The Syndicate

I'll take Felicity Jones and Robert De Niro and leave my number 10 spot open for now.

sorry guys, no idea what's been happening with me. I'll think it through and come back with 2 picks asap.

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:47 pm It doesn't have a release yet, but it may at some point... big name stars, critically acclaimed director... who knows?

fingers and toes are crossed.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:36 pm I would have said something sooner but I thought Everybody Knows.

too late to change my pick now. RIP dunia.

it made it to cannes on the 8th of may

so are we really not counting it if he or the movie get awards/noms?

omg

you cant be serious. are you guys serious? it's released sept 18. i thought the point of release dates was to ensure that all of them counted are counted may 1 and onwards in us for sake of consistency.

shit man shit.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:12 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:23 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:40 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:29 pm sorry! getting 500 notifications for a mafia game.

I pick Javier Bardem.

wut

Just not sure which films you picked him based on.

Everybody Knows, with Penelope Cruz. Guaranteed some foreign language noms imo.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:40 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:29 pm sorry! getting 500 notifications for a mafia game.

I pick Javier Bardem.

wut

sorry! getting 500 notifications for a mafia game.

I pick Javier Bardem.

[mention]DharmaHelper[/mention]

Bruce Dern

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:32 am MP will lead the league in box office.

he doesn't have solo.

i mean she might win in comedy. maybe. possible. but I really don't like her. I love her husband tho.

awww sheeeeeeeeeeeet

I'm gonna pick Nicole Kidman

[mention]Iron_Dwarf[/mention] you're next.

so some movies in 2018 have already been released. If my actor wins an award for one of those movies, what happens to me?

oh boyyyyyyy, I think I'm going to fuck this up tbh.

oh we can dump actors who have movies that have already been released at any point?

[mention]DharmaHelper[/mention] ur turn

alright, gimme Kiki Layne

timmer is clearly intimidated by my awesomeness. it's ok. I'm plenty awesome and intimidating and a real competitor.

gotta pray that 2018 is also the year of horror

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:55 am

timmer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:59 pm I've got to say, I am feeling like neither my actors nor my films are #1 at the moment, and I'm also a bit worried about my box office... some of you have taken to this contest VERY well...

If I were you I wouldn't have picked up BlackkKlansman after the X-Men Flub. Flubbing your #2 (basically #1) pick meant you were going to lose out on a number of box office biggies, so I was anticipating you to recover with a decent box office pick, not an awards contender.

Oh well, at least I know I won't be last

brutal. trying to get timmer to drip BlackkKlansman so you can pick it up is brutal.

I think I_D has been the ballsiest with his picks, so I feel like anyone with 1 boxoffice favorite will be safe till awards season. I have 0.

[mention]Iron_Dwarf[/mention], your turn

Give me Olivia Wilde

[mention]DharmaHelper[/mention]

timothee chalamet

Wtf it's still not my turn?

^ interesting choice.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 11:01 am Cate wasn't even on my radar until about 3/4ths through the movie draft and I realized she was in like a million movies this year. Helloooooo big money

-_-

hate u

timmer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:53 am

dunya wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:45 am ok what the hell, gonna go with a gut feeling, give me Steve Carell.

It's a solid pick, he's got a chance at lead actor noms for Women of Marwen, and imo a VERY good chance at noms for supporting actor in Backseat. Oh, and Beautiful Boy as well, also a potential awards earner for him.

I know, and also Beautiful Boy. I have a feeling 2018/2019 is his year in the awards season.

I loved black panther in general, but I'll be the first to admit it out loud: MBJ's acting was often atrocious. some of the lines (delivery of them) he said were so cheesy, I literally cringed in my cinema seat. Not many seem to share my opinion, and that's fine, but seeing his performance being compared to Ledger's Dark Knight performance hurts my heart.

[mention]Iron_Dwarf[/mention] you're up!

ok what the hell, gonna go with a gut feeling, give me Steve Carell.

I was going to take Creed II but I didn't because it opens the weekend behind Fantastic Beasts, and same day as Wreck it Ralph 2 and Robin Hood, it's a Nov 23 release date, and Creed 2015 made 100mil in total in the US so I don't think it'll reach anywhere near that in 1 month. I was also gonna go with Skyscraper but DJ movies without a good supporting actor pairing (like Kevin Hart) don't do as well as I thought in the US.

anyway gonna think about my first actor pick a tiny bit more..

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:29 am Cate Blanchet @dunya

fuck, you picked my first pick damn it DH

[mention]DharmaHelper[/mention] ur turn

i think i'm going with slender man for now. rip me.

i'm dying out of indecisiveness

Golden wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 6:16 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:57 pm

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:44 pm

Golden wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:42 pm I'm still not 100% sure if the box office is only US domestic, or worldwide post US release.

US Domestic

i.e. whoever picked MI6 is screwed

It just means I'm far less qualified to understand box office patterns since US domestic is something I never observe nor care about, but I'm just spending my time imagining that for the most part movies will scale relatively similarly.

you'll be mistaken. I've been studying IMDB for the last couple of weeks; movies that do well worldwide don't necessarily do well in the US surprisingly.

i just realized 2 of my choices dont have release dates yet, so I'm doubly screwed. oh well, my 10 actors will make up for it.

DharmaHelper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:44 pm

Golden wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:42 pm I'm still not 100% sure if the box office is only US domestic, or worldwide post US release.

US Domestic

i.e. whoever picked MI6 is screwed

i need a box office hit. there's not much hits left, i'm torn between 3 movies.

timmer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 11, 2018 3:56 am @JaggedJimmyJay is up!

no he's not, he's asleep.

Ricochet wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:40 pm In the Upside Down, maybe.

shut up sellout

Iron_Dwarf wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:29 am If dunya is picking a movie with unconfirmed release date, I will too. The Beach Bum.

risk taker buddy we're gonna be leaders in this game, trust me. top two spots between us fo' sho'

[mention]Iron_Dwarf[/mention] is up!

what the hell, On the Basis of Sex. let's go.

how risky is it to pick a movie without a release date?