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FUCK THE POLICE
08-26-2006, 09:05 PM
OK, I'm getting rid of the confusing four-round structure.

This round will be nominations, and in the next round you will rate each movie 1-10, we will lop the ratings add the ratings to one another, and the one with the highest total rating will win. We may have a second round if it's close where I'll take the winner and the second place person (using proportional reweighting...).

Everyone will get to put 1 movie directly into the next round, but any additional choices will need a second to make it in.


If this is all just too confusing to you just give me a ranked list of your favorite movies and I'll take care of everything from there.


This is sort of a combination of mine and Dixie's method of nomination... I felt Dixie's method in the best song ever category was a bit too stringent, killing some good songs early simply because some people weren't organized enough to get seconds, but mine simply bombarded people with dozens of irrelevant choices with only a few gems and detracted from the overall quality of the finals.

FUCK THE POLICE
08-26-2006, 09:07 PM
OH yeah, and the name of the game is BEST MOVIE EVER!

You have to write it exactly like that everytime you say it.

BRUTALITOPS
08-27-2006, 12:33 AM
can i make more than one nomination?

Damocles
08-27-2006, 09:58 AM
1. Shawshank Redemption
2. A Beautiful Mind

BRUTALITOPS
08-27-2006, 02:03 PM
Mulholland Drive
Requiem for a Dream
Shawshank

FUCK THE POLICE
08-27-2006, 06:05 PM
You can make one nomination that will go directly to the next round.

You can make other suggestions, but they need to get a second to make it.

FUCK THE POLICE
08-27-2006, 06:08 PM
Damo - is shawshank the one you want to go to the next round? You may make other suggestions, but you'll need a second for those if they are to go to the next round.

Damocles
08-27-2006, 06:30 PM
Sure, even though two people have already suggested Shawshank.

FUCK THE POLICE
08-27-2006, 06:33 PM
I'll put shawshank and a beautiful mind in then.

TRGLDTE
08-28-2006, 11:37 AM
It's a wonderful life.

uscitizen
08-28-2006, 11:48 AM
It's a wonderful life.

evince
08-28-2006, 11:59 AM
the princess bride

LadyT
08-28-2006, 12:15 PM
Chick Flick: The Color Purple/Fried Green Tomatoes/Beaches

Horror: 28 Days Later

Drama: The Usual Suspects

uscitizen
08-28-2006, 12:27 PM
No one has mentioned Star Warz ?
Few if any other movies have had all blockbuster sequals.

Thorn
08-28-2006, 02:49 PM
Winged Migration

FUCK THE POLICE
08-28-2006, 03:06 PM
I'll put it's a wonderful life in, since two people suggested it.

That means that Tiana and US didn't have that counted against their one, so they still get to suggest one to go right in.

You guys understand this right?

Jarod
08-28-2006, 04:39 PM
I would agree with shawshank.

klaatu
08-29-2006, 08:33 AM
I would agree with shawshank.

I see the dumbass cant form an opinion of his own ...

klaatu
08-29-2006, 08:46 AM
i look at this thread differently than the one I started.. because the one I started was a thread of personal favorites ... not Greatest as Alex the idiot mistakingly (one of his several million) insinuated.
Besides... asking Alex a question like this wouldnt be fair.. it would take original thought.. an area where he his clearly handicapped ...

Enough with the flaming! I shouldnt be taking advantage of the handicapped!

Now to the quetion at hand ... there are 3 movies that I consider clear cut favorites as "The Greatest" .. and they each have the essential ingredients .. that being screen play, cutting edge Cinematography, Acting and Direction. Each spawned a new generation of film making.... Citizen Kane, Casablanca and The Godfather ... come to mind. So I have to play process of elimination... Citizen Kane takes it for Cinematography, The Godfather for acting and screenplay, Godfather and Casablanca are acting equals and Citizen Kane and The Godfather are Directing Equals.

So I would have lay it out in this order ...

The Godfather
Citizen Kane
Casablanca

uscitizen
08-29-2006, 08:48 AM
March of the penguins. Although I think the main actors were a bit underpaid.

