The 2011 Oscar Contest Thread

[pathoftheturtle]

That's awesome, Merlin ! Good man.

Oh, and I'm revising my pick for Best Foreign Film to Dogtooth.

Yeah, I see you gave it 10/10 on the rate movie thread. I'd still love to hear your what you thought about Biutiful.

[Merlin1958]

Ain't no thing, but a chicken wing!!!!!

Lets have some Oscar fun!!!


For the record, I will be posting my wife's picks. I haven't a clue, not a fucking clue what's going on this year with the exception of "Inception"!! I thought that was a great Movie!!!

[Still Servant]

Just a few things:

I know there are some categories that even the most hardcore cinema fans (that would be us) have no clue about, I'm looking at you short film live action, so just make an educated guess. If you leave it blank, you will be marked wrong. My sister is a teacher. Now I know why she goes on so many power trips.

You guys have up until the show begins to make any changes to your predictions. I ask that if you do make any changes, please edit them accordingly or repost your predictions list. Feev, I noticed you changed your pick to Dogtooth, but I don't think you made the change on your prediction list.

So far I have predictions from Feev, Heather and Mattrick. If I'm missing anybody, let me know.

Last, I'm still on the fence about seeing The King's Speech before Oscar night. I'm really OCD about stuff like this and since I've seen 9 out of the 10 films nominated, it only seems right. Thoughts?

[fernandito]

I'll make the change on my list too, Mike.

Also - I went ahead and changed the name of the thread as requested !

[Heather19]

Last, I'm still on the fence about seeing The King's Speech before Oscar night. I'm really OCD about stuff like this and since I've seen 9 out of the 10 films nominated, it only seems right. Thoughts?

Yes, and then you can let me know if it's one I'd like

[Merlin1958]

Best Picture

“True Grit”

Best Direction

Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”

Actress in a Leading Role

Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Actress in a Supporting Role

Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”

Adapted Screenplay

Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”

Original Screenplay

Christopher Nolan for “Inception”

Animated Feature

“Toy Story 3″

Art Direction

“Alice in Wonderland”: Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)

Cinematography

“Inception”: Wally Pfister

Costume Design

“Alice in Wonderland”: Colleen Atwood

Documentary (Feature)

“Restrepo”

Documentary (Short Subject)

“Killing in the Name”

Film Editing

“Black Swan”: Andrew Weisblum

Foreign Language Film

“Biutiful”: Mexico

Makeup

“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

“The King’s Speech”: Alexandre Desplat

Music (Original Song)

“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)

“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe

Short Film (Live Action)

“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

“Inception”: Richard King

Sound Mixing

“The Social Network”: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten

Visual Effects

“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!!!


Good Luck All!!!

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[Merlin1958]

Last, I'm still on the fence about seeing The King's Speech before Oscar night. I'm really OCD about stuff like this and since I've seen 9 out of the 10 films nominated, it only seems right. Thoughts?

Yes, and then you can let me know if it's one I'd like

Make that Two "Yea's"!!!!

[Ricky]

I probably won't get my picks posted until Sunday. I still have some watching to do.

[Mattrick]

Watch King's Speech..it's excellent.

[Merlin1958]

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[Merlin1958]

So, the BIG SHOW is Sunday and all we have is what, 4 sets of picks???? C'mon folks, don't you want your name in lights? lol

[Still Servant]

Thanks, Feev!

Here are my picks:

Best Picture
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right ”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”

Best Direction
Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
David Fincher for “The Social Network”
Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech”
David O. Russell for “The Fighter”

Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
James Franco in “127 Hours”
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Adapted Screenplay
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy for “127 Hours”
Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”
Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich for “Toy Story 3″
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for “True Grit”
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for “Winter’s Bone”

Original Screenplay
Mike Leigh for “Another Year”
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson for “The Fighter”
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for “The Kids Are All Right”
David Seidler for “The King’s Speech”

Animated Feature
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Toy Story 3″

Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”: Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
“Inception”: Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)
“The King’s Speech”: Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
“True Grit”: Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

Cinematography
“Black Swan”: Matthew Libatique
“Inception”: Wally Pfister
“The King’s Speech”: Danny Cohen
“The Social Network”: Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit”: Roger Deakins

Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland”: Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love”: Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King’s Speech”: Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest”: Sandy Powell
“True Grit”: Mary Zophres

Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop”
“Gasland”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“Waste Land”

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name”
“Poster Girl”
“Strangers No More”
“Sun Come Up”
“The Warriors of Qiugang”

Film Editing
“Black Swan”: Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter”: Pamela Martin
“The King’s Speech”: Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours”: Jon Harris
“The Social Network”: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful”: Mexico
“Dogtooth”: Greece
“In a Better World”: Denmark
“Incendies”: Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)”: Algeria

Makeup
“Barney’s Version”: Adrien Morot
“The Way Back”: Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
“How to Train Your Dragon”: John Powell
“Inception”: Hans Zimmer
“The King’s Speech”: Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours”: A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network”: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night”: Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo”: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing”: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)”: Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession”: Tanel Toom
“The Crush”: Michael Creagh
“God of Love”: Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe”: Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing
“Inception”: Richard King
“Toy Story 3″: Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
“Tron: Legacy”: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
“Unstoppable”: Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing
“Inception”: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King’s Speech”: Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt”: Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network”: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit”: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects
“Alice in Wonderland”: Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1″: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter”: Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2″: Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

[Mattrick]

really hard for me to tell what you picked there lol

[Still Servant]

really hard for me to tell what you picked there lol

I sense sarcasm, but if not, I can make it easier to see what I picked.

