17th Critics' Choice Awards

Johnny Manf · **Posted:** December, 13, 2011 - 9:27am

BEST FILM
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney – The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Ryan Gosling – Drive
Brad Pitt – Moneyball

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis – The Help
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk about Kevin
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Carey Mulligan – Shame
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

BEST DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Stephen Daldry – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Steven Spielberg – War Horse

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Asa Butterfield – Hugo
Elle Fanning – Super 8
Thomas Horn – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Erza Miller – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Saoirse Ronan – Hanna

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
50/50 – Will Reiser
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
Win Win – Tom McCarthy
Young Adult – Diablo Cody

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Eric Roth
The Help – Tate Taylor
Hugo – John Logan
Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
Hug” – Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse – Janusz Kaminski

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST EDITING
The Artist
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
War Horse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Artist
The Help
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week With Marilyn

BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar
My Week With Marilyn

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
The Tree of Life

BEST SOUND
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Drive
Fast Five
Hanna
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8

BEST COMEDY
Bridesmaids
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Horrible Bosses
Midnight in Paris
The Muppets

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
In Darkness
Le Havre
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Where Do We Go Now

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Project Nim
Undefeated

BEST SONG
Hello Hello – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga – Gnomeo & Juliet
Life’s a Happy Song – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter – The Muppets
The Living Proof – performed by Mary J. Blige – The Help
Man or Muppet – performed by Jason Segel and Walter – The Muppets
Pictures in My Head – performed by Kermit and the Muppets – The Muppets

BEST SCORE
The Artist – Ludovic Bource
Drive – Cliff Martinez
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Hugo – Howard Shore
War Horse – John Williams

Phil · **Posted:** December, 13, 2011 - 10:08am

Did War Horse even come out yet? How is it nominated for all these things? I hope that movie is good.

Johnny Manf · **Posted:** December, 13, 2011 - 10:12am

Phil wrote:

Did War Horse even come out yet? How is it nominated for all these things? I hope that movie is good.

No, it comes out on Christmas. But its not based on fans anyway. All the critics get to see stuff early during this time of year.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

Ugggggh, why is Drive nominated for best film?

Johnny Manf · **Posted:** December, 13, 2011 - 10:29am

Dante369 wrote:

Ugggggh, why is Drive nominated for best film?

Because its awesome. You are the Shamoozal grump.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

Johnny Manf wrote:

Dante369 wrote:

Ugggggh, why is Drive nominated for best film?

Because its awesome. You are the Shamoozal grump.

I'm fine with the other noms it got, but best film...Maybe they only judge on technical qualities and don't count the story so much.

Johnny Manf · **Posted:** December, 13, 2011 - 10:37am

Its my #3 movie of the year right now so I think it deserves a nomination for Best Picture.

IratePrimate · **Joined:** June, 12, 2006 - 12:32pm **Posts:** 9536

Dante369 wrote:

Johnny Manf wrote:

Dante369 wrote:

Ugggggh, why is Drive nominated for best film?

Because its awesome. You are the Shamoozal grump.

I'm fine with the other noms it got, but best film...Maybe they only judge on technical qualities and don't count the story so much.

i agree. it was worthless. i do not understand 1) how it has such high ratings and 2) how anyone in their right mind can even put it in the same fukin league as heat. anytime people say it it makes me want to kill them.

every time i think of this movie i think of the ridiculous elevator scene where he stomps that guys head until there is nothing left but a stump. it was ridiculous.

i did like the soundtrack.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

There's the irate that I love!

IratePrimate · **Joined:** June, 12, 2006 - 12:32pm **Posts:** 9536

its kind of funny actually. if you look at RT, there are reviews from users that say the exact same thing. but it is like 1/20. so i guess some of us just didn't get it. I even tried to watch it again..i only got like 30 mins in before i had to quit.

Johnny Manf · **Posted:** December, 13, 2011 - 12:49pm

tomorrow is the SAG nominations and thursday is Golden Globes nominations so you'll be able to see if more people agree or disagree.

IratePrimate · **Joined:** June, 12, 2006 - 12:32pm **Posts:** 9536

Well obviously more people disagree with us. We are in the minority. It is just weird because even if I end up not loving a movie with reviews that high, I at least like it and get it. So it just boggles my mind a little.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

IratePrimate wrote:

Well obviously more people disagree with us. We are in the minority. It is just weird because even if I end up not loving a movie with reviews that high, I at least like it and get it. So it just boggles my mind a little.

Yeah, I actually didn't hate the movie. It's not a pile of shit, by any means. I just had absolutely no reaction to it because the story and characters are so undeveloped. The main dude might as well have been a silent protagonist in a video game. He was nothing.

IratePrimate · **Joined:** June, 12, 2006 - 12:32pm **Posts:** 9536

I didn't hate it as a movie. What made me hate it was the huge hype train it got and then it was just meh. So as a film I do not hate it, but as a hype train fail, I hate it.

