[hl=black]Predict the OSCARS!![/hl] The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards have been announced. As have in past years, we're going to host another Predict The Oscars contest! A big thank you to Captain_Typho for the original suggestion and to droideka27 and Tyi-Maet_Nefer for hosting it before. Here's how the game works: [blockquote][li]Now that this thread has been posted, the game has begun.[/li] [li]The game ends at 3 p.m. boardtime on February 18th[/li] [li]To participate, please copy the list of nominations below and select one under each category and then post your picks in this thread. (This means if you neglect to pick in one category, you are missing out on the chance for a point that others are getting ... so don't forget any categories!)[/li] [li]You can change your picks after your initial vote by merely reposting your list and indicating that this is the updated version. Do NOT post indicating that you want one thing changed on a previous post of yours. This could get overlooked and mess up your results![/li] [li]No changes will be allowed past the deadline.[/li] [/blockquote] To make hours of less work for me, this year, copy and paste the post above you and add your name in the proper category. For example: BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME The King's Speech: Lord of the Rings: NYCitygurl The Godfather: The_Loyal_Imperial X-Men: BartSimpson-SithLord, Tyi-Maet_Nefer The Princess Bride: Copy and paste all the categories, and add your name under your choice. You don't have to do colors or bold to make yur choice stand out, since everyone's choices will end up on the same list. And the Rewards: [blockquote]After the Oscars have been given out, I will go over all the submissions and will determine the winners. They will be scored one point for each accurate guess. The person(s) with the highest number of right guesses will receive 72 hours of colors and the title "C&G Predict The Oscars Winner." Second- and third-place prizes of 48 and 24 hours will also be given.[/blockquote] Extra Rules: [blockquote][li]Only one final vote per person allowed. Anyone caught voting with socks will be disqualified.[/li] [li]Feel free to converse about the Oscars in this thread, but anyone exhibiting severely rude behavior (banable behavior) might additionally be disqualified from the game.[/li] [li]For your knowledge as well, head over to [link=http://boards.theforce.net/board.asp?brd=10382]the Amphitheatre[/link] regarding the Oscars. If you're interested in such action, since this is more of a game thread, it's open to anyone to visit.[/li] [/blockquote] If you have any questions feel free to PM me or post them in this thread. Good luck and enjoy!
BEST PICTURE Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse BEST ACTOR Demian Bichir George Clooney Jean Dujardin Gary Oldman Brad Pitt BEST ACTRESS Glenn Close Viola Davies Rooney Mara Meryl Streep Michelle Williams BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Kenneth Branagh Jonah Hill Nick Nolte Christopher Plummer Max von Sydow BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Berenice Bejo Jessica Chastain Melissa McCarthy Janet McTeer Octavia Spencer BEST ANIMAETD FEATURE FILM A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots Rango BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY The artist The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo The Tree of Life War Horse BEST ART DIRECTION The Artist Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo Midnight in Paris War Horse BEST COSTUME DESIGN Anonymous The Artist Hugo Jane Eyre W.E. BEST DIRECTING The Artist The Descendants Hugo Midnight in Paris The Tree of Life BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Pina Undefeated BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement God is the Bigger Elvis Incident in New Baghdad Saving Face The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom BEST FILM EDITING The Artist The Descendants The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Moneyball BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Bullhead Monsieur Lazhar A Separation Footnote In Darkness BEST MAKEUP Albert Nobbs Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 The Iron Lady BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) The Adventures of Tintin The Artist Hugo Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy War Horse BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) Man or Muppet (The Muppets) Real in Rio (Rio) BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) Dimanche/Sunday The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore La Luna A Morning Stroll Wild Life BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) Pentecost Raju The Shore Time Freak Tuba Atlantic BEST SOUND EDITING Drive The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse BEST SOUND MIXING The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Moneyball Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo Real Steel Rise of the Planet of the Apes Transfrmers: Dark of the Moon BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) The Descendants Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) The Artist Bridesmaids Margin Call Midnight in Paris A Separation
Just a note: The end date might change, depending on when we move. Colors will probably be awarded after the move.
