Yes, most most definitely Anne. It is a tradition dating back to 2009. By the way, here are previous winners ( would like to point out that Stephen & I won last year and we intend to defend our title!):
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are we goinmg to have an Oscar competition this year? I'd like to see if I > can retain my wooden spoon :-D > Anne
> Yes, most most definitely Anne. It is a tradition dating back to 2009. > By the way, here are previous winners ( would like to point out that > Stephen & I won last year and we intend to defend our title!):
> The winners from 2009 are:
> 1) Linda > 2) Steve > 3) Thorkell
> The winners from 2010 are:
> 1) Jake > 2) Linda > 3) Srikanth & Bobby
> The winners from 2011 are:
> 1) Stephen & Thorkell > 2) Linda > 3) Wayne
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Are we goinmg to have an Oscar competition this year? I'd like to see if I >> can retain my wooden spoon :-D >> Anne
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Zelia Trueb <zxtr...@verizon.net> wrote: > Wow, Linda can hold herself pretty good...
> Zelia
> Sent from my iPad
> On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:45 AM, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" <thork...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, most most definitely Anne. It is a tradition dating back to 2009. >> By the way, here are previous winners ( would like to point out that >> Stephen & I won last year and we intend to defend our title!):
>> The winners from 2009 are:
>> 1) Linda >> 2) Steve >> 3) Thorkell
>> The winners from 2010 are:
>> 1) Jake >> 2) Linda >> 3) Srikanth & Bobby
>> The winners from 2011 are:
>> 1) Stephen & Thorkell >> 2) Linda >> 3) Wayne
>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Are we goinmg to have an Oscar competition this year? I'd like to see if I >>> can retain my wooden spoon :-D >>> Anne
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Zelia Trueb <zxtr...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Wow, Linda can hold herself pretty good...
> > Zelia
> > Sent from my iPad
> > On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:45 AM, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" <thork...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> >> Yes, most most definitely Anne. It is a tradition dating back to 2009. > >> By the way, here are previous winners ( would like to point out that > >> Stephen & I won last year and we intend to defend our title!):
> >> The winners from 2009 are:
> >> 1) Linda > >> 2) Steve > >> 3) Thorkell
> >> The winners from 2010 are:
> >> 1) Jake > >> 2) Linda > >> 3) Srikanth & Bobby
> >> The winners from 2011 are:
> >> 1) Stephen & Thorkell > >> 2) Linda > >> 3) Wayne
> >> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Are we goinmg to have an Oscar competition this year? I'd like to see > if I > >>> can retain my wooden spoon :-D > >>> Anne
Hey can we post the rules to The Oscar Game again for those who have
never played and those like myself who have forgotten. lol, I figure
its getting pretty close now and since the nominations are in, we
might as well begin submitting our predictions.
On Jan 24, 10:07 am, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Haha! Thanks Zelia! I've been quite lucky. Is Stephen same as Steve? I
> think it may be but I'm not sure. If so, he's quite a competition.
> -Linda
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson
> <thork...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > She cheats every time. Does not count! ;)
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Zelia Trueb <zxtr...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > Wow, Linda can hold herself pretty good...
> > > Zelia
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > > On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:45 AM, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" <thork...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >> Yes, most most definitely Anne. It is a tradition dating back to 2009.
> > >> By the way, here are previous winners ( would like to point out that
> > >> Stephen & I won last year and we intend to defend our title!):
> > >> The winners from 2009 are:
> > >> 1) Linda
> > >> 2) Steve
> > >> 3) Thorkell
> > >> The winners from 2010 are:
> > >> 1) Jake
> > >> 2) Linda
> > >> 3) Srikanth & Bobby
> > >> The winners from 2011 are:
> > >> 1) Stephen & Thorkell
> > >> 2) Linda
> > >> 3) Wayne
> > >> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> Are we goinmg to have an Oscar competition this year? I'd like to see
> > if I
> > >>> can retain my wooden spoon :-D
> > >>> Anne
Well, we did it a little differently last year than the years before. Last year, we put all the movies in the order from "Most likely to win" to "Least likely to win". You get points based on how correct you are. For example, if the winner was the first on your list, you get most points (4 or 9, depends on category), if it is the second on your list, you get one point less, so on and so forth. If your "least likely to win" happen to be the winner, you would end up with 0 points. We also filled out who we think deserves to win, just for fun.
The years before, we chose a "WILL WIN" and "WILL NOT WIN" for each category. We get 1 point for guessing correctly, and lose 1 point for guessing completely wrong (when WILL NOT WIN actually wins).
I do like the simplicity of the old system, but I also like the fairness of the new system. It's up to all of you which system we should do this year. However, if we are using the new system, I have one suggestion - instead of listing the movies from MOST LIKELY TO WIN to LEAST LIKELY TO WIN, let's list it the other way around, from LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST LIKELY TO WIN, and instead of giving 0 points for being completely wrong, let's do 1 point, the rest stays the same. (So the most you can earn would be 5 or 10 for each category.) The reason for this is, when you list them in order, the placement of the winning movie on your order would correspond to the number of points you get. For example, for the Best Actress category, I could hypothetically have my list like this:
From LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST LIKELY TO WIN: 1. Viola Davis 2. Glenn Close 3. Rooney Mara 4. Michelle Williams 5. Meryl Streep
See, if Meryl Streep wins, I get 5 points, because it's 5th on my list. This would make tallying up the score a lot easier and less room for mistakes.
I hope I made a little bit of sense. lol.
-Linda
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com>wrote:
> Hey can we post the rules to The Oscar Game again for those who have > never played and those like myself who have forgotten. lol, I figure > its getting pretty close now and since the nominations are in, we > might as well begin submitting our predictions.
> On Jan 24, 10:07 am, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Haha! Thanks Zelia! I've been quite lucky. Is Stephen same as Steve? I > > think it may be but I'm not sure. If so, he's quite a competition.
> > -Linda
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson > > <thork...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > She cheats every time. Does not count! ;)
> > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Zelia Trueb <zxtr...@verizon.net> > wrote: > > > > Wow, Linda can hold herself pretty good...
> > > > Zelia
> > > > Sent from my iPad
> > > > On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:45 AM, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" < > thork...@gmail.com> > > > wrote:
> > > >> Yes, most most definitely Anne. It is a tradition dating back to > 2009. > > > >> By the way, here are previous winners ( would like to point out that > > > >> Stephen & I won last year and we intend to defend our title!):
> > > >> The winners from 2009 are:
> > > >> 1) Linda > > > >> 2) Steve > > > >> 3) Thorkell
> > > >> The winners from 2010 are:
> > > >> 1) Jake > > > >> 2) Linda > > > >> 3) Srikanth & Bobby
> > > >> The winners from 2011 are:
> > > >> 1) Stephen & Thorkell > > > >> 2) Linda > > > >> 3) Wayne
> > > >> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> Are we goinmg to have an Oscar competition this year? I'd like to > see > > > if I > > > >>> can retain my wooden spoon :-D > > > >>> Anne
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, we did it a little differently last year than the years before. Last > year, we put all the movies in the order from "Most likely to win" to > "Least likely to win". You get points based on how correct you are. For > example, if the winner was the first on your list, you get most points (4 > or 9, depends on category), if it is the second on your list, you get one > point less, so on and so forth. If your "least likely to win" happen to be > the winner, you would end up with 0 points. We also filled out who we think > deserves to win, just for fun.
> The years before, we chose a "WILL WIN" and "WILL NOT WIN" for each > category. We get 1 point for guessing correctly, and lose 1 point for > guessing completely wrong (when WILL NOT WIN actually wins).
> I do like the simplicity of the old system, but I also like the fairness > of the new system. It's up to all of you which system we should do this > year. However, if we are using the new system, I have one suggestion - > instead of listing the movies from MOST LIKELY TO WIN to LEAST LIKELY TO > WIN, let's list it the other way around, from LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST > LIKELY TO WIN, and instead of giving 0 points for being completely wrong, > let's do 1 point, the rest stays the same. (So the most you can earn would > be 5 or 10 for each category.) The reason for this is, when you list them > in order, the placement of the winning movie on your order would correspond > to the number of points you get. For example, for the Best Actress > category, I could hypothetically have my list like this:
> From LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST LIKELY TO WIN: > 1. Viola Davis > 2. Glenn Close > 3. Rooney Mara > 4. Michelle Williams > 5. Meryl Streep
> See, if Meryl Streep wins, I get 5 points, because it's 5th on my list. > This would make tallying up the score a lot easier and less room for > mistakes.
> I hope I made a little bit of sense. lol.
> -Linda
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com>wrote:
>> Hey can we post the rules to The Oscar Game again for those who have >> never played and those like myself who have forgotten. lol, I figure >> its getting pretty close now and since the nominations are in, we >> might as well begin submitting our predictions.
>> On Jan 24, 10:07 am, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Haha! Thanks Zelia! I've been quite lucky. Is Stephen same as Steve? I >> > think it may be but I'm not sure. If so, he's quite a competition.
>> > -Linda
>> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson >> > <thork...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> > > She cheats every time. Does not count! ;)
>> > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Zelia Trueb <zxtr...@verizon.net> >> wrote: >> > > > Wow, Linda can hold herself pretty good...
>> > > > Zelia
>> > > > Sent from my iPad
>> > > > On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:45 AM, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" < >> thork...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote:
>> > > >> Yes, most most definitely Anne. It is a tradition dating back to >> 2009. >> > > >> By the way, here are previous winners ( would like to point out >> that >> > > >> Stephen & I won last year and we intend to defend our title!):
>> > > >> The winners from 2009 are:
>> > > >> 1) Linda >> > > >> 2) Steve >> > > >> 3) Thorkell
>> > > >> The winners from 2010 are:
>> > > >> 1) Jake >> > > >> 2) Linda >> > > >> 3) Srikanth & Bobby
>> > > >> The winners from 2011 are:
>> > > >> 1) Stephen & Thorkell >> > > >> 2) Linda >> > > >> 3) Wayne
>> > > >> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >>> Are we goinmg to have an Oscar competition this year? I'd like >> to see >> > > if I >> > > >>> can retain my wooden spoon :-D >> > > >>> Anne
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just realized the BEST PICTURE category "only" has 9 movies this year. > Thus the point values I quoted was not accurate. Sorry for the confusion!
> -Linda
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, we did it a little differently last year than the years before. Last >> year, we put all the movies in the order from "Most likely to win" to "Least >> likely to win". You get points based on how correct you are. For example, if >> the winner was the first on your list, you get most points (4 or 9, depends >> on category), if it is the second on your list, you get one point less, so >> on and so forth. If your "least likely to win" happen to be the winner, you >> would end up with 0 points. We also filled out who we think deserves to win, >> just for fun.
>> The years before, we chose a "WILL WIN" and "WILL NOT WIN" for each >> category. We get 1 point for guessing correctly, and lose 1 point for >> guessing completely wrong (when WILL NOT WIN actually wins).
>> I do like the simplicity of the old system, but I also like the fairness >> of the new system. It's up to all of you which system we should do this >> year. However, if we are using the new system, I have one suggestion - >> instead of listing the movies from MOST LIKELY TO WIN to LEAST LIKELY TO >> WIN, let's list it the other way around, from LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST >> LIKELY TO WIN, and instead of giving 0 points for being completely wrong, >> let's do 1 point, the rest stays the same. (So the most you can earn would >> be 5 or 10 for each category.) The reason for this is, when you list them in >> order, the placement of the winning movie on your order would correspond to >> the number of points you get. For example, for the Best Actress category, I >> could hypothetically have my list like this:
>> From LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST LIKELY TO WIN: >> 1. Viola Davis >> 2. Glenn Close >> 3. Rooney Mara >> 4. Michelle Williams >> 5. Meryl Streep
>> See, if Meryl Streep wins, I get 5 points, because it's 5th on my list. >> This would make tallying up the score a lot easier and less room for >> mistakes.
>> I hope I made a little bit of sense. lol.
>> -Linda
>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> >> wrote:
>>> Hey can we post the rules to The Oscar Game again for those who have >>> never played and those like myself who have forgotten. lol, I figure >>> its getting pretty close now and since the nominations are in, we >>> might as well begin submitting our predictions.
>>> On Jan 24, 10:07 am, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Haha! Thanks Zelia! I've been quite lucky. Is Stephen same as Steve? I >>> > think it may be but I'm not sure. If so, he's quite a competition.
>>> > -Linda
>>> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson >>> > <thork...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>> > > She cheats every time. Does not count! ;)
>>> > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Zelia Trueb <zxtr...@verizon.net> >>> > > wrote: >>> > > > Wow, Linda can hold herself pretty good...
