The Greatest Movie Franchises of All Time - Eastern Division Round 1

[DaFace]

The bracket is set! The following have been eliminated in the play-in round:

Spoiler!

Godzilla
Abbott and Costello
Scream
Saw
Underworld
Scary Movie
Clint Eastwood's orangutan films. Any Which Way But Loose, etc.
Resident Evil
Death Wish
Child's Play
Jack Reacher
Pitch Perfect
Expendables, The
Final Destination
Toxic Avenger, The
Sherlock Holmes w/ Robert Downey Jr.
Red
Legally Blonde
Madea

You can view the entire tournament bracket here as we go along, but we'll start with the Eastern division:



Please vote for the franchise in each pair that you feel is most deserving of being in consideration for the Greatest Movie Franchise of All Time. I'll put one of these up every day or two as we go along. So vote!

Possible Concerns and Responses:

1. A franchise I like isn't on the list! Too bad. Nominations are closed. This is just a fun offseason diversion, but feel free to complain in the thread if it will make you feel better.
2. There's something on the list that I don't even think is a franchise! Don't vote for it.
3. There's something on the list that I don't recognize. Yeah, there are a few that I don't recognize either. If you feel generous, look it up and determine if you think it's worthy. Or just don't vote for it. Either option is allowed.
4. The seeding seems weird (or there's something I have no idea how it got in there. The seeding is based on total estimated tickets from Box Office Mojo, but some older franchises were randomly seeded since we don't have any data available about their ticket sales. Again, if you don't feel something is deserving, don't vote for it!

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Frazod

Matrix is like Jaws - the first movie is amazing and a game changer. The rest suck.

Yep.
Ghost Busters is same.

[Red Dawg]

Harry Potter in my book. All of them were damn good.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate

How can you even compare?

How about Monty Python?

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate

Right????v

Are these people ****ing 12?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

---Matchup 1---
Marvel Cinematic Universe * The X Men movies alone win this, while Dracula suffers as many poor interpretations as it does good.
Dracula
---Matchup 2---
Hammer Horror * Legendary horror studio overcomes two out of three completely forgettable "Ghostbusters" movies. The latest GB movie should be reason enough to vote for Hammer.
Ghostbusters
---Matchup 3---
Jaws
Halloween * All interpretations of Michael Myers are worthy and make for excellent horror.
---Matchup 4---
Pirates of the Caribbean
Smokey and the Bandit * This was really tough as I love what Johnny Depp has done in the POTC movies. But ultimately, I have to give the nod to the legendary Burt Reynolds.
---Matchup 5---
Toy Story
Dirty Harry * There's a limit to my "kid movie" interest and watching. Toy story never intrigued me, and Clint Eastwood is a true acting enigma.
---Matchup 6---
Indiana Jones * Are you kidding me? The Rambo movies are okay( to a point ), but Indiana Jones the character is immortal.
Rambo
---Matchup 7---
Hope and Crosby
The Matrix * No disrespect to the elders of Hollywood, but the Matrix redefined the franchise genre for the new millennium.
---Matchup 8---
Harry Potter
Predator * Potter is good but at the end of the day, I love my extra-terrestrial hunter/killers. Easily the most intriguing ET species of the last 50 years.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

How about Monty Python?

That would be tough, but the volume and quality of Brook's collection should surpass it.

[hometeam]

every single movie i voted for is winning

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

I think I need to work on my cultural touchstones.

Marvel Cinematic Universe vs. Dracula – Haven't seen any of them.

Hammer Horror vs. Ghostbusters – Haven't seen any of them.

Jaws vs Halloween – I saw Jaws.

Pirates of the Caribbean vs. Smokey and the Bandit – I saw Smokey and the Bandit, and I didn't know there was more than one.

Toy Story vs. Dirty Harry – Finally. I saw the first Toy Story and all the Dirty Harry films.

Indiana Jones vs. Rambo – Haven't seen any of them.

Hope and Crosby "Road to..." vs. The Matrix – Haven't seen any of them.

Harry Potter vs. Predator – I saw maybe one, maybe two Potters. No Predators.

Congrats. You are the chick who fills out her NCAA bracket based on which logo is cutest. Haven’t seen Ghostbusters, Jaws, Indiana Jones, and Rambo? What did you think of Beaches though?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

Congrats. You are the chick who fills out her NCAA bracket based on which logo is cutest. Haven’t seen Ghostbusters, Jaws, Indiana Jones, and Rambo? What did you think of Beaches though?

Or as I call it, "Bitches".

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I've never seen Jaws, and a few months ago I flipped through the channels and saw a shark killing someone and thought, "Maybe I should check this out." I watched a bit of it and was thinking, "This is horrible. What is that cinematic feces? Why was this so highly regarded?" Eventually something happened that I didn't think happened in Jaws, and so I looked at the title. It was Jaw III.

Man, that was a really bad movie.

What many dont know about Jaws is: The "brilliance" of Spielberg and jaws, according to many critics, etc.....was that the shark was not shown until the very end of the movie.

But that was not planned, as the props/effects team could never get the mechanical shark to work at a level of quality that Spielberg was satisfied with.

So many of the scenes where originally it would have been showed - never made it into the film.

After the film was shown to audiences, it quickly became apparent that "not knowing/not seeing" what's out there that wants to kill you.......became a cultural phenomenon (and kept people from ever wanting to swim in the ocean).

[Jerm]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

What many dont know about Jaws is: The "brilliance" of Spielberg and jaws, according to many critics, etc.....was that the shark was not shown until the very end of the movie.

But that was not planned, as the props/effects team could never get the mechanical shark to work at a level of quality that Spielberg was satisfied with.

So many of the scenes where originally it would have been showed - never made it into the film.

After the film was shown to audiences, it quickly became apparent that "not knowing/not seeing" what's out there that wants to kill you.......became a cultural phenomenon (and kept people from ever wanting to swim in the ocean).

The POV shots in Jaws are so effective as well...did wish we got the original Alex Kintner scene however.

[BleedingRed]

Is Lord of the Rings NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE POST SEASON!?!?!

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

Is Lord of the Rings NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE POST SEASON!?!?!

It's a 4 seed in the midwest division.

[MTG#10]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

Toy Story

Originally Posted by Sweet Daddy Hate

Right????

Are these people ****ing 12?

If you have never watched any of them you dont know what you're missing, just because they are kids movies doesn't mean they suck.

If you have watched them and didnt like them there is something wrong with you.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

What many dont know about Jaws is: The "brilliance" of Spielberg and jaws, according to many critics, etc.....was that the shark was not shown until the very end of the movie.

The brilliance of Jaws was the movie poster. Rowr.