Apolyton Movie Madness

[reismark]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
To quote alternative-universe Maggie from the Simpson's: "This is indeed a disturbing reality."

Slightly off, Rufus... look at my sig

[devilmunchkin]

kaak: good idea. reismark: no, not the best. it just got the most nominations at the beggining. I posted them because darkcloud requested i post the tally. ok guys, we're going to the next level, and if you have a bone to pic about what movie ends up in what category, fight with movie.com.
THe way it works is you have a certain number of votes per category (depending on the number of entries). You can divide them up however you wish within the category, however, there will be no bringing over points from one category to another (votes are in parenthesis. ex: Pick Top 3). I'll tally the movies by seeing which have the most votes at the end and putting them in order. we MAY have to have run offs. i'll keep you posted.

Best Action Film (Pick Top 3)
True Lies
True Romance
Big Trouble in Little China
Die Hard
Get Carter
Last of the Mohicans
The fugitive
X Men
Yojimbo
Phar Lap
Rocky
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Year of Living dangerously
The Postman

Best COmedy Film (Pick Top 7)
Princess Bride
Monty Python: Life of Brian
Being John Malkovich
Brazil
Monty Python: Holy Grail
Annie Hall
Blues Brothers
Caddy Shack
Fast Times at Ridgemont high
tootsie
Big
Uncle Buck
16 Candles
Airplane
Animal House
Arsenic and Old Lace
Bachelor Party
beetlejuice
Breakfast Club
Bringing up Baby
Bull Durham
Dogma
Grumpy Old Men
Jay & SILent Bob
Mrs. Doubtfire
Never Been Kissed
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Raising Arizona
Scary Movie 2
Stripes
Taming of the Shrew
The Animal
When Harry Met Sally
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Shanghai Noon
Good Morning Vietnam
Ghostbusters
Bill and Ted’s Bogus adventure
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Ghostbusters 2
Shrek
Happiness
Delicatessen
Fletch

Best Crime Movie (pick top 3)
Pulp Fiction
Godfather
Goodfellas
Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels
Swordfish
Godfather 2
Godfather 3
Reservoir Dogs
Rififi
Taxi
The General
Usual Suspects
LA Confidential
Snatch
Blue Streak
Fargo
Thomas Crown Affair

Best Drama (Pick top 5)
American Beauty
Cruel Intentions
Life is Beautiful
Shawshank Redemption
Fight Club
Hamlet/ Kenneth Branagh
Requiem for a Dream
It’s A Wonderful Life
8 1/2
A Bronx Tale
Beaches
Citizen Cane
Mr. Holland’s Opus
Nashville
Scent of A Woman
The Corn is Green
The Year My voice Broke
Truman Show
Spencer’s Mountain
Casablanca

Best Fantasy(pick top 3)
LOTR
Conan
Excalibur
Hook
Labyrinth
Miracle on 34th Street
Nightmare before Xmas
Princess Mononoke
The city of the Lost Children
What Dreams May Come
Willow
Wizard of OZ
The Dark Crystal

Best "Historical" Movie (pick top 2)
Patriot
Gone with the Wind
Little Women
Apollo 13
Rob Roy
Schindler’s List
Underground
Gladiator
Battleship Potemkin
Braveheart

Best Horror movie(pick 1)
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Dracula
Stir of Echoes

Best Musical (pick 1)
Sound of Music
South Pacific
Moulin Rouge

Best Sci-Fi (pick top 3)
Clockwork Orange
5th Element
AI
Stargate
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Blade Runner
Star Wars – A New Hope
Star Wars – Return of the Jedi
Event Horizon
Metropolis
Pi
Star Trek 2
Star Trek 3
Star Trek 4
They Live
Matrix
Dr. Strangelove
Terminator 2
Terminator
12 Monkeys
Time Cop
Frequency

Best Thriller (pick top 2)
Chinatown
Don’t Look Now
Silence of the Lambs
American Psycho
Hunt for Red October
Memento
The 6th Sense
Vertigo
7
The Saint
Run Lola Run

Best War Movie (pick top )
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Patton
The Dirty Dozen
Top Gun
Where Eagles Dare
Bridge on the River Kwai
Breaker Morant
Dr. Zhivago
Enemy at the Gates
Full Metal Jacket
Great escape
Guns of Navarone
Ran

Best Western Movie (pick 1)
Dances With Wolves
Lonesome Dove
Tombstone
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Searchers

