Greatest Action Movie, FINAL FOUR

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tsh0ck
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(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!

Comedy's region has a winner; the genre will be represented in the Final Four by Monty Python: Holy Grail. Now, it's time for Action which will be followed by Sci-Fi/Fantasy, for those looking ahead.


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ACTION REGION: FINAL FOUR

(1) Die Hard vs. (21) Terminator

(14) Top Gun vs. (2) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

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  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    I would say this will be a landslide to the inevitable -- sorry, maverick. the bracket is full. -- but who knows.

    I will let it run through my weekend, though. so the title match will likely be announced Tuesday afternoon.
  • Amberchalon
    Amberchalon Posts: 207 Member
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    The Avengers had a lot of action in it--a lot BUT I did want to see more of them fighting alongside one another
  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
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    I can't even believe I have to choose... because the top two are against each other in this round! :(

    1) Die Hard

    14) Top Gun


    (love Indiana... but not against the best movie ever...)
  • SteffieMark
    SteffieMark Posts: 1,723 Member
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    ACTION REGION: FINAL FOUR

    (1) Die Hard

    (2) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,198 Member
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    (1) Die Hard

    (2) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • futuremalestripper
    futuremalestripper Posts: 467 Member
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    1) Die Hard
    2) Indiana Jones
  • bigswedeman
    bigswedeman Posts: 139 Member
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    ACTION REGION: FINAL FOUR

    (1) Die Hard

    (2) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • bmxpop
    bmxpop Posts: 353 Member
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    (1) Die Hard

    (2) Indiana Jones
  • will010574
    will010574 Posts: 761 Member
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    Die Hard
    Indiana Jones
  • RideaYeti
    RideaYeti Posts: 211 Member
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    Die Hard
    Indiana Jones
  • hamncheese67
    hamncheese67 Posts: 1,715 Member
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    (1) Die Hard
    (2) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • cds2001
    cds2001 Posts: 769 Member
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    ACTION REGION: FINAL FOUR

    (1) Die Hard

    (2) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,677 Member
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    Terminator

    Indiana Jones
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,689 Member
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    Die Hard

    Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • sixxbaby
    sixxbaby Posts: 543
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    ACTION REGION: FINAL FOUR

    (1) Die Hard

    (2) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Operation_Me
    Operation_Me Posts: 869 Member
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    (1) Die Hard

    (2) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    Well, this went as expected. And, it seems, my seedings held on this one:



    ACTION REGION: FINAL FOUR RESULTS

    (1) Die Hard def. (21) Terminator, 14-1

    (2) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark def. (14) Top Gun, 14-1
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    And the title match that we all knew would happen is here, folks:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/590719-the-greatest-movie-of-all-time-tourney-action-s-title-match

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