Sunday, February 24, 2013

2013 Oscar Confidence List

 
It's that time once again folks and I'm getting my picks listed just under the wire.  I did surprisingly well last year therefore I have nowhere to go but down (I scored a 238 getting my entire top ten right).  I've missed seeing a lot of the top contenders this year, but did manage to watch all but one of the documentaries up (didn't see The Gatekeepers) and I watched all of the animated shorts for the first time ever, so I was able to make an intelligent decision on that category for once.  Not convinced it will help.  
Ah well, cheers and happy Oscars.

Oh- this year I decided to make my official pick and score it in order, but also next to it will be my personal pick, but I am not doing the 300 score thing for my personal picks.  So this year my heart and my head are going to duke it out.  Should be interesting.  (for two categories when it came to my personal choice, I had a tie between two movies, so if either happens to be the winner, I will score myself 1/2 a point).

This is how scoring works:(I'm doing the Movie BS scoring again this year- lots of fun)
1) you decide who you think is going to win in each category
2) you put them in order of how confident you are of your picks in each category.
There are 24 categories, so for example, if I get my first one right (or the one I feel most confident I will get right-) I get 24 points for that one. For the second on my list, I would get 23 points and so on. If you get them all right, it will add up to exactly 300 points. 

LIGHT GREEN: THE ONES I GOT RIGHT (HEAD)
DARK GREEN: THE ONES I MISSED (HEAD)
LIGHT PINK: THE ONES I GOT RIGHT (HEART)
DARK PINK: THE ONES I MISSED (HEART)
   
1.  FOREIGN LANGUAGE ... Amour (24pts.) - Amour
2.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ... Anne Hathaway (23) - Anne Hathaway
3.  BEST ACTRESS ... Jennifer Lawrence (22) - Quvenzhané Wallis
4.  ORIGINAL SONG ... Skyfall (21) - Pi's Lullaby
5.  DOCUMENTARY ... How to Survive a Plague (20) - 5 Broken Cameras/Searching for Sugar Man
6.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ... Robert De Niro (19) - Philip Seymour Hoffman
7.  BEST ACTOR ... Daniel Day Lewis (18) - Daniel Day Lewis
8.  ANIMATED SHORT ... Adam and Dog (17) - Paperman
9.  VISUAL EFFECTS ... Life of Pi (16) - Life of Pi
10. ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ... Argo (15) - Beasts of the Southern Wild
11. MAKE UP AND HAIRSTYLE ... Les Miserables (14) - Les Miserables
12. BEST DIRECTING ... Lincoln: Steven Spielberg (13) - Life of Pi: Ang Lee (I'm a fan)
13. BEST PICTURE ... Argo (12) - Django Unchained 
14. LIVE ACTION SHORT ... Buzkashi Boys (11) - Curfew
15. ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY ... Amour (10) - Django Unchained/Moonrise Kingdom
16. COSTUME DESIGN ... Anna Karenina (9) - Anna Karinina
17. CINEMATOGRAPHY ... Life of Pi (8) - Skyfall
18. ANIMATED FILM ... Brave (7) - I don't care AT ALL- didn't see any so.... Wreck it Ralph?
19. EDITING ... Argo (6) - Zero Dark Thirty
20. ORIGINAL SCORE ... John Williams: Lincoln (5) - I AM PROTESTING THIS CATEGORY FOR JONNY
21. SOUND MIXING ... Les Miserables (4) - Life of Pi
22. SOUND EDITING ... Argo (3) - Django Unchained
23. DOCUMENTARY SHORT ... Open Heart (2) - Open Heart (the only one I've heard of)
24. PRODUCTION DESIGN ... Lincoln (1) - Lincoln

FINAL SCORE: 213 (much better then I anticipated! *patting self on back*)

And my winner of heart vs. head is: my head (as is the way of the world)
17/24- HEAD
11/24- HEART (I got my two 1/2 points)













Funny calling this a confidence list- I feel decidedly unconfident about the lot.  Unusually so.

2 comments:

Emily said...

I had originally put Christoph Waltz for BOTH picks and took him off BOTH during the final read through. LAMESAUCE.

Just so you all know.

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