>>> > > > Zelia
>>> > > > Sent from my iPad
>>> > > > On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:45 AM, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" >>> > > > <thork...@gmail.com> >>> > > wrote:
>>> > > >> Yes, most most definitely Anne. It is a tradition dating back to >>> > > >> 2009. >>> > > >> By the way, here are previous winners ( would like to point out >>> > > >> that >>> > > >> Stephen & I won last year and we intend to defend our title!):
>>> > > >> The winners from 2009 are:
>>> > > >> 1) Linda >>> > > >> 2) Steve >>> > > >> 3) Thorkell
>>> > > >> The winners from 2010 are:
>>> > > >> 1) Jake >>> > > >> 2) Linda >>> > > >> 3) Srikanth & Bobby
>>> > > >> The winners from 2011 are:
>>> > > >> 1) Stephen & Thorkell >>> > > >> 2) Linda >>> > > >> 3) Wayne
>>> > > >> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:39 AM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > > >>> Are we goinmg to have an Oscar competition this year? I'd like >>> > > >>> to see >>> > > if I >>> > > >>> can retain my wooden spoon :-D >>> > > >>> Anne
makes sense with the new way and how you explained it.
OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get the ball rolling. my
predictions are (drumroll......)
BEST PICTURE
1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Least Likely to Win)
2. Warhorse
3. The Help
4. Midnight In Paris
5. Moneyball
6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win)
7. Hugo
8. The Descendants
9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
BEST ACTOR
1. Demiįn Bichir - A Better Life (Least Likely to Win)
2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball
4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To Win)
5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
BEST ACTRESS
1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win)
2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Deserves to Win)
4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to Win)
2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
3. Nick Nolte - Warrior
4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most Likely To Win)
(Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert Brooks in Drive)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win)
2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to Win for multiple movies)
4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist
5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
BEST DIRECTOR
1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least Likely to Win)
2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Deserves To Win)
3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants
4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo
5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win)
2. Margin Call
3. A Separation
4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win)
5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win)
2. The Ides Of March
3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
4. Moneyball
5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
(I dont have a deserves to win in this category as I felt all of the
scripts adapted from previous material this year has not been of best
quality. Not even one of my favorite films this year Drive based off
of a novel deserves this award for its script. Drive succeeded mainly
on the direction of Refn and other elements but the script was not one
of them.)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win)
2. Hugo
3. The Artist
4. War Horse
5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
BEST ART DIRECTION
1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win)
2. Midnight in Paris
3. Warhorse
4. Hugo
5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To Win)
BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win)
2. Jane Eyre
3. W.E.
4. Hugo
5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves to Win)
BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win)
2. Moneyball
3. Warhorse
4. Hugo
5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To
Win)
BEST FILM EDITING
1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win)
2. Moneyball
3. The Descendants
4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Transformers (Least Likely To Win)
2. Warhorse
3. Drive (Deserves To Win)
4. Hugo
5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win)
2. Harry Potter
3. Real Steel
4. Rise Of The Planet of The Apes
5. Hugo (Most Likely To Win)
(Deserves to Win is The Tree of Life and it was a travesty it was not
even nominated. The creation of Earth sequence is one of the most
beautiful and artistic pieces I have ever seen done with special
effects next to Antichrist.)
BEST MAKEUP
1. Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win)
2. The Iron Lady
3. Harry Potter (Most Likely to Win)
(I actually think this is a category that Hugo deserves to win for the
flashback scenes that make Ben Kingsley look so young)
BEST SONG
1. Rio (Least Likely To Win)
2. The Muppets (Most Likely To Win)
(Deserves to win? How about Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen O's
cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in The Girl With The Dragon
Tattoo)
BEST SCORE
1. The Adventures of Tin Tin (Least Likely To Win)
2. Warhorse
3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
4. Hugo
5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win)
(Deserves to win is non nominee DRIVE which is hands down the best
music that fitted with its film)
BEST SHORT FILM ANIMATED
1. Dimanche
2. A Morning Stroll
3. La Luna
4. The Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore
5. Wild Life
(Pure Guesses)
BEST SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION
1. Raju
2. Pentecost
3. Time Freak
4. Tube Atlantic
(Again pure guesses)
BEST SHORT FILM DOCUMENTARY
1. Saving Face
2. The Barber of Birmingham
3. Incident in New Baghdad
4. The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
BEST DOCUMENTARY
1. Undefeated (Least Likely To Win)
2. Hell and Back Again
3. If a Tree falls
4. Pina
5. Paradise Lost 3 (Most Likely To Win)
(Have not seen any documentaries this year besides Buck which was not
deserving)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. Monsieur Lazhar (Least Likely To Win)
2. Footnote
3. Bullhead
4. In Darkness
5. A Separation (Most Likely To Win)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
1. Puss In Boots (Least Likely to Win)
2. Kung fu Panda 2
3. Chico and Rita
4. A Cat in Paris
5. Rango (Most Likely To Win)
Well thats it...
On Feb 4, 12:40 am, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" <thork...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I just realized the BEST PICTURE category "only" has 9 movies this year.
> > Thus the point values I quoted was not accurate. Sorry for the confusion!
> > -Linda
> > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Well, we did it a little differently last year than the years before. Last
> >> year, we put all the movies in the order from "Most likely to win" to "Least
> >> likely to win". You get points based on how correct you are. For example, if
> >> the winner was the first on your list, you get most points (4 or 9, depends
> >> on category), if it is the second on your list, you get one point less, so
> >> on and so forth. If your "least likely to win" happen to be the winner, you
> >> would end up with 0 points. We also filled out who we think deserves to win,
> >> just for fun.
> >> The years before, we chose a "WILL WIN" and "WILL NOT WIN" for each
> >> category. We get 1 point for guessing correctly, and lose 1 point for
> >> guessing completely wrong (when WILL NOT WIN actually wins).
> >> I do like the simplicity of the old system, but I also like the fairness
> >> of the new system. It's up to all of you which system we should do this
> >> year. However, if we are using the new system, I have one suggestion -
> >> instead of listing the movies from MOST LIKELY TO WIN to LEAST LIKELY TO
> >> WIN, let's list it the other way around, from LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST
> >> LIKELY TO WIN, and instead of giving 0 points for being completely wrong,
> >> let's do 1 point, the rest stays the same. (So the most you can earn would
> >> be 5 or 10 for each category.) The reason for this is, when you list them in
> >> order, the placement of the winning movie on your order would correspond to
> >> the number of points you get. For example, for the Best Actress category, I
> >> could hypothetically have my list like this:
> >> From LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST LIKELY TO WIN:
> >> 1. Viola Davis
> >> 2. Glenn Close
> >> 3. Rooney Mara
> >> 4. Michelle Williams
> >> 5. Meryl Streep
> >> See, if Meryl Streep wins, I get 5 points, because it's 5th on my list.
> >> This would make tallying up the score a lot easier and less room for
> >> mistakes.
> >> I hope I made a little bit of sense. lol.
> >> -Linda
> >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hey can we post the rules to The Oscar Game again for those who have
> >>> never played and those like myself who have forgotten. lol, I figure
> >>> its getting pretty close now and since the nominations are in, we
> >>> might as well begin submitting our predictions.
> >>> On Jan 24, 10:07 am, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > Haha! Thanks Zelia! I've been quite lucky. Is Stephen same as Steve? I
> >>> > think it may be but I'm not sure. If so, he's quite a competition.
> >>> > -Linda
> >>> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson
> >>> > <thork...@gmail.com>wrote:
> >>> > > She cheats every time. Does not count! ;)
> >>> > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Zelia Trueb <zxtr...@verizon.net>
> >>> > > wrote:
> >>> > > > Wow, Linda can hold herself pretty good...
> >>> > > > Zelia
> >>> > > > Sent from my iPad
> >>> > > > On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:45 AM, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson"
> >>> > > > <thork...@gmail.com>
> >>> > > wrote:
> >>> > > >> Yes, most most definitely Anne. It is a tradition dating back to
> >>> > > >> 2009.
> >>> > > >> By the way, here are previous winners ( would like to point out
> >>> > > >> that
> >>> > > >> Stephen & I won last year and we intend to defend our title!):
> makes sense with the new way and how you explained it.
> OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get the ball rolling. my
> predictions are (drumroll......)
> BEST PICTURE
> 1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Warhorse
> 3. The Help
> 4. Midnight In Paris
> 5. Moneyball
> 6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win)
> 7. Hugo
> 8. The Descendants
> 9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> BEST ACTOR
> 1. Demiįn Bichir - A Better Life (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
> 3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball
> 4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To Win)
> 5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
> BEST ACTRESS
> 1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
> 3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Deserves to Win)
> 4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
> 5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
> BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
> 1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
> 3. Nick Nolte - Warrior
> 4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
> 5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most Likely To Win)
> (Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert Brooks in Drive)
> BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> 1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
> 3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to Win for multiple movies)
> 4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist
> 5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
> BEST DIRECTOR
> 1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Deserves To Win)
> 3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants
> 4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo
> 5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
> 1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Margin Call
> 3. A Separation
> 4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win)
> 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
> 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. The Ides Of March
> 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
> 4. Moneyball
> 5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
> (I dont have a deserves to win in this category as I felt all of the
> scripts adapted from previous material this year has not been of best
> quality. Not even one of my favorite films this year Drive based off
> of a novel deserves this award for its script. Drive succeeded mainly
> on the direction of Refn and other elements but the script was not one
> of them.)
> BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
> 1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Hugo
> 3. The Artist
> 4. War Horse
> 5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
> BEST ART DIRECTION
> 1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win)
> 2. Midnight in Paris
> 3. Warhorse
> 4. Hugo
> 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To Win)
> BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
> 1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Jane Eyre
> 3. W.E.
> 4. Hugo
> 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves to Win)
> BEST SOUND MIXING
> 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Moneyball
> 3. Warhorse
> 4. Hugo
> 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To
> Win)
> BEST FILM EDITING
> 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Moneyball
> 3. The Descendants
> 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
> 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
> BEST SOUND EDITING
> 1. Transformers (Least Likely To Win)
> 2. Warhorse
> 3. Drive (Deserves To Win)
> 4. Hugo
> 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win)
> BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
> 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Harry Potter
> 3. Real Steel
> 4. Rise Of The Planet of The Apes
> 5. Hugo (Most Likely To Win)
> (Deserves to Win is The Tree of Life and it was a travesty it was not
> even nominated. The creation of Earth sequence is one of the most
> beautiful and artistic pieces I have ever seen done with special
> effects next to Antichrist.)
> BEST MAKEUP
> 1. Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. The Iron Lady
> 3. Harry Potter (Most Likely to Win)
> (I actually think this is a category that Hugo deserves to win for the
> flashback scenes that make Ben Kingsley look so young)
> BEST SONG
> 1. Rio (Least Likely To Win)
> 2. The Muppets (Most Likely To Win)
> (Deserves to win? How about Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen O's
> cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in The Girl With The Dragon
> Tattoo)
> BEST SCORE
> 1. The Adventures of Tin Tin (Least Likely To Win)
> 2. Warhorse
> 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
> 4. Hugo
> 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win)
> (Deserves to win is non nominee DRIVE which is hands down the best
> music that fitted with its film)
> BEST SHORT FILM ANIMATED
> 1. Dimanche
> 2. A Morning Stroll
> 3. La Luna
> 4. The Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore
> 5. Wild Life
> (Pure Guesses)
> BEST SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION
> 1. Raju
> 2. Pentecost
> 3. Time Freak
> 4. Tube Atlantic
> (Again pure guesses)
> BEST SHORT FILM DOCUMENTARY
> 1. Saving Face
> 2. The Barber of Birmingham
> 3. Incident in New Baghdad
> 4. The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
> BEST DOCUMENTARY
> 1. Undefeated (Least Likely To Win)
> 2. Hell and Back Again
> 3. If a Tree falls
> 4. Pina
> 5. Paradise Lost 3 (Most Likely To Win)
> (Have not seen any documentaries this year besides Buck which was not
> deserving)
> BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
> 1. Monsieur Lazhar (Least Likely To Win)
> 2. Footnote
> 3. Bullhead
> 4. In Darkness
> 5. A Separation (Most Likely To Win)
> BEST ANIMATED FILM
> 1. Puss In Boots (Least Likely to Win)
> 2. Kung fu Panda 2
> 3. Chico and Rita
> 4. A Cat in Paris
> 5. Rango (Most Likely To Win)
> Well thats it...
> On Feb 4, 12:40 am, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" <thork...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Sounds great Linda. Good work!
> > THorkell
> > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I just realized the BEST PICTURE category "only" has 9 movies this year.