BEST PICTURE Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse BEST ACTOR Demian Bichir George Clooney: The_Loyal_Imperial Jean Dujardin Gary Oldman Brad Pitt BEST ACTRESS Glenn Close Viola Davis: The_Loyal_Imperial Rooney Mara Meryl Streep Michelle Williams BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Kenneth Branagh Jonah Hill Nick Nolte Christopher Plummer: The_Loyal_Imperial Max von Sydow BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Berenice Bejo Jessica Chastain Melissa McCarthy Janet McTeer Octavia Spencer: The_Loyal_Imperial BEST ANIMAETD FEATURE FILM A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots Rango: The_Loyal_Imperial BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY The artist The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo The Tree of Life: The_Loyal_Imperial War Horse BEST ART DIRECTION The Artist Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial Midnight in Paris War Horse BEST COSTUME DESIGN Anonymous The Artist Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial Jane Eyre W.E. BEST DIRECTING The Artist: The_Loyal_Imperial The Descendants Hugo Midnight in Paris The Tree of Life BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory: The_Loyal_Imperial Pina Undefeated BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement God is the Bigger Elvis Incident in New Baghdad Saving Face The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom: The_Loyal_Imperial BEST FILM EDITING The Artist: The_Loyal_Imperial The Descendants The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Moneyball BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Bullhead Monsieur Lazhar A Separation: The_Loyal_Imperial Footnote In Darkness BEST MAKEUP Albert Nobbs Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 The Iron Lady: The_Loyal_Imperial BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) The Adventures of Tintin The Artist: The_Loyal_Imperial Hugo Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy War Horse BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) Man or Muppet (The Muppets): The_Loyal_Imperial Real in Rio (Rio) BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) Dimanche/Sunday The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore La Luna: The_Loyal_Imperial A Morning Stroll Wild Life BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) Pentecost Raju: The_Loyal_Imperial The Shore Time Freak Tuba Atlantic BEST SOUND EDITING Drive The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The_Loyal_Imperial Hugo Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse BEST SOUND MIXING The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial Moneyball Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo Real Steel Rise of the Planet of the Apes: The_Loyal_Imperial Transformers: Dark of the Moon BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) The Descendants: The_Loyal_Imperial Hugo The Ides of March Moneyball Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) The Artist Bridesmaids Margin Call Midnight in Paris: The_Loyal_Imperial A Separation
BEST PICTURE Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse The Artist The Descendants The Help Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close BEST ACTOR Demian Bichir George Clooney: The_Loyal_Imperial Jean Dujardin Gary Oldman: LilyHobbitJedi Brad Pitt BEST ACTRESS Glenn Close Viola Davis: The_Loyal_Imperial Rooney Mara Meryl Streep: LilyHobbitJedi Michelle Williams BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Kenneth Branagh Jonah Hill Nick Nolte Christopher Plummer: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi Max von Sydow BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Berenice Bejo Jessica Chastain: LilyHobbitJedi Melissa McCarthy Janet McTeer Octavia Spencer: The_Loyal_Imperial BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots: LilyHobbitJedi Rango: The_Loyal_Imperial BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY The artist The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi The Tree of Life: The_Loyal_Imperial War Horse BEST ART DIRECTION The Artist Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi Midnight in Paris War Horse BEST COSTUME DESIGN Anonymous The Artist Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial Jane Eyre: LilyHobbitJedi W.E. BEST DIRECTING The Artist: The_Loyal_Imperial The Descendants Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi Midnight in Paris The Tree of Life BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory: The_Loyal_Imperial Pina: LilyHobbitJedi Undefeated BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement God is the Bigger Elvis Incident in New Baghdad: LilyHobbitJedi Saving Face The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom: The_Loyal_Imperial BEST FILM EDITING The Artist: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi The Descendants The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hugo Moneyball BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Bullhead Monsieur Lazhar A Separation: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi Footnote In Darkness BEST MAKEUP Albert Nobbs Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: LilyHobbitJedi The Iron Lady: The_Loyal_Imperial BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) The Adventures of Tintin The Artist: The_Loyal_Imperial Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy War Horse BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) Man or Muppet (The Muppets): The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi Real in Rio (Rio) BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) Dimanche/Sunday The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore La Luna: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi A Morning Stroll Wild Life BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) Pentecost Raju: The_Loyal_Imperial The Shore Time Freak: LilyHobbitJedi Tuba Atlantic BEST SOUND EDITING Drive The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The_Loyal_Imperial Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse BEST SOUND MIXING The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi Moneyball Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi Real Steel Rise of the Planet of the Apes: The_Loyal_Imperial Transformers: Dark of the Moon BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) The Descendants: The_Loyal_Imperial Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi The Ides of March Moneyball Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) The Artist: LilyHobbitJedi Bridesmaids Margin Call Midnight in Paris: The_Loyal_Imperial A Separation
I actually somehow managed to miss a whole column of movie Thanks for the catch. I edited them into Lily's post for the next person to copy. Lily and Loyal, you can change your guesses if you wish.
Don't mention it. I would vote myself, but I haven't seen enough of them. I'm still trying to see as many as possible before it starts Sunday.
