
4. Lost In Translation

[soitgoes...]

1. This is England
2. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Dr.

[Llopin]

1. This is England
2. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. Lost in Translation

[Qrazy]

1. Sunshine (both have moments but are pretty weak overall imo)
2. Kung Fu Hustle
3. Gladiator (mulholland will get all the love, and I don't really understand the hate for this one, but I saw it when I was young so...)
4. -

[Ezee E]

1. This is England
2. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Dr.

[Stay Puft]

2. Kung Fu Hustle
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. Tropical Malady

[Watashi]

1. This is England
2. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Dr
4. Lost in Translation

[Duncan]

1. ~
2. abstain
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. ~

[Rowland]

2. Kung Fu Hustle
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. Lost in Translation

[trotchky]

2. Kung Fu Hustle
4. Lost in Translation

[origami_mustache]

This is England
A History of Violence
Mulholland Dr.
Tropical Malady (can't believe this is losing)

[Hugh_Grant]

1. This is England
3. Mulholland Drive

[Benny Profane]

This is England (very close)
A History of Violence
Mulholland Drive

[Silencio]

1. This is England
2. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. Lost in Translation

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

Sunshine 3 vs. This is England 9
Kung Fu Hustle 6 vs. A History of Violence 8
Mulholland Dr. 16 vs. Gladiator 1
Lost in Translation 6 vs. Tropical Malady 4

[Ezee E]

Gladiator was just happy to make it.

[TrippyRamone]

2. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Dr.

[Boner M]

1. This is England
2. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. Tropical Malady

[Philosophe_rouge]

Gladiator

[SirNewt]

I haven't seen Mullholand Dr. but I did watch Gladiator recently and hated it. The dialog is so pompus and void. No one's relationship with another person consists entirely of speech making much less your relationship to everyone you know.

[Qrazy]

I haven't seen Mullholand Dr. but I did watch Gladiator recently and hated it. The dialog is so pompus and void. No one's relationship with another person consists entirely of speech making much less your relationship to everyone you know.

What's your av from? Army of shadows?

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. -
2. Kung Fu Hustle
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. -

[Melville]

1. haven't seen either
2. Kung Fu Hustle (tough choice)
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. Lost in Translation (equally tough choice)

[Melville]

There is an abundance of world building, it's excellently integrated into the visuals and subplots. If you want even more world building (although in two of the three at the expense of pace, which is why the cuts made in the novel/film translation are essential) watch the extendeds.
Meh. There's not enough world building to accomplish anything very interesting with it; it just gives a sense of place, while in the novel every event is laden with history.

I saw the extended cuts of the first two films. I thought the added scenes in Fellowship actually benefited the pace, which seemed a bit choppy in the theatrical cut, which provided little sense of the passage of time.


No mood? Please, the mines has a potent sense of place and mystery. Gandalf's speech to Frodo and his final stand against the Balrog are two scene highlights in all of fantasy cinema.
I wasn't referring to all the scenes in Moria—just the battle in the tomb and the subsequent chase. The whole sequence is disrupted by two set pieces (the troll and the broken staircase) that are pretty silly and that have no mood other than the run-of-the-mill excitement of any big action scene, as opposed to the palpable dread of the same scene in the novel. Little things like the rhythmic pounding of the orcs' drums, which build the feeling of doom and suspense in the novel, are replaced with... basically nothing. Also, Gandalf's speech is sorta cheesy, and the fight with the Balrog was a bit too flashy for my liking (although neither scene is really bad).

[Sven]

2. Kung Fu Hustle, because nothing in Cronenberg's film is half as inventive as any ten minutes of Chow's film
3. Mulholland Dr., because are you serious?

[DSNT]

Another Score Update:

Sunshine 3 vs. This is England 10
Kung Fu Hustle 9 vs. A History of Violence 10
Mulholland Dr. 21 vs. Gladiator 2
Lost in Translation 7 vs. Tropical Malady 5

[ledfloyd]

2. Kung Fu Hustle
3. Mulholland Dr

[SirNewt]

What's your av from? Army of shadows?

