World Cup, Season 3, Match 2C: Germany vs Hungary vs Lebanon (Oct 7th)

[zhangalan]

1. Das Kaninchen bin ich 6
2. Körhinta 6
3. Sous les bombes 6

that was close and kinda meh

Armo is probably the first manager who ranks his film last lol.

[Armoreska]

1. Das Kaninchen bin ich 6
2. Körhinta 6
3. Sous les bombes 6

that was close and kinda meh

Armo is probably the first manager who ranks his film last lol.

Yes I am (with multi film matches) but almost didn't

[joachimt]

1. Das Kaninchen bin ich 6
2. Körhinta 6
3. Sous les bombes 6

that was close and kinda meh

Armo is probably the first manager who ranks his film last lol.

Yes I am (with multi film matches) but almost didn't

So Sous les bombes was the best you could find?

[Renegade]

1. Das Kaninchen bin ich
2. Körhinta
3. Sous les bombes

[clemmetarey]

1. Sous les bombes 6/10
2. Das Kaninchen bin ich 5/10
3. Körhinta 5/10

[Mochard]

1. Sous les bombes - 7/10
2. Korhinta - 7/10
3. Das kaninchen bin ich - 6/10

I could probably switch 1 and 2 round depending on my mood. In fact I did just switch them - the above order stands.

[klaus78]

1. Das Kaninchen bin ich (Germany) 7/10
2. Körhinta (Hungary) 7/10
3. Sous les bombes (Lebanon) 6/10

[Nathan Treadway]

1. Sous les bombes
2. Das Kanichen bin ich
3. Körhinta

[joachimt]

Körhinta: 1.727 (28-16)
Das Kaninchen bin ich: 1.818 (26-18)
Sous les bombes: 2.455 (12-32)

[Lilarcor]

1. Das Kanichen bin ich
2. Körhinta
3. Sous les bombes

[burneyfan]

1. Das Kanichen bin ich (Germany)
2. Körhinta (Hungary)
3. Sous les bombes (Lebanon)

Thanks to Lilarcor, tarr, and Armoreska!

[Nathan Treadway]

Germany and Hungary are now tied at 28-18. If I counted right, Germany leads the tiebreaker 13-11.

[joachimt]

Germany and Hungary are now tied at 28-18. If I counted right, Germany leads the tiebreaker 13-11.

Are you counting as well?
You miscounted a bit though.

Das Kaninchen bin ich: 1.75 (30-18)
Körhinta: 1.75 (30-18)
Sous les bombes: 2.5 (12-36)

Das Kaninchen bin ich - Körhinta: 13 - 11

[Nathan Treadway]

I just did a quick count. I see what I did wrong. I only counted the gap closing in the two votes afterwards, ignoring they both beat Lebanon.

[tommy_leazaq]

1. Körhinta (Hungary) - 7.25
2. Das Kanichen bin ich (Germany) - 7.25
3. Sous les bombes (Lebanon) - 7

I expected a lot worse from Under the Bombs after all the negative publicity. Sure, the leads' problem was looking pale in comparison with all the real life tragedies surrounding them but still it was pretty decent and the other two films were just marginally better than this.

[Angel Glez]

1.Das Kaninchen bin ich
2.Körhinta
3.Sous les bombes

I agree with tommy that the Lebanese film is not bad choice, just landed in a tough group.

[joachimt]

One day left.

Das Kaninchen bin ich: 1.731 (33-19)
Körhinta: 1.731 (33-19)
Sous les bombes: 2.538 (12-40)

Das Kaninchen bin ich - Körhinta: 14 - 12

[joachimt]

Only 26 voters so far. I hope for at least 10 more. Come on, guys. Don't miss the deadline!

[Gershwin]

Sorry, I'm skipping this round. I barely watch one film a week these days, thanks to a different job. I'll try to vote next match again.

[tarr]

1.Das Kaninchen bin ich - Absolutely loved it, hand down to Lilarcor. No way I would have watched this if not for the World Cup.
2.Körhinta
3.Sous les bombes - Way better than expected.

[Armoreska]

Sorry, I'm skipping this round. I barely watch one film a week these days, thanks to a different job. I'll try to vote next match again.

Should really skip the next one too and maybe make sure you see the future rounds movies (granted, I can only hope they are better).

