Michael's View: The Oscars

I completely agree with Z, easily the easiest Oscars to predict thus far in the contest. The couple of things I was surprised at were the following...

I actually picked up an Oscar for It's A Public Life. Was not expecting it because I always thought the baits would be a more cult thing. Yet, I came away with Box-Office Hit!

That more people thought that Lucky Clover wouldn't win. It had support from practically every past BOTM winner including #1 spots from many of them.

That Gray Daze came in 2nd place. It had virtually no love from the SAG's or GG's and yet it came in 2nd when many doubted it would even be nominated for Best Picture. No suprise that Oil came in second, but I really thought Oil and The Informer would tie for 2nd.

Other than that no big surprises! Good luck in July everyone and based on the early reviews at the festival it seems like it will be one of the best and toughest months yet!

Reaction to June 2007 Awards/The Winners

As the July competition kicks off with the Bait Festival, we should look back on this month and see how everyone's hard work paid off. Let me just say this was one of the easiest months to predict for. My only surprises came from the Adapted Screenplay winner and a couple of creativity awards. Though all the Big 8 awards were predicted far and wide, I was surprised to see The End of the Alphabet snag the screenplay award from The Informer. Also, I did not expect Bloodshed to take the press section award. I thought one of the other baits had a better chance. Other than that, the only other surprise was the Most Original Bait winner. It wasn't that it was a bad choice, but I just didn't expect it to win. Congrats to all the winners though. Here are the winners for anyone who haven't seen it yet:

TOP 15 BAITS OF JUNE

1. Lucky Clover
2. Gray Daze / Oil
3. The Informer
4. The End of the Alphabet
5. Bloodshed
6. Mom is 80
7. Glitz
8. The 27th Victim / Standardized Test
9. Behind the Show
10. Tuesdays with Morrie
11. Captain Fantastic
12. It's a Public Life
13. Song and Dance Man
14. The Last Page
15. Running Miles

Honorary Mentions: One Thousand Paper Cranes & Flint

::: CREATIVITY AWARDS :::

Best Plot / Synopsis

Lucky Clover

Best Awards Campaign

Bloodshed

Best Online Awards Campaign

Gray Daze

Best Title

Captain Fantastic

Most Likely Bait to Become a Box-Office Hit

It's a Public Life

Most Likely Bait to Become a Cult Film

Dark Night of the Soul

Most Original Bait

Standardized Test

Most Original Character

Alvin Stevens, played by Topher Grace, in Gray Daze

Best Cast

The Informer

Best Casting Choice

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Sir Elton John in Captain Fantastic

Best Crew

Oil

Best Tagline

"Sometimes, all it takes to bring a family back together is a little slice of Birthday cake"
Mom is 80

Funniest Bait

Mom is 80

Shameless Oscar Vehicles

8
The Beast Within You
Bloodshed
Cooking Class
Tuesdays with Morrie

Best Poster Design

Lucky Clover

Best Author of the Month
Special Achievement on Writing and Creativity

Sergio (Lucky Clover)

::: THE BIG 8 AWARDS :::

Best Picture

Lucky Clover

Best Director

Robert Redford, Gray Daze

Best Actor

Topher Grace, Gray Daze

Best Actress

Glenn Close, The Last Page

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer, Oil

Best Supporting Actress

Juliette Lewis, Clockwork

Best Original Screenplay

Lucky Clover

Best Adapted Screenplay

The End of the Alphabet

The Bait Festival Is Approaching

For those of you following the thread, I'm sure you are aware of the Bait Festival that is up. I'm also sure you're aware that this is the last day to send your baits to the Festival. For anyone who has not yet, hurry. Michael will probably put up something saying when he will close the bait, but I don't know when.

1st Half of 2007 Awards

Harry has just started a new thing that actually sounds kind of cool. We are voting for our favorite baits that were released between January and June. If you wish to vote, e-mail Harry on the address listed in the thread for the awards and send him your top 10 baits of the first half and ten honorable mentions. I have already sent mine and so far Alex is the only other one to do so.

Your votes count. Get to it folks!

We will not except First Looks for a while

Since we are both busy polishing our baits for July, we will not accept any more baits for reviews for a short while. We will finish the last few First Looks we had planned but that will be it for now. We will start up reviewing when the next contest begins (most likely in an article where we review the July baits). Just to inform you.

First Looks Now Up

There are now several First Looks up on our sister site. Check them out on the link below:

http://thezoneofzgamer.blogspot.com/

We currently have one for Daniel's bait, Pat's bait and Bryce's bait with some more to come.

Update On First Looks

We will be showing First Look articles for several baits very soon. We are just in the process of finishing reading them. They will be up soon on our sister site (and my personal blog) The Zone of Zgamer. You can check what it looks like at http://thezoneofzgamer.blogspot.com/

More info to come soon to this blog and the bait an oscar forum back at the home site.