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SandWitch King
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Feb 24 2007, 4:32pm
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You too can be an Academy Award voter!
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(Moderators do what you must, but this is a deadline thing)
Over the the least visited part of the new boards we are taking votes for ALLLLL the categories of the Academy Awards which happen tomorrow night. I am here to inform you that A) It is a fun part of the site B) GO VOTE!
I will stop taking votes at noon tomorrow, Mountain Time, and post the results. Actually I can't turn the vote mechanism off, but I will take a tally and send the official results to be posted on TORn's main page. So, if you want your vote to count, vote now!
Once upon a time I was MrCere. I still am but this name is for posting and being part of the community while that one is for official business. 8-)
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Ataahua
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Feb 24 2007, 4:38pm
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but half the films haven't opened in NZ yet.
*drums fingers*
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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SandWitch King
Rohan
Feb 24 2007, 4:55pm
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Then you are far ahead of many real voters!
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Word is that many genuine Academy voters simply vote for friends or vote for somebody who deserves to win without watching many or all of the films.
For example, here is a quote I read in a bathroom stall in Hollywood near the Kodak Theater back in the day:
"That Ron Howard, he is such a good boy! I think I will vote for his "A Beautiful Mind" movie rather than that dreadful, scary Lord of the Rings film which is really just a trilogy that I might vote for at the end of the series, if it all."
We are definitely not taking anything too seriously and, if you only vote for what you have seen or what you feel like voting for, good enough.
Once upon a time I was MrCere. I still am but this name is for posting and being part of the community while that one is for official business. 8-)
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Ataahua
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Feb 24 2007, 8:11pm
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re: "Word is that many genuine Academy voters
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simply vote for friends or vote for somebody who deserves to win without watching many or all of the films."
Well that explains a lot!
Personally if I got 50-odd freebie movies to watch before a vote, I'd lock the door for a week and enjoy the marathon.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Daughter of Nienna
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Feb 24 2007, 10:40pm
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Top 8 categories:
Best Picture:
Want to win: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Predict to win: THE DEPARTED (or Babel or Sunshine)
Actor:
Want to win: Forest Whitaker or Will Smith
Predict to win: Forest Whitaker (Sprit Award nom for ‘American Gun’).
* NOTE: the Independent spirit awards take place on the 24th, the day before Oscar on IFC
Actress:
Want to win: Judi Dench
Predict to win: Helen Mirren
Supporting Actor:
Want to win: Djimon Hounsou
Predict to win: Eddie Murphy (same holds true for him as for Mirren & Whitaker)
Supporting Actress:
Want to win: Cate Blanchett
Predict to win: Jennifer Hudson
Directing:
Want to win: Martin Scorsese, or Clint Eastwood
Predict to win: Martin Scorsese
Adapted Screenplay: ?
Want to win: William Monahan (DEPARTED) or Patrick Marber (NOTES)
Predict to win: William Monahan
Original Screenplay: (tough race)
Want to win: LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Predict to win: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (has to win a consolation prize)
~~~~~~~~~ Production Categories ~~~~~~~~~~
Cinematography:
Want to win: THE ILLUSIONIST
Predict to win: CHILDREN OF MEN
Film Editing:
Want to win: UNITED 93
Predict to win: BABEL or UNITED 93
Visual Effects:
Want to win: Mark Stetson (LotR) (Superman Returns)
Predict to win: Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Art Direction:
Want to win: PAN'S LABYRINTH
Predict to win: PAN'S LABYRINTH
Costume:
Want to win: CURSE of the GOLDEN FLOWER
Predict to win: ¬ MARIE ANTOINETTE
Makeup:
Want to win: PAN'S LABYRINTH
Predict to win: PAN'S LABYRINTH
Original Score:
Want to win: THE QUEEN ?? (don’t remember music)
Predict to win: THE QUEEN
Original Song:
Want to win: “I NEED TO WAKE UP” — An Inconvenient Truth
Predict to win: “LISTEN” (Henry Krieger (3rd), Scott Cutler (1st), Anne Preven (1st), Byoncé Knowles)
Sound Editing and
Want to win: PIRATES
Predict to win: PIRATES
NOTE: Our own Christopher Boyes from LotR films is the nominee (Mixing nom, too /a>).
Sound Mixing:
Want to win: PIRATES (LotR Christopher Boyes)
Predict to win: DREAMGIRLS
~~~~~~~~~ Other Types of Film ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Foreign Language Film:
Want to win: PAN'S LABYRINTH, but I’m also pulling for ‘Water’
Predict to win: PAN'S LABYRINTH
Animated Feature Film:
Want to win: Happy Feet
Predict to win: Cars
Documentary Feature:
Want to win: Iraq in Fragments or An Inconvenient Truth
Predict to win: An Inconvenient Truth
SHORTS:
Documentary Short:
Want to win: ??????
Predict to win: Two Hands
Live Action Short: ( I actually saw all of these)
Want to win: Binta and the Great Idea or West Bank Story
Predict to win: Eramos Pocos (EW predicts tis one0
Animated: Short:
Want to win: ???????
Predict to win: The Little Matchgirl
Don't forget the Independent awards on IFC today...on right now...may replay again later.
Websites Directory, my drawings,Aloha & Mahalo
Nienna: “ those who hearken to her learn pity, and endurance in hope . . . All those who wait in Mandos cry to her, for she brings strength to the spirit and turns sorrow to wisdom." — Valaquenta
(This post was edited by Daughter of Nienna on Feb 24 2007, 10:42pm)
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