After a conserdilby large gap of time, here are my winnerns for this year's NeMe awards. Stay tuned for my best of the decade!
Series
-Lost
Tape A: "Happily Ever After" & "Ab Aeterno"
Tape B: "The Last Recruit" & "The Candidate"
Tape C: "The End (Pt. I)" & "The End (Pt. II)"
Lead Male Performer in a Series
-Community - Joel McHale as Jeff Winger "Physical Education"
-Lost - Matthew Fox as Dr. Jack Shepard "The End"
Lead Female Performer in a Series
-Parks and Recreation - Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope "Telethon"
Supporting Male Performer in a Series
-Community - Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir "Physical Education"
-Lost - Terry O'Quinn as John Locke/Man in Black "The Substitute"
Supporting Female Performer in a Series
-Dexter - Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan "Hello, Dexter Morgan"
-Glee - Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester "The Power of Madonna"
Guest Actor in a Series
-Dexter - John Lithgow as Arthur "The Trinity Killer" Mitchell "Lost Boys"
Guest Actress in a Series
-Modern Family - Shelly Long as DeDe Pritchett "The Incident"
Ensemble Cast
-Lost - Naveen Andrews, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yukjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Emilie de Ravin, Michael Emerson, Dominic Monaghan, Henry Ian Cusack, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ken Leung, Shannon Rutherford, Nestor Carbonell, Jeremy Davies, Jeff Fahey, Ian Somerhalder
Directing for a Drama Series
-Lost - Jack Bender "The End"
Directing for a Comedy Series
-Community - Justin Lin "Modern Warfare"
Directing for a Variety Series or Special
-Important Things With Demetri Martin - Bobcat Goldthwait, Richie Keen, Bruce Leddy, Nathan Fielder "2: Part 2"
Writing for a Drama Series
-Lost - Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof "The End"
-Mad Men - Matthew Weiner & Erin Levy "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
Writing for a Comedy Series
-Community - Emily Culter & Karey Dornetto "Contemporary American Poultry"
-Modern Family - Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh "Fizbo"
Writing for a Variety Series or Special
-The Colbert Report - Stephen Colbert & various writers
-Saturday Night Live - Jillian Bell & Danielle Kasen "Betty White/Jay-Z"
Drama Episode of the Year
-Breaking Bad - "One Minute" directed by Michelle MacLaren, written by Thomas Schnauz
-Lost - "The End" directed by Jack Bender, written by Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof
-Mad Men - "Seven Twenty-Seven" directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer, written by Matthew Weiner & Andre & Marie Jacquemetton
Comedy Episode of the Year
-Community - "Modern Warfare" directed by Justin Lin, written by Emily Cutler
-Saturday Night Live - "Betty White/Jay-Z" directed by Danielle Kasen, Don Roy King, Jonathan Krisel, Akiva Schaffer, & Jorma Taccone, written by Jillian Bell and Danielle Kasen
Variety Series
-The Colbert Report
-Important Things With Demetri Martin
Variety Special
-Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction
Animated Series
-The Boondocks
Sunday, June 20, 2010
1st Annual NeMe Awards
After eight hours of work, I finally completed the nominee list for the 1st Annual NeMe Awards.These are going to be my first round of Emmys. I will be doing the best in television for the 2009-2010 Season. Keep in mind, I've not seen every show that is on, and that these are my opinions of who gave their best work for this television season. Unlike the Emmys, there will be only split categories in writing and direction for comedy and drama, but more separation of variety and reality. Every nominee will include an episode that is the equivalent of an Emmy submission. Enjoy, and comment if you have any comments, questions, criticisms, concerns, etc.
Series
-30 Rock
Tape A: "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001" & "Black Light Attack"
Tape B: "Anna Howard Shaw Day" & "The Moms"
Tape C: "Don Giess, America, and Hope" & "I Do Do"
-Breaking Bad
Tape A: "I.F.T." & "Fly"
Tape B: "Sunset" & "One Minute"
Tape C: "Half Measures" & "Full Measures"
-Community
Tape A: "Pilot" & "Comparative Religion"
Tape B: "Physical Education" & "Contemporary American Poultry"
Tape C: "Modern Warfare" & "Pascal's Triangle Revisited"
-Dexter
Tape A: "Living the Dream" & "Dex Takes a Holiday"
Tape B: "Hungry Man" & "Lost Boys"
Tape C: "Hello, Dexter Morgan" & "The Getaway"
-Glee
Tape A: "Pilot" & "'Wheels"
Tape B: "Mattress" & "Sectionals"
Tape C: "Dream On" & "Journey"
-How I Met Your Mother
Tape A: "Robin 101" & "The Rough Patch"
Tape B: "Girls Versus Suits" & "Say Cheese"
Tape C: "Robots Versus Wrestlers" & "The Wedding Bride"
-Lost
Tape A: "Happily Ever After" & "Ab Aeterno"
Tape B: "The Last Recruit" & "The Candidate"
Tape C: "The End (Pt. I)" & "The End (Pt. II"
-Mad Men
Tape A: "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" & "Seven Twenty-Seven"
Tape B: "The Color Blue" & "The Gypsy and the Hobo"
Tape C: "The Grown Ups" & "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
-Modern Family
Tape A: "Pilot" & "The Bicycle Thief"
Tape B: "The Incident" & "Coal Digger"
Tape C: "Undeck the Halls" & "Fizbo"
-The Office
Tape A: "Niagara (Pt. I)" & "Niagara (Pt. II)"
Tape B: "The Lover" & "Secret Santa"
Tape C: "Happy Hour" & "The Chump"
Lead Male Performer in a Series
-30 Rock - Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy "Don Giess, America, and Hope"
-Breaking Bad - Bryan Cranston as Walt White "Fly"
-Community - Joel McHale as Jeff Winger "Physical Education"
-Dexter - Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan "The Getaway"
-Lost - Matthew Fox as Dr. Jack Shepard "The End"
-Mad Men - Jon Hamm as Don Draper/Dick Whitman "Seven Twenty-Seven"
-The Office - Steve Carrel as Michael Scott "Murder"
Lead Female Performer in a Series
-30 Rock - Tina Fey as Liz Lemon "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001"
-Breaking Bad - Anna Gunn as Skyler White "I.F.T."
-Glee - Lea Michele as Rachel Berry "Showmance"
-The Good Wife - Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick "Pilot"
-Mad Men - January Jones as Betty Draper "The Gypsy and the Hobo"
-Parks and Recreation - Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope "Telethon"
-Weeds - Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin "All About My Mom"
Supporting Male Performer in a Series
-Breaking Bad - Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman "One Minute"
-Community - Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir "Physical Education"
-How I Met Your Mother - Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson "Girls Versus Suits"
-Lost - Michael Emerson as Ben Linus "Dr. Linus"
-Lost - Terry O'Quinn as John Locke/Man in Black "The Substitute"
-Modern Family - Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy "The Bicycle Thief"
-The Office - Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute "Niagara"
Supporting Female Performer in a Series
-30 Rock - Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney "Verna"
-Dexter - Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan "Hello, Dexter Morgan"
-Glee - Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester "The Power of Madonna"
-Lost - Yukjin Kim as Sun-Hwa Kwon "The Candidate"
-Mad Men - Elizabeth Moss as Peggy Olson "Love Amongst the Ruins"
-Modern Family - Sofia Vergara as Gloria Pritchett "Coal Digger"
-The Office - Jenna Fischer as Pam Halpert "The Lover"
Guest Actor in a Series
-30 Rock - Michael Sheen as Wesley Snipes "Don Giess, America, and Hope"
-Dexter - John Lithgow as Arthur "The Trinity Killer" Mitchell "Lost Boys"
-Glee - Neil Patrick Harris as Bryan Ryan "Dream On"
-House M.D. - James Earl Jones as Dibala "The Tyrant"
-Lost - Henry Ian Cusack as Desmond Hume "Happily Ever After"
-Mad Men - Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
-Modern Family - Fred Willard as Frank Dunphy "Travels With Scout"
Guest Actress in a Series
-30 Rock - Jan Hooks as Verna Maroney "Verna"
-30 Rock - Julianne Moore as Nancy Donovan "I Do Do"
-Damages - Lily Tomlin as Marylin Tobin "The Next One's Gonna Go in Your Throat"
-Glee - Kristen Chenoweth as April Rhodes "The Rhodes Not Taken"
-Lost - Allison Janey as Mother "Across the Sea"
-Modern Family - Shelly Long as DeDe Pritchett "The Incident"
-The Office - Kathy Bates as Jo Bennett "Whistleblower"
Ensemble Cast
-30 Rock - Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin
-Community - Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown,Allison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase
-Glee - Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Corey Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Mark Salling, Jenna Ushkowitz, Naya Rivera, Heather Morris, Jayma Mays, Chris O'Malley
-Lost - Naveen Andrews, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yukjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Emilie de Ravin, Michael Emerson, Dominic Monaghan, Henry Ian Cusack, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ken Leung, Shannon Rutherford, Nestor Carbonell, Jeremy Davies, Jeff Fahey, Ian Somerhalder
-Mad Men - Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Aaron Staton, Michael Gladis, Rob Sommer, Robert Morse, Bryan Batt
-Modern Family - Ed O'Neil, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Streetstone, Rico Rodriguez, Nolan Gould, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter
-The Office - Steve Carrel, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kailing, Creed Bratton, Oscar Nunez, Paul Lieberstein, Ed Helms, Craig Robinson
Directing for a Drama Series
-Breaking Bad - Michelle MacLaren "One Minute"
-Dexter - Steve Shill "The Getaway"
-House M.D. - Katie Jacobs "Broken"
-Lost - Jack Bender "The Candidate"
-Lost - Jack Bender "The End"
-Mad Men - Matthew Weiner "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
Directing for a Comedy Series
-30 Rock - Don Scardino "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001"
-Community - Justin Lin "Modern Warfare"
-Glee - Ryan Murphy "Wheels"
-Modern Family - Justin Winer "Pilot"
-Modern Family - Justin Winer "Fizbo"
-The Office - Paul Feig "Niagara"
Directing for a Variety Series or Special
-The 82nd Annual Academy Awards - Hamish Hamilton
-The Colbert Report - Jim Hoskinson
-The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - Chuck O'Neil
-Important Things With Demetri Martin - Bobcat Goldthwait, Richie Keen, Bruce Leddy, Nathan Fielder "2: Part 2"
-The Kennedy Center Honors - Louis J. Horvitz
-Saturday Night Live - Danielle Kasen, Don Roy King, Jonathan Krisel, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone "Betty White/Jay-Z"
Writing for a Drama Series
-Breaking Bad - Thomas Schnauz "One Minute"
-Dexter - Teleplay by: Wendy West & Melissa Rosenberg, Story by: Scott Reynolds & Melissa Rosenberg "The Getaway"
-House M.D. - Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Foster, & David Shore "Broken
-Lost - Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof "The End"
-Mad Men - Matthew Weiner, Marti Noxon, & Cathryn Humphris "The Gypsy and the Hobo"
-Mad Men - Matthew Weiner & Erin Levy "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
Writing for a Comedy Series
-30 Rock - Kay Cannon "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001"
-Community - Emily Culter & Karey Dornetto "Contemporary American Poultry"
-Glee - Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, & Ian Brennan "Pilot"
-How I Met Your Mother - Carter Bays & Craig Thomas "The Playbook"
-Modern Family - Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh "Fizbo"
-The Office - Greg Daniels & Mindy Kailing "Niagara"
Writing for a Variety Series or Special
-The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards - Paul Greenberg, Joe Kelly, Jon Macks, & David Wild
-The Colbert Report - Stephen Colbert & various writers
-The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - Jon Stewart & various writers
-Important Things With Demetri Martin - Andy Blitz, Greg Cohen, Nathan Fielder, Joey Furey, Megan Ganz, Michael Koman, Levi MacDougall, Demetri Martin, Dan Mintz "Strategy"
-The Kennedy Center Honors - George Steven Jr. & Michael Stevens
-Saturday Night Live - Jillian Bell & Danielle Kasen "Betty White/Jay-Z"
Drama Episode of the Year
-24 - "Day 8: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM" directed by Brad Turner, written by Howard Gordon
-Breaking Bad - "One Minute" directed by Michelle MacLaren, written by Thomas Schnauz
-Dexter - "The Getaway" directed by Steve Shills, teleplay by: Wendy West & Melissa Rosenberg, story by: Scott Reynolds & Melissa Rosenberg "The Getaway"
-Lost - "The Candidate" directed by Jack Bender, written by Elizabeth Sarnoff & Jim Galasso
-Lost - "The End" directed by Jack Bender, written by Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof
-Mad Men - "Seven Twenty-Seven" directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer, written by Matthew Weiner & Andre & Marie Jacquemetton
-Mad Men - "Shut the Door, Have a Seat" directed by Matthew Weiner, written by Matthew Weiner & Erin Levy
Comedy Episode of the Year
-30 Rock - "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001" directed by Don Scardino, written by Kay Cannon
-Community - "Modern Warfare" directed by Justin Lin, written by Emily Cutler
-Glee - "Pilot" directed by Ryan Murphy, written by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, & Ian Brennan
-Modern Family - "Fizbo" directed by Justin Winer, written by Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh
-The Office - "Niagara" directed by Paul Feig, written by Greg Daniels & Mindy Kailing
-Parks and Recreation - "Telethon" directed by Troy Miller, written by Amy Poehler
-Saturday Night Live - "Betty White/Jay-Z" directed by Danielle Kasen, Don Roy King, Jonathan Krisel, Akiva Schaffer, & Jorma Taccone, written by Jillian Bell and Danielle Kasen
Variety Series
-The Colbert Report
-The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
-Important Things With Demetri Martin
-Late Night With Conan O'Brien
-Real Time With Bill Maher
-Saturday Night Live
Variety Special
-25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert
-The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
-The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
-Hope For Haiti Now
-The Kennedy Center Honors
-Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction
Animated Series
-American Dad
-The Boondocks
-Family Guy
-Phineas and Ferb
-The Simpsons
-Spongebob Squarepants
Series
-30 Rock
Tape A: "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001" & "Black Light Attack"
Tape B: "Anna Howard Shaw Day" & "The Moms"
Tape C: "Don Giess, America, and Hope" & "I Do Do"
-Breaking Bad
Tape A: "I.F.T." & "Fly"
Tape B: "Sunset" & "One Minute"
Tape C: "Half Measures" & "Full Measures"
-Community
Tape A: "Pilot" & "Comparative Religion"
Tape B: "Physical Education" & "Contemporary American Poultry"
Tape C: "Modern Warfare" & "Pascal's Triangle Revisited"
-Dexter
Tape A: "Living the Dream" & "Dex Takes a Holiday"
Tape B: "Hungry Man" & "Lost Boys"
Tape C: "Hello, Dexter Morgan" & "The Getaway"
-Glee
Tape A: "Pilot" & "'Wheels"
Tape B: "Mattress" & "Sectionals"
Tape C: "Dream On" & "Journey"
-How I Met Your Mother
Tape A: "Robin 101" & "The Rough Patch"
Tape B: "Girls Versus Suits" & "Say Cheese"
Tape C: "Robots Versus Wrestlers" & "The Wedding Bride"
-Lost
Tape A: "Happily Ever After" & "Ab Aeterno"
Tape B: "The Last Recruit" & "The Candidate"
Tape C: "The End (Pt. I)" & "The End (Pt. II"
-Mad Men
Tape A: "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" & "Seven Twenty-Seven"
Tape B: "The Color Blue" & "The Gypsy and the Hobo"
Tape C: "The Grown Ups" & "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
-Modern Family
Tape A: "Pilot" & "The Bicycle Thief"
Tape B: "The Incident" & "Coal Digger"
Tape C: "Undeck the Halls" & "Fizbo"
-The Office
Tape A: "Niagara (Pt. I)" & "Niagara (Pt. II)"
Tape B: "The Lover" & "Secret Santa"
Tape C: "Happy Hour" & "The Chump"
Lead Male Performer in a Series
-30 Rock - Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy "Don Giess, America, and Hope"
-Breaking Bad - Bryan Cranston as Walt White "Fly"
-Community - Joel McHale as Jeff Winger "Physical Education"
-Dexter - Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan "The Getaway"
-Lost - Matthew Fox as Dr. Jack Shepard "The End"
-Mad Men - Jon Hamm as Don Draper/Dick Whitman "Seven Twenty-Seven"
-The Office - Steve Carrel as Michael Scott "Murder"
Lead Female Performer in a Series
-30 Rock - Tina Fey as Liz Lemon "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001"
-Breaking Bad - Anna Gunn as Skyler White "I.F.T."
