Oscar Contest 2019 - 15th Anniversary!

[James]

Animated Views is giving away $50 worth of movies — your choice of either an Amazon gift card or a Fandango gift card — during our 15th Annual Oscar Event! All you have to do is predict who is going to win at the 91st Annual Academy Awards (to be held on Sunday, February 24th, and televised on ABC). The person with the most correct picks will win!

Make your prediction in each category using this form. Don't forget to fill in your Animated Views forum username and password (check your profile if you have forgotten and to confirm that your email address is still correct). Not a forum member? Registration is free and easy so why not sign-up now!

The reason we require forum registration is because it's an easy way for us to confirm your email address and to weed out spambots — you never have to actually use the forum if you don't want to and, other than a message to confirm your address (and another if you win!), we do not send forum members emails.

All entries must be received by Friday, February 22nd, at 11:59pm ET. One entry per person please. If you send more than one entry, only the first one received will be counted.

And our Oscar Event will continue with live chat during the telecast! We'll talk about the people, the fashions, the story-lines, and the awards. We'll also be keeping track who is winning our contest in real time! Results will also be posted online as the awards are announced.

NOTE: I made some changes to the code this year. Let me know of any issues as soon as possible!

[James]

Here are a few links that might be useful.

- This is the contest page with the ballot and rules: http://animatedviews.com/oscars/2019/

- This is a list of all the people who have entered. On Oscar night this link will keep a live running score of who is winning the contest: http://animatedviews.com/oscars/2019/results.php

- This link will allow you to review what you picked and give you the option to download/print a PDF file of all the nominees with your picks highlighted: http://animatedviews.com/oscars/2019/review.html

[James]

PREVIOUS WINNERS
(and the number they predicted right out of the 22 categories we count)

2005 - DarrenBest (18)
2006 - dgaspar (18), Mercury52 (18)
2007 - Jim Figley (14)
2008 - MrDy83 (16)
2009 - MileHighCinephile (20), Bobbleheadbuddha (20)
2010 - Jafar (19), reeg2223 (18)
2011 - rmh (20)
2012 - Bobbleheadbuddha (18), Soraly (18)
2013 - leonorab (20)
2014 - rgross3, brobr6, djp2000, GeorgeMonkey, instlouis, Jafar, leonorab, ripkenkid843, WalkingDisaster, Joe Kenobi (21)
2015 - dgaspar, Unbreakable Samurai (19)
2016 - Msonsky (18)
2017 - dmccd777 (17)
2018 - woodsbaker, jwvaughn007 (21)

RECORDS

- Most wins: 2
Bobbleheadbuddha (2009, 2012)
Jafar (2010, 2014)
leonorab (2013, 2014)
dgaspar (2006, 2015)

- Most consecutive wins: 2
leonorab (2013, 2014)

- Most correct picks (out of the 22 categories we count): 21
tie between ten people in 2014 and two people in 2018

- Easiest year to predict: 2014
ten winners correctly predicted 21 of 22 categories

- Toughest year to predict: 2007
one winner correctly predicted 14 of 22 categories

[Dacey]

Almost no frontrunners this year, so this is going to take a lot of guessing!

[Bill1978]

For the past few years I've been boring and just picked the winners from each Guild. This year I'm throwing caution to the wind and just gonna vote for my actual favourite (or who I want to win) in each category. It's not like the guilds have ever helped me win, so why not just go with potluck

[Dacey]

Of the Best Picture nominations I've seen, A Star is Born is the one I loved the most. Profoundly moving and raw, but it's looking like its award chances have slimmed over the past few weeks.

Still, fingers crossed. Who knows? My votes might just improve its chances.

[ohmahaaha]

Thanks for doing this again, James - always fun!

[gaastra]

I do so awful every year at this but have fun so I do it anyways! Wow last year went by so fast.

[Ben]

You need to see Judy Garland and James Mason, Dacey. Like, desperately.

[EricJ]

You need to see Judy Garland and James Mason, Dacey. Like, desperately.

Anyone (like, opportunistically culture-parasiting singers with little guy-eyes and big guy-shoulders) who think it began with a 70's Barbara Streisand movie about rock singers, needs to. ALSO desperately.

[Dacey]

Ballot submitted!

And I've actually seen all four versions, having seen the first three films years ago. The Garland version is heartbreaking, of course, though sadly the so-called "original version" is apparently lost as it was shortened by a studio that was concerned over it being overly long (so the DVD I saw the film on at least has some "original scenes" in terrible condition or including audio only, but maybe that's changed in the years since? I'm a little sketchy on the details regarding how this happened, but it is a darn shame).

For my money, I was a little let down the Gaga version didn't include the moving final line (which actually originates from the 30's version), but her "curtain call" is such an emotionally exhausting moment that I also think it works fine without it. And there's a terrific (and haunting) nod to the Garland film early on with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" being used briefly by Gaga over the opening titles, and her voice has such great classical range that I almost thought it was like a demo track of Garland singing at first!

(And no one thinks it "began" with the Streisand film)

[James]

Tomorrow is the last day to enter this year's Oscar Contest!

[James]

Oscars are tonight! Follow along to see live contest results at the link below. Note a new feature: you can mouse over the grid to see what fellow competitors chose in each category!

http://animatedviews.com/oscars/2019/results.php

And don't forget our live chat:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7560

[James]

Congratulations to this year's winner: D82, who got 19 of 22 categories right!

Thanks to all who entered. See how you fared on the contest results page!

[James]

For the past few years I've been boring and just picked the winners from each Guild. This year I'm throwing caution to the wind and just gonna vote for my actual favourite (or who I want to win) in each category. It's not like the guilds have ever helped me win, so why not just go with potluck

Looks like that strategy didn't work either!