Tuesday
Dec202011
FYC Film Bitch Awards
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at 8:10AM As we race toward year's end, it's time to start thinking about The Film Experience's annual celebratory jamboree, the long-running Film Bitch Awards! Here's where I'd like your help. Though I'm already arguing with myself over the top categories and my lists of a dozen contenders fighting for each top 5 list, I could use suggestions elsewhere. The "extra" fun categories still have a ton of leeway and I've definitely nominated things I might not have thought of without a little memory jog from readers in years past.
Any FYCs? Please pass them on in the comments for the following 8 categories:
- Best Limited or Cameo Performance (i.e. 1 or 2 scenes only)
- Best Line Delivery
- Action Sequence
- Musical Sequence
- Best Kiss
- Best Sex Scene
- Credit Sequence/Title Design
- Best Scenes in General... any type
YEAR IN REVIEW begins later this week and runs long... you know how we do!
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Reader Comments (90)
Is there a 'best fighting' category? Kristen Wigg vs Rose Byrne at their speeches. LOL
Best Line Delivery: "Nooo!" - Caeser in Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Best Line Delivery is my favorite category! It's too early for me to think of a lot, so I may come back but for right now:
"I am a teacher and a leader, you just never let me be that but now...I know I am...I...I know who I am." - Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Ugh, I can't get enough of that movie. If Olsen somehow sneaks in...I don't know how I'll react. Also, off-topic, but does is Margaret eligible?
In the Breakthrough category, you DEFINITELY need William Shimmel, who matched Juliette Binoche in "Certified Copy," his very first film.
Best Scene in General/Best Musical Scene - Marcy's Song.
Best Scene in General - The Party Scene.
I'm just campaigning real hard for MMMM.
Best Limited or Cameo Performance: Reynaldo Pacheco the male nurse in Beginners
For best limited performance/cameo, I suggest the actress who plays Curtis' mom (don't know her name, sorry) in Take Shelter. In one scene, she shows exactly why Curtis is so afraid of becoming mentally ill, and she does it wonderfully. I also have to mention the nervous woman on the plane in Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo): everything that happens on that plane is just wonderful, but I love this woman's toilet fears ('she got sucked right in!') and the way she shares her catastrophic dreams. Speaking of Bridesmaids, for Best Line Delivery, I just can't get Kristen Wiig's "These should be open, it's called civil rights. This is the 90s."
I have two suggestions off the top of my head. From 50/50, Anjelica Huston's line reading of "I want you to know, I smothered him because I love him." is still making me both laugh and cry. And I want to nominate the sex montages from Like Crazy for best sex scene. They were a fun, inventive, and sexy way to show that they had A LOT of sex.
Best Limited/Cameo Performance: Allison Janney, Margaret
Best Line Delivery: "You're a little cunt!" (J. Smith-Cameron, Margaret)
Best Sex Scene: Anything from Weekend
Best Scenes in General: The Drive opening, A Separation closing,
Best Line Delivery:
"I'm fine..." - Michael Shannon in Take Shelter
"This is SO MUCH FUUUUUUNNNNN!!!" - Jessica Chastain in The Help
"Help me I'm pooooooooor." - Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids
"Feel that steam heat? That's from my undercarriage." - Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
The cruise ship/dolphin speech - Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
"I'm readyyyyyyyy to parrrrrrtaaaaaaaaaaayyy...and I'm gonna go down by the riverrrrrr!!" - Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids
"Have you seen it? Up close?" - Charlize Theron in Young Adult
"Help me!" - Olivia Colman in Tyrannosaur
Best Cameo:
Kathy Baker - Take Shelter
Best Action Scene:
Fight at Blanche's motel room - Drive
Elevator assault - Drive
Hanna vs. Marissa's goons - Hanna
Best Scene:
Inside the storm shelter - Take Shelter
Dinner (lunch?) argument - Certified Copy
Father/son piano/guitar duet - The Tree of Life
Brandon crying on the pier - Shame
New York, New York - Shame
The Prince's Tale - The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2
Marissa's decoy/escape from captivity - Hanna
Lacrimosa - The Tree of Life
Elevator assault - Drive
Vera tries to escape - The Skin I Live In
Greenhouse fight - I Saw the Devil
Prologue - Melancholia
Swan Lake - Of Gods and Men
Break in - Martha Marcy May Marlene
Everything on the plane - Bridesmaids
Yeah, that's probably enough for now haha.