> > > Thus the point values I quoted was not accurate. Sorry for the confusion!
> > > -Linda
> > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Well, we did it a little differently last year than the years before. Last
> > >> year, we put all the movies in the order from "Most likely to win" to "Least
> > >> likely to win". You get points based on how correct you are. For example, if
> > >> the winner was the first on your list, you get most points (4 or 9, depends
> > >> on category), if it is the second on your list, you get one point less, so
> > >> on and so forth. If your "least likely to win" happen to be the winner, you
> > >> would end up with 0 points. We also filled out who we think deserves to win,
> > >> just for fun.
> > >> The years before, we chose a "WILL WIN" and "WILL NOT WIN" for each
> > >> category. We get 1 point for guessing correctly, and lose 1 point for
> > >> guessing completely wrong (when WILL NOT WIN actually wins).
> > >> I do like the simplicity of the old system, but I also like the fairness
> > >> of the new system. It's up to all of you which system we should do this
> > >> year. However, if we are using the new system, I have one suggestion -
> > >> instead of listing the movies from MOST LIKELY TO WIN to LEAST LIKELY TO
> > >> WIN, let's list it the other way around, from LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST
> > >> LIKELY TO WIN, and instead of giving 0 points for being completely wrong,
> > >> let's do 1 point, the rest stays the same. (So the most you can earn would
> > >> be 5 or 10 for each category.) The reason for this is, when you list them in
> > >> order, the placement of the winning movie on your order would correspond to
> > >> the number of points you get. For example, for the Best Actress category, I
> > >> could hypothetically have my list like this:
> > >> From LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST LIKELY TO WIN:
> > >> 1. Viola Davis
> > >> 2. Glenn Close
> > >> 3. Rooney Mara
> > >> 4. Michelle Williams
> > >> 5. Meryl Streep
> > >> See, if Meryl Streep wins, I get 5 points, because it's 5th on my list.
> > >> This would make tallying up the score a lot easier and less room for
> > >> mistakes.
> > >> I hope I made a little bit of sense. lol.
> > >> -Linda
> > >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> Hey can we post the rules to The Oscar Game again for those who have
> > >>> never played and those like myself who have forgotten. lol, I figure
> > >>> its getting pretty close now and since the nominations are in, we
> > >>> might as well begin submitting our predictions.
> > >>> On Jan 24, 10:07 am, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>> > Haha! Thanks Zelia! I've been quite lucky. Is Stephen same as Steve? I
> > >>> > think it may be but I'm not sure. If so, he's quite a competition.
> > >>> > -Linda
> > >>> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson
> > >>> > <thork...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > >>> > > She cheats every time. Does not count! ;)
> > >>> > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Zelia Trueb <zxtr...@verizon.net>
> > >>> > > wrote:
> > >>> > > > Wow, Linda can hold herself pretty good...
> > >>> > > > Zelia
> > >>> > > > Sent from my iPad
> > >>> > > > On Jan 24, 2012, at 3:45 AM, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson"
> > >>> > > > <thork...@gmail.com>
> > >>> > > wrote:
> > >>> > > >> Yes, most most definitely Anne. It is a
No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching Oscar movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time the show starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, THE HELP, TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com>wrote:
> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if Im the > only one playing. so am I? :)
> On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > makes sense with the new way and how you explained it.
> > OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get the ball rolling. my > > predictions are (drumroll......)
> > BEST PICTURE
> > 1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Warhorse > > 3. The Help > > 4. Midnight In Paris > > 5. Moneyball > > 6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win) > > 7. Hugo > > 8. The Descendants > > 9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> > BEST ACTOR
> > 1. Demiįn Bichir - A Better Life (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy > > 3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball > > 4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To Win) > > 5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
> > BEST ACTRESS
> > 1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs > > 3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Deserves to Win) > > 4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady > > 5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
> > 1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close > > 3. Nick Nolte - Warrior > > 4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn > > 5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most Likely To Win) > > (Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert Brooks in Drive)
> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> > 1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids > > 3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to Win for multiple movies) > > 4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist > > 5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
> > BEST DIRECTOR
> > 1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Deserves To Win) > > 3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants > > 4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo > > 5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> > BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
> > 1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Margin Call > > 3. A Separation > > 4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win) > > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> > BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. The Ides Of March > > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy > > 4. Moneyball > > 5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win) > > (I dont have a deserves to win in this category as I felt all of the > > scripts adapted from previous material this year has not been of best > > quality. Not even one of my favorite films this year Drive based off > > of a novel deserves this award for its script. Drive succeeded mainly > > on the direction of Refn and other elements but the script was not one > > of them.)
> > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
> > 1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Hugo > > 3. The Artist > > 4. War Horse > > 5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
> > BEST ART DIRECTION
> > 1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win) > > 2. Midnight in Paris > > 3. Warhorse > > 4. Hugo > > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To Win)
> > BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
> > 1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Jane Eyre > > 3. W.E. > > 4. Hugo > > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves to Win)
> > BEST SOUND MIXING
> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Moneyball > > 3. Warhorse > > 4. Hugo > > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To > > Win)
> > BEST FILM EDITING
> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Moneyball > > 3. The Descendants > > 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo > > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
> > BEST SOUND EDITING
> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely To Win) > > 2. Warhorse > > 3. Drive (Deserves To Win) > > 4. Hugo > > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win)
> > BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Harry Potter > > 3. Real Steel > > 4. Rise Of The Planet of The Apes > > 5. Hugo (Most Likely To Win) > > (Deserves to Win is The Tree of Life and it was a travesty it was not > > even nominated. The creation of Earth sequence is one of the most > > beautiful and artistic pieces I have ever seen done with special > > effects next to Antichrist.)
> > BEST MAKEUP
> > 1. Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. The Iron Lady > > 3. Harry Potter (Most Likely to Win) > > (I actually think this is a category that Hugo deserves to win for the > > flashback scenes that make Ben Kingsley look so young)
> > BEST SONG
> > 1. Rio (Least Likely To Win) > > 2. The Muppets (Most Likely To Win) > > (Deserves to win? How about Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen O's > > cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in The Girl With The Dragon > > Tattoo)
> > BEST SCORE
> > 1. The Adventures of Tin Tin (Least Likely To Win) > > 2. Warhorse > > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy > > 4. Hugo > > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) > > (Deserves to win is non nominee DRIVE which is hands down the best > > music that fitted with its film)
> > BEST SHORT FILM ANIMATED
> > 1. Dimanche > > 2. A Morning Stroll > > 3. La Luna > > 4. The Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore > > 5. Wild Life > > (Pure Guesses)
> > 1. Saving Face > > 2. The Barber of Birmingham > > 3. Incident in New Baghdad > > 4. The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
> > BEST DOCUMENTARY
> > 1. Undefeated (Least Likely To Win) > > 2. Hell and Back Again > > 3. If a Tree falls > > 4. Pina > > 5. Paradise Lost 3 (Most Likely To Win) > > (Have not seen any documentaries this year besides Buck which was not > > deserving)
> > BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
> > 1. Monsieur Lazhar (Least Likely To Win) > > 2. Footnote > > 3. Bullhead > > 4. In Darkness > > 5. A Separation (Most Likely To Win)
> > BEST ANIMATED FILM
> > 1. Puss In Boots (Least Likely to Win) > > 2. Kung fu Panda 2 > > 3. Chico and Rita > > 4. A Cat in Paris > > 5. Rango (Most Likely To Win)
> > Well thats it...
> > On Feb 4, 12:40 am, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" <thork...@gmail.com> > > wrote:
> > > Sounds great Linda. Good work!
> > > THorkell
> > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I just realized the BEST PICTURE category "only" has 9 movies this > year. > > > > Thus the point values I quoted was not accurate. Sorry for the > confusion!
> > > > -Linda
> > > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> > > >> Well, we did it a little differently last year than the years > before. Last > > > >> year, we put all the movies in the order from "Most likely to win" > to "Least > > > >> likely to win". You get points based on how correct you are. For > example, if > > > >> the winner was the first on your list, you get most points (4 or 9, > depends > > > >> on category), if it is the second on your list, you get one point > less, so > > > >> on and so forth. If your "least likely to win" happen to be the > winner, you > > > >> would end up with 0 points. We also filled out who we think > deserves to win, > > > >> just for fun.
> > > >> The years before, we chose a "WILL WIN" and "WILL NOT WIN" for each > > > >> category. We get 1 point for guessing correctly, and lose 1 point > for > > > >> guessing completely wrong (when WILL NOT WIN actually wins).
> > > >> I do like the simplicity of the old system, but I also like the > fairness > > > >> of the new system. It's up to all of you which system we should do > this > > > >> year. However, if we are using the new system, I have one > suggestion - > > > >> instead of listing the movies from MOST LIKELY TO WIN to LEAST > LIKELY TO > > > >> WIN, let's list it the other way around, from LEAST LIKELY TO WIN > to MOST > > > >> LIKELY TO WIN, and instead of giving 0 points for being completely > wrong, > > > >> let's do 1 point, the rest stays the same. (So the most you can > earn would > > > >> be 5 or 10 for each category.) The reason for this is, when you > list them in > > > >> order, the placement of the winning movie on your order would > correspond to > > > >> the number of points you get. For example, for the Best Actress > category, I > > > >> could hypothetically have my list like this:
> > > >> From LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST LIKELY TO WIN: > > > >> 1. Viola Davis > > > >> 2. Glenn Close > > > >> 3. Rooney Mara > > > >> 4. Michelle Williams > > > >> 5. Meryl Streep
> > > >> See, if Meryl Streep wins, I get 5 points, because it's 5th on my > list. > > > >> This would make tallying up the score a lot easier and less room for > > > >> mistakes.
> > > >> I hope I made a little bit of sense. lol.
> > > >> -Linda
> > > >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Bobby Beksinski < > BBeksin...@hotmail.com> > > > >> wrote:
> > > >>> Hey can we post the rules to The Oscar Game again for those who > have > > > >>> never played and those like myself who have forgotten. lol, I > figure > > > >>> its getting pretty close now and since the nominations are in, we > > > >>> might as well begin submitting our predictions.
> > > >>> On Jan 24, 10:07 am, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com>
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: > No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching Oscar > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time the show > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, THE HELP, > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> > wrote:
>> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if Im the >> only one playing. so am I? :)
>> On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > makes sense with the new way and how you explained it.
>> > OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get the ball rolling. my >> > predictions are (drumroll......)
>> > BEST PICTURE
>> > 1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Warhorse >> > 3. The Help >> > 4. Midnight In Paris >> > 5. Moneyball >> > 6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win) >> > 7. Hugo >> > 8. The Descendants >> > 9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> > BEST ACTOR
>> > 1. Demiįn Bichir - A Better Life (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> > 3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball >> > 4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To Win) >> > 5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
>> > BEST ACTRESS
>> > 1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs >> > 3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Deserves to Win) >> > 4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady >> > 5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
>> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
>> > 1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close >> > 3. Nick Nolte - Warrior >> > 4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn >> > 5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most Likely To Win) >> > (Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert Brooks in Drive)
>> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>> > 1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids >> > 3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to Win for multiple movies) >> > 4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist >> > 5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
>> > BEST DIRECTOR
>> > 1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Deserves To Win) >> > 3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants >> > 4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo >> > 5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> > BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
>> > 1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Margin Call >> > 3. A Separation >> > 4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win) >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> > BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
>> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. The Ides Of March >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> > 4. Moneyball >> > 5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win) >> > (I dont have a deserves to win in this category as I felt all of the >> > scripts adapted from previous material this year has not been of best >> > quality. Not even one of my favorite films this year Drive based off >> > of a novel deserves this award for its script. Drive succeeded mainly >> > on the direction of Refn and other elements but the script was not one >> > of them.)
>> > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
>> > 1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Hugo >> > 3. The Artist >> > 4. War Horse >> > 5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> > BEST ART DIRECTION
>> > 1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win) >> > 2. Midnight in Paris >> > 3. Warhorse >> > 4. Hugo >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> > BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
>> > 1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Jane Eyre >> > 3. W.E. >> > 4. Hugo >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves to Win)
>> > BEST SOUND MIXING
>> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Moneyball >> > 3. Warhorse >> > 4. Hugo >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To >> > Win)
>> > BEST FILM EDITING
>> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Moneyball >> > 3. The Descendants >> > 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> > BEST SOUND EDITING
>> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely To Win) >> > 2. Warhorse >> > 3. Drive (Deserves To Win) >> > 4. Hugo >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win)
>> > BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
>> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Harry Potter >> > 3. Real Steel >> > 4. Rise Of The Planet of The Apes >> > 5. Hugo (Most Likely To Win) >> > (Deserves to Win is The Tree of Life and it was a travesty it was not >> > even nominated. The creation of Earth sequence is one of the most >> > beautiful and artistic pieces I have ever seen done with special >> > effects next to Antichrist.)
