I've done the first 16 random draw matchups. So far only one will really piss you off, that's a decent start.
who's down for a best movie of the first 25 years of the 2000s tourney?
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My first thought was that the TV of the past 25 years is better than the movies of the same time period.MookieBlaylock said:
It's been a rough 25 years
Should put The Batman on there
7.8 rating on IMDB, didn't make the cutAgfromHOU said:
Should put The Batman on there
My favorites: Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo (original, foreign language ver.), Gladiator, Casino Royale, and Downfall.
Interesting. Appreciate it!The Porkchop Express said:7.8 rating on IMDB, didn't make the cutAgfromHOU said:
Should put The Batman on there
Well Gladiator is probably my favorite of the 25 years and my favorite to win the tournament. The other 3 seem unlikely to win since they didn't make the cut.Trajan88 said:
My favorites: Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo (original, foreign language ver.), Gladiator, Casino Royale, and Downfall.
We'll do that one next, because people are always rational on what TV shows are the bestBuck Turgidson said:My first thought was that the TV of the past 25 years is better than the movies of the same time period.MookieBlaylock said:
It's been a rough 25 years
After giving it some thought, it does feel off to not put some comedies in the tournament.
Here is a proposed list of 6 movies to remove that I think nobody cares about.
1. Chicago
2. Crash
3. Moonlight
4. The Shape of Water
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
6. Spider-Man 3
I'm open to all nominations through the end of today for 6 COMEDIES from 2000-2024 to replace these.
My initial thoughts, which can certainly be changed based on groupthink, are:
1. The Hangover
2. Superbad
3. Wedding Crashers
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Step Brothers
6. Anchorman or the 40 year old Virgin or Old School
Also on the advice of a wise anonymous poster, I'm swapping out "Hunger Game: Catching Fire" with Ocean's 11 because "everyone here has watched Ocean's 11 300 times".
Here is a proposed list of 6 movies to remove that I think nobody cares about.
1. Chicago
2. Crash
3. Moonlight
4. The Shape of Water
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
6. Spider-Man 3
I'm open to all nominations through the end of today for 6 COMEDIES from 2000-2024 to replace these.
My initial thoughts, which can certainly be changed based on groupthink, are:
1. The Hangover
2. Superbad
3. Wedding Crashers
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Step Brothers
6. Anchorman or the 40 year old Virgin or Old School
Also on the advice of a wise anonymous poster, I'm swapping out "Hunger Game: Catching Fire" with Ocean's 11 because "everyone here has watched Ocean's 11 300 times".
Most hilarious random draw to date: Kill Bill: Vol 1 vs. Monsters, Inc.
I was about to say how the heck is The Green Mile not on the list but had no idea it came out in 99. Dang. Time goes by to fast.
I think Old School, Wedding Crashers, Anchorman, and The Hangover are certainly iconic enough to merit inclusion.
I did that about 8 times while trying to make the initial list, most embrassingly with Heat, which came out in 1995.LB12Diamond said:
I was about to say how the heck is The Green Miles not on the list but had no idea it came out in 99. Dang. Time goes by to fast.
I'd ax Step Brothera for Anchorman and then flip a coin on the other two.
Step brothers aint budging
Fair
Just throwin out dodgeball and team america.
Knives Out is sneaky great.
Personally, I'd easily drop Tropic Thunder (and maybe Wedding Crashers) for 40 Year Old Virgin and Old School.
1. The Hangover
2. 40 year old Virgin
3. Old School
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Step Brothers
6. Anchorman
Whiplash is winning this thing
The Milkman said:
Whiplash is winning this thing
The Porkchop Express said:
I've done the first 16 random draw matchups. So far only one will really piss you off, that's a decent start.
If you put any LOTR up against Gladiator in round 1, we're having words.
I'm intentionally stacking it so it's LOTR vs. TTT, and the winner goes against the winner of ROTK and Avatar.Brian Earl Spilner said:The Porkchop Express said:
I've done the first 16 random draw matchups. So far only one will really piss you off, that's a decent start.
If you put any LOTR up against Gladiator in round 1, we're having words.
The Porkchop Express said:Well Gladiator is probably my favorite of the 25 years and my favorite to win the tournament. The other 3 seem unlikely to win since they didn't make the cut.Trajan88 said:
My favorites: Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo (original, foreign language ver.), Gladiator, Casino Royale, and Downfall.