Best Line Delivery 'I thought you were out of my league, or whatever' from Weekend
for best cameo not sure if she qualifies but Kathy Burke gives a fully rounded performance in the couple of scenes she is in in Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy.
best line delivery - your wedding wasn't a failure, remember the trimasu? - from young adult
chris o'dowd saying you were the maid of dishonor and wiig's smirk response - does that count as a line?
"And you need two of those" Phyllis Smith in Bad Teacher
best cameo - the girl on the train in Shame
Best music scene" 'New York, New York' from Shame
Best overall scene: The scrambler sequence in Take this Waltz
-->although the Christina Hendricks scene in Drive deserves a nod!
I find lines so hard to remember but I have to say I love Kirsten Dunst's deliveries in "Melancholia", in the scene where Claire asks Justine to be with her at the end. Both "You want to know what I think of your plan? I think it's a piece of shit" and "maybe we should meet on the fucking toilet" (or something like that) are burned into my brain.
That, and the "you stuck-up bitch" line from the Christmas party scene in "We Need to Talk About Kevin". It hit very hard, and very unexpectedly, when I saw the film.
Best Limited/Cameo Performance: Collette Wolfe in "Young Adult"
I would also nominate her final-hour speech for best scene
Best Action Sequence: Po fights the Crane in the Factory, Kung Fu Panda 2
Josh Lambert searches the astral plane for his son, Insidious
The home invasion, The Skin I Live In
Best Musical Moment: Amy Adams and Miss Piggy disco dancing, The Muppets
Cole Porter and the first party, Midnight in Paris
The "spend the summer sleeping together" montage, Like Crazy
Patrick's song for "Marcy," Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Best Scene: Jacob and Sam on the couch in the loft, Like Crazy
Marcy May's escape to the woods, Martha Marcy May Marlene
The train station shoot, Super 8
The creation of life on earth, The Tree of Life
Gil saves Zelda, Midnight in Paris
Gil meets Dali/Surrealists, Midnight in Paris
Best Line Reading: Megan admits to over-committing on dog care, Bridesmaids
For Your Consideration in Best Line Delivery:
"We're not bad people; we just come from a bad place."-Carey Mulligan, Shame
"Because it's the halves that halve you in half. I didn't know, don't know, about the in-between bits; the gory bits of you, and the gory bits of me."-Felicity Jones, Like Crazy
FYC: Best Cameo - Gianna Giachetti - Certified Copy
Best kiss- ron and hermione!!! It was too short, too sugary, not so passionate as it was in the book, and the camera angle was pathetic! But it was ron and hermione!!!! The kiss thats been in the making, since the very first book in 1997, centuries ago!
I got a couple of shitty suggestions for Best Line Delivery:
"Eat. My. Shit" The Helps
... and I really like the way Albert Brooks delivers this:
"I used to produce movies. In the eighties. Kind of like action films, sexy stuff. One critic called them European. I thought they were shit"
Best Limited Performance – Allison Janney in Margaret
Best Line Delivery – Emma Stone: “Fuck” in Crazy, Stupid, Love
Action Sequence – The bridge collapsing in Final Destination 5. Whatever your thoughts on the franchise, this beat even The Rise of the Planet of the Apes into a cocked hat.
Musical Sequence – I don’t think I’ve seen one musical sequence in cinema all year, which prompted major sadface when I realised.
Best Kiss and Sex Scene – Weekend.
Credit Sequence / Title Design – Tintin
Best Scenes in General – The “accident” in Margaret; the coming out sequence in Weekend; the motorcycle chase in Tintin; the trust games between the two brothers in The Tree of Life; the party sequence in Heartbeats.
Best Cameo: Sally Hawkins "Jane Eyre"
Best Line Reading: "Yeah oh shit. YEAH OH SHIT."- Megan Bridesmaids
"Are you following me Colin?"- My Week With Marilyn
Would Marion Cotillard saying "belle epoque" in Midnight in Paris count as a line reading? Seriously, I could listen to her say those words over and over again. Also any dialogue by Corey Stoll as Ernest Hemingway.
