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Ok guys we're onto the second half of the final 32. Here are the matches:
Match 233 – #2 – The Godfather (1972) V #34 – Memento (2000)
Top 256 – The Manchurian Candidate 6-0
Top 128 – To Kill A Mockingbird 3-2
Top 64 – Gladiator 3-3
The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy from a screenplay by Mario Puzo and
Coppola. Based on Puzo's 1969 novel of the same name, the film stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a powerful New York crime family. The
story, spanning the years 1945 to 1955, centers on the ascension of Michael Corleone (Pacino) from reluctant family outsider to ruthless Mafia boss while also
chronicling the Corleone family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando).
The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema – and as one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre. Now ranked
as the second greatest film in American cinema (behind Citizen Kane) by the American Film Institute, it was selected for preservation in the United States
National Film Registry in 1990. The film's success spawned two sequels: The Godfather Part II in 1974, and The Godfather Part III in 1990.
The film was for a time the highest grossing picture ever made, and remains the box office leader for 1972. It won three Oscars that year: for Best Picture, for
Best Actor (Brando) and in the category Best Adapted Screenplay for Puzo and Coppola. Its nominations in seven other categories included Pacino, James
Caan and Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor and Coppola for Best Director.
Top 256 – Nosferatu 5-1
Top 128 – Unforgiven 4-1
Top 64 – 2001: A Space Odyssey 3-3
Memento is a 2000 American neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his younger brother Jonathan's short
story “Memento Mori”.
Memento is presented as two different sequences of scenes: a series in black-and-white that are shown chronologically, and a series of color sequences shown
in reverse order. The two sequences “meet” at the end of the film, producing one common story. It stars Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby, a man with
anterograde amnesia, which impairs his ability to store new explicit memories and has developed a system for recollection using hand-written notes, tattoos,
and Polaroid photos. During the opening credits, which portray the end of the story, it is shown that Leonard kills Teddy (Joe Pantoliano). The film suggests
that this killing is vengeance for the rape and murder of his wife (Jorja Fox) based on information provided by Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss).
Memento premiered on September 5, 2000, at the Venice International Film Festival to critical acclaim and received a similar response when it was released in
European theaters starting in October 2000. Critics especially praised its unique, nonlinear narrative structure and themes of memory, perception, grief,
self-deception, and revenge. The film was successful at the box office and received numerous accolades, including Academy Award nominations for Original
Screenplay and Film Editing. The film subsequently was named as one of the best films of the first decade of the 21st century by several media outlets.
Match 234 – #15 – Goodfellas (1990) V #18 – The Matrix (1999)
Top 256 – His Girl Friday 5-0
Top 128 – Platoon 2-2
Top 64 – The Intouchables 5-0
Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by
Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film follows the rise and fall of Lucchese crime family associates Henry Hill and his friends over
a period from 1955 to 1980.
Scorsese originally intended to direct Goodfellas before The Last Temptation of Christ, but when funds materialized to make Last Temptation, he postponed
what was then known as Wise Guy. The title of Pileggi's book had already been used for a TV series and for Brian De Palma's 1986 comedy Wise Guys, so
Pileggi and Scorsese changed the name of their film to Goodfellas. To prepare for their roles in the film, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Ray Liotta often spoke
with Pileggi, who shared research material left over from writing the book. According to Pesci, improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals where
Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted. The director made transcripts of these sessions, took the lines he liked best, and put them
into a revised script the cast worked from during principal photography.
Goodfellas performed well at the box office, grossing $46.8 million domestically, well above its $25 million budget. It also received overwhelmingly positive
reviews from critics. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won one for Pesci in the Best Actor in a
Supporting Role category. Scorsese's film won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, including Best Film, and Best Director. The film
was named Best Film of the year by various film critics groups. Goodfellas is often considered one of the greatest films ever, both in the crime genre and in
general, and was deemed “culturally significant” and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress. Scorsese
followed this film up with two more films about organized crime: 1995's Casino and 2006's The Departed.
