16 out, 16 to go Foreign Film Tournament

[donniedarko]

Well the tie round and first round are both over and there are now 16 films left and 8 matchups. This will end in slightly over to weeks, Monday December 17th
Some people lost both of there nominees and some people have both and most have one left. once again I put all film names in a hat shuffled them up and drew out the matchups one by one to show no favoritism

Here we go
discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (Wintertriangles) vs Sansho the Baliff (rauldc)
Talk to her (Godoggo) vs Blue Kite (tyler1)
Nosferatu (rauldc) vs Girl on the Bridge (Honeykid)
Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vs Battle Royal (Skepsis)
Sawdust and Tinsel (Wintertriangles) vs Underground (Harry Lime)
Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan) vs Show Me Love (Thursdays next)
Andre Rublev (ThomasP) vs My Life as Dog (Godoggo)
Oldboy (DonnieDarko) vs Stalker (Mr.Minio)

[Harry Lime]

discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (Wintertriangles) vs Sansho the Baliff (rauldc)
Talk to her (Godoggo) vs Blue Kite (tyler1)
Nosferatu (rauldc) vs Girl on the Bridge (Honeykid)
Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vs Battle Royal (Skepsis)
Sawdust and Tinsel (Wintertriangles) vs Underground (Harry Lime)
Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan) vs Show Me Love (Thursdays next)
Andre Rublev (ThomasP) vs My Life as Dog (Godoggo)
Oldboy (DonnieDarko) vs Stalker (Mr.Minio)

I voted for two honeykid picks...something's not right in the world!

[Thursday Next]

I voted for two honeykid picks...something's not right in the world!

I really enjoyed The Double Life of Veronique and The Girl on the Bridge. I think I should take more note of honeykid's recommendations in future.

I'm going to try and watch a few more of these before I vote in this round, but sadly can't get hold of all of them.

[wintertriangles]

This is getting brutal.

Discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (Wintertriangles) vs Sansho the Baliff (rauldc)
Talk to her (Godoggo) vs Blue Kite (tyler1)
Nosferatu (rauldc) vs Girl on the Bridge (Honeykid) - basically a tie though
Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vs Battle Royale (Skepsis)
Sawdust and Tinsel (Wintertriangles) vs Underground (Harry Lime) - such an unfair pairing
Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan) vs Show Me Love (Thursdays next)
Andre Rublev (ThomasP) vs My Life as Dog (Godoggo)
Oldboy (DonnieDarko) vs Stalker (Mr.Minio)

[Godoggo]

discreet charm of the bourgeoisie(Wintertriangles) vs Sansho the Baliff (rauldc)
Talk to her (Godoggo) vs Blue Kite (tyler1)
Nosferatu(rauldc) vs Girl on the Bridge (Honeykid)
Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vsBattle Royal(Skepsis)
Sawdust and Tinsel (Wintertriangles) vs Underground (Harry Lime)
Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan) vs Show Me Love (Thursdays next)
Andre Rublev (ThomasP) vs My Life as Dog (Godoggo)
Oldboy (DonnieDarko) vs Stalker (Mr.Minio)

[honeykid]

[/B]I voted for two honeykid picks...something's not right in the world!
Maybe the Mayan's were onto something. Just 20 days till the end, then. :D

[Tyler1]

discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (Wintertriangles) vs Sansho the Baliff (rauldc)
Talk to her (Godoggo) vs Blue Kite (tyler1)
Nosferatu (rauldc) vs Girl on the Bridge (Honeykid)
Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vs Battle Royal (Skepsis)
Sawdust and Tinsel (Wintertriangles) vs Underground (Harry Lime)
Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan) vs Show Me Love (Thursdays next)
Andrei Rublev (ThomasP) vs My Life as Dog (Godoggo)
Oldboy (DonnieDarko) vs Stalker (Mr.Minio)

[Powderfinger]

Maybe the Mayan's were onto something. Just 20 days till the end, then. :D

That mucks up my Christmas celebrations..:D

[donniedarko]

Cries and Whispers dominated Let the right one in

And it's dominating right now...

[Mr Minio]

discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (Wintertriangles) vs Sansho the Bailiff (rauldc)
Oldboy (DonnieDarko) vs Stalker (Mr Minio)

[HitchFan97]

Cries and Whispers dominated Let the right one in

And it's dominating right now...

