The Great Movie Tournament: Overall Event Overview

[Still Servant]

While it's all just for fun (we're not the end-all cinema authority), these polls mean nothing if nobody

First of all, yes we are.

Second of all, thank you, Mae. You have once again done an amazing job with the tournament. Your organizational skills are second to none.

Lastly, it shocks me how fast these things go by. In some ways, it seems like so long ago when we started the nomination process and in others, it seems like just yesterday.

[Tommy]

Thank you, Mae.

[fernandito]

Another fantastic tournament. Thank you for all your hard work, Mae.

[mae]

You're all very welcome, it's a pleasure!

[webstar1000]

You're all very welcome, it's a pleasure!

Yes, other than the asshat in the start that gave me neg rep for choices I was making... it was fun. IT was a lot of work. Thanks!

[MikeDuke]

Agree with everyone here. This is quite the undertaking and I can tell that's it's a lot of work. It was fun and thanks for doing this.

[Heather19]

Thanks Mae for everything you've done. I know it's an immense amount of work to organize it. It's been a ton of fun as usual

Lastly, it shocks me how fast these things go by. In some ways, it seems like so long ago when we started the nomination process and in others, it seems like just yesterday.

Right! It seems like we just started. I'm already getting excited for the next one

[mae]

I find it very rewarding seeing people voting and commenting on the polls. It's a small thing but it brings me a little bit of joy. It sure is a lot of work to plan this and make the polls, but I have fun doing it, and I hope we all will continue having fun with it for the next few years, because unless I physically am unable to continue, I want to see this though to the end with all ten decades, and then an all-time best-of finale.

[webstar1000]

I find it very rewarding seeing people voting and commenting on the polls. It's a small thing but it brings me a little bit of joy. It sure is a lot of work to plan this and make the polls, but I have fun doing it, and I hope we all will continue having fun with it for the next few years, because unless I physically am unable to continue, I want to see this though to the end with all ten decades, and then an all-time best-of finale.

All time best will be very cool


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[Ricky]

I, for one, can't wait to get to vote on my favorite films from 1904!

[mae]

I, for one, can't wait to get to vote on my favorite films from 1904!

Well as the first post in this thread talks about, the idea is to do each decade, and doing ten decades seems like a good number. Also, narrative feature films as we know them started being made in the 1910s, but I don't think it would be fair to lump 1920s films with those from the 1910s and earlier, even though there are certainly a few pre-1920 films out there, like Intolerance, J'accuse, Cabiria, and of course the infamous The Birth of a Nation, but they are few and far between. Most films back then were what we would call short films now, the longest being 30-40 minutes.

Once we do the 1980s next and then the 2010s, we'll go back in time decade by decade from the 1970s to the 1920s, and that will make it ten full decades of movies. A century, in other words. I know the nominating process and the voting for those last few decades might not be as robust, but I sincerely hope we'll manage to pull it off. Those that are interested in the 1920s tournament, what are your thoughts on including some of the films from the 1910s? I only really know of a handful of pre-1920s films but films like Cabiria are amazing. Plus, most of them are freely available on YouTube and elsewhere online.

[fernandito]

I think we should significantly decrease the number of films for anything below 1950. Most users on here weren't even alive.

[Still Servant]

You're all very welcome, it's a pleasure!

Yes, other than the asshat in the start that gave me neg rep for choices I was making... it was fun. IT was a lot of work. Thanks!

I'm glad you changed your mind and stuck around.

I, for one, can't wait to get to vote on my favorite films from 1904!

That was a shit year for film. 1903 is where it was at.

[Heather19]

I, for one, can't wait to get to vote on my favorite films from 1904!

Well as the first post in this thread talks about, the idea is to do each decade, and doing ten decades seems like a good number. Also, narrative feature films as we know them started being made in the 1910s, but I don't think it would be fair to lump 1920s films with those from the 1910s and earlier, even though there are certainly a few pre-1920 films out there, like Intolerance, J'accuse, Cabiria, and of course the infamous The Birth of a Nation, but they are few and far between. Most films back then were what we would call short films now, the longest being 30-40 minutes.

