1st Annual BrowserMetrics Oscar Pool Official Thread
Read the rules. Please post your predictions in the comments to this thread only. Here’s the list. If you want to see an official looking one with actual people’s names, try here or here. Don’t forget that some predications account for more points!
- Best Picture: (3) Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood
- Actor: (3) George Clooney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Johnny Depp, Tommy Lee Jones, Viggo Mortensen
- Actress: (3) Cate Blanchett, Julie Christie, Marion Cotillard, Laura Linney, Ellen Page
- Supporting Actor: (3) Casey Affleck, Javier Bardem, Hal Holbrook, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Wilkinson
- Supporting Actress: (3) Cate Blanchett, Ruby Dee, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Ryan, Tilda Swinton
- Director: (2) Julian Schnabel, Jason Reitman, Tony Gilroy, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Paul Thomas Anderson
- Foreign Film: Beaufort, The Counterfeiters, Katyn, Mongol, 12
- Adapted Screenplay: (2) Christopher Hampton, Sarah Polley, Ronald Harwood, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Paul Thomas Anderson
- Original Screenplay: (2) Diablo Cody, Nancy Oliver, Tony Gilroy, Brad Bird et. al., Tamara Jenkins
- Animated Feature Film: (2) Persepolis, Ratatouille, Surfs Up
- Art Direction: (2) American Gangster, Atonement, The Golden Compass, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, There Will Be Blood
- Cinematography: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood
- Sound Mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum, No Country for Old Men, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma, Transformers
- Sound Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum, No Country for Old Men, Ratatouille, There Will Be Blood, Transformers
- Original Score: Atonement, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma
- Original Song: Falling Slowly from Once, Happy Working Song from Enchanted, Raise It Up from August Rush, So Close from Enchanted, Thats How You Know from Enchanted
- Costume: Across the Universe, Atonement, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, La Vie en Rose, Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Documentary Feature: No End in Sight, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, Sicko, Taxi to the Dark Side, War/Dance
- Documentary (short subject): Freeheld, La Corona (The Crown), Salim Baba, Saris Mother
- Film Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood
- Makeup: La Vie en Rose, Norbit, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
- Animated Short Film: I Met the Walrus, Madame Tutli-Putli, Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven), My Love (Moya Lyubov), Peter & the Wolf
- Live Action Short Film: At Night, Il Supplente (The Substitute), Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets), Tanghi Argentini, The Tonto Woman
- Visual Effects: The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, Transformers
TIE BREAKER: The official number of people watching the telecast in the US. Get as close to, but not over that number!
Good luck.
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I could care less about the Oscars so I’ll probably be FAR FAR off. It’s hard year since Blood, Clayton and No Country are very fine films. But this is the Oscars and it doesn’t work like that.
1/5, 2/2, 3/5, 4/2, 5/5, 6/5, 7/1(I didn’t see any of these. All sound like good. After reading the synopsis I’ll go with this choice. It seems like something people will grasp too. Who knows), 8/4 (This is the hardest one of all. Adapted screenplay is a curios one), 9/5 (Another hard one. But They may be won over by Bird, Clayton is a good choice but Juno is a good bet for it could be it’s only win), 10/2 (I’m sure more saw Ratatouille. Surfs up is great, but it doesn’t stand a chance next to these two), 11/3, 12/1 (Another hard one. They all had wonderful cinematography. But this could be Jesse’s only chance of winning), 13/5 (Big BOOM! But Ratatouille depends on atmospheric sounds. It’s another toss up), 14/4 (There will be blood had wonderful tension due to it’s sound design. It’s “quiet before the storm” kind of way. But so did No Country. A toss up), 15/1 (Ratatouille sure got a lot of noms), 16/1 ((No doubt in my mind Oncve has it), 17/5 (Sweeney was a well design film and can’t wait to get it. But Elizabeth has a chance), 18/4 (Just a guess), 19/5 (Another guess), 20/5 (This is a hard one, because No Country had a wonderful sense of timing. I like how quite a few things happened off screen and the fact that 3 different points of view were used. Amazing. But Blood had a confident way about it. I don’t know. Both were wonderful), 21/3, 22/4, 23/5, 24/3.
