Which is the most unnforgettable massacre? - Results

The first poll suggested by Ray_gittes07 got the following results:

The revenge of Michael Corleone on five families - 5 votes, 26.32%
The final shootout in The Wild Bunch - 4 votes, 21.05%
The massacre of "the fifty" in The Great Escape - 4 votes, 21.05%
The Saint Valentine's Day massacre from The Saint Valetine's Day Massacre - 2 votes, 10.53%
Django's revenge in Django Unchained - 2 votes, 10.53%
The massacre of Little Big Horn as depicted in several movies - 1 vote, 5.26%
The massacre at Wounded Knee in Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - 1 vote, 5.26%

The Malmedy massacre as depicted in "The Battle of the Bulge" and "Saints and Soldiers, The Odessa steps massacre in Battleship Potemkin and The Texas Wedding Chapel massacre from Kill Bill got no votes.

A total of 19 votes were collected.

Who is your favorite acting Jennifer? - Results

A poll suggested by Yrnej to choose your favorite actress called Jennifer, here are the results:

Jennifer Lawrence - 6 votes, 27.27%
Jennifer Jason Leigh - 3 votes, 13.64%
Jennifer Jones - 3 votes, 13.64%
Jennifer Aniston - 2 votes, 9.09%
Jennifer Connelly - 2 votes, 9.09%
Jennifer Beals - 1 vote, 4.55%
Jennifer Ehle - 1 vote, 4.55%
Jennifer Esposito - 1 vote, 4.55%
Jennifer Lopez - 1 vote, 4.55%
Jennifer Saunders - 1 vote, 4.55%
Jennifer Tilly - 1 vote, 4.55%

Jennifer Carpenter, Coolidge, Garner, Grey, Hudson, Love-Hewitt, Morrison and Westfeldt got no votes.

A total of 22 votes were collected.

The Winner: Jennifer Lawrence

Which is your favorite of AFI's Top 10 villians? - Results

A poll suggested by ElMaruecan82
Here are the results:

Darth Vader (James Earl Jones & David Prowse) from The Empire Strikes Back - 6 votes, 24%
Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) from The Silence of the Lambs - 4 votes, 16%
Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) from Psycho - 4 votes, 16%
The Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) from The Wizard of Oz - 3 votes, 12%
Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) from Fatal Attraction - 3 votes, 12%
Mr Potter (Lionel Barrymore) from It's a Wonderful Life - 2 votes, 8%
Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 1 vote, 4%
Regan McNeil / Pazuzu (Linda Blair & Mercedes McCambridge) from The Exorcist - 1 vote, 4%
The Evil Queen (Lucille La Verne) from Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs - 1 vote, 4%

Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) from Double Indemnity was no one's favorite.

A total of 25 votes were collected

The Winner: Darth Vader

Which is your favorite Ethan Hawke film set in 24 hours or less? - Results

collins0302 firs suggested poll was about a group of Ethan Hawke's films that have something in common, htye all take place in less than a day. Here are the results:

Training Day - 9 votes, 52.94%
Before Sunrise - 3 votes, 17.65%
Assault on Precinct 13 - 3 votes, 17.65%
Before Subset - 2 votes, 11.76%

The three remaining options, The Purge, Tape and Befire Midnight got no votes.

A total of 17 votes were collected

The winner: Training Day

Which of Annette Funicello's beach movies do you like best? - Results

A BoltBait suggestion made to remember Annette Funicello's who passed away this year.

Here are the results:

Who is Annette Funicello and what does she have to do with bikinis? - 8 votes, 38.1%
Are you kidding... ALL OF THEM! - 4 votes, 19.05%
I preferred her as a Mouseketeer - 4 votes, 19.05%
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) - 3 votes, 14.29%
Back to the Beach (1987) - 1 vote, 4.76%
Muscle Beach Party (1964) - 1 vote, 4.76%

The rest of the movies, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965), Pajama Party (1964), Bikini Beach (1964) and Beach Party (1963) got 0 votes.

A total of 21 votes were collected.

Annette Funicello at the beach

From Guillermo del Toro's favorite robots which is your favorite robot? - Results

A Yrnej suggestion posted to match the international release of Guillermo del Toro's new film Pacific Rim. An article in Entertaiment Weekly listed del Toro's favorite robots, and we asked which of them was your favorite, here are the results:

The Gunslinger - Westworld - 6 votes, 20%
RD2D - Star Wars Trilogy - 6 votes, 20%
The Giant - The Iron Giant - 5 votes, 16.67%
Robby - Forbidden Planet - 4 votes, 13.33%
ED-209 - RoboCop - 4 votes, 13.33%
C3PO - Star Wars Trilogy - 3 votes, 6.67%
False Maria - Metropolis - 1 vote, 3.33%
Gigantor - Gigantor - 1 vote, 3.33%
Robot B9 - Lost in Space - 1 vote, 3.33%

There was no love for the tenth robot, Astro Boy.

