March Movie Madness 2009 - Round 3 Results & Standings

Once again, the majority of the matches weren't really close, though there were three that came down to the wire: Newman vs. DeNiro, Day-Lewis vs. Nicholson and Bergman vs. Audrey Hepburn. Here are the results:

REEVES REGION
Brando 12
O'Toole 2

Penn 5
Hoffman 14

LOHAN REGION
Streep 25
Davis 1

Foster 16
Taylor 3

KUCHER REGION
Newman 10
DeNiro 7

Day-Lewis 12
Nicholson 9

ANDERSON REGION
K. Hepburn 13
Blanchett 7

Bergman 6
A. Hepburn 7



STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 3
(first number is round 1 score, then round 2 score, then round 3 score, then total so far)
Brad 27 26 20 73
Paula O. 26 26 20 72
O'Tim 24 22 20 66
Nat 21 24 20 65
Steph 25 20 20 65
Keith 26 22 16 64
Kirk 26 18 20 64
Robin 25 18 20 63
John 25 20 16 61
Paticus 23 18 20 61
Tanya 26 20 12 58
Paula L 27 18 12 57
Dave S. 26 18 12 56
Julie 22 18 16 56
Jim M. 24 14 16 54
Cody 21 12 20 53
Dave B. 21 16 16 53
Emma S. 21 16 16 53
Jim R. 22 18 12 52
Jorge 25 18 8 51
Ross 23 16 12 51
Alan 24 14 12 50
Harris 24 14 12 50
PJ 21 14 12 47
Nancy 20 16 8 44
Delmer 20 12 12 44
James 22 10 12 44
Bahar 22 12 8 42
Sheri 20 10 8 38
Michelle 18 10 8 36

Now for the big news: I'm altering how I determine the winning actor/actress from here on out. At least, I'm modifying it. This is because as the tournament winds down, fewer and fewer votes determine a winner. So look for an email from me to you and only you. In it I will ask you to choose the best actor/actress from the remaining pairings. That way more people will determine which actor/actress moves on. Caveat: You won't be asked about a match-up if you currently have a chance to win that match-up, i.e., if you correctly picked Brando and Hoffman last round, and have chosen Brando to move on, you've already cast your vote. Even if you picked Brando vs. Penn and picked Brando to win, you've already cast your vote. If, however, you've picked Penn to win that match-up (something that cannot happen), I'll ask you to pick between Brando and Hoffman.

Yes, that all sounded much more confusing than it really is. Just answer the email I send you and trust me.

March Movie Madness 2009 - Round 2 Results & Standings

Brad is still holding onto his lead, but barely as Paula O matches his blistering 26-point second round score to remain within a mere point of him. Then there's Keith alone at 48, and a cluster of folks at 45 and 46. It's still anybody's game!

POINTS AFTER ROUND 2
(first number is round 1 score, then round 2 score, then total so far)
Brad 27 26 53
Paula O 26 26 52
Keith 26 22 48
Tanya 26 20 46
O'Tim 24 22 46
John 25 20 45
Steph 25 20 45
Paula L 27 18 45
Nat 21 24 45
Dave S 26 18 44
Kirk 26 18 44
Jorge 25 18 43
Robin 25 18 43
Paticus 23 18 41
Jim R 22 18 40
Julie 22 18 40
Ross 23 16 39
Alan 24 14 38
Harris 24 14 38
Jim M 24 14 38
Dave B 21 16 37
Emma S 21 16 37
Nancy 20 16 36
PJ 21 14 35
Bahar 22 12 34
Cody 21 12 33
James 22 10 32
Delmer 20 12 32
Sheri 20 10 30
Michelle 18 10 28

March Movie Madness 2009 - Round 2 Results Pt. B

LINDSAY LOHAN REGION

Meryl Streep 27
Emma Thompson 3

Susan Sarandon 9
Bette Davis 9
(tie goes to Davis!)

Judi Dench 9
Jodie Foster 18

Jessica Lange 7
Elizabeth Taylor 10



ASHTON KUCHER REGION

Paul Newman 19
Anthony Hopkins 7

Al Pacino 7
Robert DeNiro 19

Robert Duvall 7
Daniel Day-Lewis 15

Ben Kingsley 10
Jack Nicholson 15

March Movie Madness 2009 - Round 2 Results Pt. A

Now it's really starting to get interesting. Loved the conversation in the last post. Wonder what this will bring?

