2013 Oscar Contest

[Still Servant]

It's that time of year again. All of the smaller awards shows have come and gone and the biggest of them all is right around the corner - The Oscars. I think it's been an amazing year for film. Maybe the best year I've ever seen. There were so many great films released this year and I've seen most of them. That should make Oscar night that much more exciting.

This is the fourth year I'm running the Oscar contest. I think we had the most participants last year, which was great. I'm hoping to build on that this year. We always have a lot of fun predicting the winners and seeing who comes out on top. It's just for fun.

As some of you may remember, we had a three way tie for first place last year. Because of this, we will be adding a tie breaker. The tie breaker is simple: Basically, everybody will submit their choices like usual, except they will also add which film they think will win the most Oscars and give a number. In case of a tie, who ever has the closest number without going over is the winner.

2010 results
Heather - 15
Servant - 14
Turtlex - 14
Cody - 8
Seymour - 8
Odetta - 4

2011 results
Heather - 17
Servant - 15
Path - 14
Mattrick - 14
Ricky - 12
Merlin - 11
Feev - 8

2012 results
Servant - 14
Heather - 14
Ricky - 14
Stockerlone - 12
Shannon - 11
Thorin- 10
Mattrick - 9
Feev - 8
Garrell - 8
Odetta - 5
Mystima - 4

Best Motion Picture

Argo
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Directing

Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Michael Haneke, Amour
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Denzel Washington, Flight
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin, Argo
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams, The Master
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Sally Field, Lincoln

Best Animated Feature Film

Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

Original Screenplay

Amour, Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
Flight, John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal

Adapted Screenplay

Argo, Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi, David Magee
Lincoln, Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell

Best Foreign-Language Film

A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Amour (Austria)
No (Chile)
War Witch (Canada)
Kontiki (Norway)

Original Score

Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman

Original Song

"Before My Time," J. Ralph; Chasing Ice
"Everybody Needs a Best Friend," Walter Murphy and Seth McFarlane; Ted
"Pi's Lullaby," Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri; Life of Pi
"Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth; Skyfall
"Suddenly," Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boulil; Les Misérables

Achievement in Production Direction

Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln

Achievement in Cinematography

Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins

Achievement in Costume Design

Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran
Les Misérables, Paco Delgado
Lincoln, Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood

Best Documentary Feature

5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for a Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short Subject

Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Redemption

Achievement in Film Editing

Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling

Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables

Best Animated Short Film

Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Paperman

Best Live-Action Short Film

Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow
Henry

Achievement in Sound Editing

Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Sound Mixing

Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Achievement in Visual Effects

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman

[Still Servant]

IMPORTANT: Don't forget the tie breaker. It's simple: Basically, everybody will submit their choices like usual, except they will also add which film they think will win the most Oscars and give a number. In case of a tie, who ever has the closest number without going over is the winner.

Predictions have to be in by showtime, so there is no rush to post them. We still have a few weeks until Oscar night. I myself will be waiting for the last possible moment to post my predictions. I still have films to watch, buzz to follow and articles to read.

Remember, these are just educated guesses. None of us have seen every film nominated and I doubt if anybody has seen any of the documentary short subject nominees. Just make an educated guess. Or an uneducated guess. Hell, you can have your pet monkey put its finger on the film he or she thinks is going to win, I don't care. As long as you have made a guess for every category. By the way, if you have pet monkey, kudos to you.

I would also ask for this thread to remain by itself until after Oscar night. Then it would be fine to merge it with the other Oscar thread. I just think it's best to keep this separate for now. Thanks.

[Heather19]

Excellent, I've been waiting for you to start this thread. I like the idea of the tiebreaker as well. I'll post up my predictions within the next few weeks.

[Ricky]

Can't wait! I haven't seen any of the BP nominees yet (gasp) so I probably won't be posting mine for awhile.

And the tie breaker idea sounds great. Guess that's the only way to make sure Heather can't win by herself this year. :lol:

[fernandito]

brb, merging this thread against Mike's wishes.

[Heather19]

Can't wait! I haven't seen any of the BP nominees yet (gasp) so I probably won't be posting mine for awhile.

And the tie breaker idea sounds great. Guess that's the only way to make sure Heather can't win by herself this year. :lol:

Correction, it's the only way to ensure that I do win by myself this year ;)

[Ricky]

Well in that case, WE'RE UN-TIE-BREAKING THE TIE-BREAKER.

[Still Servant]

brb, merging this thread against Mike's wishes.

