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View Poll Results: Better Movie #2 | |||
Ghostbusters | 28 | 42.42% | |
Fight Club | 38 | 57.58% | |
Voters: 66. You must log in or register to vote on this poll. |
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05-26-2009, 05:01 AM | #41 |
God Bless America
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I'm just voting against Ghostbusters.
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05-26-2009, 06:10 AM | #42 |
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I am in blatant disbelief that you lot put Ghostbusters over Pulp fuckin' Fiction.
Anyway, Fight Club easy. |
05-26-2009, 07:03 AM | #43 |
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Voting for Ghostbusters purely because Pulp Fiction is a better film than Fight Club. I'm not going to explain the logic behind it but there we are.
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05-26-2009, 08:59 AM | #44 |
God Bless America
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05-26-2009, 09:40 AM | #45 |
Loque Ja
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I'll vote Fight Club. Yeah. 'Nuff Said.
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05-26-2009, 09:44 AM | #46 |
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Nuff said? Do people really still say that?
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05-26-2009, 09:55 AM | #47 |
bonjour
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05-26-2009, 11:04 AM | #48 |
Loque Ja
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05-26-2009, 11:21 AM | #49 |
That's Not My Name
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Come on, guys... Fight Club can't win this! That would be akin to saying Fight Club is better than Pulp Fiction, which it clearly isn't. My vote is with Ghostbusters as it is probably my all-time favourite movie, but taking that away there's no way in hell Fight Club is better than Pulp Fiction. If either of those two are ever going to knock Ghostbusters off, it should be Pulp.
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05-26-2009, 11:25 AM | #50 |
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Fight Club winning this matchup in no way implies anything about Pulp Fiction. That is a very unsound argument to make as it is a huge logical fallacy.
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05-26-2009, 11:41 AM | #51 |
That's Not My Name
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Well if the general opinion of this board dictates that Ghostbusters is superior to Pulp Fiction, and later concurs by a majority decision that Fight Club is superior to Ghostbusters, then it is not unreasonable to come to the conclusion that 'TPWW voters think Fight Club is better than Pulp Fiction'.
Anyway I could happily accept Ghostbusters losing out to Pulp Fiction because Pulp Fiction is so good (even if I do personally prefer the 'Busters), but Fight Club?? Come on!! |
05-26-2009, 11:54 AM | #52 |
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No, Fight Club not beating Ghostbusters merely means that Ghostbusters is better than Fight Club. It really has nothing to do with Pulp Fiction, as that was a previous vote that has no bearing on the curent battle. Don't be retarded and try to over-analyze. It's about the 2 movies in question.
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05-26-2009, 12:01 PM | #53 |
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Just because it's a reasonable assumption doesn't mean it's correct. As we've seen already in both matchups, there is no set voting criteria and people are free to vote for whatever reason they like. Certain people like certain movies for certain reasons. And none of those reasons are wrong. There is also no exclusive list of voters. So that means your sample size is different.
Besides, the whole point of even having these polls to vote in is to see what people think about movies. If it was already a proven fact that one movie is better than another, what would even be the point of having these debates? There'd just be a giant list somewhere to reference. But there is no proof that Pulp Fiction is better than Fight Club. Only opinion. And your opinion is no more valid than anyone else's. |
05-26-2009, 12:09 PM | #54 |
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I hate how people give spite votes. It's their vote to give, and there's no rules. Still, it's kind of lame to vote against a movie based on past results, rather than judge the matchup and vote for the better movie.
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05-26-2009, 12:10 PM | #55 | |
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Quote:
There's just no way to measure how much of a bearing it has. |
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05-26-2009, 12:16 PM | #56 |
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I'd just like to know who decided Pulp Fiction was a better film than Fight Club? I'm willing to bet they're the same people who decided Pulp Fiction was a better film than Ghostbusters. And yet we saw what happened there.
The Wizard of Oz was a better reviewed film than The Empire Strikes Back, but I'll go out on a limb here and say Empire would beat the shit out of the The Wizard of Oz in one of these matchups. Different things appeal to different folks. That's the beauty, and the whole point really, of having an opinion. |
05-26-2009, 12:26 PM | #57 |
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You're not going out on a limb with that
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05-26-2009, 12:30 PM | #58 |
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poorly expressed sarcasm on this end
apologies |
05-26-2009, 12:33 PM | #59 |
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I want to see a battle of the classic sequels
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05-26-2009, 12:35 PM | #60 |
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not a fan of Fight Club and Ghostbusters is like the epitome of my childhood. My parents tell me of the days I used to act out the whole entire movie while the movie was playing. I must of been an annoying fucker.
