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

[OscarGuy]

Group 1 - Stanley Kubrick replaces Lasse Hallstrom

And it appears Groups 2 and 3 are done, so that's it, I guess.

[Big Magilla]

I assume rudeboy is still traveling and will play when he can.

Oscar Guy is next.

[dws1982]

Group 1, Supporting Actor: Stephen Rea, The End of the Affair replaces Tom Cruise.

Group 3, Sound Effects: Replace The Matrix in Sound Effects Editing with Three Kings.



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[FilmFan720]

Group 3A): Preserve Fight Club in Sound Effects Editing
Group 3B): Preserve The Matrix in Sound Effects Editing

You can't do two things in the same category, so I will just take you first one.

[Hustler]

Group 1: Preserve Chloe Sevigny in supporting

Group 2: Tarzan, in Original Song is rescued and replaces Music My Heart.

Group 3A): Preserve Fight Club in Sound Effects Editing
Group 3B): Preserve The Matrix in Sound Effects Editing

[Big Magilla]

Now we're cooking with gas. The game is finally moving like it's alive and the replacements/saves have mostly been brilliant.

Group 1 - Several things I'd like to do here, but I think I'll get rid of Samantha Morton, an actress I usually love, but not in the misfire that was Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown. I'll throw another bone to Franco Zeffirelli's under-appreciated Tea With Mussolini and replace her with the sublime Maggie Smith.

Group 2A - Preserve "Blame Canada" in Best Song.

2B - Replace The Matrix in Film Editing with The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Group 3A - The End of the Affair replaces Austin Powers in Make-up.

3B - The Sixth Sense replaces The Phantom Menace in Sound Effects Editing.



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[Okri]

1. So much to do. My biggest dissapointment come nominations day was the utter collapse of The Talented Mr. Ripley. So I'll replace the admittedly brilliant Russell Crowe with the even better Matt Damon. Sorry The Original BJ.

2. A couple quick preservations even though I think they're safe: "Save Me" in best song and Being John Malkovich in original screenplay.

3. Add eXistenz to best sound editing. No other switch/preservation for me.

[FilmFan720]

GROUP 1: Lots that I want to do here, but preserve Richard Farnsworth will be my priority.

GROUP 2A: Preserve film editing of The Sixth Sense

GROUP 2B: Preserve original screenplay for The Sixth Sense

GROUP 3A: Preserve makeup for Topsy Turvy

GROUP 3B: Replace visual effects of Stuart Little with Three Kings



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[Sabin]

Best Adapted Screenplay is a strong lineup. The End of the Affair, Eyes Wide Shut, Fight Club, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Toy Story 2. All very good films. Election isn't just a great movie, it's a great adaptation of a very funny book. Fight Club is a better adaptation of a better book, but I think both of these films are markedly higher in quality than The End of the Affair or The Talented Mr. Ripley. On the whole, this lineup is quite a bit stronger than the Academy's roster which featured a mutilated version of a sprawling book (The Cider House Rule) and a too reverential take on a decent serial (The Green Mile).

[Okri]

Sorry, Sabin, but I saw that coming once you put in Fight Club (Fight Club!) for screenplay. I assumed that Ripley and Election were safe in this category.

[Sabin]

(The Original BJ @ Nov. 08 2010,4:01)

Man, we also snubbed Being John Malkovich in Best Picture!!!

I think that Being John Malkovich is the second best film of 1999, behind Fight Club. I think American Beauty, Eyes Wide Shut, The Sixth Sense, and The Talented Mr. Ripley are all very good films, and certainly better than The Cider House Rules and The Green Mile. So on the sliding scale, it's not the end of the world.

What I don't understand is omitting Election in the category of Best Adapted Screenplay. That's unconscionable.

[The Original BJ]

Man, we also snubbed Being John Malkovich in Best Picture!!!

1. I am terrified that Crowe or Farnsworth might lose their Best Actor bids, but Spacey is probably even more vulnerable. So I'll preserve him.

2a. Replace Topsy-Turvy in Original Screenplay with Pedro Almodóvar, All About My Mother.

2b. Gabriel Yared's score to The Talented Mr. Ripley is wonderful, but Thomas Newman's work on American Beauty is absolutely fantastic, some of the best work he's ever done. So I rescue American Beauty's score.

3a. Preserve The Talented Mr. Ripley in Best Costume Design.

3b. Preserve The Matrix in Best Sound.

[rain Bard]

group 1: preserve Hilary Swank

group 2a: preserve The End of the Affair in cinematography
group 2b: replace the score to Cider House Rules with Joe Hisaishi's score to Princess Mononoke

group 3a: replace Topsy-Turvy's Art Direction with that of eXistenZ
group 3b: replace Star Wars with Run, Lola Run in Visual Effects

[Big Magilla]

Done.

I couldn't find any reference to American Beauty previously being replaced in Editing in any of the comments. It was replaced in Cinematography, which follows it on the results page.

[OscarGuy]

Group 2b: Fight Club replaces American Beauty in Editing
Group 3b: Add Galaxy Quest to Makeup

2B: American Beauty is already replaced...another something to replace?

3B: No room to add to the category, but lots you can replace

According to the results page, American Beauty is still a nominee for Editing.

And I could have sworn the Makeup category only had 3 nominations when I made my post. So, I'll just replace Bicentennial Man.