Battle of the 00s - Voting Thread

[DSNT]

This thread is for voting. I'll post about 4 matchups every day or two, depending on activity. If this goes slow, then I'll start posting more and let them go for longer.

Everyone can vote, regardless whether they participated in nominations.

Only vote in the matchup if you have seen both films. We are going by the honor system here.

There are eight brackets with seedings from each year. I mixed up the matchups randomly to make it more interesting and so this won't be like a yearly consensus type of thing.

You can refer to this thread (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=635) for more of the rules and the nominated films from each year.

Round One Results
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 7 Oldboy 13
Munich 10, The Host 8
City of God 10, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 6
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 11, Junebug 3
Sideways 14 vs. Superbad 3
O Brother Where Art Thou 10 vs. 2046 8
The Darjeeling Limited 10 vs. Letters from Iwo Jima 5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 4 vs. The Heart of the World 9
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 7 vs. Sweet Sixteen 4
In the Mood for Love 13 vs. The New World 5
Before Sunset 12 vs. Paprika 4
The Twilight Samurai 8 vs. The Fog of War 4
25th Hour 13 vs. Traffic 6
Unbreakable 11 vs. 28 Days Later 10
Adaptation 13 vs. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 6
Memento 12 vs. The Proposition 6
Elephant 18 vs. 21 Grams 3
Requiem for a Dream 6 vs. Happy Feet 8
Finding Nemo 4 vs. Tony Takitani 5
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2 vs. Yi Yi 9
Inland Empire 9 vs. Gone Baby Gone 5
Ratatouille 5 vs. Exiled 7
Zodiac 16 vs. Donnie Darko 4
Punch Drunk Love 19 vs. Mystic River 2
The Incredibles 12 vs. Hero 7
The Man Who Wasn’t There 2 vs. Red Road 3
The Departed 5 vs. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 9
Nobody Knows 8 vs. Me and You and Everyone We Know 2
Batman Begins 7 vs. Hot Fuzz 13
Pan’s Labyrinth 13 vs. Michael Clayton 6
Talk To Her 7 vs. 12:08 East of Bucharest 5
Shaun of the Dead 15 vs. Waking Life 5
Bloody Sunday 5 vs. A Tale of Two Sisters 2
Cache 10 vs. Big Fish 6
Half Nelson 5 vs. Millennium Actress 9
There Will Be Blood 9, Bus 174 2
I'm Not There 6 vs. The Piano Teacher 8
Good Night and Good Luck 5 vs. Last Life in the Universe 8
Ghost World 16 vs. Grindhouse 4
The Royal Tenenbaums 18 vs. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2
Amelie 11 vs. In the Bedroom 10
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 14 vs. Amores Perros 9
Best In Show 7 vs. The Aviator 11
Children of Men 21 vs. Road to Perdition 6
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
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
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

Round Two Results
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
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
Shaun of the Dead 6 vs. Exiled 7
Y Tu Mama Tambien 12 vs. 3-Iron 6
Nobody Knows 12 vs. A History of Violence 5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 15 vs. The Piano Teacher 7
Munich 4 vs. Yi Yi 9
Punch Drunk Love 9 vs. Tony Takitani 2
In the Mood for Love 19 vs. O Brother Where Art Thou 7
Adaptation 3 vs. Werckmeister Harmonies 10
The Royal Tenenbaums 19 vs. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 7
You Can Count On Me 17 vs. Ghost World 4
Lost in Translation 21 vs. Minority Report 8
All the Real Girls 11 vs. Pulse 5
Elephant 11 vs. George Washington 10
Talk To Her 13 vs. 25th Hour 11
There Will Be Blood 7 vs. Bloody Sunday 6
Memento 14 vs. Happy Feet 5
Once 7 vs. The Heart of the World 9
Cache 10 vs. Last Life in the Universe 3
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 10 vs. Amelie 18
Sideways 12 vs. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 14
The Twilight Samurai 7 vs. Inland Empire 8
Mulholland Dr. 21 vs. The Darjeeling Limited 5
The Incredibles 16 vs. The Aviator 11
Spirited Away 10 vs. Persepolis 2

Round 3 Results:
No Country for Old Men 16 vs. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 8
Memento 9 vs. Pride & Prejudice 6
Lost in Translation 16 vs. The Royal Tenenbaums 18
Cache 8 vs. Dogville 16
Elephant 10 vs. The Heart of the World 8
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 19 vs. Inland Empire 8
Zodiac 19 vs. Pan's Labyrinth 10
There Will Be Blood 16 vs. You Can Count On Me 7
City of God 8 vs. Millennium Actress 12
Before Sunset 8 vs. Exiled 2
Punch Drunk Love 10 vs. Nobody Knows 7
Talk To Her (13) vs. Amelie 12 - tiebreaker
The Incredibles 7 vs. Y Tu Mama Tambien 16
Spirited Away 6 vs. Yi Yi 8
Mulholland Drive 20 vs. In the Mood For Love 11
All the Real Girls 2 vs. Werckmeister Harmonies 9

Round 4 Results:
Memento 11 vs. Punch-Drunk Love 16
Mulholland Drive 19 vs. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 11
No Country For Old Men 16 vs. Zodiac 11
Elephant 14 vs. Talk To Her 13
Dogville 4 vs. Yi Yi 8
Lost in Translation 15 vs. Y Tu Mama Tambien 6
There Will Be Blood 11 vs. Millennium Actress 6
Before Sunset 6 vs. Werckmeister Harmonies 8

Mulholland Drive is teh winnar!

