CAYOM Year 8 Oscar Ceremony (Starting in 20-30 minutes)

[Alpha]

The Giver or Cinema Studies is winning Best Picture. Holy crap.

 

Oh yeah. :D :D

[Ezen Baklattan]

Oh yeah. :D :D

Or Riczhang is incredibly evil.

[riczhang]

Meryl: And now welcome legendary actress, Sophia Loren. 

 

 

Sophia: Acting is much more than just the individual, it is also the culmination of all the acting in the movie. I'm proud to present Best Ensemble. Here are the nominees: 

 

The Bronx is BurningThe Concert’s EndThe GiverMushishiStarcraft: Brood Wars

 

And the winner is: The Concert's EndMichael Fassbender: Thanks everyone! It is truly an honour to get this award, recognizing our entire cast's very hard and dedicated work.Ben Kingsley: I agree. I just want to thank the cast: Michael, Rupert, Viggo, Berenice, Tom, Anthony, Shirley, John, Michael Caine, Cillian, Jason, Julian, Mark, James D'Arcy, Jared, Timothy, Michael Culkin, David, Alan, Neil, Stephen, Jonnny, Tom, James McAvoy, Paul, Joseph, Liam, Robert and JImi. And a huge thanks to our brilliant director, Kenneth Branagh. You made us and this film what it is.

[Alpha]

The Giver just won Best Picture.

 

[rukaio101]

Little surprise there. Giver to win BP. (Although I would love it so much if CS did instead, if only for Alpha's reaction.)

[4815162342]

Riczhang didn't major in math you guys.

 

Just saying.

[riczhang]

Meryl: And now for Best Picture, we have...... Hm.... I have to check the script again: The teleprompter is blank. [ducks behind the curtain] Oh, it's me! I'm sure you guys are all very tired at this point, seeing as it's been 4 hours. So here are the nominees. 

 

The Bronx is BurningCinema StudiesFlowers for AlgernonThe GiverResonance

 

And the winner is: The Giver!Meryl: Oh Awesome! I'm in it, aren't I? At least the real one anyways :PDavid Lynch: Thanks guys. This is such a shock, but we'll take it. Thanks guys!

[riczhang]

Riczhang didn't major in math you guys.

 

Just saying.

 

True I did Economics and History

[Ezen Baklattan]

[Rorschach]

[Alpha]

...

 

...

 

...

 

I'm hyperventilating. THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS!

[Rorschach]

A weird year to one of the weirdest years in CAYOM history.

[Rorschach]

End*

[4815162342]

The Giver is the 3rd best of the nominees to win, so it is acceptable I suppose. 

[4815162342]

Now post the point totals so Alpha can see how close he was to not winning

[Rorschach]

When is the full list of winners coming?

[riczhang]

The Votes: 

 

Best Picture
The Giver – 24 (3)
The Bronx is Burning – 24 (2)

Cinema Studies – 19 (You were actually leading until the last two ballots)

Flowers for Algernon – 19

Resonance – 19

Best Animated Feature
The Legend of Redwall – 33

Hand Drawn Heroes – 27

Catch That Pigeon – 17

Avatar: The Last Airbender – 15

Thomas was Alone – 13

Best Director
Guillermo del Toro – Mushishi – 26

Martin Scorsese – The Bronx is Burning – 24

Darren Aronofsky – Resonance

David Lynch – The Giver – 18

Tim Burton – Flowers for Algernon - 15

Best Ensemble
The Concert’s End – 28 (This tightened up so much with the last 2 ballots. At one point this was the biggest lead in all categories)

Mushishi – 24

The Bronx is Burning – 21

The Giver – 20

Starcraft: Brood Wars - 12

Best Actor
Liam Neeson – Resonance - 25
Jared Leto – Flowers for Algernon - 23

Stanley Tucci – The Bronx is Burning - 22
Michael Fassbender – The Concert’s End - 18
Colin Farrell – Mushishi - 17

Best Actress
Isla Fisher – Flowers for Algernon – 32
Anna-Sophia Robb – Cinema Studies – 25

Sigourney Weaver – Mushishi – 17
Mia Wasikowska – Two Way Road – 16
Rose Byrne – The Who’s Tommy – 15

Best Supporting Actor
Chiwetel Eijiofor – The Bronx is Burning – 32

Jeff Bridges – The Giver – 22

Ben Kingsley – The Concert’s End – 22
Gael Garcia Bernal – Resonance – 16

Clive Owen – Two Way road – 13

Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter – Flowers for Algernon – 27 (This race flipped tit for tat like the entire way through. At least HBC won )

Rose Byrne – Mushishi – 26
Berenice Bejo – The Concert’s End – 18
Salma Hayek – Resonance – 18
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss – Cinema Studies – 16

