The Official 2020 Oscar Discussion/Contest Thread

[Still Servant]

Best Picture

1917
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

Actor in a Leading Role

Antonio Banderas - Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Driver - Marriage Story
Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
Jonathan Pryce - The Two Popes

Actress in a Leading Role

Cynthia Erivo - Harriet
Scarlett Johansson - Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan - Little Women
Charlize Theron - Bombshell
Renée Zellweger - Judy

Actress in a Supporting Role

Kathy Bates - Richard Jewell
Laura Dern - Marriage Story
Scarlett Johansson - Jojo Rabbit
Florence Pugh - Little Women
Margot Robbie - Bombshell

Actor in a Supporting Role

Tom Hanks - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins - The Two Popes
Al Pacino - The Irishman
Joe Pesci - The Irishman
Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Directing

Bong Joon Ho - Parasite
Sam Mendes - 1917
Todd Phillips - Joker
Martin Scorsese - The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Adapted Screenplay

The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
The Two Popes

Original Screenplay

1917
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

International Feature Film

Corpus Christi
Honeyland
Les Miserables
Pain and Glory
Parasite

Production Design

1917
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

Film Editing

Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Parasite

Cinematography

1917
The Irishman
Joker
The Lighthouse
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Visual Effects

1917
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Costume Design

Jojo Rabbit
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Irishman
Joker
Little Women

Sound Mixing

1917
Ad Astra
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Sound Editing

1917
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Original Score

1917
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Documentary Feature

American Factory
The Cave
The Edge of Democracy
For Sama
Honeyland

Documentary Short Subject

In the Absence
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha

Makeup and Hairstyling

1917
Bombshell
Joker
Judy
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Animated Feature Film

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

Animated Short Film

Dcera (Daughter)
Hair Love
Kitbull
Memorable
Sister

Live-Action Short Film

Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbors’ Window
Saria
A Sister

Original Song

"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" - Toy Story 4
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" - Rocketman
"I'm Standing With You" - Breakthrough
"Into the Unknown" - Frozen 2
"Stand Up" - Harriet

[Ricky]

Here's my picks. I wracked my brain for hours with my picks last year and ended up not doing great, so I'm going with my instincts this year.

Best Picture

1917

Actor in a Leading Role

Joaquin Phoenix - Joker

Actress in a Leading Role

Renée Zellweger - Judy

Actress in a Supporting Role

Laura Dern - Marriage Story

Actor in a Supporting Role

Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Directing

Bong Joon Ho - Parasite

Adapted Screenplay

Jojo Rabbit

Original Screenplay

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

International Feature Film

Parasite

Production Design

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Film Editing

Ford v Ferrari

Cinematography

1917

Visual Effects

1917

Costume Design

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Sound Mixing

1917

Sound Editing

1917

Original Score

Joker

Documentary Feature

American Factory

Documentary Short Subject

Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)

Makeup and Hairstyling

Bombshell

Animated Feature Film

Toy Story 4

Animated Short Film

Hair Love

Live-Action Short Film

A Sister

Original Song

"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" - Rocketman

*Tie-breaker: 1917 with 5 wins

[Still Servant]

The players so far:

Matt
Servant
Heather
Mae
Ricky
Feev
Stocker
Johnny
Web
Web's Wife
Lurker
George Monkey
RF

There are also two names I'm unfamiliar with that filled out the form. If you don't see your name above, please send me a PM with your DT handle so you can be included. I posted this to my FB too, but it's two names I don't know so I'm assuming it's from this board.

[mae]

That international rendition of the song from Frozen II was awesome and gave me chills, loved it!

[mae]

YUSSS!!

[Still Servant]

Wow! What a contest. These are some of the best scores I've ever seen. Let me paint a narrative. I score the digital submissions first. It looked like our defending champ was about to be taken down by three unknowns who all scored 20 points. Then I scored the board submissions where a hero reappeared to take down the newcomers. Feev drops 21, but wait, there's more. How could I forget about Mae, our Tournament guru. Mae also drops 21. We go to the tiebreaker where both pick 1917 to win 5 Oscars. We initiate the second tiebreaker and the new winner is...

MAE! Feev posted his picks on February 6 and Mae submitted on February 4th. Congrats to Mae and thank you to everyone who played.

*Please double check your scores. It's late.

2020 Results:

Mae - 21 (Winner by second tiebreaker)
Feev -21
George Monkey -20
Mike Teague - 20
Phllip Gallegos - 20
Servant - 19
Ricky - 19
Heather -18
Lurker -18
Matt - 15
Web -11
Johnny - 11
RF - 11
Stocker - 9
Web's wife - 2

[webstar1000]

That was fun! Thanks for doing it. I didn’t do very well but had a lot of fun. Very disappointed that Parasite won. Oh well...


