We are now finished with the first round of voting for the NIT War Movie Tournament. In the eastern half of the bracket, we had the following results:
Like UMBC before it, Last of the Mohicans dominated #1 Battleship Potemkin by a score of 19-4.
Casting my tie-breaker, #4 Hot Shots! outlasts MacArthur 11*-11
No Man's Land takes the Dr. John Boyer Movie Night Classic over Prisoner of the Mountains by a score of 16-3.
Rambo: First Blood Part 2 crushed Hero 19-2.
Troy held against The Alamo 13-10
Behind Enemy Lines survived Gods and Generals 13-11
The last two votes pushed King Arthur over the top against Flyboys 11-10.
Spartacus shot down Wings 17-6.
Here are the Second Round matchups.
#8 Last of the Mohicans vs
#4 Hot Shots!
#6 No Man's Land vs
#2 Rambo: First Blood Part 2
#1 Troy vs
#4 Behind Enemy Lines vs
#6 King Arthur vs
#7 Spartacus
As always, the voting is open and will be so for about two days.
Comments
I loved Hot Shots, but I just can't take it seriously as a war movie.
All of Round 2 is completed.
#8 Last of the Mohicans continues its upset streak, defeating Hot Shots! 7-6
#2 Rambo: First Blood Part 2 crushed No Man's Land 11-1
#4 Behind Enemy Lines upset #1 Troy 9-4
#7 Spartacus regicided King Arthur 10-2.
Third Round play will begin tomorrow morning, followed by the Fourth Round on Tuesday, and the Finals on Thursday, with the final results posted next Saturday morning.