Games Oscars 2015 Prediction Game

Pick two nominees from each category. If your first pick is the winner of that category you earn three points, if your second pick wins that category you earn one point. The winner is the JCC'er with the highest total score.

Best of luck.

Best Picture

Whiplash
American Sniper
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Boyhood

Best Actress

Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night
Reese Witherspoon - Wild
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

Best Actor

Michael Keaton - Birdman
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Benedict CumberbatchThe Imitation Game
Bradley Cooper - American Sniper
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

Best Supporting Actress

Emma Stone - Birdman
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
Laura Dern - Wild
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
Edward Norton - Birdman
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
Robert Duvall - The Judge
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

Best Director

Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game
Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Original Screenplay

Foxcatcher - Dan Futterman, E. Max Frye
Birdman - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, ...
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler - Dan Gilroy
Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Best Cinematography

Ryszard Lenczewski - Ida
Dick Pope - Mr. Turner
Robert Yeoman - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lukasz Zal - Ida
Emmanuel Lubezki - Birdman

Best Animated Feature Film

The Tale of Princess Kaguya - Isao Takahata, Yoshiaki Nishimura
How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold
The Boxtrolls - Travis Knight, Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
Big Hero 6 - Chris Williams, Don Hall, Roy Conli
Song of the Sea - Tomm Moore, Paul Young

 

Best Picture

1. The Imitation Game
2. Birdman

Best Actress

1. Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
2. Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

Best Actor

1. Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
2. Michael Keaton - Birdman

Best Supporting Actress

1. Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
2. Laura Dern - Wild

Best Supporting Actor

1. J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
2. Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

Best Director

1. Richard Linklater - Boyhood
2. Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman

Best Original Screenplay

1. Birdman - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, ...
2. Foxcatcher - Dan Futterman, E. Max Frye

Best Cinematography

1. Robert Yeoman - The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Emmanuel Lubezki - Birdman

Best Animated Feature Film

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold
2. Big Hero 6 - Chris Williams, Don Hall, Roy Conli

 

Best Picture
1) Birdman
2) Boyhood

Best Actress
1) Julianne Moore - Still Alice
2) Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Best Actor
1) Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
2) Michael Keaton - Birdman

Best Supporting Actress
1) Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
2) Emma Stone - Birdman

Best Supporting Actor
1) J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
2) Edward Norton - Birdman

Best Director
1) Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman
2) Richard Linklater - Boyhood

Best Original Screenplay
1) The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
2) Birdman - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, ...

Best Cinematography
1) Emmanuel Lubezki - Birdman
2) Robert Yeoman - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Animated Feature Film
1) How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold
2) Big Hero 6 - Chris Williams, Don Hall, Roy Conli

 

final entry will be when the ceremony starts (5.30pm pacific time)

winner will receive mad respect, and this cheque (not to be cashed until feb 2035)

 

wait where's half the categories

 

It's quick and dirty.

 

You left without paying, B

EDIT: just looked up trebek. That's some fine americentrism + 1

 

Best Picture​

1. Boyhood
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Actress
1. Julianne Moore - Still Alice
2. Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything

Best Actor
1. Michael Keaton - Birdman
2. Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Best Supporting Actress
1. Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
2. Meryl Streep - Into the Woods

Best Supporting Actor
1. J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
2. Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

Best Director
1. Richard Linklater - Boyhood
2. Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Original Screenplay
1. Birdman - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, ...
2. Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Best Cinematography
1. Robert Yeoman - The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Emmanuel Lubezki - Birdman

Best Animated Feature Film
1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold
2. Big Hero 6 - Chris Williams, Don Hall, Roy Conli
​

 

Ceremony has started. Good luck everybody.

 

Final scores
Adam of Nuchtern 22
Point Given 16
Darth Punk 23
dp4m 16
tom 15
heels1785 15
Flapjack4 11
mavjade 14

The winner is me (awkward) .
Thanks for playing.
Flapjack you should ban yourself from making predictions, seriously.