Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Well done Wes!!

Congrats!

Thanks all, btw. I honestly think this is the first time I've won this particular contest.

Congrats!

I really am quite surprised. I've been tabulating ballots for two different organizations this weekend and have been totally brain-fried or I might have noticed the bonus questions and done those too.

THE RESULTS!!!

First the correct answers to the bonus questions were:

Will Ricky Gervais do jokes or bits about:
1. Trump? No
2. Cats? Yes
3. The length of The Irishman? Yes
4. His atheism or atheism in general? No
5. The HFPA members? Yes
6. Trans people? No
7. The #MeToo movement? Yes
8. Political correctness? No
9. Baby Yoda? Yes
10. Brexit/Boris Johnson? No

Special shout-out to FilmFan720 and Big Magilla who got the most points with 8 out of 10 correct answers!

No one got double points. But only OscarGuy predicted Sam Mendes in Director, earning him TRIPLE points...but he didn't do the bonus questions. Was it enough to win? Here are the results (let me know if I overlooked or miscalculated anyone, advanced apologies):

12 points* = Okri (didn't do the bonus questions)
18 points = Aceisgreat
23 points = nightwingnova
24 points = criddic3
26 points = anonymous1980
27 points = mlrg
28 points = Precious Doll & Heksagon
29 points = Sabin
30 points = Mister Tee & FilmFan720
31 points = dws1982
32 points = Big Magilla
33 points = Reza & Jefforey Smith
34 points = CalWilliam
36 points = flipp525

and the winner with 39 points and without even doing the optional bonus questions is...

Oscar Guy!!!

Your Sam Mendes prediction won you this! Take a bow!

OscarGuy wrote:I totally didn't do the bonus round, so I guess I will end up losing tonight.

You didn't need no tie-breaker. You kicked our collective asses. (flipp was the only one close to you.) Kudos.

I'm surprised that I'm the only one who got the first bonus question right, but I doubt I'm going to tie for the win so that won't help.

I totally didn't do the bonus round, so I guess I will end up losing tonight.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA: 1917
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
BEST DIRECTOR: Bong Joon Ho
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA: Joaquin Phoenix (Adam Driver)
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA: Renee Zellweger
BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Taron Egerton
BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Awkwafina (Ana de Armas)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Brad Pitt
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Lopez
BEST SCREENPLAY: Marriage Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: 1917
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “I’m Gonna Love Me Again”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Toy Story 4
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Parasite

Will Ricky Gervais do jokes or bits about...
1. Trump? YES
2. Cats? YES
3. The length of The Irishman? NO
4. His atheism or atheism in general? NO
5. The HFPA members? YES
6. Trans people? NO
7. The #MeToo movement? NO
8. Political correctness? YES
9. Baby Yoda? YES
10. Brexit/Boris Johnson? NO

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA: 1917
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
BEST DIRECTOR: Bong Joon Ho
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA: Antonio Banderas
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA: Renée Zellweger
BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Eddie Murphy
BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Awkwafina
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Brad Pitt
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Lopez
BEST SCREENPLAY: Once upon a Time...
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: 1917
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Cats
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Toy Story 4
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Parasite

Will Ricky Gervais do jokes or bits about...
1. Trump? YES
2. Cats? YES
3. The length of The Irishman? YES
4. His atheism or atheism in general? NO
5. The HFPA members? YES
6. Trans people? NO
7. The #MeToo movement? YES
8. Political correctness? YES
9. Baby Yoda? YES
10. Brexit/Boris Johnson? NO

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA: The Irishman
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
BEST DIRECTOR: Bong Joon Ho
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA: Joaquin Phoenix
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA: Renée Zellweger
BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Taron Egerton
BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Awkwafina
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Brad Pitt
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Laura Dern
BEST SCREENPLAY: Marriage Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Joker
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “I’m Gonna Love Me Again” (Rocketman)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Toy Story 4
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Parasite

Will Ricky Gervais do jokes or bits about...
1. Trump? YES
2. Cats? YES
3. The length of The Irishman? YES
4. His atheism or atheism in general? NO
5. The HFPA members? YES
6. Trans people? NO
7. The #MeToo movement? YES
8. Political correctness? YES
9. Baby Yoda? NO
10. Brexit/Boris Johnson? YES

Two notes going in:

My pick of 1917/consequent shutout of The Irishman is partly paranoia (that my favorite film always gets screwed) and partly an attempt at a karmic bank-shot -- sacrificing my score if it brings reverse luck to my choice.

There are three contenders the people at AwardsWorthy think are locked/you have to be an idiot not to go with them: Phoenix, Zellweger and Pitt. My fervent hope is for as many of them as possible not to win.

Things can change rapidly from the Globes. Remember, this time last year, most of us thought Bradley Cooper was on the easy road to an Oscar. The year before, Willem Dafoe and Laurie Metcalf were verging on locks. Hoping for shifts on that level.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA: 1917
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
BEST DIRECTOR: Bong Joon Ho
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA: Joaquin Phoenix (Antonio Banderas)
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA: Scarlett Johansson
BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Taron Egerton
BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL OR COMEDY: Awkwafina
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Brad Pitt (Anthony Hopkins)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Lopez
BEST SCREENPLAY: Marriage Story
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Joker
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “I’m Gonna Love Me Again” (Rocketman)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Toy Story 4
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Parasite

Will Ricky Gervais do jokes or bits about...
1. Trump? YES
2. Cats? YES
3. The length of The Irishman? NO
4. His atheism or atheism in general? NO
5. The HFPA members? YES
6. Trans people? NO
7. The #MeToo movement? NO
8. Political correctness? YES
9. Baby Yoda? NO
10. Brexit/Boris Johnson? NO

Drama: The Irishman
Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story

Comedy/Musical: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Actor: Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name
Actress: Awkwafina, The Farewell

Supporting Actor: Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Director: Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Screenplay: The Irishman
Score: 1917
Song: Into the Unknown (Frozen II)
Foreign Film: Parasite
Animated Film: Frozen II

Will Ricky Gervais do jokes or bits about...

1. Trump? Yes
2. Cats? Yes
3. The length of The Irishman? Yes
4. His atheism or atheism in general? No
5. The HFPA members? No
6. Trans people? No
7. The #MeToo movement? Yes
8. Political correctness? No
9. Baby Yoda? No
10. Brexit/Boris Johnson? No

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA: Joker
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA: Renee Zellweger, Judy

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY: Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY: Awkwafina, The Farewell

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Parasite
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Toy Story 4

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE: Laura Dern, Marriage Story
BEST DIRECTOR FOR A MOTION PICTURE: Bong Joo Ho, Parasite
BEST SCREENPLAY FOR A MOTION PICTURE: Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A MOTION PICTURE: Hildur Gudnadittur, Joker
BEST ORIGINAL SONG FOR A MOTION PICTURE: “I'm Gonna Love Me Again," ("Rocketman"), Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Will Ricky Gervais do jokes or bits about...

Trump? Yes
Cats? Yes
The length of The Irishman? No
His atheism or atheism in general? No
The HFPA members? Yes
Trans people? No
The #MeToo movement? No
Political correctness? No
Baby Yoda? No
Brexit/Boris Johnson? No