Directors george kaplan criterion tourney (1 Viewer)

[george kaplan]

With Brook's blessing I am embarking on a blatant rip-off of his earlier Criterion tournament. However, I prefer to think of it as an homage to his great idea and while Brook and I have some Criterion titles in common, our collections are still very different, and mine is much smaller than his, so this should be a different enough tournament.

I only have 32 Criterions, and I’ll match em up randomly. Up first:

Diabolique vs. Silence of the Lambs

 

[Brook K]

George, it's not a rip-off, it's a reimagining

Silence of the Lambs (it's funnier)

 

[Bill McA]

Silence of the Lambs

 

[Arman]

abstain (#1 ... more to come? I don't think George has enough real great films in his Criterion colections j/k both are great films (?), I just have'nt seen Diabolique yet)

 

[Jim_K]

Silence of the Lambs - but aside from the great commentary on the Criterion, I prefer the MGM SE.

 

[Justin_S]

Diabolique, though I love both.

 

[SteveGon]

Diabolique

 

[george kaplan]

Silence of the Lambs wins.

Next,

Closely Watched Trains vs. Hard Boiled

 

[Nick Sievers]

Abstain

I wonder when Cries & Whispers will make its appearance.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Closely Watched Trains

 

[Jim_K]

Hard Boiled

I don't know whats more surprising. George owning foreign language films or Brook owning a Godzilla flick.

 

[george kaplan]

The same time as Do the Right Thing.

 

[Bill McA]

abstain - no Closely Watched Trains

 

[Brook K]

Hard-Boiled (Closely Watched Trains is good as well)

I've liked Godzilla since I was a kid and my cousin used to shoot at me with his Shogun Warrior Godzilla. But growing up with G in the ultra campy 70's movies I've always been more attracted to the comedic aspects. G2000 was near perfect in that regard and I had much more fun with it than the early 90's attempts at more serious Godzilla movies that just came off as even cheezier. I'm probably one of the few G fans that really likes those late 60's movies with the little kid and baby Godzilla. Maybe my favorite Godzilla scene is when Big G teaches little G to breath fire by jumping on his tail.

 

[SteveGon]

Abstain - No CWT (on my to-see list).

 

[george kaplan]

Hard Boiled wins.

Next,

The 39 Steps vs. The Seventh Seal

 

[SteveGon]

The Seventh Seal

 

[Lew Crippen]

The Seventh Seal

 

[Brook K]

The Seventh Seal

 

[Bill McA]

The Seventh Seal