But then you set yourself up for a popularity bias, and the result will be great films going out way to early because the majority of people voted for their favorites. I can guarantee you that this tournament, like many of the others, will turn into a popularity contest, so we might as well cater to that and splitting the films into separate genre's will help that.
I think you're underestimating the value of good discussion. IC25 got Vader through to the Semi-Finals of the Wrestlezone Tournament, based on arguement alone.
I don't just want to hear about people's favorite movies, I want people to be able to talk about movies, learn about some great movies they may not have seen or even heard of, maybe even go out and rent it. If just one person goes out and rents A Clockwork Orange, and loves it, then it's worth it.
I would be voting Die Hard in that match, as would probably many others, which is a shame because Schindlers List is a great film and would probably go farther if it were placed in a genre full of other films like it.
Yes, but Schindler's List won't be the same bracket as Die Hard, so that was a bad example on my part. Let me try again. Die Hard vs. Rain Man. I would pick Rain Man over Die Hard. I love Die Hard because it's entertaining. But I find Rain Man just as entertaining, but for different reasons. Overall, Rain Man is a better movie.
Besides, just because we do this by decade doesn't mean we won't necessarily get some battle of the genre's best look at what we could possibly see in this tournament. Schindler's List vs. Saving Private Ryan. Platoon vs. Full Metal Jacket. Toy Story vs. The Lion King. Spider-Man 2 vs. Batman Begins. Ferris Bueller's Day Off vs. The Breakfast Club. Hell, we could see The Godfather vs. The Godfather Part II
I said 32, and we chose one representative fort franchise films
Still, 32 horror movies, and you can't have more than one Nightmare on Elm Street movie? That list will be spread pretty thin. And Saw will still win over Psycho, which is fucking bullshit.
but yet those same idiots would probably vote Hostel over The Departed or No Country for Old men, so pick your poison
Which is why Hostel will be in my tournament when hell freezes over.
Which probably won't keep it from going out early because people aren't familiar with it
Which is why I've steered from the really old movies. But if I'm not allowed to put Citizen Kane in my tournament, then I'm definitely not gonna water down the quality of my tournament by having some nerds campaign 300 to the top of the action genre.
