Here are the rest of my awards for 2012:
Best Special Effects:
The award goes to Chronicle, a film that progresses from silly and funny uses of special effects as its teenage characters harness (or attempt to harness) their special powers to a stunning ending sequence when one character's troubles lead to misuse of powers.
Runner Up: The Avengers
Best Leading Pair:
This was a year that featured several films with great chemistry between leading characters. The winner this year goes to Jared Gilman (Sam) and Kara Heyward (Suzy) of Moonrise Kingdom. They both play troubled kids- Sam's an orphan who runs away from the scouts because he's been corresponding with Suzy, who has behavior issues. They meet each other on a New England island and have an adventure, one that shows them mature beyond their years, yet still kids.
Runners Up:
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley, Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
More on this later....
Best Actor: Denzel Washington, Flight
Washington's performance as alcoholic hero pilot Whip Whitaker was gripping from start to finish. Whitaker begins the film doing drugs, drinking, and carousing mostly naked with one of the flight staff, then manages to land a defective plane, then spirals out of control under the influence. He manages to land the plane, but it's often hard to watch him so out of control afterwards, denying that he has a problem and declining help as others try to stop his descent.
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook:
There's an undercurrent of suspense throughout this film, but SLP is a completely different experience after Pat (Bradley Cooper) is introduced to his friend's wife's sister Tiffany (Lawrence). Tiffany has a bravado that allows her to stand up to just about anyone, yet an empathy and vulnerability that make her and Pat both compatible and combustible.
Early in the film, Pat has an episode at the doctor's office when he hears Ma Cherie Amor. The song sends him to a bad place, and there's a scene later where he hears it and starts to freak out and Tiffany guides him through it- it's such a tender scene and kind of unexpected at that point from such a supposedly tough character, but then again Silver Linings Playbook is full of such surprises.
Worst Film: Ted
I realize that there are worse films out there than Ted, but it's the most obnoxious and least funny film that I saw all year. Mark Wahlberg (John) and Ted are the worst on-screen pair of the year, as Ted brings out the absolute worst in John, which Lori (Mila Kunis) won't tolerate anymore. Ted is basically a bad episode of Family Guy on screen, with Mila Kunis playing Lois instead of voicing Meg, and both Ted and John as Peter. Just all around crude and obnoxious stuff.
Best Film:
This was so close for me and it's almost 1 and 1A because each film has a leading couple with such unique and great chemistry, so I'm going to have to go with Silver Linings Playbook over Moonrise Kingdom because the subplots in Silver Linings seem stronger and the supporting characters more entertaining.
Best Special Effects:
The award goes to Chronicle, a film that progresses from silly and funny uses of special effects as its teenage characters harness (or attempt to harness) their special powers to a stunning ending sequence when one character's troubles lead to misuse of powers.
Runner Up: The Avengers
Best Leading Pair:
This was a year that featured several films with great chemistry between leading characters. The winner this year goes to Jared Gilman (Sam) and Kara Heyward (Suzy) of Moonrise Kingdom. They both play troubled kids- Sam's an orphan who runs away from the scouts because he's been corresponding with Suzy, who has behavior issues. They meet each other on a New England island and have an adventure, one that shows them mature beyond their years, yet still kids.Runners Up:
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley, Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World
Worst Leading Pair: Mark Wahlberg and Ted (Seth MacFarlane), Ted
More on this later....
Best Actor: Denzel Washington, Flight
Washington's performance as alcoholic hero pilot Whip Whitaker was gripping from start to finish. Whitaker begins the film doing drugs, drinking, and carousing mostly naked with one of the flight staff, then manages to land a defective plane, then spirals out of control under the influence. He manages to land the plane, but it's often hard to watch him so out of control afterwards, denying that he has a problem and declining help as others try to stop his descent.
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook:
There's an undercurrent of suspense throughout this film, but SLP is a completely different experience after Pat (Bradley Cooper) is introduced to his friend's wife's sister Tiffany (Lawrence). Tiffany has a bravado that allows her to stand up to just about anyone, yet an empathy and vulnerability that make her and Pat both compatible and combustible.
Early in the film, Pat has an episode at the doctor's office when he hears Ma Cherie Amor. The song sends him to a bad place, and there's a scene later where he hears it and starts to freak out and Tiffany guides him through it- it's such a tender scene and kind of unexpected at that point from such a supposedly tough character, but then again Silver Linings Playbook is full of such surprises.
Worst Film: Ted
I realize that there are worse films out there than Ted, but it's the most obnoxious and least funny film that I saw all year. Mark Wahlberg (John) and Ted are the worst on-screen pair of the year, as Ted brings out the absolute worst in John, which Lori (Mila Kunis) won't tolerate anymore. Ted is basically a bad episode of Family Guy on screen, with Mila Kunis playing Lois instead of voicing Meg, and both Ted and John as Peter. Just all around crude and obnoxious stuff.
Best Film:
This was so close for me and it's almost 1 and 1A because each film has a leading couple with such unique and great chemistry, so I'm going to have to go with Silver Linings Playbook over Moonrise Kingdom because the subplots in Silver Linings seem stronger and the supporting characters more entertaining.
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