Top 256 – Rio Bravo 6-0
Top 128 – The Wizard Of Oz 4-1
Top 64 – Monty Python And The Holy Grail 4-2
The Matrix is a 1999 American science fiction action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne,
Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving, and was first released in the United States on March 31, 1999. The success of the film led to the release
of two feature film sequels, and the Matrix franchise was further expanded through the production of comic books, video games, and animated short films.
The film depicts a future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality or cyberspace created by sentient machines to pacify and
subdue the human population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Upon learning this, computer programmer “Neo” is
drawn into a rebellion against the machines, involving other people who have been freed from the “dream world” and into reality.
The film contains many references to the cyberpunk and hacker subcultures; philosophical and religious ideas such as René Descartes' evil genius, the Allegory
of the Cave, Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, the brain-in-a-vat thought experiment; and homages to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
Metropolis, Hong Kong action cinema, spaghetti westerns, dystopian fiction, M. C. Escher's work, and Japanese animation.
Match 235 – #7 – Schindler's List (1993) V #26 – Se7en (1995)
Top 256 – Papillon 6-0
Top 128 – Strangers On A Train 4-0
Top 64 – Rocky 3-2
Schindler's List is a 1993 epic drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and scripted by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the novel Schindler's Ark
by Thomas Keneally, an Australian novelist. The film tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand
mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as Schutzstaffel
(SS)-officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern. John Williams composed the score.
Ideas for a film about the Schindlerjuden were proposed as early as 1963. Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the Schindlerjuden, made it his life's mission to tell the
story of Schindler. When executive Sid Sheinberg sent a review of Schindler's Ark to Spielberg, the director was fascinated by the book. He eventually
expressed enough interest for Universal Pictures to buy the rights to the novel. However, he was unsure about his own maturity about making a film about
the Holocaust. Spielberg tried to pass on the projects to several other directors before finally deciding to direct the film himself after hearing of the various
Holocaust denials.
Filming took place in Poland over the course of 72 days, in Kraków. Spielberg shot the film like a documentary, and decided not to use storyboards while
shooting Schindler's List. Cinematographer Janusz Kamiński wanted to give a timeless sense to the film. Production designer Allan Starski made the sets darker
or lighter than the people in the scenes, so they would not blend. The costumes had to be distinguished from skin tones or colors being used for the sets. In
composing the score to Schindler's List, Williams hired violinist Itzhak Perlman to perform the film's main theme.
Schindler's List premiered on November 30, 1993 in Washington D.C. and it was released on December 15, 1993 in the United States. Regarded as one of the
greatest films ever made, the film was a box office success and recipient of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original
Score, as well as numerous other awards (7 BAFTAs, 3 Golden Globes). In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked the film 8th on its list of the 100 best
American films of all time (up one position from its 9th place listing on the 1998 list).
Top 256 – Rain Man 5-1
Top 128 – Die Hard 4-1
Top 64 – Saving Private Ryan 3-3
Seven (sometimes stylized as Se7en) is a 1995 American thriller film, with horror and neo-noir elements, written by Andrew Kevin Walker, directed by David
Fincher, and distributed by New Line Cinema. It stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, with Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Ermey, and Kevin Spacey in supporting
roles.
The newly-transferred David Mills (Pitt) and the soon-to-retire William Somerset (Freeman) are homicide detectives who become deeply involved in the case of
a sadistic serial killer whose meticulously-planned murders correspond to the seven deadly sins: gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, pride, lust, and envy.
The film was released in the United States on September 22, 1995. Grossing $327 million at the box office internationally, Seven was a commercial success,
and received positive reviews from most critics.
Match 236 – #10 – Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) V #234 – Shutter Island (2010)
Top 256 – In The Mood For Love 5-0
Top 128 – No Country For Old Men 4-1
Top 64 – Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 5-1
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (also known as The Empire Strikes Back) is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner
and written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, with George Lucas writing the film's story and serving as executive producer. Of the six main Star Wars
films, it was the second to be released and the fifth in terms of internal chronology.