>> > BEST MAKEUP
>> > 1. Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. The Iron Lady >> > 3. Harry Potter (Most Likely to Win) >> > (I actually think this is a category that Hugo deserves to win for the >> > flashback scenes that make Ben Kingsley look so young)
>> > BEST SONG
>> > 1. Rio (Least Likely To Win) >> > 2. The Muppets (Most Likely To Win) >> > (Deserves to win? How about Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen O's >> > cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in The Girl With The Dragon >> > Tattoo)
>> > BEST SCORE
>> > 1. The Adventures of Tin Tin (Least Likely To Win) >> > 2. Warhorse >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> > 4. Hugo >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) >> > (Deserves to win is non nominee DRIVE which is hands down the best >> > music that fitted with its film)
>> > BEST SHORT FILM ANIMATED
>> > 1. Dimanche >> > 2. A Morning Stroll >> > 3. La Luna >> > 4. The Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore >> > 5. Wild Life >> > (Pure Guesses)
>> > 1. Saving Face >> > 2. The Barber of Birmingham >> > 3. Incident in New Baghdad >> > 4. The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
>> > BEST DOCUMENTARY
>> > 1. Undefeated (Least Likely To Win) >> > 2. Hell and Back Again >> > 3. If a Tree falls >> > 4. Pina >> > 5. Paradise Lost 3 (Most Likely To Win) >> > (Have not seen any documentaries this year besides Buck which was not >> > deserving)
>> > BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
>> > 1. Monsieur Lazhar (Least Likely To Win) >> > 2. Footnote >> > 3. Bullhead >> > 4. In Darkness >> > 5. A Separation (Most Likely To Win)
>> > BEST ANIMATED FILM
>> > 1. Puss In Boots (Least Likely to Win) >> > 2. Kung fu Panda 2 >> > 3. Chico and Rita >> > 4. A Cat in Paris >> > 5. Rango (Most Likely To Win)
>> > Well thats it...
>> > On Feb 4, 12:40 am, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" <thork...@gmail.com> >> > wrote:
>> > > Sounds great Linda. Good work!
>> > > THorkell
>> > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > I just realized the BEST PICTURE category "only" has 9 movies this >> > > > year. >> > > > Thus the point values I quoted was not accurate. Sorry for the >> > > > confusion!
>> > > > -Linda
>> > > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> >> > > > wrote:
>> > > >> Well, we did it a little differently last year than the years >> > > >> before. Last >> > > >> year, we put all the movies in the order from "Most likely to win" >> > > >> to "Least >> > > >> likely to win". You get points based on how correct you are. For >> > > >> example, if >> > > >> the winner was the first on your list, you get most points (4 or 9, >> > > >> depends >> > > >> on category), if it is the second on your list, you get one point >> > > >> less, so >> > > >> on and so forth. If your "least likely to win" happen to be the >> > > >> winner, you >> > > >> would end up with 0 points. We also filled out who we think >> > > >> deserves to win, >> > > >> just for fun.
>> > > >> The years before, we chose a "WILL WIN" and "WILL NOT WIN" for each >> > > >> category. We get 1 point for guessing correctly, and lose 1 point >> > > >> for >> > > >> guessing completely wrong (when WILL NOT WIN actually wins).
>> > > >> I do like the simplicity of the old system, but I also like the >> > > >> fairness >> > > >> of the new system. It's up to all of you which system we should do >> > > >> this >> > > >> year. However, if we are using the new system, I have one >> > > >> suggestion - >> > > >> instead of listing the movies from MOST LIKELY TO WIN to LEAST >> > > >> LIKELY TO >> > > >> WIN, let's list it the other way around, from LEAST LIKELY TO WIN >> > > >> to MOST >> > > >> LIKELY TO WIN, and instead of giving 0 points for being completely >> > > >> wrong, >> > > >> let's do 1 point, the rest stays the same. (So the most you can >> > > >> earn would >> > > >> be 5 or 10 for each category.) The reason for this is, when you >> > > >> list them in >> > > >> order, the placement of the winning movie on your order would >> > > >> correspond to >> > > >> the number of points you get. For example, for the Best Actress >> > > >> category, I >> > > >> could hypothetically have my list like this:
>> > > >> From LEAST LIKELY TO WIN to MOST LIKELY TO WIN: >> > > >> 1. Viola Davis >> > > >> 2. Glenn Close >> > > >> 3. Rooney Mara >> > > >> 4. Michelle Williams >> > > >> 5. Meryl Streep
>> > > >> See, if Meryl Streep wins, I get 5 points, because it's 5th on my
> I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange > reason it's going to be identical! ;)
> Thorkell
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching Oscar > > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time the show > > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, THE > HELP, > > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND > > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski < > BBeksin...@hotmail.com> > > wrote:
> >> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if Im the > >> only one playing. so am I? :)
> >> On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > makes sense with the new way and how you explained it.
> >> > OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get the ball rolling. my > >> > predictions are (drumroll......)
> >> > BEST PICTURE
> >> > 1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Warhorse > >> > 3. The Help > >> > 4. Midnight In Paris > >> > 5. Moneyball > >> > 6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win) > >> > 7. Hugo > >> > 8. The Descendants > >> > 9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> >> > BEST ACTOR
> >> > 1. Demiįn Bichir - A Better Life (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy > >> > 3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball > >> > 4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To Win) > >> > 5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
> >> > BEST ACTRESS
> >> > 1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs > >> > 3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Deserves to Win) > >> > 4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady > >> > 5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
> >> > 1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close > >> > 3. Nick Nolte - Warrior > >> > 4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn > >> > 5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most Likely To Win) > >> > (Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert Brooks in Drive)
> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> >> > 1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids > >> > 3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to Win for multiple movies) > >> > 4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist > >> > 5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
> >> > BEST DIRECTOR
> >> > 1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Deserves To Win) > >> > 3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants > >> > 4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo > >> > 5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> >> > BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
> >> > 1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Margin Call > >> > 3. A Separation > >> > 4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win) > >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> >> > BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. The Ides Of March > >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy > >> > 4. Moneyball > >> > 5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win) > >> > (I dont have a deserves to win in this category as I felt all of the > >> > scripts adapted from previous material this year has not been of best > >> > quality. Not even one of my favorite films this year Drive based off > >> > of a novel deserves this award for its script. Drive succeeded mainly > >> > on the direction of Refn and other elements but the script was not one > >> > of them.)
> >> > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
> >> > 1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Hugo > >> > 3. The Artist > >> > 4. War Horse > >> > 5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
> >> > BEST ART DIRECTION
> >> > 1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win) > >> > 2. Midnight in Paris > >> > 3. Warhorse > >> > 4. Hugo > >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To Win)
> >> > BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
> >> > 1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Jane Eyre > >> > 3. W.E. > >> > 4. Hugo > >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves to Win)
> >> > BEST SOUND MIXING
> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Moneyball > >> > 3. Warhorse > >> > 4. Hugo > >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To > >> > Win)
> >> > BEST FILM EDITING
> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Moneyball > >> > 3. The Descendants > >> > 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo > >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
> >> > BEST SOUND EDITING
> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely To Win) > >> > 2. Warhorse > >> > 3. Drive (Deserves To Win) > >> > 4. Hugo > >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win)
> >> > BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Harry Potter > >> > 3. Real Steel > >> > 4. Rise Of The Planet of The Apes > >> > 5. Hugo (Most Likely To Win) > >> > (Deserves to Win is The Tree of Life and it was a travesty it was not > >> > even nominated. The creation of Earth sequence is one of the most > >> > beautiful and artistic pieces I have ever seen done with special > >> > effects next to Antichrist.)
> >> > BEST MAKEUP
> >> > 1. Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. The Iron Lady > >> > 3. Harry Potter (Most Likely to Win) > >> > (I actually think this is a category that Hugo deserves to win for the > >> > flashback scenes that make Ben Kingsley look so young)
> >> > BEST SONG
> >> > 1. Rio (Least Likely To Win) > >> > 2. The Muppets (Most Likely To Win) > >> > (Deserves to win? How about Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen O's > >> > cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in The Girl With The Dragon > >> > Tattoo)
> >> > BEST SCORE
> >> > 1. The Adventures of Tin Tin (Least Likely To Win) > >> > 2. Warhorse > >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy > >> > 4. Hugo > >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) > >> > (Deserves to win is non nominee DRIVE which is hands down the best > >> > music that fitted with its film)
> >> > BEST SHORT FILM ANIMATED
> >> > 1. Dimanche > >> > 2. A Morning Stroll > >> > 3. La Luna > >> > 4. The Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore > >> > 5. Wild Life > >> > (Pure Guesses)
> >> > 1. Saving Face > >> > 2. The Barber of Birmingham > >> > 3. Incident in New Baghdad > >> > 4. The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
> >> > BEST DOCUMENTARY
> >> > 1. Undefeated (Least Likely To Win) > >> > 2. Hell and Back Again > >> > 3. If a Tree falls > >> > 4. Pina > >> > 5. Paradise Lost 3 (Most Likely To Win) > >> > (Have not seen any documentaries this year besides Buck which was not > >> > deserving)
> >> > BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
> >> > 1. Monsieur Lazhar (Least Likely To Win) > >> > 2. Footnote > >> > 3. Bullhead > >> > 4. In Darkness > >> > 5. A Separation (Most Likely To Win)
> >> > BEST ANIMATED FILM
> >> > 1. Puss In Boots (Least Likely to Win) > >> > 2. Kung fu Panda 2 > >> > 3. Chico and Rita > >> > 4. A Cat in Paris > >> > 5. Rango (Most Likely To Win)
> >> > Well thats it...
> >> > On Feb 4, 12:40 am, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" <thork...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote:
> >> > > Sounds great Linda. Good work!
> >> > > THorkell
> >> > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > > > I just realized the BEST PICTURE category "only" has 9 movies this > >> > > > year. > >> > > > Thus the point values I quoted was not accurate. Sorry for the > >> > > > confusion!
> >> > > > -Linda
> >> > > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> > >> > > > wrote:
> >> > > >> Well, we did it a little differently last year than the years > >> > > >> before. Last > >> > > >> year, we put all the movies in the order from "Most likely to > win" > >> > > >> to "Least > >> > > >> likely to win". You get points based on how correct you are. For > >> > > >> example, if > >> > > >> the winner was the first on your list, you get most points (4 or > 9, > >> > > >> depends > >> > > >> on category), if it is the second on your list, you get one point > >> > > >> less, so > >> > > >> on and so forth. If your "least likely to win" happen to be the > >> > > >> winner, you > >> > > >> would end up with 0 points. We also filled out who we think > >> > > >> deserves to win, > >> > > >> just for fun.
> >> > > >> The years before, we chose a "WILL WIN" and "WILL NOT WIN" for > each > >> > > >> category. We get 1 point for guessing correctly, and lose 1 point > >> > > >> for > >> > > >> guessing completely wrong (when WILL NOT WIN actually wins).
> >> > > >> I do like the simplicity of the old system, but I also like the > >> > > >> fairness > >> > > >> of the new system. It's up to all of you which system we should > do > >> > > >> this > >> > > >> year. However, if we are using the new system, I have one > >> > > >> suggestion - > >> > > >> instead of listing the movies from MOST LIKELY TO WIN to LEAST > >> > > >> LIKELY TO > >> > > >> WIN, let's list it the other way around, from LEAST LIKELY TO WIN > >> > > >> to MOST > >> > > >> LIKELY TO WIN, and instead of giving 0 points for being
Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and
which awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion
of this.
Anne
On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second
then. =)
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell
A. Ottarsson <thorkell@gmail.com>
wrote:
I will post
my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange
reason it's going to be identical! ;)
Thorkell
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <lindaw81@gmail.com>
wrote:
> No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm
busy watching Oscar
> movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies
by the time the show
> starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only
seen THE ARTIST, THE HELP,
> TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through
EXTREME LOUD AND
> INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski
<BBeksinski@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread
to find out if Im the
>> only one playing. so am I? :)
>>
>> On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>> > makes sense with the new way and how you
explained it.
>> >
>> > OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get
the ball rolling. my
>> > predictions are (drumroll......)