Once again the actor who got the most votes wins the match. In the event of a tie, the higher seed moves on. The inconsistency in total votes now is because if you voted for an actor who was knocked out in the first round (say, Clint Eastwood) your vote won't count.

KEANU REEVES REGION

Marlon Brando 16
Cary Grant 3

Robert Downey Jr. 7
Peter O'Toole 7
(tie goes to O'Toole!)

Michael Caine 10
Sean Penn 11

Gary Oldman 4
Dustin Hoffman 24




PAMELA ANDERSON REGION

Katharine Hepburn 18
Kate Winslet 10

Vanessa Redgrave 7
Cate Blanchett 18

Sally Field 4
Ingrid Bergman 12

Diane Keaton 4
Audrey Hepburn 18

March Movie Madness 2009 - Round 1 Results & Standings

POINTS AFTER ROUND 1
27 Brad
27 Paula L.
26 Dave S.
26 Keith
26 Kirk
26 Paula O.
26 Tanya
25 John
25 Jorge
25 Robin
25 Stephanie
24 Alan
24 Harris
24 Jim M.
24 O'Tim
23 Paticus
23 Ross
22 Bahar
22 James
22 Jim R.
22 Julie
21 Cody Bones
21 Dave B.
21 Emma S.
21 Nat
21 PJ
20 Delmer
20 Nancy
20 Sheri
18 Michelle

Comments have been sparse, to say the least. 30 people in this thing and Teacake, who isn't even participating this year, has commented more than 20 of them. Come on, people!

For Round 2, each correct pick will get you two points. Round 2 results will be up Friday!

March Movie Madness 2009 - Round 1 Results Pt. D

ASHTON KUCHER REGION

Paul Newman 28
Will Smith 2

Anthony Hopkins 20
Jimmy Stewart 10

Al Pacino 22
Morgan Freeman 8

Robert DeNiro 29
Leonardo DiCaprio 1



LINDSAY LOHAN REGION

Judi Dench 23
Faye Dunaway 7

Jodi Foster 27
Hilary Swank 3

Annette Bening 13
Jessica Lange 17

Elizabeth Taylor 19
Joanne Woodward 11



Blow-out city! Round 2 will get much closer, I expect...

March Movie Madness 2009 - Round 1 Results Pt. C

KEANU REEVES REGION

Michael Caine 17
William Hurt 13

Sir Lawrence Olivier 12
Sean Penn 18

Gary Oldman 21
Gregory Peck 9

Dustin Hoffman 28
Russell Crowe 2




PAMELA ANDERSON REGION

Katharine Hepburn 30
Halle Berry 0

Olivia de Havilland 5
Kate Winslet 25

Vanessa Redgrave 25
Angelina Jolie 5

Cate Blanchett 25
Juliette Binoche 5

March Movie Madness 2009 - Jeff's Big Round-1 Screw-up

So I missed a bracket.

That's right, I completely missed O'Tim's email with his bracket. And since O'Tim is an Original Movie Madness Gangsta, ain't no way I'm dissin' him.

What does that mean?

Well, it means we have 30 participants as opposed to 29. Which means there are potentials for ties. As in previous years, a tie goes to the higher seed.

I know what you're asking: Did O'Tim's bracket change any outcomes?

Yes. One.

O'Tim voted for Cary Grant. Which made the score Cary Grant 15, Tom Hanks 15.

Cary Grant was the 8 seed and Tom Hanks the 9. Meaning Cary Grant, not Tom Hanks, has won their first-round match-up.

Sorry to all of you who voted for Hanks and counted that as a win. And congratulations to those of you who had Cary Grant.

Here's the corrected result:



I've also corrected the scores in the last two posts.

Sorry again.

Discuss.

March Movie Madness 2009 - Round 1 Results Pt. B

LINDSAY LOHAN REGION

Meryl Streep 30
Nicole Kidman 0

Emma Thompson 25
Joan Fontaine 5

Shirley MacLaine 13
Susan Sarandon 17

Bette Davis 20
Laura Linney 10



ASHTON KUCHER REGION

Robert Duvall 17
Phillip S. Hoffman 13

Daniel Day-Lewis 24
Jeff Bridges 6

Ben Kingsley 17
Humphrey Bogart 13

Jack Nicholson 28
Harrison Ford 2



Duvall vs. P.S. Hoffman made for a spirited match-up, and MacLaine vs. Sarandon and Kingsley vs. Bogart could have tilted with another 3-pointer from each of the losers, but otherwise these weren't that close!

