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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Sunday Best: Golden Globe Results 2015 and Oscar Game

Last Sunday's Golden Globes were… long.  Here are some of my thoughts:

THE GOOD:
-Fargo won a good deal of recognition, and rightly so.  It was awesome.
-Michael Keaton's speech gave a nice shout-out to family, mass, and the rosary
-Fey and Poehler made me laugh.
-Kevin Spacey won a well-deserved award and gave a very nice speech.

THE BAD
-with the exception of Gervais, none of the other presenters made me laugh
-Alison Tolman should have won for Fargo
-it seems like most speeches had someone up there trying to say something "important," but it felt annoying.

THE PREDICTABLE
-Transparent and The Normal Heart won awards.
-The Affair sounded pretentious, so I thought it would win.

Overall, it was a show with few surprises, but few people to root for.

As I wrote last year, the Golden Globes are less and less of a predictor of Oscars than they used to be.

YEAR
GOLDEN GLOBE
BEST DRAMA
GOLDEN GLOBE BEST COMEDY
OSCAR BEST PICTURE
2001
A Beautiful Mind
Moulin Rouge!
A Beautiful Mind
2002
The Hours
Chicago
Chicago
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004
The Aviator
Sideways
Million Dollar Baby
2005
Brokeback Mountain
Walk the Line
Crash
2006
Babel
Dreamgirls
The Departed
2007
Atonement
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
No Country for Old Men
2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Slumdog Millionaire
2009
Avatar
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
2010
The Social Network
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
2011
The Descendants
The Artist
The Artist
2012
Argo
Les Miserables
Argo
2013
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
12 Years a Slave
2014
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel




Now, let's move on to the Oscars:

As I wrote earlier this week, I am not very excited about most of the nominees.  Although I did just see American Sniper and I finally have a Best Picture nominee to root for.

This is important, otherwise, the show would be even more boring.

I would like to invite any of you readers to participate in my annual Oscar Game.

Just click this link.

The game goes like this:

OBJECT: Get the most points!

HOW TO PLAY:  Fill out a score sheet for each category with your choice (who you want to win) and your prediction (who you think WILL win).

On the night of the Oscars, give yourself a point for each correct guess in MY PREDICTIONS.  If you get a prediction wrong, subtract 1 point.  Give yourself 3 points each correct guess in MY CHOICE.  There is no penalty for incorrect guesses for MY CHOICE.

For example:

Category
BEST DIRECTOR
-MY CHOICE = Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
-MY PREDICTION = Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

BEST ACTOR
-MY CHOICE = Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
-MY PREDICTION = Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"

BEST ACTRESS
-MY CHOICE = Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
-MY PREDICTION = Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"


If Wes Anderson wins Best Director, gain 1 point for a correct guess in MY PREDICTIONS, but no points for an incorrect MY CHOICE  (total points = 1)

If Steve Carell wins Best Actor, gain 3 points, for a correct MY CHOICE, but subtract 1 point for an incorrect MY PREDICTION (total points = 2)

If Julianne Moore wins Best Actress, gain 3 points for correct MY CHOICE and 1 correct MY PREDICTION.  (total points =4)

You may NOT make a guess for a MY CHOICE in a category if you have not seen any of the films in the category.  You may, however, make a blind guess for the MY PREDICTION section even if you have not seen any of the nominees.

PARTICIPATION:

Fill out the below score sheet and send it to me.  I will be the designated score-keeper.  You may change any choice up until the broadcast begins.

The winner will receive bragging rights and recognition on this blog.

You can change your answers up until the broadcast.  Here is my ballot:

NameCatholic Skywalker
BEST PICTURE - MY CHOICE"American Sniper"
BEST PICTURE - MY PREDICTION"Boyhood"
BEST DIRECTOR - MY CHOICEMorten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"
BEST DIRECTOR - MY PREDICTIONRichard Linklater, "Boyhood"
BEST ACTOR - MY CHOICEBradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
BEST ACTOR - MY PREDICTIONEddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
BEST ACTRESS - MY CHOICERosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
BEST ACTRESS - MY PREDICTIONJulianne Moore, "Still Alice"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - MY CHOICEDID NOT SEE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - MY PREDICTIONJ.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MY CHOICEKeira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - MY PREDICTIONPatricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - MY CHOICE"American Sniper" (Jason Hall)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - MY PREDICTION"The Imitation Game" (Graham Moore)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - MY CHOICEDID NOT SEE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - MY PREDICTION"Foxcatcher" (E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - MY CHOICE"Unbroken" (Roger Deakins)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - MY PREDICTION"Birdman" (Emmanuel Lubezki)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN - MY CHOICE"Into the Woods" (Colleen Atwood)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN - MY PREDICTION"The Grand Budapest Hotel" (Milena Canonero)
BEST FILM EDITING - MY CHOICE"American Sniper" (Joel Cox, Gary Roach)
BEST FILM EDITING - MY PREDICTION"Boyhood" (Sandra Adair)
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING - MY CHOICE"Guardians of the Galaxy"
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING - MY PREDICTION"Foxcatcher"
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MY CHOICE"Interstellar" (Hans Zimmer)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MY PREDICTION"The Imitation Game" (Alexandre Desplat)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MY CHOICE"Lost Stars" from "Begin Again"
BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MY PREDICTION"Glory" from "Selma"
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - MY CHOICE"Interstellar" (Nathan Crowley; Gary Fettis, Paul Healy)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - MY PREDICTION"The Imitation Game" (Maria Djurkovic; Tatiana Macdonald)
BEST SOUND EDITING - MY CHOICE"Interstellar"
BEST SOUND EDITING - MY PREDICTION"Interstellar"
BEST SOUND MIXING - MY CHOICE"Interstellar"
BEST SOUND MIXING - MY PREDICTION"American Sniper"
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - MY CHOICE"X-Men: Days of Future Past"
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - MY PREDICTION"Interstellar"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - MY CHOICE"How to Train Your Dragon 2"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - MY PREDICTION"How to Train Your Dragon 2"
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - MY CHOICEDID NOT SEE
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - MY PREDICTION"Ida" (Pawel Pawlikowski; Poland)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - MY CHOICEDID NOT SEE
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - MY PREDICTION"CITIZENFOUR"
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - MY CHOICEDID NOT SEE
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - MY PREDICTION"White Earth"
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM- MY CHOICEDID NOT SEE
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM- MY PREDICTION"Me and My Moulton"
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM- MY CHOICEDID NOT SEE
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM- MY PREDICTION"Boogaloo and Graham"

When guessing for MY PREDICTION, my rule of thumb is to choose the most pretentious title.

So I invite all of you to join in the fun!


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Below are my collected LIVE TWEETS from Golden Globes night (chronological from the bottom to the top).



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