-Glee - Lea Michele as Rachel Berry "Showmance"
-The Good Wife - Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick "Pilot"
-Mad Men - January Jones as Betty Draper "The Gypsy and the Hobo"
-Parks and Recreation - Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope "Telethon"
-Weeds - Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin "All About My Mom"
Supporting Male Performer in a Series
-Breaking Bad - Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman "One Minute"
-Community - Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir "Physical Education"
-How I Met Your Mother - Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson "Girls Versus Suits"
-Lost - Michael Emerson as Ben Linus "Dr. Linus"
-Lost - Terry O'Quinn as John Locke/Man in Black "The Substitute"
-Modern Family - Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy "The Bicycle Thief"
-The Office - Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute "Niagara"
Supporting Female Performer in a Series
-30 Rock - Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney "Verna"
-Dexter - Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan "Hello, Dexter Morgan"
-Glee - Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester "The Power of Madonna"
-Lost - Yukjin Kim as Sun-Hwa Kwon "The Candidate"
-Mad Men - Elizabeth Moss as Peggy Olson "Love Amongst the Ruins"
-Modern Family - Sofia Vergara as Gloria Pritchett "Coal Digger"
-The Office - Jenna Fischer as Pam Halpert "The Lover"
Guest Actor in a Series
-30 Rock - Michael Sheen as Wesley Snipes "Don Giess, America, and Hope"
-Dexter - John Lithgow as Arthur "The Trinity Killer" Mitchell "Lost Boys"
-Glee - Neil Patrick Harris as Bryan Ryan "Dream On"
-House M.D. - James Earl Jones as Dibala "The Tyrant"
-Lost - Henry Ian Cusack as Desmond Hume "Happily Ever After"
-Mad Men - Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
-Modern Family - Fred Willard as Frank Dunphy "Travels With Scout"
Guest Actress in a Series
-30 Rock - Jan Hooks as Verna Maroney "Verna"
-30 Rock - Julianne Moore as Nancy Donovan "I Do Do"
-Damages - Lily Tomlin as Marylin Tobin "The Next One's Gonna Go in Your Throat"
-Glee - Kristen Chenoweth as April Rhodes "The Rhodes Not Taken"
-Lost - Allison Janey as Mother "Across the Sea"
-Modern Family - Shelly Long as DeDe Pritchett "The Incident"
-The Office - Kathy Bates as Jo Bennett "Whistleblower"
Ensemble Cast
-30 Rock - Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin
-Community - Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown,Allison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase
-Glee - Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Corey Monteith, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Mark Salling, Jenna Ushkowitz, Naya Rivera, Heather Morris, Jayma Mays, Chris O'Malley
-Lost - Naveen Andrews, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yukjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Emilie de Ravin, Michael Emerson, Dominic Monaghan, Henry Ian Cusack, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ken Leung, Shannon Rutherford, Nestor Carbonell, Jeremy Davies, Jeff Fahey, Ian Somerhalder
-Mad Men - Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Aaron Staton, Michael Gladis, Rob Sommer, Robert Morse, Bryan Batt
-Modern Family - Ed O'Neil, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Streetstone, Rico Rodriguez, Nolan Gould, Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter
-The Office - Steve Carrel, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kailing, Creed Bratton, Oscar Nunez, Paul Lieberstein, Ed Helms, Craig Robinson
Directing for a Drama Series
-Breaking Bad - Michelle MacLaren "One Minute"
-Dexter - Steve Shill "The Getaway"
-House M.D. - Katie Jacobs "Broken"
-Lost - Jack Bender "The Candidate"
-Lost - Jack Bender "The End"
-Mad Men - Matthew Weiner "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
Directing for a Comedy Series
-30 Rock - Don Scardino "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001"
-Community - Justin Lin "Modern Warfare"
-Glee - Ryan Murphy "Wheels"
-Modern Family - Justin Winer "Pilot"
-Modern Family - Justin Winer "Fizbo"
-The Office - Paul Feig "Niagara"
Directing for a Variety Series or Special
-The 82nd Annual Academy Awards - Hamish Hamilton
-The Colbert Report - Jim Hoskinson
-The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - Chuck O'Neil
-Important Things With Demetri Martin - Bobcat Goldthwait, Richie Keen, Bruce Leddy, Nathan Fielder "2: Part 2"
-The Kennedy Center Honors - Louis J. Horvitz
-Saturday Night Live - Danielle Kasen, Don Roy King, Jonathan Krisel, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone "Betty White/Jay-Z"
Writing for a Drama Series
-Breaking Bad - Thomas Schnauz "One Minute"
-Dexter - Teleplay by: Wendy West & Melissa Rosenberg, Story by: Scott Reynolds & Melissa Rosenberg "The Getaway"
-House M.D. - Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, David Foster, & David Shore "Broken
-Lost - Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof "The End"
-Mad Men - Matthew Weiner, Marti Noxon, & Cathryn Humphris "The Gypsy and the Hobo"
-Mad Men - Matthew Weiner & Erin Levy "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
Writing for a Comedy Series
-30 Rock - Kay Cannon "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001"
-Community - Emily Culter & Karey Dornetto "Contemporary American Poultry"
-Glee - Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, & Ian Brennan "Pilot"
-How I Met Your Mother - Carter Bays & Craig Thomas "The Playbook"
-Modern Family - Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh "Fizbo"
-The Office - Greg Daniels & Mindy Kailing "Niagara"
Writing for a Variety Series or Special
-The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards - Paul Greenberg, Joe Kelly, Jon Macks, & David Wild
-The Colbert Report - Stephen Colbert & various writers
-The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - Jon Stewart & various writers
-Important Things With Demetri Martin - Andy Blitz, Greg Cohen, Nathan Fielder, Joey Furey, Megan Ganz, Michael Koman, Levi MacDougall, Demetri Martin, Dan Mintz "Strategy"
-The Kennedy Center Honors - George Steven Jr. & Michael Stevens
-Saturday Night Live - Jillian Bell & Danielle Kasen "Betty White/Jay-Z"
Drama Episode of the Year
-24 - "Day 8: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM" directed by Brad Turner, written by Howard Gordon
-Breaking Bad - "One Minute" directed by Michelle MacLaren, written by Thomas Schnauz
-Dexter - "The Getaway" directed by Steve Shills, teleplay by: Wendy West & Melissa Rosenberg, story by: Scott Reynolds & Melissa Rosenberg "The Getaway"
-Lost - "The Candidate" directed by Jack Bender, written by Elizabeth Sarnoff & Jim Galasso
-Lost - "The End" directed by Jack Bender, written by Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof
-Mad Men - "Seven Twenty-Seven" directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer, written by Matthew Weiner & Andre & Marie Jacquemetton
-Mad Men - "Shut the Door, Have a Seat" directed by Matthew Weiner, written by Matthew Weiner & Erin Levy
Comedy Episode of the Year
-30 Rock - "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001" directed by Don Scardino, written by Kay Cannon
-Community - "Modern Warfare" directed by Justin Lin, written by Emily Cutler
-Glee - "Pilot" directed by Ryan Murphy, written by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, & Ian Brennan
-Modern Family - "Fizbo" directed by Justin Winer, written by Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh
-The Office - "Niagara" directed by Paul Feig, written by Greg Daniels & Mindy Kailing
-Parks and Recreation - "Telethon" directed by Troy Miller, written by Amy Poehler
-Saturday Night Live - "Betty White/Jay-Z" directed by Danielle Kasen, Don Roy King, Jonathan Krisel, Akiva Schaffer, & Jorma Taccone, written by Jillian Bell and Danielle Kasen
Variety Series
-The Colbert Report
-The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
-Important Things With Demetri Martin
-Late Night With Conan O'Brien
-Real Time With Bill Maher
-Saturday Night Live
Variety Special
-25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert
-The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
-The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
-Hope For Haiti Now
-The Kennedy Center Honors
-Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction
Animated Series
-American Dad
-The Boondocks
-Family Guy
-Phineas and Ferb
-The Simpsons
-Spongebob Squarepants
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Early Emmy Predictions
There's only four months until the Emmy Awards, and three 'till the nominations come out. It's time to get started
DRAMA
SERIES
Breaking Bad
Tape A: "No Mas" & "I. F. T."
Tape B: "Sunset" & "One Minute"
Tape C: "Half Measures" & "Full Measures"
Tape A: "No Mas" & "I. F. T."
Tape B: "Sunset" & "One Minute"
Tape C: "Half Measures" & "Full Measures"
Damages
Tape A: "Your Secrets Are Safe" & "The Dog Is Happier Without Here"
Tape B: "I Look Like Frankenstein" & "Drive It Through Hardcore"
Tape C: "All That Crap About Your Family" & "The Next One's Gonna Go in Your Throat"
Tape A: "Your Secrets Are Safe" & "The Dog Is Happier Without Here"
Tape B: "I Look Like Frankenstein" & "Drive It Through Hardcore"
Tape C: "All That Crap About Your Family" & "The Next One's Gonna Go in Your Throat"
Dexter
Tape A: "Living the Dream" & "Dirty Harry"
Tape B: "Hungry Man" & "Lost Boys"
Tape C: "Hello, Dexter Morgan" & "The Getaway"
The Good Wife
Tape A: "Pilot" & "Stripped"
Tape B: "Bad" & "Hi"
Tape C: "Doubt" & "Running"
Tape A: "Living the Dream" & "Dirty Harry"
Tape B: "Hungry Man" & "Lost Boys"
Tape C: "Hello, Dexter Morgan" & "The Getaway"
The Good Wife
Tape A: "Pilot" & "Stripped"
Tape B: "Bad" & "Hi"
Tape C: "Doubt" & "Running"
Lost
Tape A: "L.A.X. (Pt. I)" & "Ab Aeterno"
Tape B: "The Last Recruit" & "The Candidate"
Tape C: "The End (Pt. I)" & "The End (Pt. II)"
Tape A: "L.A.X. (Pt. I)" & "Ab Aeterno"
Tape B: "The Last Recruit" & "The Candidate"
Tape C: "The End (Pt. I)" & "The End (Pt. II)"
Mad Men
Tape A: "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" & "Seven Thirty Seven"
Tape B: "The Color Blue" & "The Gypsy and the Hobo"
Tape C: "The Grown Ups" & "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
Tape A: "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" & "Seven Thirty Seven"
Tape B: "The Color Blue" & "The Gypsy and the Hobo"
Tape C: "The Grown Ups" & "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
Alt: 24
LEAD ACTOR
Simon Baker for The Mentalist
Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall for Dexter
Jon Hamm for Mad Men
Hugh Laurie for House M.D.
Keifer Sutherland for 24
Alt: Bill Paxton for Big Love
LEAD ACTRESS
Glenn Close for Damages
Sally Field for Brothers and Sisters
Mariska Hargitay for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
January Jones for Mad Men
Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife
Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer
Alt: Anna Paquinn for True Blood
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nestor Carbonell for Lost
Michael Emerson for Lost
Terry O'Quinn for Lost
Aaron Paul for Breaking Bad
Martin Short for Damages
John Slattery for Mad Men
Alt:Campbell Scott Damages
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Christine Baranski for The Good Wife
Rose Byrne for Damages
Anna Gunn for Breaking Bad
Cherry Jones for 24
Elizabeth Moss for Mad Men
Chloe Sevgny for Big Love
Alt: Sandra Oh for Gry's Anatomy
DIRECTING
Breaking Bad "One Minute"
Damages "The Next One's Gonna Go in Your Throat"
Lost "The End"
Lost "The Candidate"
Lost "The Candidate"
Mad Men "The Gypsy and the Hobo"
Mad Men "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
Alt: Dexter "The Getaway"
WRITING
Breaking Bad "One Minute"
Dexter "The Getaway"
Dexter "The Getaway"
Lost "The Candidate"
Lost "The End"
Mad Men "The Gypsy and the Hobo"
Mad Men "Shut the Door, Have a Seat"
Alt: Lost "Ab Aeterno"
GUEST ACTOR
Damages
Damages
24
House M.D.
