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The Princess Bride easily over the good, but outrageously over rated Goodfellas. Steve, don't you ever get tired of the Ran/Run Joke? :p)

Steve, don't tell me with all the movies you have seen, you have never seen Titus.

There is only one matchup I can vote in. Maybe I'm blinded (I don't think so) but in 50 years, I think L.A. Confidential will have mostly faded away, where The Man in the Moon could very well have grown. Of course, they'll probably both mostly be forgotten.

You guys obviously don't understand the average life span of a Rap Star. Will any of those guys still be alive in 25 years, not to mention 50? :p)

Driving Miss Daisy - Which I don't see as remotely racist. It is historically viable and implying it is racist is akin to what causes books like Tom Sawyer getting a bad rep. Gotta go with George on this, which doesn't happen often. ;) Election - Scarface is already seriously dated in its...

Dark City - I agree with Scott, but maybe even moreso. I am floored by the number of people I run into who are nuts about Dark City, and I'm talking about ones who aren't big movie people. So much so that I think it may actually surpass Blade Runner, which still seems to be limited enough to...

I don't think any of these will be classics 50 years from now.

Brazil - easily abstain - no Talk abstain - no Waves neither

An interesting thing. A week or so ago I got a neighbor's publication in the mail by error which had an article on what makes a classic. I just had to read it before taking it to the correct address. It was quite interesting and brought up points I hadn't really considered on what makes a...

Blood Simple - I'm thinking the satire of Spinal Tap may be too topical to keep its edge in 2050, while the representation of the dark side of human nature shown in Blood Simple will still be as profound as ever. In the end, it is probably too obscure to end up a classic, though. abstain -...

Vickie, I'm sorry if I came off too strong. I think I was tired. The truth is, I am a pretty big fan of Moulin Rouge. I definitely think there are "messy" things about it, but in the end there are a great number of things I like. I actually put the disc in fairly often (yes, I own it as part of...

Vickie, from one Bliss lover to another (is the DVD really coming?) I'd like to say that your growing intolerance toward criticism of any of your more obsessively beloved films, whether it be Moulin Rouge, Titanic, FOTR, or whatever else is getting downright tiring. A few people say negative...

Are we now just looking at the title of the thread and completely ignoring everything else? The goal is to pick movies that will be classics 50 years from now. This is not directed specifically at you, Brian, but the way so many people just decide to make the guidelines of these tourneys...

Huh? :confused: Blade Runner - in the three dimensional world, it will never be surpassed by Red. None of the others

Total Recall Titus None of the rest

Beetlejuice none of the rest

Tucker: The Man and His Dream - Though, really neither Army of Darkness Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery - Not my personal choice, though Back to the Future - Ditto

American History X - By an enormous amount. I like both of these, but Suspects will be long forgotten. The Untouchables - But really, neither. American Psycho - Once again easily, though probably a cult classic. 12 Monkeys

Almost Famous War Games

Akira Dreams Neither Aliens

Zelig The Abyss The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai A.I. George, while I understand what you are saying, there is a lot of crap to wade through here. It seems to me at this point it is better to pick the better choice of the 2 rather than just say neither is worthy.

That's between me and Brian, smartass

Nominate: Kangaroo Jack

Nominate: Titus

Nominate Falling Down I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned yet

Second: Pleasantville

You must be new here, Bill. ;) Don't you know how many people change these tourneys into whatever they want them to be, bending the instructions in whatever direction they want to? I could give an excellent, specific example, but I don't feel like being attacked for pointing it out again.

Well, if it continues, I certainly want to second Miller's Crossing