>> >
>> > BEST PICTURE
>> >
>> > 1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
(Least Likely to Win)
>> > 2. Warhorse
>> > 3. The Help
>> > 4. Midnight In Paris
>> > 5. Moneyball
>> > 6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win)
>> > 7. Hugo
>> > 8. The Descendants
>> > 9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >
>> > BEST ACTOR
>> >
>> > 1. Demián Bichir - A Better Life (Least
Likely to Win)
>> > 2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
>> > 3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball
>> > 4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To
Win)
>> > 5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most
Likely to Win)
>> >
>> > BEST ACTRESS
>> >
>> > 1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon
Tattoo (Least Likely to Win)
>> > 2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
>> > 3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn
(Deserves to Win)
>> > 4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
>> > 5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to
Win)
>> >
>> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
>> >
>> > 1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to
Win)
>> > 2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and
Incredibly Close
>> > 3. Nick Nolte - Warrior
>> > 4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
>> > 5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most
Likely To Win)
>> > (Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert
Brooks in Drive)
>> >
>> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>> >
>> > 1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely
to Win)
>> > 2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
>> > 3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to
Win for multiple movies)
>> > 4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist
>> > 5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely
to Win)
>> >
>> > BEST DIRECTOR
>> >
>> > 1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least
Likely to Win)
>> > 2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
(Deserves To Win)
>> > 3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants
>> > 4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo
>> > 5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most
Likely to Win)
>> >
>> > BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
>> >
>> > 1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win)
>> > 2. Margin Call
>> > 3. A Separation
>> > 4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win)
>> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >
>> > BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
>> >
>> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win)
>> > 2. The Ides Of March
>> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
>> > 4. Moneyball
>> > 5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
>> > (I dont have a deserves to win in this
category as I felt all of the
>> > scripts adapted from previous material this
year has not been of best
>> > quality. Not even one of my favorite films
this year Drive based off
>> > of a novel deserves this award for its
script. Drive succeeded mainly
>> > on the direction of Refn and other elements
but the script was not one
>> > of them.)
>> >
>> > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
>> >
>> > 1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least
Likely to Win)
>> > 2. Hugo
>> > 3. The Artist
>> > 4. War Horse
>> > 5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win)
(Deserves To Win)
>> >
>> > BEST ART DIRECTION
>> >
>> > 1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win)
>> > 2. Midnight in Paris
>> > 3. Warhorse
>> > 4. Hugo
>> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves
To Win)
>> >
>> > BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
>> >
>> > 1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win)
>> > 2. Jane Eyre
>> > 3. W.E.
>> > 4. Hugo
>> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves
to Win)
>> >
>> > BEST SOUND MIXING
>> >
>> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win)
>> > 2. Moneyball
>> > 3. Warhorse
>> > 4. Hugo
>> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most
Likely To Win) (Deserves To
>> > Win)
>> >
>> > BEST FILM EDITING
>> >
>> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win)
>> > 2. Moneyball
>> > 3. The Descendants
>> > 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
No one has offered to be a judge so the position is open, if you would like it Anne.
Last year the winner got an extra host month. We could do the same if everyone agrees. If two or three end up winning then I think they should all get the month together. Each could nominate one or more directors/themes.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and which > awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion of this. > Anne
> On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
> LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second then. =)
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson <thork...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>> I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange >> reason it's going to be identical! ;)
>> Thorkell
>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching Oscar >> > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time the show >> > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, THE >> > HELP, >> > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND >> > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
>> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski >> > <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> >> > wrote:
>> >> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if Im the >> >> only one playing. so am I? :)
>> >> On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> > makes sense with the new way and how you explained it.
>> >> > OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get the ball rolling. my >> >> > predictions are (drumroll......)
>> >> > BEST PICTURE
>> >> > 1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Warhorse >> >> > 3. The Help >> >> > 4. Midnight In Paris >> >> > 5. Moneyball >> >> > 6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win) >> >> > 7. Hugo >> >> > 8. The Descendants >> >> > 9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> > BEST ACTOR
>> >> > 1. Demiįn Bichir - A Better Life (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> >> > 3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball >> >> > 4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To Win) >> >> > 5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> > BEST ACTRESS
>> >> > 1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to >> >> > Win) >> >> > 2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs >> >> > 3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Deserves to Win) >> >> > 4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady >> >> > 5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
>> >> > 1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close >> >> > 3. Nick Nolte - Warrior >> >> > 4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn >> >> > 5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most Likely To Win) >> >> > (Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert Brooks in Drive)
>> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>> >> > 1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids >> >> > 3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to Win for multiple movies) >> >> > 4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist >> >> > 5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> > BEST DIRECTOR
>> >> > 1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Deserves To Win) >> >> > 3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants >> >> > 4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo >> >> > 5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> > BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
>> >> > 1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Margin Call >> >> > 3. A Separation >> >> > 4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win) >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> > BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
>> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. The Ides Of March >> >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> >> > 4. Moneyball >> >> > 5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win) >> >> > (I dont have a deserves to win in this category as I felt all of the >> >> > scripts adapted from previous material this year has not been of best >> >> > quality. Not even one of my favorite films this year Drive based off >> >> > of a novel deserves this award for its script. Drive succeeded mainly >> >> > on the direction of Refn and other elements but the script was not >> >> > one >> >> > of them.)
>> >> > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
>> >> > 1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Hugo >> >> > 3. The Artist >> >> > 4. War Horse >> >> > 5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> >> > BEST ART DIRECTION
>> >> > 1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win) >> >> > 2. Midnight in Paris >> >> > 3. Warhorse >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> >> > BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
>> >> > 1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Jane Eyre >> >> > 3. W.E. >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves to Win)
>> >> > BEST SOUND MIXING
>> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Moneyball >> >> > 3. Warhorse >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To >> >> > Win)
>> >> > BEST FILM EDITING
>> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Moneyball >> >> > 3. The Descendants >> >> > 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> >> > BEST SOUND EDITING
>> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely To Win) >> >> > 2. Warhorse >> >> > 3. Drive (Deserves To Win) >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win)
>> >> > BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
>> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Harry Potter >> >> > 3. Real Steel >> >> > 4. Rise Of The Planet of The Apes >> >> > 5. Hugo (Most Likely To Win) >> >> > (Deserves to Win is The Tree of Life and it was a travesty it was not >> >> > even nominated. The creation of Earth sequence is one of the most >> >> > beautiful and artistic pieces I have ever seen done with special >> >> > effects next to Antichrist.)
>> >> > BEST MAKEUP
>> >> > 1. Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. The Iron Lady >> >> > 3. Harry Potter (Most Likely to Win) >> >> > (I actually think this is a category that Hugo deserves to win for >> >> > the >> >> > flashback scenes that make Ben Kingsley look so young)
>> >> > BEST SONG
>> >> > 1. Rio (Least Likely To Win) >> >> > 2. The Muppets (Most Likely To Win) >> >> > (Deserves to win? How about Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen O's >> >> > cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in The Girl With The Dragon >> >> > Tattoo)
>> >> > BEST SCORE
>> >> > 1. The Adventures of Tin Tin (Least Likely To Win) >> >> > 2. Warhorse >> >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) >> >> > (Deserves to win is non nominee DRIVE which is hands down the best >> >> > music that fitted with its film)
>> >> > BEST SHORT FILM ANIMATED
>> >> > 1. Dimanche >> >> > 2. A Morning Stroll >> >> > 3. La Luna >> >> > 4. The Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore >> >> > 5. Wild Life >> >> > (Pure Guesses)
>> >> > 1. Saving Face >> >> > 2. The Barber of Birmingham >> >> > 3. Incident in New Baghdad >> >> > 4. The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
>> >> > BEST DOCUMENTARY
>> >> > 1. Undefeated (Least Likely To Win) >> >> > 2. Hell and Back Again >> >> > 3. If a Tree falls >> >> > 4. Pina >> >> > 5. Paradise Lost 3 (Most Likely To Win) >> >> > (Have not seen any documentaries this year besides Buck which was not >> >> > deserving)
>> >> > BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
>> >> > 1. Monsieur Lazhar (Least Likely To Win) >> >> > 2. Footnote >> >> > 3. Bullhead >> >> > 4. In Darkness >> >> > 5. A Separation (Most Likely To Win)
>> >> > BEST ANIMATED FILM
>> >> > 1. Puss In Boots (Least Likely to Win) >> >> > 2. Kung fu Panda 2 >> >> > 3. Chico and Rita >> >> > 4. A Cat in Paris >> >> > 5. Rango (Most Likely To Win)
>> >> > Well thats it...
>> >> > On Feb 4, 12:40 am, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" <thork...@gmail.com> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> > > Sounds great Linda. Good work!
>> >> > > THorkell
>> >> > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> >> >> > > wrote: >> >> > > > I just realized the BEST PICTURE category "only" has 9 movies >> >> > > > this >> >> > > > year. >> >> > > > Thus the point values I quoted was not accurate. Sorry for the >> >> > > > confusion!
>> >> > > > -Linda
>> >> > > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> >> >> > > > wrote:
>> >> > > >> Well, we did it a little differently last year than the years >> >> > > >> before. Last >> >> > > >> year, we put all the movies in the order from "Most likely to >> >> > > >> win" >> >> > > >> to "Least >> >> > > >> likely to win". You get points based on how correct you are. For >> >> > > >> example, if >> >> > > >> the winner was the first on your list, you get most points (4 or >> >> > > >> 9, >> >> > > >> depends >> >> > > >> on category), if it is the second on your list, you get one >> >> > > >> point >> >> > > >> less, so >> >> > > >> on and so forth. If your "least likely to win" happen to be the
I just finished THE DESCENDANTS and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE. I have to say, this is a sad sad year for the Oscars, IMHO. Not just the movies are quite average, the movie themes are all so depressing! Anyone else agrees?
P.S. I don't mind doing the tally if no one else wants to. :)
Linda
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson <thork...@gmail.com>wrote:
> No one has offered to be a judge so the position is open, if you would > like it Anne.
> Last year the winner got an extra host month. We could do the same if > everyone agrees. If two or three end up winning then I think they > should all get the month together. Each could nominate one or more > directors/themes.
> Thorkell
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and which > > awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion of this. > > Anne
> > On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
> > LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second then. =)
> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson < > thork...@gmail.com> > > wrote:
> >> I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange > >> reason it's going to be identical! ;)
> >> Thorkell
> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching > Oscar > >> > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time the > show > >> > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, THE > >> > HELP, > >> > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND > >> > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
> >> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski > >> > <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> > >> > wrote:
> >> >> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if Im > the > >> >> only one playing. so am I? :)
> >> >> On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > makes sense with the new way and how you explained it.
> >> >> > OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get the ball rolling. my > >> >> > predictions are (drumroll......)
> >> >> > BEST PICTURE
> >> >> > 1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Warhorse > >> >> > 3. The Help > >> >> > 4. Midnight In Paris > >> >> > 5. Moneyball > >> >> > 6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win) > >> >> > 7. Hugo > >> >> > 8. The Descendants > >> >> > 9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> >> >> > BEST ACTOR
> >> >> > 1. Demiįn Bichir - A Better Life (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy > >> >> > 3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball > >> >> > 4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To Win) > >> >> > 5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
> >> >> > BEST ACTRESS
> >> >> > 1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to > >> >> > Win) > >> >> > 2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs > >> >> > 3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Deserves to Win) > >> >> > 4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady > >> >> > 5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
> >> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
> >> >> > 1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close > >> >> > 3. Nick Nolte - Warrior > >> >> > 4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn > >> >> > 5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most Likely To Win) > >> >> > (Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert Brooks in Drive)
> >> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
> >> >> > 1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids > >> >> > 3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to Win for multiple > movies) > >> >> > 4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist > >> >> > 5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
> >> >> > BEST DIRECTOR
> >> >> > 1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Deserves To Win) > >> >> > 3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants > >> >> > 4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo > >> >> > 5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> >> >> > BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
> >> >> > 1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Margin Call > >> >> > 3. A Separation > >> >> > 4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win) > >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
> >> >> > BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
> >> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. The Ides Of March > >> >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy > >> >> > 4. Moneyball > >> >> > 5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win) > >> >> > (I dont have a deserves to win in this category as I felt all of > the > >> >> > scripts adapted from previous material this year has not been of > best > >> >> > quality. Not even one of my favorite films this year Drive based > off > >> >> > of a novel deserves this award for its script. Drive succeeded > mainly > >> >> > on the direction of Refn and other elements but the script was not > >> >> > one > >> >> > of them.)
