Box Office Theory 2014 Oscar game! (game closed-new game on 1/15/2015)

[Impact]

Well as I said earlier only 6 films have gotten 6 nominations with no major noms! And I seem to have 6 for Interstellar on here

Anyway I'm putting my updated count up!

 

Current nom count with my predictions:

 

Birdman: 8

Selma: 7 (+2 alt)

Unbroken: 7 (+3 alt)

Boyhood: 6

Gone Girl: 6 (+1 alt)

Interstellar: 6

The Imitation Game: 5 (+2 alt)

The Theory of Everything: 5

Fury: 4

The Grand Budapest Hotel: 4 (+1 alt)

The Hobbit 3: 4

Into the Woods: 4

Big Eyes: 3

Whiplash: 3

Foxcatcher: 2 (+1 alt)

Guardians of the Galaxy: 2

The Lego Movie: 2

Maleificent: 2 (+1 alt)

Wild: 2 (+1 alt)

American Sniper: 1 (+2 alt)

Belle: 1

Big Hero 6: 1

The Book of Life: 1

Boxtrolls: 1

Captain America 2: 1 (+1 alt)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: 1
How to Train your Dragon 2: 1

The Judge: 1

A Most Violent Year: 1

Nightcrawler: 1

Still Alice: 1

Transformers 4: 1

 

Following films are listed as alts only:

Rio 2

Mr. Turner

Muppets Most Wanted

Update:

 

Birdman: 8

Selma: 7 (+1 alt)

Boyhood: 6

Gone Girl: 6 (+1 alt)

Interstellar: 6

Unbroken: 6 (+3 alt)

The Imitation Game: 5 (+3 alt)

The Theory of Everything: 5

American Sniper: 4 (+2 alt)

Fury: 4

The Grand Budapest Hotel: 4 (+1 alt)

Into the Woods: 4

Big Eyes: 3

The Hobbit 3: 3

Whiplash: 3

Foxcatcher: 2 (+1 alt)

Guardians of the Galaxy: 2

The Lego Movie: 2

Maleificent: 2 (+1 alt)

Nightcrawler: 2

Belle: 1

Big Hero 6: 1

The Book of Life: 1

Boxtrolls: 1

Captain America 2: 1 (+1 alt)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: 1

Godzilla: 1

Glenn Campbell: I'll Be Me: 1
How to Train your Dragon 2: 1

The Judge: 1

A Most Violent Year: 1

Still Alice: 1

Wild: 1 (+1 alt)

 

Following films are listed as alts only:

Rio 2

Mr. Turner

Muppets Most Wanted

Two Days, One Night

 

I am thinking of adding Galaxy to the sound cats.
 

[darkelf]

Picture:

American Sniper

Birdman

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nightcrawler

The Imitation Game

Selma

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

 

Alt: Into the Woods

 

Director:

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman

Richard Linklater - Boyhood

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Morten Tyldum . The Imitation Game

Damien Chazelle - Whiplash

 

Alt: Clint Eastwood - American Sniper

 

Actor:

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game

Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Michael Keaton - Birdman

David Oyelowo - Selma

Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

 

Alt: Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

 

Actress:

Jennifer Aniston - Cake

Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore - Still Alice

Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon - Wild

 

Alt: Amy Adams - Big Eyes

 

Supporting Actor:

Robert Duvall - The Judge

Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

Edward Norton - Birdman

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

 

Alt: Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

 

Supporting Actress:

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Rene Russo - Nightcrawler

Emma Stone - Birdman

Meryl Streep - Into The Woods

 

Alt: Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year

 

Original Screenplay:

A Most Violent Year

Boyhood

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nightcrawler

 

Alt: Foxcatcher

 

Adapted Screenplay:

American Sniper

Gone Girl

The Imitation Game

The Theory of Everything

Whiplash

 

Alt: Inherent Vice

 

Animated Feature:

Big Hero 6

The Boxtrolls

How To Train Your Dragon 2

The LEGO Movie

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

 

Alt: Song of the Sea

 

Cinematography:

Birdman

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Mr. Turner

The Theory of Everything

Unbroken

 

Alt: The Imitation Game

 

Production Design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Interstellar

Into The Woods

Mr. Turner

 

