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 Post subject: Film vs. Film Challenge: Round 1, Heat 1 Results
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:26 am 
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See this post for details on what this is all about.

The first heat of Round 1 in the Film vs. Film Challenge is officially over. The results are as follows; winners are underlined. The winners will advance to the second round:

Round 1, Match 1: The Godfather Part II vs. Vertigo
WINNER: The Godfather Part II, 27-15

Round 1, Match 2: Lawrence of Arabia vs. Casablanca
WINNER: Casablanca, 31-8

Round 1, Match 3: A Clockwork Orange vs. Taxi Driver
WINNER: Taxi Drive, 20-17

Round 1, Match 4: 2001: A Space Odyssey vs. Seven Samurai
WINNER: Seven Samurai, 23-12

Round 1, Match 5: Star Wars vs. The Empire Strikes Back
WINNER: The Empire Strikes Back, 30-18

Round 1, Match 6: The Godfather vs. GoodFellas
WINNER: The Godfather, 18-17

Round 1, Match 7: The Maltese Falcon vs. Rear Window
WINNER: Rear Window, 21-13

Round 1, Match 8: Pulp Fiction vs. Raiders of the Lost Ark
WINNER: Raiders of the Lost Ark, 31-13

While folks are free to continue to cast ballots, as of this post the current results are considered final.

Heat 2 will begin a bit later this morning, with two new matches in the challenge.

Thanks for playing!


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 Post subject: Film vs. Film Challenge: Round 1, Heat 1 Results
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:28 am 
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This was a lot of fun Eric, looking forward to the Animal House vs. Caddyshack tilt.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:33 am 
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Thanks Eric! Looking forward to Heat 2.

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 Post subject: Film vs. Film Challenge: Round 1, Heat 1 Results
PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:47 am 
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I thought Al Pacino & DeNiro were coasting in Heat 1... so I really hope there's no Heat 2.

Caged Heat, on the other hand... we really need some more female prison movies. With wire-fu and CGI.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:11 pm 
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Godfather better than Goodfellas?! This whole thing is rigged! It's a sham I tell you!

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:18 pm 
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Steven Clubb wrote:
I thought Al Pacino & DeNiro were coasting in Heat 1... so I really hope there's no Heat 2.


It's not surprising you didn't hear about Heat 2. They called it Miami Vice. Nobody paid to see it.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:23 pm 
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I blame the handle-bar mustache. America's just not ready for a handle-bar mustache in a dramatic role.

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 Post subject: Film vs. Film Challenge: Round 1, Heat 1 Results
PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:47 pm 
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Any more results updates coming soon (to a theatre near you)?


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:04 pm 
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You know that Heat was a loose remake of a Television movie that Michael Mann made way back when?

Called LA Takedown http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097700/

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 Post subject: Film vs. Film Challenge: Round 1, Heat 1 Results
PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:24 pm 
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I'm surprised at how close Godfather/ Goodfellas was.

Only ones I disagree with are Raiders beating Pulp Fiction, and Seve Samurai beating 2001.

Only movie I haven't seen on the list is Lawrence of Arabia (and I'll have to watch it soon.)


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:19 pm 
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Tommy Tomorrow wrote:
Any more results updates coming soon (to a theatre near you)?

Sunday night or Monday morning. There is one last matchup tomorrow in the second heat of this first round. For the moment, people have through the weekend to vote in the eight most recent challenges.

Still deciding how to spread out the second round.


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 Post subject: Film vs. Film Challenge: Round 1, Heat 1 Results
PostPosted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:16 pm 
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Whoa...

I just realized that Round One had...or rather... DIDN'T HAVE Jaws as a contender.


Seems fishy, no pun intended, to me.

Dangerously close to declaring the whole contest rigged.... :)


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 Post subject: Film vs. Film Challenge: Round 1, Heat 1 Results
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Eric W.H. Taft wrote:
Tommy Tomorrow wrote:
Any more results updates coming soon (to a theatre near you)?

Sunday night or Monday morning. There is one last matchup tomorrow in the second heat of this first round. For the moment, people have through the weekend to vote in the eight most recent challenges.

Still deciding how to spread out the second round.


Eric,
I'll be off line all weekend (not working) so if it's fair, please feel free to enter my votes for Godfather movies (even #3, yeah, I'm the one who dug it) wherever appropriate. It must be a North Jersey thing. If not, may the best flick win, and thanks for your efforts.


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