The film is set three years after the original Star Wars. The Galactic Empire, under the leadership of the villainous Darth Vader, is in pursuit of Luke Skywalker
and the rest of the Rebel Alliance. While Vader chases a small band of Luke's friends—Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, and others—across the galaxy, Luke
studies the Force under Jedi Master Yoda. But when Vader captures Luke's friends, Luke must decide whether to complete his training and become a full Jedi
Knight or to confront Vader and save his comrades.
Following a difficult production, The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21, 1980, and initially received mixed reviews from critics, although it has since
grown in esteem, becoming one of the most popular chapters in the Star Wars saga and one of the most highly-rated films in history. It earned more than
$538 million worldwide over the original run and several re-releases, making it the highest-grossing film of 1980. When adjusted for inflation, it is the
12th-highest-grossing film in the USA and Canada as of 2012.
In 2010, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, and aesthetically
significant.”
Top 256 – Casablanca 5-2
Top 128 – Annie Hall 5-0
Top 64 -The Lion King 4-2
Shutter Island is a 2010 American psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. The film is based on Dennis Lehane's 2003 novel of the same name.
Production started in March 2008. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as U.S. Marshal Edward “Teddy” Daniels, who is investigating a psychiatric facility on the titular
island. Positively cited by movie reviewers, the film grossed over $128 million in its initial domestic theater release,[2] as well as an additional $166 million
internationally.
Shutter Island was originally stated to be released on October 2, 2009, but Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures pushed the release date to
February 19, 2010
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter_Island_%28film%29
Match 237 – #67 – Reservior Dogs (1992) V #35 – American History X (1998)
Top 256 – The Princess Bride 5-1
Top 128 – Amelie 3-1
Top 64 – Scarface 5-1
Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 crime film marking the debut of director and writer Quentin Tarantino. It depicts the events before and after a botched diamond
heist, but not the heist itself. Reservoir Dogs stars an ensemble cast: Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, and Lawrence
Tierney. Tarantino has a minor role, as does criminal-turned-author Eddie Bunker. It incorporates many themes that have become Tarantino's hallmarks:
violent crime, pop culture references, profuse profanity, and a nonlinear storyline. The film contains key elements similar to those found in Ringo Lam's 1987
film City On Fire.
The film has become a classic of independent film and a cult hit. It was named “Greatest Independent Film of all Time” by Empire. Reservoir Dogs was generally
well received, and the cast was praised by many critics. Although it was never given much promotion upon release, the film was a modest success in the
United States by grossing $2,832,029, which made its $1.2 million budget back. The film was more successful in the United Kingdom, grossing nearly £6.5
million, and it achieved higher popularity after the success of Tarantino's next directorial effort, Pulp Fiction. A soundtrack titled Reservoir Dogs: The Original
Motion Picture Soundtrack was released featuring songs used in the film, which are mostly from the 1970s.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_dogs
Top 256 – Monsters, Inc. 7-0
Top 128 – Raging Bull 3-1
Top 64 – Gone With The Wind 5-0
American History X is a 1998 American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It was distributed by New Line
Cinema.
The film tells the story of two brothers, Derek Vinyard (Norton) and Daniel “Danny” Vinyard (Furlong) of Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California. Both are
intelligent and charismatic students. Their father, a firefighter, is murdered by a black drug dealer while trying to extinguish a fire in a South Central
neighborhood of Los Angeles, and Derek is drawn into the neo-Nazi movement. Derek brutally kills two black gang members whom he catches in the act of
breaking into the truck left to him by his father, and is sentenced to three years in prison for voluntary manslaughter. The story shows how Danny is
influenced by his older brother's actions and ideology and how Derek, now radically changed by his experience in incarceration, which includes violent rape by
white neo-Nazi inmates (because of a friendly relationship with a black inmate, brought on in part by the neo-Nazis' hypocrisy in Derek's eyes), tries to prevent
his brother from going down the same path as he did. The film is told in the style of nonlinear narrative.
