White Collar Blues - The "Office Movies" tournament (1 Viewer)

[ChuckDeLa]

whoops you're right, he does own the company, consider it yoinked.

Yoink!

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Alright, I've seconded Fight Club myself just to get things rolling. Let's begin!
Round 1, Bracket 1
13 Conversations About One Thing vs. 9 to 5
I haven't seen 13CA1T, so I abstain. As you vote, keep in mind not only which is the better film, but also which best portrays the daily hell of working an office job.

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Here's a few others I considered nominating, and why I ultimately decided not to:

How to Get Ahead in Advertising - if I recall correctly, he was pretty passionate about his job. Also, I hate Richard Grant intensely.

Bright Lights, Big City - the job wasn't important enough to the story.

What Happened Was... - I figured no one else would have seen it.

Being John Malkovich - don't like the movie.

You Can't Take It With You - the main characters are too powerful, only the timid toymaker guy would count, and his role is too small.

 

[Bill J]

abstain

 

[SteveGon]

13 Conversations About One Thing

 

[Rob Tomlin]

abstain

I think it's a pretty cool idea to have a strict guideline a la Hardcore SciFi tourney SteveGon (or was it georgekaplan?) ran some months ago.

The "hard core" and "regular" sci-fi tourneys, and the debate that they created, seemed headed for the "Tournament Hall of Fame".

 

[Ric Bagoly]

abstain (no 13)

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Oh well... 13 Conversations wins with the stunning score of 1-0.
Round 1, Bracket 2
After Hours vs American Beauty

 

[Lew Crippen]

abstain

And, had I voted in the first round, the score would have been 2-0

 

[SteveGon]

After Hours

 

[Brook K]

a common theme in our current batch of tournaments:

abstain, no After Hours

 

[Bill J]

After Hours

 

[Rob Tomlin]

I love After Hours (still can't believe we don't have a DVD!) but, I love American Beauty more!

 

[Vickie_M]

I don't think either one of them belong in this tourney, but...
After Hours

 

[Ric Bagoly]

American Beauty

 

[Gabe D]

After Hours

 

[ChuckDeLa]

I don't think either one of them belong in this tourney, but...

I agree, neither one quite fits. After Hours moves on to the next round.
Round 1, Bracket 3
The Apartment vs Brazil
My vote: Brazil by a country mile!

 

[SteveGon]

Tough one, but Brazil

 

[Lew Crippen]

The Apartment, but very, very hard. Too bad this is a first round match-up.:frowning:

 

[Brook K]

The Apartment