> >> >> > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
> >> >> > 1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Hugo > >> >> > 3. The Artist > >> >> > 4. War Horse > >> >> > 5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
> >> >> > BEST ART DIRECTION
> >> >> > 1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win) > >> >> > 2. Midnight in Paris > >> >> > 3. Warhorse > >> >> > 4. Hugo > >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To Win)
> >> >> > BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
> >> >> > 1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Jane Eyre > >> >> > 3. W.E. > >> >> > 4. Hugo > >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves to Win)
> >> >> > BEST SOUND MIXING
> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Moneyball > >> >> > 3. Warhorse > >> >> > 4. Hugo > >> >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves > To > >> >> > Win)
> >> >> > BEST FILM EDITING
> >> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Moneyball > >> >> > 3. The Descendants > >> >> > 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo > >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
> >> >> > BEST SOUND EDITING
> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely To Win) > >> >> > 2. Warhorse > >> >> > 3. Drive (Deserves To Win) > >> >> > 4. Hugo > >> >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win)
> >> >> > BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Harry Potter > >> >> > 3. Real Steel > >> >> > 4. Rise Of The Planet of The Apes > >> >> > 5. Hugo (Most Likely To Win) > >> >> > (Deserves to Win is The Tree of Life and it was a travesty it was > not > >> >> > even nominated. The creation of Earth sequence is one of the most > >> >> > beautiful and artistic pieces I have ever seen done with special > >> >> > effects next to Antichrist.)
> >> >> > BEST MAKEUP
> >> >> > 1. Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. The Iron Lady > >> >> > 3. Harry Potter (Most Likely to Win) > >> >> > (I actually think this is a category that Hugo deserves to win for > >> >> > the > >> >> > flashback scenes that make Ben Kingsley look so young)
> >> >> > BEST SONG
> >> >> > 1. Rio (Least Likely To Win) > >> >> > 2. The Muppets (Most Likely To Win) > >> >> > (Deserves to win? How about Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen > O's > >> >> > cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in The Girl With The > Dragon > >> >> > Tattoo)
> >> >> > BEST SCORE
> >> >> > 1. The Adventures of Tin Tin (Least Likely To Win) > >> >> > 2. Warhorse > >> >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy > >> >> > 4. Hugo > >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) > >> >> > (Deserves to win is non nominee DRIVE which is hands down the best > >> >> > music that fitted with its film)
> >> >> > BEST SHORT FILM ANIMATED
> >> >> > 1. Dimanche > >> >> > 2. A Morning Stroll > >> >> > 3. La Luna > >> >> > 4. The Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore > >> >> > 5. Wild Life > >> >> > (Pure Guesses)
> >> >> > 1. Saving Face > >> >> > 2. The Barber of Birmingham > >> >> > 3. Incident in New Baghdad > >> >> > 4. The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
> >> >> > BEST DOCUMENTARY
> >> >> > 1. Undefeated (Least Likely To Win) > >> >> > 2. Hell and Back Again > >> >> > 3. If a Tree falls > >> >> > 4. Pina > >> >> > 5. Paradise Lost 3 (Most Likely To Win) > >> >> > (Have not seen any documentaries this year besides Buck which was > not > >> >> > deserving)
> >> >> > 1. Puss In Boots (Least Likely to Win) > >> >> > 2. Kung fu Panda 2 > >> >> > 3. Chico and Rita > >> >> > 4. A Cat in Paris > >> >> > 5. Rango (Most Likely To Win)
> >> >> > Well thats it...
> >> >> > On Feb 4, 12:40 am, "Thorkell A. Ottarsson" <thork...@gmail.com> > >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> > > Sounds great Linda. Good work!
> >> >> > > THorkell
> >> >> > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> > >> >> > > wrote:
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just finished THE DESCENDANTS and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE. I > have to say, this is a sad sad year for the Oscars, IMHO. Not just the > movies are quite average, the movie themes are all so depressing! Anyone > else agrees?
> P.S. I don't mind doing the tally if no one else wants to. :)
> Linda
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson <thork...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>> No one has offered to be a judge so the position is open, if you would >> like it Anne.
>> Last year the winner got an extra host month. We could do the same if >> everyone agrees. If two or three end up winning then I think they >> should all get the month together. Each could nominate one or more >> directors/themes.
>> Thorkell
>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and which >> > awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion of this. >> > Anne
>> > On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
>> > LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second then. =)
>> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson >> > <thork...@gmail.com> >> > wrote:
>> >> I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange >> >> reason it's going to be identical! ;)
>> >> Thorkell
>> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching >> >> > Oscar >> >> > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time the >> >> > show >> >> > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, >> >> > THE >> >> > HELP, >> >> > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND >> >> > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
>> >> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski >> >> > <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if Im >> >> >> the >> >> >> only one playing. so am I? :)
>> >> >> On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > makes sense with the new way and how you explained it.
>> >> >> > OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get the ball rolling. my >> >> >> > predictions are (drumroll......)
>> >> >> > BEST PICTURE
>> >> >> > 1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Warhorse >> >> >> > 3. The Help >> >> >> > 4. Midnight In Paris >> >> >> > 5. Moneyball >> >> >> > 6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win) >> >> >> > 7. Hugo >> >> >> > 8. The Descendants >> >> >> > 9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST ACTOR
>> >> >> > 1. Demiįn Bichir - A Better Life (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> >> >> > 3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball >> >> >> > 4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To Win) >> >> >> > 5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST ACTRESS
>> >> >> > 1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to >> >> >> > Win) >> >> >> > 2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs >> >> >> > 3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Deserves to Win) >> >> >> > 4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady >> >> >> > 5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
>> >> >> > 1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close >> >> >> > 3. Nick Nolte - Warrior >> >> >> > 4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn >> >> >> > 5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most Likely To Win) >> >> >> > (Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert Brooks in Drive)
>> >> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>> >> >> > 1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids >> >> >> > 3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to Win for multiple >> >> >> > movies) >> >> >> > 4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist >> >> >> > 5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST DIRECTOR
>> >> >> > 1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Deserves To Win) >> >> >> > 3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants >> >> >> > 4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo >> >> >> > 5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
>> >> >> > 1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Margin Call >> >> >> > 3. A Separation >> >> >> > 4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win) >> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
>> >> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. The Ides Of March >> >> >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> >> >> > 4. Moneyball >> >> >> > 5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win) >> >> >> > (I dont have a deserves to win in this category as I felt all of >> >> >> > the >> >> >> > scripts adapted from previous material this year has not been of >> >> >> > best >> >> >> > quality. Not even one of my favorite films this year Drive based >> >> >> > off >> >> >> > of a novel deserves this award for its script. Drive succeeded >> >> >> > mainly >> >> >> > on the direction of Refn and other elements but the script was not >> >> >> > one >> >> >> > of them.)
>> >> >> > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
>> >> >> > 1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Hugo >> >> >> > 3. The Artist >> >> >> > 4. War Horse >> >> >> > 5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> >> >> > BEST ART DIRECTION
>> >> >> > 1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win) >> >> >> > 2. Midnight in Paris >> >> >> > 3. Warhorse >> >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> >> >> > BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
>> >> >> > 1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Jane Eyre >> >> >> > 3. W.E. >> >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST SOUND MIXING
>> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Moneyball >> >> >> > 3. Warhorse >> >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves >> >> >> > To >> >> >> > Win)
>> >> >> > BEST FILM EDITING
>> >> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Moneyball >> >> >> > 3. The Descendants >> >> >> > 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo >> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> >> >> > BEST SOUND EDITING
>> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely To Win) >> >> >> > 2. Warhorse >> >> >> > 3. Drive (Deserves To Win) >> >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win)
>> >> >> > BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
>> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Harry Potter >> >> >> > 3. Real Steel >> >> >> > 4. Rise Of The Planet of The Apes >> >> >> > 5. Hugo (Most Likely To Win) >> >> >> > (Deserves to Win is The Tree of Life and it was a travesty it was >> >> >> > not >> >> >> > even nominated. The creation of Earth sequence is one of the most >> >> >> > beautiful and artistic pieces I have ever seen done with special >> >> >> > effects next to Antichrist.)
>> >> >> > BEST MAKEUP
>> >> >> > 1. Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. The Iron Lady >> >> >> > 3. Harry Potter (Most Likely to Win) >> >> >> > (I actually think this is a category that Hugo deserves to win for >> >> >> > the >> >> >> > flashback scenes that make Ben Kingsley look so young)
>> >> >> > BEST SONG
>> >> >> > 1. Rio (Least Likely To Win) >> >> >> > 2. The Muppets (Most Likely To Win) >> >> >> > (Deserves to win? How about Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen >> >> >> > O's >> >> >> > cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in The Girl With The >> >> >> > Dragon >> >> >> > Tattoo)
>> >> >> > BEST SCORE
>> >> >> > 1. The Adventures of Tin Tin (Least Likely To Win) >> >> >> > 2. Warhorse >> >> >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) >> >> >> > (Deserves to win is non nominee DRIVE which is hands down the best >> >> >> > music that fitted with its film)
>> >> >> > BEST SHORT FILM ANIMATED
>> >> >> > 1. Dimanche >> >> >> > 2. A Morning Stroll >> >> >> > 3. La Luna >> >> >> > 4. The Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore >> >> >> > 5. Wild Life >> >> >> > (Pure Guesses)
>> >> >> > 1. Saving Face >> >> >> > 2. The Barber of Birmingham >> >> >> > 3. Incident in New Baghdad >> >> >> > 4. The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
>> >> >> > BEST DOCUMENTARY
>> >> >> > 1. Undefeated (Least Likely To Win) >> >> >> > 2. Hell and Back Again >> >> >> > 3. If a Tree falls >> >> >> > 4. Pina >> >> >> > 5. Paradise Lost 3 (Most Likely To Win) >> >> >> > (Have not seen any documentaries this year besides Buck which was >> >> >> > not >> >> >> > deserving)
Yes, what a bad year. I can't remember this long a stretch w/o being drawn to the theatre. Of all the films we saw earlier this year, I thought Tree of Life and especially Take Shelter- were the oscar-worthy works. Has anyone seen The Artist? The previews look so slapstick that they put me off, but it has rcvd star reviews across the boards. what did you think of it? thnx, mindy
From: Thorkell A. Ottarsson Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:29 AM To: film-club@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Academy Awards
I don't mind sad subjects but yes the films are not very good. You are welcome to it Linda.
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just finished THE DESCENDANTS and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE. I > have to say, this is a sad sad year for the Oscars, IMHO. Not just the > movies are quite average, the movie themes are all so depressing! Anyone > else agrees?
> P.S. I don't mind doing the tally if no one else wants to. :)
> Linda
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson <thork...@gmail.com> > wrote:
>> No one has offered to be a judge so the position is open, if you would >> like it Anne.
>> Last year the winner got an extra host month. We could do the same if >> everyone agrees. If two or three end up winning then I think they >> should all get the month together. Each could nominate one or more >> directors/themes.
>> Thorkell
>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and which >> > awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion of this. >> > Anne
>> > On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
>> > LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second then. =)
>> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson >> > <thork...@gmail.com> >> > wrote:
>> >> I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange >> >> reason it's going to be identical! ;)
>> >> Thorkell
>> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching >> >> > Oscar >> >> > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time the >> >> > show >> >> > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, >> >> > THE >> >> > HELP, >> >> > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND >> >> > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
>> >> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski >> >> > <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if Im >> >> >> the >> >> >> only one playing. so am I? :)
>> >> >> On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> > makes sense with the new way and how you explained it.
>> >> >> > OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get the ball rolling. my >> >> >> > predictions are (drumroll......)
>> >> >> > BEST PICTURE
>> >> >> > 1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Warhorse >> >> >> > 3. The Help >> >> >> > 4. Midnight In Paris >> >> >> > 5. Moneyball >> >> >> > 6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win) >> >> >> > 7. Hugo >> >> >> > 8. The Descendants >> >> >> > 9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST ACTOR
>> >> >> > 1. Demiįn Bichir - A Better Life (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> >> >> > 3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball >> >> >> > 4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To Win) >> >> >> > 5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST ACTRESS
>> >> >> > 1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to >> >> >> > Win) >> >> >> > 2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs >> >> >> > 3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Deserves to Win) >> >> >> > 4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady >> >> >> > 5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
>> >> >> > 1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close >> >> >> > 3. Nick Nolte - Warrior >> >> >> > 4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn >> >> >> > 5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most Likely To Win) >> >> >> > (Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert Brooks in Drive)
>> >> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>> >> >> > 1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids >> >> >> > 3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to Win for multiple >> >> >> > movies) >> >> >> > 4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist >> >> >> > 5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST DIRECTOR
>> >> >> > 1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Deserves To Win) >> >> >> > 3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants >> >> >> > 4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo >> >> >> > 5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
>> >> >> > 1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Margin Call >> >> >> > 3. A Separation >> >> >> > 4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win) >> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
>> >> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. The Ides Of March >> >> >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> >> >> > 4. Moneyball >> >> >> > 5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win) >> >> >> > (I dont have a deserves to win in this category as I felt all of >> >> >> > the >> >> >> > scripts adapted from previous material this year has not been of >> >> >> > best >> >> >> > quality. Not even one of my favorite films this year Drive based >> >> >> > off >> >> >> > of a novel deserves this award for its script. Drive succeeded >> >> >> > mainly >> >> >> > on the direction of Refn and other elements but the script was not >> >> >> > one >> >> >> > of them.)
