The 2008 iFanbase Academy Awards Pool

[esophagus]

Nominations are up, and I figured I'd start an Oscar Pool a little bit early. Give everybody a chance to vote.

UPDATE: THE SYSTEM I WAS USING HAS QUIT WORKING. POST YOUR PICKS TO THIS THREAD, AND I'LL CALCULATE THE WINNER BY HAND.

Here are the categories I’m using:

Best Picture:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Achievement in Directing:
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Actor in a Leading Role:
George Clooney in Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises

Actress in a Leading Role:
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie in Away from Her
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney in The Savages
Ellen Page in Juno

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There
Ruby Dee in American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton

Best Original Screenplay:
Juno - Diablo Cody
Lars and the Real Girl - Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille - Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages - Tamara Jenkins

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Atonement - Christopher Hampton
Away from Her - Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Ronald Harwood
No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Animated Feature Film:
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up

Best Documentary Feature:
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance

Best Foreign Language Film:
Beaufort - Israel
The Counterfeiters - Austria
Katy? - Poland
Mongol - Kazakhstan
12 - Russia

Achievement in Art Direction:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

Achievement in Cinematography:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Roger Deakins
Atonement - Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Alexandra Byrne
La Vie en Rose - Marit Allen
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Colleen Atwood

Best Costume Design:
Across the Universe - Albert Wolsky
Atonement - Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Alexandra Byrne
La Vie en Rose - Marit Allen
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Colleen Atwood

Best Visual Effects:
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

Best Original Score:
Atonement - Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner - Alberto Iglesias
Michael Clayton - James Newton Howard
Ratatouille - Michael Giacchino
3:10 to Yuma - Marco Beltrami

Best Original Song
“Falling Slowly" from Once - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
“Happy Working Song" from Enchanted - Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
“Raise It Up" from August Rush - Nominees to be determined
“So Close" from Enchanted - Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from Enchanted - Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

[hank41]

i really want to do this but I am confused on what I am supposed to do. what exactly am I supposed to do???

[esophagus]

i really want to do this but I am confused on what I am supposed to do. what exactly am I supposed to do???You should recieve an e-mail right away here.

[labor_days]

Didn't we (well, just Fred, Dave and Me) do this in the GM thread?

I'm confused.

[esophagus]

Didn't we (well, just Fred, Dave and Me) do this in the GM thread?

I'm confused.Did you? I wasn't around for it last year. If I just took this over tell me. I haven't even set it up yet.

[labor_days]

Um, I meant this year. Fred, Dave and I posted our picks when the Oscar noms were mentioned in the General Movie thread.

I'm not even sure what this pool is.

[esophagus]

Um, I meant this year. Fred, Dave and I posted our picks when the Oscar noms were mentioned in the General Movie thread.

I'm not even sure what this pool is.Oh. It's basically a poll. Bet faux-money ("nollars" to be precise) on your picks, and a winner is tabulated when the ceremony is over and done with.

[labor_days]

Ah, I see. This went on last year too? Fun.

[esophagus]

Ah, I see. This went on last year too? Fun.Not sure if they did it last year.



Okay, so the doing this online bit seems to be confusing to some. If everyone would prefer you can just post your picks here and I can calculate a winner by hand? It's up to you guys.

[hank41]

i'm up for whatever. though the by-hand-thing seems pretty hard for you

[esophagus]

i'm up for whatever. though the by-hand-thing seems pretty hard for youNot really.

[esophagus]

UPDATE: THE SYSTEM I WAS USING HAS QUIT WORKING. POST YOUR PICKS TO THIS THREAD, AND I'll CALCULATE THE WINNER BY HAND.

[fred]

Best Actor

Should be: Daniel Day Lewis
Will Be: Daniel Day Lewis

Best Actress

Should be: Ellen Page
Will be: Cate Blanchett

Best Supporting Actor

Should be: Javier Bardem
Will be: Javier Bardem - also reserve the right to say Hal Holbrook. He doesn't deserve it, but he's old. If there's an upset in this category, it'll be Hal.

Best Supporting Actress

Should Be: no personal opinion
Will Be: Amy Ryan or Cate Blanchett. I believe that Blanchett won't win for both. So Amy Ryan if Blanchett takes Best Actress and Cate if she loses Best Actress.

