Better late than never. I normally try and get
out my year-end film awards and Top 10 of the year posts written before the
Oscars, but this year it didn’t happen. It’s actually kind of difficult
to write these columns at the end of the year like real critics do, because I’m
not a special person who gets screeners of films in advance of their release,
and I don’t particularly like making these posts until I’ve had a chance to see
as much as possible from the prior year. So, I think a two-month buffer
between the end of the year and my post is acceptable.
In this Part I of my look at 2012 in Film, I hand
out my yearly Movie Awards, and in Part II I will unveil my Top 10 films of the
year, so stay tuned for that.
Until then, enjoy my
somewhat serious, somewhat not-so-serious movie awards.
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| Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master |
Best Actor in a
Supporting Role: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
The Other
Nominees:
Dwight
Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Matthew
McConaughey, Killer Joe
Jason
Clarke, Zero Dark Thirty
Javier
Bardem, Skyfall
Movie I will Probably
Watch More in my Lifetime than any other Movie this Year: Pitch Perfect
The “Hollywood can
Pretend this Movie was Never Made, and I’ll Pretend I Didn’t Watch It”
Award: American Reunion
The “Why? Oh Yeah,
Truckloads of Cash.” Award: The
Amazing Spiderman (But, seriously,
why?)
Best Ensemble Cast: The Master
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| Ann Dowd in Compliance |
Best Actress in a
Supporting Role: Ann
Dowd, Compliance
The Other
Nominees:
Anne
Hathaway, Les Miserables
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Kara
Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom
Amy Adams, The
Master
Actually a lot better
than it had any right to be: The
Grey
Most Underrated Movie of
the Year: Goon
Most Overrated Movie of
the Year: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Movie You Didn’t See
This Year: Holy Motors
Best Movie Everyone Saw
This Year: The Hunger Games (ended up on my year-end list at #20)
Best
Cinematography: The Master (Mihai Malaimare Jr.)
Best Original Musical
Score: Anna Karenina (Dario Marianelli)
Biggest Letdown: Prometheus
Biggest
Surprise: Moonrise Kingdom
Worst Movie I Saw This
Year: The Trouble With the
Curve
The “Should be in Every
Movie” Award: Javier Bardem
The “Shouldn’t be in Any
Movie” Award: Aaron Johnson
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| Emmanuelle Riva in Amour |
Best Actress in a Leading
Role: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
The Other
Nominees:
Jennifer
Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhane
Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Keira
Knightley, Anna Karenina
Rachel
Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea
Best Adapted
Screenplay: Lincoln (Tony Kushner)
Best Original
Screenplay: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola)
The “Tim Riggins Would be
Very Disappointed with your Acting Career” Award: Taylor Kitsch, Battleship, John Carter and Savages
Breakout Director of the
Year: Benh Zeitlen, Beasts
of the Southern Wild
The “Please, Someone Put
All of Them Out of Their Misery” Award: Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter, Dark Shadows
The “Let’s Not Forget
This Was an Actual Movie That Got Made” Award: What to Expect When You’re Expecting
The “We’re Still Pumping
These Out, Huh?” Award: Madagascar
#9, and Ice Age #15
The “Okay, It
Wasn’t That Good” Award: Les Miserables
The “Yeah, It Was That Good”
Award: 21 Jump Street
The “Let’s Never Forget
that an Eddie Murphy Movie Actually Scored a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes” Award (I’m
actually kind of impressed): A
Thousand Words
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| Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln |
Best Actor in a Leading
Role: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
The Other Nominees: (Had 6 total nominees this year. because I can
do what I want, that’s why.)
Christoph
Waltz, Django Unchained (Hey Oscars, this is a leading
performance!)
Denis
Lavant, Holy Motors
Jean-Louis
Trintignant, Amour
Jack Black, Bernie
Joaquin
Phoenix, The Master
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