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SteveGon

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Proof - Tough.

Abstain on the rest.

Keep meaning to see The Aristocrats and 2046. No desire to see The Skeleton Key. Land of the Dead was fun, Eros was "meh," Enron good.
 

Justin_S

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Abstain - seen neither.
Abstain - seen neither.
Abstain - no Proof.
Abstain - saw part of Skeleton Key when a friend rented it. Hated what I saw.
 

george kaplan

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Yes. Lots. Unfortunately, relatively few new ones unless my 5 year old son can watch it. Hence, I saw RV last week, but Da Vinci Code is going to have to wait in a long line of films to be a rental.
 

Bill McA

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abstain - seen neither

2046 - I only cared for one segment of Eros

abstain - no Proof, but I did like Match Point

Land of the Dead
 

Brook K

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Advancing:

2046 2-0 over Eros (my vote as well...I only liked one segment of Eros too)

Proof 2-0 over Matchpoint (haven't seen Proof, will have to bump it up my Netflix list)

Land of the Dead 4-0 over The Skeleton Key (agreed)

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Continuing Matches (Please Vote if you Can! Last Day!)

Transporter 2 leads Syriana - 1-0

Millions leads Everything is Illuminated - 1-0

The Best of Youth vs. The Beat That My Heart Skipped

The Corpse Bride leads Chicken Little - 1-0

The Aristocrats leads Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room - 1-0
 

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Unless I get around to seeing Munich in the next 24 hours, it will be a big quad abstain for me.
 

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Abstain - No WC, not much interest in seeing it.

Abstain - Was going to rent TP the other day but didn't - sure it's not better than Downfall though.

Munich

Schultze Gets the Blues - Close one.
 

Justin_S

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Bad News Bears
Abstain - don't care to see The Producers, but Downfall is amazing.
Munich - I loved Jarhead, but Munich is my #1 film of 2005.
Abstain - seen neither.
 

Bill McA

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abstain - no Wedding Crashers yet
abstain - no Producers yet (but I did think the original was hilarious)
abstain - no Jarhead yet
abstain - no Look at Me yet

:frowning:
 

Brook K

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Advancing

Syriana advances over Transporter 2 - 1-1/coinflip (while I didn't think Syriana was exceptional, Transporter 2 was a step down from the surprisingly good original)

Millions beats Everything is Illuminated - 1-0

The Best of Youth advances over The Beat That My Heart Skipped - 1-0 (I break the tie. Beat is good drama, BOY is great storytelling and one of the best films I saw last year)

The Corpse Bride beats Chicken Little - 2-0 (2nd vote comes from my seven yr old daughter, Bailey)

The Aristocrats beats Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room - 1-1/coinflip (While I initially rated these equally, I think in light of the government actually getting a guilty verdict, it gives Enron added importance as a historical document. Aristocrats was a really good idea nearly killed by overediting, though it still manages to be quite funny in sequences)

The Bad News Bears over Wedding Crashers - 2-0 (the first result I really disagree with. WC was a solid hour of laugh till it hurts hilarity though the last 30-40m does drop off. I saw BNB as another crap remake, but the majority speaks)

Munich over Jarhead - 4-1 (haven't seen Jarhead)

Next Round (if you haven't noticed already, many (though not all, some are random) of these matchups are based on a shared theme)


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Continuing

Downfall tied 0-0 with The Producers

Schultze Gets the Blues up 1-0 vs. Look at Me
 

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Mysterious Skin (Just watched it this morning -- excellent! "Breakfast on Pluto" was a big disappointment for me, with an eventually annoying Cillian Murphy performance. )
 

george kaplan

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It looks like the ones I have seen are losing, so it's quite possible I may not get to vote even once in this tourney.
 

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