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And so our Round 1 of the 1980s is effectively over (we do still have a couple of tiebreakers going)! This has been exciting so far and fairly unpredictable. I'm still not sure if there are any front-runners. A case could be made for like a dozen movies, and that's great. Round 2 starts Monday!
And here are the standings after the first round:
Moving on:
Eliminated:
And now standings after two rounds:
Moving on:
Eliminated:
Round 3 starts on Monday!
I would have expected Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back to be polling much higher than they are.
Crazy to think that films in the %60s may be still in while some in the %80s are out. Luck of the draw I guess.
Wednesday is the new Monday. BLAH!
Wanted:
'Salem's Lot Portfolio #606
Fairy Tale UK S/L
The last groups of Round 3 have been posted! I want to as always thank everyone for your continued great involvement and constant voting! In this weird and scary time we need a distraction, and what better way to do it than spending a few minutes selecting the very ultimate movies in cinematic history!
Round 3 is now done and here are our standings through three rounds:
Moving on:
Eliminated:
Round 4 begins on Monday!
Amadeus and Raging Bull eliminated? I'm done.
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My biggest disappointment is Fast times at Ridgemont high being eliminated.
Don't have any stats to back it, but it seems like comedies doing much better in the 80's then other decades so far.
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Did someone say stats? Why, that's what I do!
What is an isn't a comedy obviously varies from person to person, but of the 64 movies in Round 4 for the 1980s we have 28 movies (close to half) I'd term as comedies:
- Back to the Future
- Ghostbusters
- Beetlejuice
- Gremlins
- The Breakfast Club
- The Goonies
- Beverly Hills Cop
- Back to the Future Part II
- Airplane!
- Lethal Weapon
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- The Princess Bride
- Big Trouble in Little China
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- A Christmas Story
- Coming to America
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
- An American Werewolf in London
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
- Spaceballs
- Caddyshack
- Trading Places
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- Lethal Weapon 2
- 48 Hrs.
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
For the 2000s we had 11: Finding Nemo, Zombieland, Up, Monsters, Inc., Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Incredibles, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Juno, The Hangover, and Inglourious Basterds.
And for the 1990s we had 17: A League of Their Own, There's Something About Mary, Toy Story 2, Scream, The Truman Show, True Lies, Back to the Future Part III, Groundhog Day, Being John Malkovich, Mrs. Doubtfire, Toy Story, The Big Lebowski, American Pie, Wayne's World, Pulp Fiction, Dogma, and Fargo.
I think you're stretching to fit a bunch of those in the comedy genre but I understand where you're coming from.
Mae, I KNOW THIS IS A BIG order... but where we are all home, sad and bored... think we could start the next tourney soon? It keeps me busy.
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Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
Sure, same here! Well, the plan has always been to end one decade and do the next one with a short break of about a month or so. Take a look at the first post of this thread for a rough schedule of all ten decades I intend to run. The 1980s tournament will end on June 1. We will then take a break and start the nominating process for the 2010s tournament sometime in early July I imagine for the voting to begin in late July or early August.
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HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459