The Great Movie Tournament - 2000s: Round 1 - Group 22 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):


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/HedwigandtheAngryInchMoviePoster.jpg/215px-HedwigandtheAngryInchMoviePoster.jpg
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_%28film%29)
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9LxKv7ZkRo

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/The_Day_After_Tomorrow_movie.jpg/220px-The_Day_After_Tomorrow_movie.jpg
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After_Tomorrow)
Directed by Roland Emmerich


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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Kill_Bill_Volume_2.png/220px-Kill_Bill_Volume_2.png
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Bill:_Volume_2)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtS7s9ELJow

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/Family_man_movie.jpg/220px-Family_man_movie.jpg
The Family Man (2000) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_Man)
Directed by Brett Ratner


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnouJoQs52c

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/The_Machinist_poster.JPG/220px-The_Machinist_poster.JPG
The Machinist (2004) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machinist)
Directed by Brad Anderson


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAhBZXw1Kak

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/310_to_Yuma_%282007_film%29.jpg/220px-310_to_Yuma_%282007_film%29.jpg
3:10 to Yuma (2007) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3:10_to_Yuma_%282007_film%29)
Directed by James Mangold


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYG0bmdmUkw

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Up_in_the_Air_Poster.jpg
Up in the Air (2009) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_in_the_Air_%282009_film%29)
Directed by Jason Reitman


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbXGW5czKo

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Borat_ver2.jpg/220px-Borat_ver2.jpg
Borat (2006) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borat)
Directed by Larry Charles


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6hEvfLfTRc

[fernandito]

Ok so hilarious story involving me and the only time I watched Up In The Air:

The only time I watched it was off a bootleg DVD. I guess something went wrong during the burning process, so the entire movie was jumbled and out of order. So it would play Chapter 1, then Chapter 5, 6, then circle back to Chapter 2, then play Chapter 8 and so on and so forth.

The funny part is that I thought it was a stylistic choice, like Reitman played out the consequence of something Clooney's character did, then inserted a flashback to show how he arrived there. The movie actually made sense in a weird way :lol:

It wasn't until I was about 80% through that the DVD abruptly skipped to the credits, then 5 minutes later jumped back to 20 minutes before that I realized what was going on. So my only experience with this film is that first viewing, I still don't know to this day how everything was supposed to flow lol.

Damn good movie tho!

[Mattrick]

The first time I watched Goodfellas I didn't realize it was an old double-sided DVD that wasn't separating full from widescreen, but first half from second half

So I only watched the second half of Goodfellas the first time.

[Still Servant]

Ok so hilarious story involving me and the only time I watched Up In The Air:

The only time I watched it was off a bootleg DVD. I guess something went wrong during the burning process, so the entire movie was jumbled and out of order. So it would play Chapter 1, then Chapter 5, 6, then circle back to Chapter 2, then play Chapter 8 and so on and so forth.

The funny part is that I thought it was a stylistic choice, like Reitman played out the consequence of something Clooney's character did, then inserted a flashback to show how he arrived there. The movie actually made sense in a weird way :lol:

It wasn't until I was about 80% through that the DVD abruptly skipped to the credits, then 5 minutes later jumped back to 20 minutes before that I realized what was going on. So my only experience with this film is that first viewing, I still don't know to this day how everything was supposed to flow lol.

Damn good movie tho!

So you watched a Memento version of Up in the Air? That sounds pretty amazing.

[mae]

Everyone needs to go see The Family Man right now! Unfortunately, looks like it's only streaming on Starz at the moment: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-family-man But maybe your TV provider has it on-demand. It should not be tied for last. It's one of the feelest-goodest movies ever.

[divemaster]

Everyone needs to go see The Family Man right now! Unfortunately, looks like it's only streaming on Starz at the moment

If you had MY Netflix plan, you could watch it this weekend.

[fernandito]

Kill Bill 2 isn't doing as well as its counterpart.

[mae]

Volume 1 is a much better movie. But it's still leading this group somehow.

[Heather19]

It's an amazing movie. And personally probably my favorite Tarantino. I have a hard time separating the 2 from each other though. I see them as 1 film. I'll have to look back at how many votes part 1 got.

[Ricky]

It is hard to separate them. Vol. 1 is more set-up and posing questions, while Vol. 2 is more payoff and answering those questions.

Anyway, voted for Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Up in the Air, two of my favorite movies for sure.

[fernandito]

We could legit have a separate thread on this. I happen to think Kill Bill Vol 2. is the superior film. Vol. 1 gets a lot of love because of its sword fights (which are amazing of course), but Vol. 2 has more character and depth.

[mae]

This is closing tomorrow morning and The Day After Tomorrow and The Family Man are tied for sixth!

The Family Man needs to move on, people! It's beautiful!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1VlU6Fi3AY

And how sexy is that Wicked Games scene? :wub:

[mae]

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


Kill Bill: Volume 2 (72.00%)
Up in the Air (52.00%)
3:10 to Yuma (48.00%)
The Machinist (40.00%)
Borat (36.00%)


The following two titles will face off in a tiebreaker for the last spot:


The Day After Tomorrow (32.00%)
The Family Man (32.00%)


And the following title has been eliminated:


Hedwig and the Angry Inch (12.00%)