I enjoyed the first meet cute/musical number in Gnomeo & Juliet.
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling's kiss in Crazy, Stupid, Love should merit a mention. Not my favorite part of the film, but it was my favorite part of the trailer.
There's plenty to choose from in Attack the Block for Action Sequence, but wasn't there a scene with the kids all riding mopeds or something trying to escape from the alien monsters? Loved that scene.
Judi Dench in Three Musketeers had a blink-it-you-miss cameo in the beginning. Though I'm not 100% sure. Not listed on her imdb page. Though it's not nom-worthy either. Just wanted to bring it up!
And finally, anything and everything from Weekend.
Limited/ Cameo Role:
Ben Foster, RAMPART
Jon Hamm, BRIDESMAIDS
Charlotte Rampling, MELANCHOLIA
Fiowna Shaw, THE TREE OF LIFE
Action Sequence:
DRIVE (“Botched Robbery”)
HANNA (“Escape”)
TRANSFORMERS 3 (“Imploding Skyscraper”)
Musical Sequence:
PUSS IN BOOTS (“Dance-off”)
Line Reading:
Wiig, BRIDESMAIDS, "Help me I'm poor."
Woodley, DESCENDANTS, “Dad… mom was cheating on you.”
Redgrave, CORIOLANUS, “You are NOT my son!”
Best Kiss:
WEEKEND
DRIVE
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Best Sex Scene:
WEEKEND
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS
SHAME (“3-way”)
BRIDESMAIDS
Best Scenes in General:
THE TREE OF LIFE “Creation”
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN “Construction drill solace”
WEEKEND “The Morning After”
SHAME “The Date”
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES “Cesar’s first visit to the redwood park”
CERTIFIED COPY “The Café”
Best Limited/Cameo Performance
George's wife in The Artist
Adrien Brody in Midnight in Paris
Credit Sequence/Title Design - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Best Scenes in General... any type - "Agnes' Song" in Poetry. You know you want to!!!
Best Limited or Cameo Performance: Jon Hamm in Bridesmaids
Best Line Delivery: "You have your mother's eyes." -Alan Rickman as Severus Snape in HP 7.2; "Eat my shit." -Minnie to Hilly in The Help.
Action Sequence: Final Battle in Harry Poter 7.2
Musical Sequence: "Muppet of a Man" in The Muppets
Best Kiss: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in Crazy, Stupid, Love
Best Sex Scene: Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm in Bridesmaids
Credit Sequence/Title Design: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo opening credits
Best Scenes in General... any type: Engagement party speeches in Bridesmaids, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling's sexless night in Crazy, Stupid, Love., Hilly eating Minnie's shit pie in The Help, Halloween Party in Beginners, Elevator kiss and stomp in Drive, Party scene in MMMM, ending of Like Crazy, Marilyn's de-boarding of the plane in My Week with Marilyn, Shailene Woodley's underwater performance in The Descendants...
Best Cameo:
Brody in 'Midnight in Paris'.
Girl on the train in 'Shame'
Emily Blunt in 'The Muppets' (so happy Emily moved on to another job post-Miranda. She finally got to Paris!)
Sex:
Weekend. Any of them. Stages.
Line Reading:
'Why do you have to be so GODDAMN STRIDENT?'
and
'SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS!'
Paquin got the confusion and the leaps in logic and the desire to be heard down pat in Margaret. When she really lets her anger and frustration flow, when her moral imperative is criticized or compromised, the hormones don't miss a beat.
'Da-LI!'
:)
'I DON'T WANT A BOYFRIEND RIGHT NOW.'
Chris New in 'Weekend' - almost enough to make you believe him.
'It tastes like ash.' and 'He's forgotten about the magic cave.'
Wasn't Dunst just extraordinary in that film?
'I love your sweater.'
Charlize at her delightfully bitchy best.
For best line reading, anything Sissy Spacek says in The Help. Especially after she buys Hilly th pie, and when Hilly eats it. She was a hoot!
Line Reading
Tree of Life, Jessica Chastain: "I give you my son." (such an unexpectedly moving moment, especially since it concerns a rare cinematic interaction between mother and daughter-in-law, and it's so tender).