[DSNT]

Today's battles:

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King vs. Oldboy
2. Munich vs. The Host
3. City of God vs. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon vs. Junebug

[Sven]

Oldboy
Munich
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Have not seen Junebug but can almost guarantee that I'd prefer Crouching Tiger to it.

[Sycophant]

1. Oldboy
2. The Host
3. n/a
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

[DSNT]

1. ROTK
2. Munich
3. City of God
4. Crouching Tiger

[Raiders]

1. The Return of the King (an unfortunate lost cause, I imagine)
2. The Host
3. City of God
4. Junebug

[Llopin]

1. Oldboy
2. Munich
3. City of God
4. Junebug

[Duncan]

1. LOTR: The Return of the King
2. n/a
3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
4. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

[Stay Puft]

1. Oldboy
2. The Host

[Eleven]

1. LOTR: ROTK
2. The Host
3. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
4. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. Oldboy
2. Munich
3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. Oldboy
2. The Host
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

[Rowland]

1. Oldboy
2. The Host
3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
4. haven't seen Junebug

[DSNT]

The Score So Far:

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 4, Oldboy 7
Munich 4, The Host 6
City of God 3, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 5
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 5, Junebug 2

[Melville]

Oldboy
Munich

I haven't seen Kiss Kiss or Junebug.

[Spinal]

1. eh, can't bring myself to choose one
2. Munich
3. haven't seen both
4. haven't seen both

[Sven]

More Munich plz.

[ledfloyd]

Oldboy
Munich
City of God
Junebug

[Hugh_Grant]

1. n/a
2. n/a
3. City of God
4. Junebug

[Watashi]

1. ROTK
2. Munich
3. City of God
4. Crouching Tiger

[soitgoes...]

1. Oldboy
2. Munich
3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

[Watashi]

Seriously, Oldboy over ROTK?

Really, Match Cut? I thought you were better than this.

[Sven]

Really, Match Cut? I thought you were better than this.

At least we're going Munich over The Host, right?

[DSNT]

The score so far:

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 5, Oldboy 10
Munich 9, The Host 6
City of God 6, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 6
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 7, Junebug 3


This is moving pretty quickly, so I'll make the cutoff tomorrow afternoon.

[Spinal]

I count 6 votes for City of God.

[Bosco B Thug]

1. Oldboy
2. The Host
3 & 4. n/a

[dreamdead]

1. Oldboy (not that big of a fan of either, but this one will do for now)
2. n/a (still haven't seen Munich)
3. City of God
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

[Lazlo]

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Munich
3. City of God
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Hate to see Junebug go out so soon. We're having that same ROTK-Oldboy matchup on RT with the battle of 2003. ROTK is rocking the shit right now.

[Lazlo]

Seriously, Oldboy over ROTK?

Really, Match Cut? I thought you were better than this.

I'm with Wats on this one.

[origami_mustache]

Oldboy
The Host
City of God
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

[DSNT]

I count 6 votes for City of God.
You're right. Fixed.

Scores as of now:

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 6 Oldboy 13
Munich 10, The Host 8
City of God 9, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 6
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 10, Junebug 3

[Raiders]

I'm already overwhelmingly disappointed in how this is going.

But, not to take away from the hard work, DSNT. That's appreciated.

[Mysterious Dude]

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. ~
3. City of God
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

[DSNT]

Final Scores:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 7 Oldboy 13
Munich 10, The Host 8
City of God 10, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 6
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 11, Junebug 3

New Battles
1. Sideways vs. Superbad
2. O Brother Where Art Thou vs. 2046
3. The Darjeeling Limited vs. Letters from Iwo Jima
4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring vs. The Heart of the World

[Hugh_Grant]

1. Sideways

[Sven]

O Brother
Darjeeling

If Iwo Jima takes this one, you guys are going to see one pissed iosos.

[Sycophant]

1. Superbad
2. O Brother Where Art Thou
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. ...

[Mysterious Dude]

1. ~
2. O Brother Where Art Thou
3. ~
4. The Heart of the World

[dreamdead]

1. Sideways
2. 2046 (though I've made peace with the fact that the Coens will win this one)
3. ~
4. The Heart of the World

[Mysterious Dude]

I've edited my choices to include battle #4.

And if anyone wants to watch The Heart of the World, it's only six minutes long and is on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWmrWfPTmI).

[Sven]

And if anyone wants to watch The Heart of the World, it's only six minutes long and is on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWmrWfPTmI).

It's very striking, though I'm not entirely sure I understand the final movement (heart of the world/kino), or why it is that the mortician constructs a model of a penis to impress the woman. Still, the music was amazing and there's some incredible imagery, I love the fantasy element, and this feeling of community (and world) as an organic entity. Too bad I haven't seen the Kim film.

[dreamdead]

And if anyone wants to watch The Heart of the World, it's only six minutes long and is on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWmrWfPTmI).

Thanks for the link. That made the decision fairly easy, and also made me realize it's time to queue up some of Maddin's work. Love the play on Metropolis and films of its ideological bent.

I edited my choice above as well...

[Russ]

And if anyone wants to watch The Heart of the World, it's only six minutes long and is on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWmrWfPTmI).
Pretty amazing when you consider that many feature length films don't contain as many edits as the purported 850 that Maddin used to assemble Heart.

[DSNT]

1. Sideways
2. O Brother Where Art Thou
3. Letters from Iwo Jima
4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

The last matchup turns out to be quite a contrast in speed and style. Tough choice. Maddin is probably more talented behind the camera, but Kim Ki Duk brings a more pleasant experience. I'm going with Spring, Summer .. by a hair.

