Oscar Predictions! Official Contest

College Confidential Community
1

<p>If you care about the Oscars, here's your chance to predict the winners! Hopefully, this contest will create excitement as you watch the Academy Awards on March 5th.</p>

<p>Put a 1 and 2 next to your first and second choice predictions and a * next to who you think should win. Hopefully, you won't base your predictions strictly off of Ebert's list.</p>

<p>Every correct 1st choice prediction is worth 2 points, and every correct 2nd choice prediction is worth a point. 48 is the perfect score.</p>

<p>Good luck! </p>

<p>Copy and paste the following:</p>

<p>BEST PICTURE
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich </p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Bennett Miller, Capote
Paul Haggis, Crash
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Steven Spielberg, Munich </p>

<p>BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck</p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, Syriana
Matt Dillon, Crash
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt, A History of Violence </p>

<p>BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron, North Country
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line </p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Junebug
Catherine Keener, Capote
Frances McDormand, North Country
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain </p>

<p>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich </p>

<p>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana </p>

<p>BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Don't Tell (Italy)
Joyeux No</p>

2

<p>This deadline to enter is at the start of the program, right before the first winner is announced.</p>

<p>BEST PICTURE
Crash 2
Brokeback Mountain 1*
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich
(I really hope Ebert is wrong this year.)</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain 1*
Bennett Miller, Capote
Paul Haggis, Crash<br>
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck 2
Steven Spielberg, Munich </p>

<p>BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote 1*
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain 2
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck</p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, Syriana 1
Matt Dillon, Crash 2
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt, A History of Violence </p>

<p>BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica 2*
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron, North Country
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line 1 </p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Junebug 2
Catherine Keener, Capote
Frances McDormand, North Country
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener 1
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain *</p>

<p>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain 1*
Capote 2
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich </p>

<p>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Crash 1*
Good Night, and Good Luck 2
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana </p>

<p>BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Don't Tell (Italy)
Joyeux No</p>

3

<p>BEST PICTURE
Brokeback Mountain</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain</p>

<p>BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote</p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain</p>

<p>BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica</p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Catherine Keener, Capote</p>

<p>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Munich</p>

<p>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Crash</p>

<p>BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Tsotsi (South Africa)</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Memoirs of a Geisha</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Batman Begins</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</p>

<p>BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
March of the Penguins</p>

<p>DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
God Sleeps in Rwanda</p>

<p>LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Six Shooter</p>

<p>ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride</p>

<p>BEST FILM EDITING
Cinderella Man</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe</p>

<p>BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla)</p>

<p>ORIGINAL SONG
"In the Deep," Crash</p>

<p>BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Badgered</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
King Kong</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
King Kong</p>

<p>BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
King Kong</p>

4

<p>Let's go! Make your predictions. </p>

<p>ThespianDreams, we should decide on a prize.</p>

<p>correction to my previous post:
*The deadline</p>

5

<p>BEST PICTURE
Crash 2
Brokeback Mountain 1
Capote *
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich </p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain 1
Bennett Miller, Capote
Paul Haggis, Crash
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Steven Spielberg, Munich 2* </p>

<p>BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote 1*
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain 2
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck</p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, Syriana 1*
Matt Dillon, Crash
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain 2
William Hurt, A History of Violence </p>

<p>BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica 2*
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron, North Country
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line 1</p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Junebug
Catherine Keener, Capote 2
Frances McDormand, North Country
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener 1*
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain </p>

<p>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain 1
Capote 2
The Constant Gardener *
A History of Violence
Munich </p>

<p>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Crash 1
Good Night, and Good Luck
Match Point 2*<br>
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana </p>

<p>BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Don't Tell (Italy)
Joyeux No</p>

6

<p>Jon Stewart!!!</p>

7

<p>Yea, my friend said Jon Stewart's hosting is enough reason to watch the Oscars.</p>

<p>Anyway, here are my revised predictions. Disregard my first one.</p>

<p>BEST PICTURE
Crash 2
Brokeback Mountain 1*
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich
(I really hope Ebert, who is predicting a Crash win, is wrong this year.)</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain 1*
Bennett Miller, Capote
Paul Haggis, Crash
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck 2
Steven Spielberg, Munich </p>

<p>BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote 1
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain 2
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck</p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, Syriana 1
Matt Dillon, Crash 2
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt, A History of Violence </p>

