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Academy Award Nominations
| January 24th, 2012 at 7:30:27 AM permalink | |
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 544 Posts: 6178 |
Odds were initial ones set in Britain Best Picture The Artist - Bet $7 to win $2 The Descendants - Bet $2 to win $7 all 8 other nominations are considered long shots Best Actor George Clooney - Bet $9 to win $4 Jean Dujardin - Bet $4 to win $7 others are long shots Best Actress Meryl Streep - Bet $15 to win $8 Heavy favorite: Second and Third place are 3:1 Meryl has not won in 28 years, this is her 13th nomination in a row without winning and 4th out of the last 5 years. It is also her 17th nomination overall. Best Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer - Bet $12 to win $1 Plummer is overwhelming favorite partly because he was ignored for over 50 years; partly because one 'gay' film must win a major award Best Supporting Actress Octavia Spencer - Bet $8 to win $1 heavily favored for her role in The Help  IMHO, the only questionable choice will be Meryl Streep. Bad feelings about the movie story and direction may accumulate and obscure her acting role. The movie received no other nominations except for "Best Makeup". The Fall of a Dynasty The Pixar film "Cars 2" didn't even rate a nomination for Animated Feature Film. For the first time in years this category is questionable with two relatively unknown films and two sequels. "A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli "Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal "Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson "Puss in Boots" Chris Miller "Rango" Gore Verbinski Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly -Edgar, betrayed son of Gloucester in King Lear |
| January 24th, 2012 at 10:41:05 AM permalink | |
| AcesAndEights Member since: Jan 5, 2012 Threads: 11 Posts: 575 | Where does one place these bets? Just curious. "Life's a bitch and then you die. Or seven out." -AlanMendelson |
| January 24th, 2012 at 11:44:48 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 310 Posts: 6732 |
I use Pinnacle and Bodog. It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| January 25th, 2012 at 6:40:09 AM permalink | |
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 544 Posts: 6178 |
The betting odds at Pinnacle are similar to the British ones I gave above, but there are some additional bets. For animated feature it is simply a bet if Rango will win or lose. Christopher Plummer is bet $16 to win $1 on Pinnacle. That seems to be this years sure winner. I can't find them on Bovada. Maybe they aren't posted yet. Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly -Edgar, betrayed son of Gloucester in King Lear |
| January 25th, 2012 at 7:50:28 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 215 Posts: 7241 | This year is different, for me. Not only did I not see any of those movies (last movie I saw in a theater was The Dark Knight), I wasn't even aware of most of them. This space is closed for remodeling |
| January 25th, 2012 at 8:16:23 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 14, 2009 Threads: 310 Posts: 6732 | Here are the Pinnacle odds as of Jan 26: Best Actor: George Clooney – The Descendants -400 Best Actress: Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady -190 Best Animated Feature: Rango -380 BEST DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius -145 BEST PICTURE: The Artist -449 Best Supporting Actor: CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER: -1600 Best Supporting Actress: OCTAVIA SPENCER -900 It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether or not you had a good bet. |
| January 25th, 2012 at 8:44:57 AM permalink | |
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 544 Posts: 6178 |
The Academy thought by increasing the number of nominations from 5 to 10 that they would get more mainstream movies nominated. But only 1 out of the 10 was in the top 40. The top 30 movies account for roughly half the box office tickets sold for the year in the USA. Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly -Edgar, betrayed son of Gloucester in King Lear |
| January 25th, 2012 at 12:34:42 PM permalink | |
| ThatDonGuy Member since: Jun 22, 2011 Threads: 6 Posts: 226 |
The initial change from 5 to 10 was made last year. This year, the rules were changed again - when someone makes their nominations for Best Picture, they list up to ten films in preference order, and if between five and ten films are ranked #1 by at least 5% of the voters (which is what happened this year), those are the nominees (which is why there are nine of them). |
| January 25th, 2012 at 12:48:04 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 215 Posts: 7241 |
That doesn't change three things: 1) I haven't seen a new movie in years. 2) One you've seen the arrivals, the rest of the broadcast is superflous (unless, I suppose, you made bets and live near a bridge) 3) This is the same "Academy" that did NOT give an award for best movie to "Citizen Kane" BTW: :P This space is closed for remodeling |
| January 25th, 2012 at 3:47:25 PM permalink | |
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 544 Posts: 6178 |
It will be interesting to see how much you wager on these two options. Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly -Edgar, betrayed son of Gloucester in King Lear |
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