The Syndicate

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:10 pm Points for Round 3 (with eventual winners adding more)

Critics choice winners are announced January 13th.


Ricochet - 13 (First Man - 10, Christian Bale - 2, Regina King - 1)

JaggedJimmyJay - 15 (Deadpool 2 - 3, If Beale Street Could Talk - 5, BlacKkKlansman - 5, Rami Malek - 1, Claire Foy - 1)

Golden - 12 (Boy Erased - 1, Mary Poppins Returns - 8, Glenn Close - 1, Melissa McCarthy - 1, Lady Gaga - 1)

Dunya - 14 (Beautiful Boy - 1, Roma - 8, Timothee Chalamet- 1, Emily Blunt - 2, Nicole Kidman - 1, Emma Stone - 1)

DharmaHelper - 15 (Can You Ever Forgive Me? - 3, A Star Is Born - 8, John C. Reilly- 1, Richard E. Grant - 1, Charlize Theron - 1, Amandla Stenberg - 1)

Timmer - 41 (Green Book - 6, The Favourite - 14, Vice - 9, Widows - 3, Mary Queen of Scots - 2, Ryan Gosling - 1, Rachel Weisz - 1, Mahershala Ali - 1, Amy Adams - 1, Bradley Cooper - 1, Viggo Mortensen - 2)

Four of these six will move to round 4 - the guilds.

timmer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:48 pm Also, the first of the guilds announced nominations today, the PGA.

“BlacKkKlansman,” “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Favourite,” “Green Book,” “A Quiet Place,” “Roma,” “A Star Is Born,” and “Vice” have been nominated for the Producers Guild’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award as the top feature film of 2018.

Holders of those films will each earn a point, if they make it to round 4.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 2:32 am A Star is Born is the most overrated movie of at least the last five years

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:03 pmSorry

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:36 pm Also... round 3 is the critics choice awards. These nominations will be announced on December 10th. Of course, we don't officially GET to round 3 until the Golden Globes ceremony ends, which is on January 6th. But we will be able to see their nominees, and project points, just like we did with the Globes today.

8 out of 9 players will advance to round 2, and unless iron_dwarf shows up and pulls some last second shenanigans, we know which 8 that will be.

The top SIX in round 2 advance to the critics choice awards. So, people need to look at their rosters and try to figure out WINNERS, as winners add muy muy points to their total, which will determine who moves on.

Looking at the points from nominations, you might think INH is toast, but if he gets just ONE single winner out of his 3 nominees, and ricochet does NOT, INH will move on and Rico won't, etc. That's why I highlighted those hanging points just sitting there waiting to be grabbed.

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:22 pm Okay, so a quick point. There are free points available for Round 2.

The following films have received nominations and would instantly add those points to your total if you picked them up, as they have not yet opened

Stan & Ollie - 1 pt
Girl - 1 pt
Dumplin' - 1 pt (but this opens tomorrow so you would have to pick it up by 11:59pm)

Of course, to grab those points, you would have to drop a film, which is only possible if you have a film not yet locked into place.

dunya wrote: ↑Thu Dec 06, 2018 2:17 pm i swear to god i was picking up green book but the shit didn't have a us release when i was looking at it. i even asked about it in this thread and dh was like, doesnt look like it or something and i was like meh just my luck.

i'm sour about that one

timmer wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 1:25 pmDid they?

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:39 pm To be clear, the indie spirits arent part of our contest, that was just for fun

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 1:16 pm I may almost be in last place, but I have only earned with 3 so far. Got so much potential.

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:37 am

timmer wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 12:06 am Spreadsheet updated... we are getting into the fun stuff, now!

It appears that round 1 will resolve without much fanfare, unless Iron Dwarf somehow shows up and actually plays the game. It'd be easy to grab enough box office to threaten dunya with a loss, but if they can't be bothered, I can't be bothered to remind them...

I mean he's my friend and I could and should do that but at the same time why would Dunia do that you know what I'm saying?

timmer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:10 pm Vice (formerly backseat) will open Christmas day...

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:11 pm Spreadsheet is updated. This week saw a few minor Oscar hopefuls enter the fray - The Sisters Brothers opened, as did Life Itself. The best the former could do is a comedy nod at the Globes, while Life Itself is likely DOA.

Everyone should note that Golden has released his claim on Emily Blunt, who is a virtual guaranteed Golden Globe nominee for Lead Actress - Comedy/Musical...

Oh, and Ad Astra is rumoured to be having some special effects issues and there is a feeling that it may get pushed right out of the oscar window and moved to somewhere else in 2019...

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:17 pm We should set the categories now... this is how I'm adapting the eliminations to fit our reduced number of players:

Elimination Chart:

Round 1 (Box Office):
Top 8 advance to Round 2
Bottom 1 eliminated

Round 2 (Golden Globes):
Top 6 advance to Round 3
Bottom 2 eliminated

Round 3 (Critics Choice):
Top 5 advance to Round 4
Bottom 1 eliminated

Round 4 (BAFTA):
Top 4 advance to Round 5
Bottom 1 eliminated

Round 5 (Guilds):
Top 3 advance to Round 6
Bottom 1 eliminated

Round 6 (Oscars):
Top 1 wins

Sound good to everyone?

And for those who don't know the "guilds" category is for a cluster of awards all given out in about a 10 days span from the various technical guilds.. off the top of my head they are CDG (Costumes), ACE (Editing), ADG (Art Direction)... uhm... there is a makeup/hair one I think... oh the Cinematographers are another one, the PGA (producers), DGA (directors). I might be forgetting one.

timmer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:43 pm Speaking of round 2... I'm trying to find it, but didn't we break down previously how many people would advance in each round?

timmer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:32 pm I'm fine with only letting actors get acting points. So my B Coop pick won't be the goldmine I thought it would be lol, but sure actors will only get nods for acting.

timmer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:32 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:17 am Question: If Lin-Manuel Miranda wins for best Original Song, does that count towards him since he wrote the song or just the movie?

I believe the rules for non-acting categories are always for the movie alone.

timmer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:02 pm So for instance, DH has A Star is Born. I'm assuming it will be under comedy/musical because it is so musical, but maybe drama? Let's go with drama.

Let's say A Star is Born get nominations for Best Film (Drama), Director, Lead Actor (Drama), Lead Actress (Drama), Screenplay, Song.

DH will get 6 points for 6 nominations.

Golden, having Lady Gaga, will get 2 points, one for Gaga's actress nom, one for best song (presumably she is listed as a co writer).

I've got Bradley Cooper, so I would get 4 points (one for lead actor, one for director, one for co-writing screenplay I think, one for co-writing song)

SO... if you are looking at your roster, and you know you are moving onto round 2, but you feel like you don't have much Golden Globe firepower, now is the time to think about your films. Swapping out a film for one that gets screenplay, director or score or song nominations could save your ass.

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:55 am Spreadsheet is updated.

Congrats to Golden for crossing $1 billion!

Some thoughts post-TIFF... Golden has probably got 3 of the eventual Best Lead Actress nominees on his roster. DH has the favorite to win Best Picture, and Supporting Actor. Dunya has a potential Best Pic spoiler and a lot of possible nominees...

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:00 am Read amazing things about GaGa's performance. Who had her?