EN World Movie Battle Royal! We have our winner!

[Gomez]

Wow, Videodrome - did anyone else here actually see it in the theater when it first came out?

I saw it in a theater when it first came out. Pretty disturbing! I was a big Blonde fan at the time and I was really interested to see Deborah Harry in a film role. It has been forever since I have seen it. I picked Matrix because it was clearer in my mind.

 

[Qlippoth]

Round 2-8
1. Brazil
2. City of Lost Children
3. 12 Monkeys
4. Metropolis
5. Dark Star
6. Videodrome
7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
8. The Haunting

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I'll have to hold off on round two... I've seen two movies on the list all the way through and tidbits of one other movie.

 

[Greylock]

Then get yourself to a video-store and get busy watching movies, Bro'. There are some exceedingly good movies in list #2.

 

[Wombat]

Upon looking at the other votes, I've got to say I'm impressed. I thought I was the only Dark Star fan out there.

In the beginning there was darkness.

And in the darkness there was ... ME.

And I said, "Let there be light."

Gotta love Bomb #20, man

 

[Kaledor]

Round 2-9:

1. No answer -- I haven't seen either
2. City of Lost Children (1995) (Didn't see Peter Pan... but I've never really liked the story... so this was a vote by elimination).
3. Twelve Monkeys (1995) --- excellent movie!! Next to Fight Club and Snatch, Brad Pitt's best role. Plus, I'm a sucker for a Bruce Willis movie. I've liked them all.
4. Gattaca (1997)
5. Shaun of the Dead (2004) -- I think it's been way too long since I saw Dark Star (I remember liking it well enough... just haven't seen it recently). On the other hand, I just saw Shaun of the Dead and absolutely loved this movie. It was instantly catapulted towards the top of my favorite movies list
6. The Matrix (1999)
7. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) -- I was always disappointed with the movie of CatCF, I felt it should've been much darker and "eviler" (I have high hopes that Burton's new film will make it so). Whereas, I saw Something Wicked as a young teen and remember being sufficiently spooked by the Devil coming to Town.
8. Spoorloos/The Vanishing (1988) -- I even liked the American remake

 

[Pielorinho]

Then get yourself to a video-store and get busy watching movies, Bro'. There are some exceedingly good movies in list #2.

Heh, thanks! You can tell who some of my favorite directors are, from the choices I offered.

All right, get votin, people! We need eleven more before the next round!

Daniel

 

[Berandor]

1. Brazil (1985) (Delicatessen is nice, but Brazil - come on!)
2. City of Lost Children (1995)
3. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
4. Gattaca (1997)
5. Dark Star (1974) (didn't see SotD)
6. The Matrix (1999) (only if I forget the sequels)
7. Can't say - don't know either. But I'd love to see "Something Wicked" from its imdb page
8. Spoorloos/The Vanishing (1988) (the original Spoorloos vs. the original Haunting? Difficult)

Good choices!

 

[Desdichado]

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

The Strikethrough tag. It's just an s and a /s in brackets.

 

[Desdichado]

I'll have to hold off on round two... I've seen two movies on the list all the way through and tidbits of one other movie.

Same here; more or less. I haven't seen enough of them to bother voting. And I considered myself a movie buff!