Dexter
House M.D.
Alt: Big Love
GUEST ACTRESS
Burn Notice
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mercy
Big Love
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Damages
Alt: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
COMEDY
SERIES
30 Rock
Tape A: "Audition Day" & "Dealbreakers #0001"
Tape B: "Klaus and Gretta" & "Black Light Attack"
Tape C: "Anna Howard Shaw Day" & "I Do Do"
Tape A: "Audition Day" & "Dealbreakers #0001"
Tape B: "Klaus and Gretta" & "Black Light Attack"
Tape C: "Anna Howard Shaw Day" & "I Do Do"
The Big Bang Theory
Tape A: "The Gothowitz Deviation" & "The Adhesive Duck Deficiency"
Tape B: "The Vengeance Formulation" & "The Gorilla Experiment"
Tape C: "The Big Hadrom Collision" & "The Precious Fragmentation"
Tape A: "The Gothowitz Deviation" & "The Adhesive Duck Deficiency"
Tape B: "The Vengeance Formulation" & "The Gorilla Experiment"
Tape C: "The Big Hadrom Collision" & "The Precious Fragmentation"
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Tape A: "Funkhouser's Crazy Sister" & "Vehicular Fellatio"
Tape B: "The Hot Towel " & "Denise Handicapped"
Tape C: "The Table Read" & "Seinfeld"
Tape A: "Funkhouser's Crazy Sister" & "Vehicular Fellatio"
Tape B: "The Hot Towel " & "Denise Handicapped"
Tape C: "The Table Read" & "Seinfeld"
Glee
Tape A: "Pilot" & "Sectionals"
Tape B: "Wheels" & "The Power of Madonna"
Tape C: "Laryngitis" & "Funk"
Tape A: "Pilot" & "Sectionals"
Tape B: "Wheels" & "The Power of Madonna"
Tape C: "Laryngitis" & "Funk"
Modern Family
Tape A: "Pilot" & "The Incident"
Tape B: "Coal Digger" & "Fizbo"
Tape C: "Travels With Scout" & "Hawaii"
Tape A: "Pilot" & "The Incident"
Tape B: "Coal Digger" & "Fizbo"
Tape C: "Travels With Scout" & "Hawaii"
The Office
Tape A: "Gossip" & "The Lover"
Tape B: "Niagara (Pt. I)" & "Niagara (Pt. II)"
Tape C: "Secret Santa" & "Whistleblower"
Tape A: "Gossip" & "The Lover"
Tape B: "Niagara (Pt. I)" & "Niagara (Pt. II)"
Tape C: "Secret Santa" & "Whistleblower"
Alt: How I Met Your Mother
LEAD ACTOR
Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock
Steve Carell for The Office
Larry David for Curb Your Enthusiasm
Matthew Morrison for Glee
Jim Parsons for The Big Bang Theory
Tony Shaloub for Monk
Alt: David Duchovny for Californication
Alt: David Duchovny for Californication
LEAD ACTRESS
Toni Colette for United States of Tara
Edie Falco for Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey for 30 Rock
Julia Louis Dreyfus for The New Adventures of Old Christine
Lea Michelle for Glee
Lea Michelle for Glee
Mary Louise Parker for Weeds
Alt:Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation
Alt:Amy Poehler for Parks and Recreation
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ty Burrell for Modern Family
Chevy Chase for Community
Neil Patrick Harris for How I Met Your Mother
John Krasinski for The Office
John Krasinski for The Office
Jeremy Piven for Entourage
Rainn Wilson for The Office
Alt: Eric Streetsone for Modern Family
Alt: Eric Streetsone for Modern Family
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jane Adams for Hung
Julie Bowen for Modern Family
Jenna Fischer for The Office
Jane Krakowski for 30 Rock
Jane Lynch for Glee
Kristen Wig for Saturday Night Live
DIRECTING
30 Rock "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001"
30 Rock "I Do Do"
Entourage "Give A Little Bit"
Glee "Pilot"
Modern Family"Plot"
The Office "Niagara"
Alt: Modern Family "Airport 2010"
WRITING
30 Rock "Anna Howard Shaw Day"
30 Rock "Black Light Attack"
30 Rock "Dealbreakers Talk Show #0001"
Glee "Pilot"
Modern Family "Pilot"
The Office "Niagara"
Alt: Modern Family "Fizbo"
GUEST ACTOR
Curb Your Enthusiasm
30 Rock
Modern Family
30 Rock
Saturday Night Live
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Alt: Modern Family
GUEST ACTRESS
The Big Bang Theory
30 Rock
The Office
Glee
Modern Family
30 Rock
Alt: The Middle
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Dexter: Review
I've recently started watching the series Dexter. The series revolves around Dexter Morgan, a blood pattern analyst that lives in Miami, but is simultaneously a serial killer. He struggles with being empty, his inner demons, and controlling his urges to kill, and reserving them for those who truly deserve it. Dexter goes through life trying to balance this, along with his personal life. He works alongside the MPD, along with his adoptive sister who is also an officer, to solve various murders in Miami.
SPOILER WARNING!!
To be honest, I've only seen the first season, which involves Dexter tracking various serial killers, and most notably an elusive figure known as "The Ice Truck Killer." This murderer turns out to be the significant other of his sister, Debra. The show also explores the relationship and conflict between his sister and himself, and the feud between his girlfriend, Rita, and her abusive, yet loving father, husband.
There are so many elements to this series that make it so great. It's quite riveting, appropriately shot, intelligently and sharply written, and suspenseful. One cannot help but wince at that the depiction of the protagonist disposing of his putrid captives. The show is also laced with bits of dark humor, often playing to Dexter's despondence, and to the morbidity of each murder scene. Each player is brilliant in their respective roles, most notably Michael C. Hall as the titular character. Watching this self-deprecating enigma is so intriguing, and you root for every scum he gets rid of. This piece of entertainment is the sort of work in the same vain as Breaking Bad or Weeds. That is to say, a show about people doing bad things for the betterment of others, but in such a way that is such an exciting, and great to experience. This series is a masterpiece, and I cannot wait to watch more.
My Grade: *****/*****
SPOILER WARNING!!
To be honest, I've only seen the first season, which involves Dexter tracking various serial killers, and most notably an elusive figure known as "The Ice Truck Killer." This murderer turns out to be the significant other of his sister, Debra. The show also explores the relationship and conflict between his sister and himself, and the feud between his girlfriend, Rita, and her abusive, yet loving father, husband.
There are so many elements to this series that make it so great. It's quite riveting, appropriately shot, intelligently and sharply written, and suspenseful. One cannot help but wince at that the depiction of the protagonist disposing of his putrid captives. The show is also laced with bits of dark humor, often playing to Dexter's despondence, and to the morbidity of each murder scene. Each player is brilliant in their respective roles, most notably Michael C. Hall as the titular character. Watching this self-deprecating enigma is so intriguing, and you root for every scum he gets rid of. This piece of entertainment is the sort of work in the same vain as Breaking Bad or Weeds. That is to say, a show about people doing bad things for the betterment of others, but in such a way that is such an exciting, and great to experience. This series is a masterpiece, and I cannot wait to watch more.
My Grade: *****/*****
Friday, March 26, 2010
2010-2011 Oscar Predictions (Round 1)
It's a new year, and a new Oscar race. This year looks as though it will be a fine year in cinema, but there's still plenty of time for a lot to fail and bomb. Since it's the beginning of the year, anything can be predicted, and it's all completely founded. Let's go for it, and see how close I'll be at the end of the year.
PICTURE
-Black Swan
-Blue Valentine
-Brighton Rock
-Fish Tank
-Get Low
-Inception***
-The Kids Are All Right
-The Rum Diary
-The Social Network
-Toy Story 3
DIRECTOR
-Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank
-David Clanfrance for Blue Valentine
-David Fincher for The Social Network
-Rowan Joffe for Brighton Rock
-Christopher Nolan for Inception***
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
-Johnny Depp for The Rum Diary
-Leonardo DiCaprio for Inception
-James Franco for Howl
-Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine***
-Sam Riley for Brighton Rock
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
-Annette Benning for The Kids Are All Right***
-Andrea Riseborough for Brighton Rock
-Katie Jarvis for Fish Tank
-Natalie Portman for Black Swan
-Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
-Christian Bale for The Fighter***
-Michael Fassbender for Fish Tank
-Bill Murray for Get Low
-Giovanni Ribsi for The Rum Diary
-Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
-Marion Cotilard for Inception
-Anna Marie-Duff for Nowhere Boy***
-Mila Kunis for Black Swan
-Helen Mirren for Brighton Rock
-Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right
WRITING (ORIGINAL)
-Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank
-Darren Aronofsky & Mark Heyman for Black Swan
-Stuart Blumberg & Lisa Cholodenko for The Kids Are All Right
-David Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, & Cami Delavigne for Blue Valentine
-Christopher Nolan for Inception***
WRITING (ADAPTED)
-Joel & Ethan Coen for True Grit
-Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for Winter's Bone
-Bruce Robinson for The Rum Diary
-Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
-????? for Brighton Rock***
ANIMATED FILM
-Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud for Despicable Me
-Chris Sanders & Dean DeBois for How to Train Your Dragon
-Lee Unkrich for Toy Story 3***
FILM EDITING
-Andrew Weisblum for Black Swan
-Jim Helton & Ron Patane for Blue Valentine
-Pamela Martin for The Fighter
-Lee Smith for Inception***
-Thelma Schoomaker for Shutter Island
CINEMATOGRAPHY
-????? for Brighton Rock
-Wally Pfister for Inception***
-John Mathieson for Robin Hood
-Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life
-Robert Richardson for True Grit
ART DIRECTION
-Guy Dyas & Larry Dias for Agora
-Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara, & Peter Young for Alice in Wonderland
-????? for Brighton Rock***
-????? for Get Low
-Arthur Max & Sonja Laus for Robin Hood
COSTUME DESIGN
-Gabriella Pescucci for Agora***
-Coleen Atwood for Alice in Wonderland
-Julie Weiss for Get Low
-Jarty Yates for Robin Hood
-Julie Weiss for Shanghai
ORIGINAL SCORE
-????? for \Brighton Rock
-Jan A.P. Kaczmarek for Get Low
-Hans Zimmer for Inception***
-Randy Newman for Toy Story 3
-Carter Burwell for True Grit
ORIGINAL SONG
-Alice in Wonderland
-Blue Valentine
-Greenberg
-Shrek Forever After
-Toy Story 3***
VISUAL EFFECTS
-Inception
-Iron Man 2***
-Tron Legacy
MAKE UP
-Alice in Wonderland ***
-The Last Airbender
-A Nightmare on Elm Street
SOUND MIXING
-Green Zone
-Inception
-Iron Man 2
-Toy Story 3***
-Tron Legacy
SOUND EDITING
-Iron Man 2***
-Inception
-The Last Airbender
-Toy Story 3
-Tron Legacy
PICTURE
-Black Swan
-Blue Valentine
-Brighton Rock
-Fish Tank
-Get Low
-Inception***
-The Kids Are All Right
-The Rum Diary
-The Social Network
-Toy Story 3
DIRECTOR
-Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank
-David Clanfrance for Blue Valentine
-David Fincher for The Social Network
-Rowan Joffe for Brighton Rock
-Christopher Nolan for Inception***
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
-Johnny Depp for The Rum Diary
-Leonardo DiCaprio for Inception
-James Franco for Howl
-Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine***
-Sam Riley for Brighton Rock
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
-Annette Benning for The Kids Are All Right***
-Andrea Riseborough for Brighton Rock
-Katie Jarvis for Fish Tank
-Natalie Portman for Black Swan
-Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
-Christian Bale for The Fighter***
-Michael Fassbender for Fish Tank
-Bill Murray for Get Low
-Giovanni Ribsi for The Rum Diary
-Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
-Marion Cotilard for Inception
-Anna Marie-Duff for Nowhere Boy***
-Mila Kunis for Black Swan
-Helen Mirren for Brighton Rock
-Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right
WRITING (ORIGINAL)
-Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank
-Darren Aronofsky & Mark Heyman for Black Swan
-Stuart Blumberg & Lisa Cholodenko for The Kids Are All Right
-David Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, & Cami Delavigne for Blue Valentine
-Christopher Nolan for Inception***
WRITING (ADAPTED)
-Joel & Ethan Coen for True Grit
-Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini for Winter's Bone
-Bruce Robinson for The Rum Diary
-Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
-????? for Brighton Rock***
ANIMATED FILM
-Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud for Despicable Me
-Chris Sanders & Dean DeBois for How to Train Your Dragon
-Lee Unkrich for Toy Story 3***
FILM EDITING
-Andrew Weisblum for Black Swan
-Jim Helton & Ron Patane for Blue Valentine
-Pamela Martin for The Fighter
-Lee Smith for Inception***
-Thelma Schoomaker for Shutter Island
CINEMATOGRAPHY
-????? for Brighton Rock
-Wally Pfister for Inception***
-John Mathieson for Robin Hood
-Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life
-Robert Richardson for True Grit
ART DIRECTION
-Guy Dyas & Larry Dias for Agora
-Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara, & Peter Young for Alice in Wonderland
-????? for Brighton Rock***
-????? for Get Low
-Arthur Max & Sonja Laus for Robin Hood
COSTUME DESIGN
-Gabriella Pescucci for Agora***
-Coleen Atwood for Alice in Wonderland
-Julie Weiss for Get Low
-Jarty Yates for Robin Hood
-Julie Weiss for Shanghai
ORIGINAL SCORE
-????? for \Brighton Rock
-Jan A.P. Kaczmarek for Get Low
-Hans Zimmer for Inception***
-Randy Newman for Toy Story 3
-Carter Burwell for True Grit
ORIGINAL SONG
-Alice in Wonderland
-Blue Valentine
-Greenberg
-Shrek Forever After
-Toy Story 3***
VISUAL EFFECTS
-Inception
-Iron Man 2***
-Tron Legacy
MAKE UP
-Alice in Wonderland ***
-The Last Airbender
-A Nightmare on Elm Street
SOUND MIXING
-Green Zone
-Inception
-Iron Man 2
-Toy Story 3***
-Tron Legacy
SOUND EDITING
-Iron Man 2***
-Inception
-The Last Airbender
-Toy Story 3
-Tron Legacy
Thursday, March 11, 2010
2nd Annual Nedloh Films Awards
Though I've technically abandoned Nedloh Films, I will still label future awards under its original name. So here are the nominees for this years Nedloh Films Awards.