>> >> >> > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
>> >> >> > 1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Hugo >> >> >> > 3. The Artist >> >> >> > 4. War Horse >> >> >> > 5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> >> >> > BEST ART DIRECTION
>> >> >> > 1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win) >> >> >> > 2. Midnight in Paris >> >> >> > 3. Warhorse >> >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> >> >> > BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
>> >> >> > 1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Jane Eyre >> >> >> > 3. W.E. >> >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves to Win)
>> >> >> > BEST SOUND MIXING
>> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Moneyball >> >> >> > 3. Warhorse >> >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves >> >> >> > To >> >> >> > Win)
>> >> >> > BEST FILM EDITING
>> >> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Moneyball >> >> >> > 3. The Descendants >> >> >> > 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo >> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
>> >> >> > BEST SOUND EDITING
>> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely To Win) >> >> >> > 2. Warhorse >> >> >> > 3. Drive (Deserves To Win) >> >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win)
>> >> >> > BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
>> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. Harry Potter >> >> >> > 3. Real Steel >> >> >> > 4. Rise Of The Planet of The Apes >> >> >> > 5. Hugo (Most Likely To Win) >> >> >> > (Deserves to Win is The Tree of Life and it was a travesty it was >> >> >> > not >> >> >> > even nominated. The creation of Earth sequence is one of the most >> >> >> > beautiful and artistic pieces I have ever seen done with special >> >> >> > effects next to Antichrist.)
>> >> >> > BEST MAKEUP
>> >> >> > 1. Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) >> >> >> > 2. The Iron Lady >> >> >> > 3. Harry Potter (Most Likely to Win) >> >> >> > (I actually think this is a category that Hugo deserves to win for >> >> >> > the >> >> >> > flashback scenes that make Ben Kingsley look so young)
>> >> >> > BEST SONG
>> >> >> > 1. Rio (Least Likely To Win) >> >> >> > 2. The Muppets (Most Likely To Win) >> >> >> > (Deserves to win? How about Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen >> >> >> > O's >> >> >> > cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in The Girl With The >> >> >> > Dragon >> >> >> > Tattoo)
>> >> >> > BEST SCORE
>> >> >> > 1. The Adventures of Tin Tin (Least Likely To Win) >> >> >> > 2. Warhorse >> >> >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >> >> >> > 4. Hugo >> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) >> >> >> > (Deserves to win is non nominee DRIVE which is hands down the best >> >> >> > music that fitted with its film)
>> >> >> > BEST SHORT FILM ANIMATED
>> >> >> > 1. Dimanche >> >> >> > 2. A Morning Stroll >> >> >> > 3. La Luna >> >> >> > 4. The Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore >> >> >> > 5. Wild Life >> >> >> > (Pure Guesses)
>> >> >> > 1. Saving Face >> >> >> > 2. The Barber of Birmingham >> >> >> > 3. Incident in New Baghdad >> >> >> > 4. The Tsunami and The Cherry Blossom
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Mindy Arbo <mindya...@comcast.net> wrote: > Yes, what a bad year. I can't remember this long a stretch w/o being drawn > to the theatre. > Of all the films we saw earlier this year, I thought Tree of Life and > especially Take Shelter- were the oscar-worthy works. > Has anyone seen The Artist? The previews look so slapstick that they put me > off, > but it has rcvd star reviews across the boards. what did you think of it? > thnx, > mindy
> From: Thorkell A. Ottarsson > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:29 AM > To: film-club@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Academy Awards
> I don't mind sad subjects but yes the films are not very good. You are > welcome to it Linda.
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I just finished THE DESCENDANTS and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE. I >> have to say, this is a sad sad year for the Oscars, IMHO. Not just the >> movies are quite average, the movie themes are all so depressing! Anyone >> else agrees?
>> P.S. I don't mind doing the tally if no one else wants to. :)
>> Linda
>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson >> <thork...@gmail.com> >> wrote:
>>> No one has offered to be a judge so the position is open, if you would >>> like it Anne.
>>> Last year the winner got an extra host month. We could do the same if >>> everyone agrees. If two or three end up winning then I think they >>> should all get the month together. Each could nominate one or more >>> directors/themes.
>>> Thorkell
>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and >>> > which >>> > awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion of this. >>> > Anne
>>> > On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
>>> > LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second then. =)
>>> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson >>> > <thork...@gmail.com> >>> > wrote:
>>> >> I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange >>> >> reason it's going to be identical! ;)
>>> >> Thorkell
>>> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> > No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching >>> >> > Oscar >>> >> > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time the >>> >> > show >>> >> > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, >>> >> > THE >>> >> > HELP, >>> >> > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND >>> >> > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
>>> >> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski >>> >> > <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> >>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if Im >>> >> >> the >>> >> >> only one playing. so am I? :)
>>> >> >> On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >> > makes sense with the new way and how you explained it.
>>> >> >> > OK, Well I'm ready to start it off to get the ball rolling. my >>> >> >> > predictions are (drumroll......)
>>> >> >> > BEST PICTURE
>>> >> >> > 1. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Warhorse >>> >> >> > 3. The Help >>> >> >> > 4. Midnight In Paris >>> >> >> > 5. Moneyball >>> >> >> > 6. The Tree of Life (Deserves to Win) >>> >> >> > 7. Hugo >>> >> >> > 8. The Descendants >>> >> >> > 9. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST ACTOR
>>> >> >> > 1. Demiįn Bichir - A Better Life (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >>> >> >> > 3. Brad Pitt - Moneyball >>> >> >> > 4. Jean Dujardin - The Artist (Deserves To Win) >>> >> >> > 5. George Clooney - The Descendants (Most Likely to Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST ACTRESS
>>> >> >> > 1. Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to >>> >> >> > Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs >>> >> >> > 3. Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn (Deserves to Win) >>> >> >> > 4. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady >>> >> >> > 5. Viola Davis - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
>>> >> >> > 1. Jonah Hill - Moneyball (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close >>> >> >> > 3. Nick Nolte - Warrior >>> >> >> > 4. Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn >>> >> >> > 5. Christopher Plummer - Beginners (Most Likely To Win) >>> >> >> > (Deserves to win is a non-nominee of Albert Brooks in Drive)
>>> >> >> > BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
>>> >> >> > 1. Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids >>> >> >> > 3. Jessica Chastain - The Help (Deserves to Win for multiple >>> >> >> > movies) >>> >> >> > 4. Berenice Bejo - The Artist >>> >> >> > 5. Octavia Spencer - The Help (Most Likely to Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST DIRECTOR
>>> >> >> > 1. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Deserves To Win) >>> >> >> > 3. Alexander Payne - The Descendants >>> >> >> > 4. Martin Scorcese - Hugo >>> >> >> > 5. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
>>> >> >> > 1. Bridesmaids (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Margin Call >>> >> >> > 3. A Separation >>> >> >> > 4. Midnight in Paris (Deserves to Win) >>> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
>>> >> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. The Ides Of March >>> >> >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >>> >> >> > 4. Moneyball >>> >> >> > 5. The Descendants (Most Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > (I dont have a deserves to win in this category as I felt all of >>> >> >> > the >>> >> >> > scripts adapted from previous material this year has not been of >>> >> >> > best >>> >> >> > quality. Not even one of my favorite films this year Drive based >>> >> >> > off >>> >> >> > of a novel deserves this award for its script. Drive succeeded >>> >> >> > mainly >>> >> >> > on the direction of Refn and other elements but the script was >>> >> >> > not >>> >> >> > one >>> >> >> > of them.)
>>> >> >> > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
>>> >> >> > 1.The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Hugo >>> >> >> > 3. The Artist >>> >> >> > 4. War Horse >>> >> >> > 5. The Tree Of life (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST ART DIRECTION
>>> >> >> > 1. Harry Potter (Least Likely To Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Midnight in Paris >>> >> >> > 3. Warhorse >>> >> >> > 4. Hugo >>> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves To Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST COSTUME DIRECTION
>>> >> >> > 1. Anonymous (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Jane Eyre >>> >> >> > 3. W.E. >>> >> >> > 4. Hugo >>> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves to Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST SOUND MIXING
>>> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Moneyball >>> >> >> > 3. Warhorse >>> >> >> > 4. Hugo >>> >> >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win) (Deserves >>> >> >> > To >>> >> >> > Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST FILM EDITING
>>> >> >> > 1. Hugo (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Moneyball >>> >> >> > 3. The Descendants >>> >> >> > 4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo >>> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely to Win) (Deserves To Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST SOUND EDITING
>>> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely To Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Warhorse >>> >> >> > 3. Drive (Deserves To Win) >>> >> >> > 4. Hugo >>> >> >> > 5. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Most Likely To Win)
>>> >> >> > BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
>>> >> >> > 1. Transformers (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Harry Potter >>> >> >> > 3. Real Steel >>> >> >> > 4. Rise Of The Planet of The Apes >>> >> >> > 5. Hugo (Most Likely To Win) >>> >> >> > (Deserves to Win is The Tree of Life and it was a travesty it was >>> >> >> > not >>> >> >> > even nominated. The creation of Earth sequence is one of the most >>> >> >> > beautiful and artistic pieces I have ever seen done with special >>> >> >> > effects next to Antichrist.)
>>> >> >> > BEST MAKEUP
>>> >> >> > 1. Albert Nobbs (Least Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > 2. The Iron Lady >>> >> >> > 3. Harry Potter (Most Likely to Win) >>> >> >> > (I actually think this is a category that Hugo deserves to win >>> >> >> > for >>> >> >> > the >>> >> >> > flashback scenes that make Ben Kingsley look so young)
>>> >> >> > BEST SONG
>>> >> >> > 1. Rio (Least Likely To Win) >>> >> >> > 2. The Muppets (Most Likely To Win) >>> >> >> > (Deserves to win? How about Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Karen >>> >> >> > O's >>> >> >> > cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" in The Girl With The >>> >> >> > Dragon >>> >> >> > Tattoo)
>>> >> >> > BEST SCORE
>>> >> >> > 1. The Adventures of Tin Tin (Least Likely To Win) >>> >> >> > 2. Warhorse >>> >> >> > 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy >>> >> >> > 4. Hugo >>> >> >> > 5. The Artist (Most Likely To Win) >>> >> >> > (Deserves to win is non nominee DRIVE which is hands down the >>> >> >> > best >>> >> >> > music that fitted with its film)
>>> >> >> > BEST SHORT FILM ANIMATED
>>> >> >> > 1. Dimanche >>> >> >> > 2. A Morning Stroll >>> >> >> > 3. La Luna >>> >> >> > 4. The Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore >>> >> >> > 5. Wild Life >>> >> >> > (Pure Guesses)
> The Artist is a very cute and sweat film. A charmer.
> Thorkell
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Mindy Arbo <mindya...@comcast.net> wrote: >> Yes, what a bad year. I can't remember this long a stretch w/o being drawn >> to the theatre. >> Of all the films we saw earlier this year, I thought Tree of Life and >> especially Take Shelter- were the oscar-worthy works. >> Has anyone seen The Artist? The previews look so slapstick that they put me >> off, >> but it has rcvd star reviews across the boards. what did you think of it? >> thnx, >> mindy
>> From: Thorkell A. Ottarsson >> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:29 AM >> To: film-club@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Academy Awards
>> I don't mind sad subjects but yes the films are not very good. You are >> welcome to it Linda.
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I just finished THE DESCENDANTS and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE. I >>> have to say, this is a sad sad year for the Oscars, IMHO. Not just the >>> movies are quite average, the movie themes are all so depressing! Anyone >>> else agrees?
>>> P.S. I don't mind doing the tally if no one else wants to. :)
>>> Linda
>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson >>> <thork...@gmail.com> >>> wrote:
>>>> No one has offered to be a judge so the position is open, if you would >>>> like it Anne.
>>>> Last year the winner got an extra host month. We could do the same if >>>> everyone agrees. If two or three end up winning then I think they >>>> should all get the month together. Each could nominate one or more >>>> directors/themes.
