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The Greatest Movie of All Time Tourney, Comedy's Elite Eight
(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!
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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(1) Caddyshack
(12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(6) Ghostbusters
(2) Airplane!0 -
Young Frankenstein
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Monty Python: Holy Grail
National Lampoon's Vacation0 -
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...0 -
(1) Caddyshack
(4) Blazing Saddles
(3) Monty Python: Holy Grail
(2) Airplane!0 -
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.
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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...0 -
(1) Caddyshack
(12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(3) Monty Python: Holy Grail
(2) Airplane!0 -
(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)0 -
(26) National Lampoon (this was the hardest one of the four..could have gone either way really)
Agreed0 -
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does that work?0 -
wb, that works just fine. thanks!0
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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!0
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the breakfast club
sixteen candles
national lampoons vacay
purple rain
behind enemy lines
......thats what chazz said! :bigsmile:0 -
(1) Caddyshack
(4) Blazing Saddles
(3) Monty Python: Holy Grail
(26) National Lampoon's Vacation0 -
(1) Caddyshack
(12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(6) Ghostbusters
(26) National Lampoon's Vacation0 -
Caddyshack
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Ferris Beuller0 -
Young Frankenstein
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Monty Python: Holy Grail
Airplane!0 -
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.0 -
Caddyshack
Blazing Saddles
Monty Python: Holy Grail
National Lampoon's Vacation0 -
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...0 -
(1) Caddyshack
(12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(3) Monty Python: Holy Grail
(26) National Lampoon's Vacation
C'mon c'mon Holy Grail!!0 -
shameless bump, as long as people agree with me. otherwise, disregard....0
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Oh, and my votes, so I don't forget:
COMEDY REGION: ELITE EIGHT
(1) Caddyshack
(4) Blazing Saddles
(3) Monty Python: Holy Grail
(2) Airplane!0 -
shameless bump, as long as people agree with me. otherwise, disregard....
yeah... I tried that - but unfortunately it's not seeming to work! Though... there you go... another shameless bump up the list!
Bueller.... Bueller.... Bueller...0 -
(1) Caddyshack
(12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(3) Monty Python: Holy Grail
(26) National Lampoon0 -
(24) Young Frankenstein
(4) Blazing Saddles
(6) Ghostbusters
(2) Airplane!0 -
(1) Caddyshack
(4) Blazing Saddles
(3) Monty Python: Holy Grail
(2) Airplane!0 -
COMEDY REGION: ELITE EIGHT
(1) Caddyshack
(4) Blazing Saddles
(3) Monty Python: Holy Grail
(2) Airplane! ....Hate to pick all 4 top seeds, but one Chevy Chase film in the final 4 is enough......0 -
good stuff. I'll let this run till the noonish hour, anyway. results will then go up and we'll have our Final Four.0
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ok, kids. it's the noonish hour. but I've gotta run for a few. so, I promise, results will be up this afternoon. in the meantime, if you haven't voted yet get in and I'll add it to the final total.0
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