Would anyone be interested in a greatest movie tournament?

[Fallout]

I was thinking of running a tournament that was about as accessible as the normal wrestling tournaments, and since pretty much everyone watches movies here, I was thinking of holding a single knockout tournament to determine SCF's greatest movie of all-time. Obviously, I need permission from the admins (this thread essentially serves as that), and I'd need to throw together some basic rules, but I was wondering if anyone else here was interested in the idea.

[Stone Cold Tea]

Hell yeah. Can we submit suggestions?

[Fallout]

Hell yeah. Can we submit suggestions?

Sure. But I'll need to get it approved before we start dumping our lists of films.

[Spidey]

Yeah man I'd be down for this.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Do it! But keep it at like 32 movies. 64 is too much. But yeah, I'm down.

[Alex]

How would you categorise it?

Would we just give you a list and you break it down by genre?

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Sure why not?

[Fallout]

Do it! But keep it at like 32 movies. 64 is too much. But yeah, I'm down.


How would you categorise it?

Would we just give you a list and you break it down by genre?

In order to reach a bracket of 32, I'd probably have to do a genre-specific tournament, like action, which is perfectly fine.

[Stone Cold Tea]

In order to reach a bracket of 32, I'd probably have to do a genre-specific tournament, like action, which is perfectly fine.

If you wanna go the whole way and had the time could do 8 genres and then put the 8 winners in a super tournament

[Fallout]

So, I forgot about this, but just remembered it today. Here's what I'm thinking.


A 32 movie bracket of action movies (which can be a bit awkward to define, movies like Gone With The Wind aren't action, but would Star Wars or They Live be considered purely action or more sci-fi? Would Zootopia be an action movie because it has action in it? I'll allow people to discuss certain movies if they're nominated and whether they primarily count as action movies, or should be classified as something else)
A one per franchise rule. This would stop stuff like James Bond, Lord Of The Rings etc getting unfair opportunities at winning.
Single elimination; double elimination would eat up far too much time.
Before the tournament starts, each person gets 2 nominations for films to be in the tournament. The first is to be one that is generally considered one of the best action movies of all-time (The Dark Knight, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Mad Max: Fury Road as examples. Don't vote stuff like Alien 3 or Tomorrow Never Dies for this catergory, as they aren't as universally acclaimed). The second choice is for your more subjective opinion, and while you're free to nominate another ground-breaking film in this category, you do have the liberty to nominate something more personal.
Debate is to be expected, and absolutely encouraged. It's also highly recommended that you [re]watch both movies before voting on a match-up, or at least have a good idea of both movies before you vote, nobody likes it when you just vote for the one movie you've seen.


If you're happy with these rules, and Sly and KB are OK with it, I can get this running at the start of August.

[SSJPhenom]

This sounds fun as hell. Kinda like movie fights. Count me in.

[Fallout]

I guess I'll start fielding nominations now, but before I do, just a disclaimer about the franchise rule:

I don't want it to be first-come, first-serve, so if someone decides to nominate The Dead Pool, that doesn't mean you can't nominate any other Dirty Harry movie for example. It'll be open to discussion about which movie from which franchise goes in so that people can be generally satisfied.

My objectively good movie will be Die Hard (1988) and my personal choice is Dredd (2012). Feel free to submit your own now if you want.

I'll be in contact with KB and/or Sly in a couple of days just to clarify this is all cool.

[SSJPhenom]

My objectively good movie will be The Matrix (1999) and for my personal choice I'm going with Jet Li's Fist of Legend (1994).

Can't wait for this.

[Spidey]

my objectively good action flick - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

my personal choice - Battle Royale (2000)

[Stone Cold Tea]

My first nomination is The Dark Knight and my personal choice is The Departed.

[Dave]

Objectively good movie choice - Casino Royale (Daniel Craig version)
Personally good movie choice - Crank

[Fallout]

All good choices so far, some movies I've actually not seen and I'll need to watch.

[jmt225]

Objectively Good Action Film - The Bourne Ultimatum
Personal Choice - Point Break (original, of course)

[Fallout]

So currently I've got:

Die Hard
The Matrix
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Dark Knight
Casino Royale
The Bourne Ultimatum
Point Break
Crank
The Departed
Battle Royale
Fist of Legend
Dredd

This leaves 20 movies open, or 10 more posters to contribute!

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

My all time favorite action movie : Terminator 2.

Action movie people usually forget when talking about action movies: Lethal Weapon 2.

[Fallout]

Terminator 2 has already been nominated.

[Spidey]

Are we free to put more movies in?

[Yaz]

Objectively Good: Enter The Dragon

Personal Choice: Predator

[Uncle Sam]

Legend of the Drunken Master
Speed Racer

[Fire Marshall Bill]

John Wick
The Long Kiss Goodnight

[Fallout]

Current list:

Die Hard
The Matrix
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The Dark Knight
Casino Royale
The Bourne Ultimatum
Enter The Dragon
Legend of the Drunken Master
John Wick
Point Break
Crank
The Departed
Battle Royale
Fist of Legend
Dredd
Lethal Weapon 2
Predator
Speed Racer
The Long Kiss Goodnight

@Spidey I'll give it a couple more days for new people to nominate.

[Yaz]

I definitely have two more in mind so hit me up here or on Discord if you need two more.

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Can we throw in more than once?

[Spidey]

http://forums.mtbr.com/attachments/brake-time/1198126d1526349758-safe-say-v-brakes-dead-threads-dead-baby-threads-dead.jpg


If it's not, then I'm gonna go with my second pick, Mad Max: Fury Road

with my other dark horse pick - Drive

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Kingsman
Baby Driver

[Fallout]

I'll nominate Raiders From The Lost Ark and Aliens.