Once we do the 1980s next and then the 2010s, we'll go back in time decade by decade from the 1970s to the 1920s, and that will make it ten full decades of movies. A century, in other words. I know the nominating process and the voting for those last few decades might not be as robust, but I sincerely hope we'll manage to pull it off. Those that are interested in the 1920s tournament, what are your thoughts on including some of the films from the 1910s? I only really know of a handful of pre-1920s films but films like Cabiria are amazing. Plus, most of them are freely available on YouTube and elsewhere online.

Yes, I think we should include pre 1920s films in with that decade. That way nothing will be left out.

[Tommy]

I adore the time period of 20s to 50s. I've probably seen over a thousand movies from those years. TCM was my only friend for a few years there and I took full advantage.

[Iwritecode]

I'm going to be completely useless once we get into the 60s or older. Pretty much the only movies I've seen from those eras are the Disney cartoons.

Although there may be one or two that I've "watched" due to MST3K like Santa Claus vs The Martians, Manos the Hands of Fate or This Island Earth. But that's about it.

[Tommy]

I'm going to be completely useless once we get into the 60s or older. Pretty much the only movies I've seen from those eras are the Disney cartoons.

Although there may be one or two that I've "watched" due to MST3K like Santa Claus vs The Martians, Manos the Hands of Fate or This Island Earth. But that's about it.

LMAO, I am a MSTie from way back and that made me smile. I actually got to see Manos in the movie theater when Rifftrax did it a few years back. Oh and SC V. The Martians too. Good lord what a crappy movie that is! Love it!

[fernandito]

Any chance we can just do 1 tournament for 1920's-1950's?

[Ricky]

I was thinking something similar, feev. I have a feeling that pre-1950/1960, there's not going to be a ton of participation.

[mae]

That wouldn’t be fair to the older movies for a lot of reasons. We won’t have as many spots of course, but there are still tons of great classic movies from the 1940s and ‘30s everyone knows. I’m thinking we should be able to pull off at least half of the usual amount of nominations. And for the 1920s we can reduce it even more but each decade should have its own tournament and its own champion to go against all others.

[mae]

1. The 2010s: TBD (late 2020)
2. The 2000s: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), dir. Peter Jackson
3. The 1990s: The Shawshank Redemption (1994), dir. Frank Darabont
4. The 1980s: TBD (mid 2020)
5. The 1970s: TBD (mid 2021)
6. The 1960s: TBD (late 2021)
7. The 1950s: TBD (mid 2022)
8. The 1940s: TBD: (late 2022)
9. The 1930s: TBD (mid 2023)
10. The 1920s: TBD (late 2023)

[fernandito]

I'm still of the mind that we should merge the 1920-1950's. My 2 cents.

[webstar1000]

I'm still of the mind that we should merge the 1920-1950's. My 2 cents.

I agree. I would even merge it with the 60's. I have no interest in any of the old movies... I have tried and tried. I cannot get by the acting and the old school cheap feel. I don't know.. you won't have as many noms I bet too. I won't be able to participate

[mae]

I get that classic movies aren't everyone's cup of tea here, but I'm okay with maybe just half the usual voters participating in these older decades. We got around 25-30 votes thus far, so if we can get around 10-15 for these first few decades, I'll be okay with it. No one has to participate in every poll, though I wish everyone of course would! Thankfully, accessibility shouldn't be an issue with the 1920s as a lot of these movies are in the public domain and freely available on YouTube (some even in HD!). As crazy as it may sound, when we get to that last part of the tournament, some of the 1920s movies will be over 100 years old!

And that's the whole point of the tournament, to go through the first century of cinema and pick a champion of each decade, and then have these ten best of the best face each other for the title of the greatest film ever made (well of the first 100 years of movies).

A side-effect of course is everyone learning about great movies they may not be aware of. So while classic movies may not be your bag, there will certainly be some nominations that could pique your interest and lead you down a whole rabbit hole. It's just what movies do.

[DoctorZaius]

I too would rather keep the decades in tact. Perhaps we can cut the number of nominations in half, as there were less movies released during those time periods as well. Half seems about right.