[NE] Nomination Elim Game ('79- OSCARGUY)

[FilmFan720]

I don't think Cinemanolis has made his way back yet, but it has been quite a while, so I am going to skip him for now and let him catch up when he returns. OscarGuy is up!

[Hustler]

Group 1: Bill Nighy, Notes on a Scandal replaces Djimon Hounsou

Group 2: Preserve The Queen in Original Song

Group 3: Add The Queen in Makeup

[The Original BJ]

1. Replace The Queen in Best Picture with Volver.

2. My favorite nomination-morning surprise in '06 was The Good German's score, which I maintain is the best of the nominees this year, so I was sad to see that go. And yet, I think The Black Dahlia is an absolute must-have in Best Cinematography, so I'll rescue it and replace The Prestige.

3. Preserve Dreamgirls in Costume Design.

[Sabin]

GROUP 1
The Departed may not be a great film, but it's a ridiculously entertaining one and I will preserve Martin Scorsese's deserving win.

GROUP 2
Replace Philip Glass' overpowering score for Notes on a Scandal with Nathan Johnson's fantastic noir-y chimes for Brick.

GROUP 3
I consider Penelope Cruz's bust and ass to be an aspect of costuming, so I will replace The Queen with Volver in the category of Best Costume Design.

[Okri]

Group 1: Replace Penelope Cruz with Sandra Huller, Requiem

Group 2: Preserve Children of Men in cinematography, just to prevent something foolish.

Group 3: Add Children of Men to best visual effects.

[dws1982]

Group 1: Dump Little Miss Sunshine in Best Picture and replace it with The Lives of Others.

Group 2: Drop Blood Diamond in Editing, and replace it with Letters From Iwo Jima.

Group 3: Replace Pan's Labyrinth in Art Direction with The Lives of Others. (Kind of hate to replace Pan's Labyrinth, which was one of the better nominees of that lineup, but The Lives of Others really deserved a spot, and there was no other option.)

[FilmFan720]

GROUP 1: Preserve Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls

GROUP 2: Replace The Black Dahlia in cinematography with Marie Antoinette

GROUP 3: Preserve costume design of Marie Antoinette

[rudeboy]

Group One

Best Picture – preserve Letters from Iwo Jima

Group Two

Preserve the score to Pan’s Labyrinth

Group Three

Letters from Iwo Jima replaces The Prestige in Art Direction

[Big Magilla]

There was a score in Children of Men?

Yep.

[OscarGuy]

I don't mind Superman Returns being vacated, but I think Poseidon's effects were pretty good.

[Sabin]

There was a score in Children of Men?

[Big Magilla]

Group 1: Abaigail Breslin is rescued and replaces Rinko Kikuchi.

Group 2: Children of Men replaces The Good German in Score.

Group 3: Add Little Children to Makeup.

[FilmFan720]

And why are people replacing in categories like Visual Effects when they can just add the nominees separately..

Because sometimes a move isn't only getting deserving nominees in there, but getting undeserving ones out. The special effects of Superman Returns were pretty amateurish and uninteresting, so I wanted to get them out of there as much as get the ones from Pan's Labyrinth in.

[OscarGuy]

Group 1: Rescue Gosling and replace O'Toole (and, Hustler, I believe the reason Whitaker was removed was so that he could be added to Supporting Actor where he belongs)
Group 2: Preserve Pan's Labyrinth in Original Screenplay
Group 3: Preserve Dreamgirls in Art Direction

And why are people replacing in categories like Visual Effects when they can just add the nominees separately..

[OscarGuy]

I know it's my turn. I left everything Unread so I could come back to a reminder I needed to do it, but the system likes to mark stuff off even if I haven't asked it to. I'll try to get to this today.