Saturday, February 28, 2009

Final Results

First, just to clear the deck, I own no monkeys. That having been said, I can announce the final results of this first film-competition-selection-process-thing. Escape Goat posted his choices in a comment, and our top picks were exactly the same in groups C, D, and E. We differed on groups A and B, and for now my votes carry a bit more weight. Escape Goat's votes help determine the runners-up, though, so his picks may still land in the top ten. My top picks from each of the five groups are

Dr. Strangelove
Yojimbo
Midnight Cowboy
The Third Man
My Life as a Dog

These five films are automatically in the top list list this process is meant to produce. There are ten runners-up, which will be listed below. It pains me greatly that Brazil didn't even make runner-up, but, well, it didn't.

Cool Hand Luke
2001
Seven Samurai
Straw Dogs
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Run Lola Run
Blade Runner
A Face in the Crowd
The Deerhunter
Blue Velvet

Final votes have been tallied. I think I would have put Straw Dogs on the list, but I gave Escape Goat's votes weight equal to that of my own votes. So Straw Dogs is out and A Face in the Crowd is in.

Before I post give you the final list, I wish to point out that it really isn't final. I envisioned this blog as an ongoing process. When one competition ends, a new one begins. Successive competitions should run somewhat different from the first, since we already have a top 25 list of films which should not only be included in the next competition, but should be given some priority. To fully demonstrate how I think this ought to work, I need to run one more competition. (All future competitions, if any, will run the same way as the second, so I can quit after the second, if I so wish.) Anyway, if you can think of any films I should include in the next competition, let me know. I already have a decent list of films which could be included, but don't let that stop you from making suggestions. One thing to take note of, though, no film eliminated in rounds 1 or 2 will ever be considered again.

So anyway, here's the first top ten list produced on this blog, in alphabetical order.

2001
Blade Runner
Cool Hand Luke
Dr. Strangelove
A Face in the Crowd
Midnight Cowboy
My Life as a Dog
Run Lola Run
The Third Man
Yojimbo

2 comments:

Escape Goat said...

Seven Samurai
2001
The Deer Hunter
A Face in the Crowd
Blade Runner

L. Chupacabra said...

Concise comment. We agree on two films, 2001 and Blade Runner, so those two will almost certainly make the cut. I have personal reasons for liking a couple of my other picks, but in the next Film Fight, my personal preferences will be less important.