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  • Catch Me If You Can

    15 60.00%
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    5 20.00%
  • Rescue Dawn

    5 20.00%
  • District 9

    18 72.00%
  • Ratatouille

    11 44.00%
  • Howl's Moving Castle

    9 36.00%
  • The Piano Teacher

    5 20.00%
  • Dawn of the Dead

    14 56.00%
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Thread: The Great Movie Tournament - 2000s: Round 1 - Group 32 of 32

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    Default 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):


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

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

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    Rescue Dawn (2006)
    Directed by Werner Herzog

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    District 9 (2009)
    Directed by Neill Blomkamp

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    Ratatouille (2007)
    Directed by Brad Bird

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

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    The Piano Teacher (2001)
    Directed by Michael Haneke

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    Dawn of the Dead (2004)
    Directed by Zack Snyder

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    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.

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fernandito View Post
    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.
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    His vision for the Alien franchise seems like it would have been better that Ridley Scott's. Too bad Scott squashed it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RUBE View Post
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mattrick View Post
    Die Antwoord should've won every Oscar, BAFTA, SAG, Golden Globe, and MTV Movie Award ever made.


    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by RUBE View Post
    His vision for the Alien franchise seems like it would have been better that Ridley Scott's. Too bad Scott squashed it.
    Agreed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Still Servant View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by fernandito View Post
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by RUBE View Post
    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.

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    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.

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    I'm kinda surprised that Miyazaki's films aren't doing better.
    Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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    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....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    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....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Still Servant View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy View Post
    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?
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    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.

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    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%)

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

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