The 2010 WZ Film Awards

[Cena's Little Helper]

So, a few days ago, Mighty NorCal suggested that I do some awards for the films of 2010. As you can no doubt guess, I loved the idea, but had to think of how I could restrain myself from overdoing it. With that said, we will be having WZ Awards for the films of 2010. There will be four categories: Best Film of the Year, Worst Film of the Year, Best Performance of the Year, and Worst Performance of the Year (each category will have a thread stickied in the Movies and Television section). The categories will each have 10 slots.

As to how the nominees will be chosen, I am offering voting privileges to the following 15 posters (NorCal and I are excluded from the list, although we have the option to turn in ballots as well; furthermore, as the creator and executor of these awards, respectively, NorCal and I will also have the option of submitting one choice for each category that will be automatic locks):

xfearbefore
jmt225
Uncle Sam
IrishCanadian25
FTS
Y 2 Jake
IndyJon22
Dagger Dias
Guy Compton
Coco The Monkey
Murfish
Monkey
TheOneBigWill
justinsayne
Doc

If I have list you and you would like to participate in the nominations process, please post your nomination choices in this thread; for each category, rank 10 choices, putting your first choice at number one, your second choice at number two, etc. I will determine which films and performances make the cut by a simple Borda Count method (i.e., your first choice gets 10 points, your second choice gets 9 points, ..., your tenth choice gets 1 point).

On a final note, if you have not been listed but would like to participate in the nominations process, please either PM me or post in this thread; I can almost guarantee that not all of the posters I have chosen will choose to participate.

 

[Monkey_Mania]

Question, its the 2010 awards, but we are including films from 2009 correct?

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

Correct.

 

[Monkey_Mania]

I thought it was a stupid question. Still had to ask to make sure anyways.

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

Best Films of 2009

1) The White Ribbon
2) Mother
3) The Hurt Locker
4) Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
5) District 9
6) Observe and Report
7) Adventureland
8) Avatar
9) The Hangover
10) Public Enemies

Worst Films of 2009

1) 12 Rounds
2) The Unborn
3) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
4) Halloween II
5) Couples Retreat
6) The Twilight Saga: New Moon
7) Obsessed
8) I Love You, Man
9) Watchmen
10) Inglourious Basterds


Best Performances of 2009

1) Anthony Mackie / The Hurt Locker
2) Kim Hye-ja / Mother
3) Jeremy Renner / The Hurt Locker
4) Paula Patton / Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
5) Christoph Waltz / Inglourious Basterds
6) Christian Friedel / The White Ribbon
7) Gabourey Sibide / Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
8) Mo'Nique / Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
9) Jeff Bridges / Crazy Heart
10) Anna Kendrick / Up In The Air

Worst Performances of 2009

1) John Cena / 12 Rounds
2) Vince Vaughn / Couples Retreat
3) Eli Roth / Inglourious Basterds
4) Odette Yustman / The Unborn
5) Gary Oldman / The Unborn
6) Sheri Moon Zombie / Halloween II
7) Kate Hudson / Bride Wars
8) Anne Hathaway / Bride Wars
9) Will Ferrell / Land Of The Lost
10) Beyoncé / Obsessed

 

[Monkey_Mania]

You didn't like I love you, man?


Seriously? It's better than The Hangover. Which I extremely liked.

 

[The Dewbliners]

I'd like to participate, if possible.

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

I'd like to participate, if possible.

Sounds good to me; go on ahead and post your nominations.

 

[jmt225]

Here's the main problem, Tdigs: There are still plenty of films from 2009 I need to see. Seriously, here's a list of movies I have yet to see:

The White Ribbon
Bong Joon-ho's Mother
Up in the Air
Invictus
Brothers
Precious
Me and Orson Welles
Antichrist
The Road
A Serious Man
The Informant!
The Hurt Locker
Funny People
Avatar

And there's more I'm forgetting, I'm sure. So, it's hard for me to fill something like this out. But, I'll try nonetheless. Just don't expect my answers to be spectacular or anything.

