Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Comp 2, Round 2

The first round results are in. See comments on the previous post to see how a couple readers voted. Also see the previous post for the round 1 results; I've put the winners from each group in bold-face type. I correctly predicted the winners of groups A, B, and C. (It would have been pretty difficult for anyone to get Group C wrong.) I was outvoted in groups D and E. (I voted for Frida and Night of the Hunter.) As I said, though, I'm quite willing to be outvoted this time around.

To the 15 winners of Round 1, I've added the top 25 films from the first competition. I've divided this list of 40 films into 8 groups of 5. Each of the groups contains 3 of the top 25 films, plus 2 of the newcomers, except the first group, which contains 4 from the top 25 and just 1 newcomer. I've set things up so that no two films that were just up against each other appear in the same group. Other than that, the placement is random. So don't give me any crap about Vertigo and Psycho appearing in the same group, it was just the luck of the draw.

From each group we will select the 3 best films. Vote as in Round One. This will produce a list of 24 films, and I will then rescue 1 film to complete our new top 25 list. The third round, in which we select the top 10, will proceed exactly as round three in the previous competition.

The groups are

Group A)
Cool Hand Luke
M
The Deerhunter
Blade Runner
The Godfather

Group B)
Bombay
Brazil
Seven Samurai
Osama
The Brother from Another Planet

Group C)
A Clockwork Orange
Alien
The Third Man
Vertigo
Psycho

Group D)
Straw Dogs
2001
Blue Velvet
Citizen Kane
A Life Aquatic

Group E)
The Lord of the Rings
The City of Lost Children
A Face in the Crowd
The Wizard of Oz
Picnic at Hanging Rock

Group F)
Midnight Cowboy
My Life as a Dog
Dr. Strangelove
Heavenly Creatures
To Kill a Mockingbird

Group G)
Yojimbo
Run Lola Run
Baraka
MASH
On the Waterfront

Group H)
Scarface
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Memento
Ran
The Exorcist

3 comments:

Escape Goat said...

Group A
The Godfather
M
The Deerhunter

Group B
Seven Samurai
Brazil
Bombay

Group C
The Third Man
Psycho
A Clockwork Orange

Group D
Citizen Kane
2001
Blue Velvet

Group E
The Wizard of Oz
A Face in the Crowd
Picnic at Hanging Rock

Group F
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Midnight Cowboy
My Life as a Dog

Group G
On the Waterfront
Yojimbo
Mash

Group H
The Exorcist
Ran
Scarface

Bill said...

Group A: M, Blade Runner, Godfather
Group B: Seven Samurai, Brazil, Bombay
Group C: The Third Man, Vertigo, Clockwork Orange
Group D: Citizen Kane, 2001, Life Aquatic
Group E: Lord of the Rings, Picnic at Hanging Rock, City of the Lost Children.
Group F: My lIfe as a Dog, Dr. Strangelove, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Group G: On the Waterfront, Yojumbo, MASH
Group H: Ran, Memento, Nightmare Before Christmas

L. Chupacabra said...

Thanks for the votes. The results will be posted tomorrow (Thursday).