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

[mae]

For the tiebreaker poll, please vote for one title to move on to the next round. The poll will be open for four days.


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

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

[fernandito]

Legit love both of these. Hmm...

[Still Servant]

Let me help you decide.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr9M7-s6ToA

[mae]

I really think EWS is a masterpiece. I have it as my number one film of 1999 and the 1990s as a whole. Yes, I'm serious. This is an amazing achievement in hallucinatory dreamspaces with no special effects, just cinematography and music. It's a unique experience, even for Kubrick. It sucks that the film is not more respected and most of the focus is due to off-screen stuff between the two stars and or their director. What's on the screen is astounding and it's one of my favorite films of all time.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXwy7M7Udmg

[Still Servant]

Yeah, as I mentioned in another thread, the off-the-screen stuff seemed to distract from the film.

I am surprised to hear how much you love the film. When it comes to Kubrick, it's not one of the films you hear people talk about as one of their favorites.

[mae]

The poll has closed. The Boondock Saints moves on and Eyes Wide Shut has been eliminated.

[Jean]

It's a pity. I couldn't have voted for it anyway, because I never watched The Boondock Saints, but I have re-watched Eyes Wide Shut and liked it a lot more this time. Although I can't say I even now understand what people see in it. I totally agree with Mae that it is "an amazing achievement in hallucinatory dreamspaces", but it doesn't seem enough. Feels like, so to speak, subtext without the text. I think bears need text too.

[fernandito]

I enjoy EWS as a sensory experience but that's pretty much it.