Battle of the 00s - Voting Thread

[Watashi]

Millennium Actress

[DSNT]

Millennium Actress

[Melville]

There Will Be Blood

[Ezee E]

There Will Be Blood.

[Boner M]

twbb

[Qrazy]

There Will Be Blood

If Millenium Actress wins I'm disowning Match-cut... no inheritance from me.

[DSNT]

Score So Far:
There Will Be Blood 8 vs. Millennium Actress 6

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

TWBB

[Lazlo]

There Will Be Blood

[Silencio]

There Will Be Blood

[Sycophant]

ASIAN CULT, ASSEMBLE!!!

[DSNT]

Final Score:
There Will Be Blood 11 vs. Millennium Actress 6

New Battle:
Before Sunset vs. Werckmeister Harmonies

[Ezee E]

Before Sunset.

[Derek]

Werckmeister Harmonies

[Raiders]

Werckmeister Harmonies

[Qrazy]

Werckmeister Harmonies

[ledfloyd]

jeez... i guess i have to go with werckmeister.

[Melville]

Werckmeister Harmonies

[MacGuffin]

Werckmeister Harmonies

[dreamdead]

Before Sunset.

Though I concede that WH will put up a better fight on the next round.

[Raiders]

Before Sunset.

Though I concede that WH will put up a better fight on the next round.

I agree. The better film usually would.

[Boner M]

Before Sunset

[DSNT]

Before Sunset

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Werckmeister Harmonies

[Llopin]

Before Sunset

[Eleven]

Harmeister Werckmonies

[soitgoes...]

Before Sunset

[DSNT]

Final Score:
Before Sunset 6 vs. Werckmeister Harmonies 8

That's the end of the round. New battles coming soon.

[DSNT]

Round 5!
Battles will now last a minimum of 2 days.

New Battle:
Mulholland Drive vs. Punch-Drunk Love

[trotchky]

Punch-Drunk Love

[Qrazy]

Punch-Drunk Love

[soitgoes...]

Mulholland Drive

[Qrazy]

Mulholland Drive

Av?

[Sven]

Punch-Drunk Love

[soitgoes...]

Av?Persepolis

[transmogrifier]

MD, and it's not even a contest.

[dreamdead]

Mulholland Drive

Yeah, this one, fortunately or not, isn't close.

[Spinal]

Mulholland Drive

[Sycophant]

PDL.

[DSNT]

Mulholland Drive

[Hugh_Grant]

Punch Drunk Love

[Ezee E]

Punch-drunk Love

I finally get to vote against Lynch.

[Raiders]

Mulholland Drive

Yeah I want Lynch out, but not that badly.

[Duncan]

Mulholland Dr.

[ledfloyd]

Mulholland Drive.

[Benny Profane]

MD.

[Boner M]

md

[Silencio]

Mulholland Drive

[DSNT]

Score So Far:
Mulholland Drive 11 vs. Punch-Drunk Love 6

[Bosco B Thug]

Mulholland Drive

[Watashi]

MD

[origami_mustache]

Punch-Drunk Love

[Derek]

MD, but by a very thin margin. These might be my two favorites of what's left.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Mulholland Drive

[soitgoes...]

MD, but by a very thin margin. These might be my two favorites of what's left.
This would be correct.

[Lazlo]

Punch-Drunk Love

[DSNT]

Score Update:
Mulholland Drive 15 vs. Punch-Drunk Love 8

[Kurosawa Fan]

Mulholland Dr.

[Grouchy]

Mulholland Dr.

[Gizmo]

Mulholland Dr. running away, then coming back and stomping on PDL, then spitting on it, then running away again.

[DSNT]

Score Update:
Mulholland Drive 18 vs. Punch-Drunk Love 8

This one is all but over, but will still go until tomorrow.

[DSNT]

And that score above is now final.

New Battle:
No Country For Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood

[Sven]

No Country.

[MacGuffin]

No Country for Old Men

[Silencio]

There Will Be Blood

[Melville]

There Will Be Blood

[Spinal]

There Will Be Blood

[trotchky]

No Country for Old Men

[Lazlo]

No Country For Old Men

[transmogrifier]

TWBB

[soitgoes...]

There Will Be Blood

[Winston*]

No Country

[Benny Profane]

TWBB

[Derek]

There Will Be Blood

[ledfloyd]

No Country, though neither of these films have any business still being around.

