Best Comedy Tournament: Round 2 - Group M

[mae]

For the Round 2 polls, please vote for up to four titles to move on to the next round. You can vote for less, but please make sure you are not voting for more before clicking that Vote button. The poll will be open for one week. The top four titles will be moving on to Round 3.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Army_of_Darkness_poster.jpg
Army of Darkness (1992) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Darkness)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vvJCg2JsIc

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Stripesposter.jpg/220px-Stripesposter.jpg
Stripes (1981) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripes_%28film%29)


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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Movie_poster_Dodgeball_A_True_Underdog_Story.jpg/220px-Movie_poster_Dodgeball_A_True_Underdog_Story.jpg
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DodgeBall:_A_True_Underdog_Story)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-XbDZUnUmw

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/Lifeofbrianfilmposter.jpg/220px-Lifeofbrianfilmposter.jpg
Life of Brian (1979) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Life_of_Brian)


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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c8/Thisisspinaltapposter.jpg/220px-Thisisspinaltapposter.jpg
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Spinal_Tap)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N63XSUpe-0o

http://www.zarban.com/wp-content/cache/imdb/images/0113749_biggish.jpg
Mallrats (1994) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallrats)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8762ow8is

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/Bad_Santa_film.jpg/220px-Bad_Santa_film.jpg
Bad Santa (2003) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Santa)


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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/56/Gremlins2poster.jpg/220px-Gremlins2poster.jpg
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins_2:_The_New_Batch)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00E6-eBvX4M

[Heather19]

Army of Darkness and Mallrats

[webstar1000]

For me there is only one stand out winner although I voted for more... BUT Bad Santa is a total win for me.

[mae]

Bad Santa has to move on.

[fernandito]

Dodgeball
Life of Brian
This is Spinal Tap

[Girlystevedave]

Dodgeball
Life of Brian
This is Spinal Tap
Mallrats

[mae]

Very surprised that Mallrats is in the lead early in.

[mae]

I'm picking only three: Life of Brian, This Is Spinal Tap, and Bad Santa.

[Mattrick]

Army of Darkness, Bad Santa, Dodgeball

Surprised to see Mallrats doing so well. It's the only Kevin Smith movie I've had zero inclination to ever watch again.

[Iwritecode]

I'm surprised Bad Santa is behind. This is a tough group. A couple more votes and we could have a 5 or 6 way tie.

[fernandito]

As long as Dodgeball advances from this group, I'm happy.

[Jimimck]

How the hell is Dodgeball beating Stripes?!?!?!

[Heather19]

Army of Darkness, Bad Santa, Dodgeball

Surprised to see Mallrats doing so well. It's the only Kevin Smith movie I've had zero inclination to ever watch again.

I am as well, although I love Mallrats. One of my favorite Kevin Smith films. I didn't think it had any chance this round, so I'm really excited that it might possibly make it on.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Surprised Bad Santa is not in the lead. It was by far my number 1 choice.

[mae]

Yeah come on! One of the best dark comedies of the 2000s. You cannot watch this and not laugh:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1eMAFWXZ4Q

[Iwritecode]

Yeah come on! One of the best dark comedies of the 2000s. You cannot watch this and not laugh:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1eMAFWXZ4Q

It's weird to realize that the two actors in the second scene of that clip are both dead now.

[Girlystevedave]

Army of Darkness, Bad Santa, Dodgeball

Surprised to see Mallrats doing so well. It's the only Kevin Smith movie I've had zero inclination to ever watch again.

I am as well, although I love Mallrats. One of my favorite Kevin Smith films. I didn't think it had any chance this round, so I'm really excited that it might possibly make it on.

Me too! :clap:

[Randall Flagg]

This one is going to be very close.

[Mattrick]

Having never seen This Is Spinal tap I'm claiming Bad Santa as the best of the group. It's the only movie I watch every Christmas.

[Merlin1958]

Having never seen This Is Spinal tap I'm claiming Bad Santa as the best of the group. It's the only movie I watch every Christmas.

Say what you will, but if you haven't seen all the films, how can you participate in the voting?

[Heather19]

I'm sure there's very few people here that have seen every film.

[Merlin1958]

I'm sure there's very few people here that have seen every film.

But then the films you haven't seen may be better than the ones you did, you'll just never know and therefore shouldn't really vote, no? IDK just seems wacky to me is all and I'm a bit of an "oddball" I admit. I mean, Mattrick thinks "Bad Santa" is great yet, he hasn't even viewed "Spinal Tap" and yet his vote counts and is actually biased to a degree. No offense intended or meant, Mattrick.

