Round 1, Division 1, Match 5 (Blade Runner wins 30-25)

[dethwing]

Another animated movie. I was surprised at their over-all strength in the nominations. But will they stand up in 1 on 1 match ups?

[Antrax]

Wow, much closer than I'd expect. I wonder what people got out of The Lion King to make it so popular.
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[JDTAY]

It had a solid plot, good execution, and Elton John, and it's slightly quotable.

THEY CALL ME MISTER PIG!

[dethwing]

Meh. Lion King, losing? Humbug.

[jadesmar]

Antrax: I was wondering the same thing about Blade Runner.

[Antrax]

The plot or the film elements? I believe I (or cp) could explain about either.
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[mith]

Samadhi's Blade Runner game set off a whole string of me reading various Sci-fi books. Good movie, almost made my list, and Lion King is far from my favorite.

[Courk]

The worst part about Lion King for me is the bright vibrant colors they have in the background of "I Can't Wait to be King." It's like they were transported to a paint factory for that song. Annoying.

[Quagmire]

The Lion King is the only movie that has ever made me cry.

[Antrax]

Have you watched Requiem for a Dream or Dogville?
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[casinopete]

An American Tale made me cry. When I was 11 or so. Only time I cried between ages 8 and 18.

[Samadhi]

[Moose]

lol

I haven't yet seen Blade Runner but the Lion King is definitely nothing special in my books. I don't remember crying at it. And I cry easily at movies. I just cried yesterday while watching Anne of Green Gables.

[Adrith]

I haven't seen Blade Runner yet, so I don't think I should vote in this one. But it looked like a cool movie, and if I had seen it I probably would vote for it, but it's just to close for me to go and screw it up.

[Courk]

I cried when I saw Charlotte's Web. And Black Beauty. And Titanic. And Backdraft. And Ladder 49. And others. I even cried when I read Where the Red Fern Grows. I'm pathetic.

[mathgrant]

Um. . . I cried watching "A Cinderella Story". Pathetic huh?

No, not the crying. The watching. Isn't it pathetic that I watch these "girl power" movies?
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[MatthewV]

I have enjoyed Lion King in both Spanish and Russian. Someday I may watch it in English...nah

[wordcross]

I cried at least twice while watching Mr. Holland's Opus. I'm kinda miffed that it didn't make it into the tournament
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[LoudmouthLee]

Top 5 movies that made LoudmouthLee cry:

1. Patch Adams
2. Awakenings
3. Forrest Gump
4. I am Sam
5. Ghost
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[Courk]

Mr. Holland's Opus was on last night and thought the same thing, Wordy!

[casinopete]

I cannot believe that I find myself even slightly emotionally involved in this.

As I post, the score is 25-25, and I am quite nervous and hopeful that Blade Runner will pull through.

C'mon folks! The Lion King is no Aladdin! But Blade Runner definitely is Blade Runner!

[dethwing]

"C'mon folks! The Lion King is no Aladdin!"

You're right. It's better.

[casinopete]

But do you really want to show support for BLATANT PLAGIARISM?

[dethwing]

I just saw blade runner, looks like I voted correctly. That movie is terrible. I didn't get anything out of it.

[Quagmire]

Seriously. How can the Lion King NOT stir up emotions within yourselves? When a loving, caring father dies by getting trampled by wildebeests to save his son...I mean, seriously.

It still makes me choke up.

Go Lion King!

[casinopete]

The Lion King is beautifully animated. It has nothing else.

Simba never struggles, in any way. He doesn't do anything. He's born to privelege, accidently gets his dad killed, sulks, then gets shamed into fighting Evil-for-the-Sake-of-Evil Guy. The movie asks no big questions, and provokes no deep or interesting thought. It's just pretty.

Blade Runner demands its viewers consider all kinds of Big Questions. What does it mean to be human? What is identity? What is reality? Is the universe a just place?

Plus, it positively abounds with brilliant lines (Roy Baty, one of the best characters in any movie, ever, gets most of them):

"Chew, if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes." - Baty

"It's not an easy thing to meet your maker." - Baty

"The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. And you have burned so very very brightly, Roy." - Tyrell

"I want more life, fucker." - Baty

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain..." - Baty

This should not be so close a match. fnord.

[Samadhi]

I agree 100%. A couple of things to add.

Bladerunner is also visually spectacular. The way they created the visual effects is amazing (no CGI in 82).

Vangelis does the score.
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[dethwing]

I have to disagree with everything just said. The effects were nothing but boring. It was dark most of the time, hard to see anything. The plot was extremely confusing, people doing things for no apparent reason, and I was left no idea really what happened except that Deckard suceeded in killing all the Replicants . If there was anything else, it was totally obscured.

There was nudity for no particular reason, which kind of irritated me, I hadn't expected it.

There's no closure either. Those paper things that get left everywhere, obviously mean something to Deckard, but he'll never tell us. I have no idea who that guy was that was making them, why he made them, or why he left them at various places. Deckard walks off, leaving the viewer without any idea of what it was all for.

Ok, I'm done now. Start thrashing me.

[dethwing]

And another thing, why does no one care that Deckard is shooting at people with everyone around? People milling all over, he's carrying a gun, and no one panics or asks any questions. He shoots someone with no particular provocation (That anyone standing there could tell) and it's buisness as usual.

And it rains 24/7 there. Why? Is there ever daylight? Did this take place on the dark side of the moon? I mean come on!

[Neo]

[Antrax]

[dethwing]

Ok then, what did I miss? What was I supposed to get out of it?

[Courk]

Fight Club was rather dark.

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