The Great Movie Tournament - 1930s: Final

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05-01-2023 06:59 AM
mae

The Great Movie Tournament - 1930s: Final

For the seventh and final round of The Great Movie Tournament, please vote for one film you would like to win the tournament and be declared the best film of the 1930s.

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://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w220_...U65Hkia9sE.jpg
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Directed by Victor Fleming

Watch Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_A2twyZevo

https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/film-po...g?v=93d2681131
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Directed by David Hand

Watch Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4YE-s_8L1Q
05-01-2023 08:03 AM
Tommy

Fantastic finalists!! :clap:
05-01-2023 11:22 AM
frik

Snow White
05-01-2023 12:21 PM
mae

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Originally Posted by Tommy

Fantastic finalists!! :clap:

Yup it's very cool and unexpected to see these two make it to the end! Two absolute immortal classics.
05-01-2023 03:20 PM
Randall Flagg

I dislike both movies so much, I refuse to vote.
05-01-2023 03:35 PM
DoctorZaius

Oz - so many memories watching this one each year.
05-01-2023 03:44 PM
Tommy

Anyone ever do The Dark Side of the Moon synced up with Oz thing? I did with my friend back in high school. We actually had to rent it from a store back then! Can you imagine?
05-01-2023 03:57 PM
mae

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Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

I dislike both movies so much, I refuse to vote.

How come? I feel like both are such an integral part of American culture.
05-01-2023 04:44 PM
Randall Flagg

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Originally Posted by mae

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Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

I dislike both movies so much, I refuse to vote.

How come? I feel like both are such an integral part of American culture.

Guns are an integral part of American culture. Doesn't mean I must like it (nor that I stick my head in the sand and ignore it).

I just feel fatigued by the two films, and to see that one will be voted best of the decade just adds to the fatigue.
05-01-2023 04:51 PM
mae

Sorry that this decade didn't work out for you, boss. Hopefully overall you're happy with the rankings, though.
05-01-2023 05:16 PM
Tommy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

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Originally Posted by mae

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Originally Posted by Randall Flagg

I dislike both movies so much, I refuse to vote.

How come? I feel like both are such an integral part of American culture.

Guns are an integral part of American culture.

The Scarecrow has a gun in Oz and it took me years before I noticed it.

The poppy snow falling on the group to make them sleep was made from pure asbestos.
05-02-2023 06:38 AM
Heather19

I'm so happy to see both of these in the finals.
05-02-2023 08:13 AM
amd013

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Originally Posted by Tommy

Anyone ever do The Dark Side of the Moon synced up with Oz thing? I did with my friend back in high school. We actually had to rent it from a store back then! Can you imagine?

Yeah, I gave it a try a year or two ago. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to loop the TDSOTM or not, but I listened to it about 1.5 times before the amusement wore off and I stopped the movie.
05-02-2023 08:45 AM
Tommy

It does loop/synch a bit if you keep it going but the first play is still amusing or I just never matured one. Probably the latter, ha!
05-02-2023 08:51 AM
Tommy

Two great villains here and some similarities too. Both are villains that choose evil rather than being sympathetic villains in any way. Both send armies/hunters after a young girl they want something from and both put their victims to sleep at some point.
We've not had a musical make it this far either and now the two finalists are both musical films.
05-05-2023 07:49 AM
mae

Only a few more days left in our 1930s tournament, so get your votes in if you haven't yet! Though it's looking pretty definitive at this point.
05-05-2023 03:20 PM
DoctorZaius

Watching The Wizard of Oz right now on TCM, and it's still great! Glad with my vote.
05-05-2023 03:51 PM
Tommy

It was last night for me and watching it again just made me love it more. Paying more attention to the sepia toned segments gives clues to Dorothy's upcoming "dream". The Fraud fortune teller tells Dorothy he sees Auntie Em upset for Dorothy in the crystal ball and later, Dorothy can see Auntie Em in the Wicked Witch's gazing ball upset about Dorothy.

I've never read the book but I know they were silver slippers instead of ruby and that there is a whole economic thread that runs through it where the scarecrow represents farmers and the tinsmen represents industry, yellow brick road represents gold standard and all that but never analyzed that aspect of it because I haven't read the books, has anyone here read them?
05-07-2023 07:05 AM
mae

I did read the original book as a kid and barely remember it. But I would love to dive in again, maybe there is a nice new edition of the books?
05-07-2023 03:52 PM
RUBE

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Originally Posted by Tommy

It was last night for me and watching it again just made me love it more. Paying more attention to the sepia toned segments gives clues to Dorothy's upcoming "dream". The Fraud fortune teller tells Dorothy he sees Auntie Em upset for Dorothy in the crystal ball and later, Dorothy can see Auntie Em in the Wicked Witch's gazing ball upset about Dorothy.

I've never read the book but I know they were silver slippers instead of ruby and that there is a whole economic thread that runs through it where the scarecrow represents farmers and the tinsmen represents industry, yellow brick road represents gold standard and all that but never analyzed that aspect of it because I haven't read the books, has anyone here read them?

I read The Wizard of Oz to my son when he was younger. The silver slippers is one of the many differences from the movie. I wasn't doing a deep analysis of it though so I don't know about any metaphors for the economy.
05-08-2023 07:00 AM
mae

In a strong finish to the ninth part of The Great Movie Tournament, our best film of the 1930s is The Wizard of Oz (1939), directed by Victor Fleming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrZK_wlqiA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ROBPjTWbKI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91AvlUo048w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyshZrIZNh8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_QwYkbjhOc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww_z9o9Qfc0
05-08-2023 11:07 AM
fernandito

Well deserved! Love it or hate it, can't deny Oz is an emblematic film that's still talked about and cherished til this day.
05-08-2023 11:21 AM
mae

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlgcp_PVCaY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbpQqaR9cEU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2Y6Hx9oJI
05-10-2023 03:26 AM
Heather19

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Originally Posted by fernandito

Well deserved! Love it or hate it, can't deny Oz is an emblematic film that's still talked about and cherished til this day.

Agreed, I really can't imagine another film winning this decade. Even after all these years it's still a movie that I imagine almost everyone has seen at least once.