EN World Movie Battle Royal! We have our winner!

[Arnwyn]

Round 1-12

1) The Exorcist
2) Hellraiser
3) King Kong
4) Jason & the Argonauts
5) Gah! You bastard! Uh...uh... Total Recall
6) Star Wars
7) Conan the Barbarian
8) Alien

 

[Tonguez]

Round One!


1. The Shining (1980) (not an easy choice)

2. Hellraiser (1987) (Haven't seen Phantasm)

3. King Kong (1933)

4. Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

5. Total Recall (1990)

6. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977)

7. Conan the Barbarian (1982)

8. Alien (1979) (though I love ET, Aliens was the better movie)

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

1. The Shining (1980) vs The Exorcist (1973) - The Exorcist

2. Hellraiser (1987) vs Phantasm (1979) - Hellraiser

3. King Kong (1933) vs Jurassic Park (1993) - Jurassic Park

4. Jason and the Argonauts (1963) vs Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) - Jason & The Argonauts

5. Total Recall (1990) vs Stargate (1994) - Total Recall

6. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) vs 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) - Star Wars

7. Conan the Barbarian (1982) vs Highlander (1986) - Conan

8. ET, The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) vs Alien (1979) - Alien

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

My round one winners:

Round One!

Here are the first round matches and we have some heavy hitters here.

The Exorcist (1973)

2. Hellraiser (1987)

3. King Kong (1933)

4. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)

5. Stargate (1994)

6. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977)

7. Highlander (1986)

8. Alien (1979)
Honorary mention Aliens, as its better than Alien.

 

[nakia]

Round 1-16

1. The Exorcist
2. Hellraiser
3. King Kong
4. Pirates of the Carribbean
5. Stargate
6. 2001
7. Highlander
8. Alien

The only real conumdrum for me was #6. While I have seen Star Wars a billion times and love it, I think 2001 is a better film. Looks like 2001 is going to loose anyway.

 

[ShadowDenizen]

Ooh, some toughies.
1) Gotta be The Excorcist.
2) Hellraiser
3} King Kong: you gotta respect the classics, especially ones that still hold up more than 70 years later!
4) Jason and the Argonauts: see above. And, Ray Harryhausen.
5) Total Recall: one of Schwarzeneggers best (not that that's saying alot...)
6) Star Wars: I want to buck the trend, but Star Wars contributed so much to the modern day SF genre, it's hard to discount it. Plus, Lucas wasn't an a**hat back then.
7) Highlander
8) Hmm; toughest one of them all, IMO, but I'm gonna back ET. Probably because I was so young, but it filled me with a sense of wonder that I haven't seen before or since. Alien is a great horror/SF movie, but I've seen dozens since that are just as good.

 

[Pielorinho]

Well if you want to post the second round movies you can put as many freaky movies in that you want.

Ooh, okay--dibs on round two movies! I already have my list, and just need to look up dates for some of them; there's only one extremely obscure one on the list, but they're mostly reasonably freaky .

Daniel

 

[Desdichado]

Interesting match ups, but not very hard decisions...

I quite agree. And the pairings occasionally didn't make much sense.


1. The Shining (1980) vs The Exorcist (1973)

2. Hellraiser (1987) vs Phantasm (1979)

3. King Kong (1933) vs Jurassic Park (1993)

4. Jason and the Argonauts (1963) vs Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)

5. Total Recall (1990) vs Stargate (1994)

6. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) vs 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)

7. Conan the Barbarian (1982) vs Highlander (1986)

8. ET, The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) vs Alien (1979)

 

[Pielorinho]

I quite agree. And the pairings occasionally didn't make much sense.

Oh, I thought they did:
1) Which movie about a family stuck in a house with a possessed psycho family is better?
2) Not having seen Phantasm, someone else can field this one.
3) Which groundbreaking FX movie about a giant monster is better?
4) Which movie about adventures on the high seas is better?
5) I didn't see either of these, so I can't comment.
6) Which space opera is better?
7) Which sword-and-sorcery flick is better?
8) Which movie about humanity's first encounter with a single alien is better?

So maybe 2 and 4 don't make sense, but It hink the rest do.
Daniel

 

[Gomez]

Ok, Pielorinho has the second round movies. I look forwards to be able to vote.

We have two more voters to go before Round One voting is closed.

Hey, Joshua. How did you do that with the line through the text thingy?

Originally Posted by Joshua Dyal
I quite agree. And the pairings occasionally didn't make much sense.

2. Two creepy supernatural bad guys killing people using a ball and a box.
4. Sea based adventures with Skeletons! Stop Animation vs CGI.


Really the pairings don't have to make sense but I tried to pair relatively equal movies and styles.