2005: Random Praise and Insult
In preparation for the actual Fiction Department ballot, which I will post next week, I have gathered together some thoughts in a little MTV Awards style post.
Best Documentary
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Murderball
alt: Grizzly Man
Best Animated Movie
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Howl's Moving Castle
alt: Corpse Bride
Most Overrated Movie
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Cinderella Man
Best Comedy Movie
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The 40 Year Old Virgin
Best Superhero Movie in Years
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Batman Begins
Most Socio-Politically Relevant Movie
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Syriana
Best Parody Movie
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Most Disappointing Movie
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Elizabethtown
Most Pleasant Surprise
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Pride and Prejudice
Best Cinematography
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The Constant Gardener
Best Original Score (Orchestra)
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King Kong
Best Original Score (Minimal)
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Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Score (Electronic)
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Syriana
Most Excessive Overacting
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Most Completely Unnecessary Rehashed War Epic
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Kingdom of Heaven
Best Movie You Wouldn't See Based On Description
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Hustle and Flow
Best Kids/Family Movie
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Millions
Most Poorly Mashed Drama/Comedy
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Transamerica
Best Quirky Comedy You've Probably Never Seen
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Saving Face
Best Movie to See With Family at Christmas
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The Family Stone
Most Egregious Example of Trying to Be Too Cool and Failing
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Sin City
Self Fulfilling Prophecy Award
(People wanted to be good so badly, they
actually believed that it was)
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Star Wars Episode III
Best New Actress
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Amy Adams (Junebug)
Best New Actor
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Terrence Howard (Crash, Hustle and Flow)
Wow, They Actually Have Talent (Actor)
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Heath Ledger
Wow, They Actually Have Talent (Actress)
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Keira Knightley
Best Comedic Performance
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Robert Downey Jr. -- Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Most Phoned in Performance (The Playing Yourself Award)
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Judi Dench -- Mrs. Henderson Presents
Movie Studio of the Year
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Focus Features (Brokeback Mountain, Broken Flowers, The Constant Gardener, Pride and Prejudice)
posted by JW at 2:02 PM
4 Comments:
Elizabethtown - I thought you liked this movie? Or was it just not as good as it could have been?
Saving Face - totally agree with you...this was a very entertaining movie.
Kiera Knightly - Not until P&P did you think she could act?
9:57 AM
Well... I didn't think Keira was horrible. It's just she showed a lot more range in P&P than I thought she did in previous work. She was good for what she had to go with, but they were, to a certain extent, fairly fluffy roles.
And I did not like Elizabethtown, was disappointed in almost every way. I don't feel like doing a review so I will not go into why just quality wise it was a big step down... I was hoping for an "Almost Famous" and got something entirely different.
10:54 AM
Well I understand where you are coming from. Almost Famous is a terrific movie a real experience. AF is one of those movies that sets a standard for the director that I then expect them to hit every time they make a movie (which I know is not fair). I did like Jerry Maguire and Say Anything is still a classic for me. Even his average movies have some originality though.
6:17 AM
I liked "Jerry Macguire" and also "Singles". I guess there is a point here, not everyone hits every time. Even Charlie Kaufman, the mostly insanely genius person in the movie business today, perhaps the greatest screenwriter ever, bombed once with "Human Nature".
1:11 PM
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