The Great Movie Tournament - 1990s: Round 1 - Group 19 of 32

[mae]

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):


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/The_Santa_Clause.jpg/220px-The_Santa_Clause.jpg
The Santa Clause (1994) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Santa_Clause)
Directed by John Pasquin


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK_7Ao021Xc

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/ShawshankRedemptionMoviePoster.jpg
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption)
Directed by Frank Darabont


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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/22/Falling_Down_%281993_film%29_poster.jpg/220px-Falling_Down_%281993_film%29_poster.jpg
Falling Down (1993) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Down)
Directed by Joel Schumacher


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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/81/True_Lies_poster.png/220px-True_Lies_poster.png
True Lies (1994) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Lies)
Directed by James Cameron


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0zTWhj3nxk

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Rudy_%281993_movie_poster%29.jpg
Rudy (1993) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_%28film%29)
Directed by David Anspaugh


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=firK4y-3bKw

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Jackie_Brown_%281997%29.png/220px-Jackie_Brown_%281997%29.png
Jackie Brown (1997) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Brown)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7HkBDNZV7s

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/The_Boondock_Saints_poster.jpeg/220px-The_Boondock_Saints_poster.jpeg
The Boondock Saints (1999) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondock_Saints)
Directed by Troy Duffy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCL_5KLyk4I

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/73/Eyes_Wide_Shut_%281999%29.png/220px-Eyes_Wide_Shut_%281999%29.png
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_Wide_Shut)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0sJwdgB2Q8

[fernandito]

"You're fired."
-True Lies

[St. Troy]

"1-800-SPANK-ME"
-The Santa Clause

[Still Servant]

This is one of the more stacked polls for me.

[mae]

This is one of the more stacked polls for me.

Eyes Wide Shut tied for last makes no sense.

[Mattrick]

The two films I didn't vote for are facing elimination.

[Still Servant]

This is one of the more stacked polls for me.

Eyes Wide Shut tied for last makes no sense.

I haven't seen it yet. I thought The Boondock Saints had a much larger following than that though. I'm surprised to see it with just 8 votes.

[mae]

Eyes Wide Shut is one of the best movies of the decade and of all time, in my humble view.

[Still Servant]

Eyes Wide Shut is one of the best movies of the decade and of all time, in my humble view.

Yeah, I will get to it. I'm not sure why, but I remember the trailers not interesting me for whatever reason. I remember when it came out people made a bigger deal about Cruise and Kidman doing sex scenes together than anything else about the film.

[Mattrick]

I like Eyes Wide Shut a lot, but it's on the lower end of Kubrick for me. Hard to beat Paths of Glory and Dr. Strangelove!

[Jean]

Hard to beat Paths of Glory and Dr. Strangelove!Definitely.
(I am not a fan of Eyes Wide Shut at All; always wondered what people saw there. Hopefully we all, may and others who love it, can have a talk somewhere about it)

[mae]

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


The Shawshank Redemption (95.45%)
True Lies (72.73%)
Rudy (59.09%)
Jackie Brown (54.55%)
Falling Down (50.00%)


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


Eyes Wide Shut (36.36%)
The Boondock Saints (36.36%)


And the following title has been eliminated:


The Santa Clause (22.73%)

[St. Troy]

The poll has closed...the following title has been eliminated:


The Santa Clause (22.73%)


Clearly, Neal tampered with the results (don't make me beat you up, Neal).

[mae]

Hard to beat Paths of Glory and Dr. Strangelove!Definitely.
(I am not a fan of Eyes Wide Shut at All; always wondered what people saw there. Hopefully we all, may and others who love it, can have a talk somewhere about it)

Jean, I posted some brief thoughts here: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?22186-The-Great-Movie-Tournament-1990s-Round-1-Group-19-of-32-Tiebreaker&p=1138070&viewfull=1#post1138070

[Jean]

yes, thank you! :rose: