{"id":12999,"date":"2011-03-14T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=12999"},"modified":"2018-02-14T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:38:09","slug":"march-movie-madness-voldemort-montana-kimball-tannen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/march-movie-madness-voldemort-montana-kimball-tannen\/","title":{"rendered":"March Movie Madness: Voldemort vs. Montana &#8211; Kimball vs. Tannen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who would&#8217;ve thought that our closest fight yet in March Movie Madness would be between Judge Doom and William Wallace? The two ran neck and neck during the entire voting period, but Judge Doom finally squeaked out a narrow victory at the end. On the opposite side of the bracket, Scott Pilgrim handed a vicious loss to Lincoln Hawk and his backwards-facing hat. Today, we&#8217;re taking a look at one matchup in the VHS Bracket and one in the DVD Bracket.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/voldemort-tonymontana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/voldemort-tonymontana.jpg\" title=\"Voldemort vs. Tony Montana\" width=\"523\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/voldemort-tonymontana.jpg 523w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/voldemort-tonymontana-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, here&#8217;s an evil matchup if there ever was one. The dark wizard of all the world faces off against the most insane drug dealer we&#8217;ve ever had the pleasure of watching. While Voldemort is armed with a wand and pure hatred for Harry Potter, Tony Montana is defended simply by his &#8220;little friend.&#8221; Some may say that magic beats out everything, but let&#8217;s just remember that after seven years, Voldemort still couldn&#8217;t defeat a nerdy little English kid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thumb-voldemort.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thumb-voldemort.jpg\" title=\"Voldemort\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>Voldemort<\/strong> \u2013 It&#8217;s easy to see why Voldemort had his name changed. Tom Marvolo Riddle just never exuded that evilness he was so desperately trying to exude. In any case, Voldemort comes into this tournament with a very big advantage. The dude can do magic. An &#8220;abracadabra&#8221; here and a little &#8220;hocus pocus&#8221; there, and suddenly you&#8217;re a newt without knowing exactly what hit you.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Strengths<\/span>: Knows magic. Actually, knows black magic, which (let&#8217;s face it) is the coolest kind of magic. It never wins in the end (which is something to keep in mind, I guess), but it always has the neatest applications. Is a Parseltongue, so he can speak to snakes and all that. If he was going up against Indiana Jones, this would be an almost overwhelming power, right?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weaknesses<\/span>: English kids with glasses and inconvenient plot devices that seem to always turn his own plans on his head. He&#8217;s far too power hungry, and it always clouds his vision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thumb-montana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thumb-montana.jpg\" title=\"Tony Montana\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>Tony Montana<\/strong> \u2013 You don&#8217;t get to the top of the drug business without being a complete heartless bastard. Mr. Montana probably has the least amount of goodness in his heart than anyone in this tournament. That&#8217;s saying a lot, as he&#8217;s going up against the darkest wizard ever.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Strengths<\/span>: Complete and utter insanity. Like I said, crazy can make a person do a lot of things, especially in a tournament to the death.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weaknesses<\/span>: Also suffers from power hunger. Will both of these guys be so power hungry that they end up writing themselves right out of the tournament? Oh, and he&#8217;s not impervious to shotguns either. Ouch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-45\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Voldemort vs. Tony Montana<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-45-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Voldemort <small>(56%, 86 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 56%;\" title=\"Voldemort (56% | 86 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Tony Montana <small>(44%, 68 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 44%;\" title=\"Tony Montana (44% | 68 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>154<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_45_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"c86c340999\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-45-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/biff-kimball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/biff-kimball.jpg\" title=\"Biff Tannen vs. Richard Kimball\" width=\"523\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/biff-kimball.jpg 523w, https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/biff-kimball-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking over the entire tournament, this is quite possibly my favorite matchup. I threw these two guys into the tournament as more or less fillers. (So sue me. It was getting increasingly difficult to think up different characters.) I couldn&#8217;t have imagined they&#8217;d be playing each other in the first round. Neither of them has any discernable fighting skills. Neither of them is an iconic action hero. They&#8217;re just two dudes. One is searching for his wife; the other is searching for Marty McFly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thumb-kimball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thumb-kimball.jpg\" title=\"Richard Kimball\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>Dr. Richard Kimball<\/strong> \u2013 His wife got murdered, and he got pinned for the crime. Due to a well-timed train derailment, Kimball was able to escape police custody and go on a manhunt for his wife&#8217;s true killer. This guy&#8217;s got moxy!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Strengths<\/span>: He&#8217;s a tenacious evader. He evaded Tommy Lee Jones for almost an entire movie, even though Jones searched every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in the area. He&#8217;s a wily detective. Figuring a way out of a tough spot is his specialty.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weaknesses<\/span>: One armed men. They&#8217;re his arch nemeses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thumb-biff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/thumb-biff.jpg\" title=\"Biff Tannen\" width=\"107\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><strong>Biff Tannen<\/strong> \u2013 There&#8217;s been quite a few Biffs through the ages. I guess it&#8217;s up to you to pick which one you&#8217;re going to use in this fight. There&#8217;s &#8217;50s Biff, who&#8217;s buff and dumb. There&#8217;s old Biff, who&#8217;s got that sweet cane shaped like a fist. There&#8217;s modern day Biff, who waxes cars. There&#8217;s Wild West Biff, who&#8217;s not really Biff, but he&#8217;s played by the same guy. Alternate &#8217;80s Biff is a gambling kingpin. Finally there&#8217;s Biff&#8217;s future kid, Griff. Technically, I guess you could use him for this tournament, although some may argue that he&#8217;s a different character entirely.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Strengths<\/span>: Big, muscular, and dumb. Stupidity can actually be an asset because you never know what your limits are, so you&#8217;re always testing them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weaknesses<\/span>: McFlys (or is it McFlies?) and manure. He hates manure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-46\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dr. Richard Kimball vs. Biff Tannen<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-46-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Dr. Richard Kimball <small>(64%, 94 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 64%;\" title=\"Dr. Richard Kimball (64% | 94 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Biff Tannen <small>(36%, 53 Votes)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 36%;\" title=\"Biff Tannen (36% | 53 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Voters: <strong>147<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_46_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"7b64c8d193\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-46-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who would&#8217;ve thought that our closest fight yet in March Movie Madness would be between Judge Doom and William Wallace? The two ran neck and neck during the entire voting period, but Judge Doom finally squeaked out a narrow victory at the end. 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