Awards The Oscars Thread - MH Oscars Contest 2018

[z.5]

You asked for it, you got it​

You want to make predictions about Oscar results?

If you are not sure what they are (the Oscar's I mean), then I am not sure how you found this thread...

Just think of a small golden statue of a man holding a stick being given out to some undeserving actors/actresses/directors/general nobodies related to films in some way or other.
Think far too many emotions
Crying (most fake, but there may be a few genuine tears here and there)
Fancy costumes
Think the exact kind of occasion which Kanye West may rush up on stage, uninvited, and make an arse of himself!

Think this

So ask yourself: Who do you think is going to win? What are your favourite nominees?
Who do you think will win (and more importantly, who do you think should win)...

Also, to increase the fun all the way to 11 - there's a fancy competition (with a possibility to win a nice badge also [terms and conditions apply - badges may be revoked/not given out at moderator's discretion])

To be fair, you should really play - even if you hate the Oscars - especially if you hate the Oscars... only because, if you win, you can lord it over all those who actually do care!

So, with that all said, I present:

MH Oscars Contest 2018

It's that time again, time to pretend that you know more about films than you actually do.
Time to unequivocally state why your choices are correct and why anyone who thinks otherwise is a moron
(please don't actually do this - peace and love for everyone ね )

...
Anyway
It all finally culminates on Sunday the 4th March, at the 90th Academy Awards.
Awards will be handed out for all kinds of film related categories - Best Film, Best Actor/Actress in a leading role, Best person-who-wasn't-good-enough-to-be-the-leading-actor-so-we-made-a-runners-up-prize-to-make-them-feel-better... There's even an award for hairstyling?!?

We at Mangahelpers are hosting our own Oscar winners poll, with the chance to win your own Oscar. As an award badge [again, if anyone asks, although I wrote this, I don't promise nuthin'!].

Rules:
- Go here and make your picks!
- The user with the most correct guesses wins the award. Remember to leave your username in the poll.
last year, some bright sparks forgot this/wrote random handles (they didn't win, funnily enough - mainly cause I am far too lazy to try and guess/think about who is who - make it simple if you want to win. If not, just write your name as M3J and pick shitty picks)
- Only 1 entry allowed. In case an user does multiple entries, only the last one counts.
- In case of a tie, the user with most corrects in the Big 5 Categories wins. (Best Film, Directing, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, and both Screenplay categories)
- If still a tie, then I am sure we will be able to think of some way to separate the quality wheat from the less-savoury chaff
-There is time to vote until 5:00 p.m. PST on March 4, 2018 // 1AM on March 5th GMT
- You are allowed to discuss your picks and personal favourites in the thread. Telling us why you voted how you voted is highly important necessary recommended.


And remember, if you lose:

1. You weren't actually trying - if you were, you'd have crushed everyone else easily!
2. You didn't really care anyway
3. Someone probably cheated, bribing a mod to miscount their votes...
4. Who are these mods anyway - blithering idiots must have made a mistake somewhere or other
5. It's only the Oscars - not some actually important award - like the Golden Cleric or something

Spoiler: 6. And anyway

 

[Organizized]

I think it was a bit awkward to bring in the jet ski with the Del Toro team still on stage... kinda awkward and unnecessary...

Anyway, is it just me, or did the whole show feel somewhat... I don't know, empty overall? It's like nothing happened at all. There were a few good speeches and all, but otherwise this feels like the most non-memorable Academy Awards in years.

I agree. Frances’ speech and Eddie Vedder’s performance are what I take away from this but otherwise it was played spectacularly safe.

 

[Riku]

I loved the montages and the In Memoriam parts. Some of the comedy was pretty good too.

Not fan of the jetski.

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I agree. Frances’ speech and Eddie Vedder’s performance are what I take away from this but otherwise it was played spectacularly safe.

Yeah, totally agree with you.

+ Roger Deakins.

 

[Organizized]

If correct then congrats @Brandish!

I curse myself for not sticking with Blade Runner and The Shape of Water (both which I changed last minute). Ah, the power of hindsight.

 

[Riku]

If I had changed the sound categories andediting as I planned earlier today, I would have won.

 

[Wowzers]

I don't know why I'm still up... gotta get up to work in 5 hrs...
I missed out on a few so, not a winner.

Better luck next year to all of you!

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Oh, gotta throw some salt first! Brandish stole my bracket!

 

[Organizized]

Just realized me and Brandish picked the same for every category except Visual Effects. Now I’m even more salty. Especially because I was swayed to change my pick there by some articles just minutes before voting.

Ah well. No real undeserved wins this year at least. Maybe that’s why it all felt so “safe”.

 

[Eigengrau]

I agree. Frances’ speech and Eddie Vedder’s performance are what I take away from this but otherwise it was played spectacularly safe.

I guess that's what happens when there's such a huge fuck up like the one from last year.

I mean this just wasn't fun at all, but I feel like Jimmy Kimmel probably had to do a lot of things the way management wanted to.

