Let's put poor Stanley Kubrick out of his misery, shall we?
By a vote of 13-6, HTF tourney participant's choice for the
"BEST FILM OF THE LAST 35 YEARS"
is
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Thank goodness these tourneys are completely meaningless and no one cares about or pays attention...
Raiders of the Lost Ark wins
Raiders votes:
1 Vickie_M
2 Jan H
3 Jen B
4 Robin Warren
5 george kaplan
6 Bill J
7 Erik G
8 Steeve Bergeron
Red votes:
1 Walter Kittel
2 AngeloM
3 SteveGon
4 Brian Lawrence
5 Elizabeth S
6 Brook K
7 Justin_S
This. Is. IT!!
Round...
OH MY GOD! I have made a major mistake!
Back up back up back up!!
RED DID WIN!!
These were the votes for Star Wars, before I voted:
george kaplan
ErikG
JenB
Steeve Bergeron
These were the votes for Red:
Walter Kittel
Brook K
SteveGon
Bill J
Justin_S
My loyalty to...
It's interesting that in the semi-final rounds we'll have 2 truly great "art" films (yes, I consider The Godfather an art film) and 2 truly great popcorn films. That's as it should be. Once I realized that, I didn't feel so guilty voting against Red.
A Clockwork Orange - I've gone back and forth and back and back and forth and back on these, and it comes down to the one I've loved the longest and the one that has "I Wanna Marry A Lighthouse Keeper" in it. I'll be delighted if The Godfather wins though.
The Godfather
Sorry to hear that Dome. If you ever do get a chance to see Dersu, let us know what you think. Though it isn't considered anywhere near Kurosawa's best, quite rightly so, it's my favorite because I love the character of Dersu so much. Steve isn't the only one who cries. Even...
Fargo will handily win, and I will cheer, because, after all, the Coens are gods too, but I must show my devotion and loyalty to the movie I loved first, and the one I've seen most recently in the theater:
Dersu Uzala
Bleary-eyed from the midnight show of TTT last night, I'll be going to a 10:15pm show tonight (we exchanged some 4pm tickets, because we decided we'd like to sleep a bit longer) so I'm going to post results now, and post again either after we get home from the movie or sometime tomorrow. (Btw...