Film
-District 9
-The Hangover
-The Hurt Locker
-The Informant!
-Inglourious Basterds
-Paper Heart
-Star Trek
-Up
-Up in the Air
-Where the Wild Things Are
Director
-J.J. Abrams "Star Trek"
-Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker"
-Neil Blonkamp "District 9"
-Spike Jonze "Where the Wild Things Are"
-Jason Rietman "Up in the Air"
-Stephen Soderbergh "The Informant!
-Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious Basterds"
Ensemble Cast
-The Hangover
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
-Up in the Air
-Where the Wild Things Are
Actor in a Leading Role
-Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"
-George Clooney "Up in the Air"
-Matt Damon "The Informant!"
-Joseph Gordon-Levitt "(500) Days of Summer"
-Max Records "Where the Wild Things Are"
-Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker"
Actress in a Leading Role
-Sandra Bullock "The Blind Side"
-Zooey Deschanel "(500) Days of Summer"
-Carey Mulligan "An Education"
-Gabourey Sidibe "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
-Meryl Streep "Julie and Julia"
-Charlene Yi "Paper Heart"
Actor in a Supporting Role
-Daniel Bruhl "Inglourious Basterds"
-Michael Cera "Paper Heart"
-Zach Galifanakis "The Hangover"
-Anthony Mackie "The Hurt Locker"
-Zachary Quinto "Star Trek"
-Christoph Waltz "Inglourious Basterds"
Actress in a Supporting Role
-Vera Farmiga "Up in the Air"
-Catherine Keener "Where the Wild Things Are"
-Anna Kendrick "Up in the Air"
-Diane Kruger "Inglourious Basterds"
-Melaine Laurent "Inglourious Basterds"
-Mo'nique "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
Screenplay
-District 9
-The Hangover
-The Hurt Locker
-The Informant!
-Inglourious Basterds
-Paper Heart
-Star Trek
-Up
-Up in the Air
-Where the Wild Things Are
Animated Feature Film
-Coraline
-Fantastic Mr. Fox
-Ponyo
-The Princess and the Frog
-The Secret of Kells
-Up
Foreign Film
-I Killed My Mother (Canada)
-Inglourious Basterds (US/France/Germany)
-A Prophet (France)
-The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina)
-The Secret of Kells (Ireland)
-The White Ribbon (Germany)
Documentary Feature Film
-Anvil: The Story Anvil
-Burma VJ
-Capitalism: A Love Story
-The Cove
-Food Inc.
-Under Our Skin
Musical or Comedy Film
-(500) Days of Summer
-The Hangover
-In the Loop
-The Informant!
-Paper Heart
-Up
Film Editing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
-Up in the Air
Cinematography
-Avatar
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Where the Wild Things Are
-The White Ribbon
Art Direction
-Avatar
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Inglourious Basterds
-Sherlock Holmes
-Where the Wild Things Are
Costume Design
-Bright Star
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Inglourious Basterds
-Where the Wild Things Are
-The Young Victoria
Original Score
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-The Hurt Locker
-The Informant!
-Inglourious Basterds
-Up
-Where the Wild Things Are
Original Song
-"All is Love" Where the Wild Things Are
-"Almost There" The Princess and the Frog
-"Help Yourself" Up in the Air
-"Stu's Song" The Hangover
-"The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart
-"You've Got Me Wrapped Around Your Finger" An Education
Sound Mixing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
-Up
Sound Editing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
-Where the Wild Things Are
Visual Effects
-Avatar
-District 9
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Star Trek
Make Up
-District 9
-Il Divo
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
Film
-District 9
-The Hangover
-The Hurt Locker
-The Informant!
-Inglourious Basterds
-Paper Heart
-Star Trek
-Up
-Up in the Air
-Where the Wild Things Are
Director
-J.J. Abrams "Star Trek"
-Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker"
-Neil Blonkamp "District 9"
-Spike Jonze "Where the Wild Things Are"
-Jason Rietman "Up in the Air"
-Stephen Soderbergh "The Informant!
-Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious Basterds"
Ensemble Cast
-The Hangover
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
-Up in the Air
-Where the Wild Things Are
Actor in a Leading Role
-Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"
-George Clooney "Up in the Air"
-Matt Damon "The Informant!"
-Joseph Gordon-Levitt "(500) Days of Summer"
-Max Records "Where the Wild Things Are"
-Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker"
Actress in a Leading Role
-Sandra Bullock "The Blind Side"
-Zooey Deschanel "(500) Days of Summer"
-Carey Mulligan "An Education"
-Gabourey Sidibe "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
-Meryl Streep "Julie and Julia"
-Charlene Yi "Paper Heart"
Actor in a Supporting Role
-Daniel Bruhl "Inglourious Basterds"
-Michael Cera "Paper Heart"
-Zach Galifanakis "The Hangover"
-Anthony Mackie "The Hurt Locker"
-Zachary Quinto "Star Trek"
-Christoph Waltz "Inglourious Basterds"
Actress in a Supporting Role
-Vera Farmiga "Up in the Air"
-Catherine Keener "Where the Wild Things Are"
-Anna Kendrick "Up in the Air"
-Diane Kruger "Inglourious Basterds"
-Melaine Laurent "Inglourious Basterds"
-Mo'nique "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
Screenplay
-District 9
-The Hangover
-The Hurt Locker
-The Informant!
-Inglourious Basterds
-Paper Heart
-Star Trek
-Up
-Up in the Air
-Where the Wild Things Are
Animated Feature Film
-Coraline
-Fantastic Mr. Fox
-Ponyo
-The Princess and the Frog
-The Secret of Kells
-Up
Foreign Film
-I Killed My Mother (Canada)
-Inglourious Basterds (US/France/Germany)
-A Prophet (France)
-The Secret in Their Eyes (Argentina)
-The Secret of Kells (Ireland)
-The White Ribbon (Germany)
Documentary Feature Film
-Anvil: The Story Anvil
-Burma VJ
-Capitalism: A Love Story
-The Cove
-Food Inc.
-Under Our Skin
Musical or Comedy Film
-(500) Days of Summer
-The Hangover
-In the Loop
-The Informant!
-Paper Heart
-Up
Film Editing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
-Up in the Air
Cinematography
-Avatar
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Where the Wild Things Are
-The White Ribbon
Art Direction
-Avatar
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Inglourious Basterds
-Sherlock Holmes
-Where the Wild Things Are
Costume Design
-Bright Star
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Inglourious Basterds
-Where the Wild Things Are
-The Young Victoria
Original Score
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-The Hurt Locker
-The Informant!
-Inglourious Basterds
-Up
-Where the Wild Things Are
Original Song
-"All is Love" Where the Wild Things Are
-"Almost There" The Princess and the Frog
-"Help Yourself" Up in the Air
-"Stu's Song" The Hangover
-"The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart
-"You've Got Me Wrapped Around Your Finger" An Education
Sound Mixing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
-Up
Sound Editing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
-Where the Wild Things Are
Visual Effects
-Avatar
-District 9
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Star Trek
Make Up
-District 9
-Il Divo
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
Winners for Nedloh Media Music Awards
After a while, I finally got all of the winners sorted out. So read, agree, disagree. Here they are. By the way, I did it Emmy style as far as the songs go. That means I put in five or six songs for each of the top a albums like when a series submits five or six episodes when it has series nomination. Likewise, I did the same thing with the nominees, focusing their work into one sample.
Best Album
WINNER -Transatlanicism
("A Lack of Color"&"Title and Registration","The New Year"&"The Sound of Settling","Transatlanticism"&"Passenger Seat")
For being the epitome of a groups' body of work, having a diverse quality of each song, and for simply being awesome, I crown Transatlanticism the best album in the last decade.
(Rest of the nominees)
-American Idiot
("Holiday"&"Boulevard of Broken Dreams","Letterbomb"&"Wake Me Up When September Ends", "Jesus of Suburbia")
-Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
("The Pretender"&"Let it Die","But, Honestly"&"Erase/Replace","Stranger Things Have Happened"&"Home")
-A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
("The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage"&"London Beckoned Songs Made by Machines","Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks"&"Camisado","I Write Sins Not Tragedies"&"I Constantly Thank God for Esteban")
-Funeral
("Neighborhood #1 (Tunnel)"& "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)","Une Annie Sans Luminere"& "Wake Up", "Haiti" &"Rebellion (Lies)")
-Give Up
("The District Sleeps Alone"&"Nothing Better","Such Great Heights"&"We Will Become Silhouettes","Clark Gable"&"Brand New Colony")
-In Rainbows
("15 Steps"&"Bodysnatchers","All I Need"&"Weird Fishes/Arpeggi","House of Cards"&"Jigsaw Falling Into Place")
-Oh No
("Invincible"&"No Signs of Life","Here it Goes Again"&"Television, Television","Oh Lately It's So Quiet"&"Crash the Party")
-Once: Music from the Motion Picture
("Falling Slowly"&"When Your Mind's Made Up","If You Want Me"&"The Hill","Once"&"Say It to Me Now")
-Plans
("Marching Bands of Manhattan"&"Soul Meets Body","What Sarah Said"&"Brothers on a Hotel Bed","Different Names for the Same Thing"&"I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
Best Artist
WINNER -Green Day - American Idiot & The Postal Service - Give Up
One group made the best concept album of the decade, and it was an album that was great because it could be put into any sort of context. The other winner mixed fun, great sounded electronic music with Ben Gibbard's lyrics that are so hard not have some image conjured in your head.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Arcade Fire - Funeral
-Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
-Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-Ok Go - Oh No
-The Postal Service - Give Up
-The Swell Season - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
Best Body of Work
WINNER -Green Day
(Warning, Shenanigans, American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown)
For the best punk group, the best repertoire of work.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Death Cab For Cutie
(We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes, The Photo Album, Transatlanticism, Plans, Narrow Stairs)
-Fall Out Boy
(Evening Out With Your Girlfriend, Take This To Your Grave, From Under the Cork Tree, Infinity on High, Folies a Deux")
Phoenix
(United, Alphabetical, It's Never Been Like This, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)
-Radiohead
(Kid A, Hail to the Thief, Amnesiac, In Rainbows)
-The White Stripes
(De Stijl, White Blood Cells, Elephant, Get Behind Me Satan, Icky Thump)
Best Vocalist
WINNER - Ben Gibbard - Plans ("I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
He takes something scary, big, real, and something that would create some hysteria in a person, and calmly explains that everything will be okay. It's almost like when your mother or father would reassure you that things would turn out fine.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Billie Joe Armstrong - American Idiot ("Wake Me Up When September Ends")
-Ben Gibbard - Give Up ("The District Sleeps Alone") -Dave Grohl - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Glen Hansard - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("Say it to Me Now")
-Marketa Irglova - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("The Hill")
-Thome Yorke - In Rainbows ("Bodysnatchers")
Best Guitarist (Lead or Rhythm)
WINNER -Ben Gibbard - Plans ("I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
All it is is a few chords, but they create a sense that is sad, but happy all in the same light.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Billie Joe Armstrong - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Johnny Greenwood - In Rainbows ("Weird Fishes/Arpeggi")
-Glen Hansard - Once: Music From the Motion Picture ("Falling Slowly")
-Chris Shiflett - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Christopher Walla - Plans ("Crooked Teeth")
-Jack White - Elephant ("Seven Nation Army")
Best Guitarist (Bass)
WINNER -Mike Dirnt - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
Though it's not super prevalent, at least sonically, I can't imagine the song, a ten minute punk ballad, being better, or at all effective as a piece without it.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Mike Dirnt - American Idiot ("Homecoming")
-Michael "Flea" Balzary - Stadium Arcadium ("Dani California")
-Colin Greenwood - In Rainbows ("All I Need")
-Nick Harmer - Plans ("Summer Skin")
-Nate Mendel - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("Let it Die")
Best Percussion
WINNER -Tre Cool - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
A drummer is very key part of a band, and in such a changing song, it's especially important. It's fun to listen to, and isn't monotonous. It's the kind of drumming that, among other components, you wouldn't mind if the song were a little longer.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Tre Cool - American Idiot ("Holiday")
-Taylor Hawkins - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Jason McGerr - Plans ("Different Names for the Same Thing")
-Chad Smith - Stadium Arcadium ("Dani California")
-Meg White - Elephant ("Seven Nation Army")
Best Pianist
WINNER-Ben Gibbard - Plans ("Different Names for the Same Thing")
Sure, the best parts don't even come in until half way, but when it gets good, especially at the end, it's so fun to listen to and completely makes a good song amazing.
(Rest of the Nominees)
-Ben Gibbard - Transatlanicism ("Transatlanticism")
-Dave Grohl - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("Home")
-Marketa Irglova - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("The Hill")
-Rob Cavallo - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Thom Yorke - In Rainbows ("All I Need")
Best Album (Concept or Soundtrack)
WINNER -Once: Music from the Motion Picture
This is the kind of music that is respected. This is a collection pieces that aren't popular or well known, but it's the kind of thing you wouldn't want anyone to know about anyway. It's like you have your own little piece of musical gold.
(Rest of the nominees)
-American Idiot
-The Black Parade
-A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-O Brother Where Art Thou?