<p>(Gyllenhaal could cause an upset)</p>

<p>BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica 2
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron, North Country
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line 1 </p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Junebug 2
Catherine Keener, Capote
Frances McDormand, North Country
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener 1
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain *</p>

<p>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain 1*
Capote 2
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich </p>

<p>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Crash 1*
Good Night, and Good Luck 2
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana </p>

<p>BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Don't Tell (Italy)
Joyeux No</p>

8

<p>I don't get everyone's sudden obsession with Crash. It's an average movie that garned slightly above-average reviews when it was released.</p>

<p>Christ, they jam five million characters and stories into 100 minutes. Instead of ending up with a fully-developed plot and fleshed-out, three-dimensional characters, we have a half-baked plot full of stereotypes. The writers should have narrowed the scope or thrown in at least another hour of character and plot development.</p>

<p>I'm convinced that if it weren't for SUPERB acting, this wouldn't have even be considered. Then again, it was a pretty weak year overall.</p>

<p>And yeah...I had no idea who would win Best Animated Short Film.</p>

9

<p>Team Reese!</p>

<p>As long as she wins Best Actress in a leading role, then I will be a happy camper. :)</p>

10

<p>You will be very happy tonight, klf. Reese is almost a lock for Best Actress. I fell in love with her in Walk the Line, which I think should've been nominated for Best Picture.</p>

<p>If Crash wins for Best Picture, I will cry like a baby. Haha.. no, I'm not that immature. I loved it, but I don't think it's the best film of the year. Maybe I'm just blinded by my love for Brokeback Mountain, and someone needs to pinch me. To be honest, I would rather have Capote win over Crash, but the chances of that happening are nil. Crash does have an important message, however.</p>

11

<p>BEST PICTURE
Crash 2
*Brokeback Mountain 1 **
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain 2
Bennett Miller, Capote
Paul Haggis, Crash 1*
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck
Steven Spielberg, Munich </p>

<p>BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow 2 **
**Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain 1*
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck</p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, Syriana
Matt Dillon, Crash 1*
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
*Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain 2 *
William Hurt, A History of Violence </p>

<p>BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica 1*
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice 2
Charlize Theron, North Country
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line </p>

<p>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Junebug
Catherine Keener, Capote
Frances McDormand, North Country
*Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener *
*Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain 1 **</p>

<p>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain 1*
Capote
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
*Munich 2 *</p>

<p>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Crash 1*
Good Night, and Good Luck
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
*Syriana 2 *</p>

<p>BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Don't Tell (Italy)
Joyeux No</p>

12

<p>How are we doing people? </p>

<p>Out of 14 so far</p>

<p>9 correct first choice predictions
1 correct second choice prediction
4 incorrect predictions</p>

13

<p>Out of 20
14 correct first choice predictions
1 correct second choice prediction
5 incorrect predictions</p>

14

<p>Final tally:
17 correct first choice predictions
2 correct second choice predictions
5 incorrect predictions</p>

<p>The Crash win is quite possibly the biggest disappointment in cinematic history.</p>

15

<p>I have 36 points, all said and done.</p>

<p>Nobody will remember Crash in five years. The most underwhelming Best Picture winner ever (though it may have benefitted from such a strong field, splitting votes).</p>

16

<p>OMG I want to kill myself.</p>

17

<p>Kidding, of course.</p>

<p>Walk the Line is a better film than Crash. So is Capote.</p>

<p>36 points here too.</p>

18

<p>Reese won!! I loved her speech, I loved how the cameras kept looking at her husband waiting for her to mention him, and she left him and her kids for last . . but not least for sure. aww her kids are lucky to have such a beautiful talented mother. She talks so well too. That was definently the best part of the 3+ hour long Oscars.</p>

19

<p>"Walk the Line is a better film than Crash. So is Capote."</p>

<p>Or Match Point. Good Night, and Good Luck. Munich. Brokeback Mountain. Any of those deserved it before Crash.</p>

<p>The Academy always makes me so mad. I haven't had a non-frustrating Oscar night in a while.</p>

20

<p>Yeah, you are so right, jpps. </p>

<p>Sarorah, I also loved Reese's speech. I really think that Joaquin Phoenix is in love with her (or at least has feelings for her). I also liked Hoffman's speech.. I was moved.</p>