Good Evening HDC!
By popular demand, it's back! Welcome to
HDC Showdown II!
All of you have been following the teaser thread for the past 1 month or so now. Just to refresh your memories again :-
1 - Each HDC participant in this Showdown was a part of a random draw of THREE numbers, each of which was allotted to an acclaimed Film Director. They were then asked to list THREE movies of each film director they had chosen, and send it via PM.
2 - Each of those NINE choices of the HDCian will be pitted in a Showdown against the choices of TWO other HDCians. It will be a run to 5 - the first one to 5 votes will win the Showdown. The participants involved in the Showdown can also cast in their own votes too (including a bit of canvassing for their choices, if they may choose to do so).
3 - The winner earns 1 point. The losers get nullified.
4 - All points are added up on the leaderboards, which will be displayed ONCE after every ELEVEN Showdowns.
5 - At the end of all Showdowns of Round 1 (for all 3 Groups), TWO HDCians with the lowest scores in all 3 Groups will be ELIMINATED.
6 - Updated Grid along with the chosen categories of contestants will be posted at the end of each match, for one of you to make the next set of choices.
7 - Whoever is online when the Grid is posted, is eligible to post his/her choices. IN CASE the said person does NOT want to be a part of the Showdown then, he/she may choose to sit out their Showdown and name THREE others who will duke it out between themselves.
8 - A choice once chosen and ending up either winning/losing a Showdown, CANNOT be chosen again. This ensures all other choices AND all other participants a fair chance of gaining some points too.
9 - In case of any conflict/misunderstanding, PM me pointing it out, and I will look into it before finalising a solution/decision. You are free to indulge in ribbing and gentle nudging your opponents, as well as cheering for your choices (which you MUST!), but PLEASE dont degrade the thread into arguments, bickering and fights. Just sit back, and enjoy the ride!
So...
without further ado...
HDC SHOWDOWN II BEGINS NOW!!
The Masters of Cinema. Ahh...so many wonderful, talented and legendary filmmakers. Each one of them brilliant in their own right. Just take a peek down the list :-
- Akira Kurosawa
Alan Parker
Charlie Chaplin
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Nolan
Clint Eastwood
Coen Bros
David Lean
Don Siegel
Francis Ford Coppola
Frank Capra
George Lucas
Gore Verbinski
Harold Ramis
Ingmar Bergman
James Cameron
Joel Schumacher
John Ford
John Hughes
John Huston
John McTiernan
John Sturges
Jonathan Demme
Kevin Smith
Martin Scorcese
Mel Brooks
Michael Mann
Oliver Stone
Orson Welles
Paul T Anderson
Paul Verhoeven
Peter Weir
Quentin Tarantino
Richard Donner
Ridley Scott
Rob Reiner
Robert Altman
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Zemeckis
Roman Polanski
Ron Howard
Sam Peckinpah
Sergio Leone
Sidney Lumet
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Spielberg
Sydney Pollack
Terry Gilliam
Woody Allen
Adrian Lyne
Alexandre Aja
Alfred Hitchcock
Brian DePalma
Christophe Gans
Clive Barker
Danny Boyle
Dario Argento
David Cronenberg
David Fincher
David Lynch
Don Coscarelli
Edgar Wright
Eli Roth
F W Murnau
Freddie Francis
Fritz Lang
George Romero
Guillermo del Toro
H G Lewis
Ishiro Honda
Jack Arnold
Jacques Tourneur
James Wan
James Whale
Joe Dante
John Carpenter
John Frankenheimer
John Landis
John Waters
Ken Russell
Lamberto Bava
Lucio Fulci
M Night Shyamalan
Mario Bava
Neil Marshall
Peter Jackson
Rob Zombie
Robert Wise
Roger Corman
Sam Raimi
Stuart Gordon
Takashi Miike
Terence Fisher
Tim Burton
Tobe Hooper
Tod Browning
Wes Craven
William Castle
William Friedkin
3 of them assigned to a HDC member. 3 films selected per filmmaker. 3 Groups. 11 members in each.
Who will be the last man standing?
Here we go...
We roll out...
GROUP 1!
Someone please come forward and make THREE choices from the above Grid. You may make only ONE choice for each HDC member above.