ANTI AWARDS NOMINEES AND DISCUSSION

[Nick Nunziata]

BEST PICTURE

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Almost Famous

Gladiator

Traffic

Requiem For A Dream

BEST DIRECTOR

Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Steven Soderbergh - Traffic

Ridley Scott - Gladiator

Cameron Crowe - Almost Famous

Darren Aronofsky - Requiem For A Dream

BEST ACTOR

Russell Crowe - Gladiator

Tom Hanks - Cast Away

Christian Bale - American Psycho

George Clooney - O' Brother, Where Art Thou?

John Cusack - High Fidelity

BEST ACTRESS

Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich

Ellen Burstyn - Requiem For a Dream

Michelle Yeoh - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Connie Neilsen - Gladiator

Cate Blanchett - The Gift

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Benicio Del Toro - Traffic

Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire

Heath Ledger - The Patriot

Gary Oldman - The Contender

Stephen Culp - 13 Days

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Kate Hudson - Almost Famous

Zhang Ziyi - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Judi Dench - Chocolat

Frances McDormand - Almost Famous

Catherine Zeta-Jones - Traffic

MOST UNDERRATED

Best in Show

Frequency

The Patriot

Chicken Run

13 Days

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Zhang Ziyi - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Hugh Jackman - X-Men

Kate Hudson - Almost Famous

Vin Diesel - Pitch Black

Bruce Greenwood - 13 Days

BEST SCREENPLAY

Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe

Traffic - Stephen Gaghan

Unbreakable - M. Night Shyamalan

Wonder Boys - Steve Kloves

High Fidelity - Pink, Cusack, Rosenberg, DeVincentes

BEST TRAILER

Dinosaur

X-Men

Charlie's Angels

Vertical Run

Gladiator

BEST ACTION FILM

Gladiator

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

X-Men

Shanghai Noon

Charlie's Angels

BEST DRAMA

Traffic

Almost Famous

Erin Brockovich

The Virgin Suicides

Croupier

BEST HORROR

Final Destination

American Psycho

What Lies Beneath

BEST SCI-FI

X-Men

Pitch Black

Frequency

Red Planet

Unbreakable

BEST ANIMATED

Chicken Run

Titan A.E.

Fantasia 2000

BEST ACTION SEQUENCE

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Shrine Battle

Gladiator - "Carthage"

The Patriot - Creek Rescue

Charlie's Angels - Fight with Crispin Glover

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Treetop Fight

FILM THEY'LL REMEMBER IN 20 YEARS

Gladiator

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Almost Famous

BIGGEST SURPRISE

Frequency

Bounce

My Dog Skip

BEST COMEDY

Meet the Parents

High Fidelity

Best in Show

Chicken Run

O' Brother, Where Art Thou?

BEST SEQUEL/FOLLOW-UP

MI:2

Fantasia 2000

Shaft

BEST OPENING SEQUENCE

Gladiator

X-Men

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Vertical Limit

Proof of Life

BEST ENDING

Unbreakable

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

X-Men

13 Days

Space Cowboys

MOST UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTER

Riddick (Vin Diesel) - Pitch Black

Wilson (Volleyball) - Cast Away

Penny Lane (Kate Hudson) - Almost Famous

Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) - X-Men

Barry (Jack Black) - High Fidelity

BEST VILLAIN

Col. Tavington - The Patriot

Brick Top - Snatch

Crispin Glover - Charlie's Angels

Jade Fox - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Peoples Hernandez - Shaft

BEST HYPE

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Gladiator

X-Men

BEST SCORE

Gladiator

The Patriot

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

BEST VISUAL FX

Hollow Man

Gladiator

The Perfect Storm

BEST EDITING

Traffic

Gladiator

Snatch

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

The Patriot

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Gladiator

Traffic

Requiem for a Dream

The Patriot

BEST CHEMISTRY

Fat & Yeoh - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Gibson & Ledger - The Patriot

Hanks & Wilson - Cast Away

Clooney & Nelson & Turturro - O' Brother, Where Art Thou?

