The Big Lebowski vs. Fargo

Here’s a battle of the Coen brothers with the cult classic’s The Big Lebowski going against Fargo.  So many great lines and scenes in both of these movies that it’s nearly impossible to pick a winner.  If you have a favorite scene or quote, post it below after you vote.

The Big Lebowski - When “The Dude” Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude.

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Fargo - Jerry Lundegaard is in a financial jam and, out of desperation, comes up with a plan to hire someone to kidnap his wife and demand ransom from her wealthy father, to be secretly split between Jerry and the perpetrators. Jerry, who is not the most astute of individuals, hires a couple of real losers from the frozen northern reaches of Fargo, North Dakota for the job. Then things begin to slip from bad to worse as Jerry helplessly watches on.

Napoleon Dynamite vs. Anchorman

Napoleon versus Ron Burgandy..now that’s a match up.  Sure Napoleon has his wannabe mixed martial arts expert, hip hop brother Kip and the school predsident elect Pedro on his crew, but Ron Burgandy enjoys poetry & a nice glass of scotch.  Plus he plays jazz flute, which is NOT FOR LITTLE SISSY BOYS by the way.  Add in that Anchor man boasts some of the finest cameos in movie history (Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn  & Tim Robbins to name just a few) and this means you’ve got one hell of a film fight.  Whoever posts the best quote from either of these flicks is going to win the DVD’s..so get cracking.

Napoleon Dynamite - A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

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Anchorman - Ron Burgundy is San Diego’s top rated newsman in the male dominated broadcasting of the 1970’s, but that’s all about to change when a new female employee with ambition to burn arrives in his office.

Holiday Film Fight A Christmas Story vs. Charlie Brown Christmas

To get everyone in the holiday spirit,  we have a Christmas Film Fight.  Two of the best Christmas movies ever made so get your votes in now.

A Christmas Story - Ralphie, a young boy growing up in the ’40’s, dreams of owning a Red Rider BB gun. He sets out to convince the world this is the perfect gift. But along the way, he runs into opposition from his parents, his teacher, and even good ‘ol Santa Claus himself. Buy A Christmas Story

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Charlie Brown Christmas - Repelled by the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find the true meaning of Christmas. Buy Charlie Brown Christmas

Throw Momma From the Train vs. I Love You to Death

Throw Momma - A bitter ex-husband. A put upon Momma’s boy. Both want their respective spouse and mother dead, but who will pull it off? Buy Throw Momma From the Train

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I Love You to Death - Joey owns a pizza parlor, and is married to Rosalee, and is a major womanizer. Rosalee goes to extremes when she finds he has been cheating. Buy I Love You to Death

American Beauty vs. Donnie Darko

In this corner, winner of 5 Oscars, American Beauty - Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter’s attractive friend. Buy American Beauty

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Donnie Darko - A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident. Buy Donnie Darko

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial vs. Gremlins

E.T. - A group of aliens visit earth and one of them is lost and left behind stranded on this planet. The alien is found by a 10 year old boy, Elliot. Soon the two begin to communicate, and start a different kind of friendship in which E.T learns about life on earth and Elliot learns about some new values for the true meaning of friendship. E.T. wants to go home, but if Elliot helps him, he’ll lose a friend. Buy E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

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Gremlins - A boy inadvertently breaks 3 important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. Buy Gremlins

Back to School vs. Rushmore

It’s crazy out there…ya gotta look out for number 1…but don’t step in number 2!

Back to School - To help his discouraged son get through college, a fun loving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself.  Rodney’s son is probably the biggest geek every to grace the silver screen, but don’t let influence your vote. Buy Back to School

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Rushmore - Max Fischer is a more than determined student at his prep school, Rushmore Academy where he oversees anything with the word “extra-curricular”. He befriends a preschool teacher named Ms. Cross, whom he ends up falling in love with. Only to find things take a turn for the worst when his mentor, Herman Blume, an unhappy millionaire falls for her as well. As a result, their personal and professional lives spiral out of control. Buy Rushmore

Bull Durham vs. Major League

Bull Durham - A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him. Buy Bull Durham

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Major League - The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they’ll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her. Buy Major League

Happy Gilmore vs. Tin Cup

Battle of the Golf Flicks here kids.  Who takes the prize…Wannabee Hockey Player/Golfer Happy Gilmore or the headcase Tin Cup Costner…and yes…Renee Russo is hot in this movie…I don’t care what anyone says.

Happy Gilmore - Happy Gilmore, a failed hockey player, tries his hand at golf when his grandmother finds herself owing back taxes and short on cash.  Happy takes his unpopular hockey mentality to the PGA tour where he gains the adoration of the blue collar American, while ticking off the PGA Tour champion Shooter McGavin. Buy Happy Gilmore

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Tin Cup - A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his successful rival’s girlfriend. Buy Tin Cup

Pulp Fiction vs. Snatch

Pulp Fiction - Jules Winfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents. Buy the Movie Pulp Fiction

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Snatch - Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.  Buy the Movie Snatch

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