Friday, August 23, 2013

Which is your favorite cat and villain pairing? - Results

Our final poll, posted just before the announcement of the new IMDb poll was a TsarStepan suggestion.

Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his white Turkish Angora cat from From Russia with Love (1963), etc... - 9 votes, 47.37%
Dr. Claw and M.A.D. Cat from Inspector Gadget (1983) - 3 votes, 15.79%
Dr. Evil and his cat Mr. Bigglesworth from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), etc... - 15.79%
Vito Corleone and The Cat from The Godfather (1972) - 2 votes, 10.53%
Lady Tremaine and Lucifer from Cinderella (1950 - 1 vote, 5.26%
Rattigan and his white cat Felicia from The Great Mouse Detectives (1986) - 1 vote, 5.26%

Q and white cat from Mighty Jack (1968)
Oda Nobunaga and his several cats from Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962)
Auntie and her Persian cat from House (1977)
and Velma von Tussle and a white Persian from Hairspray (2007) got 0 votes.

A total of 19 votes were collected.

Thanks to everyone that voted on one, some or all of the polls we posted during this months. I'd like to think that this site played a part on bringing the IMDb poll back, now lets make sure we don't loss it again and lets vote over there on all the polls suggested by the IMDb users.

Which is your favorite non-english film in the Top 100? - Results

A poll suggested by Yrnej and based on the IMDb top 250 of august of 2013 got the following results:

Amelie (2001) - 5 votes, 22.73%
The Live of Others (2006) - 3 votes, 13.64%
Das Boot (1981) - 3 votes, 13.64%
City of God (2002) - 2 votes, 9.09%
M (1931) - 2 votes, 9.09%
Princess Mononoke (1997) - 2 votes, 9.09%
Seven Samurai (1954) 1 vote, 4.55%
Spirited Away (2001) 1 vote, 4.55%
Cinema Paradiso (1988) 1 vote, 4.55%
Metropolis (1927) 1 vote, 4.55%
Rashomon (1950) - 1 vote, 4.55%

Bicycle Thieves, Oldeuboi, Grave of the Fireflies and The Intouchables got 0 votes.

A total of 22 votes were collected.

Which is your favorite of AFI's Top 11-20 movie heroes? - Results

A poll suggested by ElMaruecan82 got the following results:

Han Solo (Harrison Ford) from Star Wars - 10 votes, 38.46%
Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) from Schindler's List - 5 votes, 19.23%
Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) from Dirty Harry - 4 votes, 15.38%
Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) from The Adventures of Robin Hood - 4 votes, 15.38%
jefferson Smith (James Stewart) from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - 2 votes, 7.69%
Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) and the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford) from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - 1 vote, 3.85%

Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) from The Grapes of Wrath, Shane (Alan Ladd) from Shane, Norma Rae Webster (Sally Field) from Norma Rae and Virgil Tibbs (Sindey Poitier) from In the Heat of the Night got 0 votes.

A total of 26 votes were collected.

Which is your favorite Kevin Costner sports movie? - Results

A poll suggested by Yrnej got the following results:

Field of Dreams (1989) - 12 votes, 42.86%
Bull Durham (1988) - 7 votes, 25%
Tin Cup (1996) - 4 votes, 14.29%
American Flyers (1985) - 2 votes, 7.14%
I think Draft Day (2014) will be better than all the above - 2 votes, 7.14%
For Love of the Game (1999) - 1 vote, 3.57%

A total of 28 votes were collected

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

What are your feelings about Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor Who? - Results

Last week the official announcement about the identity of the new Doctor in the cult favorite series Doctor Who was made, and the chosen was actor Peter Capaldi. We asked you what were your feelings about this choice. The results were:

I'm happy, I think he is a great choice and a brilliant actor. - 100 votes, 57.47%
I'ts great to finally have an older Doctor Who. - 28 votes, 16.09%
I don't know who is Peter Capaldi, I'll have to wait and see. - 12 votes, 6.9%
I'm not a Doctor Who fan so I don't have an opinion. - 11 votes, 6.32%
I'm unhappy, I think he is the wrong choice. - 8 votes, 4.6%
I was hoping for someone else, but I'm Ok with him. - 6 votes, 3.45%
I'm afraid he may be too old for the role. - 5 votes, 2.87%
I don't think he should be Doctor Who because he has already played other character in the series. - 4 votes, 2.3%

So this shows Peter Capaldi will debut in his new role next december with a big support by the fans of this series.

