SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board / General Chat / The Great Big SS Oscar Competition 2009
Posted by: Murphy (Guest), January 22nd, 2009, 5:09pm
It's back by unpopular demand. But this time there is a twist, we actually have a sponsor and prize money!! So no points this time folks, it is real greenbacks! Woowoo!!
Same rules as last year...
One pick per category, $10,000* per correct answer and -$10,000* for every wrong selection. The winner gets to be crowned Oscar champion for 2009 and of course gets to keep all the money that they have won.
Note: The following categories are fixed and new ones cannot be added, and all categories must have an answer next to them - any left blank will be treated like a wrong answer. Edits are allowed but only up until it begins of course!
Please restrict any chatter to your competition entry not have posts with just chat, will make it easier to score, there is already a thread started about the Oscars.
TIE BREAK QUESTION: HOW MANY TIMES WILL DANNY BOYLE MENTION THE WORD 'INDIA' DURING HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH?
*Prize money is in Zimbabwe Dollars.
Posted by: George Willson, January 22nd, 2009, 5:19pm; Reply: 1
Quoted from Murphy
One pick per category, $10,000* per correct answer and -$10,000* for every wrong selection. The winner gets to be crowned Oscar champion for 2009 and of course gets to keep all the money that they have won.
Posted by: Aaron, January 29th, 2009, 11:45pm; Reply: 9
BEST PICTURE: SLUMDOG
BEST DIRECTOR: Ron Howard
LEADING ACTOR: Sean Penn
LEADING ACTRESS: Angelina Jolie
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Dark Knight
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Kung Fu Panda
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Slumdog
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Milk
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Frost/Nixon
I'm guessing he will say it 4 times
Posted by: Murphy (Guest), February 1st, 2009, 4:29am; Reply: 10
BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Squarepants.
BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle.
LEADING ACTOR: Sean Penn.
LEADING ACTRESS: Kate Winslet
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Marisa Tomei
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Slumdog
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: WALL-E
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: A.R. Rahman - Slumdog
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Jai Ho - Slumdog
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Andrew Stanton - WALL-E
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog
TIE BREAK QUESTION: HOW MANY TIMES WILL DANNY BOYLE MENTION THE WORD 'INDIA' DURING HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH? 5
Posted by: bobtheballa (Guest), February 7th, 2009, 10:14pm; Reply: 11
BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR: David Fincher
LEADING ACTOR: Mickey Rourke
LEADING ACTRESS: Meryl Streep
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Benjamin Button
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Wall-E
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Benjamin Button
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Slumdog (Jai'Ho)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Milk
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Slumdog Millionaire
TIE BREAK QUESTION: HOW MANY TIMES WILL DANNY BOYLE MENTION THE WORD 'INDIA' DURING HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH? 3
These are my predictions, not personal picks.
Posted by: Tommyp, February 7th, 2009, 10:20pm; Reply: 12
BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle
LEADING ACTOR: Brad Pitt
LEADING ACTRESS: Meryl Streep
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penélope Cruz
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: WALL·E
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: WALL·E
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: In Bruges
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Slumdog Millionaire
TIE BREAK QUESTION: 6? Why not, 6.
Posted by: directoboy12, February 9th, 2009, 1:46am; Reply: 13
BEST PICTURE: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle
LEADING ACTOR: Mickey Rourke
LEADING ACTRESS: Kate Winslet
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penélope Cruz
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Wall-E
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Wall-E
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Slumdog Millionaire
TIE BREAK QUESTION: Once
Its gonna be a Slumdog sweep unfortunately, If they had a Best Craft Services Oscar Slumdog would take it.
Posted by: sniper, February 9th, 2009, 4:22am; Reply: 14
BEST PICTURE: Benjamin Button
BEST DIRECTOR: David Fincher
LEADING ACTOR: Sean Penn
LEADING ACTRESS: Kate Winslet
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Viola Davis
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Dark Knight
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Wall-E
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Who cares
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Who cares
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Milk
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Slumdog Millionaire
Posted by: steven8, February 10th, 2009, 12:37am; Reply: 15
BEST PICTURE: Milk
BEST DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle
LEADING ACTOR: Mickey Rourke
LEADING ACTRESS: Melissa Leo
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Dark Knight
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Kung-Fu Panda
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Wall-E
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Milk
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Frost/Nixon
Posted by: Murphy (Guest), February 23rd, 2009, 6:53am; Reply: 16
Okay, apologies all round. The promised sponsorship from the Zimbabwean Government has fallen through somewhat, it seems that Z$10,000 is worth slightly less than the piece of fluff I have just removed from my umbilicus, no doubt due in part to Mrs Mugabe's expensive tastes in Hong Kong real estate (don't shout at me, write to your senator!)
But thankfully Cadburys have managed to step in at the last moment.
So without further ado, the award for Oscar know-it-all 2009 is...
Wait for it... drum roll please...
It is a tie :o
Directoboy12 and Me! - No not Pia, me - as in me!!
(am I allowed to mention I won last year too?) :o :-/ :D ;D
I am so happy!
Except that there was a tie-break question, Danny Boyle, the selfish bastard never mentioned India once! Though to be fair did mention Mumbai a grand total of one times.
So really I would say Directoboy12 should be declared the winner as he did suggest only once for the tie-breaker, so hopefully he is pleased too! ;D
Well done to Directoboy12!
It is always good manners to never mention losers in these things because to be honest we are all winners really. It is the taking part that counts and nothing more.
So in the spirit of taking part I just wanted to mention that by my bad maths, and I may be wrong here, but it seems that Shelton may well have come last. :P
But maybe while we were all sitting on our arses watching films... Shelton was writing them! :o
Make yer think!
But whatever I still hope Shelton is throwing his toys out of the pram anyway...
Seen as this is a screenwriters site it is probably fair to mention the four nominees who actually got 100% in the screenwriting awards. Mr Cornetto, Mr James, Mr bobtheballa and Mr Sniper. Well done to you.
Some love to all the "winners"...
But as in all award ceremonies there can only be one true winner and this year is no exception, the brilliant Mr Danny Boyle...
Right, cheers, I'm off to shoot up.
Till next year....
Posted by: Shelton, February 23rd, 2009, 9:57am; Reply: 17
Quoted from Murphy
It is always good manners to never mention losers in these things because to be honest we are all winners really. It is the taking part that counts and nothing more.
So in the spirit of taking part I just wanted to mention that by my bad maths, and I may be wrong here, but it seems that Shelton may well have come last. :P
But maybe while we were all sitting on our arses watching films... Shelton was writing them! :o
Make yer think!
But whatever I still hope Shelton is throwing his toys out of the pram anyway...
Yeah, I definitely took a shit in regards to my picks, but I knew that from the get go when I didn't take Heath Ledger. Honestly, he was the equivalent of the free space in bingo.
I don't go to the theater to watch many films, but I did watch 6, or thereabouts, at home over the weekend, and didn't bother to change my picks (other than swapping Meryl Streep for Melissa Leo) after reading more into frontrunners and following the buzz online.
In regards to the tiebreaker question, Danny Boyle said "Indian" once.
Posted by: directoboy12, February 23rd, 2009, 11:23am; Reply: 18
Lol thanks Giles, I forgot I even wrote down my predictions here.
Posted by: steven8, February 23rd, 2009, 10:23pm; Reply: 19
Congratulations!
Posted by: Sandra Elstree., February 24th, 2009, 12:13am; Reply: 20