3rd Annual SDMB Oscar Prediction Contest!

[MovieMogul]

Hey there movie fans and award-season junkies, here we are again with

The 3rd Annual SDMB Academy Award Prediction Contest (with real prizes!)

How to Play: Simply guess the winners of each of the 24 Academy Award categories. You can do so by:

(1) Going to Oscar.com (predict.oscar.go.com/predict/frontpage) and joining the Doper group in the Prediction Contest there. Our group is Cecil’s Kids and the password is sdmb. You'll need to register at the website.
(2) If you don’t want to register at the website, go ahead and post your predictions here instead. However, your prediction post in this thread will be FINAL--no edits or revisions allowed (you are free to edit your entry if you register at the Oscar website). For a full slate of nominees, also go to Oscar.com (http://www.oscar.com/nominees/nominees.html). No posts will be considered after 5:00 PST, Sunday, February 27.

Should there be a tie, the correct number of predictions in the following categories will determine the winner: Screenplay (Original & Adapted), Music (Score & Song), Documentary (Feature & Short).

And, just like last year, I'll personally provide the prize to the winner (though I'll also be playing).

Good Luck Everyone!

[Rufus Xavier]

sheesh. I spent all that time making my selections, hit submit and got:

This site is temporarily too busy to process your request. Please try again later.

:mad:

[MovieMogul]

sheesh. I spent all that time making my selections, hit submit and got:

This site is temporarily too busy to process your request. Please try again later.

:mad:I got that, resubmitted immediately, and got straight in.

Plus, you can always go back and edit your choices later.

Thanks for signing up! :)

[Rufus Xavier]

I got that, resubmitted immediately, and got straight in.

Plus, you can always go back and edit your choices later.

Thanks for signing up! :)


Done.

Thanks for hosting! Good luck to all participants!

[twickster]

Thanks -- I was just wondering when my annual opportunity to embarrass myself would be coming up...

[rjung]

The only one I care about is The Incredibles for best Animated Movie.

Anything else, and there will be hell to pay...

[Casey1505]

I haven't scored a single point in the SDMB Death Pool in two years. That means I sweep here, right?

[Glassy]

Does anyone mind if I post my picks here? (I've already entered them at Oscars.com.) That way, if anyone wants to call me an ignorant cretin, they don't have to go back and forth between websites to back up their argument.

Best Picture: THE AVIATOR
Actor in a Leading Role: Jamie Foxx in RAY
Actor in a Supporting Role: Alan Alda in THE AVIATOR
Actress in a Leading Role: Kate Winslet in ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Actress in a Supporting Role: Laura Linney in KINSEY
Animated Feature Film: THE INCREDIBLES
Art Direction: THE AVIATOR
Cinematography: HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
Costume Design: LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Directing: THE AVIATOR
Documentary Feature: TWIST OF FAITH
Documentary Short Subject: AUTISM IS A WORLD
Film Editing: THE AVIATOR
Foreign Language Film: AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Makeup: THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
Music (Score): THE VILLAGE
Music (Song): "Accidentally In Love" from SHREK 2
Short Film - Animated: LORENZO
Short Film - Live Action: 7:35 IN THE MORNING
Sound Mixing: RAY
Sound Editing: THE INCREDIBLES
Visual Effects: HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
Writing (Adapted Screenplay): SIDEWAYS
Writing (Original Screenplay): ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND


An explanatory note: I've only seen a few of these movies. In some categories (like film editing and sound mixing) I truly am an ignorant cretin, and probably can't tell the difference between a movie that does it well and one that does it badly. I've never even heard of most of the short subjects and documentaries, except "Super Size Me," which I certainly didn't think was good enough to win an Oscar so I didn't vote for it.

Oh, and I'm really sorry that Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow didn't get a nomination for visual effects or costumes. That's all.

[El_Kabong]

Blissfully ignorant of more than half the films up for Oscar nods, I'll have at it anyway. My picks are up, sans selections for short subject and documatary, which I'll have to research a bit before I decide. Cheers.

[Captain Lance Murdoch]

There must be some mistake here. I can't find any of Ben Stein's performances on the list of nominations.

[richardb]

Any guess what the prize will be this year? Will it be a CD as it was last year? Perhaps the soundtrack to Ray would be nice, or maybe a DVD of one of the nominated films. Just sayin'...

[MovieMogul]

Any guess what the prize will be this year? Will it be a CD as it was last year? Perhaps the soundtrack to Ray would be nice, or maybe a DVD of one of the nominated films. Just sayin'...The prize will always be a CD soundtrack--usually of an older film, but still one related (somehow) to that particular year's ceremony. I haven't decided yet (and usually keep it a surprise anyway. ;) )

And Capt. L. Murdoch--alas! Stein didn't have any feature film appearances this year. This naturally explains the omission. :p

[MovieMogul]

Bumpity Bump.

About a week-and-a-half remaining. You can't win if you don't play! :cool:

[Terminus Est]

My picks are up. Had to make random choices for the obscure ones. We can still make changes until Oscar day, right?

[MovieMogul]

My picks are up. Had to make random choices for the obscure ones. We can still make changes until Oscar day, right?Yeah, you can make as many changes you want on the Oscar.com site. Thanks for playing!

[MovieMogul]

Come one come all! Less than a week remaining! There are still few enough people signed up that your chances of winning a free film music CD are still very very good!