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:
Sideways 3 vs. Superbad 1
O Brother Where Art Thou 4 vs. 2046 1
The Darjeeling Limited 2 vs. Letters from Iwo Jima 1
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 1 vs. The Heart of the World 2

Please post if you make any further edits.

[Spinal]

1. Sideways
2. O Brother Where Art Thou
3. can't vote
4. The Heart of the World (argh, hate voting against the Kim film this early)

[Watashi]

1. Sideways
2. O Brother Where Art Thou
3. Letters from Iwo Jima

[Qrazy]

1. Sideways
2. 2046
3. -
4. The Heart of the World

[Llopin]

1. -
2. 2046
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. -

[Duncan]

2. 2046
3. The Darjeeling Limited

Haven't seen Superbad or Spring, Summer...

[soitgoes...]

1. Sideways
2. N/A
3. Letters from Iwo Jima
4. The Heart of the World

[Melville]

2046
The Darjeeling Limited
The Heart of the World

Haven't seen Superbad.

[DSNT]

Scores Now:

Sideways 7 vs. Superbad 1
O Brother Where Art Thou 6 vs. 2046 5
The Darjeeling Limited 5 vs. Letters from Iwo Jima 3
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 1 vs. The Heart of the World 6

[origami_mustache]

Sideways
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Darjeeling Limited
The Heart of the World

[Boner M]

1. Superbad
2. 2046
3. Letters from Iwo Jima
4. The Heart of the World

[Rowland]

1. Sideways
2. n/a
3. Letters from Iwo Jima
4. n/a

[Sven]

1. Superbad

For reals? You no like Sideways? Or you really like Superbad?


3. Letters from Iwo Jima

You've pulled a boner. Plz fix.

[Boner M]

For reals? You no like Sideways? Or you really like Superbad?

You've pulled a boner. Plz fix.
Not a fan of Sideways, no. I feel Superbad is a more poignant variation on a similar theme.

As for the second grouping, I could really go either way on both. Darjeeling is the recent film I'm most ambivalent about; I swing from 'meh' to 'great' depending on mood. Right now, I'm more in the 'meh' camp.

[ledfloyd]

1. Superbad
2. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
3. Darjeeling Limited
4. n/a

[MacGuffin]

1. Sideways
2. door ajar
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. Sideways
2. 2046
3. -
4. -

[Sycophant]

I should see this Heart of the World thing.

[Boner M]

I should see this Heart of the World thing.
Here y'are (http://youtube.com/watch?v=4DWmrWfPTmIl).

[Gizmo]

1. Sideways
2. O Brother Where Art Thou
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (tough vote)

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

Sideways 11 vs. Superbad 3
O Brother Where Art Thou 8 vs. 2046 7
The Darjeeling Limited 8 vs. Letters from Iwo Jima 5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 3 vs. The Heart of the World 7

This batch will end when I get home from work, around 6pm.

[Sven]

As for the second grouping, I could really go either way on both. Darjeeling is the recent film I'm most ambivalent about; I swing from 'meh' to 'great' depending on mood. Right now, I'm more in the 'meh' camp.

Man, Iwo Jima is, like, the "meh"est of the "meh"s. Ever. On the basis of pictorial interest alone, Darjeeling should triumph.

[Boner M]

Man, Iwo Jima is, like, the "meh"est of the "meh"s. Ever. On the basis of pictorial interest alone, Darjeeling should triumph.
I dunno, Eastwood's earnest storytelling always strikes a chord with me, in spite of how clunky his films often are, this one included. Part of me realises how anonymously archetypal the characters in the film are, and yeah, the hyperbolically monochrome look was ill-advised, but altogether I was absorbed.

I suppose Darjeeling is easily the more interesting film, though. Hmm, I'm almost swayed...

[Raiders]

1. Sideways
2. 2046
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. The Heart of the World

[Lazlo]

New Battles
1. Sideways
2. O Brother Where Art Thou
3. The Darjeeling Limited
4. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. Sideways
2. O Brother, Where Art Thou
4. The Heart of the World

[MacGuffin]

I was surprised at how much I liked Letters From Iwo Jima. It's interesting to see an American tell the story from the opposite perspective. I haven't seen it's brother.

[origami_mustache]

I agree with Iosos...Letters From Iwo Jima was meh-city.

[DSNT]

Final Scores:
Sideways 14 vs. Superbad 3
O Brother Where Art Thou 10 vs. 2046 8
The Darjeeling Limited 10 vs. Letters from Iwo Jima 5
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 4 vs. The Heart of the World 9

New Matchups:
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind vs. Sweet Sixteen
2. In the Mood for Love vs. The New World
3. Before Sunset vs. Paprika
4. The Twilight Samurai vs. The Fog of War

Some unfortunate pairings in this batch.

[origami_mustache]

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. In the Mood for Love
3. seen neither
4. haven't seen Twilight Samurai

[Eleven]

1. -
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Paprika
4. The Twilight Samurai

[Llopin]

1. Sweet Sixteen
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Before Sunset
4. The Fog of War

Linklater better not get screwed.

[Gizmo]

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. n/a
3. Before Sunset
4. n/a

[DSNT]

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Before Sunset
4. The Twilight Samurai

I like all of these flicks, but these four are in my top 3 for their years.