Melville's best!

Actually, I still need to see 'La Samourai'.

[Bosco B Thug]

Cool, finally a 4 for 4.

1. This Is England
2. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Drive
4. Lost in Translation (though I feel guilty for voting against the more cryptic and less palatable Tropical Malady...)

[Lazlo]

1. Sunshine
2. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Dr.

[DSNT]

Another Update:

Sunshine 4 vs. This is England 11
Kung Fu Hustle 10 vs. A History of Violence 12
Mulholland Dr. 24 vs. Gladiator 2
Lost in Translation 8 vs. Tropical Malady 5

These will end this evening.

[EvilShoe]

-
Kung Fu Hustle
Mulholland Dr.
-

[Watashi]

So what happens in case of a tie?

[Raiders]

1. This is England
2. A History of Violence (Brutal)
3. Mulholland Dr.
4. Tropical Malady

[Qrazy]

I wasn't referring to all the scenes in Moria—just the battle in the tomb and the subsequent chase. The whole sequence is disrupted by two set pieces (the troll and the broken staircase) that are pretty silly and that have no mood other than the run-of-the-mill excitement of any big action scene, as opposed to the palpable dread of the same scene in the novel. Little things like the rhythmic pounding of the orcs' drums, which build the feeling of doom and suspense in the novel, are replaced with... basically nothing. Also, Gandalf's speech is sorta cheesy, and the fight with the Balrog was a bit too flashy for my liking (although neither scene is really bad).

The pounding and build up of the drums is in the film and the troll scene is excellent (except perhaps the pained Elijah wood slo-mo expression which was already used earlier in the film... which he uses again in Return of the King... but I can bear with it). I'll give you the staircase scene as superfluous and the worst use of greenscreen in the films.

Both the Balrog and Galdalf's speech scenes are amazing and crap all over your opinion.

[Qrazy]

Noooooooooooo Kung Fu Hustle must win.

[Sycophant]

1.
2. Kung Fu Hustle
3.
4.

[Kurosawa Fan]

2. A History of Violence
3. Mulholland Dr.

[Mysterious Dude]

1. This is England
2. Kung Fu Hustle
3. ~
4. Lost in Translation

[Spinal]

Damn, I guess I should have watched Kung Fu Hustle.

[Watashi]

Damn, I guess I should have watched Kung Fu Hustle.
No, not really.

[Spinal]

No, not really.

I mostly just want to vote against its competition.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Damn, I guess I should have watched Kung Fu Hustle.

I've seen both, and while I don't hold the same vitriolic opinion of Violence that you do (I thought it was merely good), I'm close to it with Hustle.

[dreamdead]

Gladiator

Not to sound all conformist on you, but I might I inquire why you prize this one over Lynch's work? That is, can you give why you either appreciate Scott's film or why Lynch's film doesn't work for you quite as much?

[DSNT]

Final Scores:
Sunshine 4 vs. This is England 13
Kung Fu Hustle 13 vs. A History of Violence 14
Mulholland Dr. 27 vs. Gladiator 2
Lost in Translation 9 vs. Tropical Malady 6

Sorry KFH fans. Almost pulled it out.

Final Battles of Round 1:
1. The Lives of Others vs. The Squid and the Whale
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien vs. Mean Creek
3. You Can Count On Me vs. Gangs of New York
4. Brokeback Mountain vs. Persepolis

[DSNT]

So what happens in case of a tie?
In the case of a tie we'll have a short vote-off. It'll last a specific amount of time (probably an hour), and the winner moves on.

[Sven]

Kung Fu Hustle 13 vs. A History of Violence 14

Boo. Booooooo!

You Can Count On Me is all I've got for this round.

[Watashi]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2. Mean Creek
3. Gangs of New York (so, so hard)
4. Brokeback Mountain

[Melville]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2. haven't seen Mean Creek
3. You Can Count On Me
4. Brokeback Mountain

[Silencio]

1. The Lives of Others
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien
3. You Can Count On Me
4. Brokeback Mountain

[DSNT]

1. The Lives of Others
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien
3. You Can Count On Me
4. Persepolis

[Melville]

The pounding and build up of the drums is in the film
But it's arrythmic and it only lasts a few seconds, so it doesn't really build a sense of impending doom.

