Best Movie Ever: Competition - Voting & Results

quickbeam

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Boards Best Movie Ever Competition!

We've rolled out the red carpet.




It's time to put on your glad rags.




And don't forget the bling.




Competition will start right here, in your local neighbourhood Forum Games, from tomorrow afternoon.

You, lovely audience and prospective voters, may mingle, chat and otherwise make yourself comfortable until the show begins.

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Rules for the game

• 16 first round matches
• Pick one of the movies and decide which you prefer. Give a reason. Movies where no reason are given won't be counted. All valid posts will be thanked.
• First to 6 points, with two clear points ahead goes through to the next round.
• One vote per player per match.
• Anyone can vote, even if you hadn't submitted your entries.

Note on the mechanics:

• Top 8 movies have been seeded to avoid playing off against each other in the first rounds.
• Other 24 movies have been randomised.
• Match order has been randomised (ie, you won't necessarily see the Seed 1 in the first match)

Electric Nitwit

Aiming the bots at this thread to ensure Back To The Future 2 wins

quickbeam

But only *just* so as not to make it too obvious?

Electric Nitwit

quickbeam wrote: »

But only *just* so as not to make it too obvious?

No no, it's going to smash it out of the park

Ted_YNWA

Is this a Bring Your Own Snacks event, or are nibbles provided?

Choc Chip

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Is this a Bring Your Own Snacks event, or are nibbles provided?

There's a champagne reception, surely.

Necro

Resident alcoholic checking in. Sorry folks the champagne reception has mysteriously vanished along with the prize of a car...

quickbeam

The OP has been updated with the rules of the game. Are we ready????

quickbeam

Match 1

The Last of the Mohicans

vs

Goodfellas

Necro

Kicking this off with a vote for Goodfellas. My second fave mob movie of all time. Mohicans is a bit meh for me tbh. Takes too long to get going and I didn't really feel like it needed a rewatch.

fixXxer

Goodfellas

It's not the Godfather but it's still a masterclass in movie making.

tusk

Vote for Goodfellas.

Some of the most terrifying performances from a cast of phenomenal actors. It was a masterpiece of the intricacies of criminal relationships.

Funny how?

Mam of 4

Ooh two great films !
Going with Goodfellas though , not one bad performance in it .

Ectoplasm

Goodfellas. Think the acting in it is outstanding and while not a mad lover of mob movies thought this was excellent.

osh

Goodfellas for me. Definitely one of my top movies, especially in the gangster/mafia vein. Violent and brutal and funny moments as well. Great cast too especially Liotta, de Niro and Pesci.

quickbeam

BTW, if I thank your post, it's deemed a point for the film. Will update OP.

quickbeam

Well, that was emphatic. 6-0 to Goodfellas. Straight in to the last 16!

Necro

Well that was a slaughter... not unlike Mohicans :pac:

tusk

quickbeam wrote: »

Well, that was emphatic. 6-0 to Goodfellas. Straight in to the last 16!

And rightly so

osh

How were the top 32 selected QB? Your preference, either by favourite movies or interesting matchups, or random?

quickbeam

Match 2

The randomiser deemed two cartoons should slug it out!

Up

vs

Inside Out

Necro

Ah bollocks. Two great animated movies.

Gotta go for Up here though for that tear-inducing intro alone.

Ectoplasm

Up. I love how it combines sentiment and humour. Brave decision to start it the way it did too.

quickbeam

osh wrote: »

How were the top 32 selected QB? Your preference, either by favourite movies or interesting matchups, or random?

Firstly by most votes received. Where there was a tie, it was completely randomised as to which competed.

osh

Have to go for Up for this one. Really enjoyed it when I watched it. The relationship between the two characters is great. Inside Out was decent but not on the same level imo.

tusk

Yeah. The intro and that twist within the first 5 minutes means up gets my vote too.


Very tough one though

duffman13

Up is a different level, the opening montage is outrageously good and the film strikes a nice chord throughout. Thumbs Up from me

Banjo

Up. It's a proper film, where inside out is a kids film (albeit with a tragic metaphor for trying to understand a tweenager in emotional shutdown)

quickbeam

And Up has it in another walk-over, 6-0 and progresses to the next round!

sullivlo

Up.

It gave me my favourite dog related expression: he wears the cone of shame.

quickbeam

Match 3

Next up, again, a kind of appropriate pairing, though they were definitely randomised:

The Green Mile

vs

Prisoners







Will we have our third walk-over in a row??

sullivlo

Green mile. Really encapsulated the life on death row.

tusk

Green mile.

Intense and unforgettable.

Wasn't too pushed with prisoners.

Ectoplasm

The Green Mile. One of the best performances I've ever seen in a movie.

Necro

..........I've never seen Prisoners.

Green Mile is awesome.

So Green Mile gets my vote

osh

Well I've never seen prisoners actually. Should votes only count if you've seen both movies?

Banjo

Oooh good question.
(It would be wrong to vote for a movie I haven't seen just because the Green Mile is crap)

Mam of 4

The Green Mile , by a thousand miles .

quickbeam

osh wrote: »

Well I've never seen prisoners actually. Should votes only count if you've seen both movies?

I think they can. You didn't have to have eaten both chocolate bars to vote on them in the original AH competition that inspired this.

Ted_YNWA

Green mile is only one I've seen too

duffman13

The green mile, I liked prisoners, worth a watch and a good movie but again, it's not in the same league as the green mile.

tusk

Actually surprised prisoners even came up in this. Wouldn't have thought it was in anyones favorites

Evade

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Green mile is only one I've seen too

The Green Mile is the only one of the films I've seen so far.

quickbeam

And that's our third walk-over in a row. The Green Mile in to the next round!

quickbeam

Match 4

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

vs

Back To The Future Part II

Barney92

Evade wrote: »

The Green Mile is the only one of the films I've seen so far.

Snap Evade.

Ectoplasm

Ohhh tough choice. Has to go LOTR though. Most likely to watch again.

tusk

Two towers for me.

That battle was just something else.

Back to the Future is great. But not great enough

Evade

Back to the Future because I like time travel.

Necro

Ah no. I don't know what to pick

Ted_YNWA

Back to the Future for me.