Online Film Critics Society 2005 awards: some surprises
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Online Film Critics Society 2005 awards: some surprises
I know there are a million critics groups giving awards right now, but I mention this one because (a) there are some surprises and (b) a few DVDTalk reviewers are members (yours truly included)
Best Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Director: Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, Story by Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, based on the novel by Rex Pickett
Best Cinematography: Hero, Christopher Doyle
Best Editing: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Best Score: The Incredibles, Michael Giacchino
Best Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Best Foreign-Language Film: Hero (China)
Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Zach Braff, Garden State
Breakthrough Performance: Catalina Sandrino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
Best Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Director: Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, Story by Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, based on the novel by Rex Pickett
Best Cinematography: Hero, Christopher Doyle
Best Editing: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Best Score: The Incredibles, Michael Giacchino
Best Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Best Foreign-Language Film: Hero (China)
Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Zach Braff, Garden State
Breakthrough Performance: Catalina Sandrino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
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If by suprises you mean the list deviates from the inexplicable critical adoration for Sideways and actually fully recognizes a far superior film, then yes, this list is surprising.
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Originally Posted by Phyre
If by suprises you mean the list deviates from the inexplicable critical adoration for Sideways and actually fully recognizes a far superior film, then yes, this list is surprising.
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Best Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Director: Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, Story by Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth
Best Editing: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Zach Braff, Garden State
Breakthrough Performance: Catalina Sandrino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
Best Director: Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, Story by Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth
Best Editing: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Zach Braff, Garden State
Breakthrough Performance: Catalina Sandrino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
I haven't seen any of the other films yet, so I can't comment on them. But these were some of my favorites from last year, particularly the two ladies.
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Well just on a personal note, I like the winners here alot better...Any awards that give best actress to Kate Winslet gets a from me. Of course I am heavily biased and have yet to see Sideways.
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Originally Posted by Gil Jawetz
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Zach Braff, Garden State
Also, maybe I should see Eternal Sunshine again, but I doubt I'd like it much better than I did the first time.
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Just what we neeed, yet another 'critics award'! Are these people desperate for attention or what? Truly sad. Has anyone actually stopped to count the number of 'awards' in the film business? Must be in the thousands by now.
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Just what we neeed, yet another 'critics award'! Are these people desperate for attention or what? Truly sad. Has anyone actually stopped to count the number of 'awards' in the film business? Must be in the thousands by now.
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Originally Posted by B.A.
You just have something against domestic filmmakers not named Soderbergh.
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
That list does not suprise me at all. While I liked Eternal Sunshine it was far from the best movie of the year and was not even nearly as good as 2003's Lost in Translation.
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Originally Posted by wendersfan
Also, maybe I should see Eternal Sunshine again, but I doubt I'd like it much better than I did the first time.
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Sideways is getting, and will continue to get all the awards because people between 30 and 60 can relate to it. That's all the Academy members right there.
I loved Eternal Sunshine, but I think its complexities and non-linear story hurt it somewhat because regular ppl like me have to see the damn thing more than once to figure out wtf is going on.
That being said, they're both very good and will clean up on award nods.
I loved Eternal Sunshine, but I think its complexities and non-linear story hurt it somewhat because regular ppl like me have to see the damn thing more than once to figure out wtf is going on.
That being said, they're both very good and will clean up on award nods.