Winners so far: Forrest Gump, LOTR, Star Wars, Jaws, Braveheart, Shawshank Redemption, Gone with the Wind, the Godfather, Fight Club, American Beauty, Schindler's List and Raiders of the Lost Ark

 

Knocked out: Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, The Matrix, Alien, 300, Casablanca, The Usual Suspects, Goodfellas, American History X, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento and Pirates of the Caribbean

 

Everyone is familiar with the brackets for march madness. Well we will use the same idea to determine The Best Movie in this tournament. Oooo...ahhhh...

 

The rules are easy. I will post a battle topic... say.... From Justen to Kelly vs. Glitter and everyone can respond and say which they liked better. Once the week is up, I will tally the votes and that movie will go to the next round. We will continue this game until we have a supreme winner!

 

First up, a Tom Hanks Battle Royal....

 

Forrest Gump

 

VS.

 

Saving Private Ryan

 

Saving Private Ryan was cool, but I think I liked Forrest Gump more.

This is a tough one for me as well. (Empy why did you start with such a hard one?)

 

I am going to go with....errr...

 

I loved Saving Private Ryan but I think Forrest Gump was just a unique movie experience.

 

So... I have to go Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump here.

I have unfortunately not yet actually seen shaving private ryan, however, I have seen Forrest Gump, so I'm gonna have to go with that one.

wow yeah, this is a hard choice. think i'll have to go with Forest Gump as well

I prefered Saving Private Ryan. Forest Gump was okay but not as good.

Forest Gump.

 

Just the music alone puts this on top.

I vote Gump in 2007. I didn't even find myself wanting to see Private Ryan.

Agreed, I got about a half hour into Saving Private Ryan and just kind of gave up. My vote to Gump!

I watched both and Gump it is, a much more unique movie.

Now Gump vs. Castaway might be more difficult. We're voting for the movie right? not just the actor?

 

do we get to know what the brackets are? or are you just coming up with them randomly?

Seen Forrest Gump, not seen Saving Private Ryan, so Gump it is!

Looks like Gump has it and moves on to the next round.

 

Next up:

 

The Matrix

 

 

vs.

 

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

 

That is MUCH more difficult. To take them both as the trilogies, LotR is loads better than the Matrix. But comparing the first movie of each is an entirely different situation.

 

I'm inclined to say Matrix because it was (to my knowledge) not an adaptation. I really liked what they did with LotR, but the Matrix was more inspiring and intriguing.

I'm going with LotR. For one thing, it had more than just two decent actors in it. Plus, having the earlier Dark City as one of my favorite movies of all time gives me more than just a little contempt for the flashy, soulless, derivative ripoff that is The Matrix.

Based on just the first movie of each Trilogy, I am going to have to say that the Matrix was much better. As a series LOTR was better, but the first Matrix movie was absolutely amazing.

i'll say LotR just to disagree with barm =)

 

kidding. i love both & agree that the first matrix movie is better in many ways, but LotR was iconic because it did so well. lots more versions could've been made but most didn't dare touch it because of how dense/well-known the books were. which is a good thing, because i don't believe any other interpretation would've done the series justice. with the Matrix - the concept was so good it could've been made differently & it would have still probably rolled.

 

IHMO, of course =)

I don't like Keanu (at least I won't admit it :P) so I'm going with LotR.

I'm going to say LOTR. For the sole reason, my sister in law thrashing in her chair when she found it the story wasn't over. "After three hours they still have the ring." Umm Sis the movie ain't over. There are still two more of them. GAH!

hmm, i'm gonna go with Matrix because i don't like LotR

I am going with the Matrix (now it is a 4-4 vote btw). My reasoning is simple. Matrix blew away my expectations. It is rare that I go into a movie with no preconceived expectations and love a movie. It was new, unique and the fight scenes were awesome. I love Dark City too (we must be those two that love it), but this movie was much better and I do not think of it as a rip off.

Not a big Matrix fan...but LOTR fav film of all...so no contest

I love Dark City too (we must be those two that love it)' date=' but this movie was much better and I do not think of it as a rip off.[/quote']

 

Roger Ebert loves it too. I think you, me, and him are the only people who've even heard of the movie, though. But blending it with Terminator and throwing in some flashy camera tricks and action sequences aren't really improvements in my mind. Also, I'm told The Matrix was basically a longer version of an episode of the original Star Trek, but I'm not much of a fan, so I leave this others to corroborate.

should have made Dark City and Matrix as the play-in team

Naw, Dark City is not a movie people have heard of. I had a poster of it in my room in college... wait...