David McKenna scripted the film and shooting took place in Los Angeles, California. The film was released in the United States on October 30, 1998 and went
on to gross over $23 million at the international box office. It was given an “R” rating by the MPAA for “graphic brutal violence including rape, pervasive
language, strong sexuality and nudity.”
Critics mostly praised the film and Edward Norton was given an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. It was also named by Empire magazine in
September 2008 as the 311th Greatest Movie of All Time.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_history_x
Match 238 – #14 – Inception (2010) V #46 – American Beauty (1999)
Top 256 – The Untouchables 4-3
Top 128 – The Sixth Sense 2-2
Top 64 – L.A. Confidential 4-1
Inception is a 2010 science fiction/action heist film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film stars a large ensemble cast that includes
Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael
Caine. DiCaprio plays Dom Cobb, a thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets. He is offered a chance to regain his
old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: “inception”, the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Shortly after finishing Insomnia (2002) and long before Batman Begins (2005), Nolan wrote an 80-page treatment about “dream stealers” and presented the
idea to Warner Bros., envisioned as a horror film inspired by lucid dreaming. Feeling he needed to have more experience with large-scale film production, Nolan
retired the project and instead worked on Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), and The Dark Knight (2008). He spent six months polishing the script
before Warner Bros. purchased it in February 2009. Inception was filmed in six countries and four continents, beginning in Tokyo on June 19, 2009, and
finishing in Canada on November 22, 2009. Its official budget was US$160 million, a cost which was split between Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures.
Nolan's reputation and success with The Dark Knight helped secure the film's $100 million in advertising expenditure, with most of the publicity involving viral
marketing.
Inception premiered in London on July 8, 2010, and was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on July 16, 2010. A box office success, Inception
has grossed over $800 million worldwide and is thus currently one of the highest-grossing films of all time. The home video market also had strong results, with
$68 million in DVD sales. Inception has received wide critical acclaim and numerous critics have praised its originality, cast, score, and visual effects. It won
Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Cinematography, and was also nominated for four more: Best
Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Art Direction.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception
Top 256 – The Truman Show 6-1
Top 128 – Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi 3-1
Top 64 – City Of God 3-2
American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes. Kevin Spacey stars as office worker Lester Burnham, who
has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his insecure teenage daughter Jane's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). Jane is played by Thora Birch and
Annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn. Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper and Allison Janney also feature. The film has been described by
academics as a satire of American middle class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction, while analysis has focused on the film's explorations of romantic and
paternal love, sexuality, beauty, materialism, self-liberation and redemption.
Ball began writing American Beauty as a play in the early 1990s, partly inspired by the media circus around the Amy Fisher trial in 1992. He shelved the play
after realizing the story would not work on stage. After several years as a television screenwriter, Ball revived the idea in 1997 when attempting to break into
the film industry. The modified script had a cynical outlook that was influenced by Ball's frustrating tenures writing for several sitcoms. Producers Dan Jinks and
Bruce Cohen took American Beauty to DreamWorks; the fledgling film studio bought Ball's script for $250,000, outbidding several other production bodies.
DreamWorks financed the $15 million production and served as the North American distributor. American Beauty marked acclaimed theater director Mendes'
film debut; courted after his successful productions of the musicals Oliver! and Cabaret, Mendes was nevertheless only given the job after twenty others were
considered and several “A-list” directors turned down the opportunity.
Spacey was Mendes' first choice for the role of Lester, even though DreamWorks had urged the director to consider better-known actors; similarly, the studio
suggested several actors for the role of Carolyn until Mendes offered the part to Bening without DreamWorks' knowledge. Principal photography took place
between December 1998 and February 1999 on soundstages at the Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank, California and on location in Los Angeles. Mendes'
dominant style was deliberate and composed; he made extensive use of static shots and slow pans and zooms to generate tension. Cinematographer Conrad
Hall complemented Mendes' style with peaceful shot compositions to contrast with the turbulent on-screen events. During editing, Mendes made several
changes that gave the film a less cynical tone.