Kiss
Elevator kiss from Drive (combined with the face-stomping that follows, isn't this pretty much the entire dynamic of the film distilled into one scene?)
Musical Sequence
Smetana "Moldau" scene from Tree of Life (Does this count as a musical sequence? It IS driven by the music, even though it's just on the soundtrack, and I think you counted such a scene from Kill Bill...)
Individual Scene
Princess by the spring from Uncle Boonmee (also doubles as Best sex scene involving a horny catfish)
FYC
Best Actress in a Limited or Cameo Role:
Kelly McDowell - Harry Pottter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Anne Dorval - Les Amours Imaginaires
Gianna Giachetti - Certified Copy
Sally Hawkins - Jane Eyre
Annie Mumolo - Bridesmaids
Best Actor in a Limited or Cameo Role:
Michael Gambon - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mark Rylance - Anonymous (He has more than 2 scenes but he is always in the background)
Andrew Airlile - 50/50
Arliss Howard - Moneyball
Martin Wuttke - Hannah
Best Line Delivery:
Jessica Chastain(The Tree of Life)- Unless you love you're life will flash by.
Anything that comes out of Albert Brooks' mouth in the Chinese restaurant scene in Drive.
Christopher Plummer's "I'm gay"s in Beginners
Anjelica Huston's "I smothered him beacuse I loved him" in 50/50
"I really need a maid" and " You is kind, you is smart, you is important" from The Help
"I'm a teacher, a leader ... " - Martha Marcy May Marlene
Best Musical Scene
Bang Bang in Les Amours Imaginaires
The karaoke scene in Poetry
New York, New York in Shame
The ending of Bridesmaids
The birthday party in Les Amours Imaginaires with those flashes of light, loudmusic and flashes of Michelangelo's David.
Marcy's Song in MMMM
Best Sex Scene:
The blue sex scene in Les Amours Imaginaires
The sex scenes of Like Crazy and Shame
Best Kiss:
Jane Eyre - their passionate kiss after getting engaged.
Drive - the kiss in the elevator
Best Scenes:
Drive - Opening
Drive - elevator scene
Drive - The masked driver in the beach at night
The Tree of Life - Lacrimosa
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - The Prince's Tale
Certified Copy - Juliette Binoche in the restaurant's bathroom.
Certfied Copy - Thee scene in the cafe with the woman who 'mistakes' them for amarried couple
Poetry - The last badminton game between a grandmother and her grandson
Poetry - the ending
Melancholia - the opening
Moneyball - the record setting win
Beginners - "I'm gay"
The Skin Ilive in- the revelationof the plot twist in flashback
Martha Marcy May Marlene - the opening and Martha's escape
Martha Marcy May Marlene - the phonecall
Best Limited or Cameo Performance (i.e. 1 or 2 scenes only)
- Missy Pyle in The Artist
- Jim Parsons in The Muppets
Best Line Delivery
- "With Pleasure" - Jean Dujardin in The Artist
- "We're not bad people, we just come from a bad place" - Carey Mulligan in Shame
Action Sequence
- Elevator Scene - Drive
Musical Sequence
- Man or Muppet - The Muppets
Best Kiss
- Elevator Scene - Drive
Best Sex Scene
- Shame (all of it)
Credit Sequence/Title Design
- The Artist
Best Scenes in General... any type
- Restaurant Scene... in one shot - Shame
- Conversation between Brandon and Sissy... in one shot - Shame
- Running down the street for three minutes... in one shot - Shame
That's all I've got off the top of my head
Best Limited Performance – Udo Kier in Melancholia
Best Action Sequence: Super 8-The train crash, Hanna-The escape scene
Best Musical Sequence: "Life's A Happy Song" from The Muppets
Best Cameo/Limited Role: Sally Hawkins-Jane Eyre
Best Kiss: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, Jane Eyre, One Day
Best Credit Sequence/Title Design: 30 Minutes Or Less, The Muppets
Best Scene In General: Abin Cooper's sermon in Red State, the escape attempt in Red State, the flashback revelation in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2, Hesher's monologue at the funeral in Hesher, the toast scene in Bridesmaids, Annie's argument with the girl in the jewelery store in Bridesmaids
Limited or Cameo Performance, Mary Page Keller in Beginners. She was wonderful with just about 4-5 mins on screen. Midnight in Paris is also full of great limited performances. Adrien Brody for example.
