[MERIT][CONTEST][OVER] The winner of the Oscar 2020

[Tramirostronix]

Hi everyone !
Like every year soon we will have the ceremony of the Sscar to reward the best movie.
To start the year and maybe help some people with their resolution to earn more merits this year, I'm running a contest about it  

The contest :

It's easy, you will have to find the winner of every category.  

The Rules :

To join you need to be at least Jr Member on the forum and have earned a minimum of 10 merits in the last 120 days.
To join the contest you need to fill this form : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bvTa_CAvg1hcNCfbV27HjkV7f7FObylH7ovLnTe3UnU

In order to talk discuss about the movies and the ceremony, when you post your predictions here please add a (Y) if you saw the movie OR a (N) if you didn't see it.

Of course you can edit your prediction if you respect the limit, to edit a prediction : PM on the forum of just filled the form another time  

I will not verify if you earned the minimum merit required to join the contest so you have till the limit to earn merits and be eligible  

To avoid conflicts or manipulation, you will also have to post your bet here, you can use the spreadsheet to copy/paste : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ppr6FA5QTNCYSxMtYnESqHm1AvMHbDa03ZRthot3LM8

I know some people will be lazy to check all the box because of the high number of category so : you don't need to  bet on every category, but more category means more points and more chance to win  

Score calculation :

Simple : For every category you win, you get 1 point, at the end we will see who win.

Rewards :

1st place : 3 merits
2nd place : 2 merits
3rd place : 1 merit

The rewards are not high at the beginning but they can be increased :

If this post is merited by people, I will use EVERY s-merits to increase the reward.

For example :

-At the end of the contest the post gets 0 merit, final reward will stay the same and i will give a total of 6 merits

-At the end the posts gets 6 merit, I will add 3 merits and increase the reward. So I will give 6+3 merits.

-At the end the post gets 7 merit, I will add 3 merits too.

Limit to join the contest :

So far we don't know the list of movies so we need to wait for it.
you will have till 4 February 2020 11.59PM French Time (so UTC+1) to do your list
 
Questions :

-Can  I edit my bet ?
-> Of course you can, until 4 February 2020 11.59PM French Time (UTC+1) BUT you will have to fill the form again and to create a new post.
Do NOT edit your old post or you will be disqualified.

-If I win can I choose the account which get the merits ?
-> No you can't, the account of the winner will get the merits.

-In case of  multiple winners  what happened ?
-> The first people to have filled the form will win. If you change your bet many times, you reduce your chance to win.



If the rules of this contest are against the rules of the section or if a section is more appropriate, feel free to PM me or inform me  and I will edit it  

I wish you a good luck and will edit the post when we get the list of Nominees.

So far we can talk a little bit about here about which movie will be nominees
If you have suggestions or questions feel free too

[GazetaBitcoin]

I want to be the first signing up for this contest Ofc, we have to wait the nominees, but I already stated I'm in!

[Tramirostronix]

I want to be the first signing up for this contest Ofc, we have to wait the nominees, but I already stated I'm in!

Yes of course but welcome here 

We can have an idea of the nominees thanks to the golden globes : https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees

[algorithminer]

Count me in

[TheBeardedBaby]

Merit are not made to be a reward for guessing the Oscar winners. How can you contribute to the forum if you win?
Better use some crypto as a reward. You can even make a pool so the participants can also contribute to the prize.

This is just a pure merit begging :

If this post is merited by people, I will use EVERY s-merits to increase the reward.

Quoted for reference, archived > http://archive.md/wip/VUOvj

Hi everyone !
Like every year soon we will have the ceremony of the Sscar to reward the best movie.
To start the year and maybe help some people with their resolution to earn more merits this year, I'm running a contest about it  

The contest :

It's easy, you will have to find the winner of every category.  

The Rules :

To join you need to be at least Jr Member on the forum and have earned a minimum of 10 merits in the last 120 days.
I will give you a form to fill for every category and the results will be visible on a public spreadsheet.
To avoid conflicts or manipulation, you will also have to post your bet here (I will provide you  the form of identification post later).

I know some people will be lazy to check all the box because of the high number of category so : you don't need to  bet on every category, but more category means more points and more chance to win  

Score calculation :

Simple : For every category you win, you get 1 point, at the end we will see who win.

