Saturday, April 11, 2009

Final Groups

Well, it appears that it's time for the very last round of voting. We have come to the final round of what will be the last Film Fight, at least for a while. At this point we have a top 25 list that is hard to improve. In Film Fight number 4 only 5 newcomers displaced previous winners to make it into the top 25 (Paths of Glory, The Maltese Falcon, Papillon, Trainspotting, The Gods Must Be Crazy). It would only become harder for a new contender to make the list. Sure, there are some excellent films that I've unintentionally overlooked, such as Taxi Driver, but right now I can't think of enough real contenders to make another complete Film Fight worthwhile. I will keep a list of possible contenders, and maybe someday, if the candidates look promising enough, I'll post another competition. But for now at least, this is the finale.

Vote as usual in the comments section. Vote for up to three films in each group, in order of preference (best film first). If you haven't seen one of the films in a particular group, I encourage you to only vote for two films in that group. If there is more than one film you haven't seen in a particular group, you might only vote for one film in that group. You don't even have to cast votes in every group.

Group A)
City of God
Touch of Evil
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Maltese Falcon
2001: A Space Odyssey


Group B)
La Strada
Schindler's List
My Life as a Dog
Paths of Glory
A Clockwork Orange


Group C)
Trainspotting
Casablanca
Blade Runner
Brazil
Papillon


Group D)
Citizen Kane
Yojimbo
The Third Man
The Godfather
Midnight Cowboy


Group E)
Seven Samurai
Bombay
M
Cool Hand Luke
The Gods Must Be Crazy



Vote soon!

2 comments:

Escape Goat said...

Group A)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2001: A Space Odyssey

Group B)
La Strada
My Life as a Dog

Group C)
Casablanca
Brazil
Blade Runner

Group D)
This seems to be the group of death.
I don't want to vote against any of these films.

Group E)
Seven Samurai
Bombay
M

L. Chupacabra said...

Actually, according to IMDB ratings, Group A is the group of death. No film has a rating lower than 8.4, all five films are in the top 100.

Yojimbo and especially Midnight Cowboy are underrated by IMDB users.