Best Movie of the First Half of the 1900's (i.e. 1900 - 1950) (PICK 2)
Battleship Potemkin
Metropolis
Taxi
Bringing up Baby
Wizard of OZ
Gone with the Wind
Citizen Cane
Casablanca
Miracle on 34th Street
Brazil
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Corn is Green
It’s A Wonderful Life

Best Movie of the 50's (PICK 1)
African Queen
Rififi
Ten Commandments
The Searchers
Bridge on the River Kwai
South Pacific
Vertigo
Harvey

Best Movie of the 60's (PICK 2)
Yojimbo
Guns of Navarone
8 1/2
Spencer’s Mountain
Dr. Strangelove
Great escape
Sound of Music
Dr. Zhivago
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Taming of the Shrew
The Dirty Dozen
Where Eagles Dare

Best 70's Movie (PICK 2)
Patton
Clockwork Orange
Godfather
Don’t Look Now
Godfather 2
Chinatown
Monty Python: Holy Grail
Nashville
Rocky
Annie Hall
Star Wars – A New Hope
Animal House
Monty Python: Life of Brian
Alien
Apocalypse Now(1979)

t 80's movie (PICK 5!!)
Blues Brothers
Caddy Shack
Airplane
Stripes
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Breaker Morant
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Excalibur
Terminator 2
Fast Times at Ridgemont high
tootsie
Conan
The Dark Crystal
Blade Runner
Star Trek 2
Phar Lap
Year of Living dangerously
Star Wars – Return of the Jedi
16 Candles
Bachelor Party
Ghostbusters
Fletch
Star Trek 3
Terminator
Full Metal Jacket
Breakfast Club
Ran
Big Trouble in Little China
Labyrinth
Aliens
Star Trek 4
Platoon
Top Gun
Princess Bride
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Raising Arizona
Good Morning Vietnam
Some kind of Wonderful
Die Hard
Big
beetlejuice
Bull Durham
Beaches
The Year My voice Broke
Willow
They Live
Uncle Buck
When Harry Met Sally
Bill and Ted’s Bogus adventure
Ghostbusters 2

Movie of the Early 90's (90-95) (PICK 5!!)
Godfather 3
Hunt for Red October
Dances With Wolves
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Hook
Silence of the Lambs
True Lies
Last of the Mohicans
Delicatessen
Reservoir Dogs
Scent of A Woman
Alien 3
Dracula
True Romance
The fugitive
Grumpy Old Men
Mrs. Doubtfire
A Bronx Tale
Nightmare before Xmas
Little Women
Schindler’s List
Tombstone
Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
Stargate
Time Cop
Usual Suspects
Mr. Holland’s Opus
The city of the Lost Children
Apollo 13
Rob Roy
Braveheart
12 Monkeys
7

[/u] Movie of the Late 90's (96-99) (PICK 5)[/u]
Fargo
Hamlet/ Kenneth Branagh
The Postman
LA Confidential
Princess Mononoke
Underground
5th Element
Event Horizon
The Saint
Rush Hour
Happiness
The General
Thomas Crown Affair
Life is Beautiful
Truman Show
What Dreams May Come
Pi
Saving Private Ryan
Being John Malkovich
Dogma
Never Been Kissed
Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels
Blue Streak
American Beauty
Cruel Intentions
Fight Club
Stir of Echoes
Matrix
The 6th Sense
Run Lola Run

Movie of the New Millenium (PICK 3)
Get Carter
X Men
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Rush Hour 2
Shanghai Noon
Requiem for a Dream
Amores Perros
Patriot
Gladiator
Frequency
American Psycho
Memento
Jay & SILent Bob
Scary Movie 2
The Animal
Shrek
Swordfish
Snatch
LOTR
Amelie
Moulin Rouge
AI
Enemy at the Gates

Apolyton Movie Choice(PICK 5)
Braveheart
Shawshank Redemption
LOTR
Matrix
Fight Club
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Aliens
Pulp Fiction
Princess Bride
Ghostbusters
Monty Python: Holy Grail
Blade Runner
Gladiator
Shrek
Casablanca
Monty Python: Life of Brian
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Brazil
Being John Malkovich
Usual Suspects
Godfather
Annie Hall
Blues Brothers
Terminator 2
Goodfellas
Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels
Requiem for a Dream
Snatch

[devilmunchkin]

FINALS VOTING BALLOTS!!!!

