At least one swap of mine (Ed Wood) still hangs on, I guess.
At least one swap of mine (Ed Wood) still hangs on, I guess.
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
Voting for the Elite Eight is now open! Vote now by posting in this thread or sending me a PM.
Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven
Fargo vs. Ed Wood
Contenders or Pretenders?
Coming off a blowout win over The Shawshank Redemption, Ed Wood appears to be red hot. If you look a little closer, however, you'll notice it's the only remaining movie that survived an early-round nailbiter (against Seven). Meanwhile, Fargo has quietly amassed three solid, if unexceptional, wins over Dead Man, L. A. Confidential, and Three Colors: Red. Does wily newcomer Ed Wood have more tricks up its sleeves, or will the Fargo institution take care of business as usual and prime the wood chipper?
It's been a rough road to the the Elite Eight for Princess Mononoke and Terminator 2. Mononoke had to go through Tarantino, Lynch, and Fincher to get here (pulling out multiple upset wins in the process), while Terminator 2 had close upset wins against both Heat and #1 seed The Silence of the Lambs. They've already made their mark on Madness 2.0 by making it this far -- but with match-ups against Pulp Fiction and Boogie Nights, do these underdogs suddenly find themselves surrounded by wolves?
On the eve of the 93rd Academy Awards, here's an Oscar rundown of the films remaining in Madness 2.0:
-- Aside from Boogie Nights and Princess Mononoke, every movie in the Elite Eight won at least one Oscar.
-- Unforgiven is Oscar's favorite, with four wins including Best Picture and Best Director. The only other movie with as many wins is Terminator 2.
-- Three other movies were nominated for Best Picture but didn't win. Goodfellas lost to Dances with Wolves, Pulp Fiction lost to Forrest Gump, and Fargo lost to The English Patient.
-- Goodfellas' loss to Dances with Wolves is one of Oscar's most notorious snubs. As the only movie in Madness 2.0 to enjoy multiple blowout victories, is Goodfellas gearing up to "take care" of Unforgiven, thus satiating its vengeful bloodlust against the Academy?
Find out when voting closes in four days!
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Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven
Fargo vs. Ed Wood
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
I'm shocked any swap has made it this far. Ed Wood has surpassed all reasonable expectation.Quoting Peng (view post)
Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven
Fargo vs. Ed Wood
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Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven
Fargo vs. Ed Wood
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
From the same point in Madness 1.0:
Excellent call with Do the Right Thing, bad call with Blue Velvet. Predictions for Madness 2.0?
Those sweet 16 results and I'M the monster?? You people should be ashamed.
Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven
Fargo vs. Ed Wood
Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke-Man I really should have seen Mononoke by now.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights-T2
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven-Goodfellas. Sorry Clint.
Fargo vs. Ed Wood-Fargo although I love Ed Wood
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And it's happened once again
I'll turn to a friend
Someone that understands
And sees through the master plan
But everybody's gone
And I've been here for too long
To face this on my own
Well, I guess this is growing up
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Haha, y'all cancelled out each other's vote, like me and my mom in the last election!
Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven
Fargo vs. Ed Wood
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven
Fargo vs. Ed Wood
Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke @DFA 1978, I feel ya... really regretting not watching Mononoke by this point
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights (easy match-up... why is T2 still here?)
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven (easy)
Fargo vs. Ed Wood (difficult)
Stuff I've Watched out of *****
The Last Duel - ***
Only Murders in the Building: **
Squid Games: **.5
Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights
Fargo vs. Ed Wood
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
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Because its arguably the best action movie of all time. But ya'll prefer a movie where an underwear model tries to act in a story where he sells peeps at his cock for a fiver. Feel the vibration
Sperminator 2000: Judgment Lay vs Booger Knights is def the week's hardest match-up for me.
It's a good movie with excellent visual effects. It has a script riddled with hamhanded writing and a plot that is straight out of Screenwriting for Dummies. I don't want to underplay it's significance or very strong action sequences, but one of rhe greats it is not.
As for Boogie Nights, I would be much more comfortable voting for Magnolia, but Boogie Night's scope and preternaturally assured direction gives it the edge.
Stuff I've Watched out of *****
The Last Duel - ***
Only Murders in the Building: **
Squid Games: **.5
Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven
Fargo vs. Ed Wood
last four:
black widow - 8
zero dark thirty - 9
the muse - 7
freaky - 7
now reading:
lonesome dove - larry mcmurtry
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I love Boogie Nights and T2 but I don't see how Boogie Nights' script is wildly better than T2 from a structure standpoint. Boogie Nights is a classic rise / fall / settle for the love of your adapted "family" after fucking up with drugs and a big ego. It's like "Behind the Music" but with porn stars instead of rock stars.
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
Oh yeah, that 'ol time travelling robot sent back to protect targets of another assassin time travelling robot to protect the future of humans in the upcoming rise of the robot wars cliche. I do remember when T2 came out, most people were like "we're doing this again? groan"
Just because it's a convoluted time travel savior storyline doesn't make it a novel one. In film, San Soleil comes immediately to mind as having a similar story line, but the idea in fiction is old hat.
Stuff I've Watched out of *****
The Last Duel - ***
Only Murders in the Building: **
Squid Games: **.5
I think you mean La Jetee?
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
Yep, that's the one. Getting Chris Marker mixed up is what I do on most Friday nights.
Stuff I've Watched out of *****
The Last Duel - ***
Only Murders in the Building: **
Squid Games: **.5
Pulp Fiction vs. Princess Mononoke
Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. Boogie Nights
Goodfellas vs. Unforgiven (bleh)
Fargo vs. Ed Wood (Ed Wood would probably be #2 among the 7 of these I've seen)
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