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[DanHocker]

I'm pleasantly surprised the Oscars didn't do the Oscars thing and gave it to Parasite. Well deserved in my opinion.

[Heather19]

Wow, those are some great scores! I was shocked that Parasite won so many. Thought for sure the Academy would stick with the types of films they've given it to in the past. Glad to see them step out a bit more this year. Now I'm extra excited to see Parasite.

[fernandito]

Congrats Mae!!

Also, what's second tiebreaker?

[Randall Flagg]

Congrats Mae!!

Also, what's second tiebreaker?

Earliest posting of the person's predictions.

[Hunchback Jack]

Congratulations, Mae!

[Lurker]

Congrats to the 21 picks! Thanks to Still.

[Still Servant]

Congrats Mae!!

Also, what's second tiebreaker?

You're welcome, everyone!

We had to create the second tiebreaker because we were getting too many ties after the first tiebreaker.

I don't know about anybody else, but I want these lurkers to participate more.

[Still Servant]

Past results:

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

2013 results
Heather - 20
Servant - 17
Ricky - 15
Matt - 14
Stockerlone - 13
Feev - 12
Mae - 10

2014 results
Heather - 22
Ricky - 20
Servant - 19
Randall - 16
Mae - 13
Matt - 10
Mystima - 10
Merlin - 7
Stockerlone - 6

2015 results
T-Dogz - 20
George Monkey - 19
Lurker - 19
Ricky - 18
Servant - 17
Feev - 17
Heather - 15
Shannon - 15
Mae - 13
Stocker - 9
Matt - 6

2016 results
Heather - 17 (winner by tiebreaker - Mad Max 6)
Servant - 17
Mae - 16
T-Dogz - 16
Ricky - 15
Matt - 15
Lurker - 14
Stocker - 8

2017 results
TDogz - 16 (winner by tiebreaker)
Doc Z - 16
Tommy - 16
Ricky - 15
Lurker - 15
Servant - 15
Heather - 14
Mae -14
Matt - 13
RF - 13
Stocker - 8
Merlin - 7

2018 results
Randall Flagg - 21 (Tiebreaker - The Shape of Water 4) Co-winner
Lurker - 21 (Tiebreaker - The Shape of Water 4) Co-winner
T-Dogz - 20
Servant - 20
Matt - 19
Mae - 19
Heather - 17
John Huerta - 16
Ricky -13
Doctor Zaius - 10

2019 results
Servant - 18
Lurker - 15
Matt - 15
T-Dogz - 15
Mae - 14
Heather - 13
Ricky - 12
Garrell -12
Randall - 9
Stocker - 6

2020 results

Mae - 21 (Winner by second tiebreaker)
Feev -21
George Monkey -20
Mike Teague - 20
Phllip Gallegos - 20
Servant - 19
Ricky - 19
Heather -18
Lurker -18
Matt - 15
Web -11
Johnny - 11
RF - 11
Stocker - 9
Web's wife - 2

[mae]

Oh my gosh, thank you! I never win anything! Ahem, I would like to thank the Academy, it was just an honor to participate, I didn’t think I would actually win. And when Toy Story 4 won I felt like this would not be my night. And then Sam Mendes didn’t win. Once Bong won Director I knew Parasite had Picture 100%, but I didn't think it would actually happen when the night started. Every once in a while the Oscar actually goes to the best picture!

[mae]

[Ricky]

Congrats, Mae (and Feev, too)! Amazing scores.

Of course the year that I have my second best score EVER is the year I'm tied for third. I'm super happy with my score, though.

As for the show itself, I didn't mind not having a host again. I liked the bits they did (the high-energy opening, Chris Rock and Steve Martin's routine, actually performing a medley of the score noms). It did feel like the show dragged, though. Did anyone else feel like there were more commercial breaks than usual?

Not too many surprises in terms of winners, but I'm glad that Jojo won for Adapted Screenplay. Well deserved. And the genuine joy from Bong & Co. each time they won for Parasite was infectious. My favorite moment of the night came at the very end when they dimmed the stage lights to play off Parasite and the entire audience started chanting, "Up! Up! Up!" and motioning for the lights to come back on to let them finish. Such a joyous moment that really captured the spirit of the movies.

Also, every time I put milk in my coffee from now on, I won't be able to do so without thinking of Joaquin Phoenix.

Mike, I saw Parasite on Saturday so now I finally understand your avatar.