Fugit & Crudup & Hudson - Almost Famous

BEST SOUND

Gladiator

X-Men

U-571

Requiem for a Dream

The Perfect Storm

BEST MOVIE SITE

X-Men (Official Site)

IMDB.COM

Corona's Coming Attactions

CHUD.COM

Unbreakable (Official Site)

MOST CREATIVE MOVIE SITE

X-Men (Official Site)

Lord of the Rings (Official Site)

CHUD.COM

Mission: Impossible 2 (Official Site)

Requiem for a Dream (Official Site)

BEST SOUNDTRACK

Almost Famous

O' Brother, Where Art Thou?

Gladiator

BEST DEATH

Soldier (Cannonball Decapitation) - The Patriot

Jared Leto - American Psycho

Boris the Blade - Snatch

BEST POSTER

U-571

The Perfect Storm

Dinosaur

Requiem for a Dream

Charlie's Angels

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT

Battlefield: Earth

Unbreakable

Dungeons & Dragons

Get Carter

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

[Nick Nunziata]

Keep in mind these are culled from dozens of movie webmasters and whatnot. I have some "issues" with some of it, but overall am pleased. Some underdogs got some love.

Who do you want to win out of these choices?

[flyers130]

Carrey-less noms?

*shaking my head in disappointment*

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[Nick Nunziata]

It was a bad year for Carrey, creatively. Sure the Grinch led the box office but that's ALL it led.

[Smilin' Jack Ruby]

No "Dracula 2000" under best horror when there's only three nominations???

No best "break out performance" for Colleen Fitzpatrick's microscopic rack for the same movie?

What's the world coming to?

[Smilin' Jack Ruby]

As for best death, the scene in "Sunshine" where Ralph Fiennes is hung naked by his wrists from a tree in a Nazi death camp in the middle of the winter and then one of the Nazi thugs turns a hose on him until his body is completely frozen and he dies in front of his young son who grows up to hate the world (also played by Ralph Fiennes) is the most disturbing death scene of the year.

But, I'll vote for "the Blade"

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[flyers130]

THE GRINCH was a good flick. One of the better ones in this dirt poor year.

On the other hand, I'd take these nominations over the real Academy's in a heartbeat, despite how I can still disagree with them.

These noms just seem to be more "real."

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[Poxy Von Sinister]

Okay, my beefs:

1.Requiem is hugely overrated, in my book. It's nothing but an exercise in how many camera tricks Aranofsky can trample the story with. I think it's highly interesting that it gets a Best Picture nom here but not a Best Drama. What is it then?

2.How can Chicken Run not have gotten a nomination for it's score??? It was absolutely wonderful, and the only score besides The Patriot I felt compelled to run out and buy after seeing the movie.

3.No Bruce Greenwood for 13 Days???



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[Nick Nunziata]

Greenwood got loved for breakthrough. I agree about REQUIEM, vut you and I are in a minority. Either way, I can't complain.

[raoul duke]

The Patriot got a nomination? Other than a razzie it doesn't deserve anything.

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[Dave Davis]

despite a few minor gripes, i am content with the overall listing. definitely more along the lines of what us lowly movie fans like

my only bone of contention is that the categories probably should have been described more clearly, i.e. BEST MOVIE-RELATED SITE (or FANSITE) and BEST OFFICIAL SITE. CHUD showing up twice is probably gonna make us look a little biased... even though we are the best darn movie hole out there

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[Brian Koukol]

"The Way Of The Gun" received NO LOVE, which is my only major problem.

[Nick Nunziata]

Brian, every vote that film got came from YOU.

[Django]

No f**king Mission to Mars in the same catagory that has two of the biggest shitfests of the year on it and one flick that isn't even a freakin' sci-fi movie!

Hell the damn 6th Day was better then at least 3 of those...

Space Cowboys gets 1 damn nomination yet that total waste of f-ing time Charlies Angels gets multiple noms?

Where is Hollow Man in Sci-Fi or horror?

Where is The Ninth Gate in horror?

Where the f**k is Eliza Dushku for Bring It On?

Bruce Greenwood and Vin Diesel get Breakthru yet they've been recieving buzz for years?

M:I 2 and Shaft for Best Anything?

This looks like nothing more then a studio bought and paid for geek website award show with one of two truly overlooked masterpieces thrown it for spice.

BULLSHIT!

