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mae
08-02-2019, 10:51 AM
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/f/fd/Gone_Baby_Gone_poster.png
Gone Baby Gone (2007) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_Baby_Gone)
Directed by Ben Affleck


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzh4Q88sthY

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a6/Corpse_Bride_film_poster.jpg/220px-Corpse_Bride_film_poster.jpg
Corpse Bride (2005) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse_Bride)
Directed by Tim Burton


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G9OADTrw-8

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/Simpsons_final_poster.png/220px-Simpsons_final_poster.png
The Simpsons Movie (2007) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie)
Directed by David Silverman


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPG0MqIcby8

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Love_Actually_movie.jpg
Love Actually (2003) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Actually)
Directed by Richard Curtis


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA0fsx_OVLo

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Syriana (2005) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriana)
Directed by Stephen Gaghan


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNUG0hz2IaE

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Little_miss_sunshine_poster.jpg
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Miss_Sunshine)
Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvwVkllXT80

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Adaptation._film.jpg
Adaptation (2002) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation_%28film%29)
Directed by Spike Jonze


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEAFok3pLwg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Unbreakableposterwillis.jpg/215px-Unbreakableposterwillis.jpg
Unbreakable (2000) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbreakable_%28film%29)
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNeCB2ALNoA
Still Servant
08-02-2019, 06:02 PM
So happy to see Gone Baby Gone doing well. It has one of the more powerful final shots I've ever seen in a film.

Most people didn't even catch what they were going for. I can't tell you how many people I talk to about the film that didn't understand the ending.
Tommy
08-02-2019, 08:35 PM
Adaptation messed with my head and I was sober too I think. That movie is wild.
Heather19
08-06-2019, 10:29 AM
Corpse Bride needs some more love.
mae
08-06-2019, 03:42 PM
Little Miss Sunshine with less than a third of the votes? :cry:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pe-SoGTgR4
Randall Flagg
08-06-2019, 05:05 PM
I loved LMS, and my wife hated it. I don't think it has aged well.
Still Servant
08-07-2019, 05:29 PM
I loved LMS, and my wife hated it. I don't think it has aged well.

In what way?

The only thing that might hurt it are all the films that came out afterward and tried to be like it.
mae
08-09-2019, 12:30 PM
The poll has closed. The following six titles are moving on to the next round:


Unbreakable (90.48%)
Gone Baby Gone (61.90%)
Adaptation (33.33%)
Corpse Bride (33.33%)
Little Miss Sunshine (33.33%)
The Simpsons Movie (33.33%)


And the following two titles have been eliminated:


Love Actually (28.57%)
Syriana (28.57%)
Still Servant
08-09-2019, 05:07 PM
This was a close one. A lot of films bunched up in the middle there.
St. Troy
08-13-2019, 08:51 AM
Surprised to see Syriana dropped in the first round; I thought this was a widely-respected (and, crucially, widely-seen) film.
mae
08-13-2019, 08:55 AM
Same for Love Actually. But somehow The Simpsons Movie sneaked in.
Iwritecode
08-13-2019, 08:56 AM
Surprised to see Syriana dropped in the first round; I thought this was a widely-respected (and, crucially, widely-seen) film.

I'd never even heard of it. :shrug:
St. Troy
08-13-2019, 08:58 AM
Surprised to see Syriana dropped in the first round; I thought this was a widely-respected (and, crucially, widely-seen) film.

I'd never even heard of it. :shrug:

Where were you in 2005? I'm pretty sure it would've been illegal to be unaware of a movie with Clooney, Damon and Chris Cooper in it.
MikeDuke
08-13-2019, 09:39 AM
Man, no Syriana. That's a shame. It's such a great movie.
Iwritecode
08-13-2019, 10:02 AM
Surprised to see Syriana dropped in the first round; I thought this was a widely-respected (and, crucially, widely-seen) film.

I'd never even heard of it. :shrug:

Where were you in 2005? I'm pretty sure it would've been illegal to be unaware of a movie with Clooney, Damon and Chris Cooper in it.

I honestly have no idea. I have absolutely no recollection of ever even seeing a trailer for it or hearing anyone talk about it at all. I thought the Ocean's trilogy were the only movies Clooney and Damon had ever starred together in.


I see it was released in December of 2005. It's funny because I know I've seen other movies that were released that same month. But this one just completely flew under the radar for me.