Saturday 19 March 2016

Director Madness - Quarterfinals

Welcome to the quarterfinals of this thing! We had some awesome matchups last round, and now we move on to the final 8 directors in this tournament! We got some good matchups, headlined by what should be a massive battle: Martin Scorsese vs Quentin Tarantino. Who will move on to the final four? The choice is yours! So let's get it on!



Notable Scorsese Films: Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street

Notable Tarantino Films: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight



Notable Spielberg Films: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Indiana Jones Series, ET, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan

Notable McTiernan Films: Predator, Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard With a Vengeance



Notable Kubrick Films: Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket

Notable Leone Films: A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Once Upon a Time in America



Notable Eastwood Films: High Plains Drifter, The Oulaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino

Notable Fincher Films: Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac, The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl

Thursday 10 March 2016

Director Madness - Lang & Chaplin Brackets - Round 2



Welcome back to director madness! Well the first round was exciting and full of shockers. John Carpenter beat Alfred Hitchcock in an upset, Richard Linklater was able to get some votes and nearly knock off Kubrick, and David Fincher got revenge for M Night beating him in the 1999 box office! Both the Lang and Chaplin brackets have their fair share of heavyweights heading into the second round, but who will move on to the quarterfinals? The choice is yours!

So without further adieu, here's the two matchups remaining in the Lang Bracket:



Notable Nolan Films: Memento, Insomnia, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, Interstellar

Notable Kubrick Films: Paths of Glory, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket


Notable Leone Films: A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Once Upon a Time in America

Notable Carpenter Films: Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, Escape From New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live


And here's the two matchups remaining in the Chaplin Bracket:


Notable Wright Films: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, The World's End, Ant-Man (Oh wait...)

Notable Eastwood Films: High Plains Drifter, The Oulaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino


Notable Fincher Films: Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac, The Social Network, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl

Notable Burton Films: Beetlejuice, Batman, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas (producer), Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow

Director Madness - Welles & DeMille Brackets - Round 2



Welcome back to director madness! Well the first round was exciting and full of surprises. George Miller beat James Cameron in an upset, PTA was able to hold ground and give Tarantino a run for his money, and Michael Bay got more votes in his match than JJ Abrams did in his! Both the Welles and DeMille brackets have their fair share of heavyweights heading into the second round, but who will move on to the quarterfinals? The choice is yours!

So without further adieu, here's the two matchups remaining in the Welles Bracket:



Notable Scorsese Films: Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street

Notable Coen Brothers Films: Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men, Burn After Reading, True Grit


Notable Tarantino Films: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight

Notable De Palma Films: Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables, Carlito's Way, Mission: Impossible


And here are the matchups remaining in the DeMille Bracket:


Notable Spielberg Films: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Indiana Jones Series, ET, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan

Notable Miller Films: Mad Max Series, The Witches of Eastwick, Babe: Pig in the City, Happy Feet


Notable McTiernan Films: Predator, Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard With a Vengeance

Notable Snyder Films: Dawn of the Dead (2004), 300, Watchmen, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice