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mae
02-23-2015, 07:06 AM
For the Round 1 polls, please vote for up to six titles to move on to the next round. You can vote for less, but please make sure you are not voting for more before clicking that Vote button. The poll will be open for one week. The top six titles will be moving on to Round 2.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Stripesposter.jpg/220px-Stripesposter.jpg
Stripes (1981) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripes_%28film%29)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgKZgwkwOAQ

https://top100project.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/bringing-up-baby.jpg?w=210&h=300
Bringing Up Baby (1938) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_Up_Baby)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-EkAb1h2OM

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Last_action_hero_ver2.jpg/220px-Last_action_hero_ver2.jpg
Last Action Hero (1993) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Action_Hero)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJw8o49CNZI

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/77/Depois-de-horas-poster01.jpg/220px-Depois-de-horas-poster01.jpg
After Hours (1985) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Hours_%28film%29)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMYk34uwFro

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/51/Knockedupmp.jpg/220px-Knockedupmp.jpg
Knocked Up (2007) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocked_Up)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7GwjDTvO4c

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/OwlPussycat2.jpg
The Owl and the Pussycat (1970) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Owl_and_the_Pussycat_%28film%29)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4UT26qnpk

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8e/Office_space_poster.jpg/220px-Office_space_poster.jpg
Office Space (1999) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMIrlP61Z9s

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/oscars/images/7/7c/AnotherYear_027.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width/250
Another Year (2010) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Year_%28film%29)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilv0aVRJPps

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Borat_ver2.jpg/220px-Borat_ver2.jpg
Borat (2006) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borat)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6hEvfLfTRc

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Movie_poster_for_%22Scary_Movie%22.jpg/220px-Movie_poster_for_%22Scary_Movie%22.jpg
Scary Movie (2000) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scary_Movie)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPI47v23wo0

mae
02-23-2015, 09:23 AM
My six here are Bringing Up Baby, After Hours, Knocked Up, Office Space, Another Year, and Borat (that trailer always kills me). And what the hell, only two votes so far for Bringing Up Baby, the funniest movie ever made? You guys must be kidding.

Mattrick
02-23-2015, 04:00 PM
At least Another Year got in. Still, it's a movie I wish more people would watch. It's incredible.

After Hours/Knocked Up/Another Year/Office Space/Borat

mae
02-23-2015, 07:26 PM
Painful seeing Scary Movie ahead of Bringing Up Baby.

skyofcrack
02-23-2015, 07:41 PM
I didn't care for Office Space.

Tommy
02-23-2015, 08:13 PM
Painful seeing Scary Movie ahead of Bringing Up Baby.

I agree and Scary Movie was my nomination! Whatever the outcome of this tournament, Bringing Up Baby will always be the best comedy for me

Heather19
02-24-2015, 06:18 AM
I have Bringing Up Baby at home, so I'll wait to vote till I watch that one.

mae
02-24-2015, 06:32 AM
I have Bringing Up Baby at home, so I'll wait to vote till I watch that one.

:excited:

fernandito
02-24-2015, 08:43 AM
Scary Movie 1 was the decent one of that franchise. The rest were crap.

Iwritecode
02-24-2015, 09:19 AM
I didn't care for Office Space.

I think Office Space really appeals to people like me that actually work in IT. I can see some of my friends and former co-workers in the characters.

One time I actually got the “PC Load Letter” error when I tried to print something. When I quoted the line from the movie the guy sitting next to the printer started cracking up.

skyofcrack
02-24-2015, 11:06 AM
If you have work in IT for this film to hit on all cylinders then it's not that great.

I also recently saw Napoleon Dynamite for the first time and hated it. Some comedy just works for some and not for others.

Iwritecode
02-24-2015, 11:35 AM
If you have work in IT for this film to hit on all cylinders then it's not that great.

I also recently saw Napoleon Dynamite for the first time and hated it. Some comedy just works for some and not for others.

Napoleon Dynamite is one of those movies you have to watch a few times. I know a lot of people that hated it the first time they saw it (myself included).

Theli
02-24-2015, 11:50 AM
Went for Office Space and last Action Hero, which isn't nearly as funny as Office Space, but is just as good of a film if not better.

Girlystevedave
02-24-2015, 11:52 AM
If you have work in IT for this film to hit on all cylinders then it's not that great.

I also recently saw Napoleon Dynamite for the first time and hated it. Some comedy just works for some and not for others.

Napoleon Dynamite is one of those movies you have to watch a few times. I know a lot of people that hated it the first time they saw it (myself included).

I loved Napoleon Dynamite the first time I saw it. I remember just crying in the theater while a lot of people were just silent. But, I can really see why someone wouldn't like it. It takes a certain sense of humor, I think.

mae
02-24-2015, 12:03 PM
Pretty surprising to see Stripes in second place. Didn't think it was very popular, at least as compared to some other Bill Murray comedies.

RUBE
02-24-2015, 12:28 PM
If you have work in IT for this film to hit on all cylinders then it's not that great.

I also recently saw Napoleon Dynamite for the first time and hated it. Some comedy just works for some and not for others.

You do not have to work in IT to appreciate Office Space. I would think anyone with annoying jerks for bosses would appreciate it and doesn't that include most people.

As for Napoleon, it is definitely an acquired taste. I had to watch it twice before I really found it funny.

mae
02-24-2015, 12:57 PM
Napoleon Dynamite is coming up for a vote in tomorrow's polls.

pathoftheturtle
02-24-2015, 04:08 PM
I think Office Space really appeals to people like me that actually work in IT. I can see some of my friends and former co-workers in the characters.
I do, too. One character, anyway --


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guv5LUT1AFw

pathoftheturtle
02-24-2015, 04:10 PM
I have Bringing Up Baby at home, so I'll wait to vote till I watch that one.:smile:

divemaster
02-24-2015, 05:41 PM
I could only vote for three.

Office Space was the only "lock" for me in this round. I don't work in IT, but I thought it extremely funny. (Why would you have to work in IT to find this film funny?).

Borat is a strange case. Parts of the movie actively pissed me off. Some of his scenarios were mean-spritied and unfair to the butt of the jokes. However, there are parts of Borat that had me laughing so hard I could not breathe. Gut busting, tears running down my face, laughter. Very few films have done that for me. So, even given my stated reservations, it certainly gets my vote.

I gave Last Action Hero some love also. It was so maligned when it came out and when I eventually got around to watching it, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

I did not vote for Stripes. Stripes was THE MOVIE when it came out. The Bill Murray / SNL demographic was very strong. All my friends thought it was super-great. However, I didn't actually watch it until after I had joined the Army, and, well, it rubbed me completely the wrong way. I know I shouldn't take a stupid comedy so close to heart, but I felt like some of the "making fun" was mean-spirited or not respectful of the choice to serve. I probably just watched it at the wrong time in my life. Certainly I can appreciate military-based comedies (M*A*S*H is my favorite TV show of all time).

I've seen Bringing Up Baby and I recall it as being a bit too screwball for my tastes. I've seen a few of the 1930s - 1940s screwball comedies, and none really do it for me. Just not my genre. I watched it a long time ago and there is a possibility I would appreciate it more nowdays.

pathoftheturtle
02-24-2015, 06:41 PM
I've seen a few of the 1930s - 1940s screwball comedies, and none really do it for me. Just not my genre.

That's fine, but for Last Action Hero to advance toward our comedy title instead is just mind boggling.

needfulthings
02-24-2015, 06:55 PM
:unsure:HOW CAN A SCREWBALL COMEDY BE TO SCREWBALL?:wtf:

divemaster
02-24-2015, 08:24 PM
Well, if you don't like screwball comedies much...

It's a genre thing. Even the later screwballs don't do it for me. Mad Mad World was barely passable and The Great Race was abysmal. Just my opinion.




I've seen a few of the 1930s - 1940s screwball comedies, and none really do it for me. Just not my genre.

That's fine, but for Last Action Hero to advance toward our comedy title instead is just mind boggling.

Or Scary Movie, or Knocked Up, or... (insert any film of your choice). Not all that mind-boggling that some movies or movie types click with some but not others. I love The Three Stooges but find most Laurel and Hardy tedious. Go figure.

mae
02-24-2015, 08:43 PM
But there's still an overall feel for what constitutes a classic. BUB is definitely one while LAH is not so much.

pathoftheturtle
02-25-2015, 12:37 AM
I mean, also, my point fwiw is just about what is distinctive comedy. Scary Movie and Knocked Up are not classic and never will be, plus I'd also say that neither has a great deal of either quality or quality of laughs, (although the latter is purely opinion; no one who doesn't get a joke can ever say with certainty that there is just no joke there to get) however, they each are comedies of different sub-genres, indisputably. (i.e. parody and postmodern romcom) The sub-genre of Last Action Hero is self-referential, self-deprecating action-genre metafiction. I'm not saying that's not comedy. It is. It's just not singularly within the bounds of the larger category as clearly as screwball is, another issue quite beside the questions of which examples in the different subgenres are funniest, best-made, most timeless, and so on.

T-Dogz_AK47
02-25-2015, 05:15 AM
The weakest group of films so far, with no heavyweight comedies included. I really don't know what to vote for here... :unsure:

mae
02-25-2015, 05:23 AM
Bringing Up Baby is one of the best films ever made, not just comedy.

frik
02-25-2015, 05:25 AM
http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/review/owl-and-the-pussycat

This is a comedy classic that too often gets overlooked. It is also a great time capsule, perfectly capturing the look and spirit of the late 60's and early 70's. While it's not Barbra's best comedy, that would be What's Up, Doc?, it is her best comedic performance.

I doubt many here have seen this little gem.
I love it.

sk

Tommy
02-25-2015, 06:14 AM
Bringing Up Baby is one of the best films ever made, not just comedy.

:clap:

Directed by the great Howard Hawks who's credits are incredibly diverse, he also directed the original Scarface :shoot:
I really wish Katherine Hepburn had done more wacky screwball roles like this, she did do a lot more comedic work but never anything this silly again

mae
02-25-2015, 08:54 AM
Just need to get a couple more votes. Heather promised to watch it finally and hopefully that's one. Come on, people!

fernandito
02-25-2015, 09:04 AM
I've seen a few of the 1930s - 1940s screwball comedies, and none really do it for me. Just not my genre.