Animated Feature

Should be: Ratatouille
Will be: Ratatouille

Art Direction

Should be: There Will Be Blood
Will be: There Will Be Blood

Cinematography

Should be: No Country For Old Men
Will be: No Country For Old Men

To be honest, I wouldn't be upset if There Will Be Blood won here too. It's very pretty.

Costume Design

Should be: Sweeney Todd
Will be: Elizabeth

Directing

Tough category

Should be: the Coens or PT Anderson
Will be: the Coens or PT Anderson

My only gripe here is that Sidney Lumet is missing for Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

Documentary Feature

Should be: no opinion. I've only seen Sicko and didn't necessarily care for it.
Will be: Sicko.

Documentary Short

No opinions at all. Haven't seen any of them and probably never will

Film Editing

Should be: No Country For Old Men
Will be: No Country For Old Men

Foreign Language Film

No opinions at all. Haven't seen any of them and probably never will

Makeup

Will be: La Vie En Rose

Score

Should be: 3:10 To Yuma
Will be: Atonement

Music

I'm guessing Once

Best Picture

Should be: There Will Be Blood
Will be: No Country For Old Men

Here's why I say this. There Will Be Blood came out late and slow. I know that voters get screeners, but I'm willing to bet that more people have seen Old Country than There Will Be Blood. No Country is an excellent, worthy movie. It's not a travesty.


Short Film Animated

No opinions at all. Haven't seen any of them and probably never will


Short Film Live Action

No opinions at all. Haven't seen any of them and probably never will

Sound Editing

Should be: There Will Be Blood
Will be: There Will Be Blood

Sound Mixing

Should be: No Country
Will be: No Country

Transformers can kiss my cock. I will shoot my television if it wins anything.

Visual Effects

Should be: The Golden Compass
Will be: The Golden Compass

Transformers can kiss my cock. I will shoot my television if it wins anything.

Writing Adapted Screenplay

Should be: No Country
Will be: No Country

Honestly one of the finest adaptations that I've ever seen.

Writing Original

Should be: Juno
Will be: Juno

Wouldn't be upset if it's Lars and the Real Girl, but it would be a bit of an injustice.

[acomicbookgirl]

I'm holding off saying anything until I see No Country for Old Men and Michael Clayton..

[paper]

I'm holding off saying anything until I see No Country for Old Men and Michael Clayton..

It's not really about what you like though. It's about the industry landscape.

[kahunablair]

Here's my list. I'm really saddened by how many "Good" movies I've missed recently.

Best Picture:
No Country for Old Men

Achievement in Directing:
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Actor in a Leading Role:
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

Actress in a Leading Role:
Ellen Page in Juno

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton

Best Original Screenplay:
Ratatouille - Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird

Best Adapted Screenplay:
No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Best Animated Feature Film:
Ratatouille

Best Documentary Feature:
Sicko

Best Foreign Language Film:
Beaufort - Israel

Achievement in Art Direction:
There Will Be Blood

Achievement in Cinematography:
There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit

Best Costume Design:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Colleen Atwood

Best Visual Effects:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Original Score:
3:10 to Yuma - Marco Beltrami

Best Original Song
“Falling Slowly" from Once - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

[mikegraham6]

i thought the iFanboys (or maybe it was only Conor) didn't like the term iFanbase

[gungadin]

Where's the win for Peter O'Toole? :(

[esophagus]

Where's the win for Peter O'Toole? :(It helps to be, you know, nominated. :p

Not that he ever actually wins. His Wikipedia boasts that him as "the most-nominated actor never to win the award". So sad.

[gungadin]

It helps to be, you know, nominated. :p

Not that he ever actually wins. His Wikipedia boasts that him as "the most-nominated actor never to win the award". So sad.

I know. He's always nominated, and he never wins, and that's sad. The man's a powerful, powerful actor... He deserves that award, and not posthumously...

[kahunablair]

It helps to be, you know, nominated. :p

Not that he ever actually wins. His Wikipedia boasts that him as "the most-nominated actor never to win the award". So sad.

Besides Stardust and Ratatouille, what else did he do this year? I loved him in Ratatouille, but I really don't think it was Oscar worthy.

