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AHHHHHHH!!!
I loved Shawshank, but it just doesn't compare to the greatness of Pulp Fiction.
And now, little man, I give the watch to you.
Shawshank.
Bring out the Gimp
Shit.
Shawshank, without any doubt.
Although by no means do I think it can ever be called the best movie.
Tied at 5! What a start!
Shawshank was a great movie....but it has no chance against THE greatness that is PULP FICTION!:shoot:
Shawshank is my BMOAT.
Ha! Pushed Shawshank ahead by one!
Good man! Your checks in the mail, as promised!
Gracias
Sorry. Pulp was a great show!
Just got through watching Pulp Fiction for about the billionth time. Still want Shawshank to win.
Shawshank may not be the best movie of all time but it deserves a spot in the pantheon!
I got to go with Shawshank. It was a bit unrealistic for me (no inmate would remain in the same cell for 20 years, it just wouldn't happen) but better than Pulp Fiction nonetheless.
never saw pulp fiction, no desire to see pulp fiction.
Get busy living or get busy dying. That's god damn right.
I seriously can't believe what I'm about to do....but hope is a wonderful thing....
EDIT:
on a side note, fever, my sweet cougar cub, how could you put my two favorite movies against eachother? :cry:
*Bumpage
I love checking up on the poll scores and seeing that they're both variables of 5. It fills me with evil glee. :evil:
On a slightly off-topic note : I always hated that the Shawshank poster gave away part of the ending.
Shawshank is winning?
Give me a break. This might be the only site on the net where Shawshank Redemption is considered a better movie than Pulp Fiction.
Just because you prefer it over Pulp Fiction, doesn't mean you have to vote for it. This thread is not called, "which film do you like better."
It may as well be.
Earlier in the tourney it seemed like it was "which film have you actually seen?" as the older movies lost out.
Democracy and voting are lovely things, but no amount of votes will convince me that a single one of these films, Pulp Fiction included, is better than Citizen Kane which changed cinema as a whole.
That said, Pulp is, by a wide margin, the best film still in the tournament. I loved Shawshank. It's one of the very small number of adaptations I thought were done well, maybe the exception that proves the rule, but compared to Pulp Fiction, please.
Well Servant, at least the silver lining is that you and I agree about a movie topic. :)
We agree here Jayson. Citizen Kane was a far better, and more influencial, film than the rest of the entries that I have seen, from a film critic's point of view. I cannot say it is a better film than them all simply because I must weigh the film in it's entirety and that includes the story as well. The story MUST play the largest part in the weighing for me. Also included MUST be how did the film affect the world of cinema and the world in general. (Which is why Empire Starikes Back is a far greater film than Princess Bride, but that's a different thread.) I found neither Pulp Fiction nor Shawshank have really had much impact on the film world beyond the initial furor and thus judged them on their content alone. It was a very tough decision. I had the priviledge of seeing both during a class on film that I took the year they were in Oscar contention. I had to choose one, so I chose the one I enjoyed more. I must say that I wonder if I made the right choice, but I shall stand by it.
Sadly, my favotire film, Seven Samurai did not make it this far. It deserved far better.
Shawshank is winning.. NOOOO!!!!
(Ok it was good just not as good as Pulp.)
I agree with much of what you said Sam, except on the limited influence of Pulp Fiction. It's too long a discussion to get into, but I think Pulp had a wide ranging influence on the industry as a whole.
As far as content, I judged them thusly as well.
Same here. I love that film, and like many of the other older films, I find it far superior in many ways to some of the more contemporary films. Besides, talk about influence. Would we even have Wolves of the Calla if we didn't have Seven Samurai?
Citizen Kane...meh!
come on shawshank
Yes, I'm still very upset that Citizen Kane didn't go further than it did. I don't even think it made it past the first round or two. I don't really think it's even debatable that from a film making standpoint that film is far above any of the other films in this competition. It's a shame.
But this really all along hasn't seemed to be which film is technically and artistically the best, but which is my favorite...which is really what a competition of the former usually ends up being about anyway. I've never seen much merit in film, music or literary critique at all. If you like it on a personal level; if it moves you somehow, that is what really matters and what makes it great. Citizen Kane did little for me personally.