[Stay Puft]

No Country for Old Men

[Grouchy]

There Will Be Blood

[transmogrifier]

No Country, though neither of these films have any business still being around.

This is true, but it's MORE true for NCFOM.

[Ezee E]

There Will Be Blood.

They're both great, and much better than Millennium Actress....

[DSNT]

Score Update:
No Country For Old Men 7 vs. There Will Be Blood 9

[Qrazy]

There Will Be Blood

[Boner M]

twbb

[Hugh_Grant]

There Will Be Blood

[Sycophant]

No Country for Old Men

[Kurosawa Fan]

Boy, that's tough. I'm going to have to go with No Country, but it's a toss up really.

[Boner M]

I'm going to have to go with No Country, but it's a toss up really.
*rimshot*

[Kurosawa Fan]

*rimshot*

Heh. Man I wish I was clever enough to have done that intentionally.

[Sven]

Heh. Man I wish I was clever enough to have done that intentionally.

I don't get it.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I don't get it.

Toss up. Coin toss. No Country. It took me a minute too.

[Sven]

Toss up. Coin toss. No Country. It took me a minute too.

Oh. Ah. Haaaa. Hmmm...

[Ezee E]

Oh. Ah. Haaaa. Hmmm...
:ponders while drinking milkshake:

Ka-Zaa!!!

[Watashi]

Milkshake

[origami_mustache]

still really haven't decided which one I like more...need to rewatch No Country For Old Men.

[Bosco B Thug]

No Country For Old Men

[EvilShoe]

There Will Be Blood

[TrippyRamone]

No Country For Old Men

[DSNT]

Final Score:
No Country For Old Men 11 vs. There Will Be Blood 14

New Battle:
Elephant vs. Lost in Translation

[Spinal]

Lost in Translation

[origami_mustache]

not a huge fan of either, but...

Elephant

[Kurosawa Fan]

Elephant

[trotchky]

Lost in Translation

[Rowland]

Van Sant's movie is probably more aesthetically rigorous and ripe for analysis, but I like LiT more, so...

Lost in Translation

[Gizmo]

Lost in Translation

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Lost in Translation

[Sven]

Lost in Translation.

[MacGuffin]

Lost in Translation

[DSNT]

Lost in Translation

This is going to be carnage.

[Silencio]

Lost in Translation

[Sycophant]

Wait, didn't No Country for Old Men win our best of 2007 contest for the Match Cut Awards? Like, over There Will Be Blood?

:crazy:

Anyway, Lost in Translation.

[soitgoes...]

Elephant

[Qrazy]

Lost in Translation

[transmogrifier]

Final Score:
No Country For Old Men 11 vs. There Will Be Blood 14


:pritch:

[transmogrifier]

Elephant

[Boner M]

lit

[Derek]

Elephant

[Raiders]

A piece of exploitative trash

[Qrazy]

A piece of exploitative trash

So which one then?

[dreamdead]

Elephant.

[Hugh_Grant]

Lost in Translation

[Benny Profane]

Elephant

Though neither deserve to make it this far.

[Ezee E]

Lost in Translation.

[Grouchy]

Elephant

[DSNT]

The Score So Far:
Elephant 8 vs. Lost in Translation 14

This one has one day left.

[ledfloyd]

Lost in Translation.

[Lazlo]

Lost in Translation

[DSNT]

Final Score:
Elephant 8 vs. Lost in Translation 16

New Battle:
Werckmeister Harmonies vs. Yi Yi

[Boner M]

Yi Yi

[Melville]

Werckmeister Harmonies

[soitgoes...]

Yi Yi

[Raiders]

Werckmeister Harmonies

[dreamdead]

Yi Yi

Both are high in my esteem, but the Asian cult needs more love.

[Qrazy]

Woops forgot I hadn't seen Yi Yi doh.

[origami_mustache]

tough one...

Yi Yi

[DSNT]

Score So Far:
Werckmeister Harmonies 2 vs. Yi Yi 4

*crickets*

One day left until the final four.

[Russ]

I like the way Werckmeister Harmonies rolls off the tongue.

Yi Yi, not so much.

[Raiders]

I know some more people have seen both (Derek?), so they need to vote. Preferably for Tarr's film.

[ledfloyd]

Yi Yi

[DSNT]

Can't tell if that's a Yi Yi vote from Russ, but it doesn't matter.

Final Score:
Werckmeister Harmonies 2 vs. Yi Yi 5

Final four coming soon ..

