Best Movie Eliminator: WE HAVE A WINNER!

Corazon de Leon wrote:

Jenuall wrote:We seem to keep coalescing around 2 or 3 movies that someone has brought up recently and not necessarily looking at the whole picture.

Reviewing the list it's clear that there really is some gooseberry fool still left to deal with. I mean come on we've still got the likes of Starship Troopers, Total Recall and Gremlins in here!

Genuinely one of the most intelligent action movies, one of the greatest action movies, and Gremlins. You've saddened me. There's easily twenty films that have to go before Total Recall and Starship Troopers!

No shifty eyes needed, you’re absolutely right.

Moggy wrote:

Corazon de Leon wrote:

Jenuall wrote:We seem to keep coalescing around 2 or 3 movies that someone has brought up recently and not necessarily looking at the whole picture.

Reviewing the list it's clear that there really is some gooseberry fool still left to deal with. I mean come on we've still got the likes of Starship Troopers, Total Recall and Gremlins in here!

Genuinely one of the most intelligent action movies, one of the greatest action movies, and Gremlins. You've saddened me. There's easily twenty films that have to go before Total Recall and Starship Troopers!

No shifty eyes needed, you’re absolutely right.

Nah, I have heard this argument countless times and it just doesn't stand up. Anything of intelligence or significance that Troopers even tries to offer is so hackneyed or surface level that it just doesn't warrant appreciation.

Jenuall wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Corazon de Leon wrote:

Jenuall wrote:We seem to keep coalescing around 2 or 3 movies that someone has brought up recently and not necessarily looking at the whole picture.

Reviewing the list it's clear that there really is some gooseberry fool still left to deal with. I mean come on we've still got the likes of Starship Troopers, Total Recall and Gremlins in here!

Genuinely one of the most intelligent action movies, one of the greatest action movies, and Gremlins. You've saddened me. There's easily twenty films that have to go before Total Recall and Starship Troopers!

No shifty eyes needed, you’re absolutely right.

Nah, I have heard this argument countless times and it just doesn't stand up. Anything of intelligence or significance that Troopers even tries to offer is so hackneyed or surface level that it just doesn't warrant appreciation.

You’re wrong.

Moggy wrote:

Jenuall wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Corazon de Leon wrote:

Jenuall wrote:We seem to keep coalescing around 2 or 3 movies that someone has brought up recently and not necessarily looking at the whole picture.

Reviewing the list it's clear that there really is some gooseberry fool still left to deal with. I mean come on we've still got the likes of Starship Troopers, Total Recall and Gremlins in here!

Genuinely one of the most intelligent action movies, one of the greatest action movies, and Gremlins. You've saddened me. There's easily twenty films that have to go before Total Recall and Starship Troopers!

No shifty eyes needed, you’re absolutely right.

Nah, I have heard this argument countless times and it just doesn't stand up. Anything of intelligence or significance that Troopers even tries to offer is so hackneyed or surface level that it just doesn't warrant appreciation.

You’re wrong.

"Young people from all over GRcade are joining up to be wrong about a shite movie.

They're doing their part. Are you? Join the Troopers Defence Force and save the movie from elimination. Service guarantees forum membership.

It does have Denise Richards in so I'll give it some credit for that.

Corazon de Leon wrote:

Jenuall wrote:I have tried and tried to understand this perspective on Starship Troopers. There is zero intelligence in it, it's pure trash!

I think it's a really smart look at how propaganda and persuasion can be used to create and enforce a militaristic society. Create a common enemy, start a war, use a tragedy to motivate people when morale starts to dip and offer rewards(Citizenship) to those who participate in conflict.

I believe there's a scene in there that's a shot for shot remake of a Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will. I've actually seen that film and didn't realise until Banjo pointed it out to me years later - it's just a really subtle movie that is almost disguised as action trash, IMO.

I might be a little bit biased; my research interests as an academic fall into propaganda and persuasion, media relations and techniques used by the powerful to further their agendas, so it's absolutely my cup of tea. I also love explosions and loud noises.

Total Recall is just pure nostalgia on my part as well - one of a series of movies that used to pop up on ITV late at night when I stayed at my grandparents house and was allowed to watch things I shouldn't have been watching.

I fully agree with this post.

Also, voting for Finding Nemo.

After yesterday's close battle, today was much more straightforward...

Ghost in the Shell - 8
John Wick - 2
Dredd - 2
The Bourne Supremacy - 2
2001: A Space Odyssey - 1
Finding Nemo - 1

...and so, after spending many days endlessly hanging around the voting lists, GHOST IN THE SHELL HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!

Leaderboard

62nd: Ghost in the Shell
63rd: Jackie Brown
=64th: Speed
=64th: The Revenant
66th: Mulholland Drive
67th: Shaun of the Dead
=68th: Wayne's World
=68th: Dawn of the Dead (1978)
70th: Train to Busan
71st: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
72nd: Arrival
73rd: Dazed and Confused
74th: Lion (2016)
75th: Beetlejuice
76th: Some Kind of Wonderful
77th: Baby Driver
78th: The Goonies
79th: Gremlins 2
80th: Last of the Mohicans
81st: Sherlock Jr
=82nd: Deadpool
=82nd: The Cable Guy
84th: Hot Fuzz
85th: Team America: World Police
86th: This Is England
87th: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
88th: The Royal Tenenbaums
89th: Drive
90th: Eye in the Sky
91st: Shrek
92nd: The World's End
93rd: United 93
94th: A.I: Artificial Intelligence
95th: Who's Harry Crumb?
96th: Death Becomes Her
97th: Drop Dead Fred
98th: Paul
99th: The Matrix Revolutions
100th: White Chicks

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Right then, on to the next round...

Best Movie Eliminator: Round 37

1. In Bruges
3. Predator
6. Mad Max: Fury Road
7. Aliens
8. Back To The Future
9. The Thing
10. Starship Troopers
11. Die Hard
12. 12 Angry Men (1957)
14. The Matrix
15. Goodfellas
16. The Raid
17. Pulp Fiction
19. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
21. Dredd
22. Airplane
23. The Terminator
27. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
28. The Shining
29. Blade Runner
31. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
32. Ghost in the Shell (original animated version)
33. Gladiator
34. The Dark Knight
36. John Wick
39. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
40. Raiders of the Lost Ark
41. The Bourne Supremacy
42. Reservoir Dogs
43. Gremlins
44. 2001: A Space Odyssey
45. The Shawshank Redemption
48. Spirited Away
49. Rear Window (1954)
50. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook version)
51. Full Metal Jacket
52. American History X
54. Psycho (1960)
57. Once Upon a Time in the West
58. Groundhog Day
59. Ghostbusters
61. Trainspotting
63. Casino Royale (2006)
67. Toy Story
68. Akira
69. Goldfinger
71. Total Recall (original version)
72. The Godfather
76. The Lion King
77. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
81. Fight Club
85. Home Alone
88. Commando
89. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
90. Jurassic Park
91. 12 Monkeys
92. Blazing Saddles
93. Monty Python's Life of Brian
94. District 9
97. Battle Royale
98. Finding Nemo
100. The Big Lebowski

As usual, this round will conclude tomorrow evening, so happy voting, and remember...

DON'T LET YOUR FAVOURITE BE ELIMINATED!

Toy Story.

Starship Troopers.

The Bourne Supremacy

American History X

Gremlins.

Battle Royale

Starship Troopers

American History X

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

Dredd

Bourne Supremacy