That's fine, but for Last Action Hero to advance toward our comedy title instead is just mind boggling.

I've always considered LAH more of a comedy than an action film, despite the title.

Even the action in the film is used as a platform allowing the satirical comedy to shine.



"Wait a minute... the bad puns, the hard rock... I'm in a movie!"

"I'm a good guy, I'm the sidekick, this has got to work! ... Oh shit, I'm the comic relief! This is not gonna wooooooooork!!"

pathoftheturtle
02-25-2015, 03:17 PM
More camp than satire. It's a companion piece to Arnold's other films, which usually contain a little comedy and lots of action, made the other way around. It is a comedy, but a comedy about action films. I just think it's weird because the only comedy tournament you'd expect it to win best comedy in would have to be voted by some group like actionmovieforums.com

Bringing Up Baby as best of all time is not unusual at all. It's just funny.

Heather19
02-25-2015, 05:30 PM
Sorry guys. I watched Bringing Up Baby but was pretty bored by it :(

mae
02-25-2015, 07:20 PM
You have to be kidding :panic:

Tommy
02-25-2015, 08:17 PM
:frown2:

mae
02-26-2015, 07:04 AM
If not Bringing Up Baby, I hope maybe After Hours can knock Last Action Hero out of sixth place yet. That's a great one as well.

T-Dogz_AK47
02-26-2015, 08:05 AM
If not Bringing Up Baby, I hope maybe After Hours can knock Last Action Hero out of sixth place yet. That's a great one as well.

I always found After Hours more disturbing than funny. It's a great film, but I wouldn't say that it's a great comedy.

Heather19
02-26-2015, 08:23 AM
You have to be kidding :panic:


:frown2:

The whole storyline was just preposterous. I guess that was the point but I couldn't get over the fact that this guy was going to marry someone the very next day and he's out gallivanting around with some other women for the whole time.

mae
02-26-2015, 08:27 AM
The plot is really beside the point in a screwball comedy.

BROWNINGS CHILDE
02-26-2015, 12:31 PM
Office Space is the only homerun for me in this group, but I also voted for Stripes, Knocked Up and Borat.

Borat is the iffy-est one for me. I hated a large portion of the movie, but blew coke out of my nose a couple of time. Some lines were outright hilarious, while the movie in general is not one of my favorites. Overall, I had to go ahead and vote for it for the lines that got to me.

divemaster
02-26-2015, 12:48 PM
Borat is the iffy-est one for me. I hated a large portion of the movie, but blew coke out of my nose a couple of time. Some lines were outright hilarious, while the movie in general is not one of my favorites. Overall, I had to go ahead and vote for it for the lines that got to me.



Borat is a strange case. Parts of the movie actively pissed me off. Some of his scenarios were mean-spritied and unfair to the butt of the jokes. However, there are parts of Borat that had me laughing so hard I could not breathe. Gut busting, tears running down my face, laughter. Very few films have done that for me. So, even given my stated reservations, it certainly gets my vote.



:thumbsup:

mae
02-27-2015, 06:51 AM
I'm still in disbelief that Last Action Hero and Scary Movie will be moving on in place of After Hours and Bringing Up Baby. Does not compute...

fernandito
02-27-2015, 09:32 AM
Simple. They're funnier. :)

mae
03-02-2015, 07:07 AM
The poll has closed. The following six titles are moving on to the next round:


Office Space (1999) 70.97%
Stripes (1981) 58.06%
Borat (2006) 41.94%
Knocked Up (2007) 35.48%
Scary Movie (2000) 35.48%
Last Action Hero (1993) 25.81%


And the following four titles have been eliminated:


After Hours (1985) 19.35%
Bringing Up Baby (1938) 16.13%
Another Year (2010) 9.68%
The Owl and the Pussycat (1970) 3.23%

fernandito
03-02-2015, 09:05 AM
Last Action Hero (1993) 25.81%


http://www.soundonsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/yellow-eye.jpg

mae
03-02-2015, 09:08 AM
It's a sad day indeed.

Tommy
03-02-2015, 01:06 PM
ye gods!

mae
03-02-2015, 01:08 PM
In my wildest nightmares I couldn't imagine Bringing Up Baby being eliminated in the first round. I was certain it would make it at least to the Finals.

Tommy
03-02-2015, 01:13 PM
In my wildest nightmares I couldn't imagine Bringing Up Baby being eliminated in the first round. I was certain it would make it at least to the Finals.

same here :cry:

Still Servant
03-02-2015, 05:07 PM
Sorry, Pablo. I told you this might happen though. I remember watching Bringing Up Baby when I was a kid (it's my Mom's favorite movie), but a lot of people just haven't seen it.

The good news is that a lot of people are about to discover a classic. By the way, my Mom was equally horrified it got bounced first round when I told her.

mae
03-02-2015, 08:47 PM
To me it is the funniest movie ever made by far and one of the best movies of all time, so this is earthshatteringly mind blowing.