Tim Dickson's Stream of Consciousness through the Oscars!
A fine year in film capped off with a fine Oscars Ceremony! Here's a reminder of Tim's picks:
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Adapted Screenplay: Frost/Nixon
Best Original Screenplay: Milk
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke
Best Director: Danny Boyle (from Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
And here are the Actual Winners of the major Oscars in 2009! I've highlighted Tim's wins w/ red type.
Best Foreign Language Film: Departures
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay: Milk
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger
Best Actress: Kate Winslet
Best Actor: Sean Penn
Best Director: Danny Boyle (from Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
And accompanying that, Tim Dickson's stream of consciousness:
Tim (7:47:38 PM): this is weird, 5 presenters, 1 per nominee
Tim (7:57:24 PM): Boom! thats one for me
Tim (7:57:31 PM): 1 for 2 so far
Tim (8:01:52 PM): 1 for 3, i kinda suck at this apparently
Tim (8:07:23 PM): 2 for 4 with the obvious wall-e award
Tim (8:42:49 PM): first movie of 2009 worth seeing (that i am aware of): April 24th, the Soloist comes out, if the movie is as good as the story its trying to tell it will be a great film
Tim (9:08:31 PM): and heath ledger wins, 3 for 5
Tim (10:02:43 PM): Slumdog Millionaire is an unstoppable juggernaut of award winning
Tim (10:07:32 PM): WOW
Tim (10:08:05 PM): Departures wins best foreign language film, making me 3 for 6 regardless of if you take my personal pick or what i thought would win
Tim (10:19:38 PM): damn, im not sure ill get over 50% now thanks to that
Tim (10:20:58 PM): ok 4 of 7, danny boyle takes director
Tim (10:26:59 PM): alright best actress...come on big upset in my favor
Tim (10:32:52 PM): well, i personally picked hathaway but was correct in saying winslet would take it, im now 4 of 8
Tim (10:43:41 PM): still 4 of 8 as sean penn wins
Tim (10:43:46 PM): very very very deservingly
Tim (10:46:00 PM): 4 of 9 i mean
Tim (10:53:32 PM): and i finish 5 of 10, slumdog juggernaut wins best picture
Tim (11:01:28 PM): so hillary swank will be playing amelia earhart, i dont know if disappearing carries the same weight as being beaten to death
Tim (11:01:50 PM): but, she will die at the end of the film, so consider her the frontrunner for next year's best actress award
There you have it folks! A fine performance by Tim - 5/10 may not seem like much, but he did predict several upsets and acknowledged as such in his total writeup. Plus, a tip for next year: see The Soloist!
Happy film-going everyone!
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Adapted Screenplay: Frost/Nixon
Best Original Screenplay: Milk
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke
Best Director: Danny Boyle (from Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
And here are the Actual Winners of the major Oscars in 2009! I've highlighted Tim's wins w/ red type.
Best Foreign Language Film: Departures
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay: Milk
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger
Best Actress: Kate Winslet
Best Actor: Sean Penn
Best Director: Danny Boyle (from Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
And accompanying that, Tim Dickson's stream of consciousness:
Tim (7:47:38 PM): this is weird, 5 presenters, 1 per nominee
Tim (7:57:24 PM): Boom! thats one for me
Tim (7:57:31 PM): 1 for 2 so far
Tim (8:01:52 PM): 1 for 3, i kinda suck at this apparently
Tim (8:07:23 PM): 2 for 4 with the obvious wall-e award
Tim (8:42:49 PM): first movie of 2009 worth seeing (that i am aware of): April 24th, the Soloist comes out, if the movie is as good as the story its trying to tell it will be a great film
Tim (9:08:31 PM): and heath ledger wins, 3 for 5
Tim (10:02:43 PM): Slumdog Millionaire is an unstoppable juggernaut of award winning
Tim (10:07:32 PM): WOW
Tim (10:08:05 PM): Departures wins best foreign language film, making me 3 for 6 regardless of if you take my personal pick or what i thought would win
Tim (10:19:38 PM): damn, im not sure ill get over 50% now thanks to that
Tim (10:20:58 PM): ok 4 of 7, danny boyle takes director
Tim (10:26:59 PM): alright best actress...come on big upset in my favor
Tim (10:32:52 PM): well, i personally picked hathaway but was correct in saying winslet would take it, im now 4 of 8
Tim (10:43:41 PM): still 4 of 8 as sean penn wins
Tim (10:43:46 PM): very very very deservingly
Tim (10:46:00 PM): 4 of 9 i mean
Tim (10:53:32 PM): and i finish 5 of 10, slumdog juggernaut wins best picture
Tim (11:01:28 PM): so hillary swank will be playing amelia earhart, i dont know if disappearing carries the same weight as being beaten to death
Tim (11:01:50 PM): but, she will die at the end of the film, so consider her the frontrunner for next year's best actress award
There you have it folks! A fine performance by Tim - 5/10 may not seem like much, but he did predict several upsets and acknowledged as such in his total writeup. Plus, a tip for next year: see The Soloist!
Happy film-going everyone!