Rather than aimlessly bash the Oscars and what ever other bigoted award systems exist, I thought it might be nice if we make our own picks, as a community.
Nominations by January 15 (to accommodate There Will Be Blood). Votes by February 1st. Winners announced Sunday, February 10th.
In each category, you have a maximum of 3 nominations. They should be numbered in order.
Here's a sample:
Best Picture
1. Juno
2. Sunshine
3. No Country for Old Men
That is how they should look. We will then give 3 points to Juno, 2 to Sunshine, and 1 to NCOM. If there are no numbers (which happened with a ballot we received), we will award each nomination 2 points. We will then choose the 5 films or performances with the most points in each category and they will appear on the final ballot. Don't worry, pix and I have this all quite organized thanks to Google Docs.
Nominations should be sent via private message or email to both me and pixote.
For most categories, you can just state the film (it will be easier this way). In other words, for original screenplay, it won't be necessary to say Diablo Cody for Juno, but just Juno.
Categories:
Picture
Director
Original Screenplay
Adapted Screenplay
Actor
Actress
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actress
Ensemble cast
Editing
Foreign Language Film
Soundtrack
Score
Animated Film
Documentary
Art direction
Sound editing
Visual Effects
Cinematography
Make-up
Costumes
Fun categories:
Kick-ass scene
Trailer
Villain
Surprising performance
Surprising film
Debut Feature
Best line
Worst film
Breakthrough (can be an actor or filmmaker of any sort)
Don't forget about the
For Your Consideration thread. The first page of the thread includes a master list of all films mentioned as possible nominees (to date), along the award categories that have been linked to each film by potential voters. A sample:
The Bourne Ultimatum Actor (Matt Damon)
Supporting Actress (Julia Stiles)
Editing
Sound Editing
Score
Surprising Performance (Matt Damon)
Kickass Scene (Waterloo Station)
Kickass Scene (Tangier Rooftop Chase/Fight)
Line ("Because if that was true we'd be having this conversation face to face.")
Trailer
You're not restricted to the names on this list. It's just a tool to help jog your memory and see some of the nominees that other voters have come up with. It's also useful for determining whether a given performance should be considered a lead role (Actor or Actress) or a supporting role (Supporting Actor or Supporting Actress).
Good luck!
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