[Eleven]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2. n/a
3. n/a
4. Persepolis

[dreamdead]

1. n/a (not seen The Lives of Others)
2. Mean Creek (it's probably the "lesser" film, but it just resonated right)
3. You Can Count On Me
4. n/a (not seen Persepolis)

[Qrazy]

1. -
2. -
3. You Can Count On Me
4. -

[Hugh_Grant]

1. The Lives of Others
2. n/a
3. You Can Count On Me
4. Persepolis

[Llopin]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2. Mean Creek
3. You Can Count On Me
4. Persepolis

[Spinal]

3. Gangs of New York
4. Brokeback Mountain

Two of my faves and I am unable to help them. Might need to have a double feature of Squid and Mean Creek real soon. :|

[Rowland]

1. The Squid and the Whale

Bah.

[Qrazy]

At the end of this we ought to have a 'Success at cinema' award for the person who has seen the most of the nominees... I think Llopin would take it.

[soitgoes...]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2. Mean Creek
3. You Can Count On Me

[soitgoes...]

Two of my faves and I am unable to help them. Might need to have a double feature of Squid and Mean Creek real soon. :|
Man, that would be such an uplifting night of cinema.

[EvilShoe]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2. Mean Creek
3. You Can Count On Me
4. Brokeback Mountain

[DSNT]

At the end of this we ought to have a 'Success at cinema' award for the person who has seen the most of the nominees... I think Llopin would take it.
No need to wait until the end. You can see all the nominated films (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=635) and count how many you haven't seen.

I've seen all but 3 -- Red Road, Exiled & Werckmeister Harmonies. I hope to catch them all before the tourney ends.

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

The Lives of Others 3 vs. The Squid and the Whale 7
Y Tu Mama Tambien 2 vs. Mean Creek 5
You Can Count On Me 10 vs. Gangs of New York 2
Brokeback Mountain 5 vs. Persepolis 4

[Benny Profane]

The Squid and the Whale
Y tu Mama Tambien (tough call!)
You Can Count on Me (easy call)

[Gizmo]

2. Y Tu Mama Tambien (love them both!)

[Lazlo]

1. The Lives of Others
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien
3. Gangs of New York

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. The Lives of Others
2. Mean Creek
3. You Can Count On Me

[Boner M]

1. The Lives of Others
2. Mean Creek (meh)
3. You Can Count On Me
4. h/s Percy, when's it gonna arrive in Australia? Geez.

[ledfloyd]

1. The Lives of Others
2.
3. You Can Count On Me
4.

[Raiders]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien
3. You Can Count On Me
4. Persepolis (by a country mile)

[DSNT]

Another Score Update:

The Lives of Others 7 vs. The Squid and the Whale 9
Y Tu Mama Tambien 6 vs. Mean Creek 7
You Can Count On Me 15 vs. Gangs of New York 3
Brokeback Mountain 5 vs. Persepolis 5

[origami_mustache]

Y Tu Mama Tambien

[Spinal]

Mean Creek? Really?

[Watashi]

Mean Creek? Really?
Yes, it's most deserving.

[origami_mustache]

Mean Creek? Really?

glad I'm not the only one thinking this.

[Spinal]

Yes, it's most deserving.

Never bothered to see it. Didn't look like anything special. Guess I'll have to check it out.

[Raiders]

Didn't look like anything special.

It isn't.

[origami_mustache]

Never bothered to see it. Didn't look like anything special. Guess I'll have to check it out.

It really isn't anything special.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Not to sound all conformist on you, but I might I inquire why you prize this one over Lynch's work? That is, can you give why you either appreciate Scott's film or why Lynch's film doesn't work for you quite as much?

It's because I'm crazy!!!!

