Cinemazov's 1st Annual Film Awards Part Two

Kate's Most Confusing Film of 2011 (or perhaps more appropriately most inappropriate film to see when you are hungover, tired and have suspected bruised/ fractured ribs!)

Source Code

On the surface this seems like a great hangover movie! An action, thriller with just enough Sci-Fi and Duncan Jones direction to make it a more promising treat than your standard big name blockbuster. I am not easily confused and I’m sorry to say judge slightly those that do get confused by films but this film was a bit of a mind bender for me! So Jake Gyllenhaal is an army guy who goes into the last electrical activity of a dead man’s brain on a train that’s blown up already so he can find the bomber before he strikes again, so it’s all already happened but still Jake tries to change it and then does apparently huh?? Time travel, computers, science, and parallel universes – I’m ashamed to say it was too much for my fragile mind.  The brothers tried to answer my questions but in the end they told me, in no uncertain terms, to shut up! Apparently I broke the first rule of this sort of film and was overthinking it…..ALOT!!! Resolution for 2012 ;re-watch Source Code and face fear, hopefully realising that the science was sound and it all made perfect unparallelled sense…Either that or my head will explode!

Best Supporting Moustache

Matt Damon in True Grit

I tried for a month and I never reached this level of awesome

Matt Damon’s glorious Texas Ranger mouser in True Grit was a thing of utter beauty and Matt Damon further proved his acting chops by delivering some of 2011’s finest moustache acting.

Honorable Mentions

- Adrien Brody did supreme work with Salvador Dali’s whimsical tasche in Midnight in Paris. 

-Dum Dum Dugan in Captain America now that was a majestic mouser.

-All the explorers in The Great White Silence

Best Opening Song

The Guard with N*E*R*D's Rock Star

Dublin's Premier Sugar Daddy

This film started with one hell of an epic bang. Within a minute it had completely set up the entire film. Simple bliss. This song played a large part in this set-up and  made an excellent impact on a N*E*R*D fan who'd lost their way, thanks McDonagh, you have made the first Grindhouse revival film that didn't feel the need to plaster it all over the place. Subtle Grindhouse is an oxymoron I can live with.

Honorable Mentions

Just go see The Guard already!

Best Freak Out

Michael Shannon in Take Shelter

Take Shelter was a brilliant film in almost every way but the one thing it really excelled at was freak outs. From the imaginary and dream-bound to the depressingly real, Shannon was in a downward spiral from the start. It culminates in a heart-wrenchingly upsetting cafeteria scene that displays quite tragically how far he has fallen. 

Honorable Mentions

-Much like take shelter Black Swan was a film containing several freak outs but culminating in one crushing blow.

-Jay in Kill List was nothing but one big freak out. f he wasn't freaking out he was getting ready to.

-Drive contained a great freak out because Gosling was silent for the most part and then the next moment he was in a lift caving a guys face in.

Best Reboot 

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

So Cute!

Planet of the Apes is a series that to me has always sounded really silly and reminded me of campy 70s cinema and yet I absolutely adore. The original 1968 Charlton Heston movie is a genuine Sci-Fi treat and should be on the top of everyone's film to see list if you haven't already. The four sequels are all campy fun that get gradually lower and lower in budget (The first had a budget of $5.8 million thee final instalment, an estimated $1.7) They are not fantastic films but have a wonderfully charming feel that is easily appreciated by any fan of the absurd. However 33 years later Tim Burton decided to turn his hand to a remake and we all know how that turned out. Planet of the Apes didn't exactly have a prestigious name at that point to the general public but any positive fame it did have was completely flushed down the toilet. This year we were treated to  prequel that I was both incredibly excited for and equally anxious about. It turned out to be pretty brilliant, adding interesting new elements to the Planet of the Apes back story whilst also being incredibly entertaining and surprisingly moving. Also Caesar was CGI and on at least nine different occasions I totally forgot. Turns out Andy Serkis is still a convincing simian. On top of all that it did well in the pubic eye too proving that Apes aren't just for geeky Sci-Fi nerds. 


Honorable Mentions
-X-Men First Class was much like Rise but loses because it's pedigree has been tarnished for a much shorter period of time.
-Melancholia finally breathed life back into the disaster movie making it about  the people not about big explosions and tsunami's and in my eyes totally counts as a reboot.

Most Impressive Career

Ryan Gosling

Before 2011 Ryan Gosling could be credited with Half Nelson and Lars and the Real Girl. Brilliant indie comedies, true but few and far between were his triumphs he wasn't really high up the list of actors to look out for. He became a heart throb for a year when The Notebook made girls (and some honest men *ahem*) want to run out in a storm and kiss him till they got pneumonia. However in 2011 for whatever reason he catapulted into brilliance. First there was Blue Valentine, a return to heart breaking romance. Then the phenomenal Drive followed by my surprise hit of the year Crazy, Stupid, Love.  He topped it all of with a lead role in the political thriller The Ides of March. Quite and year for quite a guy and he can lift you into the air Dirty Dancing style.......ladies.


Honorable Mentions
-Michelle Williams gave a stunning performance as Marilyn Monroe and starred in the brilliant Meek's Cutoff. She also shared the screen with our winner in Blue Valentine. Take This Waltz wasn't half bad either.

See you tomorrow for the final part of our awards