Best Comedy Tournament: Round 1 - Group E

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

This is the best group of the first bracket, and the only group where I felt that I had to leave one out.

Voted for Coming to America (my favorite of the group), American Pie, Wolf of Wallstreet, What about Bob (another absolute classic), Princess Bride and Meet the Fockers.

Wanted to vote for Three Amigos and As Good as it Gets, but Alas, only 6 votes.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Crap, I just realized it was Meet the Fockers, not Meet the Parents. MTF was good, but not nearly as good as MTP, and I would not have voted for it over As Good as it Gets.

[skyofcrack]

What about Bob (another absolute classic),

"Is this some kind of radical new therapy."

[Still Servant]

Matt, you just got Eberted.

Matt's usually the one doing the Eberting.

I've been reading Ebert's reviews for 20+ years now, he's who taught me how to look at film with a critical eye, I didn't always agree with him but even when I didn't agree I respected his opinion, I miss him dearly

Have you seen Life Itself yet? It's fantastic.

[Theli]

This is a killer list, The Three Amigos, Princess Bride, THe Wolf of Wall Street... but for pure comedy gold nothing strikes be better than the stupid comedy of Rogen and Franco (other than Monty Python), so I give the sole vote to This Is the End.

[Still Servant]

This is a killer list, The Three Amigos, Princess Bride, THe Wolf of Wall Street... but for pure comedy gold nothing strikes be better than the stupid comedy of Rogen and Franco (other than Monty Python), so I give the sole vote to This Is the End.

Honestly, the dirty magazine scene is one of the more genuinely funny moments I've seen in a film in about 5 years. I'd post the scene here, but it might be offensive to some. Fuck it, I'll put it in a spoiler tag.

Spoiler:

[Tommy]

Matt, you just got Eberted.

Matt's usually the one doing the Eberting.

I've been reading Ebert's reviews for 20+ years now, he's who taught me how to look at film with a critical eye, I didn't always agree with him but even when I didn't agree I respected his opinion, I miss him dearly

Have you seen Life Itself yet? It's fantastic.

Yes I've seen it and it is a great film, I love all the stuff about Siskel & Ebert, the promo outtakes are hilarious. It is incredibly heartbreaking and disturbing to watch him slowly and painfully deteriorate from cancer but Ebert knew it was important to show someone going through what he did. And if Ebert was going to be in a film, it certainly wasn't going to be weak tea.

[Odetta]

Let your SOUL GLO!

[needfulthings]

"We could use a PLETHORA of votes about now"

[Still Servant]

Matt, you just got Eberted.

Matt's usually the one doing the Eberting.

I've been reading Ebert's reviews for 20+ years now, he's who taught me how to look at film with a critical eye, I didn't always agree with him but even when I didn't agree I respected his opinion, I miss him dearly

Have you seen Life Itself yet? It's fantastic.

Yes I've seen it and it is a great film, I love all the stuff about Siskel & Ebert, the promo outtakes are hilarious. It is incredibly heartbreaking and disturbing to watch him slowly and painfully deteriorate from cancer but Ebert knew it was important to show someone going through what he did. And if Ebert was going to be in a film, it certainly wasn't going to be weak tea.

Loved the promos too. There was so much venom coming from both of them. In the end, they really did love and respect each other.

I still feel the film should have been nominated for best documentary.

[mae]

This poll is closing in two days, so please get your votes in. The first group of polls managed between 30 and 32 votes per poll, so keep voting, please! The more people vote, the more fair the process is!

[mae]

Need to break the tie for sixth, more votes for This Is the End, please!

[Still Servant]

If Meet the Fockers goes through and This is the End doesn't I'm going to be slightly agitated.

[mae]

This is closing soon so we need to break that tie! Where are all the This Is the End fans?

[Iwritecode]

I've already voted for This is the End.

How are ties broken again?

[mae]

If there's a tie for last place (or last places), there will be a separate 4-day tiebreaker poll. I hope more people do vote, though it's getting awful late now. Looks like about 3-5 people didn't vote in this group that voted in the first one...

[mae]

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

1. The Princess Bride (1987) 59.26%
2. American Pie (1999) 55.56%
3. Coming to America (1988) 51.85%
4. What About Bob? (1991) 48.15%
5. Three Amigos! (1986) 44.44%

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

1. Meet the Fockers (2004) 33.33%
2. This Is the End (2013) 33.33%

And the following three titles have been eliminated:

1. As Good as It Gets (1997) 25.93%
2. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 22.22%
3. The Great Race (1965) 18.52%

[pathoftheturtle]

I did not realize this.