Official FF BMET - Drama Bracket Round 1 Part 2 + Tie Break

[Deadpulse]

Welcome to the Bracket Phase of the Football's Future Best Movie Ever Tournament! You can see the results and links for the nomination and polling for our entrants in the master thread:

See the bracket bellow:

1980s	The Thing (1)
2000s	Gladiator (8)
1960s	To Kill a Mocking Bird (3)
1950s	Bridge on the River Kwai (6)
		Drama
2010s	Interstellar (4)
1970s	The Godfather (5)
1990s	The Shawshank Redemption (7)		The Shawshank Redemption (7)
1940s and Earlier	Citizen Kane (2)

FF only allows three questions at a time so first round voting will be 2 matchups at once, subsequent rounds will be all at once. Seeding is 1-8 and denoted in parentheses next to the title. Voting will end Tuesday, 9/8/2020 at 4pm. 

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[rackcs]

How does this Tiebreaker work?

[MikeT14]

17 minutes ago, rackcs said:

How does this Tiebreaker work?

 

[Deadpulse]

21 minutes ago, rackcs said:

How does this Tiebreaker work?

Most points win - how strongly do you feel like its better than the other? Just barely? Give it a one. For sure better? give it a five. 

[rackcs]

1 minute ago, Deadpulse said:

Most points win

So it doesn't matter which of the 1-5 options I pick?

[Deadpulse]

3 minutes ago, rackcs said:

So it doesn't matter which of the 1-5 options I pick?

It does, I will add them up. So if you pick The Thing 5, it gets five points. 

[Ozzy]

Yeah The Gladiator 5 all the way, I was the first to vote and did not even know how that ranking worked, but yeah 5 out of 5 times The Gladiator is a better drama than The Thing.

 

And no way is Bridge on the River Kwai a better drama than To Kill A Mockingbird.  What a joke, one of the best stories in American literature, oh wait the most popular American novel ever written and is arguably even better as a film!  Yeah it better win at least against that, should arguably be in the finals easily.  

 

 

And one of those ugly things is the attempt at special effects during The Thing, oh and Robin Wright.  

[Malfatron]

Bridge on the River Kwai

Godfather

The Thing - 5

[Malfatron]

30 minutes ago, Ozzy said:

And no way is Bridge on the River Kwai a better drama than To Kill A Mockingbird.  What a joke, one of the best stories in American literature, oh wait the most popular American novel ever written and is arguably even better as a film!  Yeah it better win at least against that, should arguably be in the finals easily.

Bridge on the River Kwai had way more memorable characters, especially Alec Guiness.

Also, TKAM is fairly overrated and doesnt age well. 

Edited September 7, 2020 by Malfatron

[Ozzy]

Just now, Malfatron said:

Bridge on the River Kwai had way more memorable characters, especially Alec Guiness.

Also, TKAM is fairly overrated and doesnt age well. 

Ummm no.   Scout Finch played by Mary Badham is easily one of the best child performances in film history, not to mention one of the most unique film characters ever and one of the best female heroines ever.  Oh and Atticus is only one of the most beloved characters in film history as well.  It was well cast and very well acted with tons of standout memorable moments.

 

Bridge of The River Kwai, well all of these movies are far superior to that film in ever single way.  They are all better dramas, better films, with better actors and more memorable performances and all were made in the 1950s.

 

On the Waterfront 
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
12 Angry Men 
A Streetcar Named Desire   
The Ten Commandments

 

It is an insult that Bridge on the River Kwai even made it through over all of those outstanding other films in the 50s.  A damn insult.  Alec Guiness?  No there names are Marlon Brando or Paul Newman, or Charlton Heston or Henry Fonda.  All better performances and all better films.  

[Malfatron]

1 hour ago, Ozzy said:

It is an insult that Bridge on the River Kwai even made it through over all of those outstanding other films in the 50s.  A damn insult

 

[Ozzy]

Scout Finch = To Kill a Mocking Bird
Little boy = Bridge on The River Kwai

 

[rackcs]

Never mind

Edited September 7, 2020 by rackcs

[Deadpulse]

As of now:

The Thing - 29

Gladiator - 35

[Malfatron]

Bridge on the River Kwai had an excellent narrative and remains interesting throughout its 3 hour runtime because of the character arcs

Plus some really good cinematography and practical effects.

I dont really care how good child actors are....films are better when no damn kids are in them