[Nick Nunziata]

My bank account is proof that nobody (not even IGN) is buying these noms. They're the result of a good, diverse group of people stating their case.

The real travesty would be if Mission to Mars, The Ninth Gate, or Hollow Man got any serious consideration at all.

[Dave Davis]

i think it only proves, Django, that your movie preferences are yours and yours alone, regardless of whether they harmonize with the concensus

[devilf]

I'm pretty ok with everything - except that I wish there were more WORST categories, so I could vote for Unbreakable again and again.

[Skeletor]

Disappointed not to see anything for Way of the Gun but absolutely disgusted to not see anything for 'You Can Count on Me'.

If it weren't for the multiple noms for CTHD I'd have to wonder if the voters here would know a good movie if it bit them on the ass and kept munching for a week.

[Skeletor]

And what's up with the best trailer category?
'Vertical Run'. Are we talking mountain or poultry here?
Chicken Run/Vertical Limit

[KenFilmForce]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Nick Nunziata:
Brian, every vote that film got came from YOU.

Well, not *every* one, as I remember nominating the score.

-Ken

[devilf]

Relax, it's a typo.

Sheesh.

[Smilin' Jack Ruby]

I'd actually have to defend Django's mention of "The Ninth Gate." Until the last fifteen minutes, I thought the atmosphere in that flick was fucking cool.

Also, the score was one of my faves of the year.

Then again, I'm not exactly known for normal tastes, either.

[KenFilmForce]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Smilin' Jack Ruby:
I'd actually have to defend Django's mention of "The Ninth Gate." Until the last fifteen minutes, I thought the atmosphere in that flick was fucking cool.

Also, the score was one of my faves of the year.

Then again, I'm not exactly known for normal tastes, either.


No... No you're not. http://www.chud.com/board/ubbhtml/smile.gif

But you were responsible for me seeing AF, so I will give you props...

-Ken


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[Nick Nunziata]

Too many "Worst" or negative categories hurt the awards more thna help them.

[devilf]

Yeah, I was mostly being facetious.

[Django]

You said this is a place for a discussion of the nominations.

It's not my fault I feel they're wrong.

I don't give unwarranted praise.

[General Logan]

The pickings were indeed slim this last year. I was hoping to tsee that the ANTIs would break frm the pack, like the Oscar noms, etc. and break new ground with its noms. It did and it didn't. I am a bit disappointed by some of these results.

Oh well. Maybe next year...

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[Eddie5]

Unbreakable has a good score . It's a surprise that it got neglected here.

[Deadcash]

This just in, Wilson's (who played himself in the box office hit Cast Away) salary has now risen $20 mil a picture.

He will next team up with Jackie Chan in an untitled comedy still under production

[Johnny Butane]

Ah, they could've been worse. At least some underdog films are getting some respect.

I don't care what anyone says about 'Requiem', I thought it was a great film all around and desereves whatever it gets.

And Jack? 'Dracula 2000' deserved NOTHING except a handshake and a pat on the back. 'Hollow Man', maybe but only for visuals.



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[Kevin A. Ranson]

A moment of silence for Wilson...

And now, why was "The Ninth Gate" so bad? Other than the most horribly irritating opening credits (going through ALL nine gates) that was almost worse than that damnable piano note from "Eyes Wide Shut," the film was interesting every step of the way. And the disctinctly NON-Hollywood ending could only lend credibility to a complex occult-based mystery. Plus, there WERE no good guys!

This WOULD have been our "Most Underrated" has it not been for "Frequency."

~ The Undead have spoken.

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[Jacks Inner Rage]

Well im sorry to say but the only thing i liked about Eyes Wide Shut was that awesomly eerie piano note!
It was definatelly in deservance of and origional score nod by itself!
Frequency is definatelly the most underrated film of the year!

[Smilin' Jack Ruby]

The problem with "The Ninth Gate" is that there was no ending to it. The "excuse" for an ending made me think that they had filmed it in-sequence and had simply run out of money/ideas.

As for "Dracula 2000," five or six years down the road when the third or fourth "Dracula" movie is hitting video shelves from Dimension, people'll look back on "Dracula 2000" and say, wow, that doesn't suck have as bad as the sequels!