-Plans
-Slumdog Millionaire
Best Album (Non Concept)
WINNER (tie) -Transatlanticism & Funeral
It was hard to choose just one winner from a pool of amazing candidates, but I settle on the two that I found to be among the best. Transatlanticism is an indie rock gem, and will not soon be forgotten. Funeral is a fine compilation of slow songs, fast songs, loud songs, quiet songs, and they're even in two languages (English, and French respectively.) Very hard to choose.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-From Under the Cork Tree
-Give Up
-In Rainbows
-Oh No
Best Music Video
WINNER -"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
I love the idea that so little is going on in the space of four minutes. The video takes a small movement, and stretches it out.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Grapevine Fires" -Narrow Stairs
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
Best Single Shot Video
WINNER -WTF? - Of the Blue Color of the Sky
It's the most fun video to watch out of all of Ok Go's weird assortment, but it's certainly a lot of fun to watch.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"A Million Ways" - Oh No
-"Single Ladies Club (Put a Ring On it)" - I Am... Sasha Fierce
Best Direction for a Video
WINNER -"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
Stretching everything out was a pretty cool concept, and then furthering the meaning of the song and video by taking a small piece, and seeing the large part it truly played isn't bad either.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"21 Guns" - 21st Century Breakdown
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanticism
Best Editing for a Video
WINNER -"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
It's especially cool when everything moves at the same time as the song.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Grapevine Fires" - Narrow Stairs
-"I Will Possess Your Heart" - Narrow Stairs
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanticism
Best Cinematography for a Video
WINNER -"I Will Possess Your Heart" - Narrow Stairs
It's lush, it's well lit, and there are just a bunch of shots that are just the coolest things.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"21 Guns" - 21st Century Breakdown
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"WTF?" - Of the Blue Color of the Sky
Best Art Direction for a Video
WINNER -"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
How could I deny a recreation of Stanley Kubrick's classic horror adaptation? The homage to The Shining was pretty cool, and couldn't go unrewarded.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
Best Costume Design for a Video
WINNER -"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
The costumes in this video are elaborate, haunting, elegant, and help create the sort of theme the band may have been trying to create with the whole album.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Holiday" - American Idiot
-"Hot'n Cold" - One of the Boys
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanicism
-"We Will Become Silhouettes" - Give Up
Best Choreography for a Video
WINNER -"Here It Goes Again" - Oh No
No question. Why not give it to one of the largest internet sensations, or to a band that went dancing on treadmills?
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Hot'n Cold" - One of the Boys
-"A Million Ways" - Oh No
-"Single Ladies Club (Put a Ring On it)" - I Am... Sasha Fierce
Best Sound Design for a Video
WINNER -"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
The video moves slow, but watching all of that machinery with it, is very nice. The idea that you hear the music moving everything along almost seems brilliant to me.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Grapevine Fires" - Narrow Stairs
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence Patience, & Grace
-"Wake Me Up When September Ends" - American Idiot
Best Song from a Concept Album or Soundtrack
WINNER -"Falling Slowly" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
This wins only due to sentimentality. No more, and no less.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"All is Love" - Where the Wild Things Are
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
-"Man of Constant Sorrow" - O Brother Where Art Thou?
-"Welcome to the Black Parade" - The Black Parade
Best Song from a Non Concept Album
WINNER -"The District Sleeps Alone" - Give Up
It's fun, it's sad, and a great way to start off a fantastic album.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"15 Steps" - In Rainbows
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"A Little Less Sixteen Candles a Little More Touch Me" - From Under the Cork Tree
-"Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" - Funeral
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"Title and Registration" - Transatlanticism
Best Single
WINNER -"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
To be honest, it's not my favorite single, but it is the best in the wake of its monumental, almost annoying success. It's a very good song, and as a single samples to the public just what else they can experience if they dig just a bit deeper into it.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"The District Sleeps Alone" - Give Up
-"Drive" - Make Yourself
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"Holiday" - American Idiot
-"House of Cards" - In Rainbows
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"Lisztomania" - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"Title and Registration" - Transatlanticism
-"Wake Up" - Funeral
Best Non Single
WINNER -"Marching Bands of Manhattan" - Plans
This song is good for being deep, and sort of complex. I'm not terribly intelligent, so I didn't quite get it for a while. When one, or some person like myself, does finally understand the meaning the lyrics and music are trying to get across, you are able to see the sort of depth and ability that the songwriter has.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"15 Steps" - In Rainbows
-"Clark Gable" - Give Up
-"Falling Slowly" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-"Home" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"If You Want Me" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-"Nothing Better"- Give Up
-"Overweight" - Foiled
-"Time to Dance" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"Transatlanicism" - Transatlanticism
-"XO" - From Under the Cork Tree
Best Album
WINNER -Transatlanicism
("A Lack of Color"&"Title and Registration","The New Year"&"The Sound of Settling","Transatlanticism"&"Passenger Seat")
For being the epitome of a groups' body of work, having a diverse quality of each song, and for simply being awesome, I crown Transatlanticism the best album in the last decade.
(Rest of the nominees)
-American Idiot
("Holiday"&"Boulevard of Broken Dreams","Letterbomb"&"Wake Me Up When September Ends", "Jesus of Suburbia")
-Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
("The Pretender"&"Let it Die","But, Honestly"&"Erase/Replace","Stranger Things Have Happened"&"Home")
-A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
("The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage"&"London Beckoned Songs Made by Machines","Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks"&"Camisado","I Write Sins Not Tragedies"&"I Constantly Thank God for Esteban")
-Funeral
("Neighborhood #1 (Tunnel)"& "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)","Une Annie Sans Luminere"& "Wake Up", "Haiti" &"Rebellion (Lies)")
-Give Up
("The District Sleeps Alone"&"Nothing Better","Such Great Heights"&"We Will Become Silhouettes","Clark Gable"&"Brand New Colony")
-In Rainbows
("15 Steps"&"Bodysnatchers","All I Need"&"Weird Fishes/Arpeggi","House of Cards"&"Jigsaw Falling Into Place")
-Oh No
("Invincible"&"No Signs of Life","Here it Goes Again"&"Television, Television","Oh Lately It's So Quiet"&"Crash the Party")
-Once: Music from the Motion Picture
("Falling Slowly"&"When Your Mind's Made Up","If You Want Me"&"The Hill","Once"&"Say It to Me Now")
-Plans
("Marching Bands of Manhattan"&"Soul Meets Body","What Sarah Said"&"Brothers on a Hotel Bed","Different Names for the Same Thing"&"I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
Best Artist
WINNER -Green Day - American Idiot & The Postal Service - Give Up
One group made the best concept album of the decade, and it was an album that was great because it could be put into any sort of context. The other winner mixed fun, great sounded electronic music with Ben Gibbard's lyrics that are so hard not have some image conjured in your head.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Arcade Fire - Funeral
-Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
-Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-Ok Go - Oh No
-The Postal Service - Give Up
-The Swell Season - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
Best Body of Work
WINNER -Green Day
(Warning, Shenanigans, American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown)
For the best punk group, the best repertoire of work.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Death Cab For Cutie
(We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes, The Photo Album, Transatlanticism, Plans, Narrow Stairs)
-Fall Out Boy
(Evening Out With Your Girlfriend, Take This To Your Grave, From Under the Cork Tree, Infinity on High, Folies a Deux")
Phoenix
(United, Alphabetical, It's Never Been Like This, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)
-Radiohead
(Kid A, Hail to the Thief, Amnesiac, In Rainbows)
-The White Stripes
(De Stijl, White Blood Cells, Elephant, Get Behind Me Satan, Icky Thump)
Best Vocalist
WINNER - Ben Gibbard - Plans ("I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
He takes something scary, big, real, and something that would create some hysteria in a person, and calmly explains that everything will be okay. It's almost like when your mother or father would reassure you that things would turn out fine.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Billie Joe Armstrong - American Idiot ("Wake Me Up When September Ends")
-Ben Gibbard - Give Up ("The District Sleeps Alone") -Dave Grohl - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Glen Hansard - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("Say it to Me Now")
-Marketa Irglova - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("The Hill")
-Thome Yorke - In Rainbows ("Bodysnatchers")
Best Guitarist (Lead or Rhythm)
WINNER -Ben Gibbard - Plans ("I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
All it is is a few chords, but they create a sense that is sad, but happy all in the same light.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Billie Joe Armstrong - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Johnny Greenwood - In Rainbows ("Weird Fishes/Arpeggi")
-Glen Hansard - Once: Music From the Motion Picture ("Falling Slowly")
-Chris Shiflett - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Christopher Walla - Plans ("Crooked Teeth")
-Jack White - Elephant ("Seven Nation Army")
Best Guitarist (Bass)
WINNER -Mike Dirnt - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
Though it's not super prevalent, at least sonically, I can't imagine the song, a ten minute punk ballad, being better, or at all effective as a piece without it.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Mike Dirnt - American Idiot ("Homecoming")
-Michael "Flea" Balzary - Stadium Arcadium ("Dani California")
-Colin Greenwood - In Rainbows ("All I Need")
-Nick Harmer - Plans ("Summer Skin")
-Nate Mendel - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("Let it Die")
Best Percussion
WINNER -Tre Cool - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
A drummer is very key part of a band, and in such a changing song, it's especially important. It's fun to listen to, and isn't monotonous. It's the kind of drumming that, among other components, you wouldn't mind if the song were a little longer.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Tre Cool - American Idiot ("Holiday")
-Taylor Hawkins - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Jason McGerr - Plans ("Different Names for the Same Thing")
-Chad Smith - Stadium Arcadium ("Dani California")
-Meg White - Elephant ("Seven Nation Army")
Best Pianist
WINNER-Ben Gibbard - Plans ("Different Names for the Same Thing")
Sure, the best parts don't even come in until half way, but when it gets good, especially at the end, it's so fun to listen to and completely makes a good song amazing.
(Rest of the Nominees)
-Ben Gibbard - Transatlanicism ("Transatlanticism")
-Dave Grohl - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("Home")
-Marketa Irglova - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("The Hill")
-Rob Cavallo - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Thom Yorke - In Rainbows ("All I Need")
Best Album (Concept or Soundtrack)
WINNER -Once: Music from the Motion Picture
This is the kind of music that is respected. This is a collection pieces that aren't popular or well known, but it's the kind of thing you wouldn't want anyone to know about anyway. It's like you have your own little piece of musical gold.
(Rest of the nominees)
-American Idiot
-The Black Parade
-A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-O Brother Where Art Thou?
-Plans
-Slumdog Millionaire
Best Album (Non Concept)
WINNER (tie) -Transatlanticism & Funeral
It was hard to choose just one winner from a pool of amazing candidates, but I settle on the two that I found to be among the best. Transatlanticism is an indie rock gem, and will not soon be forgotten. Funeral is a fine compilation of slow songs, fast songs, loud songs, quiet songs, and they're even in two languages (English, and French respectively.) Very hard to choose.
(Rest of the nominees)
-Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-From Under the Cork Tree
-Give Up
-In Rainbows
-Oh No
Best Music Video
WINNER -"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
I love the idea that so little is going on in the space of four minutes. The video takes a small movement, and stretches it out.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Grapevine Fires" -Narrow Stairs
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
Best Single Shot Video
WINNER -WTF? - Of the Blue Color of the Sky
It's the most fun video to watch out of all of Ok Go's weird assortment, but it's certainly a lot of fun to watch.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"A Million Ways" - Oh No
-"Single Ladies Club (Put a Ring On it)" - I Am... Sasha Fierce
Best Direction for a Video
WINNER -"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
Stretching everything out was a pretty cool concept, and then furthering the meaning of the song and video by taking a small piece, and seeing the large part it truly played isn't bad either.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"21 Guns" - 21st Century Breakdown
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanticism
Best Editing for a Video
WINNER -"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
It's especially cool when everything moves at the same time as the song.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Grapevine Fires" - Narrow Stairs
-"I Will Possess Your Heart" - Narrow Stairs
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanticism
Best Cinematography for a Video
WINNER -"I Will Possess Your Heart" - Narrow Stairs
It's lush, it's well lit, and there are just a bunch of shots that are just the coolest things.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"21 Guns" - 21st Century Breakdown
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"WTF?" - Of the Blue Color of the Sky
Best Art Direction for a Video
WINNER -"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
How could I deny a recreation of Stanley Kubrick's classic horror adaptation? The homage to The Shining was pretty cool, and couldn't go unrewarded.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
Best Costume Design for a Video
WINNER -"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
The costumes in this video are elaborate, haunting, elegant, and help create the sort of theme the band may have been trying to create with the whole album.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Holiday" - American Idiot
-"Hot'n Cold" - One of the Boys
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanicism
-"We Will Become Silhouettes" - Give Up
Best Choreography for a Video
WINNER -"Here It Goes Again" - Oh No
No question. Why not give it to one of the largest internet sensations, or to a band that went dancing on treadmills?
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Hot'n Cold" - One of the Boys
-"A Million Ways" - Oh No
-"Single Ladies Club (Put a Ring On it)" - I Am... Sasha Fierce
Best Sound Design for a Video
WINNER -"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
The video moves slow, but watching all of that machinery with it, is very nice. The idea that you hear the music moving everything along almost seems brilliant to me.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Grapevine Fires" - Narrow Stairs
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence Patience, & Grace
-"Wake Me Up When September Ends" - American Idiot
Best Song from a Concept Album or Soundtrack
WINNER -"Falling Slowly" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
This wins only due to sentimentality. No more, and no less.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"All is Love" - Where the Wild Things Are
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
-"Man of Constant Sorrow" - O Brother Where Art Thou?