[Mattrick]

I demand a recount.

[Still Servant]

I demand a recount.

In your case, there's no way I could have counted that bad!

I enjoyed the show and I was so happy with the Parasite love. I've been a huge fan of Bong for years, so it was great seeing him get his moment. After I saw Parasite, I knew it was my favorite of the year, but I never thought it would win BP. So awesome.

I didn't love the beginning, but it was different at least. I would still prefer a host though. I say it every year, but they have to do a better job of honoring the entire year of film. There were so many great films that came out in 2019 it would have been nice to see a montage or something. The films that are nominated should not be the only ones celebrated.

I really liked how they did the clips for the acting categories. Mixing them all together and kind of weaving a narrative was really cool. I'm glad Jojo got a little love and I will never tire of Deakins winning Oscars. Sure, I would have liked to have seen more upsets, but that happens sometimes, moreso lately it seems. The only real upset was Ford v Ferrari winning Best Film Editing.

Now begins my post Oscar depression.

[Mattrick]

I'll never be able to pick Visual Effects right. When I saw 1917 I paid close attention to it and it's used so sparingly yet well and I thought it was too subtle to win. It's amazing how that can get the most votes when up again a film like Avengers or The Lion King or Star Wars which has CGI running throughout the entire films. Even The Irishman puts its visual effects with the deaging right up front to show it off.

[Heather19]

I enjoyed the show this year. I liked Janelle's opening music number. I do agree with Mike though, that they should focus more on all the movies of the year versus just the nominated ones. It'd be cool if they did a few montages throughout the night highlighting other films released that year.

One thing I thought was odd was that they had people introduce the people that would then introduce something. And can someone please explain the Eminem segment to me. I know he had 8 Mile come out ages ago, but I was confused as to why he came out to sing a song now?

Oh and I watched Parasite last night and loved it

[DanHocker]

I'll never be able to pick Visual Effects right. When I saw 1917 I paid close attention to it and it's used so sparingly yet well and I thought it was too subtle to win. It's amazing how that can get the most votes when up again a film like Avengers or The Lion King or Star Wars which has CGI running throughout the entire films. Even The Irishman puts its visual effects with the deaging right up front to show it off.

The thing with 1917 is the way they used the visual effects. Honestly there's probably almost as much as Avengers, the effects are just done in a way to make you think they aren't there. The ones to look for are all the stuff where they very cleverly hid the cuts and camera transitions, since the movie is shot in a way to make it look like one long continuous take / shot. It's very clever and definitely a thing that would appeal heavily to the Oscar voting crowd / the film industry.

As a side note, how was Lion King nominated for visual effects. Even though they call that "Live Action" it's just an animated movie. It'd be like nominating Toy Story for visual effects.

[Ricky]

I would still prefer a host though. I say it every year, but they have to do a better job of honoring the entire year of film. There were so many great films that came out in 2019 it would have been nice to see a montage or something.

I was going to say the same thing but I say it every year and didn't want to sound like a broken record. So I'll just piggyback off of you.

I really liked how they did the clips for the acting categories. Mixing them all together and kind of weaving a narrative was really cool. I'm glad Jojo got a little love and I will never tire of Deakins winning Oscars.

Agree with all of this.

One thing I thought was odd was that they had people introduce the people that would then introduce something.

That was weird. Even George MacKay seemed to think it was weird as he was introducing someone else.

And can someone please explain the Eminem segment to me. I know he had 8 Mile come out ages ago, but I was confused as to why he came out to sing a song now?

This is one of the great mysteries of life that no one will ever understand.

I understand that it related to the music noms but...Eminem? Wasn't 8 Mile 15 years ago? And did you see them cut to Scorsese nodding off at his performance?

[Mattrick]

I enjoyed the show this year. I liked Janelle's opening music number.

I joked to my friend that to make up for the lack of black nominees, they had black people sing and dance to entertain the privileged whites in attendance.

The thing with 1917 is the way they used the visual effects. Honestly there's probably almost as much as Avengers, the effects are just done in a way to make you think they aren't there. The ones to look for are all the stuff where they very cleverly hid the cuts and camera transitions, since the movie is shot in a way to make it look like one long continuous take / shot. It's very clever and definitely a thing that would appeal heavily to the Oscar voting crowd / the film industry.

Yeah, that's why I considered it. I guess they prefer things to be more subtle. It reminded me of Ex Machina beating Mad Max Fury Road for visual effects despite Mad Max sweeping the other technical awards that year. And I never know what exactly they mean by visual effects...does that include practical effects or is it just talking about digital effects?