[DSNT]

We're going to treat the final four a little differently since the 2nd matchup will be obvious once the first is posted. I am posting both now, but there will be longer voting periods. For now, I'll say this ends Tuesday. This will give people time to watch movies they haven't seen. Speak up if you need more time.

The Final Four:
1. Mulholland Drive vs. Yi Yi
2. There Will Be Blood vs. Lost in Translation

Again, these matchups will go on until Tuesday.

[Sven]

Mulholland Drive
Lost in Translation

[origami_mustache]

EZ choices...

Yi Yi
There Will Be Blood

[Melville]

Mulholland Drive by a vast, vast, vast margin... vast.
Lost in Translation by a tiny margin

[Raiders]

Yi Yi
There Will Be Blood

[Silencio]

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Lost in Translation (barely)

[soitgoes...]

1. Mulholland Drive
2. There Will Be Blood

[Watashi]

1. Mulholland Drive
2. There Will Be Blood

[Derek]

Mulholland Dr.
There Will Be Blood

[Qrazy]

There Will be Blood

[Kurosawa Fan]

2. There Will Be Blood

[transmogrifier]

Mulholland Dr.
There Will Be Blood

Ditto.

Can't believe TWBB made it this far though.

[Ezee E]

There Will Be Blood.

[Rowland]

Mulholland Drive
Lost in Translation

[Sycophant]

1. (haven't seen Yi Yi; sorry Yi Yi)
2. Lost in Translation

[Rowland]

1. (haven't seen Yi Yi; sorry Yi Yi)
You have failed the Asian Cult.

[transmogrifier]

And to perfectly honest, what is LiT still doing here? Silly Match-Cut. Silly, silly.

:)

[ledfloyd]

you're making me choose between my two favorite movies of the decade? this is evil. everyone go rent Yi Yi.

1. Yi Yi, by a microscopic margin.
2. Lost in Translation, by a macroscopic margin.

whichever wins the first matchup is a slam dunk.

[Rowland]

And to perfectly honest, what is LiT still doing here? Silly Match-Cut. Silly, silly.

:)LiT baits film nerds better than almost anything from the last decade, so are you really so surprised? ;)

[transmogrifier]

LiT baits film nerds better than almost anything from the last decade, so are you really so surprised? ;)

I like it well enough, but there are plenty of films I like well enough that don't deserve to be anywhere near a Top 4 of the Decade. But that's part of the fun of a knock-out comp, so no complaints from me about the format. Just my esteemed co-boarders peculiar voting choices. :)

[Boner M]

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Lost in Translation

All are in my top 10 of this decade though, with TWBB just outside.

[Spinal]

I rated Lost in Translation higher, but I have this urge to vote for There Will Be Blood. Weird. I'm going to have to think this over.

[Boner M]

I rated Lost in Translation higher, but I have this urge to vote for There Will Be Blood. Weird. I'm going to have to think this over.
Voting against stasiscore on principle? :P

[dreamdead]

Damn you, MC, for making me vote against Yang. Thankfully, I'll be watching Yi Yi again over summer, which will allow me time to assess its merits anew.

Mulholland Dr.
There Will be Blood

[transmogrifier]

I think Mulholland Dr. has finally made the move into my Top 10 of all time. I don't know how Pauline Kael could just watch a film once; I was pretty meh on MD when I first saw it way back when, but boy is it the definition of layered.

[trotchky]

Lost in Translation

[Spinal]

Voting against stasiscore on principle? :P

Heh, no. Anderson's film is just fresher in my mind. Just had to take some time to remind myself of Lost in Translation's many merits and also of the fact that There Will Be Blood has Paul Dano. I'm ready to make my vote.

2. Lost in Translation

[Rowland]

I think Mulholland Dr. has finally made the move into my Top 10 of all time. I don't know how Pauline Kael could just watch a film once; I was pretty meh on MD when I first saw it way back when, but boy is it the definition of layered.Yep, and it stands up so well to repeat viewings. I'd enjoy watching it just as much now as I did the last dozen times I've watched it. I can't imagine feeling the same regarding Inland Empire.

[Hugh_Grant]

1. n/a
2. Lost in Translation

[Lazlo]

There Will Be Blood

[Bosco B Thug]

2. Lost in Translation

[Zander]

Yi Yi
There Will Be Blood

[MacGuffin]

Lost in Translation

[DSNT]

My vote: Lost in Translation

I'm watching Yi Yi tonight, but that vote probably won't matter.

