See this post for details on what this is all about.

The IMWAN Film vs. Film Challenge - Round 1 Final Results

The second heat of Round 1 in the Film vs. Film Challenge is officially over, and hence the first round is now over, too. The complete first round results are as follows; winners are underlined. The winners are advancing to the second round. I will be setting up the new matches and posting the first pair tomorrow:

HEAT ONE

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

HEAT TWO

Round 1, Match 9: Dr. Strangelove vs. Citizen Kane
WINNER: Citizen Kane, 21-9

Round 1, Match 10: Bridge on the River Kwai vs. Shindler's List
WINNER: Shindler's List, 13-12

Round 1, Match 11: Psycho vs. Patton
WINNER: Psycho, 23-5

Round 1, Match 12: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest vs. The Shawshank Redemption
WINNER: The Shawshank Redemption, 27-10

Round 1, Match 13: Blade Runner vs. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
WINNER: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, 19-14

Round 1, Match 14: The Third Man vs. 12 Angry Men
WINNER: 12 Angry Men, 15-7

Round 1, Match 15: Sunset Blvd. vs. North by Northwest
WINNER: North by Northwest, 22-6

Round 1, Match 16: Apocalypse Now vs. Raging Bull
WINNER: Apocalypse Now, 16-8


While folks are free to continue to cast ballots or bump any of these threads for discussion, as of this post the current results are considered final. Once again, look for round two to begin tomorrow. As with the first round, a pair of matches will be featured each day through the week. There will be eight matches in all in the second round. Voting closes Sunday.

Thanks for playing!

Way cool, Eric.

*BUMP*

('Cause I need it for reference.)

The IMWAN Film vs. Film Challenge - Round 2 Final Results

Round 2, Match 1: The Godfather vs. The Godfather Part II
WINNER: The Godfather, 15-5

Round 2, Match 2: North By Northwest vs. Psycho
WINNER: Psycho, 15-12

Round 2, Match 3: Casablanca vs. Schindler's List
WINNER: Casablanca, 21-9

Round 2, Match 4: The Empire Strikes Back vs. Raiders of the Lost Ark
WINNER: Raiders of the Lost Ark, 22-15

Round 2, Match 5: Taxi Driver vs. Seven Samurai
WINNER: Seven Samurai, 17-8

Round 2, Match 6: Rear Window vs. The Shawshank Redemption
WINNER: Rear Window, 15-12

Round 2, Match 7: Citizen Kane vs. 12 Angry Men
WINNER: Citizen Kane, 16-9

Round 2, Match 8: Apocalypse Now vs. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
WINNER: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, 17-9

I foresee a final round showdown between Kane and Raiders.

Depending on how El Presidente does the next round of bracketing. Or we could be saying farewell to a Final Four lock a round early.

Kane vs. Samurai.

::boom::

Judging by the number of votes we could be looking at "Raiders" vs. "Casablanca".

Obviously, we IMWANkers are partial to movies that take place in Northern Africa.

I noticed that, too. In the first round they were the only two to eclipse 30 votes. In the second, the only two to crack 20.

The IMWAN Film vs. Film Challenge - Round 3

Round 3, Match 1: The Godfather vs. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
WINNER - pending


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Changed the thread title to better reflect what this is. Easier to just use this as a catchall index of the matches and results.

The Final Four is decided!

The IMWAN Film vs. Film Challenge - Round 3 Final Results

Round 3, Match 1: The Godfather vs. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
WINNER: The Godfather, 20-15

Round 3, Match 2: Citizen Kane vs. Psycho
WINNER: Citizen Kane, 19-11

Round 3, Match 3: Rear Window vs. Casablanca
WINNER: Casablanca, 23-8

Round 2, Match 4: Raiders of the Lost Ark vs. Seven Samurai
WINNER: Raiders of the Lost Ark, 23-10


And so, squaring off in the final four will be The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Damn, those are going to be tough.

"The cream always rises to the top".

As the most quoted works of lit in my native language (American-Jersey) are
The Bible, Shakespeare, and The Godfather, I know how I'm voting.

Sorry, I forgot:

THANK YOU ERIC FOR YOUR EFFORTS!

You simply have to square them off like that. (Kane/Godfather and Casablanca/Raiders)

Maybe you should just give Raiders a bye to the finals, and make the other 3 movies battle this round.

Pretty much any combo will make for tough choices. I suspect Raiders wins no matter what it's put up against. The others are a total crapshoot. Who knows?

Raiders and Godfather in the finals? Or Raiders and Casablanca?

Maybe we should do Raiders vs. Jaws in the finals. Leave out the other, unworthies altogether.

T

Jaws?

Never heard of it.

Probably. Too bad, though. All the others are better movies.

What he said.

Great threads, Eric. I have to say, I'm amazed Hitchcock didn't make it to the final four.

There were too many Hitch movies. I undervoted for them since 16 of the 32 seeds were directed by either Hitchcock or Kubrick.

Todd

ps. THanks for running this President Taft.