If correct then congrats @Brandish!

I curse myself for not sticking with Blade Runner and The Shape of Water (both which I changed last minute). Ah, the power of hindsight.

I'm gonna start leaving feelings aside and be more analytical from now on.

 

[Riku]

Oh, the one one I teased, the long time lead from the beginning, was xi0. That Icarus point kept him in the lead for long.

 

[Organizized]

Anyway, thanks for this year. And thanks @Ustegius for the effort put into the ballot and counting etc.
Now I’ll go kick myself some more for not trusting in the power of Blade Runner.

 

[z.5]

Used excel to count - here's what I got

Spoiler

Brandish 1st (19)
Organizized 2nd (18)
xi0 2nd (18)
George Monkey 2nd (18)
Ustegius 5th (17)
Wowzers 6th (14)
Xadyu 6th (14)
FaustXIII 8th (11)
dvddelirium1 8th (11)
Eigengrau 10th (10)
razerxs 11th (8)
BluePegasus 11th (8)
WithYouInSpirit 13th (6)
MangAniMY 14th (5)
Shobu_Yoruichi 14th (5)
GrySun 16th (3)

 

[Xadyu]

SHAPE OF WATER ACTUALLY ONE?! WHAT THE FUCK. I'M SO FUCKING HAPPY (even though I voted Lady Bird)

I thought Shape (but also LB) would lose out in that category because it was a "monster" film.


That one got spoiled for me, gonna skim through the ceremony now

 

[Riku]

Yeah. I though he was gonna lose due to genre reasons. The Finnish commenting felt like that. They talked so lot about all the other films in much detail (hyped Gerwig and Lady Bird super lot) , but all night Del Toro was just "the monsterman Del Toro" and they didn't really talk about the film at all. Just said it was a favourite for the technical categories.

Also one more time:

 

[GrySun]

Used excel to count - here's what I got

Spoiler

Brandish 1st (19)
Organizized 2nd (18)
xi0 2nd (18)
George Monkey 2nd (18)
Ustegius 5th (17)
Wowzers 6th (14)
Xadyu 6th (14)
FaustXIII 8th (11)
dvddelirium1 8th (11)
Eigengrau 10th (10)
razerxs 11th (8)
BluePegasus 11th (8)
WithYouInSpirit 13th (6)
MangAniMY 14th (5)
Shobu_Yoruichi 14th (5)
GrySun 16th (3)

I wasn‘t actually trying - if I was, I‘d have crushed everyone else easily!

 

[Wowzers]

Used excel to count - here's what I got

Spoiler

Brandish 1st (19)
Organizized 2nd (18)
xi0 2nd (18)
George Monkey 2nd (18)
Ustegius 5th (17)
Wowzers 6th (14)
Xadyu 6th (14)
FaustXIII 8th (11)
dvddelirium1 8th (11)
Eigengrau 10th (10)
razerxs 11th (8)
BluePegasus 11th (8)
WithYouInSpirit 13th (6)
MangAniMY 14th (5)
Shobu_Yoruichi 14th (5)
GrySun 16th (3)

Excel is mathematically challenged. I demand a recount!

 

[Organizized]

2016 - Brandish
2017 - Organizized and zimbardo
2018 - Brandish

You know what that means for next year, @zimbardo. Gotta stick to the pattern. Hope you skipped out on this year so you can bring your A game then.

 

[Temperance]

Oh wait, it's already finished

 

[z.5]

2016 - Brandish
2017 - Organizized and zimbardo
2018 - Brandish

You know what that means for next year, @zimbardo. Gotta stick to the pattern. Hope you skipped out on this year so you can bring your A game then.

Nah - was mainly cause I hadn't watched had enough time to watch many of the films this year...

 

[Organizized]

Nah - was mainly cause I hadn't watched had enough time to watch many of the films this year...

I usually have that problem. This year is probably the first one in like 5 years where I've seen almost all of them.

Anyway, far from all of them are must-watches imo. Three Billboards is pretty much a masterpiece imo, and The Shape of Water is also fantastic. Other than those, Get Out, Dunkirk and Lady Bird are worth a gander out of the Best Picture nominees I've seen (haven't seen Phantom Thread yet though).

Actually, instead of listing all the ones I liked again, here are my ratings of all of last year's films that I watched so far, if my recommendations are of interest.

 

[Brandish μ]

Thanks Ustegius and zimbardo for putting this together.

Reading through the comments was fun too since the awards happens during work hours for me. I do like the Oscars for the buzz it generates, people taking about their fave movies of the year and which movies should be in it or deserve awards etc. This year there really isn't much to complain about. The year that bothered me - and it really shouldn't - was 2011. The Tree of Life just felt so obvious...

Didn't realise Roger Deakins had that many noms without a hit.

 

[z.5]

As appreciated as your thanks are, you should probably offer them to Uste instead of me.

He did all the hard work, I just spent my time getting in the way.