The Great Movie Tournament - 2000s: Round 1 - Group 3 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):


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Batman Begins (2005) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Begins)
Directed by Christopher Nolan


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neY2xVmOfUM

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/87/Napoleon_dynamite_post.jpg/215px-Napoleon_dynamite_post.jpg
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Dynamite)
Directed by Jared Hess


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7yDuDR_XQ

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/64/LookoutPoster.jpg/220px-LookoutPoster.jpg
The Lookout (2007) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lookout_%282007_film%29)
Directed by Scott Frank


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9oyHy_ZigY

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Let_the_Right_One_In_%28Swedish%29.jpg/215px-Let_the_Right_One_In_%28Swedish%29.jpg
Let the Right One In (2008) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Right_One_In_%28film%29)
Directed by Tomas Alfredson


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPrH_L9XY8c

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_The_Curse_of_the_Black_P earl)
Directed by Gore Verbinski


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naQr0uTrH_s

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/The_New_World_poster.jpg/220px-The_New_World_poster.jpg
The New World (2005) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_World_%282005_film%29)
Directed by Terrence Malick


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2LdlqW26zc

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Thecellposter.jpg/220px-Thecellposter.jpg
The Cell (2000) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cell)
Directed by Tarsem Singh


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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Lars_real_girl.jpg/220px-Lars_real_girl.jpg
Lars and the Real Girl (2007) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_and_the_Real_Girl)
Directed by Craig Gillespie


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7rV1JNvx68

[becca69]

Napoleon Dynamite is, by far, one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I cracked up in the theater and will watch it anytime it's on even though I have the DVD. I hope this one makes it further than this round.

[Tommy]

Glad to see the votes coming in for The Cell. Fantastic movie. I wish I had had the opportunity to see on the big screen.

[mae]

Personally, I don't think Batman Begins is a very good movie. The editing during fights is near unwatchable. It's unfortunate it's in the lead.

[Heather19]

Let The Right One In and Lars and the Real Girl.

[mae]

The New World needs a lot more attention, how is it next to last?

[Garrell]

Napolean Dumbamite should be last. When I watched it, I was shocked at the fan fare. Guess I just don't get it.

[Iwritecode]

Napolean Dumbamite should be last. When I watched it, I was shocked at the fan fare. Guess I just don't get it.

I didn't get it at first either. It's one of those movies that you have to watch a couple of times and it tends to grow on you. I think you also have to watch it with friends.

I have that problem with The Big Lebowski. It's a cult classic and when I finally got around to watching it, I just didn't get the hype for it. If I watch it a few more times it might grow on me but I've never gotten around to it.

[fernandito]

Glad to see the votes coming in for The Cell. Fantastic movie. I wish I had had the opportunity to see on the big screen.
I love that movie. The temptation for some might be to skip it because it stars JLo, but it is a visual wonder.


Personally, I don't think Batman Begins is a very good movie. The editing during fights is near unwatchable. It's unfortunate it's in the lead.
Batman Begins is easily the best film here. Nolan's action typically varies from Good to Subpar, I'll give you that, but the fighting only makes up a small portion of this film. Laying the foundation for the monumental icon that is Batman is what the film strives for, and in that it succeeds in space.


Napolean Dumbamite should be last. When I watched it, I was shocked at the fan fare. Guess I just don't get it. I'm not gonna lie, it took me 2-3 viewings before I was able to fully appreciate ND. The deadpan humor caught me off guard at first (I was 17 when it first released and was used to nothing but fart and dick jokes), but as time went on I grew to appreciate it more. Its subtlety is its strength.

[Tommy]

Maybe I should watch ND again because I was just like "huh?" the first time while my friend was laughing his ass off.

[becca69]

Maybe I should watch ND again because I was just like "huh?" the first time while my friend was laughing his ass off.

You really should. My husband and I were dying in the theater. No one else around us was laughing but at the time we were visiting family and the town was very much like the one in the movie. My teenage son even loves it. We quote it all the time. Seriously, this one should have way more votes.

And don't forget to watch the end credits scene.

[Iwritecode]

The movie is endlessly quotable. To this day I still pronounce the word "quesadilla" the same way Napoleon's grandma does. case-uh-dill-uh

[MikeDuke]

I am really glad to The Cell doing well early on.

