EN World Movie Battle Royal! We have our winner!

[ShadowDenizen]

OK, I'm not gonna label this, but I'm still gonna cast my votes, just so people can see. (Gomez, you can count these in the tally or not: your call!!)

1) Clockwork Orange or Time Bandits?
Gotta go with Time Bandits: jsut madcap silliness, and I'm a die-hard fan of Terry Gilliam.

2) Dr. Strangelove or Doctor Zhivago?
No question: Doctor Zhivago. One of my favorite films of all time. Everything about this film is memorable.. From the haunting score, to the inventive usages of color, to the the setting (who doesn't rememebr the ice-covered datcha?), to Julie Christies amazing performance....

3)Seventh Sign vs. Seventh Seal?
Sure, Seventh Sign has Michael Biehn, but Seventh Seal was (and still is) a groundbreaking film in so many respects...

4)Beastmaster vs. RoboCop?
RoboCop was a great satire, and a decent action flick, but I'm gonna go with the cheese-tacular goodness that is Marc Singer and Beastmaster.

5)Blob vs. Rebecca?
Tough call: I'm gonna go with Rebecca, even though it's not my favorite Hitchcock film.

6)Princess Bride vs. Labyrinth?
Another toughie, but I'm giving the edge to Labyrinth. It's a movie I can watch over and over... A young Jennifer Connolly, David Bowie singing, and Muppets? C'mon, people! I'm not made of stone here.

7)Ghostbusters vs. Poltergeist
I'm gonna go with the concensus, and say Ghostbusters.: if I'd thought about it more, I might've paired it with "Gremlins" instead.

8)Batman vs. Superman II.
I'm kinda surprised at peoples votes on this. Not even nostalgia votes for Christopher Reeves on this one, huh? Superman II had memorable villians (Terrence Stamp was the bomb in this movie! If I ever make a movie he will be in it, and be the ultimate bad-ass!!)
Also, we can still rememebr and use quotes from this film! "Kneel, son of Jor-El! Kneel before Zod!"

 

[Abraxas]

5-??

Clockwork Orange (1971) vs. Time Bandits (1981)
Dr. Strangelove (1964) vs. Doctor Zhivago (1965) - maybe I'm mis remembering but how does Dr Z. fit?
Seventh Sign (1988) vs.the Seventh Seal(1957) - Never saw the Seventh Seal
Beastmaster (1982) vs. Robocop (1987)
The Blob (1958) vs. Rebecca (1940) - Never saw Rebecca
Princess Bride (1987) vs. Labyrinth (1986) - As much as I like the Princess Bride, there are number of elements of Labyrinth I like more
Ghostbusters (1984) vs. Poltergeist (1982)
Batman (1989) vs. Superman II (1980) - you'd have to pair any of the superman movies with a real dog (say Superman 4) for me to choose it over anything else.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Round 5-15 (I think)

Clockwork Orange (1971)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
The Seventh Seal(1957)
Robocop (1987)
The Blob (1958)
Princess Bride (1987)
Poltergeist (1982)
Superman II (1980)

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Rebecca (1940) is the classic Hitchcock gothic thriller and a compelling mystery (and haunting ghost story) about a tortured romance.

Well, I disagree. I don't think it fits the criteria at all, so that's why I didn't vote for it.

Spoiler

There's no ghost in the film. It's the memory of Rebecca, especially as kept alive by Mrs. Danvers, that causes all the grief for "the new Mrs. DeWinter." The big twist is nice, but it's all rather mundane in the supernatural sense--no fantasy or horror here.

I also don't think Dr. Zhivago really fits the criteria, but I've never seen the whole thing so it was doubly easy to vote against.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Seventh Sign (1988) vs.the Seventh Seal(1957) - Never saw the Seventh Seal

You really owe it to yourself to see it. I just saw it about two years ago, and it's a great movie. I know the stereotype of Bergman is "artsy-fartsy despair" but The Seventh Seal is much more than that. Heck, now I want to see it again. Maybe I should just buy the durn dvd.

 

[Pielorinho]

Rebecca (1940) is the classic Hitchcock gothic thriller and a compelling mystery (and haunting ghost story) about a tortured romance. It starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.

Yeah, I googled right after posting that and learned a bit about it; now that I'm linking it to Hitchcock, I remember seeing it at the video store. Hitchcock's pretty uneven for me: there's Dial M for Murder and North by Northwest, which I loved, and then there's Topaz and Notorious, both of which frankly bored me. Next time I'm in a Hitchcock mood, though, I'll check out the one he named after my sister .

Daniel

 

[Gomez]

I guess there are no rule against voting on your own movies. I will let it stand.

Now I see why you put in Doctor Zhivago. One of your favorite movies! It really does not have a place in this game but I don't think it will make it past this round anyway.

As for Rebecca, it at least has a ghost in the story? Correct? Though, I agree that it only marginally fits the criteria at best.

 

[Gomez]

We have had 15 voters so far in this round. 5 more to go!

 

[ShadowDenizen]

I'm disappointed about Doctor Z.: I thought it would do much better.
Ah, well, such is life.

And Rebecca? Yeah, I would (nominally) classify it as a horror film; if I re-thought about it, I might have paried it up with "The Birds", or maybe "Psycho" instead.

Again, I just tried to make pairings that made sense out of movies people have seen. (Or will see after this polling is over!!)

Again, I'm a little surprised at some of the results overall, though.

 

[Gomez]

Yeah, I googled right after posting that and learned a bit about it; now that I'm linking it to Hitchcock, I remember seeing it at the video store. Hitchcock's pretty uneven for me: there's Dial M for Murder and North by Northwest, which I loved, and then there's Topaz and Notorious, both of which frankly bored me. Next time I'm in a Hitchcock mood, though, I'll check out the one he named after my sister .

Daniel

I really liked Notorious. You cannot go wrong with Grant, Bergman, and South American Nazis! I think Rear Window is my favorite Hitchcock though. That and The 39 Steps, Lifeboat, and North by Northwest. Though it is hard to pick. Hitchcock did so many great movies.