Round 1: Zodiac vs. Catch Me If You Can

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:18 pm

Pursuing a serial killer or a con man in films that seem like they're never going to end, but are great despite it? Downey or Walken in excellent supporting roles?

Zodiac

vs.

Catch Me If You Can

slimebucato · Post by **slimebucato** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:21 pm

Catch Me If You Can

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:00 pm

Zodiac is awesome. Catch Me If You Can was made with homosexuals in mind.

Truth. · Post by **Truth.** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:02 pm

i've watched CMIYC once and really don't think i'll ever watch it again. didn't hate it though.

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:09 pm

Zodiac, but I'm not in love with it like some people

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:31 pm

Voted Catch Me If You Can as a sympathy vote cause I thought it was gonna get thwacked, but I'm pleasantly suprised it's holding it's own.

Two movies on opposite sides of the spectrum. A cold, meticulously calculated procedural about the impending information age vs. a sprawling humanistic investigation into identity in the face of the breakdown of the American family. Both would make my top 15 of the decade. If I had a gun to my head and had to choose I'd probably pick Zodiac, but Catch Me If You Can is great in its own right. The opening credits are a feat unto themselves.

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:35 pm

Zodiac.

Catch me if you can was a fun movie but i just liked the overall feel of Zodiac more.

Psychosis · Post by **Psychosis** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:01 am

Zodiac - A definite top 5 of 2007 movie. The stabbing death in the park was horrifying realistic and brutal. It's just a well-crafted film with some suspenseful scenes. Loved the stare down at the end.

Catch Me If You Can - It didn't leave a big impression on me. I just remember it being disposable, but well done entertainment.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:33 am

zodiac

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:55 am

I'm the resident Leo fan....CMIYC....

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:09 am

Gregg Popabitch wrote:Zodiac.

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:15 am

LilLeftBrain wrote:
Gregg Popabitch wrote:Zodiac.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:36 am

O + /\ O -

Truth. · Post by **Truth.** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:18 am

Psychosis wrote:Zodiac - A definite top 5 of 2007 movie. The stabbing death in the park was horrifying realistic and brutal.

that scene>>>>>>>>>>>cmifc

ANUBIS5 · Post by **ANUBIS5** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:54 am

What a mismatch. These movies are nothing alike.

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:34 am

What the hell is Catch Me If You Can doing here? Oh wait...

Voted Zodiac.

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:53 am

cascarrabias wrote:What the hell is Catch Me If You Can doing here? Oh wait...

Voted Zodiac.

That's why the vote's only 14 to 13 right? I must have 12 fake accounts.

If you don't respect the filmmaking in CMIYC I don't know what to tell you... Great performances by Walken, Hanks, and DiCaprio. Captivating story on the surface but also goes deeper and addresses the breakdown of the American family due to divorce, a previously taboo practice that started to gain a lot of traction during that period. The opening credits are more impressive than most movies.

Seiko Flossberg · Post by **Seiko Flossberg** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:07 am

Icesickle wrote:
cascarrabias wrote:What the hell is Catch Me If You Can doing here? Oh wait...

Voted Zodiac.
That's why the vote's only 14 to 13 right? I must have 12 fake accounts.

If you don't respect the filmmaking in CMIYC I don't know what to tell you... Great performances by Walken, Hanks, and DiCaprio. Captivating story on the surface but also goes deeper and addresses the breakdown of the American family due to divorce, a previously taboo practice that started to gain a lot of traction during that period. The opening credits are more impressive than most movies.

Zodiac.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:17 am

Icesickle wrote:The opening credits are more impressive than most movies.

I'm betting Saul Bass would have been livid though.

Choke · Post by **Choke** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:28 am

CMIYC was enjoyable, but nothing special to me, went with Zodiac, though I doubt I'll vote for it anymore.

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:43 am

Love both of these.

Went with Zodiac cuz there's nothing like a good crime-story. It does not have the corny moments of CMIYC either.

the R · Post by **the R** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:38 am

zodiac

funny i was going to say what a stupid match up then i saw the results

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:25 am

CMIYC was a decent movie, but I'll take Zodiac every single time.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:56 am

Catch Me is getting unfairly shitted on, it doesn't have the depth of some of the other movies in the tournament but as pure entertainment it's extremely well executed. Zodiac is better, but still..

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:16 pm

i found zodiac to be long, boring, frustrating and ultimately unsatisfying...which i guess is what it felt like to hunt down the zodiac. went with catch me if you can

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:16 pm

drizzle wrote:Catch Me is getting unfairly shitted on, it doesn't have the depth of some of the other movies in the tournament but as pure entertainment it's extremely well executed. Zodiac is better, but still..

I'm going to have to disagree with you on it not having depth. See my comments about how it addresses the fracturing of the conventional American family and identity issues. Spielberg is a master of making entertaining movies that have a lot of depth, but because they're so entertaining and he doesn't hit you over the head with his points people sometimes write them off as strictly pop entertainment.

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:23 pm

If Spielberg's parents didn't have marital problems he would have absolutely nothing to say. It's the only depth anyone can force on his films.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:19 pm

cascarrabias wrote:If Spielberg's parents didn't have marital problems he would have absolutely nothing to say. It's the only depth anyone can force on his films.

Absolutely right. I watched that shitty remake that he did of War Of The Worlds last night and he still managed to squeeze that whole dysfunctional family steez he loves so much even into this movie.

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:39 pm

Spartan wrote:
cascarrabias wrote:If Spielberg's parents didn't have marital problems he would have absolutely nothing to say. It's the only depth anyone can force on his films.
Absolutely right. I watched that shitty remake that he did of War Of The Worlds last night and he still managed to squeeze that whole dysfunctional family steez he loves so much even into this movie.

War of the Worlds is a good example of what I was talking about with its allusions to 9/11 and how the country dealt with its aftermath.