The Great Movie Tournament - 2000s: Round 1 - Group 32 of 32

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08-09-2019 05:27 AM
mae

The Great Movie Tournament - 2000s: Round 1 - Group 32 of 32

During the first round of The Great Movie Tournament, please vote for up to six films you would like to move onto the next round. The top six films will be moving on. Keep in mind that the percentage of the vote a given film receives will determine its standing going forward.

The poll will run for seven days. Discussion is greatly encouraged!

The nominees are (please let me know if any video doesn't play for you):

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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Directed by Steven Spielberg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xas1UyTiVUw

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Directed by Terry Gilliam

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEQlNHVhZ3I

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Rescue Dawn (2006)
Directed by Werner Herzog

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNm9Tzo5rvI

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District 9 (2009)
Directed by Neill Blomkamp

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BjWEn5yvmw

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Ratatouille (2007)
Directed by Brad Bird

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOGDozdW9Yo

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Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCIeWol8jVk

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The Piano Teacher (2001)
Directed by Michael Haneke

Watch Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJu7KitC2RM

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Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Directed by Zack Snyder

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV8mJcuYVaA
08-09-2019 08:27 AM
fernandito

District 9 is a science fiction masterpiece. A shame Blomkamp couldn't keep his directorial trajectory upward.

The Piano Teacher is an amazing, disturbing film about humanity embracing its universal sickness.
08-09-2019 10:29 AM
Mattrick

Watchchoo Talkin bout Fernando? Chappie was a fucking masterpiece. Die Antwoord should've won every Oscar, BAFTA, SAG, Golden Globe, and MTV Movie Award ever made.
08-09-2019 05:15 PM
Still Servant

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Originally Posted by fernandito

District 9 is a science fiction masterpiece. A shame Blomkamp couldn't keep his directorial trajectory upward.

The crash and burn of Blomkamp's career is one of the bigger cinematic disappointments for me in recent years. I hope he turns it around one day.
08-10-2019 07:45 AM
RUBE

His vision for the Alien franchise seems like it would have been better that Ridley Scott's. Too bad Scott squashed it.
08-10-2019 12:21 PM
Still Servant

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Originally Posted by RUBE

His vision for the Alien franchise seems like it would have been better that Ridley Scott's. Too bad Scott squashed it.

Totally agree. I was really excited for that. I don't know this for sure, but I feel like the public and critical reception of Chappie prompted them to pull him off of the Alien franchise.
08-11-2019 10:40 AM
Ricky

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Originally Posted by Mattrick

Die Antwoord should've won every Oscar, BAFTA, SAG, Golden Globe, and MTV Movie Award ever made.

:rofl:

Chappie had to be one of the most irritating movie trailers I've ever seen. I think it was a combination of seeing it so often at the movies, Die Antwoord's presence, and being annoyed at how Chappie spoke.

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Originally Posted by RUBE

His vision for the Alien franchise seems like it would have been better that Ridley Scott's. Too bad Scott squashed it.

Agreed.
08-12-2019 08:31 AM
fernandito

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Originally Posted by Still Servant

Quote:

Originally Posted by fernandito

District 9 is a science fiction masterpiece. A shame Blomkamp couldn't keep his directorial trajectory upward.

The crash and burn of Blomkamp's career is one of the bigger cinematic disappointments for me in recent years. I hope he turns it around one day.

Me too. I remember watching Elysium in theaters, and at around the halfway mark - once I knew that no matter what happened during the remainder of the film, it would not be salvageable past 'mediocre' - I got a nasty feeling in the pit of my stomach. Like I knew that Blomkamp was about to take a tumbling, Shyamalan-esque fall.

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Originally Posted by RUBE

His vision for the Alien franchise seems like it would have been better that Ridley Scott's. Too bad Scott squashed it.

Yes. Certainly couldn't have been worse than the disaster that was Prometheus. Haven't seen Covenant yet, however.
08-12-2019 04:26 PM
mae

Interesting. All movies in this group are still in the running to move on, since The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Rescue Dawn, and The Piano Teacher are all tied for the last spot.
08-13-2019 04:18 AM
Heather19

I'm kinda surprised that Miyazaki's films aren't doing better.
08-14-2019 06:42 AM
Tommy

If it comes to it, you can take away my vote for Rescue Dawn. I liked it a lot but it wasn't Herzog's best of the decade for me. I haven't seen the ones I didn't vote for so that's the best I can offer here. There might still be another tie though....
08-14-2019 04:26 PM
Still Servant

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Originally Posted by Tommy

If it comes to it, you can take away my vote for Rescue Dawn. I liked it a lot but it wasn't Herzog's best of the decade for me. I haven't seen the ones I didn't vote for so that's the best I can offer here. There might still be another tie though....

It's not? What do you prefer to it, outside of his docs?
08-14-2019 11:52 PM
Tommy

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Originally Posted by Still Servant

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Originally Posted by Tommy

If it comes to it, you can take away my vote for Rescue Dawn. I liked it a lot but it wasn't Herzog's best of the decade for me. I haven't seen the ones I didn't vote for so that's the best I can offer here. There might still be another tie though....

It's not? What do you prefer to it, outside of his docs?

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans and probably Invincible.
08-15-2019 02:26 PM
mae

Just one vote for any one of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Rescue Dawn, or The Piano Teacher will avoid a three-way tie here.
08-16-2019 09:42 AM
mae
The poll has closed. The following five titles are moving on to the next round:
1. District 9 (72.00%)
2. Catch Me If You Can (60.00%)
3. Dawn of the Dead (56.00%)
4. Ratatouille (44.00%)
5. Howl's Moving Castle (36.00%)
The following three titles will face off in a tiebreaker for the last spot:
1. Rescue Dawn (20.00%)
2. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (20.00%)
3. The Piano Teacher (20.00%)
08-16-2019 09:42 AM
mae

Shocked to see how highly Dawn of the Dead rated, while three better movies have to fight for the last spot.