Rewards :

1st place : 3 merits
2nd place : 2 merits
3rd place : 1 merit

The rewards are not high at the beginning but they can be increased :

If this post is merited by people, I will use EVERY s-merits to increase the reward.

For example :

-At the end of the contest the post gets 0 merit, final reward will stay the same and i will give a total of 6 merits

-At the end the posts gets 6 merit, I will add 3 merits and increase the reward. So I will give 6+3 merits.

-At the end the post gets 7 merit, I will add 3 merits too.

Limit to join the contest :

So far we don't know the list of movies so we need to wait for it.
you will have till 4 February 2020 11.59PM French Time (so UTC+1) to do your list
 
Questions :

-Can  I edit my bet ?
-> Of course you can, until 4 February 2020 11.59PM French Time (UTC+1) BUT you will have to fill the form again and to create a new post.
Do NOT edit your old post or you will be disqualified.

-If I win can I choose the account which get the merits ?
-> No you can't, the account of the winner will get the merits.

-In case of  multiple winners  what happened ?
-> The first people to have filled the form will win. If you change your bet many times, you reduce your chance to win.



If the rules of this contest are against the rules of the section or if a section is more appropriate, feel free to PM me or inform me  and I will edit it  

I wish you a good luck and will edit the post when we get the list of Nominees.

So far we can talk a little bit about here about which movie will be nominees
If you have suggestions or questions feel free too

[Tramirostronix]

Merit are not made to be a reward for guessing the Oscar winners. How can you contribute to the forum if you win?
Better use some crypto as a reward. You can even make a pool so the participants can also contribute to the prize.

This is just a pure merit begging :

If this post is merited by people, I will use EVERY s-merits to increase the reward.

Quoted for reference, archived > http://archive.md/wip/VUOvj]

The forum is not only for people who want to talks about Crypto, that's what there is off topic sections.
Because I don't want to put crypto as a price and do not want to create a pool (to avoid "scamming" problems ) I put the contest here.
But I agree with you, if it was possible on my side I will have put some.

Like said in purple in the post  :
If the rules of this contest are against the rules of the section or if a section is more appropriate, feel free to PM me or inform me  and I will edit it  Smiley


If you and other people have the same feeling about the contest and I can understand that, I will remove the rules and just run a normal contest. That's not a problem for me and I hope you will join the contest too.

I wish you a good day

[GazetaBitcoin]

Any news on this thread?

[peter0425]

Any news on this thread?

yeah any update OP if this will continue?if not then better lock the thread since Oscar is near to come and we will be having our predictions on whos to win though i have already my set of individual soon to be winners lol.

[Tramirostronix]

Any news on this thread?

yeah any update OP if this will continue?if not then better lock the thread since Oscar is near to come and we will be having our predictions on whos to win though i have already my set of individual soon to be winners lol.

Hi, yes it is still running, I had to finished personal projects but I'm back 
I will post the forms tonight to join the contest 

[GazetaBitcoin]

Looking forward for the update. Thx for letting us know!

[Tramirostronix]

Ok so here is the list :


Best Picture :

• Ford v Ferrari – Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and James Mangold
• The Irishman – Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
• Jojo Rabbit – Carthew Neal and Taika Waititi
• Joker – Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff
• Little Women – Amy Pascal
• Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach and David Heyman
• 1917 – Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, and Callum McDougal
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh and Quentin Tarantino
• Parasite – Kwak Sin-ae and Bong Joon-ho

Best Director:

• Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
• Todd Phillips – Joker
• Sam Mendes – 1917
• Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Bong Joon-ho – Parasite

Best Actor in A Leading Role:

• Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton
• Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
• Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / The Joker
• Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

• Cynthia Erivo – Harriet as Harriet Tubman
• Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber
• Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March
• Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly
• Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland

Best Actor in a Supporting role :

• Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers
• Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI
• Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa
• Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino
• Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth

Best Actress in a Supporting role:

• Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell as Barbara "Bobi" Jewell
• Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
• Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit as Rosie Betzler
• Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March
• Margot Robbie – Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil

Best Original Screenplay:

• Knives Out – Rian Johnson
• Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach
• 1917 – Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
• Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• The Irishman – Steven Zaillian based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
• Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi based on the novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
• Joker – Todd Phillips and Scott Silver based on the characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson
• Little Women – Greta Gerwig based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
• The Two Popes – Anthony McCarten based on his play The Pope

