Directors Mind If We Call You Bruce? The Australian Movie Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Brook K]

Standard rules, yada, yada. Unlimited nom's and 3 2nd's.

I think this is the first time I've done one of these so any inconsistencies, mistakes or problems will be blamed on someone else.

Films In The Tournament:
Picnic At Hanging Rock
The Last Wave
The Road Warrior
Gallipoli


Eliminated
The Year Of Living Dangerously
Two Hands
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
Proof
Walkabout
Dead Calm
Babe 2: Pig In The City
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Breaker Morant
Babe
Lantana
The Devil's Playground
Mad Max
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Strictly Ballroom

 

[Angelo.M]

Breaker Morant
Whale Rider (New Zealand)
Lantana
The Piano (New Zealand)
Strictly Ballroom
Muriel's Wedding

 

[Bill McA]

Brook's in the big leagues now!

Nominate:

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
The Devil's Playground
The Goddess of 1967
Babe: Pig in the City
Flirting
Careful, He Might Hear You
Proof
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Year of Living Dangerously
Map of the Human Heart
Shame
Man of Flowers
Sweetie
The Heartbreak Kid
Children of the Revolution
Floating Life
Mad Dog Morgan
Strange Behaviour
The Pirate Movie (so bad, it's good)
Romper Stomper
Sirens

and Once Were Warriors if you're including films from New Zealand

 

[Nick Sievers]

This is weird, at the start of the week some work colleagues and myself came up with our list of 10 favorite Aussie films.

Seconds:

Strictly Ballroom
The Devil's Playground
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Nomations:

Chopper
The Dish
The Castle
Stone
Two Hands
Babe

and if it is eligible, Moulin Rouge!. Filmed in Australia, by an Australian crew, with mostly Australian actors. But funded by 20th Century Fox (which is owned by Murdoch )

 

[Brook K]

No, New Zealand films are not admissable. Not interested in the best Australian film coming down to Fellowship vs. Return of the King.

I'll have to think on Moulin Rouge. Consider it in for now.

Thanks Bill, I've seen exactly ONE of the films you nominated. I've always meant to see The Year Of Living Dangerously and Breaker Morant and never gotten around to it.

I'll go ahead and add: Lantana, Babe, and Babe 2

 

[Brian Kissinger]

Crocodile Dundee is gonna take this whole thing!

 

[Jim_K]

Nominate

Dead Calm

2nd

The Year Of Living Dangerously
Breaker Morant
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

 

[SteveGon]

I'll second Proof.

 

[Bill McA]

I'll 2nd Dead Calm and Two Hands!

 

[Brook K]

Ok, before this dies a quick and easy death, let's start the voting:

I'll go ahead and throw the last 3 in as wild cards

Wild Card Round

The Year of Living Dangerously
vs.
Proof

Breaker Morant
vs.
Two Hands

Dead Calm
vs.
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

 

[Lew Crippen]

After having lived in Oz for five years, I find that I still must:

abstain X 3

 

[Bill McA]

Proof
Breaker Morant
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey


I guess hardly anyone has seen an Australian movie :frowning:

 

[Angelo.M]

breaker morant

 

[Jim_K]

abstain - no Proof

abstain - no Two Hands, tho' Breaker Morant is one of the better Aussie films I've seen

Dead Calm by a hair

 

[Lew Crippen]

I’ve actually seen quite a few, but I knew going in that there would be no point in nominating ones that were not much known here.

Unfortunately, I’ve not seen all of the well-known ones.

 

[Jay E]

Proof
Breaker Morant
Dead Calm (Not a big fan of the Navigator)

 

[Nick Sievers]

Haven't seen Proof
Breaker Morant
Haven't seen The Navigator

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Nobody nominated Razorback?

 

[ErikG]

I'll second Razorback

 

[Bill McA]

Give it a shot Lew, we might surprise you