Alt: Maleficent

 

Costume Design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Into The Woods

Selma

Mr. Turner

 

Alt: The Theory of Everything

 

Make-Up:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Theory of Everything

 

Alt: Foxcatcher

 

Film Editing:

Birdman

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Nightcrawler

Whiplash

 

Alt: The Imitation Game

 

Sound:

American Sniper

Fury

Interstellar

Into The Woods

Whiplash

 

Alt: Unbroken

 

Sound Editing:

American Sniper

Fury

Interstellar

Unbroken

Whiplash

 

Alt: Birdman

 

Visual Effects:

Dawn Of The Planer of the Apes

Godzilla

Guardians of the Galaxy

Interstellar

X-Men: Days of Future Past

 

Alt: Transformers: Age of Extinction

 

Score:

Gone Girl

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Imitation Game

Interstellar

The Theory of Everything

 

Alt: Unbroken

 

Song:

"Lost Stars" - Begin Again

"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" - Glenn Campbell: I'll Be Me

"Everything Is Awesome" - The LEGO Movie

"Mercy Is" - Noah

"Glory" - Selma

 

Alt: "The Last Goodbye" - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Edited January 14, 2015 by darkelf

[Impact]

Okay I hope there is some sort of surprise.

What would be a surprise in acting? Or picture? (Theory of Everything misses out? I would say Whiplash misses out but that would be less surprising)

[Impact]

Remember Wednesday is the last day.

[Impact]

Just had likely my final update.

[CoolioD1]

I'm pretty settled on most categories, but director is hurting me right now.

[Impact]

Yeah same here-I'm still including Fincher as I can still see him bumping out someone-but don't know who. (Though I also see Eastwood as well)

[Impact]

The main cat I feel the most confident with is supporting actor.

Edited January 13, 2015 by Impact

[Impact]

Dang-does everyone have the same supporting actor predicts???

Either: We will all get tons of points for that cat or someone will screw us all over

 

edit: Well Darkelf has a different alt, while The Panda has Wilkinson over Duvall (but still has both listed in a way as he has Duvall as the alt)

Edited January 13, 2015 by Impact

[CoolioD1]

The main cat I feel the most confident with is supporting actor.

That means we'll all only get 2/5 right or something.

[Impact]

That means we'll all only get 2/5 right or something.

Of course, some big wildcard will make it in and JK Simmons is the only one on all of our ballots (or even odder he isn't nominated!)

[Impact]

Hmmm I think I might put Hotel for costumes. But not sure what to bump out-either Belle or Big Eyes....

[MovieMan89]

Dang-does everyone have the same supporting actor predicts???

Either: We will all get tons of points for that cat or someone will screw us all over

 

edit: Well Darkelf has a different alt, while The Panda has Wilkinson over Duvall (but still has both listed in a way as he has Duvall as the alt)

I just changed mine to put Carell in that category since I've now read 3 articles online predicting he'll get nominated there instead. Honestly that makes a lot of sense to me, since Actor is such a strong field and Tatum is really the lead anyways. Also went for a risky alt and put Ahmed from Nightcrawler. Decided to go big with that movie since its done so well this awards season.

[MovieMan89]

Interesting thought: if Carell is nominated in supporting instead, will he perhaps push Ruffalo out, not Duvall? And even more interesting thought: would he then challenge Simmons to win?

[Impact]

Some of these last minute changes I want to make but then you have a feeling you will regret it

[Impact]

And you know the category that you are probably the most confident in will be the one you mess up in and the one you don't have faith in is the one you get 100% in

[Impact]

Okay now remember just a few hour remain!

[Ezen Baklattan]

I kind of want to be wrong just for some big surprises. Chances are I'll regret it when a film I like gets snubbed. 

[Impact]

Okay 2 people have 2 songs from Boyhood in one spot, if it gets nominated for song, not sure what to do...(though I'm not predicting it to be nominated in that cat)

[The Panda]

Okay 2 people have 2 songs from Boyhood in one spot, if it gets nominated for song, not sure what to do...(though I'm not predicting it to be nominated in that cat)

They're (kind of) the same song, it's weird.

Edited January 15, 2015 by The Panda