Academy Awards Oscar Pool for Blu-ray.com

[Secretagentnumber6]

Hey Guys,

I have made an oscar pool on a website. If anyone is interested this is open to any blu-ray.com members and only blu-ray.com members. There is no prize except the eternal glory of winning the Oscar Pool, and I will put your handle in my signature telling everyone you won. I will receive all the picks in my email and will tally the picks up sometime after the Oscars. I will announce the winner on here. If you wish to participate please go to this website and make your picks which will be emailed to me. I hope I get plenty of participants as this could be fun. Please only one entry per member and use your member name from this site as the name you enter on the picks.

http://www.defectiveyeti.com/oscars/?47593

No Picks accepted after 11:59PM central time March 6th.

ALSO, Feel free to post your picks here can see. ONLY entries submitted through the site above will be tallied though.

Points System: ( I will likely tweak this if I get some good suggestions for it)

Best Picture: 5 Points
Best Director: 5 Points
Best Actor: 4 Points
Best Actress: 4 Points
Best Supporting Actor: 3 Points
Best Supporting Actress: 3 Points
Best Original Screenplay:3 Points
Best Adapted Screenplay: 3 Points
Cinematography: 2 Points
Editing: 3 Points
Art Direction: 1 Point
Costume Design: 1 Point
Original Score: 3 Points
Original Song: 2 Points
Best Sound Mixing: 1 Point
Best Sound Editing: 1 Point
Best Visual Effects: 3 Points
Best Animated Feature Film: 4 Points
Best Foreign Language Film: 2 Points
Best Documentary Feature: 2 Points
Best Documentary Short: 1 Point
Best Live Action Short: 1 Point
Best Animated Short: 1 Point

[Secretagentnumber6]

Here are my picks:

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker: Mark Boal
Best Adapted Screenplay: District 9: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Cinematography: The Hurt Locker: Barry Ackroyd
Editing: Inglourious Basterds: Sally Menke
Art Direction: Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Costume Design: The Young Victoria: Sandy Powell
Original Score: Up: Michael Giacchino
Original Song: Crazy Heart: T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Best Makeup: Star Trek: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
Best Sound Mixing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson
Best Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker: Paul N.J. Ottosson
Best Visual Effects: District 9: Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
Best Animated Feature Film: Up: Pete Docter
Best Foreign Language Film: Un prophète (France)
Best Documentary Feature: Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land: Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller
Best Documentary Short: The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (TV): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Best Live Action Short: Miracle Fish: Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey
Best Animated Short: La dama y la muerte: Javier Recio Gracia

[Moviefan1203]

Excellent idea, I just submitted my picks. One quick question though, how will the tallying process work? Will the 'bigger' categories be worth more points?

[Secretagentnumber6]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

Excellent idea, I just submitted my picks. One quick question though, how will the tallying process work? Will the 'bigger' categories be worth more points?

Thanks. I do intend to get a points system in place and I will post it later. Bigger categories will have a higher worth. Categories like art direction and the short films will get the lowest points.

[SquidPuppet]

I am in. My picks were mostly random and wild. Not my favorites, just some I think may win.

Best Picture: Up in the Air
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Last Station
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay: The Messenger: Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Cinematography: Avatar: Mauro Fiore
Editing: Avatar: Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
Art Direction: Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Costume Design: Nine: Colleen Atwood
Original Score: Avatar: James Horner
Original Song: Crazy Heart: T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")Best Makeup: Star Trek: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
Best Sound Mixing: Star Trek: Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. DevlinBest Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker: Paul N.J. OttossonBest
Visual Effects: Avatar: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy JonesBest
Animated Feature Film: Up: Pete DocterBest
Foreign Language Film: Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (Germany)
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove: Louie Psihoyos, Fisher StevensBest Documentary Short: Królik po berlinsku: Bartosz Konopka, Anna WydraBest
Live Action Short: The Door: Juanita Wilson, James FlynnBest Animated Short: Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (TV): Nick Park

[molson1138]

Subscribing so I remember to come back and do my picks.

[Yankees0222]

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique
Best Original Screenplay: Inglorious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Cinematography: Avatar
Editing: Avatar
Art Direction: Avatar
Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Original Score: Up
Original Song: Crazy Heart ("The Weary Kind")
Best Makeup: The Young Victoria
Best Sound Mixing: Transformers
Best Sound Editing: Avatar
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
Best Animated Feature Film: Up
Best Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon (Germany)
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove
Best Documentary Short: The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (TV)
Best Live Action Short: The New Tenants
Best Animated Short: Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (TV)


How can anyone vote against Jeff Bridges, Christoph Waltz OR Mo'Nique this year???? Im also hoping for a Best picture upset for Inglorious Basterds but Its long shot

[metalgeargreed]

Originally Posted by Secretagentnumber6

Thanks. I do intend to get a points system in place and I will post it later. Bigger categories will have a higher worth. Categories like art direction and the short films will get the lowest points.

I think the smaller categories should be worth more. Anyone can pick Avatar or Hurt Locker to win both best pic and director.

[Secretagentnumber6]

Originally Posted by metalgeargreed

I think the smaller categories should be worth more. Anyone can pick Avatar or Hurt Locker to win both best pic and director.

