The best strategy to do a bracket like these on TexAgs is to post the bracket, then turn all your devices off for 23 hours and 59 minutes. Then post the results and the new bracket the next day without looking at all the idiots passionate comments.

When it's completely over, you can reflect back fondly on how irate everyone is that all the work you did on something that anyone else could do at anytime is so crappy and WTF is wrong with you. It's a treat!

Can you imagine how George Lucas felt after the prequels?

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Can you imagine how George Lucas felt after during the prequels?

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He had to know the reaction those movies were receiving.

When I tell someone I'm voting for Days of Thunder over Silence of the Lambs...

Good Will Hunting vs American History X was painful

A few of tomorrow's already-set saltier matchups to mull over as we pass the time on a Thursday evening. Voting for these will kick off between 7-9 a.m. Friday.

SciFi/Fantasy
#4 Total Recall vs. #13 Armageddon

#6 Men in Black vs. #11 Independence Day

Comedy
#7 Office Space vs. #10 Home Alone

Action/Adventure
#4 The Fugitive vs. #13 Clear and Present Danger
#6 Point Break vs. #11 The Hunt For Red October
#8 Air Force One vs. #9 The Professional

it's like Wichita State of about 6 years ago or so vs Duke/UNC

Fairview said:

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Office Space vs Home Alone is a killer one for me. Both are great for totally different reasons.

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Single Muck says Office Space by a landslide. Dad Muck who had watched Home Alone 15-20 times with his kids in the last 3 years disagrees.

Day 1 Drama Results. The Round of 64 begins momentarily.

#1 Silence of the Lambs vs. #32 Days of Thunder 86%-14%
#2 Saving Private Ryan vs. #31 Reality Bites 99%-1%
#3 The Shawshank Redemption vs. #30 Courage Under Fire 98%-2%
#4 Pulp Fiction vs. #29 Philadelphia 91%-9%
#5 Forrest Gump vs. #28 Wag the Dog 94%-6%
#6 Fight Club vs. #27 The Truman Show 85%-15%
#7 Goodfellas vs. #26 Braveheart 56%-44%
#8 Schindler's List vs. #25 Dances with Wolves 60%-40%
#9 Fargo vs. #24 Heat 58%-42%
#10 American History X vs. #23 Good Will Hunting 41%-59%
#11 Last of the Mohicans vs. #22 Boogie Nights 66%-34%
#12 Apollo 13 vs. #21 A Time to Kill 82%-18%
#13 Unforgiven vs. #20 Jerry Maguire 53%-47%
#14 Reservoir Dogs vs. #19 Se7ven 36%-64%
#15 The Sixth Sense vs. #18 A Few Good Men 32%-68%
#16 American Beauty vs. #17 LA Confidential 43%-57%

The Round of 64 starts now and lasts the weekend. I look forward to your angry yelling.
VOTE NOW

SciFi/Fantasy Bracket
#1 Jurassic Park vs. #16 Back to the Future III
#2 The Matrix vs. #15 Contact
#3 Terminator 2: Judgement Day vs. #14 Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
#4 Total Recall vs. #13 Armageddon
#5 Galaxy Quest vs. #21 Starship Troopers
#6 Men in Black vs. #11 Independence Day
#7 12 Monkeys vs. #10 Star Trek: First Contact
#8 The Fifth Element vs. #9 The Iron Giant

Comedy Bracket
#1 The Big Lebowski vs. #17 Tommy Boy
#2 Groundhog Day vs. #15 Happy Gilmore
#3 Dumb and Dumber vs. #14 My Cousin Vinny
#4 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective vs. #20 American Pie
#5 Dazed & Confused vs. #12 South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut
#6 There's Something About Mary vs. #11 Wayne's World
#7 Office Space vs. #10 Home Alone
#8 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery vs. #24 A League of Their Own

Action/Adventure Regional
#1 True Lies vs. #16 Crimson Tide
#2 Tombstone vs. #15 Face/Off
#3 Speed vs. #14 Die Hard 2
#4 The Fugitive vs. #13 Clear and Present Danger
#5 Mission: Impossible vs. #21 Con Air
#6 Point Break vs. #11 The Hunt For Red October
#7 The Rock vs. #10 The Crow
#8 Air Force One vs. #9 The Professional

Drama Bracket
#1 Silence of the Lambs vs. #17 LA Confidential
#2 Saving Private Ryan vs. #18 A Few Good Men
#3 The Shawshank Redemption vs. #19 Se7ven
#4 Pulp Fiction vs. #13 Unforgiven
#5 Forrest Gump vs. #12 Apollo 13
#6 Fight Club vs. #11 Last of the Mohicans
#7 Goodfellas vs. #23 Good Will Hunting
#8 Schindler's List vs. #9 Fargo

Someone voted for Courage Under Fire over Shawshank?!?

