Oscar Update and MJB exclusive categories

Here’s an easily transmitted ballot from a reputable source:

http://a.oscar.go.com/media/2011/pdf/full_list_2011.pdf

plus this year’s MJB EXCLUSIVE CATEGORIES:

write in your own answers. Winners are determined solely upon the discretion of the Blogmistress:

Most Unlikely Nomination  of a Major Motion Picture
Let’s face it, ten nominated films is way too many. Which one(s) would YOU have eliminated?

Best “Celebrity, ” Female:

Let me explain: almost every year, some performers get nominated, not b/c their acting is that great, but because they are too famous to overlook (IMO this explains how Sandra Bullock won last year.) I think this problem could be solved by creating new categories for Best Celebs, thereby creating room for the excellent performances given by less famous, less glamorous, or less youthful performers, which so often go overlooked. Any actress nominated for anything this year is eligible.

Best “Celebrity, ” Male: see above – any actor nominated for anything this year is eligible.

Most Overlooked Performance that failed to receve a nomination, in any film released this year:

Most Overrated Film, nominated or not:  returning voters know that you score points by explaining why you think it was overrated.

Best Guilty Pleasure:   Go on, it was crap, but you enjoyed it.  Go ahead and tell us about it: we’re among friends here.  Any film released this year is eligible.

“Who Greenlighted THIS Piece o’ Crap??!” do I need to explain? Any film released this year.  In this category you are welcomed – I daresay encouraged – to nominate films for which you only saw the trailer, or some interminably repeated TV commerical, or films so lousy you walked out/turned them off partway thru.  I mean really, do you need to sit through an entire Rob Schneider movie to know it’s bad?

and finally:

POST TELECAST AWARDS
The schoolteacher in me is inspired to offer extra-credit this year – everyone has the option of voting for these categories until 6 a.m. EST, on Monday February 28. Each correct answer counts as one point, same as the others:

Hottest Actor in a Tuxedo, Male or Female

Most Ridiculous Outfit, Male or Female: “outfit” can mean accessories – headgear, weird bling, idiotic neckwear – OR the whole ensemble (the all time Gold Standards for this category are Bjork’s Swan Dress and pretty much anything Cher wore in the entire 20th century.)

Most Extraneous Joke, Anecdote, or Production Number: Explain your answer. Seriously, I’m dying to read it.

The rules are the same as last time:

1. Copy the ballot, and erase all nominees except your choice. Send it to my email address no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on February 28. You are all welcome to invite any friends or loved ones you can vouch for, as long as they understand there’s no real prize up for grabs here. I figure by only including those of you who have my email address and/or those whose answers you are willing to forward, we can prevent weird surfers from crashing our party.

2. Each correct vote counts as one point – in other words, “Best Sound Mixing” is as heavily weighted as “Best Direction.” The tech people work hard, too.

3. No pestering me for results – I’ll do my best to tabulate the answers by the end of that week.

4. In the event of a tie, well – there’ll be a tie. Both winners will receive bragging rights until we all get tired of hearing about it, along with my choice of whatever I may have lying around the next time I see you.

The ABC oscar.go site also has a clever version that allows you to click on your vote, but you have to join them as a member, choose a password,  and link the whole megillah to some social networking site that does not include WordPress or maryjblog, and none of this effort makes OUR pool any easier. So enjoy the new technology if you like, but here we are rocking it somewhat old school.

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