The Great Movie Tournament - 1990s: Round 1 - Group 20 of 32 - Tiebreaker

[mae]

For the tiebreaker poll, please vote for one title to move on to the next round. The poll will be open for four days.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/Vitaebella.jpg/220px-Vitaebella.jpg
Life Is Beautiful (1997) ("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_Beautiful")
Directed by Roberto Benigni


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y_p7KmAiLM

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Mermaidsposter.jpg/220px-Mermaidsposter.jpg
Mermaids (1990) ("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaids_%281990_film%29")
Directed by Richard Benjamin


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij6Rmyv0bEM

[amd013]

Have to abstain, since never seen either.

[mae]

Have to abstain, since never seen either.

If you have Starz, Mermaids is available on demand: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/mermaids

Unfortuntaley, Life Is Beautiful is not streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/life-is-beautiful

[Heather19]

You guys have to watch Mermaids! I love that film.

[Jean]

still can't find it http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_sad.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bear_sad.gif.html)

[Heather19]

:(

[Still Servant]

Have to abstain, since never seen either.

If you have Starz, Mermaids is available on demand: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/mermaids

Unfortuntaley, Life Is Beautiful is not streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/life-is-beautiful

Thanks for the tip! Got out of work early because of snow and decided to use my time wisely and check out Mermaids. I really enjoyed it! The film is not about mermaids. Who knew?

Some really great performances in this one and I love hearing the internal monologue of a young girl finding herself. Also, man, Cher is smokin' in this film.

[mae]

It's a wonderful film and I'm surprised it's not better known.

[Heather19]

So glad you enjoyed it Mike!


It's a wonderful film and I'm surprised it's not better known.

Yes, especially considering the cast.

[Still Servant]

So glad you enjoyed it Mike!


It's a wonderful film and I'm surprised it's not better known.

Yes, especially considering the cast.

I'm surprised it's not more well known too. I will have to ask my mom if she's ever seen it.

I'm kicking myself because a few weeks before our nominating process began, I had the film in my hands and I put it back. I will have to see if it's still there.

[Still Servant]

I also wanted to add that it's funny that Michael Schoeffling is in Mermaids. I actually just watched Sixteen Candles for the first time a few weeks back. Schoeffling is also in that film. He really only made a handful of films before walking away from acting. In fact, after Mermaids, he only made one more film.

[mae]

The poll has closed. Mermaids moves on and Life Is Beautiful has been eliminated.

[Still Servant]

My vote mattered! I sat down to watch the film and it actually mattered.

[mae]

It really great that this tournament is making people watch movies they might not have! It's a great side-effect of these things.

[fernandito]

It's one of my favorite things about any of the tournaments we do.

That and the satiation of my compulsive need to vote on things.