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167667.25 in reply to 167667.24
Date: 12/31/2010 12:40:52 AM
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Man you guys need to go back and rewatch The Cowboys for sure...:(

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167667.26 in reply to 167667.25
Date: 12/31/2010 3:19:49 AM
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I just don't like John Wayne movies.

Saving Private Ryan and The Shining get my votes.

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167667.27 in reply to 167667.26
Date: 12/31/2010 4:40:24 AM
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Saving Private Ryan and Avatar. Avatar has to get the nod even though it is so recent because it is one of those benchmark movies that lead to a whole new viewing pleasure. Titanic and jurrasic park were like this. Terminator 2 when it came out. Star Wars. Generational movies.

Droids: so because of this thread I took the wife out to see black swan. Never in a million years would I have said I would come out of the movie liking it more than my wife. It was pretty damn good. I don't know if it should make the bracket but pretty damn good.

From: Gologol

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167667.28 in reply to 167667.11
Date: 12/31/2010 7:49:01 AM
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Tombstone is a good western, but I'd say Once Upon a Time in the West is truly a top caliber movie that just happens to be a western. Outlaw Josie Wales is also a favorite and a darn good movie.

Heat is good. What about the Professional?

Jurassic Park? Come on. Mediocre movie based on a good book. The idea of the movie is what everyone likes.

Last edited by Gologol at 12/31/2010 7:51:52 AM

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167667.29 in reply to 167667.1
Date: 12/31/2010 10:29:42 AM
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- Day 2 -

For matchup 1: abstain from 4 versus 13. I do not really enjoy westerns and war movies so I hope to not skew the votes either way.

For matchup 2: 5 (Avatar) - over 12 (The Shining).

Day 2 matchups cut across very clear genre categories though, thus genre preference rather than the specific movies motivate my vote.

From: Yuck

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167667.30 in reply to 167667.28
Date: 12/31/2010 12:47:55 PM
Cassville Yuck
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Outlaw Jesse Wales was excellent.
The Professional was great as well.

Heat is just number 1 for me. I can watch that anytime.

You are partially right on jurrasic park, but what made that a generational movie was the cgi at the time. You watch it now and it is very ordinary but I still remember watching it at the theatre opening night and being blown away at the cgi. I guess that part of movies loses their luster over time.

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167667.31 in reply to 167667.1
Date: 12/31/2010 1:28:07 PM
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Hitch? The Notebook? Black Swan? Independence Day? Wow...what a horrible list.
How anyone could put any of those movies in a list of the greatest films of all time is beyond me.

Really? The Notebook?

HITCH???????? That's not even one of the best 3 movies with Eva Mendes, let alone one of the best of all time.

The Notebook is one of the most skewed chick flicks on IMDB with a rating difference of 1 full point between women and men. Again, it's not even close to so many films excluded from your list.

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167667.32 in reply to 167667.31
Date: 12/31/2010 1:39:39 PM
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Ehh, please use other topic for questions/comments of that sort- voting topic here.

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167667.33 in reply to 167667.32
Date: 12/31/2010 2:43:21 PM
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Come on out and vote guys, only a couple more hours til the next match and we only have 7 voters so far.

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167667.34 in reply to 167667.33
Date: 12/31/2010 6:10:35 PM
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Ehh, 7 will have to do. Voting over for Match 2, will post next ones soon.

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167667.35 in reply to 167667.34
Date: 12/31/2010 6:19:20 PM
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New Matches Up

Yesterday: Saving Private Ryan 5- The Cowboys 1
Avatar 4- The Shining 3

Todays votes:
Bond, James Bond
The Departed

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