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05-26-2009, 02:49 PM | #61 |
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05-26-2009, 03:05 PM | #62 |
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Yeah, assumptions that haven't been disproved. That's the difference.
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05-26-2009, 03:19 PM | #63 |
That's Not My Name
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There's no difference.
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05-26-2009, 04:47 PM | #64 |
Cranky Kong
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If Ghostbusters wins this too, I'm not voting in any more of these threads.
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05-26-2009, 04:55 PM | #65 |
I'm all there is
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GhostBusters Box Office
$291,632,124 Fight Club Box Office $100,853,753 yea, fuck all you haters. oh wait, Pulp Fiction US$212.9 million Stay Puff Marshmallow Man = ratings |
05-26-2009, 05:29 PM | #66 |
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Ghostbusters has earned more critical praise than Fight Club. Whether it be from critics, the academy, AFI, or the general population of the world.
I'm not saying that stuff matters. It's ones own decision. But it's ignorant to act as though just because 'you' think it's far more brilliant, that it's an accepted fact, or something like that. |
05-26-2009, 05:43 PM | #67 |
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It's also one-sided to attribute it's success on here to geekdom and/or nostalgia.
You can make a similar debate for Fight Club, which is one of the more popular movies among the college aged male bracket. It's geekdom of a different shade. It's not like Fight Club is so widely appreciate outside of that demographic. Fight Club posters find their home on freshmen dorm room walls all across america. Just incredibly flawed to treat Ghostbusters winning as an upset or miscarriage of justice when it's the more popular and successful movie. Any other claim is unfounded. |
05-26-2009, 07:11 PM | #68 |
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05-26-2009, 07:15 PM | #69 |
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Anyway when I saw the matchup I thought, yeah Fight Club is ok but I've only watched it once and probably never would again. I think it ties in with what somebody said earlier about the 'surprise', it ruins it for me when I think about rewatching it. It was actually a major factor for me in the voting. The fact that it is fairing better than Pulp Ficiton is actually surprising like that time some jobber took out Macho Man in the Better Wrestler vote.
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05-26-2009, 07:17 PM | #70 |
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Wait a minute, was it Macho Man or was it somebody else. I forget.
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05-26-2009, 07:51 PM | #71 |
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It wasn't a jobber. I think it was Curt Henning.
CM Punk came close to taking out the Macho Man though. |
05-26-2009, 09:58 PM | #72 |
Hockey Superstar
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I like Fight Club, but I don't see why some people hate Ghostbusters so much and see it as some sort of ridiculous, brainless blockbuster movie. It's one of the finest comedy every made, critically acclaimed, well acted by top comedians with a lot of great gags who had perfect timing, and it's very quotable to boot. It's simply a classic movie, no matter if you look at it simply against other comedies, or against other movies in general.
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05-26-2009, 10:08 PM | #73 |
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Some arthouse clown will try to tell you that Bill Murray's comedy isn't as good as it is in Wes Anderson movies.
It is. They're both great. Funny that's where Bill Murray ended up, as well as Ivan Reitman's son. Ghostbusters is very smart, dry humor. It's a type of humor that is mostly dead on a mainstream level. |
05-26-2009, 10:26 PM | #74 |
Over Like Rover
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I actually bought the Ghostbusters 1 + 2 double pack thing online off the back of the ass pounding people give the 1st one in these 2 threads. Haven't seen it for yearsssss
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05-26-2009, 10:29 PM | #75 |
Triple A
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Hmmm gonna watch Ghostbusters again soon. I probably haven't seen it in like at least 10 years (even though that was only like the year 2000, damn).
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05-26-2009, 10:50 PM | #76 |
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Ghostbusters 2 isn't nearly as bad as some people make it out to be. It isn't as good as Ghostbusters, but it's still fun and Bill Murray is gold again.
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05-26-2009, 10:52 PM | #77 |
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I wasn't calling anyone in here an "arthouse clown." I was just referring to the pretentious types who only like one type of movie.
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05-26-2009, 10:53 PM | #78 |
Hockey Superstar
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Yeah, Ghostbusters 2 is not as classic as the first one, but it's still pretty entertaining.
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05-26-2009, 11:15 PM | #79 |
A Property of Matter
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The Ghostbusters 2 Pack is on my "To Buy" list. I got it for my dad one year for his birthday and I'm pretty sure he's never opened it, so I'm thinking I might be able to "borrow" it and never return it.
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05-27-2009, 09:38 AM | #80 |
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A little under a day and a half left to vote with Fight Club still holding a decent lead. We saw Ghostbusters make a late charge to achieve victory last time. Will it happen again?
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