My Razzies and Oscars

There are many movie awards and ceremonies, but the most famous one is the Oscar. That's the power of marketing, not actually the quality of the show or even the fareness of the winners.

The goal of these ceremonies is to award the best in the business, but there is one award I also enjoy, the Razzie. The Razzies' ceremony is always held the day before the Oscars and its goal is to award... the worst in the movie industry! :)

As a movie fan, I'll present you my awards for the movies I've seen during 2010. My favourites and the ones I didn't enjoy. ;-)
I've watched all the movies on the big screen, so they all had the same exhibition conditions ;-)
Some movies are from 2009, but they were released in France during 2010.

The Best

Best Actor
Viggo Mortensen, "The Road"

Best Actress
Isabelle Fuhrman, "Orphan". She can be only a child, but it's impressive the role she has as the evil Esther

Best Comedy
"Kick Ass". A very good surprise for a comic book adaptation. Politically incorrect but totally fun.
Special mention: "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World". Another comic book adaptation which besides being funny, has a different approach to the genre

Best Drama
"The Ghost Writter". Good directing by Roman Polanski. Very Hitchcockian.
Special mention: "Shutter Island".

Best Thriller
"Buried". A simple story with a breathtaking suspense.

Best Action
"Inception". A twisted story, mind breaking and well directed.
Special mention: "Sherlock Holmes". A new and fresh version from the classic detective story.

Best Horror
"Orphan". A special horror movie about a special serial killer, masterfully interpreted by a very young actress.
Special mention: "The Wolfman". Great cinematography, which captures the style from the old good horror movies.

Best Animation
"The Princess and the Frog". A good example of how it's still possible to make a good hand drawn animation movie, with a good story and songs.


The Worst

They were so uninteresting, that I won't split by category. ;-)

"Nine" - a bad excuse for a musical
"Alice in Wonderland" - my disappointment of 2010. Was it really a Tim Burton movie?
"Clash of Titans" - a very bad remake, Hollywood style.
"The A-Team" - an insult to the TV show
"Twilight: Eclipse" - bad fast-food for teenagers
"Expendables" - too many action heroes but no action at all
"Grown Ups" - bad comedy with actors thinking they are being funny

Special mention: all movies in 3D were bad. I boycotted all 3D movies. This "new" technology is being used excessively, it doesn't bring anything new neither improves the final result.
Watch "Avatar" in 3D and in 2D... then make your choice! ;-)

Let's see who will be the real "winners" next weekend, in the Razzies and the Oscar nights