Grrr. You didn't merge it last year. Also, merging the two threads might make it harder for people to find and copy the nomination list and read the rules. Alas, I will bend the knee.

[fernandito]

:rofl:, I'm joking homie! I agree , it's better to keep them seperate.

We'll merge after the Oscars.

[Still Servant]

:rofl:, I'm joking homie! I agree , it's better to keep them seperate.

We'll merge after the Oscars.

*stops sharpening dagger*

Good. Very good.

[Shannon]

I love Oscar contest time!

Amber and I are going to make sure we watch all of the films in all of the "important" categories. So far:

WATCHED:
Django Unchained
Les Misérables

WILL WATCH SOON:
Argo
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Flight
The Impossible
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master (Not looking forward to this AT ALL. This movie looks HORRIBLE.)
The Sessions
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

[Merlin1958]

I' ll kick in my usual $20 HF donation on behalf of the winner!!!! Good luck all!!! Django Unchained really rocks!!!!

[Mattrick]

List has to be in a few hours before the show starts, I assume?

Watched So far:

Django Unchained
Silver Linings Playbook
The Impossible
Lincoln
Argo

[mae]

Best Motion Picture
Lincoln

Achievement in Directing
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Sally Field, Lincoln

Best Animated Feature Film
Brave

Original Screenplay
Amour, Michael Haneke

Adapted Screenplay
Lincoln, Tony Kushner

Best Foreign-Language Film
Amour (Austria)

Original Score
Lincoln, John Williams

Original Song
"Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth; Skyfall

Achievement in Production Direction
Anna Karenina

Achievement in Cinematography
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda

Achievement in Costume Design
Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran

Best Documentary Feature
Searching for a Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short Subject
Redemption

Achievement in Film Editing
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best Animated Short Film
Paperman

Best Live-Action Short Film
Buzkashi Boys

Achievement in Sound Editing
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Sound Mixing
Skyfall

Achievement in Visual Effects
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey


Tiebreaker: Lincoln (6)

[fernandito]

I'll work on this later today!

[Still Servant]

List has to be in a few hours before the show starts, I assume?

Watched So far:

Django Unchained
Silver Linings Playbook
The Impossible
Lincoln
Argo

It doesn't have to be a few hours before showtime, it could be a few minutes. As long as it's in before the show starts, you're fine. Using standard Eastern time by the way. The show has an official start time of 8pm Eastern Time, but that includes Red Carpet special. The actual show won't start until 8:30. To make it simple for people, I say get it in by 8pm ET.

[Mattrick]

Watched So far:

Django Unchained
Silver Linings Playbook
The Impossible
Lincoln
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Sessions
Moonrise Kingdom
The Master



I'm not sure what anyone else thinks but Best Supporting Actor is such a stacked and unpredictable of all the categories, with the only one I don't think has a shot is Arkin. I'll have to mull that category over a lot.

[Still Servant]

Oscar night is fast approaching. Don't forget to get your Oscar ballots in before showtime.

Don't forget to include the tie-breaker too.

[Mattrick]

I'll have mine in on Sunday...still have to watch Zero Dark Thirty, Amour, Life of Pi and Les Miserables.

[Heather19]

I'll be posting mine soon. There's a few categories I'm still on the fence about.

[Ricky]

I'll probably be posting mine on Sunday as well. Still have some movie watching to do.

[Still Servant]

Yeah, I won't be posting until the last possible minute.

[Stockerlone]

Best Motion Picture
Les Misérables


Achievement in Directing
Michael Haneke, Amour


Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln


Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour


Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained


Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables


Best Animated Feature Film
Brave


Original Screenplay
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino


Adapted Screenplay
Argo, Chris Terrio



Best Foreign-Language Film
Amour (Austria)


Original Score
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna

Original Song
"Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth; Skyfall

Achievement in Production Direction
Les Misérables


Achievement in Cinematography
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski


Achievement in Costume Design
Les Misérables, Paco Delgado


Best Documentary Feature
5 Broken Cameras


Best Documentary Short Subject
Redemption

Achievement in Film Editing
Argo


Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling
Les Misérables

Best Animated Short Film
Fresh Guacamole

Best Live-Action Short Film
Death of a Shadow

Achievement in Sound Editing
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Sound Mixing
Life of Pi


Achievement in Visual Effects
Life of Pi


TIE BREAKER:
Les Misérables 5

[Mattrick]

I just watched Life of Pi and it definitely has Best Visual and Production Direction in the bag. I do think Ang Lee stands a very high chance of winning Best Director as well.


