Enter The Videogum Oscar Pool!
Do you feel that? A slight warmth in the breeze. Do you smell that faint but sweet smell? With your ear to the ground you can hear it getting closer every minute — your body feels lighter, your dinners seem to be tasting better each day, what could it be? What is this feeling? What could be nearing? Who are we wearing? OH RIGHT, IT’S THE 2013 ACADEMY AWARDS! YAAAAAAYYYY! WHOO-WHOO-WHOO-WHOO-WHOO! It’s nearly that time once again when we gather around with our friends, eat snacks, drink inexpensive to moderately priced champagne, and celebrate the self-celebration of the year’s best Movie People. This Sunday will bring with it the Academy Awards and your annual chance to compete in the Videogum Oscar Pool! Hooray! This year’s winner will receive a one year subscription to Hulu+, which is a VERY GOOD PRIZE, specifically because having a subscription to Hulu+ gives you access to every single movie in the Criterion Collection. “AH-WOOOOOGA!” Hahah. That’s you, thinking about all the good movies you could watch.
Like last year, Gabe, Mary, and I will also be competing for our own “prizes.” (Not prizes.) If Mary LOSES our Oscar pool, she will have to go on the Twilight Fan Tour of Portland, Oregon. (I’m so sorry, Mary!) (Good luck!) If I (Kelly) lose, I have to attend a taping of the Steve Wilkos Show (Jerry Springer’s bouncer’s talkshow. And they actually trap you in for a taping of 2 episodes. Very good.) And if Gabe loses, his fate will be decided by YOU GUYS! We’ll make another thread if he does lose, God willing, where you will be able to post your suggestions. (The only caveat is that they have to be worse than last year’s TMZ Tour.) Our choices after the jump, your choices in the comments! GOOD LUCK!
Gabe’s Picks
Best Picture
Lincoln
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Supporting Actor
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Field, Lincoln
Best Original Song
“Suddenly,” Les Miserables
Best Animated Feature Film
Brave
Best Foreign Language Film
Austria: Amour
Best Director
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio, Argo
Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina
Documentary Feature
Searching for Sugar Man
Documentary Short
“Redemption,” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
Film Editing
William Goldenberg, Argo
Makeup and Hairstyling
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Original Score
Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina
Best Production Design
Rick Carter and Jim Erickson, Lincoln
Best Animated Short
“Paperman,” John Kahrs
Best Live Action Short
Asad, Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Best Sound Editing
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers, Skyfall
Best Sound Mixing
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes, Les Misérables
Best Visual Effects
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill, Prometheus
Mary’s Picks
Best Picture
Argo
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Best Original Song
“Skyfall,” Skyfall
Best Animated Feature Film
Brave
Best Foreign Language Film
Austria: Amour
Best Director
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Best Original Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio, Argo
Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina
Documentary Feature
How to Survive a Plague
Documentary Short
“Kings Point,” Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
Film Editing
Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, Zero Dark Thirty
Makeup and Hairstyling
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, Les Miserables
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, Argo
Best Production Design
Rick Carter and Jim Erickson, Lincoln
Best Animated Short
“Paperman,” John Kahrs
Best Live Action Short
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw), Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Best Sound Editing
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers, Skyfall
Best Sound Mixing
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes, Les Misérables
Best Visual Effects
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott, Life of Pi
Kelly’s Picks
Best Picture
Lincoln
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Supporting Actor
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Best Original Song
“Skyfall,” Skyfall
Best Animated Feature Film
Brave
Best Foreign Language Film
Austria: Amour
Best Director
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Adapted Screenplay
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Best Costume Design
Paco Delgado, Les Misérables
Documentary Feature
How to Survive a Plague
Documentary Short
“Kings Point,” Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
Film Editing
William Goldenberg, Argo
Makeup and Hairstyling
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Original Score
John Williams, Lincoln
Best Production Design
Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Animated Short
“Paperman,” John Kahrs
Best Live Action Short
Buzkashi Boys, Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Best Sound Editing
Paul N.J. Ottosson, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Sound Mixing
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes, Les Misérables
Best Visual Effects
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott, Life of Pi