Released in North America on September 15, 1999, American Beauty was positively received by critics and audiences alike; it was the best-reviewed American
film of the year and grossed over $350 million worldwide. Reviewers praised most aspects of the production, with particular emphasis on Mendes, Spacey and
Ball; criticism tended to focus on the familiarity of the characters and setting. DreamWorks launched a major campaign to increase American Beauty's chances
of Academy Award success; at the 72nd Academy Awards the following year, the film won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Spacey), Best Original
Screenplay and Best Cinematography.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169547/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_%28film%29
Match 239 – #251 – The Breakfast Club (1985) V #27 – Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
Top 256 – 12 Angry Men 4-2
Top 128 – Toy Story 2-1
Top 64 – Life Is Beautiful 5-1
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American coming of age comedy-drama film written and directed by John Hughes. The storyline follows five teenagers (each a
member of a different high school clique) as they spend a Saturday in detention together and come to realize that they are all deeper than their respective
stereotypes.
Critically, it is considered to be one of the greatest high school films of all time, as well as one of Hughes' most memorable and recognizable works.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breakfast_Club
Top 256 – Mystic River 9-1
Top 128 – Pan's Labyrinth 3-1
Top 64 – Metropolis 5-0
Raiders of the Lost Ark (later marketed as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven
Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first (chronologically, the second) installment in the Indiana Jones franchise. It puts
Indiana Jones (Ford) against a group of Nazis who are searching for the Ark of the Covenant which Adolf Hitler believes will make their army invincible. The film
co-stars Karen Allen as Indiana's former lover, Marion Ravenwood; Paul Freeman as Indiana's nemesis, French archaeologist René Belloq; John Rhys-Davies as
Indiana's sidekick, Sallah; Ronald Lacey as Gestapo agent Arnold Toht; and Denholm Elliott as Indiana's colleague, Marcus Brody.
The film originated with Lucas' desire to create a modern version of the serials of the 1930s and 1940s. Production was based at Elstree Studios, England; but
filming also took place in La Rochelle, Tunisia, Hawaii, and California from June to September 1980.
Released on June 12, 1981, Raiders of the Lost Ark became the year's top-grossing film and remains one of the highest-grossing films ever made. It was
nominated for nine Academy Awards in 1982, including Best Picture, and won four (Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Visual Effects) as well
as winning a fifth Special Achievement Academy Award in Sound Effects Editing. The film's critical and popular success led to three additional films, Indiana
Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), a
television series, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1996), and 15 video games as of 2009. In 1999, the film was included in the United States
Library of Congress' National Film Registry as having been deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark
Match 240 – #11 – Fight Club (1999) V #107 – Batman Begins (2005)
Top 256 – King Kong 5-2
Top 128 – The Maltese Falcon 3-1
Top 64 – Back To The Future 5-1
Fight Club is a 1999 American film based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. The film was directed by David Fincher and stars Edward
Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter. Norton plays the unnamed protagonist, an “everyman” who is discontented with his white-collar job. He forms
a “fight club” with soap maker Tyler Durden, played by Pitt, and becomes embroiled in a relationship with him and a dissolute woman, Marla Singer, played by
Bonham Carter.
Palahniuk's novel was optioned by 20th Century Fox producer Laura Ziskin, who hired Jim Uhls to write the film adaptation. Fincher was one of four directors
the producers considered and hired him because of his enthusiasm for the film. Fincher developed the script with Uhls and sought screenwriting advice from
the cast and others in the film industry. The director and the cast compared the film to Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and The Graduate (1967). Fincher
intended Fight Club's violence to serve as a metaphor for the conflict between a generation of young people and the value system of advertising. The director
copied the homoerotic overtones from Palahniuk's novel to make audiences uncomfortable and keep them from anticipating the twist ending.
