Tuesday, January 8, 2008

2007 Year-End Awards

I have to say doing this really brought back memories (some traumatic) of the year in film for 2007. I can't say it was a great year but everyone has assurred me that's only because all the great movies have been released in the past two months and I haven't seen them yet. You'll get reviews of those in 2008. Before anyone says that I have 2006 releases on here let me point out that these awards include movies I either saw or REVIEWED in 2007.

You Liked it, I Didn't: 300, Hairspray, Waitress, Black Snake Moan

I Liked it, You Didn't: Spider-Man 3, Georgia Rule, Mr. Brooks

The Whole Country Liked it, I Didn't: Knocked Up

Most Overrated Comedy: Knocked Up

Most Underrated Comedy: Hot Rod

Most Underrated Drama: Mr. Brooks

Most Overrated Performance By An Actress in a Comedy: Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up)

Most Underrated Performance By An Actress in a Comedy: Leslie Mann (Knocked Up)
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Worst Lead Performance By An Actress in a Comedy:
Malin Akerman (The Heartbreak Kid)

Worst Performance By An Actor in a Dramatic Role: Matthew McConaughey (We Are Marshall)

Worst Lead Performance By An Actor in a Comedy: Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury)

Worst Supporting Performance By an Actor in a Comedy: John Travolta (Hairspray)

Best Summer Action Popcorn Movie: Live Free or Die Hard

Separated at Birth Award: Déjà vu, Premonition and Next

"Sorry, it wasn't THAT good" Award: Hot Fuzz

Most Polarizing Movie of The Year (TIE): Smokin' Aces and Shoot 'Em Up

Most Disappointing Movie of the Year: Saw IV

Funniest Comedy of the Year: Superbad

Unintentional Comedy of the Year:
Fracture

The Robin Williams Award For Worst Comedy of the Year: Balls of Fury (barely edging out Williams' own License To Wed)

Most Overrated Clive Owen Movie:
Children of Men

Most Underrated Clive Owen Movie: Shoot 'Em Up
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Most Needlessly Convoluted Screenplay of the Year:
Premonition

"I'm Hot But I Can't Act" Award (Tie): Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer) and Jessica Biel (Next)

"I'm Hot, But I CAN act" Award: Sarah Roemer (Disturbia)

"I Need a New Agent" Award (Actor): Nicolas Cage (Ghost Rider and Next)

"I Need a New Agent" Award (Actress): Mandy Moore (License To Wed)

Best Cure for Insomnia: Angelina Jolie (A Might Heart and The Good Shepherd)

The Dame Judi Dench/Chronicles of Riddick Quick Payday Award: Julianne Moore (Next)

Should Be Nominated For Best Actor But Won't: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Lookout)

Should be Nominated For Best Supporting Actor But Won't: Jeff Daniels (The Lookout)

Should Be Nominated For Best Picture But Won't: Zodiac
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Shouldn't Be nominated For Best Actress But Might
: Keri Russell (Waitress)

Best "Torture Porn" of the Year: Hostel Part 2

Worst "Torture Porn" of the Year: I Know Who Killed Me

Most Welcome Return To Form: Kevin Costner in Mr. Brooks

Best Remake: Halloween

Worst Remake (TIE): The Heartbreak Kid and The Hitcher

The Whole Really is Greater Than The Sum of Its Parts Award: Grindhouse

Best Twist Ending: Smokin' Aces

Worst Twist Ending: Saw IV

Most Laughable Twist Ending: Perfect Stranger

Biggest Cheat of an Ending: The Prestige

Best Cameo: Alan Thicke (Yes, THAT Alan Thicke) in Alpha Dog
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Best Performance as a Convicted Pedophile in a Motion Picture:
Jackie Earl Haley (Little Children)

Best Performance by a Convicted Pedophile in a Motion Picture: Jeffrey Jones (Who's Your Caddy?)

Best Wardrobe Decision: Mary Elizabeth Winstead's cheerleader outfit in Death Proof

Worst Wardrobe Decision: Sharon Stone's fat suit in Alpha Dog

"There's No Way This Movie Can Be As Good as Its Trailer " Award: Across The Universe

Most Hilariously Titled Movie: In The Land of Women

Gutsiest Filmmaking: Craig Brewer for Black Snake Moan

Coolest Villain: Maggie Q (Live Free or Die Hard)

Lamest Villain: Wes Bentley (Ghost Rider)

Creepiest Villain: Frank Whaley (Vacancy)

William Hurt Award For Best Performance in a Single Scene: John Carroll Lynch (Zodiac)

Best Body Part: Megan Fox's tummy (and everything else) in Transformers
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Worst Body Part:
Lindsay Lohan's robotic hand in I Know Who Killed Me

Best Performance By a Director: Kevin Smith in Live Free or Die Hard

Worst Performance By a Director (TIE): Quentin Tarantino (Planet Terror and Death Proof), Eli Roth (Death Proof)

Guiltiest Pleasure of The Year: Shoot 'Em Up

Future Cult Trash Classic:
Alpha Dog

Worst WWE Film: The Marine

Least Worst (I Refuse to say "Best") WWE Film: The Condemned

"Hollywood Fluff" Award: Ocean's Thirteen

"Wow, He Can Really Act" Award: Justin Timberlake (Black Snake Moan and Alpha Dog)

Best Score: Clint Mansell (The Fountain)

Movie I Desperately Wanted To See and Review But Didn't: Southland Tales

Sign of the Apocalypse Award: The box office success of films like I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Sign There May Still Be Hope: The box office failure of "timely" political dramas like Lions For Lambs, The Kingdom, In The Valley of Elah, and Rendition.

Movie I Most Enjoyed Reviewing:
Disturbia

Movie I Least Enjoyed Reviewing:
The Good Shepherd

Best Movie I Didn't See or Review (TIE):
Bug and Breach

Movie I'm Most Looking Forward to in 2008 (Tie):
The Dark Knight and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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