The Great Movie Tournament - 2000s: Round 1 - Group 20 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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The Orphanage (2007) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orphanage_%282007_film%29)
Directed by J. A. Bayona


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=907-poFwp60

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Lost_in_Translation_poster.jpg
Lost in Translation (2003) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Translation_%28film%29)
Directed by Sofia Coppola


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf0JD0gBDMc

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/X2_poster.jpg/220px-X2_poster.jpg
X2 (2003) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X2_%28film%29)
Directed by Bryan Singer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNIdceH7XOw

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Serenity_One_Sheet.jpg/220px-Serenity_One_Sheet.jpg
Serenity (2005) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_%282005_film%29)
Directed by Joss Whedon


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRnIJM8NGok

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Y_tu_mam%C3%A1_tambi%C3%A9n_poster.png
Y Tu Mamá También (2001) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Tu_Mam%C3%A1_Tambi%C3%A9n)
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gvOrt6I_6Q

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a7/Snatch_ver4.jpg/220px-Snatch_ver4.jpg
Snatch (2000) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatch_%28film%29)
Directed by Guy Ritchie


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCz5fu96bSA

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ee/Fountain_poster_1.jpg/220px-Fountain_poster_1.jpg
The Fountain (2006) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountain)
Directed by Darren Aronofsky


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0yxCLznEqs

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Finding_Nemo.jpg/220px-Finding_Nemo.jpg
Finding Nemo (2003) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Nemo)
Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdLp5qYT_TY

[fernandito]

Damn this group is stacked.

[mae]

Damn this group is stacked.

And Y Tu Mamá También and The Fountain tied for last... :cry:

[Still Servant]

I stayed away from The Fountain back in the day because I remember it wasn't that well received. I've heard good things over the years. I found it the other day, so I hope to watch it before my 80th birthday.

[Ricky]

Mike. :lol:

I'm torn on The Fountain. It's well made, artistic, and has a lot it wants to say, but it just didn't do it for me. It's been a while since I've seen it so I don't remember too much about it. I'd say it's worth a watch, though. It's not a "bad" film at all.

[mae]

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


Finding Nemo (70.37%)
Snatch (44.44%)
X2 (44.44%)
Serenity (40.74%)
Lost in Translation (33.33%)
The Orphanage (29.63%)


And the following two titles have been eliminated:


Y Tu Mamá También (18.52%)
The Fountain (14.81%)

[fernandito]

The Fountain gets a lot of hate because of its sappiness (and rest assured, it is pretty sappy) - but beneath the melodramatic veneer is actually a great film about love and the circle of life and death. Its a sensory experience that needs to be... well um, experienced at least once.

[Still Servant]

The Fountain gets a lot of hate because of its sappiness (and rest assured, it is pretty sappy) - but beneath the melodramatic veneer is actually a great film about love and the circle of life and death. Its a sensory experience that needs to be... well um, experienced at least once.

Yeah, this is a lot of what I've been hearing in recent years. I'm looking forward to the eventual watch.