| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 02/20/2007 : 05:25:20
Next Sunday is the big day, when Hollywood congratulates itself on a job well done. Well, in most cases. As with the other US based awards, I'll be conducting the contest. Vote for your choices in the categories listed below and we'll see who calls it the closest. This time, I'll be sprinkling 10 votes for every award each entrant calls correctly (this could mean visiting many pages...). Feel free to enter, vote on whom you care about winning, and if you want, sprinkle votes to the participants who call the winners correctly!!!
Performance by an actor in a leading role
0 - Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
1 - Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
0 - Peter O�Toole - Venus
0 - Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
14 - Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
1 - Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
0 - Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
2 - Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
11 - Eddie Murphy in - Dreamgirls
1 - Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Performance by an actress in a leading role
1 - Pen�lope Cruz - Volver
1 - Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
13 - Helen Mirren - The Queen
0 - Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
0 - Kate Winslet - Little Children
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
1 - Adriana Barraza - Babel
1 - Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
0 - Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
12 - Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
1 - Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Best animated feature film of the year
7 - �Cars� (Buena Vista) John Lasseter
7 - �Happy Feet� (Warner Bros.) George Miller
0 - �Monster House� (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan
Achievement in art direction
1 - Dreamgirls - Art Direction: John Myhre - Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
0 - The Good Shepherd - Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall - Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
8 - Pan�s Labyrinth - Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero - Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
5 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs - Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
1 - The Prestige - Art Direction: Nathan Crowley - Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
Achievement in cinematography
2 - The Black Dahlia - Vilmos Zsigmond
4 - Children of Men - Emmanuel Lubezki
2 - The Illusionist - Dick Pope
7 - Pan�s Labyrinth - Guillermo Navarro
0 - The Prestige - Wally Pfister
Achievement in costume design
1 - Curse of the Golden Flower - Yee Chung Man
1 - The Devil Wears Prada - Patricia Field
7 - Dreamgirls - Sharen Davis
5 - Marie Antoinette - Milena Canonero
0 - The Queen - Consolata Boyle
Achievement in directing
1 - Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu - Babel
7 - Martin Scorsese � The Departed
2 - Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
0 - Stephen Frears - The Queen
5 - Paul Greengrass - United 93
Best documentary feature
0 - Deliver Us from Evil - Amy Berg and Frank Donner
15 - An Inconvenient Truth � Davis Guggenheim
0 - Iraq in Fragments - James Longley and John Sinno
0 - Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
0 - My Country, My Country - Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Best documentary short subject
4 - The Blood of Yingzhou District - Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
6 - Recycled Life - Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
1 - Rehearsing a Dream - Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
1 - Two Hands - Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
Achievement in film editing
4 - Babel - Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
1 - Blood Diamond - Steven Rosenblum
1 - Children of Men - Alex Rodr�guez and Alfonso Cuar�n
0 - The Departed - Thelma Schoonmaker
7 - United 93 - Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Best foreign language film of the year
0 - After the Wedding - 16 Production Denmark
0 - Days of Glory (Indig�nes) - Algeria
1 - The Lives of Others - Germany
13 - Pan�s Labyrinth - Mexico
1 - Water - Canada
Achievement in makeup
4 - Apocalypto - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
0 - Click - Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
11 - Pan�s Labyrinth - David Marti and Montse Ribe
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
9 - Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla
0 - The Good German - Thomas Newman
2 - Notes on a Scandal - Philip Glass
1 - Pan�s Labyrinth - Javier Navarrete
1 - The Queen - Alexandre Desplat
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
4 - �I Need to Wake Up� from �An Inconvenient Truth� - Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
7 - �Listen� from �Dreamgirls� - Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, Lyric by Anne Preven
0 - �Love You I Do� from �Dreamgirls� - Music by Henry Krieger, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
2 - �Our Town� from �Cars� - Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
1 - �Patience� from �Dreamgirls� - Music by Henry Krieger, Lyric by Willie Reale
Best motion picture of the year
4 - Babel
4 - The Departed
3 - Letters from Iwo Jima
4 - Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Best animated short film
3 - The Danish Poet - Torill Kove
0 - Lifted - Gary Rydstrom
6 - The Little Matchgirl - Roger Allers and Don Hahn
1 - Maestro - Geza M. Toth
2 - No Time for Nuts - Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
Best live action short film
3 - Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea) - Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
2 - �ramos Pocos (One Too Many) - Borja Cobeaga
0 - Helmer & Son - Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
1 - The Saviour - Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
7 - West Bank Story - Ari Sandel
Achievement in sound editing
4 - Apocalypto - Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
1 - Blood Diamond - Lon Bender
1 - Flags of Our Fathers - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
4 - Letters from Iwo Jima - Alan Robert Murray
3 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Achievement in sound mixing
1 - Apocalypto - Kevin O�Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
0 - Blood Diamond - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
9 - Dreamgirls - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
3 - Flags of Our Fathers - John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
1 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Achievement in visual effects
14 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
1 - Poseidon - Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
0 - Superman Returns - Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
Adapted screenplay
2 - Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
2 - Children of Men
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuar�n & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
8 - The Departed
Screenplay by William Monahan
2 - Little Children
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
1 - Notes on a Scandal
Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Original screenplay
4 - Babel
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
3 - Letters from Iwo Jima
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
5 - Little Miss Sunshine
Written by Michael Arndt
2 - Pan�s Labyrinth
Written by Guillermo del Toro
0 - The Queen
Written by Peter Morgan
Note to self: Counted through Salopian's changes (I think there were only 3?) and 2 of GHCool's updates
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| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 03/10/2007 : 15:23:07
Thank you all :) It was fun, I LOVE awards season!! And yes, Salopian, I must confess, I did bump your review up to 60  |
| Montgomery |
Posted - 03/09/2007 : 18:37:16
Thanks so much, Wildhartlivie. I bounced some votes back your way, too.
