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mae
05-13-2019, 07:14 AM
During the seventh round of The Great Movie Tournament, please vote for one film you would like to move onto the next round. The top film 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/8/85/Terminator2poster.jpg/220px-Terminator2poster.jpg
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day)
Directed by James Cameron


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIbneBy0_Ms

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/Pulp_Fiction_%281994%29_poster.jpg
Pulp Fiction (1994) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzeec59Acnk

webstar1000
05-13-2019, 07:28 AM
T2 100000000000000000000%

St. Troy
05-13-2019, 07:47 AM
T2...

fernandito
05-13-2019, 09:05 AM
If Pulp Fiction was up against any other film in this tournament I would have chosen it...


Alas, it's going against Terminator 2 which I consider to be just about a perfect film.

Randall Flagg
05-13-2019, 09:31 AM
If Pulp Fiction was up against any other film in this tournament I would have chosen it...


Alas, it's going against Terminator 2 which I consider to be just about a perfect film.
Agreed.
T2

mae
05-13-2019, 09:34 AM
I really think T2 is a great and fun movie, but Pulp Fiction is the better film. Sorry!

Garrell
05-13-2019, 10:15 AM
Pulp Fiction for the win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fernandito
05-13-2019, 10:16 AM
This is going to be a very interesting battle as both of these films are arguably good enough to win the whole thing.

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webstar1000
05-13-2019, 10:31 AM
This is going to be a very interesting battle as both of these films are arguably good enough to win the whole thing.

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I really didn't like Pulp Fiction at all. I am shocked they are even close

T-Dogz_AK47
05-13-2019, 11:21 AM
Good morning, Dr. Silberman. How's the knee?

fernandito
05-13-2019, 11:50 AM
This is going to be a very interesting battle as both of these films are arguably good enough to win the whole thing.

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I really didn't like Pulp Fiction at all. I am shocked they are even close

Idk man. Pulp Fiction is a benchmark of the 90's. Every single time it's on TV and have to sit down I watch it even though I own the physical media of it in every possible platform. It just exudes confidence.

Having said that though, T2 is - for me - a perfect film. Thematically, in pacing, execution, design, innovation, acting, everything. I could go on and on about the greatness of that film honestly.

Heather19
05-13-2019, 01:23 PM
Pulp Fiction, sorry Feev.

Still Servant
05-13-2019, 02:01 PM
T2 to break the tie. It's the pinnacle of everything a 90's film should be.

Ricky
05-13-2019, 02:35 PM
Terminator. I was not a fan of Pulp Fiction (gasp).

fernandito
05-13-2019, 02:47 PM
T2 to break the tie. It's the pinnacle of everything a 90's film should be.

I'm shocked! I thought for sure you'd go with PF.

sharki69
05-13-2019, 07:13 PM
Pulp Fiction - all the way

mae
05-14-2019, 03:47 AM
T2 to break the tie. It's the pinnacle of everything a 90's film should be.

Honestly, I think Pulp Fiction has had a larger cultural impact on the 1990s (and beyond) than T2 ever did.

webstar1000
05-14-2019, 04:07 AM
This is bullshit. T2~!

DoctorZaius
05-14-2019, 07:49 AM
Yeah, baby!

fernandito
05-14-2019, 08:06 AM
T2 to break the tie. It's the pinnacle of everything a 90's film should be.

Honestly, I think Pulp Fiction has had a larger cultural impact on the 1990s (and beyond) than T2 ever did.

I know you're fond of quoting articles, check this one out:

How Terminator 2's effects changed film forever (https://www.techradar.com/news/how-terminator-2s-effects-changed-film-forever-by-the-legend-that-made-them)

mae
05-14-2019, 08:22 AM
Sure, there's no denying the effects were groundbreaking, though I'd actually point to Cameron's Abyss three years earlier for the real foundation of CGI use in movies. But I mean cultural impact as in what's known as memes today. Pulp Fiction was all over the place in mid to late '90s. T2? Not so much.

MikeDuke
05-14-2019, 08:28 AM
I think The Abyss was the beginning of the liquid effects, But I think you can divide action movies into two parts. Pre T2 and after T2. Sure films like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon and even starting with Mad Max, had the action that really was not done before. T2 was a game changer. I saw it 3 times in the theater when it came out. There was just nothing like it when it came out. It was a great story with action that was almost unheard of before it came out. I mean who can deny that the truck/motorcycle scene was one of the best chases up to that point. The effects just were astounding. And the use of CGI mixed with real effects was genius. Flash forward to a more recent movie and one of the only chase scenes that can compare is the one in The Matrix Reloaded. T2 set the stranded for big action movies that followed. Plus, having the directors cut made the film even better IMHO.

