I am getting tired of Best of 2009, and want to rid myself of it. I did Best Supporting Actress and Lead Actress in separate posts, but I feel I will never finish if I keep doing it like that. So, without further ado, here is my best of 2009!
Best Picture
1st place: (500) Days of Summer
2nd: An Education
3rd: Up in the Air
4th: Inglourious Basterds
5th: Avatar
Best Director
1st: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
2nd: Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer
3rd: James Cameron, Avatar
4th: Lone Scherfig, An Education
5th: Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Actor
1st: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
2nd: George Clooney, Up in the Air
3rd: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
4th: Logan Lerman, My One and Only
5th: Sam Rockwell, Moon
Best Actress
1st: Carey Mulligan, An Education
2nd: Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer
3rd: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
4th: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
5th: Renee Zellweger, My One and Only
Best Supporting Actor
1st: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
2nd: Peter Sarsgaard, An Education
3rd: Brad Pitt, Inglourious Basterds
4th: Dominic Cooper, An Education
5th: Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Best Supporting Actress
1st: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
2nd: Mo'Nique, Precious
3rd: Marion Cotillard, Nine
4th: Rosamund Pike, An Education
5th: Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Best Cast
1st: Inglourious Basterds
2nd: An Education
3rd: Nine
4th: Up in the Air
5th: Duplicity
Special Award
Up - I couldn't fit this into my limited categories, so I will give it a special award because it truly is fantastic.
Rundown
An Education 7 nominations, 1 win
Inglourious Basterds 5 nominations, 2 wins
Up in the Air 5 nominations, 1 win
(500) Days of Summer 4 nominations, 2 wins
The Hurt Locker 2 nominations, 1 win
Avatar 2 nominations, 0 wins
My One and Only 2 nominations, 0 wins
Nine 2 nominations, 0 wins
Precious 2 nominations, 0 wins
Up 1 nomination, 1 win
Duplicity 1 nomination, 0 wins
Julie & Julia 1 nomination, 0 wins
The Last Station 1 nomination, 0 wins
Moon 1 nomination, 0 wins
Boy do I feel relieved. What do you think? Agree? Disagree? Share!
Showing posts with label Carey Mulligan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carey Mulligan. Show all posts
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
The Blind Side
I finally finished The Blind Side! Whether that's something to be happy or sad about I'm still trying to determine. There's no use in me lying to myself by saying "Oh but come Oscar night Carey Mulligan will win! You'll see! And so will Anna Kendrick!" It seems pretty set in stone that Sandra's taking the gold.
I have nothing wrong with her performance. Her being nominated doesn't irk me at all, especially since Abbie Cornish's performance in Bright Star fell flat with me (I have not seen Julia with Tilda Swinton yet). But to be a winner of an Academy Award for this? That's a little much. Consider the company this performance would be joining...
Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter
Frances McDormand in Fargo
Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
Helen Hunt in As Good As It Gets
All of the above are of course stellar performances, and not many can match them, but Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side doesn't even come close. The greatest of all of the Oscar nominated performances this year and the only one truly worthy to stand with these women is Carey Mulligan in An Education. But oh well. Oscar has a history of being unfair.
Don't get me started on the Best Picture nomination. If it could get a nomination for Best Picture, then I'm genuinely surprised that Jae Head and Kathy Bates didn't nab supporting nominations. Or Quinton Aaron himself for Best Actor. I mean, honestly, people must really love The Blind Side in order to give it a Best Picture nomination. They had to see past John Lee Hancock's in your face directing and overly sentimental moments (and, perhaps most difficult to overlook, Jae Head himself).
So overall, congratulations to Sandra on a deserved nomination, but can't I dream that she won't win?
What are your thoughts on The Blind Side?
I have nothing wrong with her performance. Her being nominated doesn't irk me at all, especially since Abbie Cornish's performance in Bright Star fell flat with me (I have not seen Julia with Tilda Swinton yet). But to be a winner of an Academy Award for this? That's a little much. Consider the company this performance would be joining...
