Oscars 2007
I won the Oscar pool this year, making me six dollars richer than I was this morning. I got 15 categories right, and missed in 9. Mind you, my choices were based on what I thought would win, which was sometimes different than what I wanted to win. Here's what I missed:
What Won (My Pick)
Best Picture: No Country For Old Men (There Will Be Blood)
Actress: Marion Cotillard (Cate Blanchett)
Documentary Feature: Taxi to the Dark Side (Sicko)
Documentary Short: Freeheld (Salim Baba)
Art Direction: Sweeney Todd (There Will Be Blood)
Makeup: La Vie en Rose (Pirates of the Caribbean 3)
Visual Effects: The Golden Compass (Pirates of the Caribbean 3)
Original Score: Atonement (3:10 to Yuma)
Foreign Language Film: The Counterfeiters (12)
Clearly I have a soft spot in my heart for There Will Be Blood -- a soft spot mocked and openly derided by the Academy. Thank god Daniel Day-Lewis won, and the cinematography.
Roger Deakins was nominated twice, but didn't win. I wonder if votes by Roger Deakins fans were diluted between the two nominations, preventing him from winning and making him, in effect, his own Ralph Nader.
Correctly guessing Live Action Short and Animated Short, having seen none of them, made me feel a bit better about the money I lost at the roulette wheel last year. There's a 20% chance of randomly choosing correctly in each category. Does getting both mean a 20% of 20% chance (I think that's 4%)? It's been a long time since high school statistics. Well, these six dollars puts me about 8% closer to winning back what that wheel took from me.
Speaking of films I didn't see, the Oscar for best Documentary Short going to "Freeheld" instead of "Salim Baba" was a travesty -- the latter's title is much more fun to say out loud.
Can someone explain to me the difference between Sound Editing and Sound Mixing?
I have mixed feelings about Diablo Cody winning for Original Screenplay (though I did pick Juno). At least she seemed to appreciate the recognition, as opposed to Joel and Ethan Coen, who appeared disinterested and aloof. I also suggest Ethan brush his teeth before he attends future award ceremonies. I loved No Country For Old Men, and have watched it twice (something I almost never do); I just thought There Will Be Blood was better.
What Won (My Pick)
Best Picture: No Country For Old Men (There Will Be Blood)
Actress: Marion Cotillard (Cate Blanchett)
Documentary Feature: Taxi to the Dark Side (Sicko)
Documentary Short: Freeheld (Salim Baba)
Art Direction: Sweeney Todd (There Will Be Blood)
Makeup: La Vie en Rose (Pirates of the Caribbean 3)
Visual Effects: The Golden Compass (Pirates of the Caribbean 3)
Original Score: Atonement (3:10 to Yuma)
Foreign Language Film: The Counterfeiters (12)
Clearly I have a soft spot in my heart for There Will Be Blood -- a soft spot mocked and openly derided by the Academy. Thank god Daniel Day-Lewis won, and the cinematography.
Roger Deakins was nominated twice, but didn't win. I wonder if votes by Roger Deakins fans were diluted between the two nominations, preventing him from winning and making him, in effect, his own Ralph Nader.
Correctly guessing Live Action Short and Animated Short, having seen none of them, made me feel a bit better about the money I lost at the roulette wheel last year. There's a 20% chance of randomly choosing correctly in each category. Does getting both mean a 20% of 20% chance (I think that's 4%)? It's been a long time since high school statistics. Well, these six dollars puts me about 8% closer to winning back what that wheel took from me.
Speaking of films I didn't see, the Oscar for best Documentary Short going to "Freeheld" instead of "Salim Baba" was a travesty -- the latter's title is much more fun to say out loud.
Can someone explain to me the difference between Sound Editing and Sound Mixing?
I have mixed feelings about Diablo Cody winning for Original Screenplay (though I did pick Juno). At least she seemed to appreciate the recognition, as opposed to Joel and Ethan Coen, who appeared disinterested and aloof. I also suggest Ethan brush his teeth before he attends future award ceremonies. I loved No Country For Old Men, and have watched it twice (something I almost never do); I just thought There Will Be Blood was better.