[esophagus]

Besides Stardust and Ratatouille, what else did he do this year? I loved him in Ratatouille, but I really don't think it was Oscar worthy.
That's actually all he did this year. He definitely didn't deserve an Oscar nomination this year.

[labor_days]

I loved him in Ratatouille...Me too!

One of my favorite characters in the film. That ending monologue is terrific.

[esophagus]

SECOND UPDATE: MAJOR SCREW-UP. OSCARNOMINATIONS.ORG LISTED THE WRONG NOMINEES FOR THE CINEMATOGRAPHY CATEGORY. THE REAL NOMINEES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Roger Deakins
Atonement - Seamus McGarvey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) - Janusz Kaminski
No Country for Old Men - Roger Deakins
There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit

[kahunablair]

GET ON THE BALL, ESO! Jeez.
One more slip-up like that and I'll drive up to Canada and smack you around a wee bit. ;)

Fixed my original "Oscar Guess".

Me too!
One of my favorite characters in the film. That ending monologue is terrific.
The moment he tasted the Ratatouille made the entire character and movie for me.
Sadly they don't have Oscars for "Best Character in an Animated Movie".

[esophagus]

GET ON THE BALL, ESO! Jeez.
One more slip-up like that and I'll drive up to Canada and smack you around a wee bit. ;)

Fixed my original "Oscar Guess".
Kahuna! I'm going to have a breakdown! Leave me alone! ;)

For the record, I've checked the rest of them, and they're right. I'll never get suckered into copying and pasting again!

[xyzzy]

What, no Best Makeup category? I wanted to be able to pick Norbit!

[conorkilpatrick]

i thought the iFanboys (or maybe it was only Conor) didn't like the term iFanbase

Nah, we're cool with it.

[superfriend82]

Oh. It's basically a poll. Bet faux-money ("nollars" to be precise) on your picks, and a winner is tabulated when the ceremony is over and done with.

What are Bet faux-money (nollars)?

[esophagus]

What are Bet faux-money (nollars)?
Each pick is worth 10 dollars. The person who gets the most correct picks wins all of the money that everyone bet. But, since I obviously don't want us to use real money we're using Nollars or No-Dollars.

[superfriend82]

We just chose who to win or who will win? I'm guessing it done's matter.

[esophagus]

We just chose who to win or who will win? I'm guessing it done's matter.You guess who you think will win the categories I posted.

[paper]

My best guess.

Best Picture:
No Country for Old Men

Achievement in Directing:
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

Actor in a Leading Role:
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

Actress in a Leading Role:
Julie Christie in Away from Her

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There

Best Original Screenplay:
Juno - Diablo Cody (should be)
Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy

Best Adapted Screenplay:
No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Best Animated Feature Film:
Ratatouille

Achievement in Art Direction:
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Achievement in Cinematography:
Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Alexandra Byrne

Best Costume Design:
Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Alexandra Byrne

Best Visual Effects:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Original Score:
Ratatouille - Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song
“Falling Slowly" from Once - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

[dave-accampo]

They probably don't play these ads elsewhere (as they're obviously designed to woo Academy voters), but I've already heard two ads this morning touting the original score from Atonement.

Just based on that alone, I predict it to win for Original Score (and it is a good score).

I've also heard ads specifically touting the SCREENPLAY for Michael Clayton.

I still think that will go to Diablo Cody, though. She's got the kind of story/presence that will go over well.

[esophagus]

She's got the kind of story/presence that will go over well.http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o54/diablocody/photo.jpg

Who couldn't vote for that?

[dave-accampo]

Who couldn't vote for that?

Exactly! Original screenplay category has often been one of the less 'stodgy' categories, too...

[superfriend82]

Beast picture
No coutry for old men

Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis

Acterss
Marion Cotillard (but it should be Ellen Page DAM IT!)

Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem

Supporting Acterss
Cate Blanchett

Director
Ethan and Joel Coen

Documentary Feature
Sicko

Documentary short
Sari's Mother

Animated feture
Ratatouille

Foreign Language film
Beafort

Cinenatography
The assassination of jesse James by the coward Rodert Ford

Original screenplay
Brad Bird; story by Bird,Jim Capobianco and Jan pinkava

Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson

Art direction
The golen Compass

Animated short film
Meme les pigeons vont au pardis ( Even Pigeons go to heaven)

Live Action short
Le Mozort des pickpockets (The Mozart or pickpokets)

Visualn Effects
Pirates of the caribbean: At words end

Costume Design
Sweeny Todd: the demon barber of fleet street

Film Editing
The Bourne Ulttmatum

Sound mixing
No coutry for old men

Sound editing
Ratatouille

original score
ratatuille

Origimal song
"Falling" Once

Makeup
Pirates of the caribbean:
at worlds end

[esophagus]

Meant to post my choices after I watched La Vie En Rose the other night, but I guess I forgot. Anyways, here they are, and everyone remember to get their picks in before the show!

Best Picture:
No Country for Old Men

Achievement in Directing:
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Actor in a Leading Role:
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

Actress in a Leading Role:
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There

Best Original Screenplay:
Juno - Diablo Cody

Best Adapted Screenplay:
No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Best Animated Feature Film:
Ratatouille

Best Documentary Feature:
Sicko

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Counterfeiters - Austria

Achievement in Art Direction:
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Achievement in Cinematography:
There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit

Best Costume Design:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Colleen Atwood

Best Visual Effects:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Original Score:
Ratatouille - Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song“Falling Slowly" from Once - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

[six-gun]

Assasination of Jesse James had the best cinematography this year

[esophagus]

Assasination of Jesse James had the best cinematography this yearI never actually got around to seeing it, so I couldn't tell you, but be sure to put it in your picks!

[esophagus]

By the way, as it stands, someone's going to win eight hundred Nollars. That'll buy you a pretty serious No-Prize.

[idave]

Send me the Email or w/e. Do I just post my picks here?

[esophagus]

Send me the Email or w/e. Do I just post my picks here?Yeah. Just post your picks for the categories I posted here.

[gungadin]

So if we win do we get iFanbucks?

[esophagus]

So if we win do we get iFanbucks?This depends. What is the ratio of iFanbucks to Stanley Nickels?

[gungadin]

This depends. What is the ratio of iFanbucks to Stanley Nickels?

The same as leprechauns to unicorns! :p

[esophagus]

The same as leprechauns to unicorns! :pGlad you caught that. I was worried.

[gungadin]

Glad you caught that. I was worried.

I told my friend right away... She laughed...

[esophagus]

Remember folks, you only have ten more days to get your picks in there. I know you've all got some opinions, lets voice 'em!

[horatio616]

Here are the categories I’m using:

Best Picture:
No Country for Old Men

Achievement in Directing:
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly


Actor in a Leading Role:
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

Actress in a Leading Role:
Julie Christie in Away from Her

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone

Best Original Screenplay:
Juno - Diablo Cody

Best Adapted Screenplay:
No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen


Best Animated Feature Film:
Ratatouille

Best Documentary Feature:
No End in Sight

Best Foreign Language Film:
Beaufort - Israel

Achievement in Art Direction:
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street


Achievement in Cinematography:
Atonement - Jacqueline Durran


Best Costume Design:
Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Alexandra Byrne

Best Visual Effects:
Transformers

Best Original Score:
Atonement - Dario Marianelli

Best Original Song
“Falling Slowly" from Once - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

__________________

[esophagus]

Come on guys! A few days left, and almost no one has put their picks in! You have to have some opinions, even guesses! You don't have to have seen the movie to know how it's been doing critically.




By the way, Paper, your choice for cinematography wasn't actually nominated. Here are the nominees:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Roger Deakins
Atonement - Seamus McGarvey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) - Janusz Kaminski
No Country for Old Men - Roger Deakins
There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit

[superfriend82]

Is it to late for some last min changes? I only have 2

[esophagus]

Is it to late for some last min changes? I only have 2
Go for it! At least you got some picks up there.