Katharine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter
Frances McDormand in Fargo
Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking
Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
Helen Hunt in As Good As It Gets
All of the above are of course stellar performances, and not many can match them, but Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side doesn't even come close. The greatest of all of the Oscar nominated performances this year and the only one truly worthy to stand with these women is Carey Mulligan in An Education. But oh well. Oscar has a history of being unfair.
Don't get me started on the Best Picture nomination. If it could get a nomination for Best Picture, then I'm genuinely surprised that Jae Head and Kathy Bates didn't nab supporting nominations. Or Quinton Aaron himself for Best Actor. I mean, honestly, people must really love The Blind Side in order to give it a Best Picture nomination. They had to see past John Lee Hancock's in your face directing and overly sentimental moments (and, perhaps most difficult to overlook, Jae Head himself).
So overall, congratulations to Sandra on a deserved nomination, but can't I dream that she won't win?
What are your thoughts on The Blind Side?
Monday, February 15, 2010
Best Actress Winner
Time for the winners of this year's Katharine Hepburn Leading Actress Award!
5th place goes to...
Renee Zellweger in My One and Only
4th places goes to...
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
3rd place goes to...
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
5th place goes to...
Renee Zellweger in My One and Only
4th places goes to...
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
3rd place goes to...
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
2nd place goes to...
Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer
And the winner is...
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Who are your favorite leading ladies of '09?
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Best Actress - All That Film Style
Best of 2009, and this time we're talking leading ladies. Like the last award, this one will be named after a great thespian, too.
And this will be called the Katharine Hepburn Leading Actress Award! For those lovable leads. (Naturally "Katharine Hepburn" is standing in for the regular "Best.")
The nominees are...
Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer
For simultaneously being the girl we loved, and wanted to kill ourselves over.
Carey Mulligan, An Education
For irritating and charming us as a woman of the world and a confused school girl.
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
For giving a voice to someone so often forgotten.
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
For being a delight on the big screen in a big way.
Renee Zellweger, My One and Only
For flirting not just with tons of men, but the audience.
The winners will be in a separate post later on! Comments? Please, do share!
(And there aren't any pics. this time guys, sorry! It's kind of complicated to get them in the post, does nobody else have this problem? Hm...)
And this will be called the Katharine Hepburn Leading Actress Award! For those lovable leads. (Naturally "Katharine Hepburn" is standing in for the regular "Best.")
The nominees are...
Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer
For simultaneously being the girl we loved, and wanted to kill ourselves over.
Carey Mulligan, An Education
For irritating and charming us as a woman of the world and a confused school girl.
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
For giving a voice to someone so often forgotten.
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
For being a delight on the big screen in a big way.
Renee Zellweger, My One and Only
For flirting not just with tons of men, but the audience.
The winners will be in a separate post later on! Comments? Please, do share!
(And there aren't any pics. this time guys, sorry! It's kind of complicated to get them in the post, does nobody else have this problem? Hm...)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Oscar Nomintations!
Of course, you aren't reading the news on this blog first, but who said being late was a bad thing? I'm still trying to get my best of 2009 ready! So many afterthought, so little time...
Barreling through the nominations I have these conclusions:
Ten Best Picture nominees was a positively horrid and awful awful awful idea. The Blind Side...?
Sandra Bullock...? No thanks. Carey Mulligan? Thank you very much!
Best Actor/Supporting Actor had zero surprises. Boring. Good job Christopher Plummer!
Penelope Cruz over Marion Cotillard? Damn Weinsteins and their stupid campaigning process that tried to get Marion for lead.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, thanks for being a surprise. Anna Kendrick, please try and win this category! It seems rather impossible to beat Mo'Nique though, but we can pray.
No (500) Days of Summer? This sucks.
Barreling through the nominations I have these conclusions:
Ten Best Picture nominees was a positively horrid and awful awful awful idea. The Blind Side...?
Sandra Bullock...? No thanks. Carey Mulligan? Thank you very much!
Best Actor/Supporting Actor had zero surprises. Boring. Good job Christopher Plummer!
Penelope Cruz over Marion Cotillard? Damn Weinsteins and their stupid campaigning process that tried to get Marion for lead.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, thanks for being a surprise. Anna Kendrick, please try and win this category! It seems rather impossible to beat Mo'Nique though, but we can pray.
No (500) Days of Summer? This sucks.
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