For best action sequence, the train scene from Super 8 of course and the bridge scene in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Best musical sequence, "Nightfall" in Drive. Don't know if it counts either but "I've Had the Time of my Life" in Crazy Stupid Love.
Best Kiss, McGregor's and Laurent's first kiss in Beginners. Or Chastain and her baby in The Tree of Life.
I don't know if it counts as a sex scene since it doesn't actually include sex, but what about the long talk and cuddling between Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in Crazy, Stupid Love.
Carnage for best opening credits.
Best Scenes? The train scene from Super 8, and I didn't even like the film. The "revelation" in La Piel Que Habito, immediately followed by Vera trying to escape and kicking Banderas in the nuts. "Childhood" sequence (the one after the birth, and mostly between the baby boy and Chastain) in The Tree of Life. The restaurant in Certified Copy.
Best Line Delivery
* "I thought I understood it, that I could grasp it, but I didn't, not really. Only the smudgeness of it; the pink-slippered, all-containered, semi-precious eagerness of it. I didn't realize it would sometimes be more than whole, that the wholeness was a rather luxurious idea. Because it's the halves that halve you in half. I didn't know, don't know, about the in-between bits; the gory bits of you, and the gory bits of me" - Felicity Jones in Like Crazy
* "Life is only on Earth and not for long" - Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia
* Ewan McGregor talks with his dog
Musical Sequence
* John Hawkes sings a song for Martha - Martha Marcy May Marlene
* Carey Mulligan sings "New York New York" - Shame
Best Kiss
* Ryan Gosling & Carey Mulligan - Drive (elevator scene)
Best Action Scene
* Elevator Assault - Drive
* Fight at Blanche's motel room - Drive
* Thor's fights S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in order to reach his hammer - Thor
Best Scenes
* Any scene from The Tree of Life
* Owen Wilson walks in the rain with Léa Seydoux - Midnight In Paris
* Jean Dujardin and his dog mimics - The Artist
* Elevator Assault - Drive
Best cameo:
- Hugh Jackman in 'X-Men: Fist Class' (it doesn't get funner or shorter than that!)
- Adrien Brody in 'Midnight in Paris' (for all the rhynoceros)
- Maggie Smith in 'HP and the Deathly Hallows 2' (can in count as a cameo? she only has a few lines after all... and arguably the best ones in the whole movie!)
Mother of God the season has truly begun xD.
Limited Cameo:
Fionnula Flanagun in The Guard. She was the perfect amount of sweetness in all the crass humor. Hell of a line reading too: "You never caused me any trouble"
Simon Baker in Margin Call. Perfect amount of professional swarminess. Another solid line reading with: "I don't think I do"
I have been waiting months for this post, just so I could lobby for the following for best line reading:
Ernest Hemingway: "Who wants to fight?!?!?" ("Midnight in Paris")
I'll probably think of more later, but that line has stayed with me for almost seven months now.
I'm still catching up on 2011 movies, but...
Best cameo is clearly Hugh Jackman in X-Men First Class.
Best line delivery: I posted this in a comment about Win Win, where Amy Ryan says "I'm a Jersey Girl. You got a problem with that?" and the kid says "No, I do not." Really, that kid is not a good actor, but that line RINGS, it's beautiful, soft, understated, and perfect.
Does a chase count as an action sequence, or do things have to blow up? The final escape of Matt & Emily in The Adjustment Bureau through all those doors is dizzying. The whole movie should have been that smart.
Kiss: No contest, Drive, elevator.
Best sex scene: the blowjob (or the sex scene) from The Housemaid. They were filled with emotions other than just sexiness.
My favorite cameo/short performance is Judy Greer in The Descendants. Does three scenes count? I'm guessing there were about 15 lines.
How about a category for performances that just had the best average line readings, period? I'm having a really difficult time finding *the* best line from Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids, or out of Alan Rickman's mouth in HP (and that sequence of Helena Bonham Carter as Emma Watson! Genius). Also FYC: Maggie Smith: "BOOM!" What a boss. Furthermore, I didn't understand half of Vanessa Regrave's monologues in Coriolanus, but it was stupefying to listen to her all the same, in a really awesome way. British dames FTW.