Scores So Far:
Mulholland Drive 10 vs. Yi Yi 4
There Will Be Blood 12 vs. Lost in Translation 13

One day left.

[Grouchy]

There Will Be Blood

[Winston*]

Lost in Translation

[Benny Profane]

TWBB.

[DSNT]

Final Scores:
Mulholland Drive 10 vs. Yi Yi 4
There Will Be Blood 14 vs. Lost in Translation 14

We have a tie for the last battle. The tiebreak vote will last until 8pm EST. Anyone can vote.

There Will Be Blood vs. Lost in Translation

[soitgoes...]

There Will Be Blood

[Sycophant]

Lost in Translation

[transmogrifier]

TWBB

[Winston*]

Lost in Translation

[Qrazy]

There Will Be Blood

[Watashi]

Milkshake.

[Benny Profane]

TWBB.

[Derek]

There Will Be Blood

[Stay Puft]

Lost in Translation

[Hugh_Grant]

Lost in Translation

[Qrazy]

If LiT wins this I will weep tears... of blood.

[Silencio]

Lost in Translation

[DSNT]

Final Score:
There Will Be Blood 6 vs. Lost in Translation 5

There Will Be Blood wins!

Final Match
Mulholland Drive vs. There Will Be Blood

[Watashi]

Bah. I knew it would come to this.

[Watashi]

Mulholland Dr.

[Qrazy]

There Will Be Blood

[Silencio]

Mulholland Dr.

[Philosophe_rouge]

There Will be Blood

[Spinal]

Mulholland Drive

[Sven]

Mulholland Drive.

[soitgoes...]

Mulholland Drive

[Stay Puft]

Mulholland Drive

[Benny Profane]

MD

[Qrazy]

So what could beat MD I wonder... Citizen Kane, Godfather?

[MacGuffin]

Mulholland Drive


So what could beat MD I wonder... Citizen Kane, Godfather?

I would've voted for Lost in Translation.

[Winston*]

Ralph Nader

[DSNT]

.. and my vote: Mulholland Drive

Score So Far:
Mulholland Drive 9 vs. There Will Be Blood 2

This one might be over already, but I'll let it go at least a day or two.

[DSNT]

So what could beat MD I wonder... Citizen Kane, Godfather?
I'm sure a lot of films would.

I was thinking of doing one of these for the 90s and then continuing each decade. If that happens, I might put together a winners bracket just to see.

[Sycophant]

WTF, Match Cut?

MD.

[Qrazy]

I'm sure a lot of films would.


I dunno, Lynch fanboys seem to be running rampant... getting in the cookie jars... putting panties in their mouths... abusing oxygen masks... etc.

[transmogrifier]

MD

[Grouchy]

Mulholland Dr.

Like another vote was even needed. I'm just glad Lost in Translation finally got kicked. I'd put that one with the worst and most annoying of the decade.

[origami_mustache]

There Will Be Blood

[trotchky]

I would've voted for Lost in Translation.

Me, too.

Mulholland Dr.

[origami_mustache]

Reprise (Trier, 2006) - 79.974
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (Dick, 1997) - 80.936
Shadows (Cassavetes, 1959) - 75.182

love the new rating system haha

[Ezee E]

TWBB.

Well, the result was as obvious as the Bulls winning the Finals in Jordan's heydey.

[Raiders]

There Will Be Blood

[Boner M]

If these tournaments are good for one thing, it's to bring us all back down to Earth and make us realise that our tastes the same as any other fanboy-ish movie message board around, despite our beloved quirks.

Anyway....

MD

[Kurosawa Fan]

Not that it matters, but...

Mulholland Dr.

[Lazlo]

There Will Be Blood

[Hugh_Grant]

I would've voted for Lost in Translation.
Me three.


There Will Be Blood

[DSNT]

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

Final Score:
Mulholland Drive 15 vs. There Will Be Blood 7

This spanking is over.

[DSNT]

I'm taking a break now, but might put together a 90s tourney in a couple weeks if there's enough interest. Speak up if you would participate in that.

[Gizmo]

*speaks up*


at least it shouldn't be as predictable, i think.

[transmogrifier]

Screw predictability, MD is the best film of the decade so far.

[Stay Puft]

Screw predictability, MD is the best film of the decade so far.

Yup. This is the most satisfactory of outcomes. I am satisfied.

[Gizmo]

not disagreeing, it's in my top 5 all time, i'm just saying it was predictible.