Greatest Movie of All Time, Regional 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!




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Greatest Movie Of All Time: Final Four

(C) Monty Python: Holy Grail
vs.
(D/T) Shawshank Redemption

(A) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
vs.
(SF/F) Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
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  • lombrica
    lombrica Posts: 1,419 Member
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    (D/T) Shawshank Redemption


    (SF/F) Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back


    ... the second choice was hard... I think I actually like Indy better, but for "greatest movie of all time" how can you beat Star Wars?!? (except maybe The Godfather, but, we all know what happened there...) :)
  • SteffieMark
    SteffieMark Posts: 1,723 Member
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    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Final Four


    (D/T) Shawshank Redemption

    (A) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    I don't think the greatest movie of all time is any of these, personally. But, from the choices, these are my picks. I have never seen a Star Wars movie, so Indiana Jones wins that one, by default.
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,198 Member
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    Shawshank

    Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • shaelataylor
    shaelataylor Posts: 224 Member
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    shawshank

    indiana jones
  • boweed70
    boweed70 Posts: 69 Member
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    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Final Four


    (D/T) Shawshank Redemption

    (A) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    I don't think the greatest movie of all time is any of these, personally. But, from the choices, these are my picks. I have never seen a Star Wars movie, so Indiana Jones wins that one, by default.

    Kinda hard to vote for or against a movie if you've never seen it. Seems like that would make it a no vote.

    For me, though:
    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Final Four

    (C) Monty Python: Holy Grail
    vs.
    (D/T) Shawshank Redemption

    (A) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
    vs.
    (SF/F) Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
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    (C) Monty Python: Holy Grail

    (A) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Michellerawrrr
    Michellerawrrr Posts: 312 Member
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    (D/T) Shawshank Redemption

    (A) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Love these movies!!
  • Fit_Canuck
    Fit_Canuck Posts: 788 Member
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    (D/T) Shawshank Redemption

    (A) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Love these movies!!

    This exactly!
  • gizziemonkey
    gizziemonkey Posts: 451
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    Shawshank Redemption

    Indiana Jones
  • IronPlayground
    IronPlayground Posts: 1,594 Member
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    Shawshank Redemption


    Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
  • cc32676
    cc32676 Posts: 29 Member
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    (D/T) Shawshank Redemption


    (SF/F) Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
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    The only exceptional movie on your list is The Shawshank Redemption and it wouldn't be on on my top 10 list, maybe not not even on my top 20 or 30 or 40. I do like it, though.
  • Operation_Me
    Operation_Me Posts: 869 Member
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    (D/T) Shawshank Redemption

    (A) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • RideaYeti
    RideaYeti Posts: 211 Member
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    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Icewolf_The
    Icewolf_The Posts: 308 Member
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    I have to go with Monty Python and Star Wars...


    Child of the Generation... Those in your 40's stand up ;) you know you all carried around sticks as 'light sabers' trying to cut down the evil storm troopers... ;)
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
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    shawshank

    raiders
  • SteffieMark
    SteffieMark Posts: 1,723 Member
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    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Final Four


    (D/T) Shawshank Redemption

    (A) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    I don't think the greatest movie of all time is any of these, personally. But, from the choices, these are my picks. I have never seen a Star Wars movie, so Indiana Jones wins that one, by default.

    Kinda hard to vote for or against a movie if you've never seen it. Seems like that would make it a no vote.

    For me, though:
    Greatest Movie Of All Time: Final Four

    (C) Monty Python: Holy Grail
    vs.
    (D/T) Shawshank Redemption

    (A) Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
    vs.
    (SF/F) Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back

    Now that I think about it, I have to agree with Boweed. Although the entire "Star Wars' type of movie bores me to tears and I'm pretty sure I would hate it! lol Please remove my vote for Indiana Jones, as I have not seen Star Wars.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    This is tough... but I'm going with

    Shawshank Redemption

    Star Wars
  • Coyla
    Coyla Posts: 444 Member
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    Shawshank Redemption

    Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (tough one there, though)
  • hamncheese67
    hamncheese67 Posts: 1,715 Member
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    I like all four of the movies, though they wouldn't be at the top for my personal greatest of all time. But, going with my favorites in the pairings:

    Shawshank Redemption

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    And since there wasn't any mention of animated films throughout the original 64 movies, I'll toss out some animated films: Akira, Toy Story 2, Snow White, Naussica, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Nightmare Before Christmas.

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