Sunday, February 27, 2011

Day 952: Weighted Oscar Ballot

I know I promised to reveal my Top 25 Movies of 2010 list today… but honestly… I don’t think I’ve seen enough movies to throw down a realistic list… so I’m going to give myself another month.  (Let me know if you have a favorite movie of the year, I'll make sure I see it before posting my list!)




So… in honor of Oscar Sunday, let’s try our hand at an old fashion weighted Oscar Ballot, which I explained last year.  It’s pretty simple:

Every Nominee gets a point value, 5 being the likely winner, 4, 3, 2, and 1 being the least likely. The best picture category, the points will be distributed 10 through 1… And of course categories with only three nominees will have a maximum of 3 points.

Make sense?  Good.  Try it yourself and let me know who you do!

Last year I scored 99 out of a possible 127 points… and this year I want to break 100.

Here we go:

Actor in a Leading Role
5 -                Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
4 -                James Franco in “127 Hours”
3 -                Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
2 -                Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
1 -                Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
                   
Actor in a Supporting Role              
5 -                Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
4 -                Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
3 -                Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”
2 -                Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
1 -                John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
                   
Actress in a Leading Role                
5 -                Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
4 -                Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
3 -                Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
2 -                Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
1 -                Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
                   
Actress in a Supporting Role           
5 -                Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
4 -                Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
3 -                Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
2 -                Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
1 -                Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
                   
Animated Feature Film 
3 -                “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
2 -                “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
1 -                “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
                   
Art Direction                 
5 -                “The King's Speech” 
4 -                “Inception” 
3 -                “True Grit” 
2 -                “Alice in Wonderland” 
1 -                “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” 
                   
Cinematography           
5 -                “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
4 -                “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
3 -                “True Grit” Roger Deakins
2 -                “Inception” Wally Pfister
1 -                “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
                   
Costume Design            
5 -                “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
4 -                “True Grit” Mary Zophres
3 -                “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
2 -                “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
1 -                “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
                   
Directing   
5 -                “The Social Network” David Fincher
4 -                “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
3 -                “The Fighter” David O. Russell
2 -                “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
1 -                “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
                   
Documentary (Feature)                   
5 -                “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
4 -                “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
3 -                “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
2 -                “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
1 -                “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
                   
Documentary (Short Subject)         
5 -                 “Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
4 -                “Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein
3 -                “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
2 -                “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
1 -                “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
                   
Film Editing                   
5 -                “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
4 -                “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
3 -                “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
2 -                “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
1 -                “127 Hours” Jon Harris
                   
Foreign Language Film
5 -                “Biutiful” Mexico
4 -                “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria
3 -                “Incendies” Canada
2 -                “Dogtooth” Greece
1 -                “In a Better World” Denmark
                   
Makeup      
3 -                “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
2 -                “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
1 -                “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
                   
Music (Original Score) 
5 -                “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
4 -                “Inception” Hans Zimmer
3 -                “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
2 -                “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
1 -                “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
                   
Music (Original Song)   
4 -                “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
3 -                “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas
2 -                “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido
1 -                “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
                   
Best Picture                  
10 -              “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
9 -                “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán
8 -                “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
7 -                “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
6 -                “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg
5 -                “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray
4 -                “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
3 -                “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
2 -                “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers
1 -                “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
                   
Short Film (Animated)  
5 -                “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois
4 -                “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
3 -                “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
2 -                “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
1 -                “Day and Night” Teddy Newton
                   
Short Film (Live Action)                   
5 -                “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
4 -                “The Crush” Michael Creagh
3 -                “God of Love” Luke Matheny
2 -                “The Confession” Tanel Toom
1 -                “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
                   
Sound Editing                
5 -                “Inception” Richard King
4 -                “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
3 -                “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
2 -                “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
1 -                “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger
                   
Sound Mixing                
5 -                “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
4 -                “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
3 -                “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
2 -                “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
1 -                “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
                   
Visual Effects                
5 -                “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
4 -                “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson
3 -                “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas
2 -                “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
1 -                “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
                   
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)         
5 -                “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
4 -                “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
3 -                “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
2 -                “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
1 -                “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
                   
Writing (Original Screenplay)         
5 -                “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
4 -                “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
3 -                “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
2 -                “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler
1 -                “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; 

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