Directors SteveGon's "Favorite Movies from His DVD Collection" Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Jim_K]

X2
Mishima
My Man Godfrey
Abstain - No Porky's 2

 

[Brian Kissinger]

I'm going to give the slight edge here to Quatermass and the Pit . I did indeed enjoy X2 more than the original, but that damn charming Quatermass gets the nod.


Abstain on all others. Although I did actually come close to watching The Accidental Tourist one time.

 

[John C. Wilson]

X2: X-Men United
My Man Godfrey
Babe: Pig in the City

 

[Brook K]

City of Lost Children

 

[Nick Sievers]

City of Lost Children

 

[Lew Crippen]

abstain

 

[Arman]

Babe: Pig in the City

 

[SteveGon]

My votes:

X2: X-Men United - Tough one.
The Accidental Tourist - Deserves a vote.
Nothing Sacred - Sympathy vote.
City of Lost Children - Couldn't decide, had to toss a coin.


X2: X-Men United wins 3 - 2.
Mishima wins 4 - 1.
My Man Godfrey wins 5 - 1.
City of Lost Children wins 4 - 3.


Round 1 - Bracket 13

The "men of science" matchup

The Man in the White Suit vs. Re-Animator


Round 1 - Bracket 14

The "let's pick up the kids" matchup

Raising Arizona vs. Mad Mad Beyond Thunderdome


Round 1 - Bracket 15

The "I should be getting hazard pay" matchup

Kiss Me Deadly vs. Sorcerer


Round 1 - Bracket 16

The "doomed by society" matchup

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser vs. The Creature from the Black Lagoon


Now those are matchups you ain't gonna see every day!

 

[Nick Sievers]

Raising Arizona

 

[SteveGon]

Comments:

The Man in the White Suit is my favorite Alec Guinness film, a deft blend of comedy, science, and social commentary.

Re-Animator has nothing in common with the H.P. Lovecraft short story on which it's based. But who cares? It's great, gory fun and the "head" scene is some kind of classic.

Raising Arizona is my favorite Coen film; it's hilarious, droll, and ultimately touching.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is usually dismissed as a redheaded stepchild, but I think it's quite good. It's more fleshed out than the other Mad Max films and moves like gangbusters.

Kiss Me Deadly is a great little noir film with the added subtext of the dangers of nuclear power. Mike Hammer kicks ass.

Sorcerer is a solid remake of The Wages of Fear that eschews the lengthy set-up of Clouzot's film. Great score by Tangerine Dream.

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser is prime Herzog, arguably his finest film.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon was late to the party but a welcome addition to the pantheon of Universal monsters. The idea of a living missing link/offshoot of humanity is cool, though admittedly not very plausible. Great fun.

 

[Jim_K]

The Man in the White Suit
Raising Arizona
Sorcerer
Abstain - no Kaspar

 

[Lew Crippen]

abstain

 

[george kaplan]

Abstain

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (I don't like this movie at all. But I like Raising Arizona, much, much less. I'd have abstained since neither deserves a vote IMO, but I had to vote in the one matchup I actually could. )

Double Abstain

 

[Brook K]

Au contraire mon frere, the lead character is named Herbert West, just like in the short story Herbert West, Re-Animator

abstain, go Re-Animator

Raising Arizona

abstain, neither

Every Man For Himself And God Against All (one of the top 3 movie titles of all time)

 

[SteveGon]

Doh!

 

[Bill McA]

Re-Animator
Raising Arizona
Sorcerer
Every Man For Himself And God Against All


Indeed!!
Personally, I prefer 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance...it just kinda has a nice ring to it!

 

[Elizabeth S]

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (If I have to choose -- dislike both)

 

[Arman]

go abstain x4!

 

[John C. Wilson]

The Man in the White Suit
Mad Mad Beyond Thunderdome
Kiss Me Deadly
Abstain

 

[SteveGon]

Round 1 - Bracket 17

The "men and their machines" matchup

Knightriders vs. Only Angels Have Wings


Round 1 - Bracket 18

The "psychos in the city" matchup

Miami Blues vs. Fingers


Round 1 - Bracket 19

The "finding sanctuary" matchup

Lost Horizon vs. Men With Guns


Round 1 - Bracket 20

The "noble but doomed anyway" matchup

Dersu Uzala vs. Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)