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

    Posts: 1,970 Member
    edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
    (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.

    ******

    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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    • Posts: 869 Member
      (1) Caddyshack

      (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

      (6) Ghostbusters

      (2) Airplane!
    • Posts: 3,638 Member
      Young Frankenstein

      Ferris Bueller's Day Off

      Monty Python: Holy Grail

      National Lampoon's Vacation
    • Posts: 1,417 Member
      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...
    • Posts: 1,024 Member
      (1) Caddyshack

      (4) Blazing Saddles

      (3) Monty Python: Holy Grail

      (2) Airplane!
    • Posts: 1,970 Member
      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.
      :)
    • Posts: 1,417 Member
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      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...
    • Posts: 7,173 Member
      (1) Caddyshack

      (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

      (3) Monty Python: Holy Grail

      (2) Airplane!
    • Posts: 4,142 Member
      (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)
    • Posts: 7,173 Member
      (26) National Lampoon (this was the hardest one of the four..could have gone either way really)

      Agreed
    • Posts: 2,066 Member
      24

      4

      3

      2

      does that work?
    • Posts: 1,970 Member
      wb, that works just fine. thanks!
    • Posts: 1,417 Member
      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!
    • Posts: 127
      the breakfast club
      sixteen candles
      national lampoons vacay
      purple rain
      behind enemy lines

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

      (4) Blazing Saddles

      (3) Monty Python: Holy Grail

      (26) National Lampoon's Vacation
    • Posts: 219 Member
      (1) Caddyshack
      (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
      (6) Ghostbusters
      (26) National Lampoon's Vacation
    • Posts: 49,169 Member
      Caddyshack

      Blazing Saddles

      Young Frankenstein

      Ferris Beuller
    • Posts: 1,805 Member
      Young Frankenstein

      Ferris Bueller's Day Off

      Monty Python: Holy Grail

      Airplane!
    • Posts: 1,970 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 1,719 Member
      Caddyshack

      Blazing Saddles

      Monty Python: Holy Grail

      National Lampoon's Vacation
    • Posts: 1,417 Member
      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...
    • Posts: 327 Member
      (1) Caddyshack

      (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

      (3) Monty Python: Holy Grail

      (26) National Lampoon's Vacation

      C'mon c'mon Holy Grail!!
    • Posts: 2,066 Member
      shameless bump, as long as people agree with me. otherwise, disregard....
    • Posts: 1,970 Member
      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!
    • Posts: 1,417 Member
      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...
    • Posts: 11,788 Member
      (1) Caddyshack

      (12) Ferris Bueller's Day Off

      (3) Monty Python: Holy Grail

      (26) National Lampoon
    • Posts: 1,877 Member
      (24) Young Frankenstein

      (4) Blazing Saddles

      (6) Ghostbusters

      (2) Airplane!
    • Posts: 1,715 Member
      (1) Caddyshack

      (4) Blazing Saddles

      (3) Monty Python: Holy Grail

      (2) Airplane!
    • Posts: 353 Member
      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......
    • Posts: 1,970 Member
      good stuff. I'll let this run till the noonish hour, anyway. results will then go up and we'll have our Final Four.
    • Posts: 1,970 Member
      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.
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