Award Season 2006

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 12-06-2006, 03:41 PM

I figured we should have a thread about the big awards for the films of 2006 - some perdictions etc.

Ok, so we've got the Indie awards last month, now the National Board of Review winners announced today:

http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stor...n2235396.shtml

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Below is a full list of the awards given by the National Board of Review:

Best film: "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Best director: Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"
Best actor: Forest Whitaker, The "Last King Of Scotland"
Best actress: Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Best supporting actor: Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond"
Best supporting actress: Catherine O'Hara, "For Your Consideration"
Best foreign film: "Volver"
Best documentary: "An Inconvenient Truth"
Best animated feature: "Cars"
Best ensemble cast: "The Departed"
Breakthrough performance by an actor: Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"
Breakthrough performance by an actress: (2)
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" and Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
Best directorial debut: Jason Reitman, "Thank You For Smoking"
Best original screenplay: Zach Helm, "Stranger Than Fiction"
Best adapted screenplay: Ron Nyswaner, "The Painted Veil"

Top 10 films:
"Letters From Iwo Jima"
(and, in alphabetical order)
"Babel"
"Blood Diamond"
"The Departed"
"The Devil Wears Prada"
"Flags Of Our Fathers"
"The History Boys"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Notes On A Scandal"
"The Painted Veil"

Top 5 foreign films:
"Volver"
(and, in alphabetical order)
"Curse Of The Golden Flower"
"Days Of Glory"
"Pan's Labyrinth"
"Water"

Top 5 documentary films
"An Inconvenient Truth"
" (and, in alphabetical order)
"51 Birch Street"
"Iraq In Fragments"
"Shut Up & Sing"
"Wordplay"

Top independent films
(in alphabetical order)
Akeelah And The Bee
Bobby
Catch A Fire
Copying Beethoven
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
Half Nelson
The Illusionist
Lonesome Jim
Sherrybaby
10 items or less
Thank You For Smoking

Career achievement: Eli Wallach
Billy Wilder award for excellence in directing: Jonathan Demme
Career achievement in producing: Irwin Winkler
William K. Everson film history award: Donald Krim
The Bvlgari award for freedom of expression: "Water" and "World Trade Center"

Alex · 12-06-2006, 03:51 PM

I wonder how they define "breakthrough" since I would argue that Ryan Gosling did that years ago with The Believer and in mainstream film with The Notebook.

Oh, and I didn't like Thank You For Smoking so obviously I disagree with best directorial debut if there are other qualified candidates. And there are:

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris with Little Miss Sunshine. So far as I know, they only did music videos and TV before that.

Alex · 12-06-2006, 03:58 PM

And they picked for best film one that won't open in the big cities for another two weeks (and most places not until next year) so I can't argue with them.

My understanding is that the movie wasn't screened for press last Sunday so that seems like an awfully rash decision. The way you feel about a movie can change a lot in the early days after viewing.

Surprised to only see on Dreamgirls on there though based on what I've heard (haven't seen it yet).

LSPoorEeyorick · 12-06-2006, 04:03 PM

Hello, out-of-the-blue. They only recently upped Iwo Jima to a December release date. I hope it was better than Flags of Our Fathers. I guess it might be another Clint v. Marty year after all... (though, personally, I thought that The Departed was woefully pedestrian. "Oh, look at the mob and the police officers. They go undercover and drink and shoot people until they're comfortably numb. How not at all cliche.")

While I enjoyed Stranger Than Fiction, I thought that Little Miss Sunshine was superior. Bummer.

The Illusionist on the ten-best-indie list? I thought it sucked balls compared to The Prestiege. (Though I hear that The Prestiege sucks balls compared to the book.)