Here is how the SEmifinals turned out (just so you can see the results):

Braveheart 10
Shawshank Redemption 9
LOTR 9
Matrix 7
Fight Club 7
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark 7
Aliens 6
Pulp Fiction 6
Princess Bride 6
Ghostbusters 6
Monty Python: Holy Grail 5
Blade Runner 5
Gladiator 5
Shrek 5
Casablanca 4
Monty Python: Life of Brian 4
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 4
Brazil 4
Being John Malkovich 4
Usual Suspects 3
Godfather 3
Annie Hall 3
Blues Brothers 3
Terminator 2 3
Goodfellas 3
Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels 3
Requiem for a Dream 3
Snatch 3
Tombstone 2
Apocalypse Now 2
Saving Private Ryan 2
Star Wars – A New Hope 2
Star Wars – Return of the Jedi 2
Hamlet/ Kenneth Branagh 2
American Beauty 2
Run Lola Run 2
Memento 1
Platoon 1
Gone with the Wind 1
Patton 1
Caddy Shack 1
tootsie 1
Top Gun 1
Fargo 1
Patriot 1
American Psycho 1
Swordfish 1
The Dirty Dozen 0
Fast Times at Ridgemont high 0

[General Ludd]

Best Action Film
True Lies
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Best Comedy Film
Princess Bride
Being John Malkovich
Monty Python: Holy Grail

Best Crime Movie
Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Fargo

Best Drama
Shawshank Redemption
Mr. Holland’s Opus
Truman Show

Best Fantasy
LOTR


Best Horror movie
Alien

Best Sci-Fi
5th Element
They Live
12 Monkeys



Best War Movie
Full Metal Jacket

Best Western Movie
Dances With Wolves


Best Movie of the 50's
African Queen


Best 70's Movie
Alien
Monty Python: Holy Grail


Best 80's movie
Full Metal Jacket
Labyrinth
Aliens
Princess Bride
They Live

Movie of the Early 90's (90-95)
Dances With Wolves
True Lies
Nightmare before Xmas
Shawshank Redemption
12 Monkeys


Movie of the Late 90's (96-99)
Fargo
5th Element
Event Horizon
Being John Malkovich
Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels

Movie of the New Millenium
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Snatch
LOTR

Apolyton Movie Choice
Shawshank Redemption
Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels
Monty Python: Holy Grail
Being John Malkovich
Snatch

[Guynemer]

Few suggestions...

You might want to make an entirely new thread now that nominees have been finalized, and categories have been set.

Also, a few of your classifications are off. For instance, Brazil was made in the 80s, not in the first half of the century. I'd also consider Dr. Strangelove a comedy as opposed to a scifi... indeed, I'm not sure there is anything scifi about it.

With that said, here are my choices from among those listed (!), in order.

ACTION
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. The Fugitive
3. Die Hard

COMEDY
1. Monty Python's Life of Brian
2. Raising Arizona
3. Airplane!
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Bull Durham
6. The Princess Bride
7. Brazil (This would be bumped off my list if Dr. Stangelove is classified here; Dr. S. would be #5)

CRIME
1. The Godfather, Part II
2. L.A. Confidential
3. The Godfather

DRAMA
1. Hamlet
2. American Beauty
3. Fight Club
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Life Is Beautiful

FANTASY
1. Excalibur
2. Lord of the Rings
3. Willow

HISTORY
1. Schindler's List
2. Braveheart

HORROR
1. Alien

MUSICAL
I humbly abstain from voting.

SCI-FI
1. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
2. Dr. Stangelove (a comedy that would go at #5 on my list)
3. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
4. 12 Monkeys (assuming Dr. Strangelove is moved to comedy)

THRILLER
1. The Silence of the Lambs
2. The Sixth Sense

WAR
1. Bridge on the River Kwai
2. Saving Private Ryan

WESTERN
1. Tombstone

1900-1950
I humbly abstain from voting.

1950s
1. Bridge on the River Kwai

1960s
1. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
I humbly abstain from voting for a second nominee. (Where the hell is The Graduate?!?!)

1970s
1. Monty Python's Life of Brian
2. The Godfather, Part II

1980s
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Raising Arizona
3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
4. Airplane!
5. The Princess Bride

EARLY 1990s
1. The Silence of the Lambs
2. Schindler's List
3. Braveheart
4. The Usual Suspects
5. The Shawshank Redemption

LATE 1990s
1. Hamlet
2. L.A. Confidential
3. American Beauty
4. The Sixth Sense
5. Saving Private Ryan

NEW MILLENNIUM
1. Memento
2. Gladiator
3. Shrek

APOLYTON CHOICE
1. Monty Python's Life of Brian
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
4. The Godfather
5. Braveheart

[Jon Miller]

OK

I will pick some (just because I would feel bad if I put so much time into something and nobody did it)

where are the Bond movies??

Best Action Film (Pick Top 3)
Die Hard
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

ack, the choises/....

