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Film Knockout - The Grand Final
Drum roll please maestro...
It's here, the final showdown, good versus evil, mano et mano, Spassky v Fischer, Itchy v Scratchy... it all comes down to this, the third act climax ...
In the red corner... PULP FICTION. Quentin Tarantino's 1994 epic traces three interlocking tales of redemption, rejuvenating the careers of Willis and Travolta en route and making a bona fide star of Samuel L Jackson.
Great support from Eric Stolz, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames, Harvery Keitel, Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer and a cracking soundtrack including Dusty Springfield's Son of a Preacher Man and Miserlou and Kool and the Gang.
A masterclass in dialogue, the only real flaw is a jarring cameo from Quentin (what I really want to do is act) Tarantino.
7 Oscar nominations including Tarantino as director but he had to make do with sharing the Best Original Screenplay gong.
In the even redder corner, THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Bryan Singer's second collaboration with Christopher McQuarrie came out of left field in 1995 but quickly earned plaudits and positive word of mouth as audiences were wowed by the audacious twist ending (for those of you who don't know, it turns out Bruce Willis was dead all along).
The ensemble cast includes Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Pete Postlethwaite, Kevin Pollack and Chazz Palminteri. Del Toro went on to win an Oscar for Traffic, but 1995 was the year of Kevin Spacey (Se7en was also released this year) whose performance here starts slowly but ultimately steals the show from under the nose of Gabriel Byrne (who was reputedly told that his character was indeed Keyzer Soze).
Lacking the pop culture references of Tarantino, The Usual Suspects makes up for it with hard boiled cool and a fast paced narrative.
The joker in the pack... might a Baldwin be The Usual Supects undoing?
Only 2 oscar nominations picking up the Best Original Screenplay award as Pulp Fiction had the year before but adding to that a Supporting Actor award for the bravura Spacey.
Gentlemen, start your engines...
PULP FICTION v THE USUAL SUSPECTS
(Edited by Incandenza 04/07/2003 13:09)
It's here, the final showdown, good versus evil, mano et mano, Spassky v Fischer, Itchy v Scratchy... it all comes down to this, the third act climax ...
In the red corner... PULP FICTION. Quentin Tarantino's 1994 epic traces three interlocking tales of redemption, rejuvenating the careers of Willis and Travolta en route and making a bona fide star of Samuel L Jackson.
Great support from Eric Stolz, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames, Harvery Keitel, Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer and a cracking soundtrack including Dusty Springfield's Son of a Preacher Man and Miserlou and Kool and the Gang.
A masterclass in dialogue, the only real flaw is a jarring cameo from Quentin (what I really want to do is act) Tarantino.
7 Oscar nominations including Tarantino as director but he had to make do with sharing the Best Original Screenplay gong.
In the even redder corner, THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Bryan Singer's second collaboration with Christopher McQuarrie came out of left field in 1995 but quickly earned plaudits and positive word of mouth as audiences were wowed by the audacious twist ending (for those of you who don't know, it turns out Bruce Willis was dead all along).
The ensemble cast includes Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Pete Postlethwaite, Kevin Pollack and Chazz Palminteri. Del Toro went on to win an Oscar for Traffic, but 1995 was the year of Kevin Spacey (Se7en was also released this year) whose performance here starts slowly but ultimately steals the show from under the nose of Gabriel Byrne (who was reputedly told that his character was indeed Keyzer Soze).
Lacking the pop culture references of Tarantino, The Usual Suspects makes up for it with hard boiled cool and a fast paced narrative.
The joker in the pack... might a Baldwin be The Usual Supects undoing?
Only 2 oscar nominations picking up the Best Original Screenplay award as Pulp Fiction had the year before but adding to that a Supporting Actor award for the bravura Spacey.
Gentlemen, start your engines...
PULP FICTION v THE USUAL SUSPECTS
(Edited by Incandenza 04/07/2003 13:09)
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Usual Suspects!
Glad I found the grand final... For some bizarre reason I missed most of the rounds
Glad I found the grand final... For some bizarre reason I missed most of the rounds
Posted: 17:15 Jul 09 2003
Gosh... it could hardly be any closer.
I'm at a seminar all day tomorrow and as a result will be finalising the result on Saturday morning.
Any votes posted up to midnight Friday will be included.
I'm at a seminar all day tomorrow and as a result will be finalising the result on Saturday morning.
Any votes posted up to midnight Friday will be included.
Posted: 13:00 Jul 10 2003 
Marvellous!
After 6 rounds and literally dozens of votes cast, what do we end up with?
A dead heat at 10-10 between Pulp Fiction and The Usual Suspects, perhaps all the more remarkable given that Pulp Fiction was 9-2 ahead at one point.
Whilst I have reservations about settling it in this manner, ultimately that's what a casting vote is for and so with a minimum of fuss, I hereby declare the winner of the 2003 T21 Film Knockout to be...
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
After 6 rounds and literally dozens of votes cast, what do we end up with?
A dead heat at 10-10 between Pulp Fiction and The Usual Suspects, perhaps all the more remarkable given that Pulp Fiction was 9-2 ahead at one point.
Whilst I have reservations about settling it in this manner, ultimately that's what a casting vote is for and so with a minimum of fuss, I hereby declare the winner of the 2003 T21 Film Knockout to be...
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Posted: 10:14 Jul 12 2003 
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