Sent! I ended up going with a mix of strategic and non-strategic; I couldn't bring myself to remove my #1 performance of the year (Lavant) from the list mostly out of sheer paranoia.
But in crafting it, I was doubly reminded of another EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FYC:
QUEEN MELISSA LEO in FRANCINE
Send.
Will have fun doing this tonight.
FYC: Isabel Muñoz Cardoso in Tabu
I actually remembered to send in a ballot this time! FYC:
Jack Black, Bernie
Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister's Sister
Michelle Williams, Take This Waltz
Anders Danielsen Lie, Oslo, August 31st
Mark Duplass, Safety Not Guaranteed
Oh dear, I forgot about Anders Danielsen LieHe better make the list.
He's on my ballot, so if bryan also voted for him, he's on the longlist. Not to worry.
I will marshall all the forces of darkness to hound you to an assisted suicide - Peter Capaldi, In The Loop
And I'm sure we're not the only two.Originally Posted by Aurelius
Yes, he was on my ballot as well.
And mine too. Anders power!
FYC
Upstream Color - Best Picture
Shane Carruth - Upstream Color - Best Director
The Act of Killing - Best Documentary
I forgot him and feel awful. He was so. GOOOD!!!!!!
I tried, but "with_one_voice has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space."
What time today are these due? I'm seeing Amour this evening...
MARCH 2013 PLAYLIST
Yeah, Oscar, I know. Like these people had Academy Award nominations in third grade.
11:59pm EST / 8:59pm PST / 4:59am (Monday) GMT
I'm so glad I found this thread! How could I not vote in this?!?! Sending now!
Ugh. I never know how to vote for these! There is about a million times more strategy involved than with INOCA.
You can do it, Naomi! You're...
ONLY 10 EASY STEPS AWAY FROM OSCAR!
1.) Bankrupt small, independent distributor via massive Oscar campaign. Failing that, proceed to...
2.) Cash in King Kong residual checks to pay for FYC advertisements from Kinko's.
3.) To avoid getting sent straight to VOD, attach entire film as a "trailer" to another film people actually want to see. And then...
4.) Try to do it Lahti-style and win Academy Award for Best Short Film.
5.) Avoid telling a story that everyone already knows by adding exciting details and/or gratuitous editing.
6. Carefully and patiently weather the wrath of film critics/the royal family/the tabloids/Diana-maniacs for trying to add said details. (Good luck!)
7. Find all of the boxes with "August: Osage County" screeners and slip in self-made cam bootleg from premiere screening at Lowes...the hardware store.
(Not Loews, the movie theater -- too expensive!)
8. Trick octogenarian Oscar voters into thinking that you are, in fact, a real princess. (Hey, it worked on Eva Marie Saint!)
9. On Oscar night, have camera crews come to Nicole's house, Joan Crawford-style, so you can win and keep your day job.
10. OSCAR!
I just went with five that I really considered the best and five that I really liked, but was afraid they might not have enough votes to make the longlist. Therefore I left off people like Daniel Day-Lewis in favor of people like Jack Black in Bernie.
I went all strategic with the exception of one or two performances. I also split mine evenly -- 5 guys, 5 girls.
Will Oscar have Riva Fever?
Mine was split 5 and 5 too.
I wonder how many members of the Cloud Atlas cast we can get on the shortlist!
You can do it, Naomi! You're...
ONLY 10 EASY STEPS AWAY FROM OSCAR!
1.) Bankrupt small, independent distributor via massive Oscar campaign. Failing that, proceed to...
2.) Cash in King Kong residual checks to pay for FYC advertisements from Kinko's.
3.) To avoid getting sent straight to VOD, attach entire film as a "trailer" to another film people actually want to see. And then...
4.) Try to do it Lahti-style and win Academy Award for Best Short Film.
5.) Avoid telling a story that everyone already knows by adding exciting details and/or gratuitous editing.
6. Carefully and patiently weather the wrath of film critics/the royal family/the tabloids/Diana-maniacs for trying to add said details. (Good luck!)
7. Find all of the boxes with "August: Osage County" screeners and slip in self-made cam bootleg from premiere screening at Lowes...the hardware store.
(Not Loews, the movie theater -- too expensive!)
8. Trick octogenarian Oscar voters into thinking that you are, in fact, a real princess. (Hey, it worked on Eva Marie Saint!)
9. On Oscar night, have camera crews come to Nicole's house, Joan Crawford-style, so you can win and keep your day job.
10. OSCAR!
There was one on my list, which was basically ALL strategic, lol. I expect, at most, four of my picks to make it.I wonder how many members of the Cloud Atlas cast we can get on the shortlist!
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