EM :) |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 03/09/2007 : 13:26:34
quote:
Originally posted by wildhartlivie
turrell: 12/24 50% DONE
ChocolateLady: 10/24 41.7% DONE
ali: 15/24 62.5% DONE
Shiv: 11/23 47.8% DONE (as well as I could, I'll visit you again)
Randall: 12/24 50% DONE
Whippersnapper: 9/24 37.5% DONE
demonic: 13/24 54.2% DONE
Rovark: 14/23 60.9% DONE
GHCool: 8/22 36.7% DONE
wildhartlivie 10/24 41.7%
AIRBOLT 9/14 64.3% DONE
Little Old Lady from Dubuque 9/24 37.5% DONE
M0rkeleb 15/24 62.5% DONE
Montgomery 15/24 62.5% DONE
Salopian - updated 10/21 47.6% DONE
lemmycaution 11/24 45.8% DONE
Overall: 183/388 47.2%
This was a great endeavour. Thanks for all your work, W.H.L. |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 03/09/2007 : 10:40:07
Assuming that was part of your voting, thank you for giving me my first review in the 60s!  |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 03/09/2007 : 10:17:19
quote:
Originally posted by wildhartlivie
Salopian - updated 10/21 47.6% DONE
Thanks, W.H.L. Much appreciated. As promised, I visited your reviews (all those that I had not seen in the Twelve Days of Christmas, in fact.) |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 03/09/2007 : 10:15:42
quote:
Originally posted by wildhartlivie
turrell: 12/24 50% DONE
ChocolateLady: 10/24 41.7% DONE
ali: 15/24 62.5% DONE
Shiv: 11/23 47.8% DONE (as well as I could, I'll visit you again)
Randall: 12/24 50% DONE
Whippersnapper: 9/24 37.5% DONE
demonic: 13/24 54.2% DONE
Rovark: 14/23 60.9% DONE
GHCool: 8/22 36.7% DONE
wildhartlivie 10/24 41.7%
AIRBOLT 9/14 64.3% DONE
Little Old Lady from Dubuque 9/24 37.5% DONE
M0rkeleb 15/24 62.5% DONE
Montgomery 15/24 62.5% DONE
Salopian - updated 10/21 47.6% DONE
lemmycaution 11/24 45.8% DONE
Overall: 183/388 47.2%
Aha! I've been waiting for this. And now, in all good conscience and especially because I didn't enter this challenge, and because you have brought so much pleasure to millions ... I will visit your pages and bop you with some BaftaVotes. Prob'ly a bit later today
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| Montgomery |
Posted - 02/27/2007 : 15:42:19
quote:
Originally posted by wildhartlivie
turrell: 12/24 50%
ChocolateLady: 10/24 41.7%
ali: 15/24 62.5%
Shiv: 11/23 47.8%
Salopian: 9/21 42.8% not w/ updates
Randall: 12/24 50%
Whippersnapper: 9/24 37.5%
demonic: 13/24 54.2%
Rovark: 14/23 60.9%
GHCool: 8/22 36.7%
wildhartlivie 10/24 41.7%
AIRBOLT 9/14 64.3%
Little Old from Dubuque 9/24 37.5%
M0rkeleb 15/24 62.5%
Montgomery 15/24 62.5%
Salopian - updated 10/21 47.6%
lemmycaution 11/24 45.8%
Overall: 183/388 47.2%
AIRBOLT beat my percentage, but he/she didn't venture guesses on every category. I did win the Office Pool at my work. $25! Sweet!
Okay, we don't wager much, but it's still fun.
