The Great Movie Tournament - 1990s: Round 2 - Group 22 of 32

[mae]

During the second round of The Great Movie Tournament, please vote for up to four films you would like to move onto the next round. The top four 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):


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Saving Private Ryan (1998) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan)
Directed by Steven Spielberg


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

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Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Doubtfire)
Directed by Chris Columbus


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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Jerry_Maguire_movie_poster.jpg
Jerry Maguire (1996) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Maguire)
Directed by Cameron Crowe


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCCaTPY-z4Q

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Liar Liar (1997) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_Liar)
Directed by Tom Shadyac


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7sG96dw6iA

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/SouthParkbiggerlongeruncut.jpg
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park:_Bigger,_Longer_%26_Uncut)
Directed by Trey Parker


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vYxxyUDDbk

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/The_Thin_Red_Line_Poster.jpg/220px-The_Thin_Red_Line_Poster.jpg
The Thin Red Line (1998) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_%281998_film%29)
Directed by Terrence Malick


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejm0XvT3rB8

[mae]

Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line finally facing off against one another!

[Still Servant]

Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line finally facing off against one another!

And the defense rests.

[fernandito]

Eh. It's kinda skewed to be honest. SPR is a crowd pleasing WWII action bonanza and TTRL is a reflective rumination on the savage nature of man and his internal chaos. SPR shows brave, bravado soldiers running directly into gunfire and THHR shows fighting for instinctual survival, not for patriotic pride or each other. Just a primal urge to survive. People don't want to be engaged critically when watching war films, they just want to see soldiers being blown to shit.

Not surprised SPR is leading, it's just more general-audience friendly. I love both though.

[Still Servant]

Eh. It's kinda skewed to be honest. SPR is a crowd pleasing WWII action bonanza and TTRL is a reflective rumination on the savage nature of man and his internal chaos. SPR shows brave, bravado soldiers running directly into gunfire and THHR shows fighting for instinctual survival, not for patriotic pride or each other. Just a primal urge to survive. People don't want to be engaged critically when watching war films, they just want to see soldiers being blown to shit.

Not surprised SPR is leading, it's just more general-audience friendly. I love both though.

Agreed. Regardless of all that, Saving Private Ryan is just a better made film by a superior director. Malick's films are not easy watches.

[fernandito]

No, but art isn't always easy to watch or observe.

[mae]

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


Saving Private Ryan (90.91%)
Mrs. Doubtfire (54.55%)
Jerry Maguire (40.91%)
The Thin Red Line (40.91%)


And the following two titles have been eliminated:


Liar Liar (36.36%)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (31.82%)

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And the following two titles have been eliminated:


Liar Liar (36.36%)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (31.82%)


Sad to see these both go but not really surprised. This was a tough group.