NickDG 23 #1 March 8, 2010 Okay, I totally have it handicapped . . . Avatar will get skunked! (Didn't see it.) But Marlon Brando or Lawrence Olivia didn't need clay make up to act. Jeff Bridges will win "Best Actor" and not because of his current movie (didn't see it) but for "The Big Lebowski" from 1998. But it will actually be a posthumous award he'll share with his dad, Lloyd Bridges. To newbs it won't be for his dad's, "I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue," in the movie "Airplane" but for "Sea Hunt!" Other than that newcomer Gabourey Sidibe is going to clean up for "Precious." NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NWFlyer 2 #2 March 8, 2010 Who needs to waste all that time? Here's the condensed version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muRtutFrwwE "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites quade 4 #3 March 8, 2010 First, I'm rooting for anybody able to feed his kids or pay the mortgage because somebody sitting down at a keyboard had an idea, typed out pages, the idea moved forward and a film was made. This includes everyone from studio execs to grips on the set to popcorn sellers in the theaters. Second, I'm rooting for innovation and a way to get people back in theaters. Third, I'm rooting for that which most closely matches my own aesthetic sense of what makes a good story. As an objective standard, I've been studying and really believe in the theories of Blake Snyder and his Save the Cat! series of books. I know it's fashionable for some folks to hate James Cameron and dismiss Avatar as being derivative, but when I look at the films and think to myself what defined the year in terms of getting people excited about seeing movies, Avatar just flat out wins without question. At least in my mind. Oh, and I guess the box office too. I think it's a coin toss as to what film will actually win Best Picture or Best Director, but when I look at what was actually done and what was the biggest risk and accomplishment, I have to go with Avatar and Cameron. But that's just my opinion of who I think should win based off of what I think Hollywood should be rewarding. So, what do I think is actually going to win? (confidence %) Leading Actor - Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart" (90%) Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (100%) Leading Actress - Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (90%) Supporting Actress - Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (100%) Animated Feature - UP (100%) Art Direction - Avatar (90%) Cinematography - Avatar (90%) Costume Design - Nine (75%) Directing - Avatar (50%) The Hurt Locker (50%) WAY too close to call. Documentary Feature - The Cove (80%) Documentary Short - China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (80%) Film Editing - Avatar (80%) Foreign Language Film - The White Ribbon (80%) Makeup - The Young Victoria (80%) Original Score - UP (80%) Original Song - “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” (80%) Short Film Animated - A Matter of Loaf and Death (80%) Short Film Live Action - The Door (90%) Sound Editing - Avatar (80%) Sound Mixing - Avatar (80%) Visual Effects - Avatar (100%) Adapted Screenplay - Up in the Air (90%) Original Screenplay - Inglourious Basterds (60%) Best Picture - Avatar (50%) The Hurt Locker (50%) WAY too close to call. I guess we'll see in a few hours.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #4 March 8, 2010 Dougie should have quit while he was ahead, he's no Liza Minnelli . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Squeak 17 #5 March 8, 2010 the Oscars has less interest to me than the Winter olympics did You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #6 March 8, 2010 Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is still looking good. You'd think after all these years he'd actually be looking like Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #7 March 8, 2010 Ben Stiller? Has he ever done anything remotely funny? Even that makeup couldn't save him! Totally Nuevoe weak . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skyjumpenfool 2 #8 March 8, 2010 Yawn!!! Except for Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin..Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #9 March 8, 2010 I know more than some that Oscar means little. One night at work we were called to the house of a male with shortness of breath in Hollywood. We found a guy who was wasting away and probably weighed 70 pounds. On a table, not far from his bed, were seven Oscars statues. I had to look at them twice as I wasn't sure they were real. But they were. I can't say who he was (Hipaa Laws) but he died anyway. . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #10 March 8, 2010 I called it! Best Supporting Actress, for Precious! I'm one third of the way to winning the bet I laid down in Vegas . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #11 March 8, 2010 Best Picture? It'll be Precious! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites NickDG 23 #12 March 8, 2010 Damn, Sandra Bullock screwed me (I wish) . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BillyVance 35 #13 March 8, 2010 Quote the Oscars has less interest to me than the Winter olympics did I haven't watched the Oscars in years. Who cares. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites shropshire 0 #14 March 8, 2010 Quote Quote the Oscars has less interest to me than the Winter olympics did I haven't watched the Oscars in years. Who cares. All of the 'Lovies' and 'Wannabees' ... Oh and the bankrollers (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites turtlespeed 226 #15 March 8, 2010 Quote Quote the Oscars has less interest to me than the Winter olympics did I haven't watched the Oscars in years. Who cares. Too busy watching Ballroom Dancing and Kate +8?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BillyVance 35 #16 March 8, 2010 Quote Quote Quote the Oscars has less interest to me than the Winter olympics did I haven't watched the Oscars in years. Who cares. Too busy watching Ballroom Dancing and Kate +8? Geez. I watch ballroom dancing ONE TIME because one dancer was dressed like a hooker and never get to live it down. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. 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NWFlyer 2 #2 March 8, 2010 Who needs to waste all that time? Here's the condensed version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muRtutFrwwE "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 March 8, 2010 First, I'm rooting for anybody able to feed his kids or pay the mortgage because somebody sitting down at a keyboard had an idea, typed out pages, the idea moved forward and a film was made. This includes everyone from studio execs to grips on the set to popcorn sellers in the theaters. Second, I'm rooting for innovation and a way to get people back in theaters. Third, I'm rooting for that which most closely matches my own aesthetic sense of what makes a good story. As an objective standard, I've been studying and really believe in the theories of Blake Snyder and his Save the Cat! series of books. I know it's fashionable for some folks to hate James Cameron and dismiss Avatar as being derivative, but when I look at the films and think to myself what defined the year in terms of getting people excited about seeing movies, Avatar just flat out wins without question. At least in my mind. Oh, and I guess the box office too. I think it's a coin toss as to what film will actually win Best Picture or Best Director, but when I look at what was actually done and what was the biggest risk and accomplishment, I have to go with Avatar and Cameron. But that's just my opinion of who I think should win based off of what I think Hollywood should be rewarding. So, what do I think is actually going to win? (confidence %) Leading Actor - Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart" (90%) Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (100%) Leading Actress - Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (90%) Supporting Actress - Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (100%) Animated Feature - UP (100%) Art Direction - Avatar (90%) Cinematography - Avatar (90%) Costume Design - Nine (75%) Directing - Avatar (50%) The Hurt Locker (50%) WAY too close to call. Documentary Feature - The Cove (80%) Documentary Short - China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (80%) Film Editing - Avatar (80%) Foreign Language Film - The White Ribbon (80%) Makeup - The Young Victoria (80%) Original Score - UP (80%) Original Song - “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” (80%) Short Film Animated - A Matter of Loaf and Death (80%) Short Film Live Action - The Door (90%) Sound Editing - Avatar (80%) Sound Mixing - Avatar (80%) Visual Effects - Avatar (100%) Adapted Screenplay - Up in the Air (90%) Original Screenplay - Inglourious Basterds (60%) Best Picture - Avatar (50%) The Hurt Locker (50%) WAY too close to call. I guess we'll see in a few hours.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #4 March 8, 2010 Dougie should have quit while he was ahead, he's no Liza Minnelli . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #5 March 8, 2010 the Oscars has less interest to me than the Winter olympics did You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #6 March 8, 2010 Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is still looking good. You'd think after all these years he'd actually be looking like Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #7 March 8, 2010 Ben Stiller? Has he ever done anything remotely funny? Even that makeup couldn't save him! Totally Nuevoe weak . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjumpenfool 2 #8 March 8, 2010 Yawn!!! Except for Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin..Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #9 March 8, 2010 I know more than some that Oscar means little. One night at work we were called to the house of a male with shortness of breath in Hollywood. We found a guy who was wasting away and probably weighed 70 pounds. On a table, not far from his bed, were seven Oscars statues. I had to look at them twice as I wasn't sure they were real. But they were. I can't say who he was (Hipaa Laws) but he died anyway. . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #10 March 8, 2010 I called it! Best Supporting Actress, for Precious! I'm one third of the way to winning the bet I laid down in Vegas . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #11 March 8, 2010 Best Picture? It'll be Precious! NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #12 March 8, 2010 Damn, Sandra Bullock screwed me (I wish) . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #13 March 8, 2010 Quote the Oscars has less interest to me than the Winter olympics did I haven't watched the Oscars in years. Who cares. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #14 March 8, 2010 Quote Quote the Oscars has less interest to me than the Winter olympics did I haven't watched the Oscars in years. Who cares. All of the 'Lovies' and 'Wannabees' ... Oh and the bankrollers (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #15 March 8, 2010 Quote Quote the Oscars has less interest to me than the Winter olympics did I haven't watched the Oscars in years. Who cares. Too busy watching Ballroom Dancing and Kate +8?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #16 March 8, 2010 Quote Quote Quote the Oscars has less interest to me than the Winter olympics did I haven't watched the Oscars in years. Who cares. Too busy watching Ballroom Dancing and Kate +8? Geez. I watch ballroom dancing ONE TIME because one dancer was dressed like a hooker and never get to live it down. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