>>>> Thorkell
>>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and >>>> > which >>>> > awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion of this. >>>> > Anne
>>>> > On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
>>>> > LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second then. =)
>>>> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson >>>> > <thork...@gmail.com> >>>> > wrote:
>>>> >> I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange >>>> >> reason it's going to be identical! ;)
>>>> >> Thorkell
>>>> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >> > No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching >>>> >> > Oscar >>>> >> > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time the >>>> >> > show >>>> >> > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, >>>> >> > THE >>>> >> > HELP, >>>> >> > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND >>>> >> > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
>>>> >> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski >>>> >> > <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> >>>> >> > wrote:
>>>> >> >> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if Im >>>> >> >> the >>>> >> >> only one playing. so am I? :)
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Josh Waterman <joshizz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are we doing shorts? It's usually just a guess for me, since they're often > pretty inaccessible.
> On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, Thorkell A. Ottarsson <thork...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> The Artist is a very cute and sweat film. A charmer.
>> Thorkell
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Mindy Arbo <mindya...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >>> Yes, what a bad year. I can't remember this long a stretch w/o being >>> drawn >>> to the theatre. >>> Of all the films we saw earlier this year, I thought Tree of Life and >>> especially Take Shelter- were the oscar-worthy works. >>> Has anyone seen The Artist? The previews look so slapstick that they put >>> me >>> off, >>> but it has rcvd star reviews across the boards. what did you think of it? >>> thnx, >>> mindy
>>> From: Thorkell A. Ottarsson >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:29 AM >>> To: film-club@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Academy Awards
>>> I don't mind sad subjects but yes the films are not very good. You are >>> welcome to it Linda.
>>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I just finished THE DESCENDANTS and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE. >>>> I >>>> have to say, this is a sad sad year for the Oscars, IMHO. Not just the >>>> movies are quite average, the movie themes are all so depressing! Anyone >>>> else agrees?
>>>> P.S. I don't mind doing the tally if no one else wants to. :)
>>>> Linda
>>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson >>>> <thork...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote:
>>>>> No one has offered to be a judge so the position is open, if you would >>>>> like it Anne.
>>>>> Last year the winner got an extra host month. We could do the same if >>>>> everyone agrees. If two or three end up winning then I think they >>>>> should all get the month together. Each could nominate one or more >>>>> directors/themes.
>>>>> Thorkell
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and >>>>> > which >>>>> > awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion of >>>>> > this. >>>>> > Anne
>>>>> > On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
>>>>> > LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second then. =)
>>>>> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson >>>>> > <thork...@gmail.com> >>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >> I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange >>>>> >> reason it's going to be identical! ;)
>>>>> >> Thorkell
>>>>> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> >>>>> >> wrote: >>>>> >> > No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching >>>>> >> > Oscar >>>>> >> > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time >>>>> >> > the >>>>> >> > show >>>>> >> > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, >>>>> >> > THE >>>>> >> > HELP, >>>>> >> > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND >>>>> >> > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
>>>>> >> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski >>>>> >> > <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> >>>>> >> > wrote:
>>>>> >> >> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if >>>>> >> >> Im >>>>> >> >> the >>>>> >> >> only one playing. so am I? :)
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Josh Waterman <joshizz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Are we doing shorts? It's usually just a guess for me, since they're > often > > pretty inaccessible.
> > On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, Thorkell A. Ottarsson <thork...@gmail.com
> > wrote: > >> The Artist is a very cute and sweat film. A charmer.
> >> Thorkell
> >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Mindy Arbo <mindya...@comcast.net> > >> wrote: > >>> Yes, what a bad year. I can't remember this long a stretch w/o being > >>> drawn > >>> to the theatre. > >>> Of all the films we saw earlier this year, I thought Tree of Life and > >>> especially Take Shelter- were the oscar-worthy works. > >>> Has anyone seen The Artist? The previews look so slapstick that they > put > >>> me > >>> off, > >>> but it has rcvd star reviews across the boards. what did you think of > it? > >>> thnx, > >>> mindy
> >>> From: Thorkell A. Ottarsson > >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:29 AM > >>> To: film-club@googlegroups.com > >>> Subject: Re: Academy Awards
> >>> I don't mind sad subjects but yes the films are not very good. You are > >>> welcome to it Linda.
> >>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> I just finished THE DESCENDANTS and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY > CLOSE. > >>>> I > >>>> have to say, this is a sad sad year for the Oscars, IMHO. Not just the > >>>> movies are quite average, the movie themes are all so depressing! > Anyone > >>>> else agrees?
> >>>> P.S. I don't mind doing the tally if no one else wants to. :)
> >>>> Linda
> >>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson > >>>> <thork...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> No one has offered to be a judge so the position is open, if you > would > >>>>> like it Anne.
> >>>>> Last year the winner got an extra host month. We could do the same if > >>>>> everyone agrees. If two or three end up winning then I think they > >>>>> should all get the month together. Each could nominate one or more > >>>>> directors/themes.
> >>>>> Thorkell
> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> > Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and > >>>>> > which > >>>>> > awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion of > >>>>> > this. > >>>>> > Anne
> >>>>> > On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
> >>>>> > LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second then. =)
> >>>>> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson > >>>>> > <thork...@gmail.com> > >>>>> > wrote:
> >>>>> >> I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange > >>>>> >> reason it's going to be identical! ;)
> >>>>> >> Thorkell
> >>>>> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> > >>>>> >> wrote: > >>>>> >> > No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy > watching > >>>>> >> > Oscar > >>>>> >> > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time > >>>>> >> > the > >>>>> >> > show > >>>>> >> > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE > ARTIST, > >>>>> >> > THE > >>>>> >> > HELP, > >>>>> >> > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD > AND > >>>>> >> > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
> >>>>> >> > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski > >>>>> >> > <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> > >>>>> >> > wrote:
> >>>>> >> >> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if > >>>>> >> >> Im > >>>>> >> >> the > >>>>> >> >> only one playing. so am I? :)
> >>>>> >> >> On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <
I have to diagree with a previous comment, I thought 2011 was a
pretty good year for film.
These, in no particular order, are films from 2011 I think were
good. The Artist, La piel que habito, Tropa de Elite 2 - O Inimigo
Agora É Outro, The Guard, The Iron Lady, The Girl with the Dragon
Tattoo, Elle s'appelait Sarah, My Week with Marilyn, We Need to Talk
About Kevin, Anonymous, Storm, Midnight in Paris, Jodaeiye Nader az
Simin (A Separation), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Killing Bono, The
Inbetweeners Movie, Attack the Block and Source Code. I haven't
included any 2010 films that first saw light of day outside film
festivals in 2011, just films that are dated 2011 on IMDb. And I
haven't seen Hugo yet....
Anne
On 14/02/2012 15:12, Thorkell A. Ottarsson wrote:
Yes everything!
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Josh Waterman <joshizzle3@gmail.com> wrote:
Are we doing shorts? It's usually just a guess for me, since they're often
pretty inaccessible.
On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, Thorkell A. Ottarsson <thorkell@gmail.com>
wrote:
The Artist is a very cute and sweat film. A charmer.
Thorkell
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Mindy Arbo <mindyarbo@comcast.net>
wrote:
Yes, what a bad year. I can't remember this long a stretch w/o being
drawn
to the theatre.
Of all the films we saw earlier this year, I thought Tree of Life and
especially Take Shelter- were the oscar-worthy works.
Has anyone seen The Artist? The previews look so slapstick that they put
me
off,
but it has rcvd star reviews across the boards. what did you think of it?
thnx,
mindy
From: Thorkell A. Ottarsson
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:29 AM
To: film-club@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Academy Awards
I don't mind sad subjects but yes the films are not very good. You are
welcome to it Linda.
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Linda Key <lindaw81@gmail.com> wrote:
I just finished THE DESCENDANTS and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE.
I
have to say, this is a sad sad year for the Oscars, IMHO. Not just the
movies are quite average, the movie themes are all so depressing! Anyone
else agrees?
P.S. I don't mind doing the tally if no one else wants to. :)
Linda
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson
<thorkell@gmail.com>
wrote:
No one has offered to be a judge so the position is open, if you would
like it Anne.
Last year the winner got an extra host month. We could do the same if
everyone agrees. If two or three end up winning then I think they
should all get the month together. Each could nominate one or more
directors/themes.
Thorkell
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, anne <wajret@gmail.com> wrote:
Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and
which
awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion of
this.
Anne
On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second then. =)
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson
<thorkell@gmail.com>
wrote:
I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange
reason it's going to be identical! ;)
Thorkell
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <lindaw81@gmail.com>
wrote:
No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching
Oscar
movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time
the
show
starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST,
THE
HELP,
TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND
INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski
<BBeksinski@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if
Im
the
only one playing. so am I? :)
On Feb 4, 8:33 pm, Bobby Beksinski <
Yes Anne, overall it's not too bad, but a lot of the movies you mentioned are not nominated for Oscars. Also, I didn't enjoy some of the ones you did mention, but I know my taste is limited. I haven't heard of some of the ones you mentioned - so thanks for mentioning them! Maybe I'll find some more I like. :)
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 2:40 PM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have to diagree with a previous comment, I thought 2011 was a pretty > good year for film. > These, in no particular order, are films from 2011 I think were good. The > Artist, La piel que habito, Tropa de Elite 2 - O Inimigo Agora É Outro, The > Guard, The Iron Lady, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Elle s'appelait > Sarah, My Week with Marilyn, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Anonymous, Storm, > Midnight in Paris, Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (A Separation), Tinker Tailor > Soldier Spy, Killing Bono, The Inbetweeners Movie, Attack the Block and > Source Code. I haven't included any 2010 films that first saw light of day > outside film festivals in 2011, just films that are dated 2011 on IMDb. > And I haven't seen Hugo yet.... > Anne
> On 14/02/2012 15:12, Thorkell A. Ottarsson wrote:
> Yes everything!
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Josh Waterman <joshizz...@gmail.com> <joshizz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are we doing shorts? It's usually just a guess for me, since they're often > pretty inaccessible.
> On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, Thorkell A. Ottarsson <thork...@gmail.com> <thork...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> The Artist is a very cute and sweat film. A charmer.
> Thorkell
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Mindy Arbo <mindya...@comcast.net> <mindya...@comcast.net> > wrote:
> Yes, what a bad year. I can't remember this long a stretch w/o being > drawn > to the theatre. > Of all the films we saw earlier this year, I thought Tree of Life and > especially Take Shelter- were the oscar-worthy works. > Has anyone seen The Artist? The previews look so slapstick that they put > me > off, > but it has rcvd star reviews across the boards. what did you think of it? > thnx, > mindy
> From: Thorkell A. Ottarsson > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:29 AM > To: film-club@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Academy Awards
> I don't mind sad subjects but yes the films are not very good. You are > welcome to it Linda.
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> <linda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just finished THE DESCENDANTS and EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE. > I > have to say, this is a sad sad year for the Oscars, IMHO. Not just the > movies are quite average, the movie themes are all so depressing! Anyone > else agrees?
> P.S. I don't mind doing the tally if no one else wants to. :)
> Linda
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson<thork...@gmail.com> <thork...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> No one has offered to be a judge so the position is open, if you would > like it Anne.
> Last year the winner got an extra host month. We could do the same if > everyone agrees. If two or three end up winning then I think they > should all get the month together. Each could nominate one or more > directors/themes.
> Thorkell
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, anne <waj...@gmail.com> <waj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just wondering if anyone has agreed to be the judge this year, and > which > awards are we including? Apologies if I've missed discussion of > this. > Anne
> On 13/02/2012 16:05, Linda Key wrote:
> LOL@ Thorkell! i'll make sure to post it last second then. =)
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Thorkell A. Ottarsson<thork...@gmail.com> <thork...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> I will post my list once Linda has posted hers. For some strange > reason it's going to be identical! ;)
> Thorkell
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Linda Key <linda...@gmail.com> <linda...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> No, Bobby. I won't let you win that easily! LOL. I'm busy watching > Oscar > movies and will hopefully finish most of the movies by the time > the > show > starts so I can get my votes in! So far I've only seen THE ARTIST, > THE > HELP, > TREE OF LIFE, and IRON LADY. I'm half way through EXTREME LOUD AND > INCREDIBLY CLOSE. So I've got a long way to go. =)
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Bobby Beksinski<BBeksin...@hotmail.com> <BBeksin...@hotmail.com> > wrote:
> Im bumping this back up to the top of the thread to find out if > Im > the > only one playing. so am I? :)