Best Foreign Langage Film:

• Corpus Christi (Poland) in Polish – Directed by Jan Komasa
• Honeyland (North Macedonia) in Turkish[a] – Directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
• Les Misérables (France) in French – Directed by Ladj Ly
• Pain and Glory (Spain) in Spanish – Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
• Parasite (South Korea) in Korean – Directed by Bong Joon-ho

Best Documentary Feature:

• American Factory – Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert
• The Cave – Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
• The Edge of Democracy – Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan
• For Sama – Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts
• Honeyland – Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev

Best Animated Feature :

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold and Brad Lewis
• I Lost My Body – Jeremy Clapin and Marc du Pontavice
• Klaus – Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh and Marisa Román
• Missing Link – Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner and Travis Knight
• Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera and Mark Nielsen

Best Documentary Short:

• In the Absence – Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
• Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) – Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva
• Life Overtakes Me – John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
• St. Louis Superman – Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
• Walk Run Cha-Cha – Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt

Short Film Animated:

• Dcera (Daughter) – Daria Kashcheeva
• Hair Love – Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver
• Kitbull – Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson
• Memorable – Bruno Collet and Jean-François Le Corre
• Sister – Siqi Song

Short Film Live action:

• Brotherhood – Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
• Nefta Football Club – Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
• The Neighbors' Window – Marshall Curry
• Saria – Bryan Buckley and Matt Lefebvre
• A Sister – Delphine Girard

Music (original Score):

• Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir
• Little Women – Alexandre Desplat
• Marriage Story – Randy Newman
• 1917 – Thomas Newman
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams

Music Original Song:

• "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from Toy Story 4 – Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
• "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
• "I'm Standing with You" from Breakthrough – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
• "Into the Unknown" from Frozen II – Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
• "Stand Up" from Harriet – Music and Lyrics by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo

Best Sound Editing:

• Ford v Ferrari – Donald Sylvester
• Joker – Alan Robert Murray
• 1917 – Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Wylie Stateman
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Matthew Wood and David Acord

Best Sound mixing:

• Ad Astra – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
• Ford v Ferrari – Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
• Joker – Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
• 1917 – Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano

Production Design:

• The Irishman – Production Design: Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves
• Jojo Rabbit – Production Design: Ra Vincent; Set Decoration: Nora Sopková
• 1917 – Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Production Design: Barbara Ling; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
• Parasite – Production Design: Lee Ha-jun; Set Decoration: Cho Won-woo

Best Cinematography:

• The Irishman – Rodrigo Prieto
• Joker – Lawrence Sher
• The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke
• 1917 – Roger Deakins
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Robert Richardson

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

• Bombshell – Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
• Joker – Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
• Judy – Jeremy Woodhead
• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
• 1917 – Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole

Best Costume Design:

• The Irishman – Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson
• Jojo Rabbit – Mayes C. Rubeo
• Joker – Mark Bridges
• Little Women – Jacqueline Durran
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Arianne Phillips

Best Film Editing:

• Ford v Ferrari – Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker
• The Irishman – Thelma Schoonmaker
• Jojo Rabbit – Tom Eagles
• Joker – Jeff Groth
• Parasite – Yang Jin-mo

Best Visual Effects:

• Avengers: Endgame – Dan DeLeeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl and Dan Sudick
• The Irishman – Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, and Nelson Sepulveda
• The Lion King – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman
• 1917 – Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Roger Guyett, Neal Scanl
  

[Tramirostronix]

To join the contest you need to fill this form : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bvTa_CAvg1hcNCfbV27HjkV7f7FObylH7ovLnTe3UnU

After you can copy/paste your predictions here thanks to the spreadsheet : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ppr6FA5QTNCYSxMtYnESqHm1AvMHbDa03ZRthot3LM8

In order to talk discuss about the movies and the ceremony, when you post your predictions here please add a (Y) if you saw the movie OR a (N) if you didn't see it.

Of course you can edit your prediction if you respect the limit, to edit a prediction : PM on the forum of just filled the form another time  

I will not verify if you earned the minimum merit required to join the contest so you have till the limit to earn merits and be eligible  

If you have questions feel free

Which movies have you seen so far ?

[GazetaBitcoin]

Hehe it seems I'm the first participant

I filed the first form, but when I wanted to fill in the second link you provided, I saw that all the cells in that Excel spreadsheet were already filled with my responses. Is this normal?

