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mae
05-08-2015, 07:06 AM
For the Octofinals polls, please vote for one title to move on to the next round. The poll will be open for one week. The top title will be moving on to the Quarterfinals.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/Airplane%21.jpg/220px-Airplane%21.jpg
Airplane! (1980) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane!)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjPY1jG7lo

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/There%27s_Something_About_Mary_POSTER.jpg/220px-There%27s_Something_About_Mary_POSTER.jpg
There's Something About Mary (1998) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_Something_About_Mary)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy6I_txrRNk

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/The_Naked_Gun_Poster.jpg/220px-The_Naked_Gun_Poster.jpg
The Naked Gun (1988) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Gun:_From_the_Files_of_Police_Squad!)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PACTQutbow4

Iwritecode
05-08-2015, 07:17 AM
The Naked Gun is hilarious, but I had to go with Airplane.

Tommy
05-08-2015, 07:19 AM
The Naked Gun is hilarious, but I had to go with Airplane.

Same here

Girlystevedave
05-08-2015, 07:22 AM
There's Something About Mary.

mae
05-08-2015, 07:28 AM
There's Something About Mary.

Yup. It's way under-rated.

fernandito
05-08-2015, 08:29 AM
Airplane is a classic classic, but TSAM is a modern classic and a very underrated comedy.
Bahhhh, might need some time to think about this.

mae
05-09-2015, 08:24 AM
Go Mary!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzRuKnb2uuY

divemaster
05-09-2015, 01:48 PM
Hmmmm...Airplane! or Naked Gun; Airplane or Naked Gun...

Airplane!

Still Servant
05-10-2015, 03:36 PM
http://img.pandawhale.com/31355-Airplane-movie-Xudx.jpeg

Heather19
05-11-2015, 05:14 AM
There's Something About Mary.

Yup. It's way under-rated.

This is one of those films that I loved when I first saw it. Couldn't stop laughing, but then when I went to rewatch it a few years later, it just wasn't that funny to me. I guess cause I knew all the jokes? Idk, because there's plenty others that I can watch over and over and never get tired of.

Theli
05-11-2015, 08:26 AM
I don't see how There's Something About Mary could possibly be underrated. Its made it far in this tournament, and it was one of the highest grossing comedies of the 90's.

mae
05-11-2015, 08:29 AM
Most people don't automatically think about it when thinking of classic comedies, I think. Recent classics, anyway.

fernandito
05-11-2015, 09:01 AM
I don't see how There's Something About Mary could possibly be underrated. Its made it far in this tournament, and it was one of the highest grossing comedies of the 90's.
Underrated in the sense that its not typically at the forefront of public consciousness when discussing comedy classics.
Not in the way that Airplane or Holy Grail might be, for instance.

Randall Flagg
05-11-2015, 12:18 PM
There's Something About Mary.

Yup. It's way under-rated.
I laughed so hard the first 20 minutes of the movie that my face hurt for two days.

Iwritecode
05-11-2015, 12:39 PM
I seriously just now realized how many movies Ben Stiller has been in that I either didn’t like or just haven’t had any interest in watching. Just off the top of my head:

Tropic Thunder
There’s Something About Mary
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
Zoolander
Mystery Men
The Heartbreak Kid
Night at the Museum
The Royal Tenenbaums
Along Came Polly
Starsky & Hutch

It’s really weird because I’ve never had any conscious thought of not liking him. I enjoyed his role in Dodgeball and I want to see The Watch (it’s recorded on my DVR). I also remember watching him in the Ben Stiller show in the 90’s.

But for some reason all of the movies listed above just didn’t click with me for one reason or another.

Still Servant
05-11-2015, 01:59 PM
I'm really surprised Airplane! is getting beat. I never realized so many people liked Mary so much.

Mattrick
05-11-2015, 07:11 PM
Tropic Thunder (great)
There's Something About Mary (great)
Meet the Fockers (average)
Meet the Parents (good)
Zoolander (great)
Mystery Men (awful)
The Heartbreak Kid (looked awful)
Night at the Museum (no interest)
The Royal Tenenbaums (fantastic)
Along Came Polly (bad)
Starsky & Hutch (meh)


Hope that helps you out lol.


Went with There's Something About Mary. A classic, dark comedy that's as smart and clever as it is outrageously stupid. "What about...Brett--Faffferruh?"