BEST PICTURE The Artist BEST ACTOR Jean Dujardin BEST ACTRESS Meryl Streep BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christopher Plummer BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Janet McTeer BEST ANIMAETD FEATURE FILM Rango BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY The Tree of Life BEST ART DIRECTION Hugo BEST COSTUME DESIGN Hugo BEST DIRECTING The Artist BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Saving Face BEST FILM EDITING Hugo BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM A Separation BEST MAKEUP The Iron Lady BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) The Artist BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) Man or Muppet (The Muppets) BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) The Shore BEST SOUND EDITING Hugo BEST SOUND MIXING Hugo BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Hugo BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) The Descendants BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) Midnight in Paris
That's not the point. I refuse to vote in a category unless I've seen all of the films in it*. I want to at least finish the Best Picture and Screenplay nominees before Sunday's show (five to go!). I think I'm going to watch The Ides of March in a bit, even though it's nearly 1:30 in the morning. *Except for Transformers and Real Steel, because they look horrible. And I stopped watching 40 minutes into Bridesmaids because I hated it. Either way, so far I've seen: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The Help Hugo Midnight in Paris Moneyball War Horse (just finished watching a little while ago) Margin Call Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy A Better Life Rango Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 The only one I saw before two weeks ago was Harry Potter. I've been able to get access to: The Artist The Descendants The Tree of Life A Separation The Ides of March Albert Nobbs The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Iron Lady My Week with Marilyn Warrior Beginners Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots Bullhead Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Pina The Adventures of Tintin Rise of the Planet of the Apes Drive Anonymous Jane Eyre The Muppets Rio I'm not worried about seeing the shorts. I couldn't get access to any of them anyway, and either way it's features that I focus on. It's a shame I can't find Footnote, because the trailor struck me as really interesting. No way am I going to finish all of these before Sunday at 4, but I'll do my best! Oh, and I think so far my favorites have been Hugo and Midnight in Paris, though I thought they were all pretty good except for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which I couldn't really get into. One thing about the Oscars is that even if they don't choose the movie you prefer to win or be nominated, they usually still select decent films in general, at least for most categories.
BEST PICTURE Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi Midnight in Paris Moneyball The Tree of Life War Horse The Artist: Drac39, ToddtheJedi The Descendants The Help Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close BEST ACTOR Demian Bichir George Clooney: The_Loyal_Imperial, ToddtheJedi Jean Dujardin: Drac39 Gary Oldman: LilyHobbitJedi Brad Pitt BEST ACTRESS Glenn Close Viola Davis: The_Loyal_Imperial, ToddtheJedi Rooney Mara Meryl Streep: LilyHobbitJedi, Drac39 Michelle Williams BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Kenneth Branagh Jonah Hill Nick Nolte Christopher Plummer: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi, Drac39, ToddtheJedi Max von Sydow BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Berenice Bejo Jessica Chastain: LilyHobbitJedi Melissa McCarthy Janet McTeer: Drac39 Octavia Spencer: The_Loyal_Imperial, ToddtheJedi BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots: LilyHobbitJedi Rango: The_Loyal_Imperial, Drac39, ToddtheJedi BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY The artist The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi The Tree of Life: The_Loyal_Imperial, Drac39 War Horse: ToddtheJedi BEST ART DIRECTION The Artist Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi, Drac39, ToddtheJedi Midnight in Paris War Horse BEST COSTUME DESIGN Anonymous The Artist Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial, Drac39 Jane Eyre: LilyHobbitJedi, ToddtheJedi W.E. BEST DIRECTING The Artist: The_Loyal_Imperial, Drac39 The Descendants: ToddtheJedi Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi Midnight in Paris The Tree of Life BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory: The_Loyal_Imperial, Drac39 Pina: LilyHobbitJed Undefeated: ToddtheJedi BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement: ToddtheJedi God is the Bigger Elvis Incident in New Baghdad: LilyHobbitJedi Saving Face: Drac39 The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom: The_Loyal_Imperial BEST FILM EDITING The Artist: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi The Descendants The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hugo: Drac39, ToddtheJedi Moneyball BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Bullhead Monsieur Lazhar A Separation: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi, Drac39, ToddtheJedi Footnote In Darkness BEST MAKEUP Albert Nobbs Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: LilyHobbitJedi, ToddtheJedi The Iron Lady: The_Loyal_Imperial, Drac39 BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) The Adventures of Tintin The Artist: The_Loyal_Imperial, Drac39 Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy War Horse: ToddtheJedi BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) Man or Muppet (The Muppets): The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi, Drac39, ToddtheJedi Real in Rio (Rio) BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) Dimanche/Sunday The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: Drac39, ToddtheJedi La Luna: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi A Morning Stroll Wild Life BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) Pentecost Raju: The_Loyal_Imperial The Shore: Drac39 Time Freak: LilyHobbitJedi, ToddtheJedi Tuba Atlantic BEST SOUND EDITING Drive: ToddtheJedi The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: The_Loyal_Imperial Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi, Drac39 Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse BEST SOUND MIXING The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hugo: The_Loyal_Imperial, LilyHobbitJedi, Drac39 Moneyball Transformers: Dark of the Moon: ToddtheJedi War Horse BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi, Drac39 Real Steel Rise of the Planet of the Apes: The_Loyal_Imperial, ToddtheJedi Transformers: Dark of the Moon BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) The Descendants: The_Loyal_Imperial, Drac39, ToddtheJedi Hugo: LilyHobbitJedi The Ides of March Moneyball Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) The Artist: LilyHobbitJedi Bridesmaids Margin Call Midnight in Paris: The_Loyal_Imperial, Drac39, ToddtheJedi A Separation
