“Outpick Fred” At The Oscars 2013

Oscar season is finally here! With the season comes the first and hopefully annual “Outpick Fred” At The Oscars contest. The contest is simple you have to make more correct Oscar picks than me and everyone else who is participating. The prize if someone can Outpick everyone is a copy of the Blu Ray combo pack of my pick for best picture Argo (which includes the DVD as well for those who don’t have Blu Ray) and I’ll review a film of the winners choosing (that’s decently available to rent). 

Here are the official rules of the contest:

• Contest open from Sunday February 17^th 2013, to 11:59pm PST Saturday February 23^th 2013

• To enter click the link to the document below in which you can make your picks, Only one ballot per person (I’m moderating and watching if anyone enters more than once they are automatically disqualified) must include full name (first and last), and Country, province/state, and city, and email (so I can contact you if you win).

• Mailing address and Postal code are optional but if you win I will need it to send you your prize (so if you want to make life easier you can enter it in the doc).

• The winner must beat my picks to win the contest. If no one beats my picks, no one wins (or I win depends on how you look at it).

• Winner must beat me and everyone else to win the prize.

• The points structure is simple: a correct Best Picture guess gets 5 points, correct picks in the major categories (All the acting awards and directing) gets 3 points each for a total of 15 possible points, correct picks in the medium categories (Animation, Documentary, Foreign, and the writing categories) gets 2 points each for a total of 10 points, and correct picks in the minor categories (all the technical categories) gets 1 point each for a total of 10 possible points. Total possible amount of points: 40 points. If there is a tie with my point total the person with the most correct picks wins, same applies with everyone else. If there is still a tie there is the tie breaker section of one short film category this year it’s Animated short (it’s optional and doesn’t count for points but if you don’t pick it you can’t have the tie breaker). If there is a complete tie the person who entered the contest first wins the tiebreaker.

• Must live in the Canada or US to participate

• The winner of the contest will receive a copy of the Argo Blu Ray Combo pack (includes the Blu Ray, the DVD and the digital copy) and a Fred review of your choice (as long as I can rent it).

Enter here:

"Outpick Fred" At the Oscars Form

 

A review of my picks:

Best Picture (5 points)

Best Picture: Argo

Major Categories (3 points each)

Actor in a Lead Role: Daniel Day-Lewis “Lincoln”

Actress in a Lead Role: Jennifer Lawrence “Silver Linings Playbook”

Actor in a Supporting Role: Tommy Lee Jones “Lincoln”

Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway “Les Miserables”

Directing: Stephen Spielberg “Lincoln

Medium Categories (2 points each)

Animate Feature: Brave

Documentary Feature: Searching for the Sugar Man

Foreign Film: Amour

Adapted Screenplay: Lincoln

Original Screenplay: Django Unchained

Minor Categories (1 point each)

Cinematography: Life of Pi

Costume Design: Anna Karenina

Film Editing: Argo

Makeup and Hairstyling: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Original Score: Life of Pi

Original Song: “Skyfall” from Skyfall

Production Design: Les Miserables

Sound Editing: Zero Dark Thirty

Sound Mixing: Les Miserables

Visual Effects: Life of Pi

Tie Breaker:

Animated Short Film: Paperman 

So that’s it ladies and gentlemen! Good Luck and let’s see if anyone can “Outpick Fred”!