2021 Oscars Contest - Oscars is on April 25th!

[vbbetterthanbb]

Deadline is of course Sunday 4/25 5p CA time.

Each correct pick gets 1 point, ties possible.

As I have mentioned a while ago, let’s have more fun with this. Everybody can make 2 entries:
1. A complete entry (with best guesses if you haven’t seen all the nominated movies), to try to win the contest.
2. A second “My Favorites” entry, based largely on nominated movies you have seen in whole or pieces of. This entry does not need to include all categories.

Hopefully we'll have enough “My Favorites” entries to compile our own “VT-Oscars” winners!

If you have already entered previously, you might want to edit or add!

Oh, and don’t worry about entry format, or even complete and correct spellings in your entries. I’ll tabulate all picks that I can reasonably interpret.

Here are the Oscars Nominees for the contest:

===Best Picture===
Father The
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
Trial of the Chicago 7
===Best Director===
Another Round - Thomas Vinterberg
Mank - David Fincher
Minari - Lee Isaac Chung
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell
===Best Actor===
Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins - Father The
Gary Oldman - Mank
Steven Yeun - Minari
===Best Actress===
Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day - United States v. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand - Nomadland
Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman
===Best Supporting Actor===
Sacha Baron Cohen - Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami
Paul Raci - Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield - Judas and the Black Messiah
===Best Supporting Actress===
Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman - Father The
Amanda Seyfried - Mank
Yuh-jung Youn - Minari
===Best Animated Feature Film===
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun the Sheep Movie - Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
===Best Adapted Screenplay===
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Father The
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
White Tiger
===Best Original Screenplay===
Judas and the Black Messiah.
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
Trial of the Chicago 7
===Best Cinematography===
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
Trial of the Chicago 7

[vbbetterthanbb]

My favorites, but so many close calls:
===Best Picture===
Trial of the Chicago 7
===Best Director===
Another Round - Thomas Vinterberg
===Best Actor===
Anthony Hopkins - Father The
===Best Actress===
Andra Day - United States v. Billie Holiday
===Best Supporting Actor===
Paul Raci - Sound of Metal
===Best Supporting Actress===
Olivia Colman - Father The
===Best Animated Feature Film===
Soul
===Best Adapted Screenplay===
Father The
===Best Original Screenplay===
Trial of the Chicago 7
===Best Cinematography===
Nomadland

For the contest:
===Best Picture===
Nomadland
===Best Director===
Nomadland - Chloé Zhao
===Best Actor===
Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
===Best Actress===
Frances McDormand - Nomadland
===Best Supporting Actor===
Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah
===Best Supporting Actress===
Yuh-jung Youn - Minari
===Best Animated Feature Film===
Soul
===Best Adapted Screenplay===
Nomadland
===Best Original Screenplay===
Trial of the Chicago 7
===Best Cinematography===
Nomadland

[vbbetterthanbb]

Reserved.

[Wolfgang]

===Best Picture===
Trial of the Chicago 7
===Best Director===
Mank - David Fincher
===Best Actor===
Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
===Best Actress===
Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
===Best Supporting Actor===
Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami
===Best Supporting Actress===
Glenn Close - Hillbilly Elegy
===Best Animated Feature Film===
Wolfwalkers
===Best Adapted Screenplay===
White Tiger
===Best Original Screenplay===
Judas and the Black Messiah.
===Best Cinematography===
Nomadland

[Wolfgang]

I had to go with Wolfwalkers, whatever that is.

[ironhammer]

Saw the White Tiger. Its a pretty good movie.

[vbbetterthanbb]

Mar 17, 2021 20:18:33 GMT -5 ironhammer said:

Saw the White Tiger. Its a pretty good movie.

Agree. Interesting story telling setup.

[geddyleeridesagain]

A little Oscars/volleyball connection: David Fincher’s daughter was a DS/L and beach player at UCLA.

[geddyleeridesagain]

Mar 17, 2021 19:53:33 GMT -5 Wolfgang said:

I had to go with Wolfwalkers, whatever that is.

It’s really good.

[geddyleeridesagain]

===Best Picture===
Nomadland
===Best Director===
Chloe Zhao
===Best Actor===
Chadwick Boseman
===Best Actress===
Carrie Mulligan
===Best Supporting Actor===
Daniel Kaluuya
===Best Supporting Actress===
Youn Yu-jung
===Best Animated Feature Film===
Soul
===Best Adapted Screenplay===
Nomadland
===Best Original Screenplay===
Trial of the Chicago 7
===Best Cinematography===
Nomadland

[ironhammer]

Mar 17, 2021 20:29:29 GMT -5 vbbetterthanbb said:

Mar 17, 2021 20:18:33 GMT -5 ironhammer said:

Saw the White Tiger. Its a pretty good movie.

Agree. Interesting story telling setup.

I find it quite a contrast to Slumdog (the movie that White Tiger is always compare to). Slum Dog had a hero you can root for and a fantasy plot to enjoy. Whereas in White Tiger, the anti-hero, if you can call him that, makes you question his assumptions (he hints that he is not a reliable narrator at the start). It asked hard questions about the growing inequality without easy answers, because in White Tiger, none of the characters come up out looking good. That is on purpose, I think, to make you question the structure they live under to make them act that way.

While some aspects of White Tiger is very Indian-specific (i.e. caste), the bigger issue it raises, globalization's impact on social inequality, is experienced in many Western countries too. That aspect of the movie I think global audience can relate to.

[trojansc]

Mar 17, 2021 5:45:08 GMT -5 vbbetterthanbb said:

Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Viola Davis - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sacha Baron Cohen - Trial of the Chicago 7
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Sometimes I do feel like I live under a rock. Out of everything on the list, these are the only familiar names/what I've heard of. I couldn't identify Chadwick Boseman or Sasha Baron Cohen by picture if you asked me, and I've only heard of Borat, never watched it.

And I lived in LA for 10 years of my life. I probably waited on so many famous people when I worked in a couple fancy restaurants and genuinely had no idea.. Well, to be fair, I did recognize Hillary Duff and knew it was her. Her voice was like a dead giveaway though. She was really sweet, actually.

[Wolfgang]

I read The White Tiger (by Aravind Adiga). I loved it. I haven't seen the film.

[vbbetterthanbb]

Intrigued by the story line behind Mank, I decided to first watch Citizen Kane – something that I had wanted to do for years as CK was so touted. CK was good, but I liked Mank better. Maybe I am still too young for CK?

[vbbetterthanbb]

Mar 17, 2021 21:02:13 GMT -5 geddyleeridesagain said:

===Best Picture===
Nomadland
===Best Director===
Chloe Zhao
===Best Actor===
Chadwick Boseman
===Best Actress===
Carrie Mulligan
===Best Supporting Actor===
Daniel Kaluuya
===Best Supporting Actress===
Youn Yu-jung
===Best Animated Feature Film===
Soul
===Best Adapted Screenplay===
Nomadland
===Best Original Screenplay===
Trial of the Chicago 7
===Best Cinematography===
Nomadland

I have to say, your choice combination is more likely to win than mine. Are those personal choices as you have seen those movies?