[weirdboy]

1. Körhinta (Merry-Go-Round) - 1956 - Zoltan Fabri
2. Das Kaninchen bin ich (The Rabbit is Me) - 1965 - Kurt Maetzig
3. Sous les bombes (Under the Bombs) - 2007 - Philippe Aractingi

Good match! I liked all the selections, and though none of them were previously on my radar I'm glad to have had the opportunity to see them.

[Fergenaprido]

I think this is the toughest round for me to rank so far.

I didn't dislike any of them, but all three seemed distant somehow, in that they never managed to fully capture my attention or my sympathies. The parallels between the two European stories too was rather uncanny.

1. Germany - 7.4 - I didn't care for the voice over, second half better than first half.
2. Hungary - 7.4 - First half better than second half, but damn, that dance scene.
3. Lebanon - 7.2 (almost 7.4) - If you'd told me this was a documentary at times I might have believed you (without the hotel subplot).

Maybe on another day I'd rank them differently, but this is how it stands today.

[weirdboy]

I wrote in my notes that one could probably teach a film studies course just on that dance scene.

[joachimt]

5 hours left. 29 votes.

Das Kaninchen bin ich: 1.69 (38-20)
Körhinta: 1.724 (37-21)
Sous les bombes: 2.586 (12-46)

[mjf314]

1. Das Kaninchen bin ich
2. Körhinta
3. Sous les bombes

[Armoreska]

30 minutes! Seems like too much to make up for Hungary now (2-3 votes needed). Hopefully the winner wins by more than 1 vote.

[joachimt]

Deadline over.

[Armoreska]

By the way, I think this might be the first time that every manager voted for the winner in a >2way match! Sounds unique. Especially considering the film was not that strong and barely even won. Would have been funny had it lost.

[joachimt]

Final score:

Das Kaninchen bin ich: 1.667 (40-20)
Körhinta: 1.733 (38-22)
Sous les bombes: 2.6 (12-48)

Germany progresses to round 3. Congratulations to Lilarcor. Also thanks to tarr and Armoreska for their picks and to the 30 people who voted this round.

28 people with perfect participation

72allinncallme
Angel Glez
Armoreska
beavis
burneyfan
clemmetarey
Cocoa
edward5
filmbantha
hurluberlu
jdidaco
joachimt
jvv
klaus78
Lilarcor
Mario Gaborović
Mate_cosido
mjf314
Mochard
Muellwind
Nathan Treadway
Renegade
Smoover
tarr
tommy_leazaq
weirdboy
zhangalan
zuma

funkybusiness and XxXApathy420XxX lost their perfect status this match.

14/15 votes

funkybusiness
Gorro
XxXApathy420XxX

13/15 votes

Fergenaprido
Gershwin
metaller

11/15 votes

sebby
toro913

the rest

wasabi (10)
Nopros (9)
RBG (9)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (8)
sacmersault (7)
Daviddoes (6)
PeacefulAnarchy (6)
cayado-coro (5)
connordenney (2)
monty (2)
musikurt (2)
sortile9io (2)
blocho (1)
cinewest (1)
Cynical Cinephile (1)
lynchs (1)
nimimerkillinen (1)
Pgonzalez (1)
SpinningTop (1)

[joachimt]

[Armoreska]

That was dramatic. Let's hope this (and the next round) are as low as we go.

[Lilarcor]

Wow, that was pretty close! Sad to see the number of votes dropping, if it continue doing so maybe a year break from the World Cup would be good after this one. A gap year could open up for a shorter, smaller regional/genre cup for those who want to do that.

1.Das Kaninchen bin ich - Absolutely loved it, hand down to Lilarcor. No way I would have watched this if not for the World Cup.

Really happy to hear that!

[joachimt]

Wow, that was pretty close! Sad to see the number of votes dropping, if it continue doing so maybe a year break from the World Cup would be good after this one. A gap year could open up for a shorter, smaller regional/genre cup for those who want to do that.

We had a gap of 9.5 months between the end of season 2 and the start of season 3. I don't think 1 year compared to 9.5 months would make any difference. At least we'll take some months off after this season and when we start thinking about season 4, we'll have polls and discussions to see how much interest there is and in which format.

[Armoreska]

Still more participants than S2

[joachimt]

Still more participants than S2

30 was on the low side in S2. We had only 4 matches (out of 32) with 30 or less voters. The average was 34.4 per match.

[Mario Gaborović]

Still more participants than S2

30 was on the low side in S2. We had only 4 matches (out of 32) with 30 or less voters. The average was 34.4 per match.

Season 1 even had a group with 20 votes only. That was the overall nadir.