It’s that time of year again, when expensive jewelry is rented, hankerchiefs are worn as dresses, and the paparazzi gets downright nutty. That’s right, it’s Oscar time.
In the past, I’ve run an Oscar contest in whatever office I’m working in. As I now work from home, I’m unlikely to encounter much competition. So, I’m going virtual. Welcome to the Barefoot Oscar Challenge.
The rules are simple. Just go to this page, and choose the winners in 12 categories. Additionally, as a tie-breaker, rank ten prominent actresses in your predicted order of scantily-cladness on Oscar night. Enter your name and email address at the bottom and you’re done.
But what’s the prize? Are you ready for this? 10 dollar-units worth of movie tickets in the curency of your home country. So, uh, nobody from England win, okay? Because that’s like $24 Canadian. It’d be nice if a South African won…that would only cost me $1.87. If you’re from Japan, I’ll make it an even 1000 yen.
What are you waiting for? Get cracking.
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I just wished id seen half of those films
some wonderful guesses im confident those tickets wont be mine :s
happy guessing ladies and gentlemen
How fun!
How amusing. I’ve only seen two of the films mentioned in any of these categories. Here’s to wild-assed guesses! (And lots of flicks to look for in the video store).
Oh Darren, my vision of you is destroyed; I thought being the film-aficiando you are, you would shun mainstream Oscar-Insanity.
You know, uh, Y, I generally don’t actually watch the ceremony. Having little interest in fashion of celebrities, I find it tremendously dull. In truth, the ceremony has very little to do with movies. I do enjoy a good contest, though, and I’m something of a betting man, so I like the competition.
Of course, like a hockey game, I can always catch the highlights later. Because of the media attention that the Oscars receive, I can’t avoid seeing the high points. For example, having missed the actual ceremony last year, I saw Halle Berry moan and carry on at least five times while channel surfing. And that was five times too many.
I enjoy a good competition too, but the Oscars have many seemingly “arbitrary” nominees (Seabiscuit?!), while many obvious candidates are overlooked. Dogville for one. Brilliant film and the best performance I’ve ever seen by Nicole Kidman.
I am encouraged to see non-mainstream films like Lost in Translation and City of God get recognition but they have a long way to go.
Cannes and other international festivals seem to have more fair and level “playing fields”.
Yes, the Oscars are very political. It’s all about who wields the clout (and who’s backed by Miramax). However, I am pleased by the number of non-major Hollywood films nominated in a variety of categories. In fact, with the exception of ‘Cold Mountain’, ‘Master and Commander: Blah, blah, blah’ and ‘Finding Nemo’, there are American independent and foreign productions dominating most categories.