So is Production Direction now taking the place of Art Direction? Is it the same thing?

[Heather19]

I'm pretty sure it's the same thing. Not sure why they changed the name. I got confused by it at first.

[Mattrick]

*turns on Les Miserables* This is the last movie! Then I'll probably stuggled over my choices, although two I think I have as a lock at Tommy Lee Jones and Jennifer Lawrence.

[Heather19]

Here are my picks. I know some are long shots, but there's some I just couldn't vote against.

Best Motion Picture
Argo

Achievement in Directing
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Best Animated Feature Film
Brave

Original Screenplay
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino

Adapted Screenplay
Argo, Chris Terrio

Best Foreign-Language Film
Amour (Austria)

Original Score
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna

Original Song
"Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth; Skyfall

Achievement in Production Direction
Anna Karenina

Achievement in Cinematography
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda

Achievement in Costume Design
Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran

Best Documentary Feature
Searching for a Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short Subject
Mondays at Racine

Achievement in Film Editing
Argo

Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best Animated Short Film
Paperman

Best Live-Action Short Film
Curfew

Achievement in Sound Editing
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Sound Mixing
Les Misérables

Achievement in Visual Effects
Life of Pi

Life of Pi - 3

[Still Servant]

I usually wait until the last possible minute to post these things, but last year I did that and ended up second guessing some of my choices and that led to me changing some of my picks. There's only so many times I can go back and forth between three films in live action short...


Best Motion Picture

Argo
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Directing

Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Michael Haneke, Amour
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Denzel Washington, Flight
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin, Argo
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams, The Master
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Sally Field, Lincoln

Best Animated Feature Film

Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

Original Screenplay

Amour, Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
Flight, John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal

Adapted Screenplay

Argo, Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi, David Magee
Lincoln, Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell

Best Foreign-Language Film

A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Amour (Austria)
No (Chile)
War Witch (Canada)
Kontiki (Norway)

Original Score

Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman

Original Song

"Before My Time," J. Ralph; Chasing Ice
"Everybody Needs a Best Friend," Walter Murphy and Seth McFarlane; Ted
"Pi's Lullaby," Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri; Life of Pi
"Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth; Skyfall
"Suddenly," Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boulil; Les Misérables

Achievement in Production Direction

Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln

Achievement in Cinematography

Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins

Achievement in Costume Design

Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran
Les Misérables, Paco Delgado
Lincoln, Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood

Best Documentary Feature

5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for a Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short Subject

Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Redemption

Achievement in Film Editing

Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling

Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables

Best Animated Short Film

Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head Over Heels
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Paperman

Best Live-Action Short Film

Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow
Henry

Achievement in Sound Editing

Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Sound Mixing

Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Achievement in Visual Effects

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman

Les Misérables - 5

[Ricky]

Here's my picks. I'm still unsure on some of them, though. It's going to be an exciting night. :panic:

Best Motion Picture

Argo

Achievement in Directing

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Best Animated Feature Film

Brave

Original Screenplay

Amour, Michael Haneke

Adapted Screenplay

Lincoln, Tony Kushner

Best Foreign-Language Film

Amour (Austria)

Original Score

Lincoln, John Williams

Original Song

"Skyfall," Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth; Skyfall

Achievement in Production Direction

Anna Karenina

Achievement in Cinematography

Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda

Achievement in Costume Design

Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran

Best Documentary Feature

Searching for a Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short Subject

Inocente

Achievement in Film Editing

Argo

Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best Animated Short Film

Paperman

Best Live-Action Short Film

Death of a Shadow

Achievement in Sound Editing

Skyfall

Achievement in Sound Mixing

Les Misérables

Achievement in Visual Effects

Life of Pi

Tie Breaker: Lincoln, 4

[Mattrick]

Best Motion Picture

Silver Linings Playbook

Achievement in Directing

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Best Animated Feature Film

Wreck-It Ralph

Original Screenplay

Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino

Adapted Screenplay

Argo, Chris Terrio

Best Foreign-Language Film

Amour (Austria)

Original Score

Life of Pi, Mychael Danna

Original Song

"Suddenly," Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boulil; Les Misérables

Achievement in Production Direction

Lincoln

Achievement in Cinematography

Skyfall, Roger Deakins

Achievement in Costume Design

Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran

Best Documentary Feature

5 Broken Cameras

Best Documentary Short Subject

Mondays at Racine

Achievement in Film Editing

Argo

Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling

Les Misérables

Best Animated Short Film

Paperman

Best Live-Action Short Film

Death of a Shadow

Achievement in Sound Editing

Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Sound Mixing

Life of Pi

Achievement in Visual Effects

Life of Pi


Tiebreaker Life of Pi (5)


I took some dark horses this year, I think as I tend to do. I'll probably be wrong with directing, best picture and best actor but I hope my picks after that will make up for it.