Gladiator and Million Dollar Baby are easily my top 2. No Country for Old Man maybe 3rd. 4th have many to pick from. Not an obvious 4th for me. Maybe Dune if it were one complete movie together but no dice.
And I don't want to that guy bc you are doing all the work. Surprised you have Hell or High Water instead of Sicario. Or did I miss it on the list.
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The Porkchop Express said:
After giving it some thought, it does feel off to not put some comedies in the tournament.
Here is a proposed list of 6 movies to remove that I think nobody cares about.
1. Chicago
2. Crash
3. Moonlight
4. The Shape of Water
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
6. Spider-Man 3
I'm open to all nominations through the end of today for 6 COMEDIES from 2000-2024 to replace these.
My initial thoughts, which can certainly be changed based on groupthink, are:
1. The Hangover
2. Superbad
3. Wedding Crashers
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Step Brothers
6. Anchorman or the 40 year old Virgin or Old School
Also on the advice of a wise anonymous poster, I'm swapping out "Hunger Game: Catching Fire" with Ocean's 11 because "everyone here has watched Ocean's 11 300 times".
Moonlight is the only one of that list I think still deserves to be in the tournament. Not my favorite by any stretch , but it won best picture and is widely considered a great film by nearly every metric. And while the subject matter isn't something I would watch again, there's no denying it was incredibly well done. Unlike Crash, which, while it won, was widely derided shortly afterwards and hasn't held up well. I don't think Moonlight will win on this board by any means, but if we are trying to say best films, rather than favorite films, objectively, I think it deserves mention. At least that's my $.02
My top 5:
FOTR
ROTK
Gladiator
Inglourious Basterds
Avatar
FOTR
ROTK
Gladiator
Inglourious Basterds
Avatar
The person who noticed I had 2 of the same movie suggested Hell or High Water as a replacement so that's what I went withLB12Diamond said:The Porkchop Express said:Well Gladiator is probably my favorite of the 25 years and my favorite to win the tournament. The other 3 seem unlikely to win since they didn't make the cut.Trajan88 said:
My favorites: Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo (original, foreign language ver.), Gladiator, Casino Royale, and Downfall.
Gladiator and Million Dollar Baby are easily my top 2. No Country for Old Man maybe 3rd. 4th have many to pick from. Not an obvious 4th for me. Maybe Dune if it were one complete movie together but no dice.
And I don't want to that guy bc you are doing all the work. Surprised you have Hell or High Water instead of Sicario. Or did I miss it on the list.
Wedding Crashers was a definite good comedy addition… looking fwd to the voting
I nominate Thank You for Smoking as a comedy entry
Got it,
I'm glad you have Jojo Rabbit on your list. Great movie all the way through.
I'm glad you have Jojo Rabbit on your list. Great movie all the way through.
When do we do the top 64 scripts ever read by TCTTS? But I guess we already know who wins....
Replace Avatar with Two Towers easily.Brian Earl Spilner said:
My top 5:
FOTR
ROTK
Gladiator
Inglourious Basterds
Avatar
Avatar is so vastly over-rated, such a dumb story.
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no Children of Men? List is a fail.
OK, think I've got it sorted out.
Total transparency, I did throw out one pairing and re-do it, because one of the first random combinations would have been The Departed vs. The Dark Knight in Round 1.
Even still, there are multiple matchups where I don't want them going against each other that early, it's a weird thing.
Will start a new thread tomorrow night - remember there are no seeds, it's just 64 blind two-entry combinations. It will work like the tourney though, the 1st matchup winner plays the 16th matchup winner and so forth.
Does anyone know a quick/easy website where I can make a real 128-team bracket and post it on here? Voting will be through Survey Monkey, but I will post the brackets tomorrow night.
Since the first round is so dense, I plan to run it until Sunday night, so 1/1-1/5.
Total transparency, I did throw out one pairing and re-do it, because one of the first random combinations would have been The Departed vs. The Dark Knight in Round 1.
Even still, there are multiple matchups where I don't want them going against each other that early, it's a weird thing.
Will start a new thread tomorrow night - remember there are no seeds, it's just 64 blind two-entry combinations. It will work like the tourney though, the 1st matchup winner plays the 16th matchup winner and so forth.
Does anyone know a quick/easy website where I can make a real 128-team bracket and post it on here? Voting will be through Survey Monkey, but I will post the brackets tomorrow night.
Since the first round is so dense, I plan to run it until Sunday night, so 1/1-1/5.
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