Topic: Movie Draft Tournament - Quarterfinals Complete

[charlie]

So the Deserted Island Movie Draft playoff tournament is here. I used the randomizer to randomly select seeds from 1-7:

Playoff Seeds (Draft Order in Parentheses)

• axon (1)
• KnuckleBuckett (5)
• Dalamar (2)
• ober (4)
• charlie (7)
• Perspective (6)
• PJYelton (3)

Seed #1 gets a bye this time.

The idea is to vote for your favorite collection of movies. You can use any rationale you like for making your votes. You can vote for the lists with the most movies you've seen, or the most movies you like, or the best range of movies, or the best set of movies you'd like to have with you on a deserted island, or whatever reason you like. Just please vote once for each match up. So vote for one option between KnuckleBuckett and PJYelton, one option between Dalamar and Perspective, and one option between ober and me.

You can vote for yourself.

The poll expires in 4 days. At that time the winners will be matched up against each other in the next round. (I'll be making these polls shorter than in the babe draft but since the weekend is coming and I don't think I'll be around to get the next round started until Monday anyway.)

The poll is setup to allow you to change your vote if you want. You won't be able to see the results until Monday.

(individual lists below...)

[charlie]

KnuckleBuckett

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)	The Fifth Element (1997)
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)	Mystery Date (1991)
Better Off Dead (1985)	The Sting (1973)
Serenity (2005)	Big Fish (2003)
Midway (1976)	Band of Brothers (2001)
Four Rooms (1995)	Kung fu (Hustle) (Subtitled version) (2004)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)	Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)	50 First Dates (2004)
Meet the Robinsons (2007)	Juno (2007)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)	Shining Through (1992)

vs.



PJYelton

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	Fight Club (1999)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	The Sixth Sense (1999)
Amélie (2001)	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) (2002)	Memento (2000)
A Christmas Story (1983)	The Dark Knight (2008)
The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)	Aliens (1986)
The Big Lebowski (1998)	The Incredibles (2004)
Sin City (2005)	Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Die Hard (1988)	Frailty (2001)

[charlie]

Dalamar

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)	Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Remember the Titans (2000)	True Lies (1994)
Independence Day (1996)	The Natural (1984)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	Basic Instinct (1992)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)	Hitch (2005)
Underworld (2003)	Groundhog Day (1993)
Stealth (2005)	X-Men 2: X-Men United (2003)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)	Entrapment (1999)
Save the Last Dance (2001)	Runaway Jury (2003)
Out of Sight (1998)	Next (2007)

vs.



Perspective

Pulp Fiction (1994)	Back to the Future (1985)
Braveheart (1995)	The Matrix (1999)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)	Into the Wild (2007)
Forrest Gump (1994)	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)	Jurassic Park (1993)
Pi (1998)	Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)	The Fugitive (1993)
Toy Story (1995)	The Negotiator (1998)
Insomnia (2002)	U-571 (2000)
Changing Lanes (2002)	Days of Thunder (1990)

[charlie]

ober

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)	Mallrats (1995)
Clerks (1994)	300 (2006)
Old School (2003)	Troy (2004)
American Beauty (1999)	Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Magnolia (1999)	Unfaithful (2002)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)	Saw (2004)
The Ring (2002)	Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
The Shining (1980)	Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Fargo (1996)	Interview with the Vampire (1994)
High Fidelity (2000)	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

vs.



charlie

The Godfather (1972)	The Usual Suspects (1994)
There's Something About Mary (1998)	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Gladiator (2000)	Rudy (1993)
Rounders (1998)	And the Band Played On (1993)
Good Will Hunting (1997)	Airplane! (1980)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)	The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Princess Bride (1987)	South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
The Rock (1996)	The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)	The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

[ober]

Damn charlie... good list.  I had trouble picking between you and me.

I went with perspective and PJ otherwise.

[Jake]

It is pretty hard to pick. My system was I counted the movies I saw (1 point) and put a star next to the ones that would probably be on my list (2 points) added those up and came out with a winner.

Charlie and Ober were the closest - 2 point difference.

[Jake]

BTW, thanks Charlie for running this. I know it is a lot of work, but it looks great! thanks!

[Perspective]

Very tough to pick. I basically just counted one point for every movie I like, close in all cases.

[charlie]

BTW, thanks Charlie for running this. I know it is a lot of work, but it looks great! thanks!

My pleasure.


Now I really want to peek and see what the voting totals are, but I'm trying to be a good boy and wait.

[PJYelton]

Definately an interesting pick between Ober and Charlie.  I wouldn't mind seeing any of Charlie's movies on my island but theres a few on Ober's list I'd rather bury in the sand than have to watch again.  However for me theres at least 3 movies on Ober's list that beats anything on Charlies.  Tough call...

[KnuckleBuckett]

Just wanted to second the Thanks Charlie motion!!

[Perspective]

Just wanted to second the Thanks Charlie motion!!

Indeed. +1 to that.

[ober]

Just wanted to second the Thanks Charlie motion!!

3rd-ed... or 4thed now... or something.  PJ, I'm curious as to the ones on my list you didn't like?

[ober]

Now I really want to peek and see what the voting totals are, but I'm trying to be a good boy and wait.

Am I the only one that can see the results because I'm an admin??

[PJYelton]

Really did not like Unfaithful, Napolean Dynamite or Troy.