-"Welcome to the Black Parade" - The Black Parade
Best Song from a Non Concept Album
WINNER -"The District Sleeps Alone" - Give Up
It's fun, it's sad, and a great way to start off a fantastic album.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"15 Steps" - In Rainbows
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"A Little Less Sixteen Candles a Little More Touch Me" - From Under the Cork Tree
-"Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" - Funeral
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"Title and Registration" - Transatlanticism
Best Single
WINNER -"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
To be honest, it's not my favorite single, but it is the best in the wake of its monumental, almost annoying success. It's a very good song, and as a single samples to the public just what else they can experience if they dig just a bit deeper into it.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"The District Sleeps Alone" - Give Up
-"Drive" - Make Yourself
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"Holiday" - American Idiot
-"House of Cards" - In Rainbows
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"Lisztomania" - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"Title and Registration" - Transatlanticism
-"Wake Up" - Funeral
Best Non Single
WINNER -"Marching Bands of Manhattan" - Plans
This song is good for being deep, and sort of complex. I'm not terribly intelligent, so I didn't quite get it for a while. When one, or some person like myself, does finally understand the meaning the lyrics and music are trying to get across, you are able to see the sort of depth and ability that the songwriter has.
(Rest of the nominees)
-"15 Steps" - In Rainbows
-"Clark Gable" - Give Up
-"Falling Slowly" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-"Home" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"If You Want Me" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-"Nothing Better"- Give Up
-"Overweight" - Foiled
-"Time to Dance" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"Transatlanicism" - Transatlanticism
-"XO" - From Under the Cork Tree
Friday, January 29, 2010
Final Oscar Predictions of the 2009 Season
It's been a relatively good year, and a good year to round out the decade. So, without further ado, these are my final predictions of the year. Also, stay tuned for my Best of the Year (aka Nedloh Film Awards.)
Picture
-Avatar
-District 9
-An Education
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-The Messenger
-Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
-Star Trek
-Up
-Up in the Air
Director
-Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker"
-James Cameron "Avatar"
-Lee Daniels "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
-Jason Rietman "Up in the Air"
-Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious Basterds"
Actor in a Leading Role
-Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"
-George Clooney "Up in the Air"
-Colin Firth "A Single Man"
-Morgan Freeman "Invictus"
-Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker"
Actress in a Leading Role
-Sandra Bullock "The Blind Side"
-Helen Mirren "The Last Station"
-Carey Mulligan "An Education"
-Gabourey Sidbe "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
-Meryl Streep "Julie and Julia"
Actor in a Supporting Role
-Woody Harrelson "The Messenger"
-Anthony Mackie "The Hurt Locker"
-Christian McKay "Me and Orson Wells"
-Christopher Plummer "The Last Station"
-Christoph Waltz "Inglourious Basterds"
Actress in a Supporting Role
-Vera Farmiga "Up in the Air"
-Anna Kendrick "Up in the Air
-Mo'nique "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
-Julianne Moore "A Single Man"
-Samantha Morton "The Messenger"
Writing (Original)
-(500) Days of Summer
-The Hangover
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Up
Writing (Adapted)
-District 9
-An Education
-Fantastic Mr. Fox
-Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
-Up in the Air
Animated Feature Film
-Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
-Coraline
-Fantastic Mr. Fox
-The Princess and the Frog
-Up
Foreign Language Film
-Adjani
-Kelin
-A Prophet
-Samson and Delilah
-The White Ribbon
Documentary Feature Film
-Burma VJ
-The Cove
-Every Little Step
-Food Inc.
-Under Our Skin
Film Editing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Up in the Air
Cinematography
-Avatar
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Where the Wild Things Are
-The White Ribbon
Art Direction
-Avatar
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-Inglourious Basterds
-Where the Wild Things Are
-The Young Victoria
Costume Design
-Bright Star
-Inglourious Basterds
-Sherlock Holmes
-Where the Wild Things Are
-The Young Victoria
Visual Effects
-Avatar
-District 9
-Star Trek
Make Up
-District 9
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Star Trek
Original Score
-Avatar
-Brothers
-Coco Before Chanel
-The Informant!
-Up
Original Song
-"All is Love" Where the Wild Things Are
-"Down in New Orleans" The Princess and the Frog
-"Help Yourself" Up in the Air
-"The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart
-"You've Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger" An Education
Sound Mixing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Star Trek
-Up
Sound Editing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Star Trek
-Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Picture
-Avatar
-District 9
-An Education
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-The Messenger
-Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
-Star Trek
-Up
-Up in the Air
Director
-Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker"
-James Cameron "Avatar"
-Lee Daniels "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
-Jason Rietman "Up in the Air"
-Quentin Tarantino "Inglourious Basterds"
Actor in a Leading Role
-Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"
-George Clooney "Up in the Air"
-Colin Firth "A Single Man"
-Morgan Freeman "Invictus"
-Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker"
Actress in a Leading Role
-Sandra Bullock "The Blind Side"
-Helen Mirren "The Last Station"
-Carey Mulligan "An Education"
-Gabourey Sidbe "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
-Meryl Streep "Julie and Julia"
Actor in a Supporting Role
-Woody Harrelson "The Messenger"
-Anthony Mackie "The Hurt Locker"
-Christian McKay "Me and Orson Wells"
-Christopher Plummer "The Last Station"
-Christoph Waltz "Inglourious Basterds"
Actress in a Supporting Role
-Vera Farmiga "Up in the Air"
-Anna Kendrick "Up in the Air
-Mo'nique "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire"
-Julianne Moore "A Single Man"
-Samantha Morton "The Messenger"
Writing (Original)
-(500) Days of Summer
-The Hangover
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Up
Writing (Adapted)
-District 9
-An Education
-Fantastic Mr. Fox
-Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
-Up in the Air
Animated Feature Film
-Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
-Coraline
-Fantastic Mr. Fox
-The Princess and the Frog
-Up
Foreign Language Film
-Adjani
-Kelin
-A Prophet
-Samson and Delilah
-The White Ribbon
Documentary Feature Film
-Burma VJ
-The Cove
-Every Little Step
-Food Inc.
-Under Our Skin
Film Editing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Up in the Air
Cinematography
-Avatar
-The Hurt Locker
-Inglourious Basterds
-Where the Wild Things Are
-The White Ribbon
Art Direction
-Avatar
-Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
-Inglourious Basterds
-Where the Wild Things Are
-The Young Victoria
Costume Design
-Bright Star
-Inglourious Basterds
-Sherlock Holmes
-Where the Wild Things Are
-The Young Victoria
Visual Effects
-Avatar
-District 9
-Star Trek
Make Up
-District 9
-The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
-Star Trek
Original Score
-Avatar
-Brothers
-Coco Before Chanel
-The Informant!
-Up
Original Song
-"All is Love" Where the Wild Things Are
-"Down in New Orleans" The Princess and the Frog
-"Help Yourself" Up in the Air
-"The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart
-"You've Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger" An Education
Sound Mixing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Star Trek
-Up
Sound Editing
-Avatar
-District 9
-The Hurt Locker
-Star Trek
-Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Saturday, January 23, 2010
NM Music Awards
Best Album
-American Idiot
("Holiday"&"Boulevard of Broken Dreams","Letterbomb"&"Wake Me Up When September Ends", "Jesus of Suburbia")
-Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
("The Pretender"&"Let it Die","But, Honestly"&"Erase/Replace","Stranger Things Have Happened"&"Home")
-A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
("The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage"&"London Beckoned Songs Made by Machines","Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks"&"Camisado","I Write Sins Not Tragedies"&"I Constantly Thank God for Esteban")
-Funeral
("Neighborhood (1-4),"Wake Up"&"Rebellion (Lies)")
-Give Up
("The District Sleeps Alone"&"Nothing Better","Such Great Heights"&"We Will Become Silhouettes","Clark Gable"&"Brand New Colony")
-In Rainbows
("15 Steps"&"Bodysnatchers","All I Need"&"Weird Fishes/Arpeggi","House of Cards"&"Jigsaw Falling Into Place")
-Oh No
("Invincible"&"No Signs of Life","Here it Goes Again"&"Television, Television","Oh Lately It's So Quiet"&"Crash the Party")
-Once: Music from the Motion Picture
("Falling Slowly"&"When Your Mind's Made Up","If You Want Me"&"The Hill","Once"&"Say It to Me Now")
-Plans
("Marching Bands of Manhattan"&"Soul Meets Body","What Sarah Said"&"Brothers on a Hotel Bed","Different Names for the Same Thing"&"I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
-Transatlanicism
("Passegner Seat"&"Title and Registration","The New Year"&"The Sound of Settling","Tiny Vessels"&"Transatlanticism")
Best Artist
-Arcade Fire - Funeral
-Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
-Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-Green Day - American Idiot
-Ok Go - Oh No
-The Postal Service - Give Up
-The Swell Season - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
Best Body of Work
-Death Cab For Cutie
(We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes, The Photo Album, Transatlanticism, Plans, Narrow Stairs)
-Fall Out Boy
(Evening Out With Your Girlfriend, Take This To Your Grave, From Under the Cork Tree, Infinity on High, Folies a Deux")
-Green Day
(Warning, Shenanigans, American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown)
Phoenix
(United, Alphabetical, It's Never Been Like This, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)
-Radiohead
(Kid A, Hail to the Thief, Amnesiac, In Rainbows)
-The White Stripes
(De Stijl, White Blood Cells, Elephant, Get Behind Me Satan, Icky Thump)
Best Vocalist
-Billie Joe Armstrong - American Idiot ("Wake Me Up When September Ends")
-Ben Gibbard - Give Up ("The District Sleeps Alone")
-Ben Gibbard - Plans ("I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
-Dave Grohl - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Glen Hansard - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("Say it to Me Now")
-Marketa Irglova - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("The Hill")
-Thome Yorke - In Rainbows ("Bodysnatchers")
Best Guitarist (Lead or Rhythm)
-Billie Joe Armstrong - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Ben Gibbard - Plans ("I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
-Johnny Greenwood - In Rainbows ("Weird Fishes/Arpeggi")
-Glen Hansard - Once: Music From the Motion Picture ("Falling Slowly")
-Chris Shiflett - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Christopher Walla - Plans ("Crooked Teeth")
-Jack White - Elephant ("Seven Nation Army")
Best Guitarist (Bass)
-Mike Dirnt - American Idiot ("Homecoming")
-Mike Dirnt - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Michael "Flea" Balzary - Stadium Arcadium ("Dani California")
-Colin Greenwood - In Rainbows ("All I Need")
-Nick Harmer - Plans ("Summer Skin")
-Nate Mendel - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("Let it Die")
Best Percussion
-Tre Cool - American Idiot ("Holiday")
-Tre Cool - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Taylor Hawkins - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Jason McGerr - Plans ("Different Names for the Same Thing")
-Chad Smith - Stadium Arcadium ("Dani California")
-Meg White - Elephant ("Seven Nation Army")
Best Pianist
-Ben Gibbard - Plans ("Different Names for the Same Thing")
-Ben Gibbard - Transatlanicism ("Transatlanticism")
-Dave Grohl - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("Home")
-Marketa Irglova - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("The Hill")
-Rob Cavallo - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Thom Yorke - In Rainbows ("All I Need")
Best Album (Concept or Soundtrack)
-American Idiot
-The Black Parade
-A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-O Brother Where Art Thou?
-Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-Plans
-Slumdog Millionaire
Best Album (Non Concept)
-Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-From Under the Cork Tree
-Funeral
-Give Up
-In Rainbows
-Oh No
-Transatlanticism
Best Music Video
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Grapevine Fires" -Narrow Stairs
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
Best Single Shot Video
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"A Million Ways" - Oh No
-"Single Ladies Club (Put a Ring On it)" - I Am... Sasha Fierce
-WTF? - Of the Blue Color of the Sky
Best Direction for a Video
-"21 Guns" - 21st Century Breakdown
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanticism
-"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
Best Editing for a Video
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Grapevine Fires" - Narrow Stairs
-"I Will Possess Your Heart" - Narrow Stairs
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanticism
-"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
Best Cinematography for a Video
-"21 Guns" - 21st Century Breakdown
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Will Possess Your Heart" - Narrow Stairs
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"WTF?" - Of the Blue Color of the Sky
Best Art Direction for a Video
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
Best Costume Design for a Video
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Holiday" - American Idiot
-"Hot'n Cold" - One of the Boys
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanicism
-"We Will Become Silhouettes" - Give Up
Best Choreography for a Video
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Here It Goes Again" - Oh No
-"Hot'n Cold" - One of the Boys
-"A Million Ways" - Oh No
-"Single Ladies Club (Put a Ring On it)" - I Am... Sasha Fierce
Best Sound Design for a Video
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Grapevine Fires" - Narrow Stairs
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence Patience, & Grace
-"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
-"Wake Me Up When September Ends" - American Idiot
Best Song from a Concept Album or Soundtrack
-"All is Love" - Where the Wild Things Are
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Falling Slowly" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
-"Man of Constant Sorrow" - O Brother Where Art Thou?
