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03-15-2006, 04:28 AM
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Adam_S
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Last year I ran a comedy march madness movie tourney that I found on MSN.
This year I decided to do my own, but using HTF selected films.. So the top 16 films from 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 along with their respective point totals (all taken from the top ten , 'thrown down' lists) put into a spread sheet and sorted by total, the top four point earners were the first seed, one in each bracket, each seed was broken down by the the next four, so the 16th seed would be 61st, 62nd, 63rd, and 64th in point totals.
THe only thing was for 2001, I could only find a list with the top fifteen films listed, so I took the seventeenth film with the highest point total, which was the 25th hour.
These are the films I'm using:
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2001
Memento
FOTR
Moulin Rouge
A.I.
Amelie
Muhullond Dr.
Royal Tennenbaums
Black Hawk Down
In the Bedroom
Ghost World
Man Who Wasn't There
Beautiful Mind
Vanilla Sky
Shrek
Monsters Inc.
2002
Two Towers
Minority Report
Punch-Drunk Love
Adaptation
Gangs of New York
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakusi (Spirited Away)
Chicago
Pianist
Bowling for Columbine
Road to Perdition
Y tu mama tambien
Signs
About Schmidt
Catch me if you Can
Far From Heaven
The hours
25th hour
2003
Return of the King
Kill Bill vol. 1
Lost in Translation
Finding Nemo
Cidade de Deus
Mystic River
Master and Commander
21 Grams
Last Samurai
American Splendor
Pirates of the Caribbean
X2
Irreversible
In America
Elephant
Matrix Reloaded
2004
Eternal Sunshine
Incredibles
Sideways
Kill Bill Vol 2
Million Dollar Baby
Spider-Man 2
Aviator
Before Sunset
Garden State
Finding Neverland
Passion of the Christ
Dogville
Collateral
Hero
Closer
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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I'll run four a day to get through the first round, and then two a day for the second round, and then one a day for the remaining rounds.
I'll recuse myself from voting, unless there's a tie.
Adam
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03-15-2006, 04:31 AM
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#2 of 313
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Adam_S
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Return of the King
vs..
Matrix: Reloaded
Two Towers
vs.
Closer
Memento
vs.
Monsters Inc.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
vs.
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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03-15-2006, 08:48 AM
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Return of the King
Two Towers
Memento
Eternal Sunshine...
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03-15-2006, 09:52 AM
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Return of the King
Memento
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
ˇTime is not my master!
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03-15-2006, 01:10 PM
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Some relatively tough choices here as I found every one of these films to be disappointing in some way with a few I outright dislike.
Return of the King
The Two Towers
Memento (though each of these 3 is the better film in each matchup, I'm still reluctant to vote for them because it is inevitable they'll be knocking off films I think highly of in the future. It wouldn't surprise me if all 3 of these made the final 4.)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (more of a reflection of my dislike for Eternal Sunshine than any great affection for Zissou)
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2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
Get Smart - C- / Rendition - B-
Springtime in a Small Town - B+ / Evan Almighty - C
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03-16-2006, 04:58 AM
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Adam_S
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All four frontrunners win, I imagine George would have been the lone vote for Monsters Inc, which I would also choose over Memento.
Next up:
Road to Perdition
vs.
In the Bedroom
Mystic River
vs.
Master and Commander
Aviator
vs.
21 Grams
Before Sunset
vs.
Ghost World
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03-16-2006, 05:10 AM
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Would have voted for:
ROTK and Monsters Inc.
Haven't seen Closer or Eternal Sunshine yet. Two Towers, Memento, and The Life Aquatic are all very good and Matrix: Reloaded was disappointing.
This round, I'll take Before Sunset (a coin flip) in the only match-up where I've seen both films.
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03-16-2006, 06:12 AM
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I tried to vote last night, but couldn't get on, and by the time I logged in this morning it was too late. Adam is right, I would have voted for Monsters Inc., though I think Memento is a great film, and am not unhappy to see it advance.
"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder
"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.
"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock
"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk
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03-16-2006, 09:10 AM
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Road to Perdition
Mystic River
Aviator
ˇTime is not my master!
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03-16-2006, 12:29 PM
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In The Bedroom
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
21 Grams
haven't seen Before Sunset. It's the only movie in the tournament I haven't seen.
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
Get Smart - C- / Rendition - B-
Springtime in a Small Town - B+ / Evan Almighty - C
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03-16-2006, 02:45 PM
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In the Bedroom
Master and Commander
21 Grams
Ghost World
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