Well, not
me for losing my Oscar bets this year. You probably remember from last year
that I upload my predictions via YouTube and challenge viewers to contradict
me. Two users did so… and I lost against both of them. However, the small
number of challengers can be seen as a
good sign. And really, while I was right about only half of my picks last year,
I made it to an incredible 16 out of 24 categories properly predicted this time
around! That’s 2/3, guys! I’m rather content, honestly.
However, a
bet’s a bet and I agreed upon certain punishments should I lose. Let’s take a
quick look at all the categories and where I was wrong:
Best Picture: "12 Years a
Slave"
Best Supporting Actor: Jared
Leto, "Dallas
Buyers Club"
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita
Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón,
"Gravity"
Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey,
"Dallas
Buyers Club"
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett,
"Blue Jasmine"
Best Original Screenplay:
"Her"
Best Adapted Screenplay: "12
Years a Slave"
Best Animated Feature:
"Frozen"
Best Foreign Feature: “The Hunt”
Instead:
“The Great Beauty”
Best Visual Effects:
"Gravity"
Best Cinematography: "Gravity"
Best Costume Design: "American
Hustle"
Instead:
“The Great Gatsby”
Best Documentary Feature: "The
Act of Killing"
Instead:
“20 Feet from Stardom”
Best Documentary Short: "The
Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
Best Film Editing:
"Gravity"
Best Makeup and Hairstyling:
"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa"
Instead:
“Dallas Buyers
Club”
Best Music (Original Score):
"Gravity"
Best Music (Original Song): "The
Moon Song" from "Her"
Instead:
“Let it Go” (“Frozen”)
Best Production Design:
"Her"
Instead:
“The Great Gatsby”
Best Short Film, Animated: "Get
a Horse!"
Instead:
“Mr. Hublot”
Best Short Film, Live Action:
"The Voorman Problem"
Instead:
“Helium”
Best Sound Editing:
"Gravity"
Best Sound Mixing: "Gravity"
And here
are my two challengers:
CnAFilmsandAnimation:
Best Foreign Feature: “The Great Beauty”
Best Makeup and
Hairstyling: “Dallas
Buyers Club”
Punishment:
I have to do a haiku about them
Seargent363: Best Picture: “American Hustle”
Best Foreign Feature: “The Great Beauty”
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling: “Dallas Buyers Club”
Best Music (Original Song): "Let it Go" (“Frozen”)
Best Production Design: “The Great Gatsby”
Best Short Film (Animated): “Mr. Hublot”
Best Original Screenplay: “American Hustle”
Punishment: I have to sing and dance to ‘The
Gummy Bear Song’
So expect
some more random awkwardness in future videos!
