Yes I'm saying i was surprised TDKR had made it so easily this far. As my buddy said, why am I watching a Batman movie that barely has Batman in it?

94 votes already in as you scrubs finally return to work and immediately get on TexAgs.

Two matchups are at 50%-50%

Two more are under 10 votes difference.

Everything else is pretty much locked in, two movies getting over 80% today.

I belief the giffing of all results and matchups will start tomorrow.

Any reason not to have it be 1 day of voting each round for the whole week now that everyone is back to work?

The Porkchop Express said:

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Does anyone have a problem with starting the next round? Only been 12 votes cast in the last 6 hours.

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Next round will start at 9 AM Central on Tuesday.

The Round of 32 Results from Monday. On to the Sweet 16 In 40 minutes!


Lt. Aldo Raine Region
Inglorious Basterds vs. Catch Me if You Can 64.8%-35.2%
The Dark Knight Rises vs. Wedding Crashers 52.5%-47.5%
No Country for Old Men vs.The Wolf of Wall Street 71.3%-28.7%
Monsters, Inc. vs. Moneyball 49.2%-50.8%

Maximus Decimus Meridius Region
Ocean's 11 vs. Gladiator 33.6%-66.4%
Superbad vs.. Inception 36.1%-63.9%
Avengers: Endgame vs. Batman Begins 58.2%-41.8%
Rogue One vs. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 37.7%-62.3%


Captain Jack Sparrow Region
Dune Part Two vs. The Dark Knight 12.3%-87.7%
Up vs. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 45.1%-54.9%
Whiplash vs. The Force Awakens 54.1%-45.9%
Oppenheimer vs. There Will be Blood 56.6%-43.4%


Les Grossman Region
The Departed vs. 1917 71.1%-27.9%
Gran Torino vs.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 82.8%-17.2%
Guardians of the Galaxy vs. The Hangover 49.2%-50.8%
LOTR: Return of the King vs.Top Gun: Maverick 56.6%-43.4%

Christopher Nolan: 4 entries in Sweet 16
LOTR: 3 for 3 in Sweet 16
The Hangover: Last comedy standing

At least one of the Lord of the Rings movies will go down this round.

Bruce Almighty said:

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At least one of the Lord of the Rings movies will go down this round.

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Two Towers probably.

I think we all know where this final is headed. Maybe in 2050 it will be different.

Surprising performance by Whiplash. I guess it had some favorable matchups

Whiplash is fantastic. I'm surprised by Moneyball and the first Pirates movie.

Do we finally see a LotR movie go down? Will be interesting to see the board's thoughts on TT vs Gladiator.

Lathspell said:

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Do we finally see a LotR movie go down? Will be interesting to see the board's thoughts on TT vs Gladiator.

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90% chance the final is Gladiator vs Dark Knight

Bruce Almighty said:

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Lathspell said:

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Do we finally see a LotR movie go down? Will be interesting to see the board's thoughts on TT vs Gladiator.

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90% chance the final is Gladiator vs Dark Knight

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There was never a doubt that's where we are heading.

Lathspell said:

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Do we finally see a LotR movie go down? Will be interesting to see the board's thoughts on TT vs Gladiator.

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TTT has my favorite subplot and soundtrack of the LOTR trilogy - the Rohan stuff - but it is the weakest of the three films overall.

ROTK will probably win, but FOTR is my favorite by a mile. What gorgeous world building

The Porkchop Express said:

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Moneyball is doing what I thought the Social Network would do.

The first pirates is one of the biggest surprise hits of all time - hilarious, action filled, clever, and has one of the greatest debuts of an original character in the last 50 years.

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The Porkchop Express said:

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Moneyball is doing what I thought the Social Network would do.

The first pirates is one of the biggest surprise hits of all time - hilarious, action filled, clever, and has one of the greatest debuts of an original character in the last 50 years.

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The difference in good movies having likeable vs unlikeable characters imo. Both are really good movies, but I liked the characters in Moneyball way more

This round currently has one matchup separated by 3 votes, one by 5, and one by 7.

Polls will close around 7 AM and next round will start shortly thereafter.

18 votes in a row overnight exactly the same in a short amount of time.

Will be throwing those out before I release the results.

Please, whoever you are, stop wasting my time.

Sweet 16 Results

Inglorious Basterds vs. Moneyball 67%-33%
The Dark Knight Rises vs. No Country for Old Men 37%-63%


The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers vs. Gladiator 34%-66%
Avengers: Endgame vs. Inception 47%-53%

Oppenheimer vs. The Dark Knight 21%-79%
Whiplash vs. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 48%-52%


The Departed vs. LOTR: Return of the King 43%-57%
The Hangover vs. The LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring 45%-55%