Best COmedy Film (Pick Top 7)
Princess Bride
Monty Python: Life of Brian
Brazil
Monty Python: Holy Grail
Caddy Shack
Airplane
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles


how could you miss pink panther and so many other good comedies (not saying they are the best)

Comedy has so many good movies and you incluede so few

Best Crime Movie (pick top 3)
LA Confidential
Fargo
Thomas Crown Affair

there are other good ones (perhaps better) not included

Best Drama (Pick top 5)
Shawshank Redemption
Citizen Cane
Scent of A Woman
Truman Show
Casablanca

I don't watch much drama, but I am sure you are missing some here as well

Best Fantasy(pick top 3)
LOTR
Miracle on 34th Street


Missing some.

Best "Historical" Movie (pick top 2)
Gone with the Wind
Schindler’s List


lots of good movies here (unlike the rest of the sections)

Best Horror movie(pick 1)
Alien

there are much better

Best Musical (pick 1)
Sound of Music


uck, I hate picking that

Paint your Wagon is much better

Best Sci-Fi (pick top 3)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars – A New Hope
Dr. Strangelove
12 Monkeys

sorry, I had to go 4, there are many excellent movies in this group

Best Thriller (pick top 2)
Memento
The 6th Sense


other good ones

Best War Movie (pick top )
Bridge on the River Kwai

I have always liked that one (this was another time when you had strong selections)

Best Western Movie (pick 1)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

don't watch many of these

and the ones I watch don't remember their names

I think there were good ones not listed though)

Best Movie of the First Half of the 1900's (i.e. 1900 - 1950) (PICK 2)
Gone with the Wind
Brazil


Best Movie of the 50's (PICK 1)
Bridge on the River Kwai


Best Movie of the 60's (PICK 2)
Dr. Strangelove
Great escape


Best 70's Movie (PICK 2)
Monty Python: Holy Grail
Star Wars – A New Hope


t 80's movie (PICK 5!!)
Caddy Shack
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Princess Bride
Die Hard


Movie of the Early 90's (90-95) (PICK 5!!)
Hunt for Red October
Schindler’s List
Shawshank Redemption
Apollo 13
12 Monkeys


[/u] Movie of the Late 90's (96-99) (PICK 5)[/u]
5th Element
Thomas Crown Affair
Saving Private Ryan
Matrix
The 6th Sense


Movie of the New Millenium (PICK 3)
Gladiator
Memento
LOTR

Apolyton Movie Choice(PICK 5)
LOTR
Monty Python: Holy Grail
Brazil
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark

there

I put a little thought, but probably made some errors

also, I ahve a terrible memory for names and so probably ahve watched movies and don't remember what there names were that were really good and so picked something wrong

also, there were times when the section was really weak that I picked a movie I was ho hum about

(or disliked like sound of music)

becuase there was nothing else to pick

Jon Miller

[devilmunchkin]

Guynemer: on many there wasn't a specification on which brazil people were talking about. there was one made in 1944..the original. Also, go argue with movie.com about the classification of Dr. Strangelove.

Jon Miller: the lists were made from all the nominations that made the original nomination list cut. Bond nor pink panther was uttered before the cut off.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
Guynemer: on many there wasn't a specification on which brazil people were talking about. there was one made in 1944..the original. Also, go argue with movie.com about the classification of Dr. Strangelove.

Jon Miller: the lists were made from all the nominations that made the original nomination list cut. Bond nor pink panther was uttered before the cut off.

Strangelove was SciFi when it was made

is comedy now

Jon Miller

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Tingkai


Yeah, I agree that we've missed some great classics, two obvious ones not mentioned yet are North by Northwest and Psycho. Or how about Shane. Or the original All Quiet on the Western Front. Then there are the Bogart films: The Maltese Falcon and The Caine Mutiny. And how can we forget the early 70s film Young Frankstein and Blazing Saddles, and Mel's first Oscar, The Producers (Spingtime for Hitler and Germany, Winter for Poland and France).

Come on folks, lets name some great films that have not been mentioned yet.

why didn't you pu these in DM

Jon Miller

[devilmunchkin]

OK: i'm moving everything to the new thread. don't post here!
miller: i stopped looking at anything new after my nomination cut off time (which i extended two hours beyond what i said i would).
i've explained this a hundred times over...if i didn't make limits i'd spend forever retracing things and it would be so sloppy. at it is, i'm spending ALOT of time on this. thanks though. I'm sorry certain movies weren't included....but that's the way the ball bounces in lieu of time restrictions.