[Mattrick]

Having never seen This Is Spinal tap I'm claiming Bad Santa as the best of the group. It's the only movie I watch every Christmas.

Say what you will, but if you haven't seen all the films, how can you participate in the voting?

But then the films you haven't seen may be better than the ones you did, you'll just never know and therefore shouldn't really vote, no? IDK just seems wacky to me is all and I'm a bit of an "oddball" I admit. I mean, Mattrick thinks "Bad Santa" is great yet, he hasn't even viewed "Spinal Tap" and yet his vote counts and is actually biased to a degree. No offense intended or meant, Mattrick

Have you seen all 200 nominations? lol All of our votes are biased...it's based on our opinions, non? And I don't see how my not viewing This Is Spinal tap makes me not able to think Bad Santa is a great comedy. We pick the films we like most, I think. If I had seen all the films and, say, This Is Spinal Tap and Life of Brian I really liked, Bad Santa wouldn't be the film I remove to be within the limit of 4 votes, so it really wouldn't change anything. Now, if we allowed a month or so between nominations and the tournament, we'd actually have time to watch the films we haven't.

I'm sure films like Another Year and Withnail and I, which are fantastic comedies, received so few votes since we could count the members that have seen them on one hand, I think. Of course the films more people have seen will get more votes, that's just math.

[Merlin1958]

Having never seen This Is Spinal tap I'm claiming Bad Santa as the best of the group. It's the only movie I watch every Christmas.

Say what you will, but if you haven't seen all the films, how can you participate in the voting?

But then the films you haven't seen may be better than the ones you did, you'll just never know and therefore shouldn't really vote, no? IDK just seems wacky to me is all and I'm a bit of an "oddball" I admit. I mean, Mattrick thinks "Bad Santa" is great yet, he hasn't even viewed "Spinal Tap" and yet his vote counts and is actually biased to a degree. No offense intended or meant, Mattrick

Have you seen all 200 nominations? lol All of our votes are biased...it's based on our opinions, non? And I don't see how my not viewing This Is Spinal tap makes me not able to think Bad Santa is a great comedy. We pick the films we like most, I think. If I had seen all the films and, say, This Is Spinal Tap and Life of Brian I really liked, Bad Santa wouldn't be the film I remove to be within the limit of 4 votes, so it really wouldn't change anything. Now, if we allowed a month or so between nominations and the tournament, we'd actually have time to watch the films we haven't.

I'm sure films like Another Year and Withnail and I, which are fantastic comedies, received so few votes since we could count the members that have seen them on one hand, I think. Of course the films more people have seen will get more votes, that's just math.

First off, I didn't mean to attack you, you just were the last guy posting on this subject. Also, I surely do not know the answer this dilemma in the voting, but yes I have seen just about all of the nominated films. I was only utilizing you as an example is all. Nothing personal was implied or intended. I have also viewed "Another Year & Withnail" on the referral of folks herein. I just was not that impressed.

[Still Servant]

I'm sure there's very few people here that have seen every film.

But then the films you haven't seen may be better than the ones you did, you'll just never know and therefore shouldn't really vote, no? IDK just seems wacky to me is all and I'm a bit of an "oddball" I admit. I mean, Mattrick thinks "Bad Santa" is great yet, he hasn't even viewed "Spinal Tap" and yet his vote counts and is actually biased to a degree. No offense intended or meant, Mattrick.

No wonder you have so many problems with these tournaments. You're under the assumption that everybody who participates has seen every film, or that they should only participate if they have seen every film.

You do realize how hard it is to watch every single film. I've seen most, but even I have a handful I haven't seen. It's like saying we can't debate who the best baseball players because none of us have ever seen Babe Ruth play.

[Mattrick]

Not impressed with Another Year or Withnail and I :/ Just shows the difference on what we consider to be great comedies lol

[mae]

Wow this is way close (except Gremlins 2).

More Bad Santa votes here, peeps! :panic:

[mae]

This is closing tomorrow. I can't believe Bad Santa is in danger of falling out...

[mae]

The poll has closed. The following three titles are moving on to the next round:


Army of Darkness (1992) 53.57%
Life of Brian (1979) 53.57%
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 42.86%


The following two titles will face off in a tiebreaker for the last spot:


Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) 39.29%
Stripes (1981) 39.29%


And the following three titles have been eliminated:


Mallrats (1994) 32.14%
Bad Santa (2003) 28.57%
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 3.57%