Jarod
08-29-2006, 08:56 AM
I see the dumbass cant form an opinion of his own ...


Man, I think you should look into anger management classes or something, the hostility you harbor is bad for you!

uscitizen
08-29-2006, 09:01 AM
Jarod, the dark side wins over a few .

charver
08-29-2006, 09:04 AM
1 Police Academy
2.Police Academy 2
3.Police Academy 3
4.Police Academy 4
5.Police Academy 5

Blackflag
08-29-2006, 09:07 AM
i look at this thread differently than the one I started.. because the one I started was a thread of personal favorites ... not Greatest as Alex the idiot mistakingly (one of his several million) insinuated.
Besides... asking Alex a question like this wouldnt be fair.. it would take original thought.. an area where he his clearly handicapped ...

Enough with the flaming! I shouldnt be taking advantage of the handicapped!

Now to the quetion at hand ... there are 3 movies that I consider clear cut favorites as "The Greatest" .. and they each have the essential ingredients .. that being screen play, cutting edge Cinematography, Acting and Direction. Each spawned a new generation of film making.... Citizen Kane, Casablanca and The Godfather ... come to mind. So I have to play process of elimination... Citizen Kane takes it for Cinematography, The Godfather for acting and screenplay, Godfather and Casablanca are acting equals and Citizen Kane and The Godfather are Directing Equals.

So I would have lay it out in this order ...

The Godfather
Citizen Kane
Casablanca


I would agree with that if we were only talking about American movies.

LadyT
08-29-2006, 11:26 AM
I'll put it's a wonderful life in, since two people suggested it.

That means that Tiana and US didn't have that counted against their one, so they still get to suggest one to go right in.

You guys understand this right?
no. splain it again plz.

Dixie - In Memoriam
08-29-2006, 02:55 PM
1. The Wizard of Oz- Mostly for the technological way it changed motion pictures.

2. Citien Kane- I'll second this one with Klaat. ;)

klaatu
08-29-2006, 03:38 PM
I would agree with that if we were only talking about American movies.

fair enough ... so what foriegn movie do you nominate as the greatest movie ever ....? :rolleyes:

klaatu
08-29-2006, 03:54 PM
Jarod, the dark side wins over a few .

As Lady T would say ... splain yourself ....

Cypress
08-29-2006, 05:24 PM
fair enough ... so what foriegn movie do you nominate as the greatest movie ever ....? :rolleyes:

"The Road Warrior" - Australian, 1980.

;)

Cancel7
08-29-2006, 05:56 PM
As Lady T would say ... splain yourself ....


Fear leads to anger and anger leads to the dark side.

I can't believe anyone had to explain that Klaatu, like, everybody knows that by now.

On the plus side...the sex is better there.

BRUTALITOPS
08-29-2006, 08:50 PM
I don't care what anyone says... casablanca sucked... same thing with kane.. perhaps the most overrated movie ever

FUCK THE POLICE
08-29-2006, 11:16 PM
OK, Tiana. This is a nomination round. You can nominate one movie to go onto the next round. You can suggest others, but they are not nominated and will not go onto the next round unless another person "seconds" it. If another persons seconds your first choice then I'll just give you another first choice.

Better yet, just give me an ordered list of choices (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th... etc), and I'll just sort it out from there, and you won't have to worry.

FUCK THE POLICE
08-29-2006, 11:17 PM
My first choice... American Beauty.

klaatu
08-30-2006, 06:48 AM
Fear leads to anger and anger leads to the dark side.

I can't believe anyone had to explain that Klaatu, like, everybody knows that by now.

On the plus side...the sex is better there.

Since you know me so well dear .. what am I afraid of... that is making me so angry ...?

Am I fearful and angry because we differ politically? Isnt it possible that you may be the one who is fearful and angry?

klaatu
08-30-2006, 06:55 AM
I don't care what anyone says... casablanca sucked... same thing with kane.. perhaps the most overrated movie ever

When I was young, naive and full of unregulated testosterone .. I thought the same....
Kane was a visual masterpiece at its time of release .... Im not going to argue against your personal taste .... but you need to be a little more objective about it.... and consider the era ...