-"Welcome to the Black Parade" - The Black Parade
Best Song from a Non Concept Album
-"15 Steps" - In Rainbows
-"The District Sleeps Alone" - Give Up
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"A Little Less Sixteen Candles a Little More Touch Me" - From Under the Cork Tree
-"Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" - Funeral
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"Title and Registration" - Transatlanticism
Best Single
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"The District Sleeps Alone" - Give Up
-"Drive" - Make Yourself
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"Holiday" - American Idiot
-"House of Cards" - In Rainbows
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"Lisztomania" - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"Title and Registration" - Transatlanticism
-"Wake Up" - Funeral
Best Non Single
-"15 Steps" - In Rainbows
-"Clark Gable" - Give Up
-"Falling Slowly" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-"Home" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"If You Want Me" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-"Marching Bands of Manhattan" - Plans
-"Nothing Better"- Give Up
-"Overweight" - Foiled
-"Time to Dance" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"Transatlanicism" - Transatlanticism
-"XO" - From Under the Cork Tree
-American Idiot
("Holiday"&"Boulevard of Broken Dreams","Letterbomb"&"Wake Me Up When September Ends", "Jesus of Suburbia")
-Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
("The Pretender"&"Let it Die","But, Honestly"&"Erase/Replace","Stranger Things Have Happened"&"Home")
-A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
("The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage"&"London Beckoned Songs Made by Machines","Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks"&"Camisado","I Write Sins Not Tragedies"&"I Constantly Thank God for Esteban")
-Funeral
("Neighborhood (1-4),"Wake Up"&"Rebellion (Lies)")
-Give Up
("The District Sleeps Alone"&"Nothing Better","Such Great Heights"&"We Will Become Silhouettes","Clark Gable"&"Brand New Colony")
-In Rainbows
("15 Steps"&"Bodysnatchers","All I Need"&"Weird Fishes/Arpeggi","House of Cards"&"Jigsaw Falling Into Place")
-Oh No
("Invincible"&"No Signs of Life","Here it Goes Again"&"Television, Television","Oh Lately It's So Quiet"&"Crash the Party")
-Once: Music from the Motion Picture
("Falling Slowly"&"When Your Mind's Made Up","If You Want Me"&"The Hill","Once"&"Say It to Me Now")
-Plans
("Marching Bands of Manhattan"&"Soul Meets Body","What Sarah Said"&"Brothers on a Hotel Bed","Different Names for the Same Thing"&"I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
-Transatlanicism
("Passegner Seat"&"Title and Registration","The New Year"&"The Sound of Settling","Tiny Vessels"&"Transatlanticism")
Best Artist
-Arcade Fire - Funeral
-Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
-Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-Green Day - American Idiot
-Ok Go - Oh No
-The Postal Service - Give Up
-The Swell Season - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
Best Body of Work
-Death Cab For Cutie
(We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes, The Photo Album, Transatlanticism, Plans, Narrow Stairs)
-Fall Out Boy
(Evening Out With Your Girlfriend, Take This To Your Grave, From Under the Cork Tree, Infinity on High, Folies a Deux")
-Green Day
(Warning, Shenanigans, American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown)
Phoenix
(United, Alphabetical, It's Never Been Like This, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)
-Radiohead
(Kid A, Hail to the Thief, Amnesiac, In Rainbows)
-The White Stripes
(De Stijl, White Blood Cells, Elephant, Get Behind Me Satan, Icky Thump)
Best Vocalist
-Billie Joe Armstrong - American Idiot ("Wake Me Up When September Ends")
-Ben Gibbard - Give Up ("The District Sleeps Alone")
-Ben Gibbard - Plans ("I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
-Dave Grohl - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Glen Hansard - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("Say it to Me Now")
-Marketa Irglova - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("The Hill")
-Thome Yorke - In Rainbows ("Bodysnatchers")
Best Guitarist (Lead or Rhythm)
-Billie Joe Armstrong - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Ben Gibbard - Plans ("I Will Follow You Into the Dark")
-Johnny Greenwood - In Rainbows ("Weird Fishes/Arpeggi")
-Glen Hansard - Once: Music From the Motion Picture ("Falling Slowly")
-Chris Shiflett - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Christopher Walla - Plans ("Crooked Teeth")
-Jack White - Elephant ("Seven Nation Army")
Best Guitarist (Bass)
-Mike Dirnt - American Idiot ("Homecoming")
-Mike Dirnt - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Michael "Flea" Balzary - Stadium Arcadium ("Dani California")
-Colin Greenwood - In Rainbows ("All I Need")
-Nick Harmer - Plans ("Summer Skin")
-Nate Mendel - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("Let it Die")
Best Percussion
-Tre Cool - American Idiot ("Holiday")
-Tre Cool - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Taylor Hawkins - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("The Pretender")
-Jason McGerr - Plans ("Different Names for the Same Thing")
-Chad Smith - Stadium Arcadium ("Dani California")
-Meg White - Elephant ("Seven Nation Army")
Best Pianist
-Ben Gibbard - Plans ("Different Names for the Same Thing")
-Ben Gibbard - Transatlanicism ("Transatlanticism")
-Dave Grohl - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace ("Home")
-Marketa Irglova - Once: Music from the Motion Picture ("The Hill")
-Rob Cavallo - American Idiot ("Jesus of Suburbia")
-Thom Yorke - In Rainbows ("All I Need")
Best Album (Concept or Soundtrack)
-American Idiot
-The Black Parade
-A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-O Brother Where Art Thou?
-Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-Plans
-Slumdog Millionaire
Best Album (Non Concept)
-Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-From Under the Cork Tree
-Funeral
-Give Up
-In Rainbows
-Oh No
-Transatlanticism
Best Music Video
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Grapevine Fires" -Narrow Stairs
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
Best Single Shot Video
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"A Million Ways" - Oh No
-"Single Ladies Club (Put a Ring On it)" - I Am... Sasha Fierce
-WTF? - Of the Blue Color of the Sky
Best Direction for a Video
-"21 Guns" - 21st Century Breakdown
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanticism
-"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
Best Editing for a Video
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Grapevine Fires" - Narrow Stairs
-"I Will Possess Your Heart" - Narrow Stairs
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanticism
-"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
Best Cinematography for a Video
-"21 Guns" - 21st Century Breakdown
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Will Possess Your Heart" - Narrow Stairs
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"WTF?" - Of the Blue Color of the Sky
Best Art Direction for a Video
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
Best Costume Design for a Video
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Dani California" - Stadium Arcadium
-"Holiday" - American Idiot
-"Hot'n Cold" - One of the Boys
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Sound of Settling" - Transatlanicism
-"We Will Become Silhouettes" - Give Up
Best Choreography for a Video
-"Bad Romance" - The Fame Monster
-"Here It Goes Again" - Oh No
-"Hot'n Cold" - One of the Boys
-"A Million Ways" - Oh No
-"Single Ladies Club (Put a Ring On it)" - I Am... Sasha Fierce
Best Sound Design for a Video
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Grapevine Fires" - Narrow Stairs
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence Patience, & Grace
-"Such Great Heights" - Give Up
-"Wake Me Up When September Ends" - American Idiot
Best Song from a Concept Album or Soundtrack
-"All is Love" - Where the Wild Things Are
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"Falling Slowly" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
-"Man of Constant Sorrow" - O Brother Where Art Thou?
-"Welcome to the Black Parade" - The Black Parade
Best Song from a Non Concept Album
-"15 Steps" - In Rainbows
-"The District Sleeps Alone" - Give Up
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"A Little Less Sixteen Candles a Little More Touch Me" - From Under the Cork Tree
-"Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" - Funeral
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"Title and Registration" - Transatlanticism
Best Single
-"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - American Idiot
-"The District Sleeps Alone" - Give Up
-"Drive" - Make Yourself
-"Here it Goes Again" - Oh No
-"Holiday" - American Idiot
-"House of Cards" - In Rainbows
-"I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Plans
-"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"The Kill" - A Beautiful Lie
-"Lisztomania" - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
-"The Pretender" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"Title and Registration" - Transatlanticism
-"Wake Up" - Funeral
Best Non Single
-"15 Steps" - In Rainbows
-"Clark Gable" - Give Up
-"Falling Slowly" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-"Home" - Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
-"If You Want Me" - Once: Music from the Motion Picture
-"Marching Bands of Manhattan" - Plans
-"Nothing Better"- Give Up
-"Overweight" - Foiled
-"Time to Dance" - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
-"Transatlanicism" - Transatlanticism
-"XO" - From Under the Cork Tree
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Best of the Decade
Well, it looks like ten years have passed, and with it, a cornucopia of great cinema. These are the films I felt were some of the best during the 2000-20009 decade.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
The 40 Year Old Virgin
8 Mile
Avatar
Batman Begins
Be Kind Rewind
Big Fish
The Bourne Ultimatum
Bowling for Columbine
Casino Royale
Children of Men
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Finding Neverland
Gladiator
Half Nelson
Hotel Rwanda
The Hurt Locker
In America
Juno
King Kong
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Knocked Up
Lost in Translation
Michael Clayton
Monster's Inc.
Mystic River
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Pianist
Star Trek
Toy Story 2
Traffic
Tsotsi
United 93
Up
The Visitor
20-11
20. Gangs of New York
19. Paranoid Park
18. WALL-E
17. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
16. Pan's Labyrinth
15. There Will Be Blood
14. The Savages
13. Inglourious Basterds
12. No Country for Old Men
11. Where the Wild Things Are
The Top Ten
10. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Danny Boyle is an amazing director, and it was nice to see him get his due for this stylized view of the slums of India, his story of brotherly love, and a fairy tale romance. All revolving around well edited flashbacks, a police interrogation, and two episodes of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".
9. Zodiac (2007)
There have been many attempt to try and make a film that would be as a riveting, and suspenseful, and watchable as David Fincher's masterpiece crime drama. It's fair to say that Fincher knows how to make a movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat (Seven, Panic Room, etc.) and that is especially true for this story about the most elusive villain of all time.
8. Memento (2001)
This film was nominated for two Oscars (Original Screenplay, and Film Editing respectfully.) It lost both, but deserved both. Christopher Nolan started his amazing career with his thrilling tale of amnesia, revenge, a small town, and a Polaroid camera.
7. Elephant (2003)
There are many interesting qualities about Gus Van Sant's reincarnation of the Columbine massacre. Between the fact that it tells the same story between characters and all around differing perspective, the long single shot dreamlike sequences, the fact that the cast is so interesting to watch despite having a cast that is predominately non actors, and that the dialogue is so authentic It made for one of my most favorite films of the decade.
6. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
How can anyone deny that this is arguably the greatest film series of all time. It has visual effects that, like the first Star Wars trilogy or 2001: A Space Odyssey, still holds up really well. It has themes and ideas that are universally relevant. Sets and costumes completely relevant to the setting of the film that are convincing and beautiful. It has a plot that is interesting, suspenseful, and at the end of the day is quite satisfying. The music is beautiful. The cast is diverse and great performances all around, particularly from Sir Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, and Andy Serkis. It's well edited and shot. If there are any movies that will be remembered from this decade, it will be The Lord of the Rings.
5. Shattered Glass (2003)
This film is like my generation's "All the President's Men." A journalism mystery drama with a hard boiled writer (Peter Sarsgaurd) trying to get to the bottom of Stephen Glass' (Hayden Christensen) fabricated tales. I love this movie because of how cool it is to watch Peter Sarsgaurd unveil Glass's lies, and how Sarsgaurd's character is on his own team, alone, while everyone else is too busy being charmed by Christensen's Glass. While you know what eventually happens to Glass (it is revealed that more that half of his stories are fictional, and is eventually fired from The New Republic magazine) it's interesting to watch him go down his slippery slope, and it made for great film.
4. Into the Wild (2007)
While some people will say this movie is boring, or that Christopher McCandles was crazy and spoiled and sort of careless, and while all that is true, I find it admirable that someone would ditch everything to pursue their dreams. There is so much to love about this film. It has several great performances (most notably from Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, and Catherine Keener.) It has some of the best cinematography I've seen, and is edited accordingly. Eddie Vedder provides an ever fitting score and soundtrack with songs as upbeat as "Hard Sun" and as soft as "Guaranteed." It's a movie that is a tragedy, but in a way, a sort of triumph.
3. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
How can you deny that this film was one of the most well written, and well acted of the decade? Between the dysfunction and the Volkswagen, and the funny dialogue, and the good feeling you get at the end, one of the best movies of the decade.
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
Christopher Nolan continues his amazing and rising career by giving us the epitome of the super hero genre. It is an unarguable fact that this is the best comic book film of all time. Anyone who claims that those honors go to "Ghost World", "Road to Perdition", "Sin City", "Iron Man", or even "Dick Tracy", or whatever, they're probably wrong. It has great editing, and is well written and directed. Gotham is creepier than ever with its great art direction, and it's great cinematography. And like everyone else will claim, the greatness of the film will be mostly due to Heath Ledger's dark portrayal of The Joker, and is no doubt the best performance of the decade. The cast is good and can keep up with Ledger, but not nearly as fun to watch as him. Beyond that, the film is riveting, and has themes applicable to modern times, and is the best crime film of the decade.
1. Once (2007)
This film is great due to its simplicity. It is a film that anyone could have made out of their bedroom. It was made for very little, and is a perfect encapsulation of what an independent film is. It has two amateur leads that still put out fine performances. It's directed well, and written well. But the movie is most great because of the music, which is what it's about. This film will go down in history as one of the best film soundtracks of all time. Especially with songs like "Falling Slowly", "If You Want Me", and "When Your Mind's Made Up." It's a perfect union of cinema and music. I believe that this Irish indie musical is the best film of the decade.
Best Picture
1. Once
2. The Dark Knight
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. Into the Wild
5. Shattered Glass
6. The Lord of the Rings
7. Elephant
8. Memento
9. Zodiac
10. Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
1. Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight and Memento
2. Sean Penn for Into the Wild
3. Martin Scorsese for The Departed and Gangs of New York
4. Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
5. Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds
6. Gus Van Sant for Elephant and Paranoid Park
7. Spike Jonze for Where the Wild Things Are and Adaptation
8. Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire and Millions
9. Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men and O Brother Where Art Thou?