When I saw "Hellraiser: Inferno," it made me completely re-think "Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth" and, to some degree, "Bloodline."

[Smilin' Jack Ruby]

Not that that's a reason to praise a film, but there were campy parts of "Dracula 2000" that I enjoyed.

And yes, there's no one else on the planet who did, I'm sure.

It's no "Deep Rising" or "House on Haunted Hill," but it was the closest thing to a feature-length "Tales From the Crypt" episode that came out last year.

[General Logan]

NINTH GATE SPOILERS:
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In the novel, Depp's character is following the steps on a path to a devious trap. He is taking the place of Satan, allowing the Prince of Darkness to emerge and walk the earth. He is trapped forever in hell, and the ultimate evil is loosed on the unsuspecting world.

Yes, I imagine that the flick was running out of money at the end, or perhaps the screenplay was devised to make us speculate. I was horribly disappointed with it until I was told about the book ending. I really like the film now.

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[LowShot]

I thought the Ninth Gate was very cool. A weak ending, but Depp cures all woes.

Requiem I loved, and am happy that it's seeing some love.

I'm mad that The Gift didn't get a best horror. That was my favorite horror (even though it was more suspense I guess) of the year. Sam Raimi blew doors down with that film.

Overall there are a few noms I don't agree with and a lot that I do agree with. For the most part it's a solid group of films.

[Django]

I'm just excited that my rock band Spicy Chicken Burrito is getting to open the show with our cover of Edgar Winter's Frankenstein.

Cause you ain't lived till you hear our rendition on our rubber band guitars and electric washtub...

[Poxy Von Sinister]

So, we DO get to vote on these eventually, yes?

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[Carl Cunningham]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Eddie5:
Unbreakable has a good score . It's a surprise that it got neglected here.

I agree. It's my 2nd favorite score this year, after GLADIATOR. I would have nominated it but we could only choose ONE in each category. It's definitely better than CROUCHING TIGER, which was one of the weakest Asian scores I've heard in a while. and THE PATRIOT, while a solid score, does not quite live up to past JW war triumphs like BORN ON THE 4TH of JULY, JFK, and PRIVATE RYAN. But, oh well... worse things have happened, like Roberto Benigni. http://www.chud.com/board/ubbhtml/wink.gif

`Carl

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[Nick Nunziata]

Voting will start any day!

[Innocent X]

Christian Bale should win. His performance blows those other nominees away. And AP needs more props because of the shaft is got from Oscars.

[Forklift81]

I can't believe no one has said anything about Gladiator. Did it really deserve to be nominated in every category? Does Russel Crowe talking fast in a low, even voice equal good acting? It probably deserves to win best opening sequence, and thats about it. Maybe best score. Best picture is just a joke. You put the movie Rambo in ancient Rome and all of a sudden its an epic?

[Carl Cunningham]

forklift, do you like BRAVEHEART? And, honestly, with the probable exception of TRAFFIC, any one of the Best Picture nominees could be picked apart this year. And, yes that includes CTHD which is a great film but far more flawed than many like to admit.

Personally, I think this is one of the better years as far as WATCHABLE movies being nominated for Best Picture. The CHOCOLAT nomination does make me want to vomit skulls, however.




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[Micah Robinson]

He now...Harvey wouldn't like it if you added an "E" to his film. It is CHOCOLAT. http://www.chud.com/board/ubbhtml/smile.gif

In all seriousness, it was a fun and syrupy morality play. Very enjoyable, but not that substantial...kind of like chocolate itself. Kinda like another Academy misfire of recent years...Forrest Gump.

[Carl Cunningham]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by mikah912:
He now...Harvey wouldn't like it if you added an "E" to his film. It is CHOCOLAT. http://www.chud.com/board/ubbhtml/smile.gif


Already fixed... and I could give a damn what Harvey the Hutt likes. http://www.chud.com/board/ubbhtml/smile.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by mikah912:
In all seriousness, it was a fun and syrupy morality play. Very enjoyable, but not that substantial...kind of like chocolate itself. Kinda like another Academy misfire of recent years...Forrest Gump.

However, GUMP was a wildly popular film that still has left a mark on pop culture and Paramount didn't BUY their way into the Oscars ala the Hutts.