Iwritecode
05-12-2015, 07:13 AM
I don't get the hype for Mary and cannot believe The Naked Gun is taking such a beating. I figured the two Leslie Nielsen movies would would split a lot of the votes.

fernandito
05-12-2015, 08:44 AM
I'm really surprised Airplane! is getting beat. I never realized so many people liked Mary so much.

Thinking the exact same thing.

Theli
05-12-2015, 12:24 PM
I'm in agreement with the above posters.

pathoftheturtle
05-12-2015, 12:44 PM
I'm in agreement with the above posters.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/Airplane%21.jpg/220px-Airplane%21.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/There%27s_Something_About_Mary_POSTER.jpg/220px-There%27s_Something_About_Mary_POSTER.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/The_Naked_Gun_Poster.jpg/220px-The_Naked_Gun_Poster.jpgIt's hard to argue with the posters.

I'm about 50% on Ben Stiller, so-so on Farrelly Brothers, would never vote for TSAM.

Theli
05-12-2015, 01:09 PM
I'm in agreement with the above posters.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/Airplane%21.jpg/220px-Airplane%21.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/There%27s_Something_About_Mary_POSTER.jpg/220px-There%27s_Something_About_Mary_POSTER.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/The_Naked_Gun_Poster.jpg/220px-The_Naked_Gun_Poster.jpgIt's hard to argue with the posters.

I'm about 50% on Ben Stiller, so-so on Farrelly Brothers, would never vote for TSAM.

:lol:

Girlystevedave
05-13-2015, 05:35 AM
I seriously just now realized how many movies Ben Stiller has been in that I either didn’t like or just haven’t had any interest in watching. Just off the top of my head:

Tropic Thunder
There’s Something About Mary
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
Zoolander
Mystery Men
The Heartbreak Kid
Night at the Museum
The Royal Tenenbaums
Along Came Polly
Starsky & Hutch

It’s really weird because I’ve never had any conscious thought of not liking him. I enjoyed his role in Dodgeball and I want to see The Watch (it’s recorded on my DVR). I also remember watching him in the Ben Stiller show in the 90’s.

But for some reason all of the movies listed above just didn’t click with me for one reason or another.

To be honest, I don't really care for a lot of the movies you named, with the exception of Zoolander, There's Something About Mary, and Dodgeball.
I really hate the Meet the Parents movies.

Iwritecode
05-13-2015, 08:01 AM
TSAM was on TV last night, so I watched a little bit of it.

Still don't get the hype. Especially since it's going against two classic and hilarious comedies. :frown2:

Mattrick
05-13-2015, 03:30 PM
Me looking at these results

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy182/JustJ46671/2plus2/matt-dillon-something-about-mary-horse-teeth.jpg

As I listen to this in my head


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

I love There's Something About Mary because it's truly a dark comedy, but's made with such colourful, cheerful overtones, it does a good job of hiding how dark it is.

Still Servant
05-13-2015, 05:05 PM
I seriously just now realized how many movies Ben Stiller has been in that I either didn’t like or just haven’t had any interest in watching. Just off the top of my head:

Tropic Thunder
There’s Something About Mary
Meet the Fockers
Meet the Parents
Zoolander
Mystery Men
The Heartbreak Kid
Night at the Museum
The Royal Tenenbaums
Along Came Polly
Starsky & Hutch

It’s really weird because I’ve never had any conscious thought of not liking him. I enjoyed his role in Dodgeball and I want to see The Watch (it’s recorded on my DVR). I also remember watching him in the Ben Stiller show in the 90’s.

But for some reason all of the movies listed above just didn’t click with me for one reason or another.

To be honest, I don't really care for a lot of the movies you named, with the exception of Zoolander, There's Something About Mary, and Dodgeball.
I really hate the Meet the Parents movies.

Not even Tropic Thunder?

mae
05-15-2015, 08:33 AM
There's Something About Mary moves on to the Quarterfinals, while Airplane! and The Naked Gun are eliminated.

Still Servant
05-15-2015, 05:26 PM
Wow. Just wow. Airplane! was my pick for the finals.

I'm trying to figure out whether or not people preferred There's Something About Mary or if they just haven't seen Airplane!.

mae
05-15-2015, 09:43 PM
Surely, they've seen it.

Theli
05-16-2015, 06:38 AM
I've seen it, and stop calling me Shirley!


Seriously though, that just blew my mind. Wonder if Airplane would have had a better chance not paired with Naked Gun.

fernandito
05-16-2015, 07:53 AM
I voted for Airplane and I'm very sad to see it go, but TSAM is like I said a very worth film.
Still shocked by this result though.