[superfriend82]

I already got my picks here (with new chages):
Beast picture
No coutry for old men

Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis

Acterss
Ellen Page

Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem

Supporting Acterss
Cate Blanchett

Director
Ethan and Joel Coen

Documentary Feature
Sicko

Documentary short
Sari's Mother

Animated feture
Ratatouille

Foreign Language film
Beafort

Cinenatography
The assassination of jesse James by the coward Rodert Ford

Original screenplay
Diablo Cody

Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson

Art direction
The golen Compass

Animated short film
Meme les pigeons vont au pardis ( Even Pigeons go to heaven)

Live Action short
Le Mozort des pickpockets (The Mozart or pickpokets)

Visualn Effects
Pirates of the caribbean: At words end

Costume Design
Sweeny Todd: the demon barber of fleet street

Film Editing
The Bourne Ulttmatum

Sound mixing
No coutry for old men

Sound editing
Ratatouille

original score
ratatuille

Origimal song
"Falling" Once

Makeup
Pirates of the caribbean:
at worlds end

[jon_samuelson]

Best Picture:
No Country for Old Men

Achievement in Directing:
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

Actor in a Leading Role:
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

Actress in a Leading Role:
Ellen Page in Juno (it's the only one I saw, but it'll never happen)

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There (random guess)

Best Original Screenplay:
Ratatouille - Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird (doubt it'll happen)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Best Animated Feature Film:
Ratatouille

Best Documentary Feature:
Taxi to the Dark Side (random guess)

Best Foreign Language Film:
Beaufort - Israel (random guess)

Achievement in Art Direction:
There Will Be Blood (what can I say, I'm a sucker for "how stuff works" and seeing old timey oil drilling was neat)

Achievement in Cinematography:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Roger Deakins (random guess)

Best Costume Design:
Across the Universe - Albert Wolsky (least "period film" option)

Best Visual Effects:
The Golden Compass (I didn't see it, and didn't like the other two's FX, so...)

Best Original Score:
Ratatouille - Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song
“Falling Slowly" from Once - Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

[esophagus]

Giving this thread another bump. Two days left, people.

Also, IFC (http://www.ifc.com/film/film-news/2008/02/fake-names-real-oscars-five-no.php) has posted five oscar nominees who don't exist. This list included Roderick Jaynes, nominated this year for No Country.

The Coen brothers have always been fond of creating characters not just on screen, but off. For the restoration of their first film "Blood Simple," the Coens went to the trouble of including an introduction from Mortimer Young, a dapper (and completely fake) older gentleman whose company Forever Young Films was credited with the newly struck print of the 1985 thriller. "Blood Simple" also marked the introduction of Jaynes, one of the most respected film editors in the business, if one of the most elusive. In addition to penning introductions to the published versions of the Coens' screenplays for "Barton Fink," "Miller's Crossing" and "The Man Who Wasn't There," Jaynes was celebrated as one of Entertainment Weekly's 50 Smartest People in Hollywood last year and had been previously nominated for an Oscar for "Fargo" in 1997. However, when Variety checked whether Jaynes was a member of the American Cinema Editors organization, they heard crickets. Don't fear the same awkward silence on Oscar night if "No Country for Old Men" wins best editing; when asked in 1997 what would occur if Jaynes won for "Fargo," Academy executive director Bruce Davis responded, "The Oscar will simply be accepted on behalf of the Academy by the presenters."Did this come from the Coen brothers, or Paper? Definitely sounds like something he would do. Perhaps Roderick is in need of a Twitter? ;)

[esophagus]

Come on folks. Today's your last day. The better the turnout, the more fun this will be. Come on and throw in your picks.

[acomicbookgirl]

Come on folks. Today's your last day. The better the turnout, the more fun this will be. Come on and throw in your picks.

Here right? Thanks for reminding me. Um.. are we doing a live thing tomorrow?

[esophagus]

Here right? Thanks for reminding me. Um.. are we doing a live thing tomorrow?I'm up for it. I was planning on getting involved, if someone started it.

[acomicbookgirl]

Leading Actor
Daniel Day Lewis

Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem

Leading Actress
Marion Cotillard

Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan

Animated Feature
Ratatouille

Art Direction
There Will Be Blood

Cinematography
Atonement

Costume Design
La Vie En Rose

Directing
No Country For Old Men

Documentary Feature
Taxi to the Dark Side

Documentary Short
Freeheld

Film Editing
No Country for Old Men

Foreign Language Film
Katyn

Makeup
La Vie En Rose

Original Score
Atonement

Original Song
Raise it Up

Best Picture
There Will Be Blood

Animated Short Film
I Met the Walrus

Live Action Short Film
The Tonto Woman

Sound Editing
There Will be Blood

Sound Mixing
No Country for Old Men

Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Adapted Screenplay
No Country for Old Men

Original Screenplay
Juno

[esophagus]

We're hours away guys. Everyone start scrambling to get some picks in. Don't be shy. Please.