This poll has broken our record of participation establishing a new mark of 174 votes.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Which is your favorite song written by Madonna for a movie? - Results

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the firs Madonna's album, we posted this poll related to this singer who has had a long relatioship with movies which is specially notable in the soundtrack of many films The results were:

I don't like Madonna's music - 10 votes, 23.81%
"Into The Groove" for Desesperately Seeking Susan (1985) - 8 votes, 19.05%
"Live to Tell" for At Close Range (1986) - 7 votes, 16.67%
"Beautiful Stranger" for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) - 6 votes, 14.29%
"This Used To Be My Playground" for A League Of Their Own (1992) - 5 votes, 11.9%
I preffer a movie song performed by Madonna but written by someone else - 3 votes, 7.14%
"Time Stood Still" for The Next Best Thing (2000) - 1 vote, 2.38%
"Die Another Day" for Day Another Day (2002) - 1 vote, 2.38%
"Masterpiece" for W.E. (2011) - 1 vote, 2.38%
"I'll Remember" for With Honors (1994) - 0 votes
"El Paradiso Rico" for Deep Blue Sea (1999) - 0 votes

A total of 42 votes were collected.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Which is your favorite John Ca...? - Results

A poll suggested by ElMaruecan82 got the following results:

John Candy - 10 votes, 34.48%
John Carpenter - 10 votes, 34.48%
John Cazale - 3 votes, 10.34%
John Cassavetes - 3 votes, 10.34%
John Carradine - 2 votes, 6.9%
Although he's fictional, I'd say John Carter - 1 vote, 3.45%
John Callen - 0 votes
John Callahan - 0 votes

A total of 29 votes were collected

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

How many people are in your IMDb Ignore list? - Results

A poll suggested by BoltBait got the following results:

None, I love everyone - 7 votes, 28%
2 to 3 - 6 votes, 24%
Can we ignore people? - 4 votes, 16%
1 - 2 votes, 8%
Over 20, I hate everyone - 2 votes, 8%
I have had people in the past, but currently I have none - 2 votes, 8%
11 to 15 - 1 vote, 4%
16 to 20 - 1 vote, 4%
4 to 10 - 0 votes, 0%

A total of 25 votes were collected.

Monday, August 5, 2013

New Twitter account

Do not miss any of our polls. You can keep notice of our updates at our new Twitter account. Follow us at https://twitter.com/DailyPollBlog and remember that if you have an idea for a poll you can see it on the site by suggesting it at the IMDb Dailly Poll Board at http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000088/threads/

Which is your favorite of Roger Ebert's favorite films? - Results

A poll suggested by Yrnej got the following results


2001: A Space Oddisey - 6 votes, 31.58%
The General - 3 votes, 15.79%
Vertigo - 3 votes, 15.79%
Apocalypse Now - 2 votes, 10.53%
Aguirre: The Wrath of God - 1 vote, 5.26%
Citizen Kane - 1 vote, 5.26%
La Dolce Vita - 1 vote, 5.26%
Raging Bull - 1 vote, 5.26%
Tokyo Story - 1 vote, 5.26%
The Tree of Life - 0 votes, 0 %

A total of 19 votes were collected.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Which is your favorite of AFI's top 10 movie heroes? - Results

A suggestion by ElMaruecan82 got the following results:

Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) from Aliens - 4 votes, 23.53%
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) from Raiders of the Lost Ark - 4 votes, 23.53%
George Bailey (James Stewart) from It's a Wonderful Life - 2 votes, 11.76%
Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) from Casablanca - 2 votes, 11.76%
James Bond (Sean Connery) from Dr. No - 2 votes, 11.76%
Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) from Rocky - 1 vote, 5.88%
Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) from The Silence of the Lambs - 1 vote, 5.88%
Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) from To Kill a Mockingbird - 1 vote, 5.88%
T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole) from Lawrence of Arabia - 0 votes, 0%
Will Kane (Gary Cooper) from High Noon - 0 votes, 0%

A total of 17 votes were collected.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Which is your favorite Dennis Farina role? - Results

Actor Dennis Farina passed away on july 22 and we got an homage poll to celebrate him. However only a handful of his roles collected votes, the results were:

Lt. Mike Torello in "Crime Story" - 5 votes, 33.33%
Ray 'Bones' Barboni in Get Shorty - 4 votes, 26.67%
Cousin Avi in Snatch. - 3 votes, 20%
Detective Joe Fontana in "Law & Order" - 2 votes, 13.33%
Lieutenant Colonel Anderson in Saving Private Ryan - 1 vote, 6.67%


A total of 15 votes were collected.


Dennis Farina 1944-2013