I actually like both films about the same, and depending on mood I'd go for either one really. Gladiator gets a bit of edge for the nostalgia factor, it was one of the first films I fell in love with when I "got into" film. I love the use of architecture in particular to help push forward the ideas, however simple they may be. I just find visually, the film is extremely well crafted and the story is appealing to me. I'm not entirely sure why, I'm not a fan of epics like Ben-Hur or Spartacus that are very similar... this one just works in my books.

I'm very fond of Mulholland Dr., and I think objectively it's a better film. Gladiator especially suffers from a weak middle section, whereas Mulholland is far more consistent, and ideologically far more intricate and complex. There are a few scenes in particular that detach me so far from the film though, that I have a very difficult time re-integrating myself into the narrative intellectually or emotionally. Still, the scenes and sequences that work are awe-inspiring. Overall, if I'm going to sit down to watch a film 9 times out of 10 I'll decide to watch Gladiator (It's a rare case where I actually own both films), whatever that's worth.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Wow, I fail this round. I've seen one film from every versus, but not one have I seen 2.

[Duncan]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien
3. Gangs of New York
4. abstain

[Duncan]

It isn't.


It really isn't anything special.

Thirded.

[origami_mustache]

Thirded.

Mehn Creek

[Derek]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2. ~
3. You Can Count On Me
4. Persepolis

[trotchky]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien
4. Persepolis

[Sycophant]

1. The Squid and the Whale
2.
3.
4. Brokeback Mountain

[DSNT]

Scores:

The Lives of Others 7 vs. The Squid and the Whale 13
Y Tu Mama Tambien 9 vs. Mean Creek 7
You Can Count On Me 16 vs. Gangs of New York 4
Brokeback Mountain 6 vs. Persepolis 7

These end tonight.

[Ezee E]

1. The Lives of Others

Wow. Only one this time.

[Spinal]

Brokeback Mountain is soooo much better than Persepolis.

[Raiders]

Brokeback Mountain is soooo much better than Persepolis.

The opposite of truth.

[Spinal]

I was surprised at how uninvolving Persepolis was because it looked really good based on clips. It has a few good scenes but it has nowhere near the emotional impact of Brokeback. Even with the silly Gyllenhaal makeup, Brokeback does a superior job of conveying the way persecution can accumulate over many years and affect a soul. Plus, Brokeback does not have an awkward "Eye of the Tiger" singalong.

[Rowland]

I found Brokeback curiously flat and dramatically uninvolving, so I certainly hope I like Persepolis more.

[Raiders]

I found Brokeback curiously flat and dramatically uninvolving

Yeah, I found the central romance entirely unemotional and underdeveloped. I almost got the impression the film wanted me to accept this attraction based solely on the fact that the men were engaging in homosexual behavior. The dramatic and emotional build-up was very little and the sanitized payoff was hardly climactic or physical enough to really generate anything palpable.

Persepolis on the other hand, was a very personal and entertaining film. I thought the insight through Satrapi's eyes was both hilarious, revealing and anecdotal without appearing overly biased.

[Spinal]

Yeah, I found the central romance entirely unemotional and underdeveloped.


But the whole point of the film is that the men cannot share their emotions, nor can they develop their romance. That's the tragedy. That's what makes the ending so powerful.

[DSNT]

Final Scores:

The Lives of Others 8 vs. The Squid and the Whale 13
Y Tu Mama Tambien 9 vs. Mean Creek 7
You Can Count On Me 16 vs. Gangs of New York 4
Brokeback Mountain 6 vs. Persepolis 7

That's the end of round 1.

[Qrazy]

I found Brokeback curiously flat and dramatically uninvolving, so I certainly hope I like Persepolis more.

Bah, Brokeback had some of the best drama in the last five years. Drama is probably the element of filmmaking that Ang Lee most excels at. The performances he gets out of his actors are almost always uniformly excellent. Something that often goes hand in hand with the acting in terms of the orchestration of drama is the script though and I guess I can see how someone could be bothered by both the pacing and the general flow of the script. The execution (dramatically) was much more interesting than the story the film was originally built upon imo. The visual side of the story's conception/execution was above average, not exceptional (not so much individual shots but overall storyboarding).