[Watashi]

1. Sweet Sixteen
2. The New World
3. Before Sunset
4. The Twilight Samurai

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. -
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Before Sunset
4. The Twilight Samurai

[ledfloyd]

1. n/a unfortunately
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Before Sunset
4. n/a

[Spinal]

1. Can't vote.
2. Can't vote.
3. Paprika
4. The Fog of War (tough one)

[Hugh_Grant]

1. Sweet Sixteen

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. In the Mood for Love
3. ~
4. The Twilight Samurai

[Melville]

1. haven't seen Sweet Sixteen
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Paprika
4. The Twilight Samurai

[Stay Puft]

2. In the Mood for Love
3. Paprika

[Sven]

2. In the Mood for Love (I prefer my languor rhapsodic)
3. Before Sunset (my choice of this one was a surprise to me... I think maybe Paprika's rigmarole does it in slightly)
4. The Fog of War (fairly easy selection--Twilight Samurai, while excellent, simply hasn't remained with me like this one has)

[Boner M]

1. Eternal Sunshine
2. The New World ( :frustrated: )
3. Before Sunset
4. h/s either

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 5 vs. Sweet Sixteen 3
In the Mood for Love 10 vs. The New World 2
Before Sunset 8 vs. Paprika 4
The Twilight Samurai 6 vs. The Fog of War 3

[dreamdead]

1. ~
2. The New World (it has no shot at winning, but hey. Gotta support the Malickster)
3. Before Sunset (I should neg rape Spinal for his selection)
4. ~

[Boner M]

(I should neg rape Spinal for his selection)
:eek:

:pritch:

[dreamdead]

Just trying to do my part to add to the lexicon of the site.

Meantime, I'm enjoying these battles. I'll feel pity for whatever runs up against the monolith that is Children of Men.

[Spinal]

3. Before Sunset (I should neg rape Spinal for his selection)


Well, that's extreme.

[soitgoes...]

1. N/A
2. The New World
3. Before Sunset
4. The Twilight Samurai

[DSNT]

Scores:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 5 vs. Sweet Sixteen 3
In the Mood for Love 10 vs. The New World 4
Before Sunset 10 vs. Paprika 4
The Twilight Samurai 6 vs. The Fog of War 3

You guys have until around 8pm EST to get your votes in.

[Raiders]

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. In the Mood for Love (tough choice - quite unfair for round one)
3. N/A
4. Twilight Samurai

[Ivan Drago]

In the Mood for Love vs. The New World

[Lazlo]

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. The New World
3. Before Sunset
4. The Fog of War

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. Sweet Sixteen
2. In the Mood for Love
3. Before Sunset
4. The Twilight Samurai

[DSNT]

You guys have until around 8pm EST to get your votes in.
Scratch that. These are settled now.

Final Scores:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 7 vs. Sweet Sixteen 4
In the Mood for Love 13 vs. The New World 5
Before Sunset 12 vs. Paprika 4
The Twilight Samurai 8 vs. The Fog of War 4

New Battles:
1. 25th Hour vs. Traffic
2. Unbreakable vs. 28 Days Later
3. Adaptation vs. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
4. Memento vs. The Proposition

[soitgoes...]

1. 25th Hour
2. Unbreakable
3. Adaptation
4. Memento

[Spinal]

I'm repping the three other people who voted Paprika. Call it passive aggressive.

[Spinal]

1. can't vote
2. 28 Days Later
3. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
4. can't vote

[Stay Puft]

2. Unbreakable
3. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
4. Memento

[DSNT]

1. Traffic
2. Unbreakable
3. Adaptation
4. Memento

[Raiders]

1. 25th Hour
2. 28 Days Later
3. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
4. The Proposition

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. Traffic
2. Unbreakable
3. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
4. The Proposition

[Llopin]

1. 25th Hour
2. Unbreakable
3. Adaptation
4. -

[Sven]

1. 25th Hour - because Traffic is phooey
2. 28 Days Later - because Unbreakable is obvious
3. Adaptation - because it was alive

[Eleven]

1. xxx
2. 28 Days Later
3. Adaptation
4. Memento

[dreamdead]

I'm repping the three other people who voted Paprika. Call it passive aggressive.

:sad: I don't mean to hate on Paprika. Just defending my baby. And trying to irritate you.

1. 25th Hour
2. 28 Days Later
3. Adaptation
4. The Proposition

[Watashi]

1. 25th Hour
2. Unbreakable

3 and 4 are just damn near impossible for me to choose. I refuse to vote.

[Duncan]

1. n/a
2. Unbreakable
3. The Life Aquatic
4. The Proposition

[Rowland]

1. 25th Hour
2. Unbreakable
3. Adaptation
4. Memento

[ledfloyd]

1. 25th Hours
2. 28 Days Later
3. Adaptation.

[Melville]

Every movie in this set of battles gets a 'meh' from me, so I'll sit this round out.

[Watashi]

Every movie in this set of battles gets a 'meh' from me, so I'll sit this round out.

:|

32 stars from me.

[origami_mustache]

25th Hour
28 Days Later
Adaptation
Memento

[trotchky]

1. 25th Hour
3. Adaptation

[Lazlo]

1. 25th Hour
2. Unbreakable
3. Adaptation
4. Memento

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Traffic
2. 28 Days Later
3. ~
4. The Proposition

#4 was the hardest one yet, for me. And I can't believe Traffic is doing so poorly.

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

25th Hour 11 vs. Traffic 3
Unbreakable 9 vs. 28 Days Later 8
Adaptation 11 vs. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5
Memento 7 vs. The Proposition 5

I didn't expect #1 to be such a spanking either.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. 25th Hour
2. 28 Days Later
3. -
4. Memento

[Duncan]

A few more people need to step up and vote for The Proposition. So much better than Memento.