Best kiss: Rochester and Jane running into the house after the rain, for its spontaneity, sweetness, and Judi Dench's accompanying expression of horror.
Best Limited or Cameo Performance (i.e. 1 or 2 scenes only)
-Missi Pyle in "The Artist" (Hilarious when she wanted to do her curtain call already)
Best Line Delivery
-Kristen Wiig in "Bridesmaids" saying "Is your name Stove??? Are you an appliance???"
-Anna Faris going Borat to her date "You wanna go duncing???"
-Armie Hammer's last speech to Edgar at the table in "J.Edgar"
Action Sequence
-Tom Cruise climbing the Burj Khalifa in "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol"
-Drive opening sequence
-Patrick Wilson entering "The Further" in "Insidious"
-Vera's first escape attempt in "The Skin I Live In"
Musical Sequence
-Carey Mulligan singing "New York, New York" in "Shame"
-Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone dancing to "Time of My Life" in "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
-Kristen Wiig and Rose Byrne singing "That's What Friends Are For" in "Bridesmaids"
-Cole Porter singing "Let's Fall In Love" in "Midnight in Paris"
-Peppy Miller and George Valentin' first leg dance-off in "The Artist"
-"Marcy's Song" in "Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene"
Best Kiss
-Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess' last kiss in "One Day"
-Michelle Pfeiffer and Zac Efron in "New Year's Eve"
-Owen Wilson and Marion Cotillard in "Midnight In Paris"
-Leo Di Caprio and Armie Hammer in "J.Edgar"
-Michelle Williams and Eddie Redmayne in "My Week With Marilyn" by the water
-Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan in the elevator in "Drive"
Best Sex Scene
-Michael Fassbender and first girl at the bar in "Shame"
-Mellissa McCarthy and husband in "Bridesmaids"
-Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm's opening sequence sex scene in "Bridesmaids"
-Steve Carell and Marissa Tomei in "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
Credit Sequence/Title Design
-"Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" simply was this year's best title design
-"Shame" when the blanket is taken off the bed
Best Scenes in General... any type
-The spaceship lift off in "Super 8"
-The creation in "Tree of Life"
-J.Edgar and Clyde Tolson's first meeting in "J.Edgar"
-The dream sequence in "The Artist"
-The big reveal in "The Skin I Live In"
-Ethan Hunt climbing the Burj Khalifa in "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol"
-The entire plane scene in "Bridesmaids"
-Bill Cunningham accepting his award in France in "Bill Cunningham New York"
-Marilyn Monroe's dance sequence in "The Prince and the Showgirl in "My Week w/
Marilyn"
-All the scenes of Zac Efron and Michelle Pfeiffer in "New Year's Eve"
-The big reveal in "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
-Steve Carell's makeover reveal at the bar in "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
-The Bridal Store scene in "Bridesmaids"
-The "Speech-Off" in "Bridesmaids"
-The last scene in "Drive"
In addition to Adrien Brody in 'Midnight in Paris', Colette Wolf in 'Young Adult' and the girl on the subway in 'Shame' (all mentioned above) I also would like to nominate John Forest as wheelchair Mike in 'Young Adult'.
Best musical sequence: 'Muppet or Man' from 'The Muppets'
She may be too big of a role, but I keep going back to Christina Hendricks in that role. At the very least, that role deserves some sort of casting award trophy-how perfectly cast for the role-someone clearly was focusing on filmgoers expectations and then screwing with their heads.
"Yeah, I know," -Weekend-not a quotable line (obviously), but the way his friend says that after Russell says we don't talk about his gay dating speaks volumes about that entire character and the frustratingly difficult relationships that can occur occasionally between straight/gay best friends
Best Scene:
Magneto: Hot Nazi Hunter.
Some line readings:
Miranda July in The Future: "I wish I were a smidge more attractive. Right now I'm right on the edge... everyone has to decide for themselves."
Udo Kier in Melancholia: "She ruined my wedding! I will not look at her!"
Chris Cooper in Muppets: "Maniacal laugh, maniacal laugh"
And anything Christopher Plummer says in Beginners, though I'll go with the line that starts it all: "I'm gay"