So this is the first #SelectionTuesday, which will be for the 1980 #MovieBowl
I've got the 16 movies up for the title and I'm already pissed off at some of the omissions lmao
Here are the top 4 seeds in the 1980 Movie Bowl
(1) THE EMPRE STRIKES BACK (box office champion)
(2) THE SHINING (Letterboxd champion)
(3) ORDINARY PEOPLE (Academy champion)
(4) MELVIN AND HOWARD (NSFC champion)
and here is the rest of the field
(5) RAGING BULL
(6) THE ELEPHANT MAN
(7) KAGEMUSHA
(8) THE BLUES BROTHERS
(9) AIRPLANE!
(10) COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
(11) ATLANTIC CITY
(12) DRESSED TO KILL
(13) ALTERED STATES
(14) THE STUNT MAN
(15) CADDYSHACK
(16) FRIDAY THE 13TH
And here's the bracket for the 1980 #MovieBowl! https://challonge.com/vh1d8vc9
Tourney starts tomorrow, and the plan is to watch the semi-finalists on Saturday afternoon Eastern time
1980 #MovieBowl Round of 16, Match 1
1980 #MovieBowl Round of 16, Match 4
1980 #MovieBowl Round of 16, Match 5
1980 #MovieBowl Round of 16, Match 6
1980 #MovieBowl Round of 16, Match 7
1980 #MovieBowl Round of 16, Match 8
1980 #MovieBowl Round of 16 results
(1) The Empire Strikes Back def. (16) Friday the 13th, 26-7
(9) Airplane! def. (8) The Blues Brothers, 22-20
(13) Altered States def. (4) Melvin and Howard, 14-2
(5) Raging Bull def. (12) Dressed to Kill, 12-6
(2) The Shining def. (15) Caddyshack, 23-8
(7) Kagemusha def. (10) Coal Miner's Daughter, 8-6
(3) Ordinary People def. (14) The Stunt Man, 11-2
(6) The Elephant Man def. (11) Atlantic City, 12-4
1980 #MovieBowl Quarterfinal #1
1980 #MovieBowl Quarterfinal #2
1980 #MovieBowl Quarterfinal #3
1980 #MovieBowl Quarterfinal #4
1980 #MovieBowl Quarterfinal Results
(9) Airplane! def. (1) The Empire Strikes Back, 17-11
(5) Raging Bull def. (13) Altered States, 11-2
(2) The Shining def. (7) Kagemusha, 13-3
(6) The Elephant Man def. (3) Ordinary People, 8-4
1980 #MovieBowl Semifinal #1
1980 #MovieBowl Semifinal #2
1980 #MovieBowl Semifinals results
(9) Airplane! def. (5) Raging Bull, 19-6
(2) The Shining def. (6) The Elephant Man, 22-4
1980 #MovieBowl Championship Match
this way to the screening room https://discord.com/invite/cSCMr7yE
the back half of the #MovieBowl starts in 20 minutes!
Airplane is go!
Congratulations on The Shining for winning the 1980 #MovieBowl by a score of 18-16!
like hell we're going to have a tie in the round of 16
1980 #MovieBowl Round of 16 results
@derek caddyshack is simply not a very good movie
@alex I wouldn't know, I haven't seen it lmao
@derek this has narrowed down in a really fascinating way
@checkervest while I'm chuffed by the results, I never would have thought Airplane! would have this kind of run
@derek wow that's a close one
Heeeeeeeeeere's
@derek Shirley!
@derek I'm picking the underdog here which feels both stupid and honest
@Thomas Here's my shameful confession: I have never seen Caddyshack
@derek It's good! Rodney Dangerfield in full force
@derek gotta be honest i've never heard of melvin and howard
@BDA It's one of Jonathan Demme's pre-Stop Making Sense movies, so it kind of gets lost in the shuffle
@derek [about to pull out my alts and cheat voice] we're on a mission from Gahd
1980 #MovieBowl Round of 16, Match 3