[fernandito]

Best Motion Picture
Argo

Achievement in Directing
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role


Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Best Animated Feature Film
Wreck-It Ralph

Original Screenplay
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino


Adapted Screenplay
Life of Pi, David Magee

Best Foreign-Language Film
Amour (Austria)

Original Score
Lincoln, John Williams

Original Song
"Suddenly," Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boulil; Les Misérables

Achievement in Production Direction
Les Misérables


Achievement in Cinematography
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda


Achievement in Costume Design
Les Misérables, Paco Delgado


Best Documentary Feature
The Invisible War

Best Documentary Short Subject

Inocente

Achievement in Film Editing
Zero Dark Thirty

Achievement in Makeup & Hairstyling
Les Misérables

Best Animated Short Film

Paperman

Best Live-Action Short Film


Death of a Shadow

Achievement in Sound Editing
Life of Pi


Achievement in Sound Mixing
Argo


Achievement in Visual Effects
Marvel's The Avengers

Tie Breaker : Lincoln (5)

[Stockerlone]

:panic:Christoph Waltz:panic:

[Still Servant]

No Path and no Bears? Two of the more active members of the Gem Theater. That's a tad disappointing.

Oh well. Good luck to everyone. Enjoy.

[Mattrick]

Eleven so far!

EDIT: TWELVE!!

[Still Servant]

Well, she's done it again everybody. Taking back soul possession as the queen of Oscar predictions is Heather! Congrats Heather! I fear I'm becoming the Susan Lucci of Oscar pools or the Buffalo Bills. I can't seem to get out of second place.

Heather - 20
Servant - 17
Ricky - 15
Matt - 14
Stockerlone - 13
Feev - 12
Pablo - 10

I just wanted to thank everybody for playing. I urge everybody to check their own sheets, for it's late and I'm tired. That being said, I feel that would be fairly futile. Heather won pretty easy this year. I'm the closest person to her and I can assure you that although math was not a strong subject for me, there's no way I'm making up 3 points. I would have liked to see more people participate this year, but it is what it is.

I really enjoyed the show, I'm looking forward to posting my thoughts on all the winners, losers and the whole night in general at a more humanly hour. Good night, and Argofuckyourselves.

[Jean]

No Path and no Bears? Two of the more active members of the Gem Theater. That's a tad disappointing.
.Bears never get around to watch anything in time! Just like all the past years, haven't watched a single one of those.

[Mattrick]

Ang Lee baby! Almost got the most oscars and number of right. I went dark horse even against the certainty of day lewis and argo. I almost aced the techincal awards...should have chosen les miserables for sound mixing. My favourite awards are the screenplay, editing and director so glad to see the right people win. No complaints at all except reminding me of Chicago. Out of the 18 choices I could actually judge I got 13 right. We need more people involved next year!

[Heather19]

Well, she's done it again everybody. Taking back soul possession as the queen of Oscar predictions is Heather! Congrats Heather! I fear I'm becoming the Susan Lucci of Oscar pools or the Buffalo Bills. I can't seem to get out of second place.

Heather - 20
Servant - 17
Matt - 14
Ricky - 14
Stockerlone - 13
Feev - 10
Pablo - 10

I just wanted to thank everybody for playing. I urge everybody to check their own sheets, for it's late and I'm tired. That being said, I feel that would be fairly futile. Heather won pretty easy this year. I'm the closest person to her and I can assure you that although math was not a strong subject for me, there's no way I'm making up 3 points. I would have liked to see more people participate this year, but it is what it is.

I really enjoyed the show, I'm looking forward to posting my thoughts on all the winners, losers and the whole night in general at a more humanly hour. Good night, and Argofuckyourselves.

Yay :D
I think that's the best I've ever done. Next year I have to go somewhere and put some money down on it.
I'm very happy Christoph Waltz won. I was worried he wasn't going to get it.




