Fri, February 16, 2007
Round Two Underway!—9:51 AM
Yesterday was our first matchup in round two of this year's Movie Tournament (of Movies). And the surprises keep coming. Scorsese's brain-matter-spewfest jumped to an early lead over Will Ferrell's charming character study of a guy who thinks too much and the woman who created him. But then Stranger Than Fiction leapt ahead in the late running.
Similarly, The Queen was trouncing Pan's Labyrinth in their round one matchup until a day or two ago. Methinks some creepy semi-humanoid green oily fairies began stuffing the ballot box, but that's fine by me! This was never meant to be a scientific study – if anyone's passion compels them to vote twice, I say good for them. (I admit going to such lengths in Tidball's "Choose or Perish" tournament on one occasion.)
But my favorite news is this: catching up on an old issue of "Wired" magazine, I uncovered the existence of the Global Earth Observing System of Systems – which monitors the planet with various instruments to someday predict hurricanes, etc. I don't remember what initially compelled me to title this contest the "Movie Tournament (of Movies)" but I get the sense that everyone has been very patient with me about that absurd title – only more so as time goes by and the initial inventive cuteness wears off. So, I'm blissfully excited to have found a sibling in the GEOSS. In some utterly tangential way, I feel this legitimizes my silly choice.