A total of 30 votes were collected

 It's a tie between




R2D2



The Gunslinger

From AFI's most iconic movie songs, which is your favorite from an Oscar winner? - Results

A poll suggested by ElMaruecan82, put sveeral loved songs to compete, this are the results:

"My Favorite Things" -The Sound of Music - 8 votes, 30.77%
"Gonna Fly Now" -Rocky - 4 votes, 15.38%
"As Time Goes By" -Casablanca - 3 votes, 11.54%
"All That Jazz" -Chicago - 2 votes, 7.69%
"Everybody's Talkin'" -Midnight Cowboy - 2 votes, 7.69%
"I Could Have Danced All Night" -My Fair Lady - 2 votes, 7.69%
"Tonight" -West Side Story - 1 vote, 3.85%
"America" -West Side Story - 1 vote, 3.85%
"Somewhere" -West Side Story - 1 vote, 3.85%
"My Heart Will Go On" -Titanic - 1 vote, 3.85%
"I Got Rhytm" -An American in Paris - 1 vote, 3.85%

Despite having the winner with 8 votes, The Sound of Music love didn't extend to its two other competing songs; "Do Re Mi" and "The Sound of Music" which, along with "Seems Like Old Times" from Annie Hall got 0 votes.

A total of 26 votes were collected.

Who is your favorite TV actor to graduate from Juilliard School? - Results

A suggestion by Yrnej, while many performers have studied in the prestigious Juilliard School this poll was limited to actor known mainly for thir work on television.

The results were:

Kelsey Grammer - 7 votes, 35%
Thomas Gibson - 4 votes, 20%
David Ogden Stiers - 4 votes, 20%
Wendell Pierce - 2 votes, 10%
Bradley Whitford - 2 votes, 10%
Frances Conroy - 1 vote, 5%

Sara Ramirez, Marcia Cross, Carrie Preston, Andre Braugher and Christine Baranski got no votes.

A total of 20 votes were collected.

The Winner: Kelsey Grammer

What do you think of the new look of the IMDb Message Board? - Results

With a new look in the IMDb message board implemented this week, Dan Dassow suggested to ask what do you think of it. Here are the results:

 

It has promise, but it still has bugs. - 10 votes, 30.3%

I prefer the current (old by now) message board look. - 8 votes, 24.24%

It has promise, but it removed some useful features. - 6 votes, 18.18%

I have no preference. - 4 votes, 12.12%

I just hope they are not using the update to get rid of message boards, such as the IMDb Daily Poll board. - 3 votes, 9.09%

I have not tried using the new message board system. - 2 votes, 6.06%

I am currently using it and like it a lot. - 0 votes

I do not use the message board on IMDb. - 0 votes

 

A total of 33 votes were collected.

Would you Kickstart your favorite disscontinued series? - Results

BoltBait first poll asked if you would like to donate money in order to continue help continue the production of your favorite series (kickstart)
Here are the results:

I want more of my favorite series; where do I sign up? - 11 votes, 44%
Maybe; what series are we talking about? - 5 votes, 20%
I'd love to but I'm broke. - 3 votes, 12%
Meh; I'd watch it and maybe even buy a DVD, but I wouldn't donate. - 3 votes, 12%
Sounds interesting; tell me more. - 1 vote, 4%
No way; most shows die for a reason. - 1 vote, 4%
What's "kickstarter"? - 1 vote, 4%

A total of 25 votes were collected.

Which is your favorite english language debut by a foreign director? - Results

Hollywood has always been attractive from filmmakers all around the world, and many with a career in their countries have also made films in english language which has helped their work to be more visible internationally, among the many who have done this we selected a group of prestigious foreign directors and asked you which of their first english language films were your favorites, the results were:

 

Farenheit 451 (1966) - Francois Truffaut - 6 votes, 23.08%

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F.W. Murnau - 3 votes, 11.54%

The Others (2001) - Alejandro Amenábar - 3 votes, 11.54%

Other - 2 votes, 7.69%

Fury (1936) - Fritz Lang - 1 vote, 3.85%

Repulsion (1965) - Roman Polanski - 1 vote, 3.85%

Blowup (1966) - Michelangelo Antonioni - 1 vote, 3.85%

The American Friend (1977) - Wim Wenders - 1 vote, 3.85%

Stroszeck (1977) - Werner Herzog - 1 vote, 3.85%

Mississippi Masala (1991) - Mira Nair - 1 vote, 3.85%

The Wedding Banquet (1993) - Ang Lee - 1 vote, 3.85%

A Little Princess (1995) - Alfonso Cuarón - 1 vote, 3.85%

21 Grams (2003) - Alejandro González Iñarritu - 1 vote, 3.85%

Dark Water (2005) - Walter Salles - 1 vote, 3.85%

The Constant Gardener (2005) - Fernando Meirelles - 1 vote, 3.85%

The Impossible (2012) - Juan Antonio Bayona - 1 vote, 3.85%

 

The english language debuts of Billy Wilder, Milos Forman, Bernardo Bertolucci, Guillermo del Toro and Susanne Bier got no votes.