Toughest matchup of the round personally:
#8 The Fifth Element vs. #9 The Iron Giant

Literally two of my favorite movies.

Some of the seedings make me go "What?! No!" then you look at the rest of the group and there's not a lot to argue with. So many classics, this should be fun.

I can't get over how popular American Pie is.

Even 1% for Reality Bites vs SPR is.....just....wow!!!!! That person should be banned.

And yeah Shawshank should have been a sweep too.... but Courage under Fire is good at least.

Oh God NO!!!!!!!

the comedy/ sci-fi and action brackets were not too tough for me. A few underdogs in each but mostly it was a clear choice for me....

But the drama bracket is now murderers row. All the lightweight movies are gone and the 16 left (minus Braveheart) are probably the movies I've watched the most of this entire list again and again for the last 20-30 years. We talked about how deep the drama bracket was.... it's gonna be impossible from here on out.

I mean some are a clear choice I guess but I also love the other one. Oof.

#1 Silence of the Lambs vs. #17 LA Confidential
The best thriller/suspense movie of the decade vs a film noir classic with a loaded cast

#2 Saving Private Ryan vs. #18 A Few Good Men
best war movie of the decade vs a really tight drama with loaded cast and a tour de force Nicholson performane

#3 The Shawshank Redemption vs. #19 Se7ven
many argue the best movie of the decade that flew under the radar initially vs a sleeper grisly cult classic crime noir that put David Fincher on the map

#4 Pulp Fiction vs. #13 Unforgiven
The Indy low budget Tarantino masterpiece against the best western in 30 years

#5 Forrest Gump vs. #12 Apollo 13
I mean Gump has it's detractors but it was pop culture touchstone against a Docudrama of a great story

#6 Fight Club vs. #11 Last of the Mohicans
Another Fincher low budget mind bender vs a classic historical period piece war/love story done really well

#7 Goodfellas vs. #23 Good Will Hunting
THE best Mob movie of the decade if not the last 30 years vs a really well written and acted infinitely watchable human condition dramatic piece that won Oscars for Robin Williams and Damon/Afleck as writers

#8 Schindler's List vs. #9 Fargo
Just a massive emotional Speilberg masterpiece that is gut wrenching vs an absolute cult classic Indy crime movie that solidified the Coens as filmmakers


I can't even choose in many cases. this is one where I have to vote twice. So on some matchups I can vote for both.

Those last two matchups...yeah.

63 votes have been cast - 5 matchups are separated by fewer than 5 votes.

Only one matchup in the whole bunch has a movie with more than 90% of the vote.

Is it Jurassic Park?

My guess is T2

It's neither of those.

RIght now one Sci-FI matchup and one Drama matchup are dead even at 50-50.

MuckRaker96 said:

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It's neither of those.

RIght now one Sci-FI matchup and one Drama matchup are dead even at 50-50.

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People besides you and Brian voted for The Phantom Menace over T2???

It's your age, you were probably barely too old to really like it, and that's ok. I think for those in the HS class of 98-2002 range that series is great

Pahdz said:

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It's your age, you were probably barely too old to really like it, and that's ok. I think for those in the HS class of 98-2002 range that series is great

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Exactly. People are going to be more passionate towards teen comedies that came out during their teens and a lot of people on this site were in that age range. I was a freshman in college when American Pie came out and I love it to this day.

Bruce Almighty said:

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MuckRaker96 said:

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It's neither of those.

RIght now one Sci-FI matchup and one Drama matchup are dead even at 50-50.

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People besides you and Brian voted for The Phantom Menace over T2???

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Don't blame me, I voted for Mars Attacks.

Pahdz said:

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It's your age, you were probably barely too old to really like it, and that's ok. I think for those in the HS class of 98-2002 range that series is great

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I remember dying laughing at American Pie, if it came out in 99 I was 25, I saw it on a Friday night before tubing with friends from A&m on the Guadalupe. maybe Jim Carey fatigue is actually a real thing.

Going down the list

Yeah one of the toughest brackets you've had here.
I picked more underdogs this time than ever before.

American Pie is the only movie I ever snuck in to. I was 16.

I guess it will always be a little special.

Just like Pitch Black, the only movie I ever left the theater in the middle.