Academy Award Game

[cubedbee]

We need to have an Oscar predicting contest. Here is the nomination list. There are 24 categories total. Some are obviously more important that others. I was thinking of having Best Picture and Director worth 3 points. Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, and Original Screenplay would all be worth 2. The other 16 would all be worth 1 each. Does this scoring scheme seem fair, or should it be modified? Before people start posting predictions, I'd like some input on the game format.

[Barney Gumble, FSA]

Best Picture and Director worth 5 points. Best Actor and Actress worth 4 points each. Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress worth 3 points each. , Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay would be worth 2. The other 16 would all be worth 1 each.

Or why not just make a decision and go with it? It's your game, if nobody else likes it, to hell with them.

Weenie.

[cubedbee]

Originally Posted by Barney Gumble, FSA

Or why not just make a decision and go with it? It's your game, if nobody else likes it, to hell with them.

I don't just want to sit here and play with myself.

[SideSwipe]

yeah, you don't want to get a debate going over the scoring system

Yours sounds fine. Either way, we can still predict without a scoring system in place, so we should start the predicting. How many predictable times can I say predict in this predictable predicting sentence predict?

[cubedbee]

Fine, no debate with the scoring. The final offical scoring is:

Best Picture, Director: 4 points
Best Actor, Actress: 3 points
Best Supporting Actor/Actress, Original/Adapted Screenplay: 2 points
Other Categories: 1 point

Academy Awards are on February 29 at 8 EST, so I will make picks due by February 29 at noon EST. You can edit our picks as many times as you would like, provided the last edit is before the deadline. Don't PM me your picks, post them here and increase your post count. I think glenn is out of prize, but I'll PM him and ask anyway.

[SideSwipe]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ken Watanabe - THE LAST SAMURAI

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Charlize Theron

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Renee Zellweger

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
finding nemo

ART DIRECTION
LOTR

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Master and Commander

COSTUME DESIGN
LOTR

DIRECTING
LOTR

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
??? I'll go with Asylum

FILM EDITING
LOTR

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Barbarian Invasions

MAKEUP
LOTR

MUSIC (SCORE)
LOTR

MUSIC (SONG)
LOTR

BEST PICTURE
LOTR

SOUND
tough one, LOTR

VISUAL EFFECTS
LOTR

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
LOTR

WRITING (original SCREENPLAY)
Lost in Translation

I'm predicting an LOTR sweep.

[Pseudolus]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Ben Kingsley - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Benicio Del Toro - 21 GRAMS

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Charlize Theron - MONSTER

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
FINDING NEMO

ART DIRECTION
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

CINEMATOGRAPHY
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

COSTUME DESIGN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

DIRECTING
LOST IN TRANSLATION

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE FOG OF WAR

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
CHERNOBYL HEART

FILM EDITING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
ŽELARY

MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SCORE)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SONG)
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND

BEST PICTURE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
HARVIE KRUMPET

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
(A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)

SOUND
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

SOUND EDITING
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
LOST IN TRANSLATION

[cubedbee]

As is indicated on the homepage, glenn has hooked us up with a prize. So, the winner gets their very own travel mug.

[eponine]

Actor - Bill Murray
Supporting Actor - Watanabe Ken
Actress - Charlize Theron
Supporting Actress - Shohreh Aghdashlooo
Animated Feature - Finding Nemo
Art Direction - LOTR
Cinematography - Cold Mountain
Costume Design - LOTR
Directing - Lost in Translation
Documentary Feature - Fog of War
Documentary Short Subject - Ferry Tales
Film Editing - LOTR
Foreign Language - The Twilight Samurai
Makeup - LOTR
Music (Score) - LOTR
Music (song) - You Will Be My Ain True Love
Best picture - Mystic River
Short Film (animated) - Harvie Krumpet
Short Film (live) Die Rote Jacke
Sound - LOTR
Sound Editing - Finding Nemo
Visual Effect - LOTR
Writing (adapted) - Seabiscuit
Writing (original) - Lost in Translation

[Patience]

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn - MYSTIC RIVER

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Benicio Del Toro - 21 GRAMS

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Charlize Theron - MONSTER

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
FINDING NEMO

ART DIRECTION
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

CINEMATOGRAPHY
COLD MOUNTAIN

COSTUME DESIGN
THE LAST SAMURAI

DIRECTING
MYSTIC RIVER

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
CHERNOBYL HEART

FILM EDITING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS

MAKEUP
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

MUSIC (SCORE)
BIG FISH

MUSIC (SONG)
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND

BEST PICTURE
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
NIBBLES

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket)

SOUND EDITING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD

SOUND MIXING
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

VISUAL EFFECTS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
CITY OF GOD

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
IN AMERICA