EN World Movie Battle Royal! We have our winner!

[Pielorinho]

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.

D'oh! 5 was the other one I couldn't explain; I figured out 4 (although I totally forgot about the skeleton parallel). I thought the parallels were pretty sweet!

Daniel

 

[Gomez]

D'oh! 5 was the other one I couldn't explain; I figured out 4 (although I totally forgot about the skeleton parallel). I thought the parallels were pretty sweet!

Daniel

Well as for number 5. I had watched Stargate earlier in the week and picked it as a moive. I kinda hunted around for a movie to put up against it and just happened to see Total Recall as I searched the list of movies on Amazon.com. I thought they were a good match.

 

[Kaledor]

Round 1 -19

My picks for winners:

1. The Shining (1980) -- didn't like exorcist (too jaded I guess)
2. Hellraiser (1987)
3. Jurassic Park (1993) -- I guess I'm too young to like King Kong.
4. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
5. Total Recall (1990) -- tough pick. But, I think the stargate movie was lacking (something the series has really remedied) And the first time I saw Total Recall I was young enough to still be blown away by the twists in the movie.
6. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) -- not sure that was even a fair pick
7. Conan the Barbarian (1982) -- ah too hard to choose that one. I went by which one affected me more (Conan influence my early gaming more than anything else)
8. Alien (1979) -- couldn't stand ET... and absolutely LOVED the first two Alien movies.

 

[Gomez]

And the first time I saw Total Recall I was young enough to still be blown away by the twists in the movie.

Twists?
Are you talking about that martian girl in the bar?

 

[Mordane76]

Round 1-20

1. The Exorcist (1973)

2. Phantasm (1979)

3. Jurassic Park (1993)

4. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)

5. Total Recall (1990)

6. 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)

7. Highlander (1986)

8. Alien (1979)

 

[Gomez]

Ok Voting is closed for Round 1.

Results will be posted in a few!

 

[Krieg]

6) Which space opera is better?

...but 2001 is not space opera.

BTW dibs on round 3.

 

[Gomez]

Round One Results


1. The Exorcist (1973) defeated The Shining (1980) - 13-7

2. Hellraiser (1987) defeated Phantasm (1979) - 14-4-2

3. King Kong (1933) defeated Jurassic Park (1993) - 16-4

4. Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) defeated Jason and the Argonauts (1963) - 12-8

5. Total Recall (1990) defeated Stargate (1994) - 12-8

6. Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) defeated 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) - 13-6-1

7. Conan the Barbarian (1982) defeated Highlander (1986) - 11-9

8. Alien (1979) defeated ET, The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 19-1


All in all pretty competitive though King Kong. Hellraiser, and Alien roughed up their opponents pretty badly,

Round Two is next!

 

[Krieg]

FWIW you can use vote totals to determine seeds for the next round (given that the first four sets of 8 matches are all actually the first round).

1. Alien (1979) 19-1
2. King Kong (1933) 16-4
3. Hellraiser (1987) 14-4-2
4. Star Wars Ep IV (1977) 13-6-1
5. The Exorcist (1973) 13-7
6. (tie) Total Recall (1990) & Pirates of the Caribean (2003)
8. Conan the Barbarian (1982) 11-9

 

[Pielorinho]

As promised, some of the movies in this round are a bit freakier: while there are some blockbusters, there's also some less-known works. It's weighted pretty heavily toward recent movies--almost half are from the last ten years--but I figure y'all can cope. And some of the pairings are gonna be easier than others; I was going more for fun pairings than for the toughest contests.

1. <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Delicatessen (1991) vs. Brazil (1985)<LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">City of Lost Children (1995) vs. Peter Pan (2003)<LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Twelve Monkeys (1995) vs. Donnie Darko (2001)<LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Gattaca (1997) vs. Metropolis (1927) <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Dark Star (1974) vs. Shaun of the Dead (2004) <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Videodrome (1983) vs. The Matrix (1999)
   [*]Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) vs. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
   [*]Spoorloos/The Vanishing (1988) vs. The Haunting (1963)
   

Daniel