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.
Mr. Deeds vs. Say AnythingWinner Say Anything
From Dusk Till Dawn vs. The Notebook
Winner The Notebook
There's Something About Mary vs. To Live
Winner To Live
A Walk to Remember vs. Adaptation
Winner A Walk to Remember
Animal House vs. Blow
Winner Animal House
Eat Drink Man Woman vs. Home Alone
Winner Home Alone
Monty Python and the Holy Grail vs. Office Space
Winner Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Red River vs. Saw
Winner Red River
Shaun of the Dead vs. SpidermanWinner Shaun of the Dead
Super Troopers vs. Thank You For Not Smoking
Winner Super Troopers
The Matrix vs. The Wizard
Winner The Wizard
Zoolander vs. Little Miss Sunshine
Winner Zoolander
Full Metal Jacket vs. Collateral
Winner Collateral
The Wood vs. Saturday Night Fever
Winner The Wood
Toy Story vs. A Nightmare on Elm Street
Winner A Nightmare on Elm Street
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy vs. House of 1000 Corpses
Winner Anchorman
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