And that’s that. It was good year for films. Not all the ones here but in general. Clayton, Blood, Sweeny, No Country, Ratatouille, and Jesse are my faves of the bunch.
Can you post those as names again? I can’t decipher what your saying?!
Can’t decipher? Look at your post and the entries.
Best Picture is Category “1”, I chose “There Will Be Blood which is “5th” on the Noms… hence “1/5”.
That’s all I did instead of writing out all The Noms 25 times.
I know that I can look at the post and compare the numbers. But as I do my comparison, what happens when I fuck it up? I would like to make calculation of the entries easier and it would be so much better if you would get give me your predictions in a more straightforward and decipherable way.
just had to say that i was laughing while looking at the 1/5 etc. haha! i knew what u were talking about but it was like im sure it will be like alien language somewhere or what. =)
i havent pondered on this yet. so later.
@OneLittleSeedling: There’s no 5 for entry 19. Also, do you want to make a prediction for the tiebreaker?
(1) Picture: There Will Be Blood
(2) Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
(3) Actress: *this is really not fair but ive only seen 2 of them.* Marion Cotillard (though I think it was Julie Christie who won the Globes, so whatever.
(4) S Actor: *gosh! but id like to give it to* Casey Affleck
(5) S Actress: Ruby Dee
(6) Director: Coens
(7) Adapted Screenplay: *this is too challenging you know* Anderson
(8) Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody *though if I saw Lars, I guess it would make me think*
(9) Animated : Ratatouille
(10) Art Direction: Sweeney Todd
(11) Cinematography: Jesse James
(12) Sound Mixing: Transformers
(13) Sound Editing: Transformers
(14) Original Score: Atonement
(15) Original Song: *I’ll be biased but its* Falling Slowly =)
(16) Costume: Atonement
(17) Film Editing: There Will Be Blood
(18) Makeup: Pirates
(19) Visual Effects: Transformers
@Marge: You should make a guess for all the categories. You may hit one. Without you’re guaranteed 0 points.
i dunno. id like to leave it that way for awhile. =D
Best Picture: There Will Be Blood
Actor: George Clooney
Actress: Ellen Page
Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck
Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee
Director: Tony Gilroy
Foreign Film: 12
Adapted Screen Play: Coen Brothers
Original Screen Play: Diablo Cody
Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Cinematography: No Country for Old Men
Sound Mixing: Bourne
Sound Editing: Bourne
Original Score: Michael Clayton
Original Song: Falling Slowly
Costume: Across the Universe
Documentary Feature:Sicko
Documentary Short: Salim baba
Editing: Bourne
Make Up: La Vie en Rose
Animated Short: My Love
Live Action Short:Il Supplente
Visual: Transformers
15 Million
1 Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
2 Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
3 Actress: Julie Christie
4 Supporting Actor: Tom Wilkinson
5 Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett
6 Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
7 Foreign Film: Beaufort
8 Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
9 Original Screenplay: Tony Gilroy
10 Animated Feature Film: Persepolis
11 Art Direction: Atonement
12 Cinematography: The Assassination of Jesse James
13 Sound Mixing: No Country for Old Men
14 Sound Editing: No Country for Old Men
15 Original Score: Atonement
16 Original Song: Thats How You Know from Enchanted
17 Costume: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
18 Documentary Feature: Taxi to the Dark Side
19 Documentary (short subject): Freeheld
20 Film Editing: No Country for Old Men
21 Makeup: Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
22 Animated Short Film: Peter & the Wolf
23 Live Action Short Film: At Night
24 Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
TIE BREAKER: 38.5 million
1. Best Picture:
There Will Be Blood
2. Actor:
Daniel Day Lewis
3. Actress:
Ellen Page
4. Supporting Actor:
Javier Bardem (Casey Would work too. He was great in Jesse. But I’ll choose Bardem)
