Movies, Actors & Directors (MAD) Tournament: TRAG WINS!!

[Farmer John]

Also surprised no one picked Alfred Hitchcock.

and Memento

[tree_]

I was considering Hitchcock. I just haven't seen enough of his movies to draft him. Had to go with someone I love.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Cate Blanchett - actor

good pick

Yes

[E.H. Ruddock]

The two i was struggling with against Sicario were Arrival and Hanna. I don’t think enough of you here probably saw Hanna, which is a shame

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Ello Sailor]

My honorable mentions list:

60s: La Jetėe
70s: A Boy and His Dog
80s: The Road Warrior
90s: Total Recall
00s: The Road
10s: Blade Runner 2049
George Miller
Clint Eastwood
Any Adams

60s: For a Few Dollars More
70s: A Clockwork Orange
80s: Aliens
90s: True Romance
00s: Pan's Labyrinth
10s: Inception
Dir: David Lynch
Jack Nicholson
Denzel Washington

[E.H. Ruddock]

A Boy and his Dog was second on my 70’s list

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[BurtReynolds]

60s: For a Few Dollars More
70s: A Clockwork Orange
80s: Aliens
90s: True Romance
00s: Pan's Labyrinth
10s: Inception
Dir: David Lynch
Jack Nicholson
Denzel Washington

That would be a good list in its own right.

[BurtReynolds]

A Boy and his Dog was second on my 70’s list

This would’ve been so baller

Has good remake potential I think.

[Anders]

Some that lost out:

60s The Hustler / In The Heat Of The Night
70s The Godfather Part II / The Deer Hunter
80s Platoon / Die Hard
90s Seven / Terminator 2
00s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring / Little Miss Sunshine
10s 1917 / Capernaum
Marlon Brando / Robert De Niro
Jodie Foster / Gene Hackman
Denis Villeneuve / Christopher Nolan

Also if you go old, there’s Bogart, Fonda, Tracy, Taylor, Newman, Hepburn, Kramer, Hitchcock etc.

[epilogue]

Cate Blanchett - actor

good pick

Almost went with her, too.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

i was just thinking i would have liked to have seen amy adams on a team

[Anders]

Voted in every match now. The one I was thinking of earlier in the thread was Ello. He had the lead in my book. Not sure if he finished on top, although he has a good team for sure.

[E.H. Ruddock]

A Boy and his Dog was second on my 70’s list

This would’ve been so baller

Has good remake potential I think.

I agree, but a remake also has the potential to be really hacky in this case.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Denis Villeneuve

Really wanted to pick him, he's one of my favorites currently out there, but I didn't think he had enough volume to justify picking him. High hopes for Dune later this year.

[tree_]

Denis Villeneuve

Really wanted to pick him, he's one of my favorites currently out there, but I didn't think he had enough volume to justify picking him. High hopes for Dune later this year.

Same. Very excited about his future. High hopes for this guy.

[BurtReynolds]

A Boy and his Dog was second on my 70’s list

This would’ve been so baller

Has good remake potential I think.

I agree, but a remake also has the potential to be really hacky in this case.

The underground stuff is too corny for me, but it has one of the best endings ever.