[Rowland]

A few more people need to step up and vote for The Proposition. So much better than Memento.Nah. Memento will rightly continue.

[Boner M]

1. Traffic
2. 28 Days Later
3. Adaptation
4. The Proposition

[DSNT]

Scores:

25th Hour 12 vs. Traffic 4
Unbreakable 9 vs. 28 Days Later 10
Adaptation 12 vs. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 5
Memento 8 vs. The Proposition 6

We could end up in a tie. If that happens, we'll have a quick tiebreaker that will last an hour or so.

[Gizmo]

1. Traffic
2. Unbreakable
3. can't stand either
4. Memento

[Raiders]

Memento over The Proposition? Ugh.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Memento over The Proposition? Ugh.

I disagree with every leading film right now, especially 28 Days Later. Though I notice with the last ballot that came in, it's tied right now. If it wins, I might weep.

[Spinal]

Memento over The Proposition? Ugh.

Anti-Huston backlash.

[Sycophant]

The choices I could make here (the two middle ones) are either too hazy in my memory to decide definitively, or too reminescent of Sophie's Choice.

[Qrazy]

Traffic (don't really care either way, both very good, not great)
Unbreakable (didn't care for either, win by default)
Adaptation (no contest)
Memento (light years better)

[Watashi]

4. Life Aquatic
5. Memento

That was way harder to choose than expected. All 4 films would probably make my revised Top 50.

[Hugh_Grant]

1. 25th Hour--by a mile
2. n/a (Wish I could vote for 28 Days Later 'cause I hate that M. Night f***er.)
3. n/a
4. Memento--by a mile

[Rowland]

Yeah, like Watashi, I really liked all of the movies in this last set of battles, but heck, Memento and 25th Hour both rank in my top twenty for the 00's, so I had to vote for them.

[Kurosawa Fan]

The only one that was tough for me was the first one. The rest, there was no doubt.

[DSNT]

Final Scores:

25th Hour 13 vs. Traffic 6
Unbreakable 11 vs. 28 Days Later 10
Adaptation 13 vs. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 6
Memento 12 vs. The Proposition 6

Qrazy's apathetic mention turned out to be the tiebreaker.

New Battles:
1. Elephant vs. 21 Grams
2. Requiem for a Dream vs. Happy Feet
3. Finding Nemo vs. Tony Takitani
4. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit vs. Yi Yi

[Watashi]

1. Elephant
2. Happy Feet
3. Finding Nemo
4. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Yay! Easy ones for me!

Edit: Though Yi Yi will probably easily win this (but it's cool with me).

[Kurosawa Fan]

Wow. The battles gave me payback for being able to vote in all of them thus far.

1. Elephant

That's all I got.

[DSNT]

1. Elephant
2. Requiem for a Dream
3. Tony Takitani
4. N/A

Wish I had seen Yi Yi, because I really like Wallace & Gromit.

[Raiders]

1. Elephant
2. Happy Feet
3. N/A
4. Yi yi

[Rowland]

1. Elephant
2. n/a - haven't seen Happy Feet
3. n/a - haven't seen Finding Nemo
4. Yi Yi

[Bosco B Thug]

Nice, I got one:

2. Happy Feet! Totally.

[Qrazy]

1. 21 Grams
2. -
3. Finding Nemo
4. -

[Spinal]

1. Elephant
2. Happy Feet
3. can't vote
4. can't vote

[soitgoes...]

1. Elephant
2. Happy Feet
3. Tony Takitani
4. Yi Yi

[Sven]

1. Elephant - I can't believe I just voted for a van Sant movie
2. Happy Feet - dancing penguins > naked Connelly, I guess
4. Yi Yi - this one was very tough for me

[Sven]

2. Requiem for a Dream

I'd like to hear your rationale for this. Respond, if you want, in the Film Discussion thread.

[Spinal]

I can't believe I just voted for a van Sant movie

I had the same thought.

[Lazlo]

1. Elephant
2. Happy Feet
3. n/a
4. n/a

[Hugh_Grant]

1. Elephant
2. Requiem for a Dream
3. n/a
4. n/a, but echo my hubby's thoughts

[Boner M]

Yay! Easy ones for me!
I'm pretty sure you haven't seen Tony Takitani. (I agree that Nemo's better, just calling out your Pixar obsession)

1. Elephant
2. Requiem for a Dream
3. Finding Nemo
4. Yi Yi

[DSNT]

I'm pretty sure you haven't seen Tony Takitani. (I agree that Nemo's better, just calling out your Pixar obsession)


Don't worry. I don't count Watashi's votes anyway.

not really

[DSNT]

Scores:

Elephant 11 vs. 21 Grams 1
Requiem for a Dream 4 vs. Happy Feet 7
Finding Nemo 3 vs. Tony Takitani 2
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 1 vs. Yi Yi 5

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. 21 Grams
2. -
3. Tony Takitani
4. -

[dreamdead]

Elephant
Requiem for a Dream
Tony Takitani (the toughest one for me; I'll side with the underdog; love the images as well)
Yi Yi

[Sven]

Tony Takitani (the toughest one for me; I'll side with the underdog; love the images as well)

Yeah, I watched the trailer and totally wish that I'd seen this one, because I'm really not much of a fan of Nemo. You know, three stars and all, but I do feel it's pretty overrated. And Takitani does look pretty sublime.

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Elephant
2. ~
3. ~
4. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

[ledfloyd]

1. Elephant
4. Yi Yi

hurts to vote against nick park. way too many of you have seen happy feet.

[Sven]

way too many of you have seen happy feet.

And you'll notice that most of us think it's pretty darn great.

[Spinal]

That was not an easy call. I consider Requiem a 4-star film as well.

[Melville]

1. Elephant
2. Requiem for a Dream (I haven't seen Happy Feet, but I'm pretty confident in this choice)
3. haven't seen either movie
4. Yi Yi

[Spinal]

2. Requiem for a Dream (I haven't seen Happy Feet, but I'm pretty confident in this choice)

Security!

[ledfloyd]

i didn't vote for one of my fav films of the decade cause i haven't seen the other. you can't do that.

[Melville]

i didn't vote for one of my fav films of the decade cause i haven't seen the other. you can't do that.
DSNT will probably ignore my vote, but by God, I'm sticking with it!

[DSNT]

DSNT will probably ignore my vote, but by God, I'm sticking with it!
I'll leave it in there this time. I counted Watashi's after all.

I'm thinking of implementing an "abhor rule" for when you rate a movie under 5 stars out of 10, you are welcome to vote against it. It might help with some of the lower voted contests, and there are more coming up.

Anyone like?

[Raiders]

I'll leave it in there this time. I counted Watashi's after all.

I'm thinking of implementing an "abhor rule" for when you rate a movie under 5 stars out of 10, you are welcome to vote against it. It might help with some of the lower voted contests, and there are more coming up.

Anyone like?

Not really. It doesn't make any sense. What if, in three weeks, I watched the film I voted for and liked it even less? Kind of negates the whole purpose, doesn't it?

[Spinal]

I kind of liked the format as it was, even though it is occasionally frustrating. It makes this different from the other rating/ranking threads we do.

[DSNT]

Good points. We'll leave it as is.

Here are scores:

Elephant 15 vs. 21 Grams 2
Requiem for a Dream 5 vs. Happy Feet 7
Finding Nemo 2 vs. Tony Takitani 4
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2 vs. Yi Yi 8

I decided against counting Watashi's Nemo vote and Melville's Requiem vote since the races are so close and other poeple are obstaining.

[trotchky]

Does Tony Takitani do justice to Murakami's writing?

[Qrazy]

I'd like to hear your rationale for this. Respond, if you want, in the Film Discussion thread.

My bad, I haven't seen Happy Feet, got confuzzled.

[Melville]

I decided against counting Watashi's Nemo vote and Melville's Requiem vote since the races are so close and other poeple are obstaining.
*shakes fist*

[origami_mustache]

Elephant
Finding Nemo

haven't seen Happy Feet or Wallace and Gromit

[Duncan]

21 Grams
Happy Feet
n/a
n/a

[DSNT]

Scores:

Elephant 16 vs. 21 Grams 3
Requiem for a Dream 5 vs. Happy Feet 8
Finding Nemo 3 vs. Tony Takitani 4
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2 vs. Yi Yi 8

More of you need to see Tony Takitani.

This will be open until around 5pm est.

[Watashi]

Um, what the fuck guys? I HAVE seen Tony Takitani. I just didn't write any thoughts on it.

[Rowland]

Yeah, why is everybody just assuming Wats hasn't seen it? Lame.

I've seen it, and while it didn't leave much of an impression, I can't deny its near-flawlessness on its own suffocatingly formal terms, and Sakamoto's score is sublime.

[Boner M]

Yeah, why is everybody just assuming Wats hasn't seen it? Lame.
Hey, I just have a very good memory of what Wats has seen, as well as his sig ratings from 2005 onwards, and can't remember the film popping up there. That, combined with his love of Pixar and general dislike of Asian stasiscore led me to that conclusion.

Anyway, sorry Wats.

[Duncan]

Hey, I just have a very good memory of what Wats has seen, as well as his sig ratings from 2005 onwards, and can't remember the film popping up there. Really?

[Gizmo]

Really?

boner and wats do go hand in hand.


1. Elephant
2. Requiem for a Dream
3. n/a
4. n/a

[Llopin]

1. Elephant
2. -
3. Tony Takitani
4. Yi Yi

[Watashi]

Hey, I just have a very good memory of what Wats has seen, as well as his sig ratings from 2005 onwards, and can't remember the film popping up there. That, combined with his love of Pixar and general dislike of Asian stasiscore led me to that conclusion.

Anyway, sorry Wats.

That's creepy and yet oddly erotic.

I doubt you've remembered EVERY film I've seen (sometimes a film will stay in my signature about a day or two depending on the amount of films I've seen). Anyway, I gave Tony Takitani around **1/2 I believe. All I remember is something about a woman being obsessed with shopping which is more I can remember from another stasiscore Asian film like Last Life in the Universe which I hated.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Does Tony Takitani do justice to Murakami's writing?I've read the majority of Murakami's books and short stories, and I enjoyed the film very much. It's a rather subjective opinion, though, of course.

[DSNT]

Final Scores:

Elephant 18 vs. 21 Grams 3
Requiem for a Dream 6 vs. Happy Feet 8
Finding Nemo 4 vs. Tony Takitani 5
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2 vs. Yi Yi 9

I counted Watashi's vote, but it didn't matter in the end.

New Battles:

1. Inland Empire vs. Gone Baby Gone
2. Ratatouille vs. Exiled
3. Zodiac vs. Donnie Darko
4. Punch Drunk Love vs. Mystic River

[Rowland]

1. Gone Baby Gone
2. Exiled
3. Zodiac
4. Punch Drunk Love

[soitgoes...]