Hell yes! :D

[Tyler1]

If this does not inspire anyone on this forum to watch it, then what would?

[donniedarko]

I think Sansho vs Discreet charm is the most interesting this round. It's 2-3 right now, I think it'll go to the tie round honestly

[Godoggo]

Thursday is the only one left to vote, isn't she? That'll break the tie.

[mark f]

So only nominators can vote? I had extenuating circumstances!

[donniedarko]

No mark anyone can vote, whether theyve participated so far or not. In fact I'd prefer it if they did

[Godoggo]

Yeah, I didn't mean she was the only one that could vote, just that no one else was participating thus far. It would be much better if more people voted. :)

[mark f]

Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (wintertriangles) vs Sansho the Bailiff (rauldc)
Talk to Her (Godoggo) vs Blue Kite (Tyler1)
Nosferatu (rauldc) vs Girl on the Bridge (honeykid)
Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vs Battle Royale (Skepsis)
Sawdust and Tinsel (wintertriangles) vs Underground (Harry Lime)
Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan) vs Show Me Love (Thursdays next)
Andrei Rublev (ThomasP) vs My Life as Dog (Godoggo
Oldboy (DonnieDarko) vs Stalker (Mr.Minio)

[Tyler1]

Discreet Vs Sansho 3-3....

[donniedarko]

Yes I accidently put 2-2 in my last one. Skipped over Mr.Minio on accident.

3-3 currently

[Thursday Next]

Posting my picks now in case I forget/don't get time. Still hoping to watch some more before the 17th.

discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (Wintertriangles) vs Sansho the Baliff (rauldc)
Talk to her (Godoggo) vs Blue Kite (tyler1)
Nosferatu (rauldc) vs Girl on the Bridge (Honeykid)
Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vs Battle Royal (Skepsis)
Sawdust and Tinsel (Wintertriangles) vs Underground (Harry Lime)
Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan) vs Show Me Love (Thursdays next)
Andre Rublev (ThomasP) vs My Life as Dog (Godoggo)
Oldboy (DonnieDarko) vs Stalker (Mr.Minio)

[honeykid]

Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vs Battle Royale (Skepsis)

Really? I have to say I'm surprised. I'm not sure which I'm going to pick yet, but I'm surprised you went for BR over Veronique.

[mark f]

I probably should see Veronique again because I've never really liked it.

[Thursday Next]

Sawdust and Tinsel (Wintertriangles) vs Underground (Harry Lime)

[honeykid]

Nosferatu (rauldc) vs Girl on the Bridge (Honeykid)
Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vs Battle Royal (Skepsis)

[donniedarko]

Two more days get your votes in

[ThomasP]

discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (Wintertriangles) vs Sansho the Baliff (rauldc)
Talk to her (Godoggo) vs Blue Kite (tyler1)
Nosferatu (rauldc) vs Girl on the Bridge (Honeykid)
Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vs Battle Royal (Skepsis)
Sawdust and Tinsel (Wintertriangles) vs Underground (Harry Lime)
Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan) vs Show Me Love (Thursdays next)
Andre Rublev (ThomasP) vs My Life as Dog (Godoggo)
Oldboy (DonnieDarko) vs Stalker (Mr.Minio)

[Tyler1]

I have a sneaking suspicion that Underground will win this. And I hope the two Tarkovskys would face each other in the next round. ;)

[donniedarko]

^ I feel like the two strongest films right now are Underground and Cries and Whispers, I kinda hope that they'll dodge eachother until the finale, because IMO that would be a great one (even though I haven't seen Underground yet)

Netflix doesn't have an available disc for it, which sucks, but if it gets to the finale I'll find a way to watch it

BTW, Girl on The Bridge is play instant on Netflix

[donniedarko]

No ties this round (some close match ups though), here's thevresults and I'll post the next round later today

discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (Wintertriangles) vs Sansho the Baliff (rauldc)
Talk to her (Godoggo) vs Blue Kite (tyler1)
Nosferatu (rauldc) vs Girl on the Bridge (Honeykid)
Double life of Veronique (Honeykid) vs Battle Royal (Skepsis)
Sawdust and Tinsel (Wintertriangles) vs Underground (Harry Lime)
Cries and Whispers (Hitchfan) vs Show Me Love (Thursdays next)
Andre Rublev (ThomasP) vs My Life as Dog (Godoggo)
Oldboy (DonnieDarko) vs Stalker (Mr.Minio)