PRGAAMWA – The Championship

PRGAAMWA March Movie Madness Championship Round - Iron Giant vs. Hot Fuzz

It’s all come down to this. . . the PRGAAMWA 2008 Championship.

The Iron Giant v. Hot Fuzz

Lisa’s Pick: Hot Fuzz
This is why I really hate random seeding sometimes: we get bizarre matches like The Iron Giant v. Hot Fuzz, two movies which are equally good and have nothing in common. I’ll have to go with Hot Fuzz for the most creative use of church spires.

Brian’s Pick: Hot Fuzz
When this storied competition began a couple of moons ago, I didn’t expect The Iron Giant and Hot Fuzz to be the top two contenders. Sure, most of my other expectations have come true. Who besides a lobotomized 12-year-old boy would think Ghost Rider stood a chance? But there’s no way I would have predicted the heresy of voting against my One True Joss. So we’re left with two very good but very different movies. And this is where the whole competition thing starts to fall apart. These movies are nothing alike. They appeal to entirely different regions of the brain, and they really shouldn’t suffer the indignity of being matched up like bruised and bloodied prize fighters. But who am I to lament the loss of fairness and integrity when I still haven’t seen Perfect Creature, yet feel no regret over smacking it down? When the world gets to experience movies like The Iron Giant and Hot Fuzz, then we lucky movie goers are the only true winners. But in the interest of sport, I’m going to have to allow Hot Fuzz to throw sand in The Iron Giant’s optical receptors and shoot itself up with some performance enhancing drugs. God bless America.

John’s Pick: Hot Fuzz
Who would have thought that a ten-year old movie based on a book written 40 years ago by a peace-loving, British Poet Laureate would be in the final round against a one-year old British movie based on EVERY FREAKING BUDDY-COP FILM EVER MADE? In a stirring parable of our times, it’s Snark vs. Sentiment as Butterman and Angel take on Hogarth and his robot buddy. Both movies speak to the dangers we face in the world: whether it’s giving up our individuality and spirit to the military-industrial complex (Iron Giant) or going along to get along in a fascistic climate that places a higher value on land valuation and making butt-loads of cash than it does on human life (Hot Fuzz). Iron Giant is the warm blanket I want to hide under when I hear of yet another scandalously ignored Washington DC breach of my constitutional rights; Hot Fuzz helps me forget it’s happening at all. In 2008 America, however, it’s best not to show too much outward concern over what’s happening in the Government. Best to just put on a happy face and not get too vocal about things (you never know who might be listening). So, for this year’s PRGAAMWA Championship, my pick is Hot Fuzz. I’ll be saving Iron Giant for simpler times.

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