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  • Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
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    • 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
      "Speaking on the subject of conformity: This rotting concept of the unfathomable nostril mystifies the fuming crotch of my being!!! Stop with the mooing you damned chihuahua!!! Ganglia!! Rats eat babies!" ~ happy noodle boy

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      • 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
        "Speaking on the subject of conformity: This rotting concept of the unfathomable nostril mystifies the fuming crotch of my being!!! Stop with the mooing you damned chihuahua!!! Ganglia!! Rats eat babies!" ~ happy noodle boy

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        • 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
          Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

          Do It Ourselves

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          • 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
            "My nation is the world, and my religion is to do good." --Thomas Paine
            "The subject of onanism is inexhaustable." --Sigmund Freud

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            • 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
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              • 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.
                "Speaking on the subject of conformity: This rotting concept of the unfathomable nostril mystifies the fuming crotch of my being!!! Stop with the mooing you damned chihuahua!!! Ganglia!! Rats eat babies!" ~ happy noodle boy

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                • 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-
                  I AM.CANADIAN
                  GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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                  • 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
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                    • 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.
                      Last edited by devilmunchkin; March 26, 2002, 01:12.
                      "Speaking on the subject of conformity: This rotting concept of the unfathomable nostril mystifies the fuming crotch of my being!!! Stop with the mooing you damned chihuahua!!! Ganglia!! Rats eat babies!" ~ happy noodle boy

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