Regarding what movies I watched, I can mention The Irishman, Joker, Once upon a time in Hollywood and Avengers: Endgame.

[Tramirostronix]

Hehe it seems I'm the first participant

I filed the first form, but when I wanted to fill in the second link you provided, I saw that all the cells in that Excel spreadsheet were already filled with my responses. Is this normal?

Regarding what movies I watched, I can mention The Irishman, Joker, Once upon a time in Hollywood and Avengers: Endgame.

Hi and welcome here 

Yes it's normal when you complete the form your answer are in the spreadsheet  so everyone can see it and I'm sure you are not editing your bet 

Just please copy/paste it here 

[GazetaBitcoin]

Roger that! Copy/paste doesn't work, I have to do it manually

So here they are:
Best Picture - 1917
Best Director - Martin Scorsese – The Irishman
Best Actor In a Leading Role - Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March
Best Actor in a Supporting role - Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth
Best Actress in a Supporting role - Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March
Best Original Screenplay - 1917 – Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Best Adapted Screenplay - Joker – Todd Phillips and Scott Silver based on the characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson
Best Foreign Langage Film - Les Misérables (France) in French – Directed by Ladj Ly
Best Documentary Feature - The Edge of Democracy – Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan
Best Animated Feature - How to train Your Dragon : The Hidden World – Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold and Brad Lewis
Best Documentary Short - In the Absence – Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
Short Film Live Action - Nefta Football Club – Yves Piat and Damien Megherbi
Music (original Score) - Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir
Music Original Song - "Stand Up" from Harriet – Music and Lyrics by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
Best Sound Editing - Joker
Best Sound mixing - Joker
Production Design - The Irishman
Best Cinematography - Joker
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Bombshell
Best Costume Design - Joker
Best Film Editing - Joker
Best Visual Effects - Avengers: Endgame
Short Film Animated - Kitbull – Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson

[Tramirostronix]

Ok for the best picture I think 1917 can win
Best director I think you are right too, even if I don't really enjoy "the Irishman "

If you are the only one to join the contest .. you will win the first prize by default 

[GazetaBitcoin]

Loool it would be funny to be the only participant and win the second place, right?

But remember what I said in my first post:

I want to be the first signing up for this contest Ofc, we have to wait the nominees, but I already stated I'm in!

I was the first who announced his participation and I was indeed the first who posted his prediction I kept my word!

[Tramirostronix]

Loool it would be funny to be the only participant and win the second place, right?

But remember what I said in my first post:

I want to be the first signing up for this contest Ofc, we have to wait the nominees, but I already stated I'm in!

I was the first who announced his participation and I was indeed the first who posted his prediction I kept my word!

Indeed you kept them 

I hope at least 3 people to join the contest 

[GazetaBitcoin]

Well, it is still some time left... 2 more days  actually.

I'm curious though, why nobody else joined the contest.

I organized myself 2 merit giveaways in the Romanian board, but in 2 months only 1 applied. It seems very intriguing.

[Rikafip]

So, here are my predictions of Oscar 2020 winners:

Best Picture: 1917
Best Director: Sam Mendes
Best Actor In a Leading Role: Joaquin Phoenix
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Renée Zellweger
Best Actor in a Supporting role:Brad Pitt
Best Actress in a Supporting role:Laura Dern
Best Original Screenplay: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joker
Best Foreign Langage Film:Parasite
Best Documentary Feature:Honeyland
Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 4
Best Documentary Short:St. Louis Superman
Short Film Animated:Kitbull
Short Film Live action:Brotherhood
Music (original Score):1917 – Thomas Newman
Music Original Song:(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman
Best Sound Editing:1917 – Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate
Best Sound mixing:1917 – Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson
Production Design:The Irishman – Bob Shaw; Set Decoration: Regina Graves
Best Cinematography:1917 – Roger Deakins
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:Bombshell – Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
Best Costume Design: Little Women
Best Film Editing:Ford v Ferrari – Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker
Best Visual Effects:1917 – Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy

Just to add that I am disappointed that Uncut Gems (2019) didn't get any nominations. Film was finally released via Netflix last friday, and i must say it's one of the best films of 2019, for me top 3 probably. I am not a fan of Adam Sandler, but he kicked ass in the role of self-destructive diamonds merchant, and imho he deserved the nomination for his role. Directors, brothers Safdie also deserved the nomination.