Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Meet my buddy Oscar


So the Oscars are coming up. Last year was entertaining since it occurred on my birthday so we had an Oscar watch party for my birthday party. This year, I figured doing an Oscar picking contest on the blog (with entries being posted in the comments) could be fun. Here are the categories, keeping it limited to the following 5:

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Actor

Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Best Actress

Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)


Best Supporting Actress

Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)

There's no prize, but let's have fun!

10 comments:

Coleen said...

Yes, lets do this!! So I'll say
BP - The Artist
BA - Jean Dujardin
BA - Viola Davis
BSA - Christopher Plummer
BSA - Berenice Bejo

Grampa said...

Gramps prognosticates:
BP The Artist
BA George Clooney
BA Meryl Streep
BSA Christopher Plummer
BSA Octavia Spencer

PS I have to be different than Nano

Spence said...

My picks:

BP: The Artist
BA: Jean Dujardin
BA: Meryl Streep
BSA: Christopher Plummer
BSA: Octavia Spencer

Rico said...

BP: The Artist
BA: Jean Dujardin
BA: Viola Davis
BSA: Christopher Plummer
BSA: Octavia Spencer
at least that's what one website said

C.J. Schneider said...

This is more just my hope rather than a prediction.

BP: The Tree of Life
BA: George Clooney
BA: Meryl Streep
BSA: Jonah Hill
BSA: Melissa McCarthy

LiNds said...

BP: The Artist
BA: Demian Bichir
BA: Viola Davis
BSA: I guess I’ll also say Christopher Plummer
BSA: Jessica Chastain

Yes they are doing an Oscar Picking Contest at my work too. There was an interesting commentary on the radio though about how a lot of the people who vote for the Oscar have been in the Academy for a long long time and there are not a lot of new people coming in or something. Those voting haven’t actually made a movie in a long time… But hopefully the best ones win!

Bonnie White said...

Great idea Spencer. I'm going to poke my nose in your family blog and say

BA Gary Oldman
BFA Glenn Close
BP The Artist
BSA OctaviaSpencer
BSA Christopher Plummer

beej11 said...

BP- The Artist
BA- George Clooney
BFA- Meryl Streep
BSA- Christopher Plummer
BFSA- Octavia Spencer

I think these are the same as Dad's. What can I say I like to play it safe.

Spence said...

And the winners are...

BP: The Artist
BA: Jean Dujardin
BA: Meryl Streep
BSA: Christopher Plummer
BSA: Octavia Spencer

Coleen: 3
OJ: 4
Spencer: 5
David: 4
Char: 1
Lindsay: 2
Bonnie: 3
John: 4

Thanks for playing everyone!

LiNds said...

Nice, Spence! i will take you to yogurtland as a prize!