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***Poll Closed: E.T. 18 - 20 Forrest Gump***


Round 1: "E.T." -v- "Forrest Gump"



Tale of the tape: OSCAR wins-

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* MUSIC (Original Score) -- John Williams
* SOUND -- Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa
* SOUND EFFECTS EDITING -- Charles L. Campbell, Ben Burtt
* VISUAL EFFECTS -- Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, Kenneth F. Smith


Gump

* ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE -- Tom Hanks {"Forrest Gump"}
* DIRECTING -- Robert Zemeckis
* FILM EDITING -- Arthur Schmidt
* BEST PICTURE -- Wendy Finerman, Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, Producers
* VISUAL EFFECTS -- Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall
* WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) -- Eric Roth



The winner will face Star Wars in the quarter finals.





1st Round Results so far:

Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone 18 - 5 Titanic

LOTR: Return of the King 27 - 7 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Finding Nemo 20 - 14 Spiderman

Independence Day 7 - 38 Star Wars

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 19 - 1 Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets

Jurassic Park 4 - 15 Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

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absorbentishe

That's a toughie. I like both equally, but have to go with E.T.

Charlatan

I really hated Forest Gump... so ET gets the vote

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FaderMonkey

I never understood what the big deal was with Forest Gump....go ET!!!

Batman976

Apparently the Forrest Gump fans aren't speaking up. I'm also voting for E.T. just so long as the government agents have guns and not walkie talkies.

Someone was bound to say it, right?

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Averett

GUMP!

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Never watched E.T. So i'll have to go with gump.

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losthellhound

I dont think the movies can be compared.. but if I HAVE to.. I'd go Gump

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bundy

hmmm...
lets see...
foul looking devo alien monster with a glowing finger and an obsession about racking up huge intergalactic phone bills...
or an idiot who leads a ridiculously fabulous life..???


i'm voting for GUMP.

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jwoody

I had to vote Gump in this round, even though I thought E.T. would've stood a better chance against Star Wars in the next round.

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Mephex

E.T.

Sorry all, but Forrest Gump appealed to the pansies, while E.T. was a great story.

Pansy.

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lisa

Damn, that's a real difficult one...

i've actually had to think like five minutes or so.. but at the end, youth-sentimentalism won: the little cute green guy...
I luuuuuuuuvvveeeeeddd him (must have seen E.T. over a dozen times now, and i still get mellow when he "dies")

H12

Gotta go with the Gump.

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Speed_Gibson

Saw it once and hated nearly all of Forrest Gump. The effects were worth watching, but everything else in it killed it.

The original E.T. gets my vote. The recent fucked-up rerelease belongs in the trash bin with the Stars Wars Ep. 4 rerelease (and the first two prequels).

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KWSN

Forrest Gump. I loved that movie. Hated every second of E.T., not sure why. Just couldnt sit through it.

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Fremen

Loved E.T., liked Gump, didn't like Jenny.

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nash

I haven't seen ET in a long time, but I feel that Gump is a better movie. Tom Hanks does some brilliant acting, and the story itself is very touching. I suppose the same could be said about ET's story, but to me, it was just another kid movie.

nanofever

I would choose ET if it wasn't such a terrible movie, so I guess I will go with Gump.

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