No Path and no Bears? Two of the more active members of the Gem Theater. That's a tad disappointing.
.Bears never get around to watch anything in time! Just like all the past years, haven't watched a single one of those.

It's ok. I haven't seen most of the movies from this year either. All you have to do is guess.

[Ricky]

Mike, by my count I got 15 right. :P

And congrats, Heather! Next year...next year... :evil:

[Still Servant]

No Path and no Bears? Two of the more active members of the Gem Theater. That's a tad disappointing.
.Bears never get around to watch anything in time! Just like all the past years, haven't watched a single one of those.

That's okay, we'd love for you to participate. You can just guess. It's just for fun.

Anyway, I really enjoyed the show. I know it was long, but that's just the way it is. It honestly doesn't bother me. I thought Seth MacFarlane did a really nice job. He's from my home state of Connecticut so I was rooting for him. I liked the opening, although I could have done without the dance numbers. I thought the "We saw your boobs" song was really funny.

I was also happy with most of the winners. I can't think of one that I was disappointed in. I was surprised, yet happy to see Waltz win. I would have been happy with anybody from the Best Supporting Actor category winning. That proves how strong of a year it was. In fact, I would have been pleased if at least 5 films won for best picture. I really enjoyed the cast of Les Mis performing. I thought Adele was great as usual. I would have loved for every Bond to appear on stage. Thought that would have been great.

I can't express enough how much I love Oscar night. Ever since I was a kid, my family and I would gather around the TV and watch the whole show. I just love the celebration of film and there really isn't any other awards show like it. It's kind of sad once it's over. On the bright side, it means there are a whole new crop of films to see before next years awards and new worlds to explore and new characters to meet. This is a great time to be a movie buff. Here's hoping 2013 is as strong as 2012.

[Still Servant]

Mike, by my count I got 15 right. :P

And congrats, Heather! Next year...next year... :evil:

Hmm, I checked again and I still got 14. Unless I'm wrong on one of the winners. Here's what I got for the ones you got correct:

Best picture
Best actor
Best supporting actress
Animated feature
Foreign film
Original song
Cinematography
Costume
Documentary
Editing
Animated short
Sound editing
Sound mixing
Visual effects

The correct number won't change the outcome of the winner, but I would like to get the correct amount for the archives. :cool2:

[Ricky]

It looks like you missed me for Best Documentary (Short) for Inocente.

[Still Servant]

It looks like you missed me for Best Documentary (Short) for Inocente.

Yup, that's the one. Good catch. I also found a mistake I made with Feev's sheet. Apologies all around.

[Mattrick]

Justice must be served! If Ihave my way next year I'll see everything nominated for the ultimate advantage. muahahahahahah

[Heather19]

I don't know, I've only seen one of the them (well out of the main films) and I think I only got 4 wrong :P

[fernandito]

I bet you use a 'most likely to win' cheat sheet, don't you? CHEATER

I nominate from my beer gut. And in the cases where I didn't know what the films were I chose the ones with the coolest sounding names LOL

[Heather19]

:lol: No, but I do do my research. There are a few categories that are usually a lock in to win. Then I just go with my gut on the others, or who I want to win :lol:

[Odetta]

Was there a lifetime acheivement award this year? I don't remember seeing it!

[Still Servant]

Was there a lifetime acheivement award this year? I don't remember seeing it!

Wow! You're so right. I didn't even think of that. That's really weird.

[Mattrick]

Was I the only one who seemed they were reaching for people in the 'In Memoriam' video? Usually I recognize at least a dozen names and this year they put up agents and PR people...compared the year few years prior there wasn't many big names in the business who died; Tony Scott and Michael Clarke Duncan being the biggest and I did not know Ray Bradbury died.

[Still Servant]

Was I the only one who seemed they were reaching for people in the 'In Memoriam' video? Usually I recognize at least a dozen names and this year they put up agents and PR people...compared the year few years prior there wasn't many big names in the business who died; Tony Scott and Michael Clarke Duncan being the biggest and I did not know Ray Bradbury died.

Yeah, you might be right. Every year they include a lot of people in the industry that died and not just actors, but it seemed like more this year. I also like how they put in movie critics now. You might be right that there just weren't a lot of big names that passed away this year, which makes it odd that they didn't include people like Andy Griffith, Phyllis Diller, Jack Klugman and Larry Hagman. I know they were famous primarily for TV, but they all made films.

[Mattrick]

They included Ray Bradbury and didn't they include Steve Jobs the year before?