MikeDuke
05-14-2019, 08:31 AM
Sure, there's no denying the effects were groundbreaking, though I'd actually point to Cameron's Abyss three years earlier for the real foundation of CGI use in movies. But I mean cultural impact as in what's known as memes today. Pulp Fiction was all over the place in mid to late '90s. T2? Not so much.
The Abyss directors cut is one of my all time favorite movies. I really am hoping that this gets released in 4k at sometime. It was astounding in the theater but the directors cut helps make the movie flow better.

mae
05-14-2019, 08:38 AM
The Abyss is my #1 film of 1989 and at the very top for the '80s as a whole. And I love T2, I really do. But I feel like personally I find Speed is a better action movie.

Heather19
05-14-2019, 09:07 AM
I love The Abyss

webstar1000
05-14-2019, 09:54 AM
The Abyss is my #1 film of 1989 and at the very top for the '80s as a whole. And I love T2, I really do. But I feel like personally I find Speed is a better action movie.

SPEED?!!! LOL Now.. I love Keanu.. but really? Better than T2???????? no way

T-Dogz_AK47
05-14-2019, 02:41 PM
As far as Keanu Reeves goes, both The Matrix and John Wick are better action movies than Speed.

The idea that Speed is a better action movie than T2, is at best, deluded. :nope:

mae
05-14-2019, 02:46 PM
It's just an opinion, feel free to disagree. I personally think that the non-stop action in Speed is a lot more exciting than the sporadic sequences in T2. Speed is essentially nothing but action, there are very few pauses or quiet moments. We are almost never not on the bus and the bus is almost never not in motion. That kind of action is not what T2 has, which is also great but in a different way. For pure action I just like Speed more.

fernandito
05-14-2019, 02:48 PM
Speed?! Yeah you're talking outta your ass now :lol:

mae
05-14-2019, 02:52 PM
I'm not allowed to like Speed? Is that a written or unwritten rule somewhere?

I guess we should go and edit Wikipedia quickly before someone finds out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_%281994_film%29#Critical_response

fernandito
05-14-2019, 03:18 PM
I'm allowed to call em like I see em :cool:

Randall Flagg
05-14-2019, 03:25 PM
I'm not allowed to like Speed? Is that a written or unwritten rule somewhere?

I guess we should go and edit Wikipedia quickly before someone finds out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_%281994_film%29#Critical_response
Of course your allowed to like Speed over T2. People are wrong all the time:crow burp:

DoctorZaius
05-14-2019, 03:30 PM
The Abyss is my #1 film of 1989 and at the very top for the '80s as a whole. And I love T2, I really do. But I feel like personally I find Speed is a better action movie.

Really? Great flick up until Ed Harris descends into the chasm. Have you watching the final 15 minutes lately, with that fiberglass miniature spaceship. You gotta be kidding.

mae
05-14-2019, 04:02 PM
The abyss part of The Abyss is amazing, one of my favorite scenes or sequences of all time.

webstar1000
05-15-2019, 03:46 AM
YES! T2 IS BACK. JUST LIKE ARNIE!

mae
05-15-2019, 03:58 AM
No, tied at 12. Not good.

fernandito
05-15-2019, 06:59 AM
I drove by a Liquid Nitrogen truck on my way to work this morning, and the only thing I could think of was

https://i.makeagif.com/media/11-07-2015/spxN54.gif

webstar1000
05-15-2019, 07:19 AM
I drove by a Liquid Nitrogen truck on my way to work this morning, and the only thing I could think of was

https://i.makeagif.com/media/11-07-2015/spxN54.gif

What a scene...

fernandito
05-15-2019, 08:09 AM
I drove by a Liquid Nitrogen truck on my way to work this morning, and the only thing I could think of was

https://i.makeagif.com/media/11-07-2015/spxN54.gif

What a scene...

You know, obviously I like all the big set pieces and explosions and action and stuff, but what I also admire about T2 is that it's all enhanced by amazing sound design. The T-1000 slowly cracking to bits, the metallic shells of the grenades clanging on the floor, the -blob!- sound when T1K removes the spear from his abdomen. James Cameron is a genius.

mae
05-16-2019, 08:59 AM
Tied at 13 now.

fernandito
05-16-2019, 09:02 AM
Crazy. Gonna come down to the wire again.

Still Servant
05-16-2019, 03:09 PM
T2 to break the tie. It's the pinnacle of everything a 90's film should be.

Honestly, I think Pulp Fiction has had a larger cultural impact on the 1990s (and beyond) than T2 ever did.

Yes, tons of filmmakers tried to mimic what Tarantino did in Pulp Fiction. What I mean is the larger than life action hero in the big budget popcorn flick. When I think of the 90's, that's what I think about.

fernandito
05-20-2019, 07:46 AM
hey pulp fiction

https://media0.giphy.com/media/HekrB46ZE0f5K/giphy.gif

mae
05-20-2019, 08:09 AM
The poll has closed. Terminator 2: Judgment Day moves on and Pulp Fiction is eliminated.

St. Troy
05-20-2019, 08:22 AM
...Pulp Fiction is eliminated.

How I have been waiting to read these words.

webstar1000
05-21-2019, 05:20 AM
hey pulp fiction

https://media0.giphy.com/media/HekrB46ZE0f5K/giphy.gif

LOVE THIS!