I can't believe it's already this weekend. I haven't even thought about them yet. Hopefully I'll be able to catch the shorts this weekend.
I can't believe it's already this weekend. I haven't even thought about them yet. Hopefully I'll be able to catch the shorts this weekend.
Reposting so it's at the top of the page.
The Rules
Oscar night is right around the corner, so I'm going to post the rules for those who might not be familiar with them. Please tell your friends from other boards to come on over and join us. The more the merrier.
You have until showtime on March 4, 2018.
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, whomever 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 some time before Oscar night. I myself will be waiting for the last possible moment to post my predictions.
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.
Returning this year:
Returning this year will be the online ballot submission I created. I think that went over pretty well last year and made things a bit easier for me to grade at the end of the night. Of course, ballots can still be submitted here.
Where it says "name" just put your DT.org handle, or designate in some way that you are from the Dark Tower boards. I will be sharing the same contest form with other friends and I don't want to get them confused.
https://tinyurl.com/OscarContest2018
Best Picture
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director
Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Jordan Peele - Get Out
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Best Actress
Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Meryl Streep - The Post
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water
Best Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
Best Documentary Feature
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Man in Aleppo
Strong Island
Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman
The Insult
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Square
Best Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria & Abdul
Best Original Score
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Original Song
“Mighty River” - Mudbound
“Mystery of Love” - Call Me By Your Name
“Remember Me” - Coco
“Stand Up For Something” - Marshall
“This Is Me” - The Greatest Showman
Best Sound Editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Sound Mixing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Documentary Short
Edith and Eddie
Heaven Is A Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
Best Production Design
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick - Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out - Jordan Peele
Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh
Best Adapted Screenplay
Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory
The Disaster Artist - Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
Logan - Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green
Molly’s Game - Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound - Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Best Animated Feature
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
Best Animated Short
Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
Best Live Action Short
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
Best Film Editing
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder
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I submitted my picks.
As usual, these will be a mix of educated guesses and wishful thinking:
Tiebreaker: The Shape of Water (4)Originally Posted by Still Servant
It's a toss-up between Three Billboards and The Shape of Water for BP, I think. I went with the latter. Though Get Out could act as a spoiler perhaps. Best foreign pic was The Square all along since Cannes but A Fantastic Woman has been picking up steam the more people seen it. An amazing performance by the lead actress that could have been nominated as Best Actress in all honesty. But the Academy rarely does for foreign films. The shorts are always a crapshoot for me. And the animated is a personal pick, since Coco will win but dammit Loving Vincent is just such an astounding and awe-inspiring achievement, maybe I can wish it into winning!
I got it!
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Loving Vincent should really win. Granted I haven't seen Coco, so maybe I shouldn't quite say that, but Loving Vincent was pure art. Everyone seems to think Coco will win, but I really hope somehow Loving Vincent can pull off an upset here. I really wish more people saw it.
I don't think those artsy animated movies will ever win. The animated movie is really the popular choice every time. I don't give that award much credence for that reason.
I'm watching Phantom Thread and Blade Runner 2049 this weekend and then I'm submitting, though I'm picking Deakins to finally win his oscar regardless.
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I'm having a hard time picking the score/song categories.
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Score is easy. There's only one clear winner for me.
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Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty are presenting Best Picture again.
You're probably right. It really is a shame though. Also isn't Coco Pixar? And Pixar is usually hard to beat for some reason. I just can't even begin to imagine all the time and effort that went in to creating Loving Vincent. It's such a beautiful film.
For real? Oh noFaye Dunaway and Warren Beatty are presenting Best Picture again.
I'm off to see the shorts tonight. Hope there's some good ones this year. I'll get my picks in tomorrow morning.
I think the Academy as a whole just has a hard on for CGI. The only time a non-CGI animated film won the award was Spirited Away back in 2002. Actually, I'm incorrect since Wallace and Gromit won too and that's stop-motion, but Spirit Away is the only traditionally animated film to have ever won the award. Loving Vincent does look great. They're generally all kids/family films too. Loving Vincent really stands out since it's not a kid's movie. I loved in Inside Out, but I'm still upset and Anamolisa didn't win, not just because it was great, but because it's the only R rated film to ever be nominated for the award.
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So I went to see the Oscar shorts last night. The live action ones were all good. My favorite one was The Eleven O'Clock. It was the only funny lighthearted one of the bunch. That said, with the heaviness of the others I doubt this one has a chance at winning. But at least it was enjoyable to watch. The Silent Child was also very good.
The animated shorts on the other hand... I did not care for any of them. I have a really hard time believing that these are the best of the bunch.
I just submitted my picks. For email, I put in mine, should I have put in yours?
I'm going to post my picks on this thread, for transparency.
Nope. You did it right. You're supposed to put your email in, that way you can get sent an email back with your picks.
I will also be posting my picks here. I fill out an online form too, but people can do either or. I will say that filling out the online ballot makes things a tad easier at the end of the night. I use Google Forms to create the ballot and you can download an Excel like file with all the picks for each category. It makes it a lot easier to score. But you DO NOT have to fill out the online form if you posted your pics here.