March Movie Madness 2009 - Round 1 Results Pt. A

As I explained in an earlier post, results are determined by your picks. Since there are 29 participants, a total of 29 points are available per match. NOTE: These are not your point totals; they are the scores of the matches. For Round 1, you get one point per match you picked correctly. I'll post each match-up's final score so you can see how close some of these matches are, along with the blow-outs!

KEANU REEVES REGION

Marlon Brando 20
Johnny Depp 10

Cary Grant 15
Tom Hanks 15

Denzel Washington 14
Robert Downey Jr. 16

Peter O'Toole 16
Clint Eastwood 14



PAMELA ANDERSON REGION

Julie Christie 10
Sally Field 20

Ingrid Bergman 18
Frances McDormand 12

Jane Fonda 12
Diane Keaton 18

Audrey Hepburn 24
Kathy Bates 6



A few matches came down to the wire, and a few were never in doubt.
Next groupings will be posted in the next hour.

March Movie Madness 2009 - The Conversation Before the Storm

Okay, all the brackets are in. The first round of matches will take place Monday. Check back here at 2 p.m. Eastern.

In the meantime, a conversation starter:

I have of course received plenty of grief from plenty of people over which actors and actresses didn't make the final field.

I ask you, whom did I leave out? But since there are a finite number of spots, you can only add one if you subtract one. So for every name you want to add you have to give a name to remove. And explain why.

The second discussion point is with seedings. Think someone was seeded too high, or too low? Who and why? And if you want to raise someone's seed, you have to lower someone elses.

Discuss.

March Movie Madness 2009 - The Actors & Actresses

COMPLETED BRACKETS DUE TO JEFFLKOS AT GMAIL DOT COM TODAY BY NOON FOUR PM EASTERN!

Here it is, folks. The official pairings and seedings for March Movie Madness 2009 - The Actors & Actresses. For those of you who have participated in MMM before, I'm running it same as last year in terms of scoring and determining which actor/actress moves on to the next round.

The Details:

Click the thumbnail above to see a large version of the bracket. You can download that pdf to fill in your picks.

Fill in the entire bracket, picking a winner between each actor/actress pairing.

Make your picks based on who you think the better actor/actress is.

The championship match will pit the top actor against the top actress. Don't forget to fill in the champion!

Email your picks to jefflkos at gmail dot com. 

The winning actor/actress from each matchup will be determined by... you! Which ever actor/actress gets the most votes wins each match.

Scoring is as follows: You get 1 point for each correct pick in Round One, 2 points for Round Two, 4 points for Round Three, 6 points for Round Four, 8 points for Round Five, and 10 points for the Championship.

In the event of a tie, the person who got the most correct picks in Round Five will win. If still a tie, person who got most correct picks in Round Four wins, and on back.

There is no cost to play.

There really is no prize, other than pride, for winning. I was supposed to create a March Madness Champion icon for last year's champion (Paticus), but I never did that, so I figured I better not commit to anything this year.

COMMENT! The fun of this thing over the past few years has been the accompanying comments from each round. Please comment, please be impassioned, but please don't be a big dick. Something-of-a-dick is okay, but not a big rager.

Email me with any questions, or leave them in comments

Let the games begin!

March Movie Madness 2009 - The Category

ACTORS & ACTRESSES

(or male and female actors, if you get uptight about stuff like that)

Brackets will be released Wednesday.

NOTICE: This is BY FAR the hardest bracket I've done in this thing! Holy crap! So I'm working on it, but please be patient!

Ten Most Rewatchable Movies

Paste Magazine offers the 10 most rewatchable movies.

For those too harried to click a link, they are:

10. Goodfellas
9. Napoleon Dynamite
8. Pulp Fiction
7. Spaceballs/Robin Hood Men In Tights
6. Casablanca
5. The Princess Bride
4. The Ten Commandments
3.Animal House
2. Groundhog Day
1. The Shawshank Redemption

Their honorable mention list: Casino, Forrest Gump, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Amelie, The Sound of Music, Inherit The Wind, What About Bob?, Snatch, Lawrence of Arabia, Hoosiers, E.T.: Extra Terrestrial, Zoolander, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pretty Woman, When Harry Met Sally, The Sound of Music, Corky Romano


I get how most of the first ten made it onto the list, with the exception of The Ten Commandments. It's one of those overdone Biblical spectacles, and Heston overacts, as usual, in the Shatner League. But Corky Romano in the honorable mentions? Somebody's smoking something. And there is ot ONE mention of a Python film. Each one of them is rewatchable as hell.

Discuss.

Movie Madness 2009 is Coming!