Studio executives did not like the film and they restructured Fincher's intended marketing campaign to try to reduce anticipated losses. Fight Club failed to
meet the studio's expectations at the box office and received polarized reactions from critics. It was cited as one of the most controversial and talked-about
films of 1999. However, the film later found commercial success with its DVD release, which established Fight Club as a cult film. Critical reception of Fight Club
has since become more positive.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_club
Top 256 – Trainspotting 4-3
Top 128 – Big Fish 1-3
Top 64 – Citizen Kane 5-1
Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero crime film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Christian Bale as
Batman along with Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman. The film reboots the Batman film series,
telling the origin story of the character from Bruce Wayne's initial fear of bats, the death of his parents, his journey to become Batman, and his fight against
Ra's al Ghul's plot to destroy Gotham City by vaporizing the water supply into gas laced with the Scarecrow's fear-inducing toxin. It draws inspiration from
classic comic book storylines such as The Man Who Falls, Batman: Year One, and Batman: The Long Halloween.
After a series of unsuccessful projects to resurrect Batman on screen following the 1997 critical failure of Batman & Robin, Nolan and David S. Goyer began to
work on the film in early 2003 and aimed for a darker and more realistic tone, with humanity and realism being the basis of the film. The goal was to get the
audience to care for both Batman and Bruce Wayne. The film, which was primarily shot in England and Chicago, relied on traditional stunts and miniatures
—computer-generated imagery was used minimally. A new Batmobile (called the Tumbler) and a more mobile Batsuit were both created specifically for the film.
Batman Begins was both critically and commercially successful. The film opened on June 15, 2005, in the United States and Canada in 3,858 theaters. It
grossed $48 million in its opening weekend, eventually grossing over $372 million worldwide. The film received an 85% overall approval rating from Rotten
Tomatoes. Critics noted that fear was a common motif throughout the film, and remarked that it had a darker tone compared with previous Batman films.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and for three BAFTA awards.
The film begins Nolan's Batman trilogy; its story arc is continued in The Dark Knight (2008) and concluded in The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_begins
As always, voting will be open for at least 72 hours. GOGOGOGO!!!
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Memento – One of my top 5
Goodfellas
Se7en – Another top 5'er
Empire Strikes Back – The best star wars
Reservior Dogs
Inception
Raiders
Fight Club – ANOTHER top 5'er
May 30, 2012
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memento- absolute mind **** of a movie, loved it
matrix
se7en
empire strikes back- (shutter island book was better than movie)
american history x (this pick made me feel sick as they are both top 3)
american beauty (main plot of inception let it down as the overarching concepts where great)
breakfast club (ainec)
fight club (rounds out my top 3)
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godfather – a nobrainer
goodfellas – one of the best mafia movies – deniro-scorsese at its best
seven
epire strikes back a classic
reservoir dogs – tarantino ftw
inception
breakfast club when you grew up in the 80ies you just have to love this movie
fight club
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Memento
Goodfellas
Schindlers
Star Wars
Reservoir
American
Breakfast Club
Fight Club
June 27, 2012
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God
Good
7
Empire
Amer x
Amer beaut
Raiders
Fight
May 30, 2012
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good boy mike
October 6, 2010
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memento
matrix
schindlers list
empire strikes back
american history x
inception
raiders
fight club
June 1, 2012
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Godfather The Matrix Se7en Star Wars Episode American History X American Beauty The Breakfast Club *So hard to choose! Can't go past the classic era though. Where's St Elmo's fire!* Fight Club
July 10, 2012
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Ok guys that does it for the round of 32. Here are the results for the second half:
The Godfather – 3
Memento – 4
Goodfellas – 4
The Matrix – 3
Schindler's List – 2
Se7en – 5
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back – 7
Shutter Island – 0
Reservoir Dogs – 3
American History X – 4
Inception – 3
American Beauty – 4
The Breakfast Club – 4
Raiders If The Lost Ark – 3
Fight Club – 7
Batman Begins – 0
I'll be back soon for the final 16.
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