Best Films of 2009

1) Inglorious Basterds
2) (500) Days of Summer
3) The Soloist
4) District 9
5) Blood and Bone
6) Observe and Report
7) Killshot
8) The International

...and that's seriously the only movies I can think of from this year that I saw and really liked. Shame, I know.

Worst Films of 2009

1) Obsessed
2) The Twilight Saga: New Moon
3) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
4) Land of the Lost
5) Crank: High Voltage
6) Fired Up
7) X-Men Origins: Wolverine
8) Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
9) Paul Blart: Mall Cop
10) Powder Blue

I'll admit... some of these, I hadn't seen. I just know they're shit.

Best Performances of 2009

1) Christoph Waltz / Inglourious Basterds
2) Joseph Gordon-Levitt / (500) Days of Summer
3) Mélanie Laurent / Inglourious Basterds
4) Jamie Foxx / The Soloist
5) Sharlto Copley/ District 9
6) Brad Pitt / Inglourious Basterds
7) Zooey Deschanel / (500) Days of Summer
8) Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Killshot
9) Eli Roth / Inglourious Basterds
10) Michael Jai White / Blood and Bone

Worst Performances of 2009

1) Beyoncé / Obsessed
2) Chris Klein / Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
3) Jason Statham / Crank: High Voltage
4) Will Ferrell / Land of the Lost
5) Taylor Lautner / The Twilight Saga: New Moon
6) Rhona Mitra / Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
7) Idris Elba / Obsessed
8) Moon Bloodgood / Terminator Salvation
9) Micah Sloat / Paranormal Activity
10) Nicolas Cage / Knowing

 

[Dagger Dias]

I might need a day or so to think about my picks. When do you need them by?

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

Take your time, man. I won't be putting the awards up for at least 10 more days.

 

[Dagger Dias]

Take your time, man. I won't be putting the awards up for at least 10 more days.

alright sounds good

 

[Mighty NorCal]

TSnugs, I was trying to give this idea TO you, you didnt have to give me any credit man you are too good to me.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I've been largely unimpressed by 2009's films. I will, however, gladly participate. Also, my cat is guarding the mouse and won't let me near it. It could be several minutes before I get to post this.

I ashamedly never got to see A Serious Man. My friends just don't appreciate the work of the Coen Brothers and I refuse to go to a cinema alone.

Help me. The cat - she's both vicious and patient. This stand-off could last sometime yet.

Alright, she's gone. Time to post this. Bitch.

 

[The Doctor]

OK, I couldn't get ten for every category, and you'll all probably say I have bad tastes in movies, but here we go:

Best Films of 2009

1) Avatar
2) Up
3) District 9
4) Coraline
5) Sherlock Holmes
6) Inglourious Basterds
7) Watchmen
8) Star Trek
9) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
10) GI Joe *

Worst Films of 2009

1) The Twilight Saga: New Moon
2) Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
3) Land of the Lost
5) X-Men Origins
6) Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
7) Dragonball: Evolution
8) Dance Flick
9) Paul Blart: Mall Cop
10) 12 Rounds

Best Performances of 2009

1) Christopher Plummer / Up
2) Edward Asner / Up
3) Robert Downey Jr. / Sherlock Holmes
4) Sharlto Copley/ District 9
6) Eli Roth / Inglourious Basterds
7) Sam Worthington / Avatar
8) Christopher Pine / Star Trek
9) Michelle Rodriguez / Avatar

Worst Performances of 2009

1) Neal McDonough / Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
2) Chris Klein / Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
3) Kristin Stewart / The Twilight Saga: New Moon
4) Will Ferrell / Land of the Lost
5) Taylor Lautner / The Twilight Saga: New Moon
6) Robert Pattinson / The Twilight Saga: New Moon
7) John Cena / 12 Rounds
8) Megan Fox / Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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[SIZE=-2]*So Bad it was Good[/size]

 

[a0161613]

I'd like to nominate though I may struggle to find ten.

