Topic: Movie Survival Game

[Kathy]

Munich (2005) - 36 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 32 points
Jaws (1975) - 31 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 27 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 22 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 19 points
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 17 points
Minority Report (2002) - 15 points
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - 13 points
Jurassic Park (1993) - 11 points
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 10 points
Empire of the Sun (1987) - 9 points
The Color Purple (1985) - 6 points
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - 6 points

Empire of the Sun (1987) -2
Munich (2005) +2

[m.cellophane]

Munich (2005) - 36 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 34 points
Jaws (1975) - 31 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 27 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 22 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 19 points
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 17 points
Minority Report (2002) - 15 points
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - 13 points
Jurassic Park (1993) - 11 points
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 10 points
Empire of the Sun (1987) - 9 points
The Color Purple (1985) - 6 points
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - 4 points

Schindler +2
Temple of Doom -2

[tlevel]

Munich (2005) - 36 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 34 points
Jaws (1975) - 31 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 29 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 22 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 19 points
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 17 points
Minority Report (2002) - 15 points
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - 13 points
Jurassic Park (1993) - 11 points
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 10 points
Empire of the Sun (1987) - 9 points
The Color Purple (1985) - 6 points
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - 2 points

Raider was excellant +2
Don't know what he was thinking with Temple -2

[Najemikon]

Munich (2005) - 36 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 34 points
Jaws (1975) - 31 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 31 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 22 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 19 points
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 17 points
Minority Report (2002) - 15 points
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - 13 points
Jurassic Park (1993) - 11 points
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 10 points
Empire of the Sun (1987) - 9 points
The Color Purple (1985) - 6 points
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - 0 points

I'll pick the same two:

Raiders +2  The definitive adventure film
Temple of Doom -2  Great fun, perfectly brilliant film, but things are getting nasty in here ...

[Kathy]

Munich (2005) - 36 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 34 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 33 points
Jaws (1975) - 31 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 22 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 19 points
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 17 points
Minority Report (2002) - 13 points
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - 13 points
Jurassic Park (1993) - 11 points
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 10 points
Empire of the Sun (1987) - 9 points
The Color Purple (1985) - 6 point

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) +2
Minority Report (2002) -2

[lyonsden5]

Munich (2005) - 36 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 34 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 34 points
Jaws (1975) - 32 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 22 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 19 points
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 17 points

Should we just drop those below this line? 

Minority Report (2002) - 13 points
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - 13 points
Jurassic Park (1993) - 11 points
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 10 points
Empire of the Sun (1987) - 9 points
The Color Purple (1985) - 0 point

The Color Purple -6 (dropping it off the list) 
Jaws +1
Raiders +1

[Kathy]

Should we just drop those below this line? 

  (subject to others approval - until then - see ya)

Munich (2005) - 36 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 36 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 34 points
Jaws (1975) - 32 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 22 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 19 points
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 15 points

Schindler's List (1993) +2
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) -2

[lyonsden5]

Munich (2005) - 36 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 36 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 34 points
Jaws (1975) - 34 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 22 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 19 points
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 0 points

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 15 points (Sorry.... ET's ride came and he had to go home  )
Jaws (1975) +2 (In honor of this weeks "Shark Week" on the Discovery Channel  )

[lyonsden5]

OK - I need a ruling here (actually a group decision  )

Here is what we have left:

Munich (2005) - 36 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 36 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 34 points
Jaws (1975) - 34 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 22 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 19 points


I propose we subtract 15 points from each one. That gets us back to a more reasonable number for voting. I also propose we call it the "semi-finals" and start taking off or adding three points at a time? Perhaps when we get to the last two or three we could call it the finals and start using 5 points?

new totals (each one 15 points less than before):

Munich (2005) - 21 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 21 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 19 points
Jaws (1975) - 19 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 7 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 4 points

Please don't copy the list above until we get an official ruling 

[m.cellophane]

Rick just posted while I was "drafting" 

How about we move into "sudden death" (eg. film in last place after each turn DIES  )

Example:

Munich (2005) - 36 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 36 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 34 points
Jaws (1975) - 34 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 21 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 20 points

Close Encounters +2
Saving Private Ryan -2 and falls to its death 

[lyonsden5]

Rick just posted while I was "drafting" 

Yeah... sure I did   




You idea works as well, even quicker. Something needs to be done to end this though   

[m.cellophane]

Agree. 

Alternative: We have 4 films at the top that could all win. We could have everyone list the 4 in order of preference and award 4 points for every first place vote, 3 for every 2nd place vote, etc. That way everyone has a vote on how the end goes. 

[Kathy]

Let’s find our champion – be merciless!

SailorRipley started this thread so...what's the new ?

[Achim]

Munich (2005) - 15 points
War of the Worlds (2005) - 8 points
The Terminal (2004) - 8 points
Catch Me If You Can (2002) - 5 points
Minority Report (2002) - 12 points
AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001) - 3 points
Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 10 points
Amistad (1997) - 5 points
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) - 10 points
Schindler's List (1993) - 18 points
Jurassic Park (1993) - 12 points
Always (1989) - 11 points
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - 13 points
Empire of the Sun (1987) - 12 points
The Color Purple (1985) - 9 points
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - 10 points
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) - 5 points
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - 14 points
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 17 points
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - 11 points
Jaws (1975) - 18 points
The Sugarland Express (1974) - 10 points
Something Evil (1972) - 10 points
Duel (1971) - 12 points


Jaws +2 - one of my all-time favorite movies
Always -2 - first time I remember Spielberg going all weirdly soft

[Kathy]