The Great Movie Tournament - 1990s: Final

For the ninth and final round of The Great Movie Tournament, please vote for one film you would like to win the tournament and be declared the best film of the 1990s.

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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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Directed by Frank Darabont

Watch Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4aQf2mXowU

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Directed by James Cameron

Watch Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIbneBy0_Ms

Shawshank

I nominated both of these, so I really don't mind which one ends up winning - they are both worthy finalists and both deserve to be crowned. :cool:

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This is a great match up. I LOVED Shawshank and consider it to be the best King adaptation ever made. However, T2 for me was movie going bliss. I will never forget when I seen it. I was so young.... I remember me and my friend having no drive home and for some reason.. I had bare feet... and I had to walk (A LONG way I might add) but I did and was so pumped by what I had seen it didn't matter. It was so late when we got back to his house... I seen that movie in theaters 3 times. I owned the VHS, DVD and Bluray. It is arguably my favorite movie of all time.

I do however... NOT remember the first time I seen Shawshank.. and that has to count for something in who I want to win.

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I remember me and my friend having no drive home and for some reason.. I had bare feet... and I had to walk (A LONG way I might add) .

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WTF? Good thing the movie opened in July.

T2 is quite good, but I remain stunned it has gotten this far. It's a great action movie, nothing more.

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Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

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I remember me and my friend having no drive home and for some reason.. I had bare feet... and I had to walk (A LONG way I might add) .

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WTF? Good thing the movie opened in July.

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RF, I cannot remember why I had no shoes... FOR THE LIFE of me. I have no clue. Walked 7klm (about 5mil) too... give or take...

The Long Walk...

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I remember me and my friend having no drive home and for some reason.. I had bare feet... and I had to walk (A LONG way I might add) .

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WTF? Good thing the movie opened in July.

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Yeah at least it didn't have to be up a hill in the snow both ways.

Well everyone, it's been fun. We all know what happens now though. No fighting the inevitable.

(cracks open a cold one)

What's this? AMERICAN BEAUTY IS CASHING IN THE MONEY IN THE BANK CONTRACT!

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What's this? AMERICAN BEAUTY IS CASHING IN THE MONEY IN THE BANK CONTRACT!

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wat

With only 20 votes in at the moment and six votes separating the two, this is far from over.

Hard to believe but only three days left to go in our 1990s tournament.

This is closing later today, about five hours from now, so get your votes in if you haven't yet!

Okay wow, either unexpectedly or as expected, our winner of this first part of The Great Movie Tournament and the best film of the 1990s is The Shawshank Redemption (1994), directed by Frank Darabont.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dC0UXSOxTs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPXeiS1tzr4

T2 didn't do too bad, but yeah nothing was coming in front of Shawshank on this site.

It has been voted top 10 all time on many sites

Congratulations Mae! That was an awesome tournament!! :clap::clap:

The Shawshank Redemption is indeed a worthy champion!! :thumbsup:


You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to mae again.

Thank you and thanks to everyone for a great level of participation and involvement! The tournament and really the last five months or so coincided with some tough times for me and my family, so this thing was one fun thing that often kept me occupied and kept me going. I had a good time running this and after a short break I'll be happy to dive back into things with the movies from the 2000s. A great many great movies to choose from!

Good tourney! I’m ok with shawshank but T2 is still my fav!

It was a lot of fun, thanks Mae! Can't wait for the next one.

Great job running the tournament once again, Mae! Stellar as always.