The Great Movie Tournament - 1990s: Semifinal 1 of 2

[mae]

During the eighth round of The Great Movie Tournament, please vote for one film you would like to move onto the final. The top film will be moving on. Keep in mind that the percentage of the vote a given film receives will determine its standing going forward.

The poll will run for seven days. Discussion is greatly encouraged!

The nominees are (please let me know if any video doesn't play for you):


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/ShawshankRedemptionMoviePoster.jpg
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption)
Directed by Frank Darabont


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4aQf2mXowU

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/Saving_Private_Ryan_poster.jpg/220px-Saving_Private_Ryan_poster.jpg
Saving Private Ryan (1998) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan)
Directed by Steven Spielberg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYExstiQlLc

[St. Troy]

Shawshank

[mae]

Shawshank

No way. No. Way.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Shawshank Redemption. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Garrell]

Tournament over..... Shawshank beats all others to a pulp!!!

[fernandito]

Should we just save ourselves the time and crown Shawshank now? orrrrrr

[Iwritecode]

My initial thought was to immediately click Shawshank but I'm gonna have to think on this one a bit.

[Still Servant]

Should we just save ourselves the time and crown Shawshank now? orrrrrr

I said that weeks ago. An anticlimactic end to an otherwise fantastic tournament. At least it's not Green Mile.

[mae]

Just a reminder this closes on Monday.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Just a reminder this closes on Monday.

Stick a fork in this poll, it's done. :cool:

[mae]

The poll has closed. The Shawshank Redemption moves on and Saving Private Ryan is eliminated.

[RUBE]

This should have been the final. Actually, how did these two meet here? I thought the number one after the last round would meet number four. Isn't this one versus three?

[mae]

It is, it's top two against bottom two (1-3, 2-4). All positions are seeded from best to worst across each bracket, not zigzagging but going horizontally from first bracket to last. For example, if there are 24 brackets and 72 entries, then entries ranked 1-24 make up the first place in each bracket, 25-48 make up the second place, and 49-72 make up the third place. Nice and easy.

[RUBE]

I am just use to sports brackets, I guess. You know, if there are 16 teams then one plays 16, 2 plays 15, etc. I also thought you were reseeding after each round based on the total percentage vote they each had so that the strongest always took on the weakest. No big deal.

[mae]

Yes, all were ranked 1 through whatever each round based on the total vote percentage and then seeded as above. I think it's a fairer system.