[fernandito]

The movie is endlessly quotable. To this day I still pronounce the word "quesadilla" the same way Napoleon's grandma does. case-uh-dill-uh

Whenever I make quesadillas at home I yell out to my room mate "I'm making myself a dang quesa-dill-luh! Want one?" :lol:

And also obviously when I go bowling and get a strike I gotta throw out a "please be good to me, please be good to me... yussssssss"

[amd013]

Regarding the Cell, this was a movie I saw at the theater. I went with a group of people, and I seem to recall we all wished we had our money back after the movie. Only vaguely remember the movie, but definitely recall not liking it at all. I generally buy the DVD/Blu-Ray/4K disc of movies I see in the theater (probably 80% of them). This was not one of them.

[Still Servant]

3 votes for The Lookout? Are you serious? Have you guys not seen the film?

As for The New World, I just couldn't get into it.

[fernandito]

I voted for The Lookout but, ehhhhhh. It's just okay. Its competently made but doesn't leave much of a lasting impression.

[Tommy]

I found The New World to be a bewitching film filled with a mysterious beauty. And not for nothing but for that time period, it's by far Bale's least intense performance. Malick took Mr. Intensity and gave him a totally different kind of role to play. Not many filmmakers would be that bold.

[mae]

Yes, The New World is breathtakingly beautiful.

[Randall Flagg]

Yes, The New World is breathtakingly beautiful.
IMO, Top 100 movie of all time.

[mae]

Easy.

[mae]

A couple more votes and The New World will tie Real Girl for last place, hopefully!

[Still Servant]

Yes, The New World is breathtakingly beautiful.
IMO, Top 100 movie of all time.

Are you guys serious? I'm honestly shocked. I've never heard anyone in any circles praise that film the way you guys are. Top 100 all-time!

[mae]

The Criterion blu-ray that was recently released of The New World is astounding. Watch it, if you haven't seen it in a while.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ces4ZqX75o

[Heather19]

Lars and the Real Girl needs to move. Such a sweet movie.

[Iwritecode]

Yes, The New World is breathtakingly beautiful.
IMO, Top 100 movie of all time.

Are you guys serious? I'm honestly shocked. I've never heard anyone in any circles praise that film the way you guys are. Top 100 all-time!

I'd never even heard of it. But after watching the trailer, I've apparently seen the Disney cartoon version of it...

[Still Servant]

Yes, The New World is breathtakingly beautiful.
IMO, Top 100 movie of all time.

Are you guys serious? I'm honestly shocked. I've never heard anyone in any circles praise that film the way you guys are. Top 100 all-time!

I'd never even heard of it. But after watching the trailer, I've apparently seen the Disney cartoon version of it...

I had to go back and refresh my memory on how the film was received. I thought maybe I was off and it was this beloved classic. Nope. I was remembering correctly. It sits at a 63% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.7 score on IMDB.

I'm willing to give it another chance at some point.

[mae]

I'm kinda shocked that it's rated that low. I think its reception in more recent years has been much better:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_World_%282005_film%29#Reception

In a 2016 international critics' poll conducted by BBC, The New World was voted the 39th-greatest film since 2000.

[mae]

This is closing Monday afternoon.

[Still Servant]

Cone on. Give me one more for The Lookout. It's a great heist film. Jeff Daniels is really good in it and so is Joseph Gordon Levitt.

It's available on Starz streaming if you have it.

[Randall Flagg]

Cone on. Give me one more for The Lookout. It's a great heist film. Jeff Daniels is really good in it and so is Joseph Gordon Levitt.

It's available on Starz streaming if you have it.
It would take at least 4 more votes to avoid elimination.

[Still Servant]

Cone on. Give me one more for The Lookout. It's a great heist film. Jeff Daniels is really good in it and so is Joseph Gordon Levitt.

It's available on Starz streaming if you have it.
It would take at least 4 more votes to avoid elimination.

Damn. I counted wrong. At least Lars is doing well.

Hopefully people will still watch The Lookout.

[mae]

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


Batman Begins (80.77%)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (53.85%)
The Cell (42.31%)
Napoleon Dynamite (38.46%)
Let the Right One In (34.62%)
Lars and the Real Girl (26.92%)


And the following two titles have been eliminated:


The Lookout (15.38%)
The New World (15.38%)