Oscar Nominations 2008 Competition

[Jye]

Okay, so with the Oscars coming up, I thought it would be a good idea to make this little competition. Basically it's really simple, below is the list of nominations. You just pick the one you think is going to win the award. Whoever gets the most right, gets a special Forum prize. Oooh, secretive! Rules:

- If you are interested in taking part, just write that you are going to play in this thread.
- DO NOT post your guesses in this thread. You don't want to give away your answers and chance at winning.
- When you write in here saying that you're participating, just PM ME with your list clearly showing your choices.
- I will also participate but I can't win the prize.
- When everyone who is playing has sent me their lists, I will post them all in this thread and they will remain there until the Oscars are awarded.
- Hope to see you all participating soon!


Here is the list of Nominations:

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

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

Actress
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney, "The Savages"
Ellen Page, "Juno"

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

Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

Director
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"

Foreign Film
"Beaufort," Israel
"The Counterfeiters," Austria
"Katyn," Poland
"Mongol," Kazakhstan
"12," Russia

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

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

Animated Feature Film
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"Surf's Up"

Art Direction
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"The Golden Compass"
"Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
"There Will Be Blood"

Cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Sound Mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Ratatouille"
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Transformers"

Sound Editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Ratatouille"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Transformers"

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

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

Costume
"Across the Universe"
"Atonement"
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
"La Vie en Rose"
"Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

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

Documentary (short subject)
"Freeheld"
"La Corona (The Crown)"
"Salim Baba"
"Sari's Mother"

Film Editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"Into the Wild"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Makeup
"La Vie en Rose"
"Norbit"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

Animated Short Film
"I Met the Walrus"
"Madame Tutli-Putli"
"Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)"
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)"
"Peter & the Wolf"

Live Action Short Film
"At Night"
"Il Supplente (The Substitute)"
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)"
"Tanghi Argentini"
"The Tonto Woman"

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


So, whose in?

[Princess Cheesecake]

I'm so in! This looks fun

[starman]

I am.

[Jason]

I too am "in" as they used to say in the good old days

[Jye]

Awesome. So far I've only got Jasons Nominations.

Anyone else joining in?

[Starpossum]

I am SO in it's not even funny. :3

[Inamon]

Eh, not really.

[Mike]

I'm in. Even though I haven't seen many movies that came out in 2007, so I'll just guess.

[Jye]

Okay so now I have recieved lists from:

Jason
Starpossum
Princess Cheesecake
Starman/Aladdin Sane....whatever

[starman]

Great. Just a suggestion, we could do this for other awards ceremonies, like the ARIAs, Grammy's, etc.

[Inamon]

I'll do it for the Emmys and maybe the Grammy's, as they are the only award ceremonies that I actually like. "Surf's Up" as a nominee? Absolutely bullcrap.

[Starpossum]

I reckon we should do it for all major awards ceremonies, even the Razzies ;D It's well fun!

Hey, Surf's Up! isn't the worst. Norbit's up for Makeup. *shudders* They always pick a movie with a fatsuit in it.

[Jye]

Okay, so is there anyone else who wants to participate? I'm closing the entries soon.

So far, I've got:
Jason
Starpossum
Princess Cheesecake
Starman

Last chance to get in!

[Starpossum]

Can't wait for the results!

[starman]

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