[DSNT]

Round 2 Films:

25th Hour
3-Iron
A History of Violence
Adaptation
All the Real Girls
Amelie
Before Sunset
Bloody Sunday
Cache
Children of Men
City of God
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Dogville
Elephant
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Exiled
George Washington
Ghost World
Happy Feet
Hot Fuzz
In the Mood for Love
Inland Empire
Last Life in the Universe
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Lost in Translation
Memento
Millennium Actress
Minority Report
Mulholland Dr.
Munich
No Country for Old Men
Nobody Knows
O Brother Where Art Thou
Oldboy
Once
Pan’s Labyrinth
Persepolis
Pride & Prejudice
Pulse
Punch Drunk Love
Red Road
Shaun of the Dead
Sideways
Spirited Away
Talk To Her
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Aviator
The Darjeeling Limited
The Heart of the World
The Incredibles
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
The Piano Teacher
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Squid and the Whale
The Twilight Samurai
There Will Be Blood
This is England
Tony Takitani
Unbreakable
Werckmeister Harmonies
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Yi Yi
You Can Count On Me
Zodiac

I'm still not posting brackets just because it makes everything more suspenseful, but I'll give you guys the following stats:

Three out of eight #1 seeds lost their first round matchups
Only one #2 and #3 seed lost its matchup
Half of the # seeds lost their matchups

Round 2 begins soon ...

[Qrazy]

Exiled ftw!

[DSNT]

Round 2 Battles:

1. Children of Men vs. Millennium Actress
2. Pan’s Labyrinth vs. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
3. No Country for Old Men vs. This is England
4. Zodiac vs. Hot Fuzz

[Eleven]

1. Millennium Actress
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. Children of Men
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
4. Zodiac

[Raiders]

1. Children of Men
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. This is England
4. Zodiac

Not an easy match-up in the bunch. #1 and #3 were particularly excruciating choices.

[Qrazy]

1. Children of Men
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac

All relatively easy.

[Watashi]

1. Millennium Actress
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac

[Rowland]

1. Millennium Actress
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
4. Zodiac

[Sycophant]

1. Millennium Actress
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3.
4. Hot Fuzz

[DSNT]

1. Children of Men
2. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac

[Silencio]

1. Children of Men
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. This is England (very tough)
4. Zodiac

[soitgoes...]

2. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Hot Fuzz

[Sven]

Millennium Actress, because it's certainly best. That is all.

[dreamdead]

1. Millennium Actress (I feel sorry for Kon here, since this one will be knocked out here)
2. n/a (no The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters)
3. n/a (no This is England)
4. Zodiac

[EvilShoe]

2. Pan’s Labyrinth

4. Hot Fuzz

[Melville]

1. tie
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. haven't seen This is England
4. Zodiac

[DSNT]

Scores:

Children of Men 5 vs. Millennium Actress 6
Pan’s Labyrinth 10 vs. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 2
No Country for Old Men 5 vs. This is England 2
Zodiac 10 vs. Hot Fuzz 3

[Spinal]

1. Millennium Actress
2. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

4. Zodiac (I can't believe I'm voting for this again.)

[Duncan]

1. Children of Men
2. ~
3. ~
4. ~

One from each of the bottom three I haven't seen.

[Ezee E]

1. Children of Men
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac

[Thirdmango]

1. Millennium Actress
2.
3.
4. Hot Fuzz

[Hugh_Grant]

3. This is England
4. Zodiac

[Rowland]

1. Millennium Actress (I feel sorry for Kon here, since this one will be knocked out here)
I think a possible upset may be in the cards.
1. Millennium Actress
Giving in to the cultists, well played. :P

[Bosco B Thug]

3. This Is England
4. Zodiac

[Boner M]

1. Millennium Actress
2. Pan’s Labyrinth (eh)
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac

[DSNT]

Scores again:

Children of Men 7 vs. Millennium Actress 9
Pan’s Labyrinth 11 vs. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 3
No Country for Old Men 7 vs. This is England 4
Zodiac 14 vs. Hot Fuzz 4

An upset could be brewing here.

