Favorite Action:
Captain Phillips for exciting cat-and-mouse and great acting. Runner ups: Fast & Furious 6, Gravity, Lone Survivor, Pacific Rim.
Favorite Animated:
Frozen. No contest.
Frozen. No contest.
Favorite Chick Flick:
Before Midnight. Not your typical chick flick, but it's my damn awards. Shout outs to: Frozen, The Heat, Her, Much Ado About Nothing, Warm Bodies.
Favorite Comedy:
The World's End, by a narrow frothy head over American Hustle, Despicable Me 2, The Heat, Much Ado About Nothing, Warm Bodies.
Favorite Documentary:
N/A. I'm ashamed that I didn't watch a single one.
Favorite Drama:
Before Midnight, barely edges out Captain Phillips, Her. Honorable mentions: All is Lost, Rush, 12 Years a Slave.
Favorite Horror:
Warm Bodies by default. But it's legit.
Warm Bodies by default. But it's legit.
Favorite Science Fiction:
Favorite Sports:
Rush by default. But it's legit.
Rush by default. But it's legit.
Favorite War:
Lone Survivor by default. But legit.
Lone Survivor by default. But legit.
Favorite Western:
N/A.
Most Overrated/Disappointing:
American Hustle, I don't think it should've gotten that many nominations.
American Hustle, I don't think it should've gotten that many nominations.
Least Liked:
The Family. I was also very unhappy with the gratuitous 9/11 imagery in Man of Steel and Star Trek Into Darkness.
The Family. I was also very unhappy with the gratuitous 9/11 imagery in Man of Steel and Star Trek Into Darkness.
Biggest Surprise:
Too many choices: All is Lost, Captain Phillips, Frozen, Lone Survivor, Pacific Rim, Pain & Gain, Rush, Thor: The Dark World, Warm Bodies, The World's End.
Too many choices: All is Lost, Captain Phillips, Frozen, Lone Survivor, Pacific Rim, Pain & Gain, Rush, Thor: The Dark World, Warm Bodies, The World's End.
Favorite Score/Music:
Another cop out. Tie between Frozen and Gravity. Honorable mentions: Behind the Candelabra, Spring Breakers.
Favorite Acting:
Before Midnight. But you can make a strong case for American Hustle, Captain Phillips (how did Tom Hanks not get nominated is beyond me), Her, Much Ado About Nothing, Pain & Gain, Rush, 12 Years a Slave.
Favorite Premise/Gimmick:
Gravity. Shout outs to: All is Lost, Pacific Rim, Pain & Gain, The World's End.
Gravity. Shout outs to: All is Lost, Pacific Rim, Pain & Gain, The World's End.
Most Likely to be Unintentionally Funny in Five Years:
Pacific Rim.
Pacific Rim.
Favorite Movie Moments:
Opening driving scene in Before Midnight, cathartic endings in Lone Survivor and Captain Phillips, haunting lynching scenes in 12 Years a Slave (not really favorite, more like most moving), "Let It Go", "Do You Want To Build A Snowman?", Minions singing the "underwear" song, dubstep in Spring Breakers, dynamic duos: Bullock & McCarthy, Phoenix & Johansson, Robinson & McBride, Hawke & Delpy, and Fillion & Lenk, Matthew McConaughey chanting, Rob Reiner cussing, Nick Frost as Incre-drunk-ble Hulk in tweed, Idris Elba canceling the apocalypse, James Franco's "look at my $#^!" speech, Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan and Smaug, Lupita Nyong’o, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K. telling fishing stories, Amy Adams' cleavage, everyone's hair in American Hustle, Rob Lowe's honked up face in Behind the Candelabra, firefighting Minions, Vin Diesel launching from a car to catch Michelle Rodriguez launched from a tank on the freeway, dwarves-in-barrels river roller coaster, army of Iron Men, the battle of Smallville, Kaijus and Jaegers in IMAX 3D, Thor setting Miljnor on a coat rack, steampunk computer monitors, every minute of Gravity.
Notable Missed Movies:
Inside Llewyn Davis
Dallas Buyers Club
Nebraska
Philomena
The Butler
Don Jon
Enough Said
Fruitvale Station
About Time
The Bling Ring
Frances Ha
Drinking Buddies
Upstream Color
Blue is the Warmest Color
Ender’s Game
The Wolverine
Room 237
Dallas Buyers Club
Nebraska
Philomena
The Butler
Don Jon
Enough Said
Fruitvale Station
About Time
The Bling Ring
Frances Ha
Drinking Buddies
Upstream Color
Blue is the Warmest Color
Ender’s Game
The Wolverine
Room 237
Kick Ass 2
Favorite Best Picture Nominee:
Favorite Film Not Nominated For Best Picture:
Before Midnight. Frankly, it's a travesty this didn't get the tenth slot for Best Picture.
Favorite Movies of the Year:
Since summer, Before Midnight was the front-runner, then Gravity happened. Captain Phillips and Her made a valiant effort, but it was always a two-horse race.
Final rankings:
Gravity
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Her
Frozen
12 Years a Slave
Pacific Rim
The World's End
Since summer, Before Midnight was the front-runner, then Gravity happened. Captain Phillips and Her made a valiant effort, but it was always a two-horse race.
Final rankings:
Gravity
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Her
Frozen
12 Years a Slave
Pacific Rim
The World's End
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