AP Movie Awards/Nominations

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Anybody think this would be a good idea to coincide with the Academy Awards? Not that we'll choose every single category that the Oscars does, but I think it would be a good idea to nominate on ones, such as:

Best Picture
Best Actor/Actress
Supporting Actor/Actress
Animated Film
Cinematography
Director
Score
Original Song
Adapted Screenplay
Original Screenplay
Special Effects

If you all think we should add more, go ahead and nominate some categories. After a couple days, I'll set up the nomination thread so we can get started on that before the actual voting.

[stayillogical]

I think TJ will probably have polls to coincide with the categories and in the end, we can put it all together, if need be to see what the AP favorites are.

[TJ Wells]

I think he means your own choices in general, not just out of the Oscar nominations. Damn good idea.

[ForlrnPerplxity]

I think he means your own choices in general, not just out of the Oscar nominations. Damn good idea.
Yeah, that's what I meant.

If you all agree on the categories, I can go ahead and set up the nominations thread sometime tonight, so we can get that rolling.

[stayillogical]

Oh, I see. Okay then.

[WordzandDreamz]

I'm in. Sounds awesome.

[marrost]

Can't everyone just list their choices in this thread, rather than have a bunch more oscar polls?

[Ailite]

I'm digging this idea.

[Machu505]

Sounds good.

[fluke182]

This sounds awesome. Were you thinking of tallying with each vote earning a different point value, sort of like Movie MVP awards, except none of our nominees will have taken steroids recently?

[ForlrnPerplxity]

Can't everyone just list their choices in this thread, rather than have a bunch more oscar polls?
Actually, I was thinking about creating a Nominations thread for people to throw out their nominations. Then I was planning on people PM'ing me their votes, so we can actually get some intrigue with not knowing until a certain date (maybe the night before the Oscars or something?). That way there wouldn't be a ton of polls, I could create the final nominations in one thread, and it would be sort of exciting to release the winners as a surprise, instead of seeing it build up in a poll.

This sounds awesome. Were you thinking of tallying with each vote earning a different point value, sort of like Movie MVP awards, except none of our nominees will have taken steroids recently?
Good question. I'm planning on creating a system that goes like this in a 5 option poll: 1st place (5 points), 2nd place (4 points), 3rd place (3 points), etc. unless somebody has a better idea.

[thedood]

i loved in bruges this year

[patpratt]

Best Picture - Milk
Best Actor/Actress - Sean Penn (Milk)
Supporting Actor/Actress - Phillip Seymor Hoffman (Doubt)
Animated Film - Wall-E
Cinematography - Slumdog Millionaire
Director - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Score - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Original Song - The Wrestler (Bruce Springsteen)
Adapted Screenplay - Doubt
Original Screenplay - In Bruges
Special Effects - The Dark Knight

[Thomas Balkcom]

this is a really good idea

[TJ Wells]

Maybe have people pick their top 2 or 3 in each category. Start the thread ASAP though, 'cause i'm jonesing to throw my choices out there.

[TJ Wells]

Here's how I would do it (along with what would be my choices):

Best Picture
WALL-E
Runner-up: Rachel Getting Married

Best Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Runner-up: Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler

Best Actor
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Runner-up: Sean Penn, Milk

Best Actress
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Runner-up: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

Best Supporting Actor
Bill Irwin, Rachel Getting Married
Runner-up: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Runner-up: Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
Runner-up: Hoyte van Hoytema, Let the Right One In

Best Original Screenplay
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Runner-up: Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married

Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Runner-up: John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In

Best Song
Bruce Springsteen - "The Wrestler" from The Wrestler
Runner-up: A.R. Rahman - "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire

Best Score
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Runner-up: Thomas Newman, Revolutionary Road

Best Animated Film
WALL-E
Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir

Best Documentary
Man on Wire
Runner-up: American Teen

Best Foreign Film
A Christmas Tale
Runner-up: Let the Right One In

[ForlrnPerplxity]

I created the thread. It's titled: AP Movie Awards - NOMINATIONS thread. link (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=862582)

I told people to nominate up to 5 movies for each category.