[acomicbookgirl]

Um, are we doing it here or starting another thread? Anyone in for red carpet?

[esophagus]

Um, are we doing it here or starting another thread? Anyone in for red carpet?Might be in for red carpet later. Can't catch it now. I'm definitely in for the show itself though. I'd start a new thread.

[acomicbookgirl]

Ok. I'm live twittering til you guys are in..

[esophagus]

Well... We're out of time.

[fred]

I'm really annoyed that it's starting at 8:30. I thought it was 8:00. I planned for that.

[esophagus]

I'm really annoyed that it's starting at 8:30. I thought it was 8:00. I planned for that.Me too. Oh well. My plans weren't quite extravagant.

[esophagus]

For everyone following at home (I swear I didn't rig this):

Kahuna - 6
Paper - 6
Fred - 6
Eso - 7
Super - 3
Jon - 4
ACBG - 4
Horatio - 6

Still a half an hour to go.

[esophagus]

For those not following along in the academy awards chatter thread (where you can find specific numbers) Fred and I tied, in a last minute iFanbase controversy. ;)

[fred]

I will not accept the award.

http://static.flickr.com/53/130245294_23b05ea699_o.jpg

[jon_samuelson]

I demand a recount. I got 9 of them I think, but as I guessed at almost all of them that weren't Daniel Day Lewis or No Country for Old Men, I abdicate my position.

[esophagus]

Yes you did. For some reason Animated and Visual Effects were at the end of my spreadsheet, but not the end of the list I posted here. Because of that, your choices got lost in the shuffle. You happened to get both of them right. That's 9 for you, total.

Just checked to make sure similar things didn't happen to anyone else, and to my knowledge they did not. Anyone who'd like to challenge me, feel free.

[kahunablair]

I challenge! More on principle though. My name is Blair. I should have won. That is all.

[esophagus]

I challenge! More on principle though. My name is Blair. I should have won. That is all.You were very close.

It all came down to foreign film, a category I put in as filler. Everyone, aside from me and ACBG (who didn't bet on the same one as me) bet on the same movie. When that movie lost, and my wild guess won, I got ahead by a point. That point kept me ahead through the entire pool, as I only won by one. Very close. It was quite exciting! I should have used more filler. They were probably the most exciting. We all guessed fairly the same on the bigger categories.

[vangie1]

Next month is when all the oscar films start to pour in.

Let's see:

Picture: After the success of The Dark Knight, possibly a BP nod? Also, Revolutionary Road, The Road, The Exchange and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Direction: Spike Lee for Miracle at St. Anna? Or maybe Clint Eastwood will receive yet another oscar nod for his work in The Exchange? Also Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road. Others: David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, Gus Van Sant and Mike Leigh.

Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn in Milk? Or Benicio Del Toro in Guerrilla, Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon, Leo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road/Body of Lies, Viggo Mortensen for The Road, Jamie Foxx for The Soloist and Richard Jenkins for The Visitor. Or an ever bigger though, Josh Brolin for Oliver Stone's W.? How about Sir Ben Kingsley for Elegy and Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?

Actress in a Leading Role: Maybe Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road? Or La Streep for Doubt? Oscar loves Mike Leigh's leading ladies, so maybe Sally Hawkins for Happy Go Lucky? As well as Angelina Jolie for The Exchange and the English actresses going period drama with Keira Knightley in The Duchess and Emily Blunt in The Young Victoria.

Actor in a Supporting Role: Obviously choice is a posthumous oscar for Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. Why not? Or...Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt, Emile Hirsch/Josh Brolin for Milk, Robert Downey Jr. for The Soloist and Russell Crowe for Body of Lies. There's also Michael Sheen, shamefully snubbed for The Queen in another biopic, Frost/Nixon. Or even Ralph Fiennes for The Duchess.

Actress in a Supporting Role: Possibly Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona? A double nod for Kate Winslet in The Reader? Her Revolutionary Road co-star Kathy Bates? There's also Viola Davis/Amy Adams for Doubt and yet ANOTHER nod for Cate Blanchett for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. So what do you think about academyawardsfan.com ...