The Oscar results are in: how did we do?
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 24 February 2009
Well, it’s a good thing that we have day jobs because The Guide certainly wouldn’t be able to make a living as award pundits. Yes, last Saturday we put it out on the line and made some Oscar predictions. So, how did we do?Actually, it could have been a lot worse. God knows, we’ve had more disastrous nights at the tables in Vegas….but that’s a whole other post.
So, let’s see:
Actor in a leading role
said that, in a Prodigal world, Mickey Rourke should win for his incredible comeback performance in The Wrestler. We predicted that the award would go to Brad Pitt though.
Result: A surprise win for Sean Pean and The Guide’s first mistake of the evening!
Actor in a supporting role
Result: Fantastic, the right result. Ledger wins a rare posthumous Oscar.
Actress in a leading role
We rather wanted Angelina Jolie to win. Not because her performance was tangibly better than the other nominees but simply because she is a great actress and this is too often overlooked amidst all the fascination about her private life. Having said this, we predicted that Kate Winslet would win for her technically perfect performance in The Reader.
Result: Kate Winslet picks up her first Oscar and The Guide clocks up its second correct prediction of the night!
Actress in a supporting role
Result: The Guide is unmasked as nothing but a charlatan, an amateur when it comes to making Oscar predictions. Penelope Cruz skips off stage clutching her Oscar as we sit quietly, tail between legs.
Directing
Result: As The Guide – and pretty much everyone else – expected, the award went to Danny Boyle.
Best picture
d that Slumdog Millionaire would nab it.
Result: Yes, no great surprises here: Slumdog wins and The Guide clocks up its fourth correct prediction of the night.
So, four out of six isn’t that bad but we won’t be giving up our day jobs anytime soon. Join us next year when we’ll once again demonstrate that The Guide knows very little indeed about making Oscar predictions. Tinseltown!? Go figure…
The Oscar results are in: how did we do?
Well, it’s a good thing that we have day jobs because The Guide certainly wouldn’t be able to make a living as award pundits. Yes, last Saturday we put it out on the line and made some Oscar predictions. So, how did we do?Actually, it could have been a lot worse. God knows, we’ve [...]
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