Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The 2nd Annual MONTIES

Since the Oscars are only 9 days away and it's the last major awards given out for 2010, I thought it was time to list my nominees and winners. So without further delay here they are with the winners highlighted in bold print.

BEST FILM:













TRUE GRIT
THE TOWN
SECRETARIAT
INCEPTION
TOY STORY 3
THE FIGHTER

BEST ACTOR:




LEONARDO DICAPRIO - INCEPTION
JEFF BRIDGES - TRUE GRIT

KIERAN CULKIN - SCOTT PILGRIM
JOHN HAWKES - WINTER'S BONE
JASON ISSACS - THE GREEN ZONE


BEST ACTRESS:













HAILEE  STEINFELD - TRUE GRIT
NATALIE PORTMAN - BLACK SWAN
DIANE LANE - SECRETARIAT
GWYNETH PALTROW - COUNTRY STRONG
JENNIFER LAWRENCE - WINTER'S BONE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR :
Christian Bale
CHRISTIAN BALE - THE FIGHTER
JEREMY RENNER - THE TOWN
TOM HARDY - INCEPTION
MATT DAMON - TRUE GRIT
JOHN MALKOVICH - SECRETARIAT


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Chloë Grace Moretz
CHLOE MORETZ - KICK-ASS
HELEN MIRREN - RED
MILA KUNIS - BLACK SWAN
AMY ADAMS - THE FIGHTER
MARION COTILLARD - INCEPTION

BEST DIRECTOR:
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
JOEL & ETHAN COEN - TRUE GRIT
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN - INCEPTION
DARREN ARONOFSKY - BLACK SWAN
DAVID O. RUSSELL - THE FIGHTER
BEN AFFLECK - THE TOWN

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Inception
INCEPTION
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
IRON MAN 2
TRON:LEGACY

BEST MUSIC SCORE:
true grit
TRUE GRIT
INCEPTION
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
THE TOWN

So as you can see, it was True Grit all the way, winning 4 of the 8 categories. I just thought from the first time I saw it that it was the best film of the year. I thought the direction by the Coen brothers was top notch and and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld giving Aterrific performance. And a rousing music score all add up to 4 wins. Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor for his amazing turn in Inception. Two easy choices came in the best supporting categories with Christian Bale giving a stellar performance in The Fighter and Chloe Moretz stealing every scene in the best comic book movie of the year to me, Kick-Ass. And I gave the final award of visual effects to Inception which blew everyone else away. So those are my favorites of 2010 and I can't wait to see who wins at this year Oscars. I hope they show some love to True Grit.

3 comments:

  1. Hells yeah to all the TRUE GRIT love! And Chloe Moretz was AMAZING in KICK-ASS.
    Great set of films!

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  2. I have not seen a couple of these, Monty, but I think you may have hit it in most categories. I love watching the Oscars, never mind if they run over (which they always do), and am looking forward to Oscar night!

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  3. It's great to see that the score for True Grit won. It's beautiful music.

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