EN World Movie Battle Royal! We have our winner!

[shady]

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) vs. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
The Empire Strikes Back - best of the sequence.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) vs. Galaxy Quest (1999)
STTMP. I did like Galaxy Quest, but again, best of the sequence.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) vs. Contact (1997)
Close Encounters. Liked Contact but the last reel was dumb.

Superman (1978) vs. Spider-Man (2002)
Spiderman.

Dark City (1998) vs. Being John Malkovich (1999)
Dark City

Fallen (1998) vs. Frailty (2001)
Fallen

Solyaris (1972) vs. Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner

Aliens (1986) vs. Predator (1987) (sorry I had to)
Aliens

Dungeons & Dragons (2000) vs. Battlefield Earth (2000)
Citizen Kane

 

[nakia]

Round 3

3-1

1. Empire (even though when I read the choices, I screamed KAHHHNNNNNN!)
2. Galaxy Quest
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Spider Man ( I just can't get over the "reverse the spin of the Earth" bit, even though I like the movie a lot).
5. Being John Malkovich
6. draw (never saw either)
7. Blade Runner
8. Aliens

 

[Desdichado]

1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) -- Sure, Wrath of Khan is the best Star Trek movie, but even the best Star Trek movie is no Star Wars movie.
2. Galaxy Quest (1999) -- a classic homage and a parody at the same time. Brilliant.
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
4. Spider-Man (2002) -- arguably the best superhero movie to be made. Until the sequel, anyway.
5. Dark City (1998)
6. Have to pass; haven't seen either of these.
7. Blade Runner (1982) -- was tempted to pass; I didn't like either of these.
8. Aliens (1986) -- great matchup, but terribly difficult decision.
9. Dungeons & Dragons (2000)D'oh!

 

[Wombat]

Okay, let' see...

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) vs. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) -- dead easy Wrath of Khan! No Ewoks!

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) vs. Galaxy Quest (1999) -- Galaxy Quest, no probs. It was a helluva thing

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) vs. Contact (1997) -- Contact, no question.

Superman (1978) vs. Spider-Man (2002) -- This is a contest? Spidey, all the way!

Dark City (1998) vs. Being John Malkovich (1999) -- MAAAALKOOOVIIIIIICH! Dark City was okay until about the last 15 mintues, when it turned into a bad video game...

Fallen (1998) vs. Frailty (2001): Never saw either. No decision.

Solyaris (1972) vs. Blade Runner (1982) -- Bladerunner, but I am still looking for a version that splits the difference between the original release and the director's cut; I prefer the corrected ending, but I miss the voiceovers.

Aliens (1986) vs. Predator (1987) (sorry I had to) -- Simple. Game over, man. Aliens all the way

Dungeons & Dragons (2000) vs. Battlefield Earth (2000) -- Of the two, dear gods, force me to watch D&D again, please, though both are torture... (yeah, I know this is "off the list", but I still had to say something)

 

[Qlippoth]

Round 3-5

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
4. Spider-Man (IMO probably one of the best comic book-to-movie transfers ever, though I like the sequel even more)
5. Being John Malkovich
6. Can't say, h'ain't seen 'em.
7. Blade Runner
8. Aliens
9. Just hand me the mug of Borax and let me get it over with.

 

[Gomez]

3-6

Wow some nice choices here and some personal faves of mine.

1. Empire Strikes Back (1990)- DAMN YOU!

2. Galaxy Quest (1999) - no contest!

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - still a great movie

4. Spider-Man (2002) - now if you had said Superman 2????

5. Dark City (1998) - never saw BKM but I loved Dark City

6. did not see either. Draw

7 Blade Runner (1982) - SUPER GREAT movie

8. Aliens (1986) - Love the Core!

9. Dungeons & Dragons (2000) - battle of the bads! BFE is just too bad! But of coarse these movies don't count!

 

[Abraxas]

3-7

1. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan . . . . KHAANNN!!!!

2. Galaxy Quest . . . . Star Trek the Movie bored me beyond all others.

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind . . . . I really didn't like the changes made going from Contact the book to Contact the movie (and I wasn't overly impressed with the book).

4. Spider-Man . . . . For its time Superman was OK, merely OK.

5. Dark City . . . . BJM just didn't do anything for me.

6. Fallen . . . . Close, the ending of Fallen always bugs me, but I really like the song Time Is On My Side

7. Solyaris vs. Blade Runner - never saw Solyaris, but I really doubt it could beat Blade Runner in my mind

8. Aliens vs. Predator . . . . hahahahahaha . . . . As much as I enjoyed Predator (gatlin gunning the forest is just so fun to watch ), I like the Aliens story/action just a little bit better.

9. Dungeons & Dragons . . . . They're both train wrecks on film that I can't help but watch whenever they show up on TV, but BFE just makes cringe.

 

[Krieg]

Hmm, should I swap out #6 for something else since no one seems to have seen either one?

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) vs. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) -- dead easy Wrath of Khan! No Ewoks!

You do realize that there are no Ewoks in The Empire Strikes Back right?

4. Spider-Man (2002) - now if you had said Superman 2????

There is always room for Superman 2 vs Spidey 2 in a later round.

 

[Abraxas]

Two of us have seen them.

 

[Gomez]

Hmm, is it ok if I swap out #6 for something else since no one seems to have seen either one?

Well as self appointed judge. I say let it stand. It would cause too much trouble to change it now.

There is always room for Superman 2 vs Spidey 2 in a later round.

Now that's a idea!