The Winner: Farenheit 451



So if you have missed Truffaut's work there you have a suggestion of were to start.

A total of 26 votes were collected.

Who is your favorite actor/actress who starred in two consecutive Best Picture winners? - Results

Having one performer star in two consecutive best picture oscar winners is not very common, and this time we asked you which of the few persons that have done so is your favorite, the results were:

 

Clark Gable (It Happened One Night, Mutiny on the Bounty)- 8 votes, 28.57%

Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind) - 7 votes, 25%

John Goodman (The Artist, Argo) - 5 votes, 17.86%

Meryl Streep (The Deer Hunter, Kramer vs Kramer)- 5 votes, 17.86%

John Gielgud (Chariots of Fire, Gandhi) - 2 votes, 7.14%

Ian Charleson (Chariots of Fire, Gandhi) - 1 vote, 3.57%

Harry Davenport (You Can't Take it With You, Gone With the Wind) - 0 votes.

 

Besides this we ow a big apology to Christopher Walken and to Walter Pidgeon, they were excluded from the poll despite participating in both Annie Hall and Kramer vs Kramer (Walken) and How Green Was My Valley and Mrs. Miniver (Pidgeon), unfortunately no one noticed his absence in the poll suggestion stage and by the time it came out it was to late. they get a honorable mention.

 

The Winner: Clark Gable

 

Which is your favorite 1-name female protagonist film? - Results

NJtoTX suggested this poll in which a selection of the many 1-name female protagonist films contested for the vote, of course the option other was available as it was not posible to include every posible option. This has been our biggest poll yet, and among so many different options the results were very tight:

 

Other - 4 votes, 16.67%

Cinderella - 3 votes, 12.5%

Nikita - 3 votes, 12.5%

Hanna - 2 votes, 8.33%

Juno - 2 votes, 8.33%

Alice - 1 vote, 4.17%

Annie - 1 vote, 4.17%

Barbarella - 1 vote, 4.17%

Coraline - 1 vote, 4.17%

Gilda - 1 vote, 4.17%

Lolita - 1 vote, 4.17%

Marnie - 1 vote, 4.17%

Ninotchka - 1 vote, 4.17%

Ponyo - 1 vote, 4.17%

Sabrina - 1 vote, 4.17%

 

Other options included: Anastasia, Angel, Blondie, Carrie, Catwoman, Cleopatra, Elizabeth, Emma, Evita, Frida, Gigi, Matilda, Mulan, Octopussy, Pocahontas, Precious, Selena, Silkwood and Yenti.

A total of 24 votes were collected.

Which feature film directed by Quentin Tarantino is your favorite? - Results

While not without detractors, Quentin Tarantino is one of the most liked contemporary directors, he constantly is nominated for various awards and many of his films have a high IMDb rating, fove of his feature films are listed in the Top250. TsarStepan suggested to ask you which of his feature films is your favorite and here are the results:

Pulp Fiction - 18 votes, 50%
He's a hack director, I can't stand the fool - 4 votes, 11.11%
Inglorious Basterds - 4 votes, 11.11%
Reservoir Dogs - 3 votes, 8.33%
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - 3 votes, 8.33%
Jackie Brown - 2 votes, 5.56%
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 - 1 vote, 2.78%
Django Unchained - 1 vote, 2.78%

While the favorite was clear, it was a tight contest for the second place and Death Proof became his only feature film failing to collect votes.

A total of 36 votes were collected.

The winner: Pulp Fiction

Which is your favorite undercover cop film? - Results

A suggestion by Yrnej got the following results with a very contested fight for the first place:

The Departed - 7 votes, 25%
Eastern Promises - 6 votes, 21.43%
Deep Cover - 3 votes, 10.71%
Reservoir Dogs - 3 votes, 10.71%
The Fast and the Furious - 3 votes, 10.71%
Miss Congeniality - 3 votes, 10.71%
Infernal Affairs - 2 votes, 7.14%
Point Break - 1 vote, 3.57%

Donnie Brasco, Narc, Rush, City on Fire and Street Kings got no votes.

A total of 28 votes were collected.

The Winner: The Departed