Best Voice Actor/Actress in a Leading Role (I debated voting to break the tie, but decided against it )
Jesse Eisenberg – The Legend of Redwall – 23 ( 2-2-1-1-0)
Neil Patrick Harris – Hand Drawn Heroes – 23 (2-2-1-1-0)
Andy Serkis – Catch That Pigeon – 18
Demi Lovato – Hard to Find – 13
Dante Basco – Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Search – 13

Best Voice Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role
John Hurt – The Legend of Redwall – 26
Mark Hamill – Hand Drawn Heroes – 21
John Hamm – Starcraft: Brood War – 16
Alan Tudyk – Dresden Files: Storm Front – 15
Keith Szarabajka – Dragon Age: Awakening – 12

Best Original Screenplay
The Concert’s End – 26
Resonance – 24
Cinema Studies – 21
The Deadline – 19
Two Way Road – 15

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Bronx is Burning – 27
Flowers for Algernon – 21
Hand Drawn Heroes – 20
Mushishi – 20
The Giver – 17

Best Original Score (This was a last minute flip category that started off with a large lead )
Joe Hisashi – Mushishi – 25
Patrick Doyle – The Concert’s End – 24
Danny Elfman – Hand Drawn Heroes - 20
Clint Mansell – Resonance - 20
Angelo Badalamenti – The Giver - 16

Best Original Song (This was interesting considering that Keg Party was the tiebreak film, but ended up not in last)
Flowers for Algernon – Everyone Needs a Home – 19
The Who’s Tommy – Please let Me Know – 17
Hand Drawn Heroes – The World is Waiting – 17

Keg Party – Alcohol of Fame – 12

The Innocent – I’m Free – 10

Best Cinematography (The last two ballots for this category basically inverted it and then chewed it up and spat it back out. Completely changed the race here)
Mushishi - 24
The Giver - 23
The Concert’s End - 21
Resonance - 21
The Bronx is Burning - 16

Best Film Editing
The Bronx is Burning - 25

Resonance - 23
The Giver - 21
The Concert's End - 19
Mushishi – 17

Best Art Direction
Mushishi - 33

The Giver – 26

The Who's Tommy - 25
The Concert’s End - 25

Starcraft: Brood War - 21

The Bronx is Burning - 17

 

Best Costumes (This race basically flipped with ever single ballot tabulated)
The Concert’s End - 27
Mushishi - 26
The Giver - 21
The Bronx is Burning - 17
Dracula - 14

Best Makeup
The Concert’s End - 25
Dragon Age: Awakening - 22
Mushishi - 22
StarCraft: Brood War - 21
The Giver – 15

Best Sound Mixing (I counted this category like legit 7 times to make sure I got it right. This was like Gosling/JGL/Yelchin actor all over again)
Mushishi – 23 (3)
The Who’s Tommy – 23 (2)
Resonance – 23 (1)
StarCraft: Brood War - 22
The Giver - 14

Best Sound Editing
Resonance - 25
Mushishi - 21
StarCraft: Brood War - 21
Hand Drawn Heroes - 19

The Who’s Tommy - 19

Best Visual Effects
Mushishi – 34
StarCraft: Brood War – 25
The Dresden Files: Storm Front – 16
Dragon Age: Awakening – 15

The Little Mermaid – 15

Best Use of Action (I tabulated this category wrong the first time and Dresden lost in a tiebreak and I died a little on the inside )
The Dresden Files: Storm Front - 28
StarCraft: Brood War - 26
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 24

Dragon Age: Awakening - 14
Resonance - 13

 

Best Documentary (Single boringest category ever. We had 3 of the same ballots and well Guardian topped all but one)

Guardian of the West - 32

The Normans - 22

Flappy Bird - 19

Twinkie - 19

Time, Space and One Blue Box - 13

 

 

 

 

Wins per film: (And I Think we just set a record for least number of films to win Oscars in CAYOM 2.0)

 

Mushishi – 6
The Concert’s End – 4

The Bronx is Burning – 3

Flowers for Algernon – 3

The Legend of Redwall – 3

Resonance – 2

The Dresden Files – 1

The Giver - 1

The Guardian – 1

HDH – 1

 

[Alpha]

Wow, we actually tied. This is so amazing!

[4815162342]

The Votes: 

 

Best Picture

The Giver – 24 (3)

The Bronx is Burning – 24 (2)

Cinema Studies – 19 (You were actually leading until the last two ballots)

Flowers for Algernon – 19

Resonance – 19

 

 

 

 

Seriously Riczhang, you have an opportunity to replicate one of the most epic moments of CAYOM History AND YOU DON'T LET IT HAPPEN!

 

The BP Tie has only happened once, and it involved The Bronx is Burning. IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AGAIN!!!! NO ONE HAD TO KNOW ABOUT THE TIEBREAKER!!!!

Edited May 26, 2014 by Numbers of House Stark

[Ezen Baklattan]

Also, the Spark curse is dead. Just when I thought more eggs couldn't land on my face.

 

In all seriousness, though, congratulations to all the winners.