I'm going to give these 2nd round battles two days from here on out. This makes sure everyone gets a chance to vote and maybe people can see the movies. PM me for KG invites.

[Watashi]

I would prefer not to see Mulholland Dr. predictably take this tournament. I want a surprise winner out of nowhere.

[Boner M]

I want a surprise winner out of nowhere.
It'll be an Asian cult film, swear.

[Spinal]

I would prefer not to see Mulholland Dr. predictably take this tournament. I want a surprise winner out of nowhere.

There's only one film left that could make me vote against it.

[DSNT]

I wouldn't crown MD just yet. It is in a tough bracket. I love the movie, but would vote for 2 of the movies in that bracket, maybe even 3.

[Melville]

There's only one film left that could make me vote against it.
Dogville?

I don't want to reveal too much of my top 100, but only one or two of the remaining films come close to MD for me.

[Raiders]

There's only one film left that could make me vote against it.

Lynch over Lynch?

[ledfloyd]

1.
2. King of Kong
3.
4. Zodiac

[origami_mustache]

No Country for Old Men
Zodiac

haven't seen Millennium Actress or The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

[Yum-Yum]

1.
2.
3.
4. Zodiac

Is Me and You and Everyone We Know in the running?

[DSNT]

1.
2.
3.
4. Zodiac

Is Me and You and Everyone We Know in the running?

It lost to a cult asian film, albeit a very good one. Sorry to you and Spinal.

[DSNT]

Score Update:

Children of Men 7 vs. Millennium Actress 9
Pan’s Labyrinth 11 vs. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 4
No Country for Old Men 8 vs. This is England 4
Zodiac 17 vs. Hot Fuzz 4

[Llopin]

1. Millennium Actress
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Hot Fuzz

[MacGuffin]

3. No Country for Old Men

[Stay Puft]

1. Millennium Actress
4. Hot Fuzz

[Ezee E]

You've got to be kidding me...

[Sycophant]

You've got to be kidding me...

RE: ?

[Rowland]

RE: ?Millennium Actress, of course. I knew there'd be an upset. I love both movies, but I'm happy to see something less predictable take the lead.

[Benny Profane]

3. This is England

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. Millennium Actress
2. -
3. -
4. Zodiac

[Ivan Drago]

4. Hot Fuzz

[Derek]

1. ~
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac

[Qrazy]

Millennium Actress, of course. I knew there'd be an upset. I love both movies, but I'm happy to see something less predictable take the lead.

Why, so it can lose in the next round?

[Rowland]

Why, so it can lose in the next round?That is exactly why.

[Qrazy]

That is exactly why.

Hehe, awesome.

[Gizmo]

1. n/a
2. Pan’s Labyrinth
3. n/a
4. Zodiac

[SirNewt]

What's your av from? Army of shadows?

Wait, is that some underhanded slight against 'Le Armee' that I was too dense to catch.

[Lazlo]

1. Children of Men
2. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Zodiac

[DSNT]

Scores:

Children of Men 8 vs. Millennium Actress 12
Pan’s Labyrinth 14 vs. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 5
No Country for Old Men 12 vs. This is England 5
Zodiac 21 vs. Hot Fuzz 7

These have about 12 hours left.

[Qrazy]

Wait, is that some underhanded slight against 'Le Armee' that I was too dense to catch.

Um no, but your delayed paranoia is slightly amusing.

[SirNewt]

Um no, but your delayed paranoia is slightly amusing.

damn it

[DSNT]

Activity is at a standstill and I have to leave for class soon, so these matches are over.

