I was going to finish this by Christmas. But at least I got it done before 2021. Better late than never? We had a tight race for the past several days with our leading candidates. It was tied several times, … Continue reading Jimmy: The Results
I was SOOO trying to finish this before Christmas. But OTOH, now that the pressure given by Mr. Potter is off, will the humanistic power of Capra-Corn affect It’s a Wonderful Life? Because, no surprises, here. The final we all … Continue reading Jimmy: The Finals
Brutality. Which is not really in James Stewart’s oeuvre, but there it is. That’s what happened when TWO front runners got upset by, well, other classic movies. It’s a Cruel Life. By just 1 vote, The Man Who Shot Liberty … Continue reading Jimmy: The Final Four
Once again, most were blow outs, but that Round 6 was a brawl to the very end. With 12 votes, Anatomy of a Murder bests The Man Who Knew Too Much by just 2 votes. Most of this week, they … Continue reading Jimmy: The Elite Eight
As per usual in the first rounds, we had a lot of blow outs, but we did have two upsets. 18th seeded Destry Rides Again trapped 15th seeded Fievel in American Tail 2 10 votes to 7. And by just … Continue reading Jimmy: The Sweet 16
We had 6 movies with 2 votes each, so I took out my post for Airport ’77, and chose your choices. But they’re all up against super big heavyweights, so spread the word! 32 Movies enter the ring, and I … Continue reading Jimmy: Round of 32
Since it’s the Holiday Season, let’s try our first Classic Movie Star with arguably the most famous Holiday Movie. But is it our favorite? Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania in May of 1908, James “Jimmy” Stewart is one of the most … Continue reading Jimmy: The Nominations
Sorry for the long delay. Somehow my Disgus started hiding Media, and I didn’t want to create a post with just words. Finally, the Results are in, and it was a close one in the Championship Matchup. It stayed close … Continue reading Dafoe: The Results
Thanks to @Lamb Dance and @BritishCuisine for being much more clever than me. Like the rest of this tournament, no upsets, no close calls. The Last Temptation of Christ triumphed over Shadow of the Vampire 30 votes to 12, which … Continue reading DaFinalFoe or DaFoeNal: The Finals
Still no Upsets. Still no Close Calls! Shadow of the Vampire and The Florida Project beat their competitors Platoon and Spider-Man 1 by 10 votes each, 26-16 and 22-12, respectively. The Last Temptation of Christ got 12 more votes over … Continue reading Dafoe: The Final Four
Willem Dafoe continues to be an undervoted Movie Star for these tournaments, but the ones we like, we definitely like. No close races again. Instead, Mississippi Burning was blanked completely by The Lighthouse, and our only TV nominee, The Simpsons: … Continue reading Dafoe: The Elite Eight
While we vote for something much, MUCH more important than this, we can take a few minutes to vote for something much less substantial. But hopefully, more fun. We had several close races that came down to 1 vote, like … Continue reading Dafoe: The Sweet 16
I think even I’m getting bored with these. I posted the Nominations link right before travelling to Connecticut 3 weeks ago, and, without my obnoxious posting in the Day / Night threads, not many votes went to any of the … Continue reading Dafoe: Round of 32
Before we get to the Official 32 choices for your Favorite Willem Dafoe Media (because, once again, we have a TV episode in the mix), we have to choose TWO of the 3 point ties to round out the nominations. … Continue reading Dafoe: The Preliminary Run Off
Born in July, 1955, in Appleton, Wisconsin, Willem Defoe has been one of our most consistently strange actors of the past 4 decades. He has moved easily between Blockbusters and Barely Affordable Independent films. 6 of the movies he has … Continue reading Dafoe: The Nominations
And so we come to the end, and we crown a winner for the Favorite Christopher Walken Media. We had some close races all through the game, but my profile got erased on my work computer, and I can’t tell … Continue reading Walken: The Results
We have made new history here at The Avocado. This could be the moment most remembered from the year 2020…. A non movie has made it to the Finals. FatBoy Slim can take the crown, possibly, as “Weapon of Choice” … Continue reading Walken: The Finals
And so it comes to this. Two Movies. A Music Video. And a Sketch. We are in uncharted territory here. Never, in the history of Movie Star Tournaments, lasting all the way back 10000 years to May 2020, have we … Continue reading Walken: The Final Four
I’m still in shock from last night, so why not more shocking news? First, you don’t even vote for Madonna, and now you dumped Duran Duran?!?!? What kind of Gen X people are you? A View to a Kill was … Continue reading Walken: The Elite 8
Like I expected, the top half were blowouts, and the bottom half were pretty close. But we have the advancing group, some just scraping by. Pulp Fiction continues to be our #1 seed, slashing through The Jungle Book. But “More … Continue reading Walken: The Sweet 16
One of you wrote that “Weapon of Choice” from Fat Boy Slim, would run away with this. And it almost started that way. 31 votes went to this dance tune, just 3 shy of the lead, the also possibly unstoppable … Continue reading Walken: Round of 32