Nick · **Posted:** December, 13, 2011 - 2:28pm

Drive is easily one of the most over rated movies of the year. It was okay but I kept hearing "oh you HAVE to see it it was SO good" and seeing the critics love it and then it was nothing special. The guy was just too awkward and something about the way it ended really bothered me. Also I wasn't too big on the way they paced the movie and the commercials did an amazingly poor job introducing us to the main character. It's not bad, but I would be disappointed if it won any of those awards.

IratePrimate · **Joined:** June, 12, 2006 - 12:32pm **Posts:** 9536

now we're 3.

Pitstop · **Joined:** June, 7, 2005 - 10:55pm **Posts:** 304

Dante369 wrote:

IratePrimate wrote:

Well obviously more people disagree with us. We are in the minority. It is just weird because even if I end up not loving a movie with reviews that high, I at least like it and get it. So it just boggles my mind a little.

Yeah, I actually didn't hate the movie. It's not a pile of shit, by any means. I just had absolutely no reaction to it because the story and characters are so undeveloped. The main dude might as well have been a silent protagonist in a video game. He was nothing.

Drive is my favorite movie of the year so far. It is amazing. Saw it twice in theaters and watched the screener twice. I loved the story and I loved the execution. The characters being undeveloped I thought made it that much more interesting, not having a name or a back story, at the end thinking has he done this before in a different city, I thought it was awesome and makes you think, which are the best types of movies in my opinion. I compare him to Anton Chigurh who doesn't really have much of a back story and leaves the audience in a similar way that Driver did. I think it deserved it all the nominations even though I still think it's a long shot for Oscar noms and Gosling will probably be the guy who drops off when it drops to 5 for the Oscars.

Just because it's a different way to tell a story doesn't mean that it is terrible. Sucks you guys didn't relate to the story or characters, you missed out on a great movie.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

Pitstop wrote:

Drive is my favorite movie of the year so far. It is amazing. Saw it twice in theaters and watched the screener twice. I loved the story and I loved the execution. The characters being undeveloped I thought made it that much more interesting, not having a name or a back story, at the end thinking has he done this before in a different city, I thought it was awesome and makes you think, which are the best types of movies in my opinion. I compare him to Anton Chigurh who doesn't really have much of a back story and leaves the audience in a similar way that Driver did. I think it deserved it all the nominations even though I still think it's a long shot for Oscar noms and Gosling will probably be the guy who drops off when it drops to 5 for the Oscars.

Just because it's a different way to tell a story doesn't mean that it is terrible. Sucks you guys didn't relate to the story or characters, you missed out on a great movie.

I feel like Chigurh's character came through in the writing/acting of that character though. Scorpion Jacket-man just has a blank stare the entire movie and says hardly anything. None of that came through for me at all, but thanks for posting. Good explanation of what people that like it saw.

IratePrimate · **Joined:** June, 12, 2006 - 12:32pm **Posts:** 9536

What did it make you think about? I am seriously interested. Because it had zero depth for me. It was like I was watching a tv show I had never seen before and it was in the middle of the 3rd season. It was just some random shit happening to some people I didn't give 2 shits about. The only characters who gave me anything were Cranston and Brooks. The rest was all throw away shit. You can tell a story any way you want, but you have to get me involved, you have to make me give a shit..and i just didnt.

Dante369 · **Joined:** May, 21, 2006 - 6:30pm **Posts:** 12273

I think it's one of those non-stories where people that like analyzing movies are assigning their own character to the roles. I think the actual story presentation of Drive is too barebones in that regard, and falls into the 'nothing' category rather than the 'framework' category. I know I've had fun doing that sort of thing in other mediums, so I get the point, but I still feel like this one was a total failure in that effort.

Johnny Manf · **Posted:** December, 13, 2011 - 2:55pm

Fear the Scorpion

IratePrimate · **Joined:** June, 12, 2006 - 12:32pm **Posts:** 9536

That makes me think the Scorpions put out an album titled "Drive"

Johnny Manf · **Posted:** January, 12, 2012 - 8:51am

These awards are on tonight and here are my guesses.

BEST FILM
The Artist

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney – The Descendants

BEST ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk about Kevin

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Albert Brooks – Drive

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Octavia Spencer – The Help

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Ides of March

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
War Horse – Janusz Kaminski

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Tree of Life

BEST EDITING
War Horse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jane Eyre

BEST MAKEUP
My Week With Marilyn

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

BEST SOUND
War Horse

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

BEST COMEDY
Bridesmaids

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Skin I Live In

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Project Nim

BEST SONG
The Living Proof – performed by Mary J. Blige – The Help

BEST SCORE
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Nick · **Posted:** January, 12, 2012 - 4:16pm

Johnny Manf wrote:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Albert Brooks – Drive

Should be Nick Nolte.

Also possibly the only award I even remotely care about.

Johnny Manf · **Posted:** January, 12, 2012 - 4:31pm

Nick wrote:

Johnny Manf wrote:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Albert Brooks – Drive

Should be Nick Nolte.

Also possibly the only award I even remotely care about.

I agree. But I don't think he'll get it.

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