Greatest Film Performances Tournament [EXPRESS]

Anonymous · 2014-12-30T10:52:36-05:00

Due to my tragically limited internet access, I've begun thinking about how I can compartmentalize my visits to BEA. So here's something I want to try out, I'm calling it a Tournament Express. If anyone else is interested in trying it out, we'll nominate the usual 32, 64, or 128 nominees for the greatest film performances of all time. After the nominees are set, I'll randomize the matchups as is the norm, but then post all the matchups right in one thread. No poll, votes will be counted by you either sending a PM or posting in this thread your picks for the winner in each matchup. For example, let's say there's eight nominees. The matchup would look like... 1a: Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood vs. Madonna in Swept Away 1b: Anthony Hopkins in the Silence of the Lambs vs. Pauly Shore in Bio-Dome 1c: Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice vs. John Travolta in Battlefield Earth 1d: Marlon Brando in the Godfather vs. Mariah Carey in Glitter So you could either post here or PM your picks for each matchup. "1a: Day-Lewis, 1b: Hopkins, 1c: Streep, 1d: Brando" Anybody else want to give this Tournament Express a try? It won't go faster than a standard tournament, but it will lead to less clutter in the Games forum. So, here's the nominees so far.... Bibi Anderrsson in Persona Christian Bale in American Psycho Astrid Berges-Frisbey in I Origins Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski Gabriel Byrne in Miller's Crossing Nicolas Cage in Adaptation Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon Helena Bonham Carter in Fight Club Charlie Chaplin in City Lights John Cusack in High Fidelity Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood Robert De Niro in Raging Bull Laura Dern in Inland Empire Faye Dunaway in Chinatown Adele Exarchopoulos in Blue is the Warmest Color Divine in Femme Fatale Renee Jeanne Falconetti in La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc Michael Fassbender in Prometheus Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List Bruno Ganz in Wings of Desire Lillian Gish in The Wind Ryan Gosling in the Believer Cary Grant in North By Northwest Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump Jae Hee in 3-Iron Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man Holly Hunter in The Piano Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction Emil Jannings in The Last Laugh Alexander Kaidanovsky in Stalker Denis LaVant in Holy Motors Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight Jack Lemmon in the Apartment Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot Peter Lorre in M Frances McDormand in Fargo Kyle McLachlan in Blue Velvet Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Edward Norton in Primal Fear Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia Joaquin Phoenix in Her Brad Pitt in Kalifornia Vincent Price in Basil, the Great Mouse Detective Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove Andy Serkis in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Takashi Shimura in Ikiru Anatoly Solonitsyn in Andrei Rublev Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects James Stewart in Harvey James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd Charlize Theron in Monster Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol 1 Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves Naomi Watts in Mulholland Dr John Wayne in The Searchers Sigourney Weaver in Aliens Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting 63 in total. ONE slot remaining.

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Wombi

Gah! that went so quick. As much as I'd love to put in 2 of my favourite performances: Russell Crowe in The Insider and John Goodman in Barton Fink...this is turning into a sausage fest very rapidly so I'll nominate Holly Hunter for The Piano

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I'm willing to drop one of mine (John Cusack) if you want to take another slot for the tournament.
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ShaneSpear Thread Killah Moderator Profile

If more people would like to play, I'll drop all mine except Andy Serkis, which opens up 3 more slots.

nutso42

I'll hold off posting the brackets for another, say, eight hours. Do as many last minute adjustments as you like until then.

Wombi

Patman360 wrote:

I'm willing to drop one of mine (John Cusack) if you want to take another slot for the tournament.

That's super nice of you dude but I'll be okay.

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