Oscar Simulation 2012!!
Basically, this is an Oscar voting simulation! Anyone who wants to vote can do so here. These are based on your own personal preferences. It's not a predictions contest. Just follow the instructions below, submit your personal ballot and after the deadline, I will tabulate the results based on the Academy's system (preferential for Best Picture, regular voting for all the other categories) and post them shortly afterwards.
2010 Results here.
2011 Results here.
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Instructions: Please Read Carefully!
1. Copy and Paste the HTML code in the below scroll box into a comment in this entry.
2. Fill out the ballot based on your personal choices from the nominees listed below. You MUST pick only from the nominees list. You can leave a category blank if you want.
3. For Best Picture, you need to rank the nominees in order of your preference. #1 would be your favorite of the nominees, #9 your least favorite (since there are 9 nominees). Pretty simple.
4. For the other categories, you only vote for ONE of the nominees that is your favorite. All the categories will be included, except for the "short" features just because people typically have never seen them. For acting categories, please write in the Actors Name, Film Title. For example: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady. For the writing/music/tech categories, you can just write the name of the film and can leave out all the people's names (cause there are too many).
5. If you don't feel qualified to judge certain categories like the techs, you are free to just vote for which film is your favorite. I'm pretty sure that's what people in the AMPAS do anyways.
6. There is an extra category called "Should have been nominated for Best Picture". Write in ONE movie that you personally thought deserved a Best Picture nomination but did not get nominated. HOWEVER this movie has to be one of the films that was deemed eligible for this year's Oscars (must be a 2011 release, had a qualifying run, etc).
7. Comments will be screened. It's the closest thing we have to a secret ballot so no one else will be able to see your ballot except yourself and me (cause I have to tally it up!). No peer pressure. And since they will be secret ballot, NO ANONYMOUS SUBMISSIONS PLEASE. If your ballot is anonymously submitted, it will not count. If I notice anything unclear in your ballot, I will reply to your comment to let you know so you can come back to fix it or explain what you meant.
8. Ballots need to be submitted by February 13th. So you'll have plenty of time to watch any films you haven't seen yet or mull over your decisions. But if you already know what you want to vote for, you should just submit earlier than later. Results will be revealed shortly afterward depending on how many ballots need to be counted. Try to submit as early as possible.
9. Finally, have fun!
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Oscar Ballot 2012
Best Picture:
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Should've been nominated for Best Picture:
Best Director:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Original Screenplay:
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Best Animated Feature:
Best Original Score:
Best Original Song:
Best Art Direction:
Best Costume Design:
Best Cinematography:
Best Editing:
Best Visual Effects:
Best Make-Up:
Best Sound Editing:
Best Sound Mixing:
Best Documentary:
Best Foreign Film:
And the nominees are...
Best Picture
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"Moneyball"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Actor
Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"
Best Actress
Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"
Best Original Screenplay
"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi
Best Adapted Screenplay
"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
Best Animated Feature
"A Cat in Paris"
"Chico & Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"
"Rango"
Best Original Score
"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams
Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Best Art Direction
"The Artist"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Midnight in Paris"
"War Horse"
Best Costume Design
"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips
Best Cinematography
"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski
Best Editing
"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen
Best Visual Effects
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"Real Steel"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Best Make-Up
"Albert Nobbs"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"The Iron Lady"
Best Sound Editing
"Drive"
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"
Best Sound Mixing
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"
Best Documentary
"Hell and Back Again"
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
"Pina"
"Undefeated"
Best Foreign Film
"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran
Please submit ballots in the comment area below. Or if you have any questions, post them here and I'll try to clarify.