I thought about that, but decided against it because if they are worth more it will eschew the scores towards luck. I make bigger categories worth more to even it out. By making the smaller categories less then they will in all likelihood decide the winner in the end anyway.

Last day to enter folks. Must get the entries in through the website by 11:59pm central time(us). After that I will not be able to accept anymore entries. Here in a bit I will post a list of all entries I have received through the website so far so please review the list and if you entry is not showing up let me know by PM and I will accept yOur entry by the PM, but only if you attempted through the website.

[Secretagentnumber6]

Here is the list of entries I have received IN Alphabetical order:

Andy
blu-bry
Blu Atlas
Brandon
Chad Zeller
Cnowel
coopBluRay
CZAR
Daniel Johnson
DeadDog
Falcon Eddie
Gabi
Groo the Perverted
John Zhang
KaiGusto
Kyle Klatt
K Money
MarkJ801
Matt Aprati
metalgeargreed
mike_ant
Mikejet
mjbethancourt
Mr. Cinema
Moviefan1203
Rjbreslin
Romulus
Rosco
sachin walia
squidpuppet
Stephen
steve46
TexasDavinci
toefer
TWB
Zombie63

[mikejet]

My picks:
Best Picture: Avatar
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Cinematography: The Hurt Locker: Barry Ackroyd
Editing: The Hurt Locker: Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Art Direction: Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Costume Design: Coco avant Chanel: Catherine Leterrier
Original Score: Avatar: James Horner
Original Song: Crazy Heart: T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Best Makeup: Star Trek: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
Best Sound Mixing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson
Best Sound Editing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
Best Animated Feature Film: Up: Pete Docter
Best Foreign Language Film: Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (Germany)
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove: Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens
Best Documentary Short: The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner: Daniel Junge, Henry Ansbacher
Best Live Action Short: The Door: Juanita Wilson, James Flynn
Best Animated Short: La dama y la muerte: Javier Recio Gracia

[Secretagentnumber6]

Less than 4 days left to get your picks in. I have about 30 people so I am happy about the participation, but more can never hurt.

[mikejet]

I took guesses with the Foreign and shorts. For the Docs I voted for the one I saw.

[Steve46]

This is what I think will happen, not what I want to happen.

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Cinematography: Avatar: Mauro Fiore
Editing: Avatar: Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
Art Direction: Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Costume Design: Coco avant Chanel: Catherine Leterrier
Original Score: Up: Michael Giacchino
Original Song: Crazy Heart: T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Best Makeup: Star Trek: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
Best Sound Mixing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson
Best Sound Editing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
Best Animated Feature Film: Up: Pete Docter
Best Foreign Language Film: Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (Germany)
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove: Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens
Best Documentary Short: China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (TV): Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill
Best Live Action Short: Kavi: Gregg Helvey
Best Animated Short: Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (TV): Nick Park

[Lord_Stewie]

Best Picture: Avatar
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Matt Damon for Invictus
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker: Mark Boal
Best Adapted Screenplay: District 9: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Cinematography: Avatar: Mauro Fiore
Editing: District 9: Julian Clarke
Art Direction: Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Costume Design: Bright Star: Janet Patterson
Original Score: Fantastic Mr. Fox: Alexandre Desplat
Original Song: The Princess and the Frog: Randy Newman("Almost There")
Best Makeup: Il divo: Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
Best Sound Mixing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson
Best Sound Editing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
Best Animated Feature Film: Up: Pete Docter
Best Foreign Language Film: Ajami (Israel)
Best Documentary Feature: Which Way Home: Rebecca Cammisa
Best Documentary Short: Music by Prudence (2010): Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett
Best Live Action Short: Miracle Fish: Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey
Best Animated Short: Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (TV): Nick Park

I must win the pool.

[Lepidopterous]

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Cinematography: The Hurt Locker: Barry Ackroyd
Editing: The Hurt Locker: Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Art Direction: Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Costume Design: Nine: Colleen Atwood
Original Score: Avatar: James Horner
Original Song: Crazy Heart: T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Best Makeup: Star Trek: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
Best Sound Mixing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson
Best Sound Editing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
Best Animated Feature Film: Up: Pete Docter
Best Foreign Language Film: Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (Germany)
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove: Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens
Best Documentary Short: The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (TV): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Best Live Action Short: The Door: Juanita Wilson, James Flynn
Best Animated Short: Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (TV): Nick Park

My predictions... although the list of my Oscar hopefuls is a bit different. Mainly Colin Firth and Food Inc. for Best Actor and Best Documentary respectively.

[Silverwing]

Couldn't vote in time but thought I would say that I thought this was a great idea and love all the participation it received! Although I very much doubt it will win over the Avatar/Hurt Locker buzz, I want Inglourious Basterds to win Best Picture. In the end I think Hurt Lock will take it over Avatar

[Groo The Perverted]

I SHALL WIN!

BTW: Matt Damon should win for best quote relating to the Oscars.

The ‘Good Will Hunting’ actor knows that Christoph Waltz is the potential winner who has already grabbed the best supporting actor awards at the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA for his outstanding performance in Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Basterds’.

But Damon is not cool with an impending defeat, ‘I’m waiting for the losing actor to have the courage to just go ‘F**k! when the camera pans on him. If I have the balls you’ll see me do it on March 7″ he told WENN.