10. David Fincher for Zodiac and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actor in a Leading Role
1. Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
2. Daniel Day Lewis for There Will Be Blood
3. Leonardo DiCaprio for The Departed
4. Bill Murray for Lost in Translation
5. Emile Hirsch for Into the Wild
6. Guy Pearce for Memento
7. Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scottland
8. George Clooney for Michael Clayton
9. Jack Black for School of Rock
10. Phillip Seymour Hoffman for The Savages
Best Actress in a Leading Role
1. Ellen Paige for Juno
2. Kate Winslett for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Helen Mirren for The Queen
4. Laura Liney for The Savages
5. Marketa Irglova for Once
6. Toni Colette for Little Miss Sunshine
7. Scarlett Johansson for Lost in Translation
8. Uma Thurman for Kill Bill
9. Meryl Streep for Doubt
10. Cate Blanchett for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Tie)
1. Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
1. Peter Sarsgaurd for Shattered Glass
2. Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
3. Alex Frost for Elephant
4. Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine
5. Steve Carell for Little Miss Sunshine
6. Benicio Del Toro for Traffic
7. Robert Downey Jr. for Zodiac
8. Hal Holbrook for Into the Wild
9. Dev Patel for Slumdog Millionaire
10. Sean Astin for The Lord of the Rings
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1. Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine
2. Frieda Pinto for Slumdog Millionaire
3. Carrie Ann Moss for Memento
4. Catherine Keener for Into the Wild
5. Ari Graynor for Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist
6. Miranda Crosgrove for School of Rock
7. Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton
8. Allyson Janey for Juno
9. Helen Mirren for Godsford Park
10. Kate Hudson for Almost Famous
Best Original Screenplay
1. Memento
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Once
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Elephant
6. Almost Famous
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. Juno
9. The Savages
10. Lost in Translation
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. The Dark Knight
4. Into the Wild
5. Paranoid Park
6. Zodiac
7. Traffic
8. Persepolis
9. Shattered Glass
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Best Ensemble Cast
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. Elephant
4. The Dark Knight
5. Into the Wild
6. Traffic
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. Inglourious Basterds
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. The Departed
Best Foreign Film
1. Once
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
5. Persepolis
6. The Barbarian Invasions
7. The Lives of Others
8. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
9. The Sea Inside
10. Apocalypto
Best Documentary
1. Murderball
2. Bowling for Columbine
3. The Fog of War
4. Man On Wire
5. At the Death House Door
6. Sicko
7. An Inconvenient Truth
8. No End in Sight
9. Promises
10. Paperclips
Best Animated Film
1. Monster's Inc.
2. Persepolis
3. Up
4. Spirited Away
5. WALL-E
6. Coraline
7. Wallace & Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
8. Finding Nemo
9. Toy Story 2
10. The Incredibles
Best Film Editing
1. Memento
2. Into the Wild
3. The Dark Knight
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. The Departed
6. Elephant
7. No Country for Old Men
8. Zodiac
9. The Bourne Ultimatum
10. The Lord of the Rings
Best Cinematography
1. The Dark Knight
2. Slumdog Millinoaire
3. The Lord of the Rings
4. Memento
5. Into the Wild
6. Elephant
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. Paranoid Park
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. Pan's Labyrinth
Best Art Direction
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Pan's Labyrintth
3. Chicago
4. Gangs of New York
5. The Dark Knight
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Where the Wild Things Are
8. Avatar
9. Paranoid Park
10. Inglourious Basterds
Best Costume Design
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Marie Antoinette
4. The Duchess
5. Chicago
6. Where the Wild Things Are
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. Gangs of New York
9. Zodiac
10. Inglourious Basterds
Best Visual Effects
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Avatar
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Transformers
5. Spider Man 2
6. Star Trek
7. The Golden Compass
8. District 9
9. King Kong
10. Pan's Labyrinth
Best Make Up
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. Star Trek
5. The Dark Knight
6. District 9
7. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
8. La Vie En Rose
9. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
10. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Best Original Score
1. Once
2. Into the Wild
3. The Lord of the Rings
4. The Dark Knight
5. Slumdog Millionaire
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Little Miss Sunshine
8. Memento
9. Up
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Best Song Used in a Film
1."Falling Slowly" Once
2."'Til the End of Time" Little Miss Sunshine
3."Jai Ho" Slumdog Millionaire
4."Guaranteed" Into the Wild
5."The Hands That Built America" Gangs of New York
6."All is Love" Where the Wild Things Are
7."Into the West" The Lord of the Rings
8."Little Person" Synecdoche, New York
9."Such Great Heights" Garden State
10."Paper Planes" Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Mixing
1. The Dark Knight
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. Star Trek
4. The Bourne Ultimatum
5. The Departed
6. Where the Wild Things Are
7. King Kong
8. Slumdog Millionaire
9. WALL-E
10. Elephant
Best Sound Editing
1. The Dark Knight
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. Elephant
4. King Kong
5. The Bourne Ultimatum
6. Where the Wild Things Are
7. WALL-E
8. Slumdog Millionaire
9. Memento
10. Paranoid Park
HONORABLE MENTIONS
The 40 Year Old Virgin
8 Mile
Avatar
Batman Begins
Be Kind Rewind
Big Fish
The Bourne Ultimatum
Bowling for Columbine
Casino Royale
Children of Men
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Finding Neverland
Gladiator
Half Nelson
Hotel Rwanda
The Hurt Locker
In America
Juno
King Kong
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Knocked Up
Lost in Translation
Michael Clayton
Monster's Inc.
Mystic River
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Pianist
Star Trek
Toy Story 2
Traffic
Tsotsi
United 93
Up
The Visitor
20-11
20. Gangs of New York
19. Paranoid Park
18. WALL-E
17. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
16. Pan's Labyrinth
15. There Will Be Blood
14. The Savages
13. Inglourious Basterds
12. No Country for Old Men
11. Where the Wild Things Are
The Top Ten
10. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Danny Boyle is an amazing director, and it was nice to see him get his due for this stylized view of the slums of India, his story of brotherly love, and a fairy tale romance. All revolving around well edited flashbacks, a police interrogation, and two episodes of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".
9. Zodiac (2007)
There have been many attempt to try and make a film that would be as a riveting, and suspenseful, and watchable as David Fincher's masterpiece crime drama. It's fair to say that Fincher knows how to make a movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat (Seven, Panic Room, etc.) and that is especially true for this story about the most elusive villain of all time.
8. Memento (2001)
This film was nominated for two Oscars (Original Screenplay, and Film Editing respectfully.) It lost both, but deserved both. Christopher Nolan started his amazing career with his thrilling tale of amnesia, revenge, a small town, and a Polaroid camera.
7. Elephant (2003)
There are many interesting qualities about Gus Van Sant's reincarnation of the Columbine massacre. Between the fact that it tells the same story between characters and all around differing perspective, the long single shot dreamlike sequences, the fact that the cast is so interesting to watch despite having a cast that is predominately non actors, and that the dialogue is so authentic It made for one of my most favorite films of the decade.
6. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
How can anyone deny that this is arguably the greatest film series of all time. It has visual effects that, like the first Star Wars trilogy or 2001: A Space Odyssey, still holds up really well. It has themes and ideas that are universally relevant. Sets and costumes completely relevant to the setting of the film that are convincing and beautiful. It has a plot that is interesting, suspenseful, and at the end of the day is quite satisfying. The music is beautiful. The cast is diverse and great performances all around, particularly from Sir Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, and Andy Serkis. It's well edited and shot. If there are any movies that will be remembered from this decade, it will be The Lord of the Rings.
5. Shattered Glass (2003)
This film is like my generation's "All the President's Men." A journalism mystery drama with a hard boiled writer (Peter Sarsgaurd) trying to get to the bottom of Stephen Glass' (Hayden Christensen) fabricated tales. I love this movie because of how cool it is to watch Peter Sarsgaurd unveil Glass's lies, and how Sarsgaurd's character is on his own team, alone, while everyone else is too busy being charmed by Christensen's Glass. While you know what eventually happens to Glass (it is revealed that more that half of his stories are fictional, and is eventually fired from The New Republic magazine) it's interesting to watch him go down his slippery slope, and it made for great film.
4. Into the Wild (2007)
While some people will say this movie is boring, or that Christopher McCandles was crazy and spoiled and sort of careless, and while all that is true, I find it admirable that someone would ditch everything to pursue their dreams. There is so much to love about this film. It has several great performances (most notably from Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, and Catherine Keener.) It has some of the best cinematography I've seen, and is edited accordingly. Eddie Vedder provides an ever fitting score and soundtrack with songs as upbeat as "Hard Sun" and as soft as "Guaranteed." It's a movie that is a tragedy, but in a way, a sort of triumph.
3. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
How can you deny that this film was one of the most well written, and well acted of the decade? Between the dysfunction and the Volkswagen, and the funny dialogue, and the good feeling you get at the end, one of the best movies of the decade.
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
Christopher Nolan continues his amazing and rising career by giving us the epitome of the super hero genre. It is an unarguable fact that this is the best comic book film of all time. Anyone who claims that those honors go to "Ghost World", "Road to Perdition", "Sin City", "Iron Man", or even "Dick Tracy", or whatever, they're probably wrong. It has great editing, and is well written and directed. Gotham is creepier than ever with its great art direction, and it's great cinematography. And like everyone else will claim, the greatness of the film will be mostly due to Heath Ledger's dark portrayal of The Joker, and is no doubt the best performance of the decade. The cast is good and can keep up with Ledger, but not nearly as fun to watch as him. Beyond that, the film is riveting, and has themes applicable to modern times, and is the best crime film of the decade.
1. Once (2007)
This film is great due to its simplicity. It is a film that anyone could have made out of their bedroom. It was made for very little, and is a perfect encapsulation of what an independent film is. It has two amateur leads that still put out fine performances. It's directed well, and written well. But the movie is most great because of the music, which is what it's about. This film will go down in history as one of the best film soundtracks of all time. Especially with songs like "Falling Slowly", "If You Want Me", and "When Your Mind's Made Up." It's a perfect union of cinema and music. I believe that this Irish indie musical is the best film of the decade.
Best Picture
1. Once
2. The Dark Knight
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. Into the Wild
5. Shattered Glass
6. The Lord of the Rings
7. Elephant
8. Memento
9. Zodiac
10. Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
1. Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight and Memento
2. Sean Penn for Into the Wild
3. Martin Scorsese for The Departed and Gangs of New York
4. Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
5. Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds
6. Gus Van Sant for Elephant and Paranoid Park
7. Spike Jonze for Where the Wild Things Are and Adaptation
8. Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire and Millions
9. Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men and O Brother Where Art Thou?
10. David Fincher for Zodiac and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actor in a Leading Role
1. Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
2. Daniel Day Lewis for There Will Be Blood
3. Leonardo DiCaprio for The Departed
4. Bill Murray for Lost in Translation
5. Emile Hirsch for Into the Wild
6. Guy Pearce for Memento
7. Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scottland
8. George Clooney for Michael Clayton
9. Jack Black for School of Rock
10. Phillip Seymour Hoffman for The Savages
Best Actress in a Leading Role
1. Ellen Paige for Juno
2. Kate Winslett for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Helen Mirren for The Queen
4. Laura Liney for The Savages
5. Marketa Irglova for Once
6. Toni Colette for Little Miss Sunshine
7. Scarlett Johansson for Lost in Translation
8. Uma Thurman for Kill Bill
9. Meryl Streep for Doubt
10. Cate Blanchett for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Tie)
1. Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
1. Peter Sarsgaurd for Shattered Glass
2. Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
3. Alex Frost for Elephant
4. Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine
5. Steve Carell for Little Miss Sunshine
6. Benicio Del Toro for Traffic
7. Robert Downey Jr. for Zodiac
8. Hal Holbrook for Into the Wild
9. Dev Patel for Slumdog Millionaire
10. Sean Astin for The Lord of the Rings
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1. Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine
2. Frieda Pinto for Slumdog Millionaire
3. Carrie Ann Moss for Memento
4. Catherine Keener for Into the Wild
5. Ari Graynor for Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist
6. Miranda Crosgrove for School of Rock
7. Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton
8. Allyson Janey for Juno
9. Helen Mirren for Godsford Park
10. Kate Hudson for Almost Famous
Best Original Screenplay
1. Memento
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Once
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Elephant
6. Almost Famous
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. Juno
9. The Savages
10. Lost in Translation
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. The Dark Knight
4. Into the Wild
5. Paranoid Park
6. Zodiac
7. Traffic
8. Persepolis
9. Shattered Glass
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Best Ensemble Cast
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. Elephant
4. The Dark Knight
5. Into the Wild
6. Traffic
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. Inglourious Basterds
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. The Departed
Best Foreign Film
1. Once
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
5. Persepolis
6. The Barbarian Invasions
7. The Lives of Others
8. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
9. The Sea Inside
10. Apocalypto
Best Documentary
1. Murderball
2. Bowling for Columbine
3. The Fog of War
4. Man On Wire
5. At the Death House Door
6. Sicko
7. An Inconvenient Truth
8. No End in Sight
9. Promises
10. Paperclips
Best Animated Film
1. Monster's Inc.
2. Persepolis
3. Up
4. Spirited Away
5. WALL-E
6. Coraline
7. Wallace & Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
8. Finding Nemo
9. Toy Story 2
10. The Incredibles
Best Film Editing
1. Memento
2. Into the Wild
3. The Dark Knight
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. The Departed
6. Elephant
7. No Country for Old Men
8. Zodiac
9. The Bourne Ultimatum
10. The Lord of the Rings
Best Cinematography
1. The Dark Knight
2. Slumdog Millinoaire
3. The Lord of the Rings
4. Memento
5. Into the Wild
6. Elephant
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. Paranoid Park
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. Pan's Labyrinth
Best Art Direction
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Pan's Labyrintth
3. Chicago
4. Gangs of New York
5. The Dark Knight
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Where the Wild Things Are
8. Avatar
9. Paranoid Park
10. Inglourious Basterds
Best Costume Design
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Marie Antoinette
4. The Duchess
5. Chicago
6. Where the Wild Things Are
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. Gangs of New York
9. Zodiac
10. Inglourious Basterds
Best Visual Effects
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Avatar
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Transformers
5. Spider Man 2
6. Star Trek
7. The Golden Compass
8. District 9
9. King Kong
10. Pan's Labyrinth
Best Make Up
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. Star Trek
5. The Dark Knight
6. District 9
7. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
8. La Vie En Rose
9. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
10. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Best Original Score
1. Once
2. Into the Wild
3. The Lord of the Rings
4. The Dark Knight
5. Slumdog Millionaire
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Little Miss Sunshine
8. Memento
9. Up
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Best Song Used in a Film
1."Falling Slowly" Once
2."'Til the End of Time" Little Miss Sunshine
3."Jai Ho" Slumdog Millionaire
4."Guaranteed" Into the Wild
5."The Hands That Built America" Gangs of New York
6."All is Love" Where the Wild Things Are
7."Into the West" The Lord of the Rings
8."Little Person" Synecdoche, New York
9."Such Great Heights" Garden State
10."Paper Planes" Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Mixing
1. The Dark Knight
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. Star Trek
4. The Bourne Ultimatum
5. The Departed
6. Where the Wild Things Are
7. King Kong
8. Slumdog Millionaire
9. WALL-E
10. Elephant
Best Sound Editing
1. The Dark Knight
2. The Lord of the Rings
3. Elephant
4. King Kong
5. The Bourne Ultimatum
6. Where the Wild Things Are
7. WALL-E
8. Slumdog Millionaire
9. Memento
10. Paranoid Park
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