EM :) |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 02/27/2007 : 09:40:26
quote:
Originally posted by wildhartlivie
My sprinkling of votes will commence
Thanks. I'll reciprocate when I get the chance - not just in thanks for the votes, but also for organising this thread. It has been interesting to see everyone's preferences. |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 02/26/2007 : 19:09:06
quote:
Originally posted by GHcool
quote:
Originally posted by wildhartlivie
GHCool: 8/22 36.7%
These were my preferences. I was slightly higher on my actual predictions (54%), but not high enough to win the Oscar pool at the office.
It was an interesting night. I'm glad Alan Arkin won also, but I didn't expect he would. My real dark horse favorite in that category was Jackie Earle Haley. So glad to see nice things happening for him. It was a bit long, but since I love the awards shows, I still hated for it to end. Ellen DeGeneres is SUCH a better host than say, Sarah Silverman was at the Independent Spirit Awards. I wanted Forest Whitaker to win, but part of me also was pulling for Peter O'Toole. I think the real upset was when the already much awarded Pan's Labyrinth didn't take Best Foreign Film. It is a wonderful film. By the way, speaking of the Independent Spirit Awards, did anyone see it and know what nominated film Lorette Devine was singing about when she did the Beauty & the Beast/Beauty is Deceased song? I missed parts of it and couldn't decide which film it was.
The tallies are done. My sprinkling of votes will commence, but it may take me a few days to get them all done. Y'all did TOO good  |
| GHcool |
Posted - 02/26/2007 : 17:53:26
quote:
Originally posted by wildhartlivie
GHCool: 8/22 36.7%
These were my preferences. I was slightly higher on my actual predictions (54%), but not high enough to win the Oscar pool at the office. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 02/26/2007 : 11:41:39
quote:
Originally posted by Salopian
quote:
Originally posted by wildhartlivie
Best foreign language film of the year
1 - The Lives of Others - Germany
I had never heard of this before, but read a piece about it in the paper yesterday. Well, the piece was really about the Stasi in general, but it did make me really want to see the film and it did say that it was the first accurate film portrayal of the G.D.R.
We saw the trailer for this when we went to see The Queen. Looks very, very good, and it may just be the next film we go to see!
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| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 02/26/2007 : 09:20:12
quote:
Originally posted by wildhartlivie
Best foreign language film of the year
1 - The Lives of Others - Germany
I had never heard of this before, but read a piece about it in the paper yesterday. Well, the piece was really about the Stasi in general, but it did make me really want to see the film and it did say that it was the first accurate film portrayal of the G.D.R.
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 02/26/2007 : 09:04:41
quote:
Originally posted by wildhartlivie
ChocolateLady: 10/24 41.7%
I am glad I was wrong about Cars (I wanted Happy Feet to win, but didn't think they'd give it to them) but at least I was right about Alan Arkin - it was wishful thinking and I see wishes sometimes DO come true!
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| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 02/26/2007 : 08:35:15
turrell: 12/24 50% DONE
ChocolateLady: 10/24 41.7% DONE
ali: 15/24 62.5% DONE
Shiv: 11/23 47.8% DONE (as well as I could, I'll visit you again)
Randall: 12/24 50% DONE
Whippersnapper: 9/24 37.5% DONE
demonic: 13/24 54.2% DONE
Rovark: 14/23 60.9% DONE
GHCool: 8/22 36.7% DONE
wildhartlivie 10/24 41.7%
AIRBOLT 9/14 64.3% DONE
Little Old Lady from Dubuque 9/24 37.5% DONE
M0rkeleb 15/24 62.5% DONE
Montgomery 15/24 62.5% DONE
Salopian - updated 10/21 47.6% DONE
lemmycaution 11/24 45.8% DONE
Overall: 183/388 47.2%
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| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 02/26/2007 : 01:45:28
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Best animated feature film of the year
�Happy Feet� (Warner Bros.) George Miller
Achievement in art direction
Pan�s Labyrinth - Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero - Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Achievement in cinematography
Pan�s Labyrinth - Guillermo Navarro
Achievement in costume design
Marie Antoinette - Milena Canonero
Achievement in directing
Martin Scorsese � The Departed
Best documentary feature
An Inconvenient Truth � Davis Guggenheim
Best documentary short subject
The Blood of Yingzhou District - Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Achievement in film editing
The Departed - Thelma Schoonmaker
Best foreign language film of the year
The Lives of Others - Germany
Achievement in makeup
Pan�s Labyrinth - David Marti and Montse Ribe
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
�I Need to Wake Up� from �An Inconvenient Truth� - Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
Best motion picture of the year
The Departed
Best animated short film
The Danish Poet - Torill Kove
Best live action short film
West Bank Story - Ari Sandel
Achievement in sound editing
Letters from Iwo Jima - Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Achievement in sound mixing
Dreamgirls - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
Achievement in visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Adapted screenplay
The Departed
Screenplay by William Monahan
Original screenplay
Little Miss Sunshine
Written by Michael Arndt
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