5. Supporting Actress:
Tilda Swilton
6. Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson(He hasn’t won yet)
7. Foreign Film:
Beufort (I didn’t see any of these. All sound like good. After reading the synopsis I’ll go with this choice. It seems like something people will grasp too. Who knows)
8. Adapted Screen Play:
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (This is the hardest one of all. Adapted screenplay is a curios one)
9. Original Screen Play:
Tamara Jenkins (Another hard one. But They may be won over by Bird, Clayton is a good choice but Juno is a good bet for it could be it’s only win)
10. Animated Feature:
Ratatouille (I’m sure more saw Ratatouille. Surfs up is great, but it doesn’t stand a chance next to these two)
11. Art Direction:
Sweeney Todd
12. Cinematography:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Another hard one. They all had wonderful cinematography. But this could be Jesse’s only chance of winning)
13. Sound Mixing:
Transformers (Big Badda BOOM! But Ratatouille depends on atmospheric sounds. It’s another toss up)
14. Sound Editing:
There Will Be Blood (There Will be Blood had wonderful tension due to it’s sound design. It’s “quiet before the storm” kind of way. But so did No Country. A toss up)
15. Original Score:
Atonement (Ratatouille sure got a lot of noms)
16. Original Song:
Falling Slowly/Once (No doubt in my mind Once has it in the bag. By the way I never heard the song nor have I seen the film)
17. Costume:
Sweeney Todd(Sweeney was a well designed film and I can’t wait to get it. But Elizabeth has a chance. So does that stupid dress in Atonement)
18. Documentary Feature:
Taxi to the Dark Side (Just a guess and it sounds interesting. I think people are a little weary of Moore)
19. Documentary Short:
Saris Mother (Because of the title)
20. Editing:
There Will Be Blood (This is a hard one, because No Country had a wonderful sense of timing. I like how quite a few things happened off screen and the fact that 3 different points of view were used. Amazing. But Blood had a confident way about it. I don’t know. Both were wonderful)
21. Make Up:
Worlds End
22. Animated Short:
My Love-Moya Lyubov (Just sounds personal, but who knows. Where can I see these?)
23. Live Action Short:
The Tonto Woman (I like the title)
24. Visual: T
Transformers (Pretty photo realistic)
15 Million
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Johnny Depp
3. Julie Christie
4. Casey Affleck
5. Ruby Dee
6. Coens
7. The Counterfeiters
8. Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Brad Bird et al
10. Ratatouille
11. Sweeney Todd
12. No Country
13. 3:10 to Yuma
14. There Will Be Blood
15. 3:10 to Yuma
16. Falling Slowly
17. Sweeney Todd
18. Sicko
19. Salim Baba
20. No Country for Old Men
21. La Vie en Rose
22. Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis
23. Le Mozart des Pickpockets
24. Transformers
11.5 million
Woops. My tie breaker isn’t 15 mil. That was me cut and pasting from Capitol Swell.
I think it will be 32 mil. I don’t think anyone watched the main noms this year save for Juno.
*Seed: FYI: Falling Slowly is in my playlist.
1. Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
2. Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
3. Best Actress: Marion Cotillard
4. Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
5. Best Supporting Acress: Tilda Swinton
6. Best Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
7. Best Foreign Film: Mongol
8. Adapted Screenplay: Atonement
9. Original Screenplay: Juno
10. Animated Feature Film: Ratatouille
11. Best Art Direction: Sweeney Todd
12. Cinematography: Atonement
13. Sound Mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum
14. Sound Editing: There Will Be Blood
15. Original Score: The Kite Runner
16. Original Song: Raise It Up
17. Costume: Sweeney Todd
18. Documentary Feature: Operation Homecoming
19. Documentary Short: Salim Baba
20. Film Editing: No Country for Old Men
21. Makeup: Pirates
22. Animated Short Film: Peter and the Wolf
23. Live Action Short Film: Tanghi Argentini
24. Visual Effects: The Golden Compass
Breaker: 42 million