I haven't talked about it on the movie thread yet, but Volver is quickly becoming one of my very favorite pictures of the year. It's such a crap year for movies, though. Many fewer than I really felt drawn to or excited by.

mousepod · 12-06-2006, 04:23 PM

...while I wait (im)patiently for "Pan's Labyrinth"

CoasterMatt · 12-06-2006, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

...while I wait (im)patiently for "Pan's Labyrinth"

That's the one I can't wait for, either

lizziebith · 12-06-2006, 08:47 PM

I got to see Pan's Labyrinth earlier this year (Guillermo is a friend of mine) and it's spectacular!!!

mousepod · 12-06-2006, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lizziebith

I got to see Pan's Labyrinth earlier this year (Guillermo is a friend of mine) and it's spectacular!!!

Your one-word review has made my three-week wait feel even longer.

lizziebith · 12-06-2006, 09:28 PM

Sorry!

I had actually put more, but deleted it before posting so as not to spoil or prejudice the expectant too much. Thanks for the heads-up on the hubby nod -- we hadn't noticed it!

innerSpaceman · 12-06-2006, 10:00 PM

Sorry, but I did not like Pan's Labyrinth. It was depressing. And subtitles didn't help. Frankly, it was so slow and boring at parts, that I found myself losing concentration, and then I'd fail to understand what anyone was saying.

The "otherworld" stuff was very cool looking, but the movie was a complete bummer. Ycch. Maybe just not my cup of tea. But nazi badness is just a turnoff for me. And the fantastical stuff wasn't enough to overcome the real-world dreariness and nastiness.

12-06-2006, 03:51 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I wonder how they define "breakthrough" since I would argue that Ryan Gosling did that years ago with The Believer and in mainstream film with The Notebook. Oh, and I didn't like Thank You For Smoking so obviously I disagree with best directorial debut if there are other qualified candidates. And there are: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris with Little Miss Sunshine. So far as I know, they only did music videos and TV before that.
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12-06-2006, 03:58 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	And they picked for best film one that won't open in the big cities for another two weeks (and most places not until next year) so I can't argue with them. My understanding is that the movie wasn't screened for press last Sunday so that seems like an awfully rash decision. The way you feel about a movie can change a lot in the early days after viewing. Surprised to only see on Dreamgirls on there though based on what I've heard (haven't seen it yet).
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12-06-2006, 04:03 PM	#4
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Hello, out-of-the-blue. They only recently upped Iwo Jima to a December release date. I hope it was better than Flags of Our Fathers. I guess it might be another Clint v. Marty year after all... (though, personally, I thought that The Departed was woefully pedestrian. "Oh, look at the mob and the police officers. They go undercover and drink and shoot people until they're comfortably numb. How not at all cliche.") While I enjoyed Stranger Than Fiction, I thought that Little Miss Sunshine was superior. Bummer. The Illusionist on the ten-best-indie list? I thought it sucked balls compared to The Prestiege. (Though I hear that The Prestiege sucks balls compared to the book.) I haven't talked about it on the movie thread yet, but Volver is quickly becoming one of my very favorite pictures of the year. It's such a crap year for movies, though. Many fewer than I really felt drawn to or excited by.
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12-06-2006, 04:23 PM	#5
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	...while I wait (im)patiently for "Pan's Labyrinth" __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	I got to see Pan's Labyrinth earlier this year (Guillermo is a friend of mine) and it's spectacular!!! __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND
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12-06-2006, 09:28 PM	#9
lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	Sorry! I had actually put more, but deleted it before posting so as not to spoil or prejudice the expectant too much. Thanks for the heads-up on the hubby nod -- we hadn't noticed it! __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Sorry, but I did not like Pan's Labyrinth. It was depressing. And subtitles didn't help. Frankly, it was so slow and boring at parts, that I found myself losing concentration, and then I'd fail to understand what anyone was saying. The "otherworld" stuff was very cool looking, but the movie was a complete bummer. Ycch. Maybe just not my cup of tea. But nazi badness is just a turnoff for me. And the fantastical stuff wasn't enough to overcome the real-world dreariness and nastiness.
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