Final Scores:
Children of Men 8 vs. Millennium Actress 12
Pan’s Labyrinth 14 vs. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 5
No Country for Old Men 12 vs. This is England 5
Zodiac 21 vs. Hot Fuzz 7

New Battles:
1. Pride & Prejudice vs. Oldboy
2. City of God vs. Red Road
3. Before Sunset vs. Unbreakable
4. Dogville vs. The Squid and the Whale

[Ezee E]

1. Oldboy
2. City of God
3. Unbreakable
4. Dogville

[Spinal]

1. Pride & Prejudice
2. City of God
3. Unbreakable
4. shit :|

[dreamdead]

1. Pride & Prejudice
2. n/a (haven't seen Red Road)
3. Before Sunset
4. Dogville

[Watashi]

1. Pride & Prejudice
3. Before Sunset
4. The Squid and the Whale

[Raiders]

1. Pride & Prejudice (easily)
3. Before Sunset (also very easy)
4. The Squid and the Whale

[soitgoes...]

1. Oldboy
2. City of God
3. Before Sunset
4. The Squid and the Whale

[Benny Profane]

3. Unbreakable
4. The Squid and the Whale

[Gizmo]

1. Oldboy
2. n/a
3. Before Sunset
4. Dogville

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. Pride & Prejudice
3. Unbreakable
4. The Squid and the Whale

[DSNT]

1. Pride & Prejudice
2. N/A
3. Before Sunset
4. Dogville

[Qrazy]

1. -
2. -
3. Before Sunset
4. The Squid and the Whale (less formally interesting, but ultimately more affecting and less thematically irritating to me)

[Dukefrukem]

1. Oldboy
2. -
3. Unbreakable
4. -

[ledfloyd]

1.
2.
3. Before Sunset
4. Neither?

[Eleven]

1. ~
2. ~
3. Unbreakable
4. The Squid and the Whale

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. -
2. -
3. Before Sunset
4. Dogville

[Stay Puft]

2. Red Road

Will I be the only one? Probably.

[EvilShoe]

1. Oldboy
3. Before Sunset
4. Dogville (hard to make a choice here)

[Silencio]

1. Pride & Prejudice
2. City of God
3. Before Sunset
4. Dogville

[Llopin]

1. Pride & Prejudice
2. -
3. Before Sunset
4. The Squid and the Whale

[Lazlo]

1. Pride & Prejudice
2.
3. Before Sunset
4. Dogville

[origami_mustache]

can't vote on any :(

[Sven]

Before Sunset
DOGVILLE FTWPLZ.

[trotchky]

Dogville.

[MacGuffin]

1.
2.
3. Before Sunset
4. Dogville

[Melville]

1. haven't seen Pride & Prejudice
2. haven't seen Red Road
3. Unbreakable
4. Dogville

[Duncan]

3. Unbreakable
4. The Squid and the Whale (tough choice)

[Hugh_Grant]

4. Dogville (I guess...)

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

Pride & Prejudice 9 vs. Oldboy 5
City of God 4 vs. Red Road 1
Before Sunset 15 vs. Unbreakable 8
Dogville 13 vs. The Squid and the Whale 9

[Watashi]

Bah! C'mon Squiddy...

[Sven]

Bah! C'mon Squiddy...

Whales > squids > dogs

Dogville > Squid and the Whale

Be content, fool.

[Spinal]

*bites nails nervously*

[Boner M]

1. Oldboy (eh)
2. Red Road (close)
3. Before Sunset

[Thirdmango]

Oldboy

-----------

Crap, I hope City Of God wins, it's one of my favorites but I haven't seen Red Road.

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

Pride & Prejudice 9 vs. Oldboy 7
City of God 4 vs. Red Road 2
Before Sunset 16 vs. Unbreakable 8
Dogville 13 vs. The Squid and the Whale 9

So much for the two-day contests. It seems everyone votes pretty quickly and these dies fast, so we'll go back to the one-day turnaround. This group will end tonight.

[DSNT]

Alright, the scores above are now final.

New Battles:
1. Shaun of the Dead vs. Exiled
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien vs. 3-Iron
3. Nobody Knows vs. A History of Violence
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind vs. The Piano Teacher

[Watashi]

1. Shaun of the Dead
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien
3. A History of Violence
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Wow. Easiest battles. EVAH!!!11

[MacGuffin]

1.
2. neither
3.
4. The Piano Teacher