1. Gone Baby Gone
2. Exiled
3. Zodiac
4. Punch Drunk Love

[soitgoes...]

That was the easiest one yet.

[ledfloyd]

Hey, I just have a very good memory of what Wats has seen, as well as his sig ratings from 2005 onwards, and can't remember the film popping up there. That, combined with his love of Pixar and general dislike of Asian stasiscore led me to that conclusion.

Anyway, sorry Wats.

so what was at the top of Wats sig on July 16th, 2006? and what was the rating?

1. Inland Empire
2. Ratatouille
3. Zodiac
4. Punch-Drunk Love

that one was ridiculously easy.

[Melville]

1. Inland Empire
2. meh
3. Zodiac
4. Punch-Drunk Love

[Spinal]

1. Can't vote
2. can't vote
3. Zodiac
4. Punch Drunk Love

[Boner M]

RE: My memory of Wats' ratings... it's probably a combination of a) the fact that he doesn't watch films as regularly as the rest of us and so his sig doesn't change as quickly, b) the fact that I'm never sure if he'll like or dislike a film I recommend/love (unlike Raiders or Melville), so I keep an eye out.

And because we're lovers, etc.

1. can't vote
2. Exiled
3. Zodiac
4. Punch Drunk Love

[Llopin]

1. Inland Empire
2. Ratatouille (hard one)
3. don't really remember DD
4. Punch Drunk Love

[Hugh_Grant]

1. n/a
2. n/a
3. Zodiac
4. Punch Drunk Love

[Lazlo]

1. Gone Baby Gone
2. n/a
3. Zodiac
4. Punch Drunk Love

[Sven]

PUNCH DRUNK LOVE

That's the only one I got this time.

[Watashi]

2. Ratatouille
3. Zodiac
4. Mystic River

My God, Ratatouille better win this.

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. -
2. -
3. Donnie Darko (*shrug*)
4. Punch Drunk Love

[trotchky]

1. Gone Baby Gone
3. Donnie Darko

[DSNT]

1. Inland Empire
2. N/A
3. Zodiac
4. Punch Drunk Love

[Watashi]

This whole "you have to see both movies" rule is lame. Why can't people just vote for their favorite movies? This is just for fun, and not an actual battle of the best. Whenever I did my battles at RT (and there were a lot of them), I never enforced this rule.

[DSNT]

Scores:
Inland Empire 4 vs. Gone Baby Gone 4
Ratatouille 3 vs. Exiled 3
Zodiac 10 vs. Donnie Darko 2
Punch Drunk Love 12 vs. Mystic River 1

[DSNT]

This whole "you have to see both movies" rule is lame. Why can't people just vote for their favorite movies? This is just for fun, and not an actual battle of the best. Whenever I did my battles at RT (and there were a lot of them), I never enforced this rule.
Does this mean you haven't seen Exiled?

We tried it the other way, but found that the most popular movie always won. Back in RT days, as I'm sure you remember, anything LOTR would just kick everything's butt. This way obscure cinema has a chance, and it also gives us screening lists. I've already found about 4 or 5 from this thread that I'll try to see before the whole thing is over.

To be honest, I don't really care, but people seem to like the "must see both films" rule.

[Gizmo]

1. n/a
2. n/a
3. Donnie Darko
4. Punch Drunk Love

[MacGuffin]

To be honest, I don't really care, but people seem to like the "must see both films" rule.

How else would you know which one is better than the other?

[Melville]

people seem to like the "must see both films" rule.
To be honest, I didn't even realize (or didn't remember) that that was a rule until after I voted for Requiem. Before then I just figured it made sense to abstain from voting if I hadn't seen one of the two movies. Unless one movie is a personal favorite and the other doesn't appear remotely interesting, I can't see why anybody would vote without having seen both films.

[dreamdead]

1. n/a (still need to see Gone Baby Gone)
2. Exiled
3. Zodiac
4. Punch Drunk Love

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

Inland Empire 4 vs. Gone Baby Gone 4
Ratatouille 3 vs. Exiled 4
Zodiac 11 vs. Donnie Darko 3
Punch Drunk Love 14 vs. Mystic River 1

[Duncan]

1. Inland Empire
4. Punch Drunk Love

[Bosco B Thug]

Man, #1's a tough one for me. Inland Empire's so awesomely emotional and beautiful and ingenious, but I suppose a lot of it is sort of, I dunno, obtuse. So...

1. Gone Baby Gone
2. Ratatouille
(^ two tie-makers!)
3. Zodiac

[ledfloyd]

This whole "you have to see both movies" rule is lame. Why can't people just vote for their favorite movies? This is just for fun, and not an actual battle of the best. Whenever I did my battles at RT (and there were a lot of them), I never enforced this rule.
it makes perfect sense to me. no matter how terrible i think happy feet may be. i can't honestly say whether i like it more or less than requiem for a dream. no matter how much i love that movie. it would might make sense if it was citizen kane vs. norbit. but the fact that these are all top 15 films based on consensus and generally well received by reviewers, writing them off without having seen them. or weighing something you know you like or don't like versus an unknown quantity seems like it would hurt more than it would help.

[Spinal]

This Ben Affleck film better be a frickin' masterpiece.

[Sycophant]

1. Inland Empire
2. Exiled
3. Donnie Darko
4. Punch Drunk Love

Number one was tough.

[soitgoes...]

