The Greatest Movie of All Time Tourney, Comedy's Elite Eight

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tsh0ck
tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
(Intro from the initial thread:)

OK. Here's the deal. Being a little bored, being a movie nerd and having a little extra time, I've built a few brackets. The idea is to, eventually, crown the Greatest Movie of All Time. (Hence the thread title.)

First, these are the movies I happened to choose. Some good ones got left out. Some that you think are good aren't thought good by the masses or, more importantly, by me -- since, well, I made the bracket. And you may then disagree with the seedings, too. And that's fair. But just play along, if you're interested. Could be fun.

Reply on the thread with the seeds and names of your winners of each pairing. I'll let the first round go for a while, then add up the votes and post the winners/next round's pairings.

Not represented in this particular tournament are the 'smaller' genres, like war, western, documentary, etc. And, sorry international MFPers, I didn't go foreign, either. So consider this The Greatest (American) Movie of All Time Bracket Tourney, I suppose.

The four genre regions are Comedy, Action, Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Drama/Thriller. Winners of each region will be determined, starting with Comedy, and then will pair off for the Final Four. Comedy will face Drama/Thriller, Action will meet Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

And to spark more discussion, feel free to give your reasons for some of your choices!

Up first, Comedy. We'll play this region out until we have a winner, and we'll move on to the next.


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COMEDY REGION: ELITE EIGHT

(1) Caddyshack vs. (24) Young Frankenstein

(12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off vs. (4) Blazing Saddles

(3) Monty Python: Holy Grail vs. (6) Ghostbusters

(26) National Lampoon's Vacation vs. (2) Airplane!
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  • Operation_Me
    Operation_Me Posts: 869 Member
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    (1) Caddyshack

    (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    (6) Ghostbusters

    (2) Airplane!
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,689 Member
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    Young Frankenstein

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    Monty Python: Holy Grail

    National Lampoon's Vacation
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
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    COMEDY REGION: ELITE EIGHT

    (1) Caddyshack

    (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    (6) Ghostbusters

    (26) National Lampoon's Vacation


    ... Thank goodness these were paired as they were - in truth - these were the BEST FOUR in the comedy division... though - how am I gonna pick down from these 4? I don't know...
  • pauljsolie
    pauljsolie Posts: 1,024 Member
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    (1) Caddyshack

    (4) Blazing Saddles

    (3) Monty Python: Holy Grail

    (2) Airplane!
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    COMEDY REGION: ELITE EIGHT

    (1) Caddyshack

    (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    (6) Ghostbusters

    (26) National Lampoon's Vacation


    ... Thank goodness these were paired as they were - in truth - these were the BEST FOUR in the comedy division... though - how am I gonna pick down from these 4? I don't know...

    thanks for the votes ... even though most of them are wrong.
    :)
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
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    COMEDY REGION: ELITE EIGHT

    (1) Caddyshack

    (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    (6) Ghostbusters

    (26) National Lampoon's Vacation


    ... Thank goodness these were paired as they were - in truth - these were the BEST FOUR in the comedy division... though - how am I gonna pick down from these 4? I don't know...

    thanks for the votes ... even though most of them are wrong.
    :)

    ahhh! what the heck?!? ... toooooo funny! ... if you don't know how to vote in your own survey, that's OK.... but these are the PROPER votes... and everyone else better vote for them too!

    Which are most? Haven't noticed your votes yet... You know which one I am rooting for to win... so...
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,198 Member
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    (1) Caddyshack

    (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    (3) Monty Python: Holy Grail

    (2) Airplane!
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
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    (1) Caddyshack

    (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    (3) Monty Python: Holy Grail

    (26) National Lampoon (this was the hardest one of the four..could have gone either way really)
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,198 Member
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    (26) National Lampoon (this was the hardest one of the four..could have gone either way really)

    Agreed
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,071 Member
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    24

    4

    3

    2

    does that work?
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    wb, that works just fine. thanks!
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
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    still waiting to see the OP vote... and... well, this just serves to bump this back to the top -- I want to ensure that my top 4 keep getting voted for! Ha!
  • CHEFCH♥ZZ
    CHEFCH♥ZZ Posts: 127
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    the breakfast club
    sixteen candles
    national lampoons vacay
    purple rain
    behind enemy lines

    ......thats what chazz said! :bigsmile:
  • zoeelizabeths
    zoeelizabeths Posts: 93 Member
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    (1) Caddyshack

    (4) Blazing Saddles

    (3) Monty Python: Holy Grail

    (26) National Lampoon's Vacation
  • trinitrate
    trinitrate Posts: 219 Member
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    (1) Caddyshack
    (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    (6) Ghostbusters
    (26) National Lampoon's Vacation
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,708 Member
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    Caddyshack

    Blazing Saddles

    Young Frankenstein

    Ferris Beuller
  • Nopedotjpeg
    Nopedotjpeg Posts: 1,806 Member
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    Young Frankenstein

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    Monty Python: Holy Grail

    Airplane!
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    awesome stuff, guys. thanks!

    I'll let this simmer overnight and will tally them up to get to the Final Four sometime tomorrow. Which means we're advancing to the Action bracket pretty soon.
  • SteffieMark
    SteffieMark Posts: 1,723 Member
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    Caddyshack

    Blazing Saddles

    Monty Python: Holy Grail

    National Lampoon's Vacation
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
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    Caddyshack

    Blazing Saddles

    Monty Python: Holy Grail

    National Lampoon's Vacation

    ha, ha, ha... thanks for voting but I was hoping that you'd choose differently! ha, ha, ha...