In this thread we'll be voting on the Oscar nominations ourselves to determine the official "LPA winners" at the Academy Awards. Nominations are announced on thursday morning (January 16). 1/16 update: We will officially be using Best Picture style preferential voting for EVERY category, just for fun. That means you rank each category's nominees. You don't have to use every nominee in your rankings. Best Picture voting explanation from the LA Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/27/entertainment/la-ca-oscar-voting-20110227 Please vote by March 2nd. I'll go through everyone's list and determine the winner before the actual Academy Awards begin. 1/16: Nominees announced! Best Picture American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena 12 Years a Slave The Wolf of Wall Street Actor in a Leading Role Christian Bale (American Hustle) Bruce Dern (Nebraska) Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) Actress in a Leading Role Amy Adams (American Hustle) Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Sandra Bullock (Gravity) Judi Dench (Philomena) Meryl Streep (August: Osage County) Actor in a Supporting Role Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street) Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) Actress in a Supporting Role Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) Julia Roberts (August: Osage County) June Squibb (Nebraska) Directing David O. Russell (American Hustle) Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) Alexander Payne (Nebraska) Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) Music - Original Score John Williams (The Book Thief) Steven Price (Gravity) Arcade Fire [William Butler credited] and Owen Pallett (Her) Alexandre Desplat (Philomena) Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)
Best Picture Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón (Director, producer, writer), David Heyman (Co-producer), Jonás Cuarón (Co-writer) Best Director Cant decide between: Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity Ben Stiller for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Francis Lawrence for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby Best Actress Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone in Gravity Best Supporting Actor Can't decide between: Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Lawrence as as Rosalyn Rosenfeld in American Hustle We should add an award for a soundtrack and one category to set us apart, like best poster design, since we're more used to music and art as a community.
RazorEye, we shouldn't vote yet. We should wait for the official nominees, which are being announced on Januray 16, 2014. It would be easier, easy to follow. We could vote from that day until March 2, 2014, which is the Oscars night. That way, everyone would have time to catch up on the movies. We should also use the official way of voting, which I think you should repost here, Xero21. All you need to know is that you should put your winners in order. From the 1st place to the 5th and so on. Xero21 can do the counting. I also like RazorEye's idea of a soundtrack category, which is officially called Best Original Score. That could be our 7th category.
Well, It's not decided yet, I guess. But it's good to have at least 5 nominees in every category and 8-10 movies in Best Picture category. All of them put in order with the 1st place being your winner.
Yeah, sorry about that. I'll update the OP too but here's what we'll do. When the actual Oscar noms come out thursday morning, we're gonna vote on those. Finding a way to figure out or own nominations for each category would have been cool but probably way too time consuming.
Bump because the nominees have been announced. You can post votes anywhere between now and the Academy Awards in March. You can also go back and edit your post during that time if you change your mind. Make sure to read the official Best Picture voting rules in the OP.
The Butler, Tom Hanks and Before Midnight largely snubbed, but other than that, wow what a list to choose from. I find it hard to root for somebody, since everybody on that list was great.
I can't get over the fact that Daniel Brühl and Rush have been completely left out. I guess, that's what happens when you're trying to push through an independent movie and you compete with these giants. Nevertheless, it's gonna be tight.
Have to say I disagree with a lot of choices this year: No noms for Rush. No Daniel Bruhl for Supporting Actor. No Elyisium for VFX. No MU for Animated. No Inside Llewyn Davis for major categories. No Robert Redford and All Is Lost. Lol I mean Bad Grandpa got more nominations than Rush I'm glad that Prisoners got atleast 1 nom though...
Just to clarify, are we posting our personal picks for who we think should win or are we guessing who will actually win?
Personal picks. Here's mine so far: Best Picture Dallas Buyers Club 12 Years a Slave Gravity Captain Phillips Her American Hustle The Wolf of Wall Street Nebraska Lead Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor Matthew McConaughey Leonardo DiCaprio Christian Bale Bruce Dern Lead Actress Cate Blanchett Sandra Bullock Amy Adams Supporting Actor Jared Leto Michael Fassbender Barkhad Abdi Jonah Hill Bradley Cooper Supporting Actress Lupita Nyong’o June Squibb Jennifer Lawrence Sally Hawkins Best Director Steve McQueen Alfonso Cuaron David O. Russell Martin Scorsese Alexander Payne Original Score Steven Price Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett Also a reminder that preferential voting doesn't require you to rank every nominee.
Best Picture American Hustle Gravity Wolf of Wall Street Actor in a Leading Role Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) Christian Bale (American Hustle) Bruce Dern (Nebraska) Actress in a Leading Role Sandra Bullock (Gravity) Amy Adams (American Hustle) Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Actor in a Supporting Role Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street) Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) Actress in a Supporting Role Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) June Squibb (Nebraska) Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) Directing Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) David O. Russell (American Hustle)