Directors Religion based films tournament (1 Viewer)

[SteveGon]

Third:

Breaking the Waves
Night of the Hunter

 

[ErikG]

Nominate:

God Told Me To
Deadly Blessings
The First Power
Michael


Second:

The Robe

 

[Justin_S]

We're only up to 26. 3 more noms, seconds, and thirds.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Third:

Inherit the Wind

 

[Brook K]

2nd
The Meaning Of Life

3rd
Black Narcissus

Nominate
Pi
The Jazz Singer (1927)
South Park: BLU

 

[SteveGon]

Third: The Meaning of Life

Second: Pi

 

[Lew Crippen]

Nominate:

Kundun—I don’t know how I overlooked this before.
Elmer Gantry
A Taste of Cherry—you may decide to throw this one out, but I sort of think that the assisted suicide theme might fit the bill.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Nominate:

The Magdalene Sisters

 

[Lew Crippen]

I don't think that it is all that good a movie, but


Second:

The Jazz Singer

 

[Brook K]

Thanks Lew, I seem to be the only one around that thinks it Is a good movie.

2nd
Kundun

 

[Nick Sievers]

Second: The Magdalene Sisters
Third: Kundun

 

[John C. Wilson]

Second -
The Bishop's Wife
Scrooge
Third -
It's a Wonderful Life
Keeping the Faith

 

[Justin_S]

We have exactly 32 now. Unless people think we could go to 64, I'll start the tournament later today.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Rock and roll, Justin.

 

[Justin_S]

Okay, we'll get started now. I'll refrain from voting now, and will post my votes and thoughts on the films at the end of each match.

ROUND 1

Match 1
Monty Python's Life of Brian

vs.

The Seventh Seal


Match 2
The Devil and Daniel Webster

vs.

Night of the Hunter

 

[ErikG]

Life of Brian
abstain

 

[george kaplan]

The Seventh Seal

Abstain

 

[John C. Wilson]

The Seventh Seal
Night of the Hunter

 

[SteveGon]

The Night of the Hunter
The Seventh Seal

Tough matchups!

 

[Lew Crippen]

The Seventh Seal

The Night of the Hunter