This Ben Affleck film better be a frickin' masterpiece.
Nah, but it is better than mediocre. :P

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

Inland Empire 6 vs. Gone Baby Gone 5
Ratatouille 4 vs. Exiled 5
Zodiac 12 vs. Donnie Darko 4
Punch Drunk Love 16 vs. Mystic River 1

These end tonight.

[Qrazy]

Exiled
Zodiac
Punch Drunk Love

[Raiders]

1. Inland Empire
2. Ratatouille (tough--almost voted for To)
3. Zodiac
4. Mystic River (I'll go it alone)

[Rowland]

I'm surprised GBG has done as well as it has. I'd love to see IE finished off here, since MD will probably kill through most of the tournament, and it's a vastly superior film to its ramshackle follow-up.

[origami_mustache]

Inland Empire
Exiled
Zodiac
Punch Drunk Love

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. Inland Empire
3. Zodiac
4. Punch Drunk Love

[DSNT]

Final Scores:

Inland Empire 9 vs. Gone Baby Gone 5
Ratatouille 5 vs. Exiled 7
Zodiac 16 vs. Donnie Darko 4
Punch Drunk Love 19 vs. Mystic River 2

New Battles

1. The Incredibles vs. Hero
2. The Man Who Wasn’t There vs. Red Road
3. The Departed vs. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
4. Nobody Knows vs. Me and You and Everyone We Know

(I'm pretty sure Watashi has seen Hero)

[Sven]

1. Hero - a rewatch of The Incredibles was not so positive.

[Stay Puft]

1. Hero
2. Red Road

[DSNT]

1. The Incredibles
2. N/A
3. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - almost a tie for me
4. Nobody Knows

[Watashi]

I can't believe Punch Drunk Love and Exiled won. Are you kidding me?

[DSNT]

I can't believe Punch Drunk Love and Exiled won. Are you kidding me?
Yes Watashi .. this has all been one elaborate joke at your expense. Finding Nemo has won Battle of the 00s. Grats dude!

[Watashi]

I don't like Cars.

[soitgoes...]

1. The Incredibles
2. The Man Who Wasn’t There
3. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. Hero
2. -
3. -
4. Nobody Knows

[ledfloyd]

1. Incredibles
3. Departed

[Sycophant]

I can't believe Punch Drunk Love and Exiled won. Are you kidding me?I can understand your shock at Exiled, but Punch-Drunk Love? Seriously?

1. The Incredibles
2. n/a
3. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
4. Nobody Knows

[Watashi]

I can understand your shock at Exiled, but Punch-Drunk Love? Seriously?

Yes, I hate it quite strongly.

[Qrazy]

1. Hero
2. -
3. The Departed
4. -

[Rowland]

1. The Incredibles
2. Red Road
3. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
4. Nobody Knows

[Lazlo]

1. The Incredibles
2. n/a
3. The Departed
4. Me and You and Everyone We Know

[Rowland]

I can understand your shock at Exiled, but Punch-Drunk Love? Seriously?I'll admit to being a bit surprised by how handily it defeated Mystic River. The response towards PDL was rather muted at the time of its release IIRC, but I'm happy to see that it has been more widely embraced since then, given that it ranks in my top ten for this decade.

And I'm surprised Red Road made it into the tournament. Haven't only a few posters here seen it?

[Boner M]

Very glad for PDL's victory, as it is PTA's best film.

1. The Incredibles
2. The Man Who Wasn’t There
3. The Departed
4. Nobody Knows

Easy round.

[Spinal]

1. Hero
2. Red Road
3. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
4. Damn it. :frustrated:

Great. July's film gets paired up with one of these Asian cult films only the Asian cult has seen.

[Boner M]

Great. July's film gets paired up with one of these Asian cult films only the Asian cult has seen.
:rolleyes:

Nobody Knows was a sizeable arthouse hit, Mr. I-Don't-Watch-Asian-Films-Except-For-Kim-Ki-Suck.

[Rowland]

Great. July's film gets paired up with one of these Asian cult films only the Asian cult has seen.:| It was one of the most highly acclaimed movies of its year.

[Spinal]

:rolleyes:

Nobody Knows was a sizeable arthouse hit, Mr. I-Don't-Watch-Asian-Films-Except-For-Kim-Ki-Suck.

I'll fight ya. Put yer dukes up.

[Spinal]

Joke. Guys ... come on.

[Boner M]

I'll fight ya. Put yer dukes up.
Nah, I'm gonna take the 'Asian cult film' route.

http://www.moviemartyr.com/images/2001blissfully02.jpg

;)

[Spinal]

Nah, I'm gonna take the 'Asian cult film' route.


Confession!

[soitgoes...]

And I'm surprised Red Road made it into the tournament. Haven't only a few posters here seen it?
I voted for it to be in the tournament. It was really a flip of the coin type call to choose The Man Who Wasn't There over it. I'm willing to change my vote if the right offer is made... :rolleyes:

[Melville]

I've seen one film from each of the match-ups. But it looks like Nobody Knows doesn't need my help anyway.

[Kurosawa Fan]

1. The Incredibles
3. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

[origami_mustache]

Hero
n/a
n/a
Nobody Knows

[dreamdead]

1. Hero (like iosos, I'm not altogether pleased with the rewatch of Bird's film)

All the others I've only seen one of the selections... I should get to work on Red Road, as I suspect I'd quite like it.

[DSNT]

Scores So Far:

The Incredibles 8 vs. Hero 7
The Man Who Wasn’t There 2 vs. Red Road 3
The Departed 4 vs. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters 6
Nobody Knows 6 vs. Me and You and Everyone We Know 1