Anyway, tonight is the big night. You have until showtime to post your picks here or submit an online ballot here https://tinyurl.com/OscarContest2018
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Will be posting mine soon.
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I'm going to post mine in here...I'll do the other submission later, but you'll see they're the same. I just don't have time to do several submissions for various pools lol
Also, Bold is my pick to win, and anything in italics is my personal choice...if it's both, it's both.
Best Picture
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director
Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Jordan Peele - Get Out
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Best Actress
Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Meryl Streep - The Post
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water
Best Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
Best Documentary Feature
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Man in Aleppo
Strong Island
Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman
The Insult
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Square
Best Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria & Abdul
Best Original Score
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Original Song
“Mighty River” - Mudbound
“Mystery of Love” - Call Me By Your Name
“Remember Me” - Coco
“Stand Up For Something” - Marshall
“This Is Me” - The Greatest Showman
Best Sound Editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Sound Mixing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Documentary Short
Edith and Eddie
Heaven Is A Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
Best Production Design
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick - Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out - Jordan Peele
Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh
Best Adapted Screenplay
Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory
The Disaster Artist - Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
Logan - Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green
Molly’s Game - Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound - Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Best Animated Feature
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
Best Animated Short
Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
Best Live Action Short
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
Best Film Editing
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder
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Here are my picks....
Best Picture
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water)
Best Actor
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Best Actress
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Best Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Best Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Best Documentary Feature
Faces Places
Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman
Best Costume Design
Phantom Thread
Best Original Score
The Shape of Water
Best Original Song
“Remember Me” (Coco)
Best Sound Editing
Dunkirk
Best Sound Mixing
Dunkirk
Best Documentary Short
Edith and Eddie
Best Production Design
The Shape of Water
Best Original Screenplay
Jordan Peele (Get Out)
Best Adapted Screenplay
James Ivory (Call Me By Your Name)
Best Animated Feature
Coco
Best Animated Short
Dear Basketball
Best Live Action Short
DeKalb Elementary
Best Film Editing
Dunkirk
Best Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Tiebreaker: The Academy will share the love this year, with 3 films all winning 3 Oscars....
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor
The Shape of Water
Best Director, Best Production Design and Best Original Score
Dunkirk
Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing
Best Picture
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director
Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Jordan Peele - Get Out
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Best Actress
Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Meryl Streep - The Post
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water
Best Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Mudbound
The Shape of Water
Best Documentary Feature
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Man in Aleppo
Strong Island
Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman
The Insult
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Square
Best Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria & Abdul
Best Original Score
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Original Song
“Mighty River” - Mudbound
“Mystery of Love” - Call Me By Your Name
“Remember Me” - Coco
“Stand Up For Something” - Marshall
“This Is Me” - The Greatest Showman
Best Sound Editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Sound Mixing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Best Documentary Short
Edith and Eddie
Heaven Is A Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop
Best Production Design
Beauty and the Beast
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick - Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
Get Out - Jordan Peele
Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh
Best Adapted Screenplay
Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory
The Disaster Artist - Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
Logan - Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green
Molly’s Game - Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound - Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Best Animated Feature
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
Best Animated Short
Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes
Best Live Action Short
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us
Best Film Editing
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Victoria & Abdul
Wonder
Tiebreaker: The Shape of Water - 4
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Not sure why I can't edit my post...Shape of Water (3) tie breaker.
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Happy Oscar night! My fave is Three Billboards (although i really dug Shape of Water too!)
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You're not going to make your picks?
Less than an hour until showtime.
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Here's my picks:
Best Picture
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
Best Actor
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Best Actress
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Best Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Best Documentary Feature
Faces Places
Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman
Best Costume Design
Phantom Thread
Best Original Score
The Shape of Water
Best Original Song
“Remember Me” - Coco
Best Sound Editing
Dunkirk
Best Sound Mixing
Dunkirk
Best Documentary Short
Heroin(e)
Best Production Design
The Shape of Water
Best Original Screenplay
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh
Best Adapted Screenplay
Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory
Best Animated Feature
Coco
Best Animated Short
Lou
Best Live Action Short
The Silent Child
Best Film Editing
Baby Driver
Best Visual Effects
War for the Planet of the Apes
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
Tiebraker: 4 - Three Billboards
I know I didn't pick Get Out for anything, but I really do hope that it wins something.
I can do transparent:
Best Picture
The Shape of Water
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
Best Actor
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
Best Actress
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Best Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Best Documentary Feature
Icarus
Best Foreign Language Film
A Fantastic Woman
Best Costume Design
Phantom Thread
Best Original Score
The Shape of Water
Best Original Song
“Remember Me” - Coco
Best Sound Editing
Dunkirk
Best Sound Mixing
Dunkirk
Best Documentary Short
Heroin(e)
Best Production Design
The Shape of Water
Best Original Screenplay
Get Out - Jordan Peele
Best Adapted Screenplay
Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory
Best Animated Feature
Coco
Best Animated Short
Dear Basketball
Best Live Action Short
DeKalb Elementary
Best Film Editing
Dunkirk
Best Visual Effects
War for the Planet of the Apes
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
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