Best Movie Ever: Competition

quickbeam

So, how about a competition to see the best movie ever? Not too disssimilar to the chocolate bar competition in AH a few weeks ago, though a bit more organised.

Here's how it works:

• PM me your top 5 movies in no particular order
• We'll leave it open for about a week
• I'll collate the movies, sort by popularity, and pick the top 32 mentioned (maybe 64, but probably not)
• Then we'll open up for the knock-out stages, two films fight it out. With a tennis scoring system: the first to 6 votes with two clear points ahead. Give reasons for your choice too, just to make it a bit interesting. No time limit, just the first to 6.
• The winner goes to the next round, and repeat with the next two until we've halved the number
• Next round, maybe the first to 12, etc.
• Until eventually we have a winner, and the arguments can begin.
• I'll try to seed the movies mentioned in the knock-out so we're not starting out with #1 and #2 from the IMDB top 250 list battling it out from the get go.

If it goes well, I could see this happening again with TV shows, books, music, video games, sports teams, whatever!

So, get your entry in, spread the word, get your friends to enter. My PM box is nice and empty so plenty of room for entries.

And ... go!

tusk

In

fixXxer

Yup

Necro

Entered!

Ectoplasm

It's like asking me to choose my top five (imaginary) children.

Will be in after suitable agonising.

TheValeyard

I'll be doing this.

Banjo

That was surprisingly painful. My poor babies!

Edit : **** I've changed my mind about two of them already

quickbeam

Banjo wrote: »

That was surprisingly painful. My poor babies!

Edit : **** I've changed my mind about two of them already

You can do take backsies.

So long as the two you're taking back aren't the really good two that I was impressed at having you include, that is.

Banjo

I watched the Maverick trailer and I want to vote Top Gun twice

avalidusername

Yup, sounds good

juke

In

Electric Nitwit

In.
That was really tough

Mam of 4

In .

Think my choices are a bit obscure though I love them

Mehaffey1

In and PMd

Bounty Hunter

In!

Star Wars The Phantom Menace (Anything Jar Jar really)
The Last Airbender (so much better than the cartoon)
Jack & Jill (Adam Sandler Epic)
Sex Lives of the Potato Men (The title alone)
Catwoman 2004 (who needs Batman?)

So what do I win?

tusk

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

In!

Star Wars The Phantom Menace (Anything Jar Jar really)
The Last Airbender (so much better than the cartoon)
Jack & Jill (Adam Sandler Epic)
Sex Lives of the Potato Men (The title alone)
Catwoman 2004 (who needs Batman?)

So what do I win?

That hurt to read :pac:

osh

Entered. Hard to pick 5.

Choc Chip

tusk wrote: »

That hurt to read :pac:

How did you choose which Harry Potter movies to leave out tusk?

tusk

Choc Chip wrote: »

How did you choose which Harry Potter movies to leave out tusk?

Randomiser

Choc Chip

tusk wrote: »

Randomiser

Touché tuskie, touché

Mam of 4

tusk wrote: »

Randomiser

I left them all out , no other option
Unless it was a name your favourite Harry Potter Sheep

Will the draw be random to start or will the movies be seeded (say imdb ratings) so we dont get any big clashes early

quickbeam

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Will the draw be random to start or will the movies be seeded (say imdb ratings) so we dont get any big clashes early

As mentioned in the OP (:P) they’ll be seeded. Not by IMDb but by number of votes though.

quickbeam

quickbeam wrote: »

As mentioned in the OP (:P) they’ll be seeded. Not by IMDb but by number of votes though.

ha i read the first 5 bullet points didnt see it and moved on. O my short attention span

Choc Chip

In!

... unless I change my mind overnight.

Tammy!

I keep changing my mind too. Five is too small There's one in particular that didn't make the cut and it just feels wrong.

Evade

In. I picked the first five that came to mind and I'd be surprised if any made to the voting stage,

fixXxer

PM sent. I would dearly love it if other people loved my #1 as much as I do but if not i'll watch it on my own again happily

osh

fixxxer wrote: »

PM sent. I would dearly love it if other people loved my #1 as much as I do but if not i'll watch it on my own again happily

Fred the movie?

fixXxer

osh wrote: »

Fred the movie?

Drop Dead Fred?

osh

That’s like Citizen Kane compared to the other one. It’s possibly the worst movie I’ve ever had the misfortune to watch.

Choc Chip

osh wrote: »

That’s like Citizen Kane compared to the other one. It’s possibly the worst movie I’ve ever had the misfortune to watch.

I LOVE Rik Mayall in that.

fixXxer

They're not in my top 5, but I reeeeeeeeeeeally enjoyed re-watching Oldboy, Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle while thinking about my list

Is light movie discussion allowed?

Banjo

I'd say you'd have to be careful - you're putting films into people's heads that might not have been there before, skews the list. You want the give that pop into their heads. Even if you talk about only crap films, one man's chunder is another man's cheddar.

Those are quality movies though, reminded me of another I didn't put on mine. 5 is not enough!

Pretzill

In!

Mark Hamill

In.

quickbeam

24 entrants.
88 unique entries
17 that have more than one vote
4 players that have made the top of my own personal rating list

Still plenty of time for more entries. Will start the knock-out stages Friday evening or Saturday afternoon.

twirlagig

In and PM sent

Mehaffey1

Good on you Quickbeam, appreciate the time and effort. One rule should be added and that is Shawshank Redemption can't win!

Evade

So with an 88 way tie for last place some of my weird choices have a chance then?

Sawduck

I had my top 2 but after that is was very difficult,there was like 20 movies i could have chosen

Zaph

Evade wrote: »

So with an 88 way tie for last place some of my weird choices have a chance then?

Debbie Does Dallas isn't that weird a choice :pac:

Ted_YNWA

Entered

quickbeam

106 unique entries
31 submissions
21 have more than 1 vote

In the interests of fairness, whatever number of 1s I need to reach 32 I'll randomise.

The seeds will be the ones with the most votes. I'm going with 8 seeds. Again, if there's any kind of tie, I'll randomise which go in to the seeding.

I will, however, be running each match in a random order, so you won't know which are the seeds, even if you can make a guess.

Loving this! Seeing the entries has been fun.

Most likely contest starting Saturday afternoon, as there'll be some drinks had on Friday so I won't be around to run

Ted_YNWA

No excuse QB, a drunk reveal would be more fun.

quickbeam

How about a hungover reveal? :P

Ted_YNWA

quickbeam wrote: »

How about a hungover reveal? :P

Studies have shown that that is when people are most honest.

:cool:

TheValeyard

Sent.

quickbeam

Reveal thread up: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=110865761#post110865761

Sign-ups still welcome however. I'll leave it open until just before the reveal starts.

quickbeam

Final 32 decided. Sign-ups closed. Voting to start .... imminently