Since the 70s Final Four is decided we can do this concurrently without conflict.
There are 2 Contests:
1. Best FILM first by genre across decades, and then a final four across genres to a final Best Film.
2. Decade vs Decade on the collection of 4 films to determine the best decade *only using those 4 films.
These 4 films from each decade are the winners of each of the genres (action, sci-fi, comedy, drama) from the individual 70s 80s 90s and 00s texags ENT board polls in 2020. In the case of the 00s which had more genres the top 3 (which were from action, sci-fi, drama) and the top comedy (#5 overall) Hangover were used. #4 Oceans 11 was also a drama but does not qualify here using the 4 main genres since it was 2nd in it's genre to Gladiator.
As for seeding - I found it impossible to figure out how to seed anything with any semblance of fairness. there really isn't a good basis for comparison across polls, across decades, very different box office numbers, etc. except personal opinion. And I don't want my personal opinion involved at all.
So I used a random number generator to decide the matchups and they will not change. also don't bother arguing them with me since I did not decide them myself. It is what it is.
I used a 1-4 random number generator online from google and assigned the numbers like this below. Then I auto generated 2 random numbers to determine one matchup and the other was then defaulted to the 2 remaining films.
1 - 70s
2 - 80s
3 - 90s
4 - 00s
So I did each genre in order and finally I also did the genres to see which would match up with which for the semifinals, etc.
The random numbers were noted - although if a number repeated it was skipped until the next unique number which only happened once. FYI I reset the number generator after each round.
Drama 2,3
Comedy 1,4
Sci-Fi 4,1
Action 3,4
And then between genres I drew 1,2 so Drama vs Comedy and Sci-Fi vs Action
i have also included a DECADE vs DECADE matchup and again drew random numbers 1,3 so 70s vs 90s and 80s vs 00s in the semifinals.
So here is the opening Round of 16 in the Best Films and the Semifinals of the Best Decade
VOTE HERE NOW
Drama
Karate Kid vs Shawshank Redemption
Godfather vs Gladiator
Comedy
Animal House vs Hangover
Ghostbusters vs Office Space
Sci-Fi
Star Wars vs LOTR III
Empire Strikes Back vs Jurassic Park
Action
Tombstone vs The Dark Knight
Jaws vs Raiders of the Lost Ark
And in DECADE vs DECADE we have (see ballot for films):
70s vs 90s
80s vs 00s
VOTING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
Mon-Tue: Sweet 16 for Best Film and Semifinals of Decades
Wed-Thu: Genre Finals for Films and Finals for Decades
Fri-Sat: Semifinals across genres for Best Film
Sun-Mon: Finals