[Ricky]

Here are my picks for tonight:

Best Picture

“The King’s Speech”

Best Direction

Darren Aronofsky for “Black Swan”

Actor in a Leading Role

Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”

Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Actress in a Supporting Role

Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”

Adapted Screenplay

Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”

Original Screenplay

Christopher Nolan for “Inception”

Animated Feature

“Toy Story 3″

Art Direction

“The King’s Speech”: Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)

Cinematography

“Black Swan”: Matthew Libatique

Costume Design

“The King’s Speech”: Jenny Beavan

Documentary (Feature)

“Exit through the Gift Shop”

Documentary (Short Subject)

“Strangers No More”

Film Editing

“The Social Network”: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film

“Biutiful”: Mexico

Makeup

“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

“Inception”: Hans Zimmer

Music (Original Song)

“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

Short Film (Animated)

“The Lost Thing”: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Short Film (Live Action)

“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

“Inception”: Richard King

Sound Mixing

“Inception”: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Visual Effects

“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

[pathoftheturtle]

Best Picture
“The King’s Speech”

Best Direction
Tom Hooper for “The King’s Speech”

Actor in a Leading Role
James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”

Adapted Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin for “The Social Network”

Original Screenplay
Christopher Nolan for “Inception”

Animated Feature
“Toy Story 3"

Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”: Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)

Cinematography
“The King’s Speech”: Danny Cohen

Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland”: Colleen Atwood

Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop”

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name”

Film Editing
“The Social Network”: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful”: Mexico

Makeup
“The Wolfman”: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
“Inception”: Hans Zimmer

Music (Original Song)
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3″ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)
“Let’s Pollute”: Geefwee Boedoe

Short Film (Live Action)
“Wish 143″: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing
“Inception”: Richard King

Sound Mixing
“Inception”: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Visual Effects
“Inception”: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

[Still Servant]

Get your picks in, the show is almost upon us.

After the show, I will correct the predictions as swiftly as possible.

Good luck to all!

[pathoftheturtle]

Lot of surprises already.
Foreign Language Film: In a Better World Now I've got to watch that.

Real head-slap moment -- Wally Pfister, Cinematographer for Inception. I should have known.

[fernandito]

Definitely, the cinematography award should have by right gone to True Grit.

[Still Servant]

Well, the results are in. Drum roll please.....

...

You know, I actually enjoyed the show a lot this year. Having seen so many of the films nominated this year really added to my enjoyment. Anyway, for the second year in a row, Heather is victorious. Congrats Heather, you certainly have a knack for this!

Here's how everybody else fared:

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

I hope everybody enjoyed the show. If you haven't seen all of the films nominated, be sure to check them out at some point during the year. They are all great in their own way. I'm looking forward to seeing some new and great films released during the year.

[Roland of Gilead 33]

actually though i had no fucking clue who was even nominated, i wasn't really paying who actually was to be honest. it was actually pretty DAMN nice NOT to see a Cohen Bros. film actually win anything. now i can't say IF 'True Grit" is any good or not? cause i haven't seen it yet. buut i just get tired of them winning each time a new fucking film comes out. those 2 guys are OVER-RATED by far.

not that they don't have talent they do, they just are OVER-RATED! anyways, this year actually it felt like NEW people who won an oscar was a nice change, instead of the same fucking people winning each & every year. it was actually NICE to see people who haven't won before actually win! & my dude Rick Baker who i think SHOULD work on the "DT" series he won for "Wolfman" & even though i haven't seen that film so i can't say if that one is any good or not?

that man Rick Baker i mean, is a fucking GENIUS on make-up! the best make-up genius that's better than him is of course than Fantastic "Lon Chaney Sr." to bad he didn't live long enough to be acknowleged for that later in his life. 'Anne Hathway" did a decent job i think at being the host. & though "James Franco" did a decent job he did appear stiff & did kinda lose interest at some point. well my views anyways.

[Heather19]

Well, the results are in. Drum roll please.....

...

You know, I actually enjoyed the show a lot this year. Having seen so many of the films nominated this year really added to my enjoyment. Anyway, for the second year in a row, Heather is victorious. Congrats Heather, you certainly have a knack for this!

Here's how everybody else fared:

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

I hope everybody enjoyed the show. If you haven't seen all of the films nominated, be sure to check them out at some point during the year. They are all great in their own way. I'm looking forward to seeing some new and great films released during the year.

I really enjoyed this years show a lot more than the past few years. And I agree with Roland, the Academy definitely has their favorites and they seem to pick them regardless of what film they're in, but this year seemed like a lot of new faces were winning as well. Which I really enjoyed. And I'm sure it also has to do with the fact that I had seen a lot of the nominated films (and really enjoyed them) as opposed to last year where I wasn't really routing for anything.

[Jean]

Heather wins! Heather wins!!!

[fernandito]

Congrats Heather !

[Merlin1958]

Congrats, Heather!!!!