 

[Cena's Little Helper]

I'd like to nominate though I may struggle to find ten.

PM them to me and I'll include them.

 

[INDYjon22]

Before anyone blasts me for not listing some films such as The Hurt Locker or Precious let me say that I only nominated films and actors that I saw this year. I did not want to nominate anything without actually watching it first. Also, thank you Tdigle for allowing me to give an input into who may get nominated. It means a lot.

Best Films of 2009
1. Away We Go
2. Up
3. Adventureland
4. Fanboys
5. Sherlock Holmes
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. Where The Wild Things Are
8. The Hangover
9. District 9
10. Everybody’s Fine

Worst Films of 2009
1. Miss March
2. Observe and Report
3. Transformers 2
4. Bruno
5. Halloween 2
6. The Informant!
7. Funny People
8. The Good's: Live Hard, Sell Hard
9. Bart Got A Room
10. 9

Best Actors of 2009
1. John Krasinski-Away We Go
2. Christoph Waltz-Inglorious Basterds
3. Johnny Depp-Public Enemies
4. Robert Deniro-Everybody’s Fine
5. George Clooney-Up In The Air
6. Edward Asner-Up
7. Joseph Gordon Levitt-Killshot
8. Dakota Fanning-Coraline
9. Michael C. Hall-Gamer
10. Jesse Eisenberg-Adventureland

Worst Actors of 2009
1. Trevor Moore-Miss March
2. Seth Rogan-Observe and Report
3. Shia LaBeouf-Transformers 2
4. Megan Fox-Jennifer’s Body
5. Matt Damon-The Informant!
6. Sasha Baron Cohen-Bruno
7. Adam Sandler-Funny People
8. Scout Taylor-Compton-Halloween 2
9. Tanedra Howard-Saw 6
10. Meryl Streep-It’s Complicated

 

[Ambiguous Turd]

How Fucking dare you list Saw 6 as one of the Worst Films of 2009! You BASTARD!

I should Red Rep you for that. I knew there was a reason why I didn't like you.

 

[INDYjon22]

Honestly, I did not want to put it on my list but I could not think of an other really bad movies that stuck out to me. I wasn't a fan but it did not deserve to get nominated by me either. List a bad movie that I agree with you on and I will change it.

 

[Ambiguous Turd]

Honestly, I did not want to put it on my list but I could not think of an other really bad movies that stuck out to me. I wasn't a fan but it did not deserve to get nominated by me either. List a bad movie that I agree with you on and I will change it.

Do you think it was a bad film? Why do you think it was a bad film? Are you not a fan of the series?

 

[TheOneBigWill]

I'm still compiling my list, Tdigs.

I watched "Jennifer's Body" last night and I must say.. Megan Fox for worst Actress of the Year sounds about right, after seeing that performance.

Just watched "The Invention of Lying" as well. Nice comedic satire. Will be watching "Pandorum" and "Gamer" tomorrow after the NFL games.

 

[INDYjon22]

Nevermind I just remembered a movie that I did not really like.

 

[INDYjon22]

Do you think it was a bad film? Why do you think it was a bad film? Are you not a fan of the series?

The film was sub par. Good for horror but not as good as Saw 1 or 2, not that I expected it to be. The acting was atrocious, thus I nominated that terrible actress from the Scream Queen show.

I like the films fine as a whole but I also think they need to stop making them. But, I remembered another movie that I had no real enjoyment watching.

 

[TheOneBigWill]

Do you think it was a bad film? Why do you think it was a bad film? Are you not a fan of the series?

Only Saw III and IV are terrible. Especially Saw IV.

They completely up and change the entire cast, yet somehow try to ignore changing any of the story. Add on to that, the "good guy" and "bad guy" looked way too much alike and had me fucking puzzled as to who was who 30 minutes into the damn movie.

Saw V was okay, and I actually enjoyed Saw VI the most since Jigsaw's death.