[RickJay]

My official predictions. You don't even have to watch the show once you've read these:

Best Picture: "The Aviator"
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, "The Aviator"
Actor: Jamie Foxx, "Ray"
Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman, "Million Dollar Baby"
Actress: Annette Bening, "Being Julia"
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "The Aviator"
Feature Animated Film: "The Incredibles"
Short Animated Film: "Birthday Boy"
Short Film, Live Action: "Everything In This Country Must"
Best Foreign Language Film: "The Sea Inside"
Documentary Feature: "The Story of the Weeping Camel"
Documentary, Short Subject: "Autism is a World"
Art Direction: Ferreti/Lo Schiavo, "The Aviator"
Cinematography: Robert Richardson, "The Aviator"
Costume Design: Alexandra Byrne, "Finding Neverland"
Film Editing: Joel Cox, "Million Dollar Baby"
Makeup: O'Reilly/Corso, "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
Music, Original Score: Thomas Newman, "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
Music, Original Song: Duritz et al., "Accidentally In Love" from "Shrek 2"
Sound Editing: Paul Ottosson, "Spider-Man 2"
Sound Mixing: Flieschman/Hliddal, "The Aviator"
Achievement in Visual Effects: Dykstra et al., "Spider-Man 2"
Best Screenplay (Adapted): Payne/Taylor, "Sideways"
Best Screenplay (Original): Charlie Kaufman, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

[42fish]

The Oscar.com webpage from the OP ain't letting me in; so here's my guesses for the winners:


PICTURE: Million Dollar Baby
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese (The Aviator)
ACTOR: Jamie Foxx (Ray)
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)
ACTRESS: Hillary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
ANIMATED FEATURE: The Incredibles
ART DIRECTION: The Aviator
CINEMATOGRAPHY: House of Flying Daggers
COSTUME DESIGN: The Aviator
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE): Born into Brothels
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT): Autism is a Wor d
EDITING: Million Dollar Baby
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: The Sea Inside
MAKE-UP: Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events
ORIGINAL SCORE: Finding Neverland
ORIGINAL SONG: "Believe" (Polar Express)
ANIMATED SHORT: Birthday Boy
LIVE-ACTION SHORT: The Little Terrorist
SOUND EDITING: Spider Man 2
SOUND: The Aviator
VISUAL EFFECTS: Spider Man 2
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Sideways
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[MovieMogul]

The Oscar.com webpage from the OP ain't letting me in; so here's my guesses for the winners:Thanks 42fish. The official AMPAS site often takes a couple of attempts, but is usually easy to get into after a couple of tries.

Still, your predix are duly noted. :)

[BrotherCadfael]

My prediction: Chris Rock will crack a joke that will offend a whole bunch of people.

But don't count on it being only the Right that is offended...

[Tangent]

Ok, I'm in!

I haven't seen all the nominated films or performances, so right now I've got most of my eggs in a Million Dollar basket--I'm a diehard Eastwood fan. I liked The Aviator quite a bit too, though, so I may change some of my picks before the deadline.

Interesting that only one best picture nominee is also nominated for best score.

[Mullinator]

I'm in. This should be interesting because I can say that I haven't seen a single one of these movies. Essentially I am equivalent to the chick in the office pool for the NCAA tournament that picks the teams based on cute mascots or good uniform color but can't explain a pick and roll.

So, this will either be really ugly for me, or really ugly for all of you if I win.

[MovieMogul]

One last bumpity-bump before the weekend. It's not too late to compete for a prize!

Best of luck, everybody! :)

[partlycloudy]

Hey, our group is on the first page. :D I'm in. Thanks, ArchiveGuy!

[JohnT]

Got mine in, first try. :cool:

[twickster]

Woo hoo! I'm tied for third!

"I'd like to thank my parents, and God, and Entertainment Weekly..."

[twickster]

Tied for first! I don't even care where I end up -- I am doing a full-tilt dance of joy at this particular moment.

[Casey1505]

I've only scored 3 points so far.

We were supposed to pick the winners??

[Terminus Est]

Holy crap! Tied for first place. Scorcese, don't fail me now.

[Terminus Est]

Ah, nuts. Congratulations, logandear.

[partlycloudy]

Yay!! Who'd have thought I could ever win anything! I mean, just a humble gal from a trailer park...
It's a shame, cos I was really rooting for Scorsese for Directing.

twickster, Premiere magazine is where it's at.

[twickster]

Apparently -- EW been very, very good to me, though! This is a hell of a lot better than I usually do. (Good God, I beat Archive Guy twice!?!?!?!?

Congrats, logandear!

[partlycloudy]

Ah, nuts. Congratulations, logandear.
Thanks, I was up against some really good people who are all worthy of this award. (sniff)

[Glassy]

LoganDear: Woo Hoo! COngrats! Good for you!

It was an honor just to have been nominated with you... I mean, not that I was actually nominated or anything, but .. I came in 17th out of 20! Not bad, considering that I had only seen two of the movies! I consider it a triumph of the human spirit.

[partlycloudy]

Glassy, I don't care what the Academy says, your performance left me speechless.

Bravo to all the contenders... and to all you people, out there, in the dark.

Now what's this I hear about a prize? :D

[rjung]

Woo-hoo! Incredibles slams Dreamworks! And not only does Edna Mode get to present "Best Costume Design," she even dings the outfits in the press room! :D

[twickster]

Woo hoo! I won the office pool! (with a perfect score!) Of course, they only did ten categories, and none of that pesky "best documentary short" or "best song" nonsense that tripped me up here.

[MovieMogul]

Congratulations to LoganDear. The prize is a CD of Elmer Bernstein's Oscar-nominated score to The Magnificent Seven, the music they played last night to get Hilary Swank to shut up (Bernstein was also among the honored departed in last night's obit montage).

Go ahead and e-mail me your snail mail address and I'll mail the prize out. Congrats again and thanks to everyone for playing! :)