Thorn
08-30-2006, 01:04 PM
I forgot this one: To Kill a Mockingbird

evince
08-30-2006, 02:10 PM
Oh my God thorn I was just going to add that one!

uscitizen
08-30-2006, 02:19 PM
I don't care what anyone says... casablanca sucked... same thing with kane.. perhaps the most overrated movie ever

If I agreed with Grind I would wind up with grind points, so I have to say both wre great movies, although I did not like either one ;)

FUCK THE POLICE
08-30-2006, 03:07 PM
I'm downloading citizen kane right now.

FUCK THE POLICE
08-30-2006, 03:08 PM
Oh my God thorn I was just going to add that one!

I'm guessing that's a second...

uscitizen
08-30-2006, 03:22 PM
Rosebud.........

BRUTALITOPS
08-30-2006, 03:53 PM
watermark.. it's his sled.


spoiler alert.

uscitizen
08-30-2006, 04:00 PM
Nope I did not even say what rosebud was.

Blackflag
08-31-2006, 07:37 AM
WTF how can you not like Citizen Kane???

klaatu
08-31-2006, 07:48 AM
My first choice... American Beauty.

Great Movie! But dont count it as a vote .. I already chose The Godfather...

evince
08-31-2006, 07:53 AM
Casablanca is a great movie but Im naming my next dog Adicus!

that movie is a classic and its robert duvalls first movie.

Boo Radley

Damocles
08-31-2006, 07:55 AM
That would be "Atticus"... It's a roman name. Adicus is not the name of that character.

FUCK THE POLICE
08-31-2006, 05:45 PM
bump

FUCK THE POLICE
09-05-2006, 10:15 PM
bump. I'm giving you guys until tommorrow at 9:00 for an final nominations or seconds.

FUCK THE POLICE
09-06-2006, 02:48 PM
OK, is anyone going to nominate again? I had a lot of people complain last time that I didn't give them enough time.

IHateGovernment
09-06-2006, 03:07 PM
I'm bad at these kind of threads. I don't think I have a favorite anything in any category.

FUCK THE POLICE
09-06-2006, 03:09 PM
Can you at least give me a list of what you like, and then we can narrow it from there.

IHateGovernment
09-06-2006, 03:20 PM
A random sampling of what I consider among the best are:

Dr. Strangelove
The Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Big Lebowski
The Empire Strikes Back
The Shawshank Redemption

FUCK THE POLICE
09-06-2006, 03:33 PM
Why don't we take "Dr. Strangeglove" out of that?

FUCK THE POLICE
09-06-2006, 03:42 PM
In fact, I'll second it, even though I've never seen it before.

maineman
09-06-2006, 04:01 PM
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and being john malkovich

IHateGovernment
09-06-2006, 04:04 PM
Watch it Water its a great one. Kubricks best imho. But don't second it if you haven't seen it. You probably will after watching it though.

"We must preserve our precious bodily fluids."

BRUTALITOPS
09-06-2006, 04:36 PM
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and being john malkovich
great choices but i am not sure best ever. top five for eternal though is possible.

Prakosh
09-07-2006, 12:24 AM
Our Daily Bread

Prakosh
09-07-2006, 12:37 AM
fair enough ... so what foriegn movie do you nominate as the greatest movie ever ....? :rolleyes:

The Battle Of Algiers

Blackflag
09-07-2006, 07:30 AM
Why don't we take "Dr. Strangeglove" out of that?

Because it is one of the funniest movies ever made.

uscitizen
09-07-2006, 07:55 AM
yep watch our for the mine shaft gap BF ;)

FUCK THE POLICE
09-07-2006, 05:22 PM
Because it is one of the funniest movies ever made.

I meant, take it out of his list and put it into the final round. He was inconclusive about which one he wanted to go in, so i just decided for him, and decided on Dr. Strangeglove.