Off and on I'll ask myself, "What is my favorite movie of all time?" Some years it's one movie. Some years it's another. I'm going to try to settle this once and for all with the My Favorite Movie Tournament. It's a 64 movie double elimination tournament that will crown my favorite movie of all time.To give sort of a blanket criteria for movies to succeed, the movie must have 3 criteria met:
1. Staying power. I can't just see a movie once and say it's my favorite all time. It has to be a movie I can sit and watch any time it's on or I can put in the DVD and watch it at any given time.
2. Memorable characters. The movie can't be filled with John and Jane Does. It has to be filled with characters I can never forget because it's the characters that draws me into a movie.
3. Quotable quotes. A movie cannot be proclaimed my all-time favorite if I can't continuously quote from it. The quotes help with staying power but they are a quick reminder to anyone around that you've seen the quoted movie.
Field of Dreams vs. Ghostbusters
Winner Field of Dreams
Simon Birch vs. Big Daddy
Winner Big Daddy
A Christmas Story vs. A League of Their Own
Winner A Christmas Story
Aladdin vs. An American Tail
Winner An American Tail
Back to the Future vs. Batman
Winner Back to the Future
Big vs. City of God
Winner City of God
Coming to America vs. Dr. Strangelove
Winner Coming to America
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind vs. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Winner Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Finding Nemo vs. My Cousin Vinny
Winner My Cousin Vinny
La Bamba vs. Monsters, Inc.
Winner La Bamba
Forrest Gump vs. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Winner Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Pulp Fiction vs. Rudy
Winner Rudy
The Lion King vs. The Princess Bride
Winner The Lion King
The Sandlot vs. The Shining
Winner The Sandlot
Scarface vs. Uncle Buck
Winner Uncle Buck
When Harry Met Sally vs. Big Fish
Winner When Harry Met Sally
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