Help Me With My "Critics Choice" Ballot
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 11:00PM Voting has begun for the BFCA's 'Critics Choice' prize and I thought I'd ask for your input as a memory jog. Though I do keep track of my favorite achievements in film during the year I always forget about the categories that I don't have in my own FiLM BiTCH prizes so I definitely need help with those.
I already asked for help on Twitter but for those of you who don't follow me there (what's wrong with you?) Please sound off here about your suggestions in the following categories:
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (under 21)
BEST ACTION MOVIE
and the following are *new* categories this year
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY
BEST ACTOR in a ACTION FILM
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION FILM
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Make your FYC cases in the comment! Limit yourself to 3 choices in each category - that's all we get to put on the ballot (so difficult)
BFCA, precursor awards
Reader Comments (61)
Why no one is considering Elle Fanning in Ginger and Rosa for Best Young Actor/Actress?
What? No Sci-Fi/Horror acting categories? Off to Action they go, then.
Best Sci-Fi/Horror:
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sound of My Voice
Chronicle
Actress, Action:
Noomi Rapace, Prometheus
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Emma Fitzpatrick, The Collection
Actor, Action
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper
Liam Neeson, The Grey
Michael Fassbender, Prometheus
Actress, Comedy
Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect
Sarah Silverman, Wreck-it Ralph
Aubrey Plaza, Safety Not Guaranteed
Actor, Comedy
Mark Wahlberg, Ted
Mark Duplass, Safety Not Guaranteed
Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom
Action Movie
The Avengers
The Collection
The Raid: Redemption
Young Actor/Actress
Kaya Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom
Jared Gilman, Moonrise Kingdom
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (under 21)
1. Pierce Gagnon - Looper
2. Jared Gilman - Moonrise Kingdom
3. Logan Lerman - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
BEST ACTION MOVIE
1. Looper
2. Skyfall
3. The Avengers
and the following are *new* categories this year
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY
1. Channing Tatum, 21 Jump Street
2. Jared Gilman, Moonrise Kingdom
3. Franz Kranz, The Cabin in the Woods
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY
1. Anna Kendrick, Pitch Perfect
2. Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
3. Sarah Silverman, Wreck-It Ralph
BEST ACTOR in a ACTION FILM
1. Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Looper
2. Daniel Craig, Skyfall
3. Dane DeHaan, Chronicle
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION FILM
1. Judi Dench, Skyfall
2. Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises
3. Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
1. The Cabin in the Woods
2. Looper
3. Chronicle
Based on films that I've seen this year (N.B. I didn't see many comedys or horrors)
Best Young Actor/Actress:
1) Cansu Demirci - Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ~~~~~ (unless it was eligible last year?)
2) Jackson Nicoll - Fun Size
3) Kaya Scodelario - Wuthering Heights
Best Action Movie:
1) The Raid
2) End of Watch
3) The Expendables 2
Best Actor in a Comedy:
1) Ed Helms - Jeff, Who Lives at Home
2) Channing Tatum - 21 Jump Street
3) Seth MacFarlane - Ted
Best Actress in a Comedy:
1) Susan Sarandon - Jeff, Who Lives at Home
2) Brie Larson - 21 Jump Street
3) Victoria Justice - Fun Size
Best Actor in an Action Film:
1) Iko Uwais - The Raid
2) Jeremy Renner - The Bourne Legacy
3) Liam Neeson - The Grey
Best Actress in an Action Film:
1) Anna Kendrick - End of Watch
2) Rachel Weisz - The Bourne Legacy
3) Berenice Marlohe - Skyfall
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie:
1) The Master
2) The Imposter
3) Cabin in the Woods
Based on what I’ve seen this year:
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (under 21): Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild; Amandla Stenberg (Rue), The Hunger Games (THG)
BEST ACTION MOVIE – The Dark Knight Rises (TDKR), THG
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY – Channing Tatum, 21 Jump Street; Chris Rock, 2 Days in New York
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY – Kirsten Dunst, Bachelorette (just for that grimace she pulls when hearing Becky’s engagement news)
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION FILM – Tom Hardy, TDKR
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION FILM – Charlize Theron, Snow White and the Huntsman (SWATH); Anne Hathaway, TDKR; Jennifer Lawrence, THG
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE – Chronicle; Cabin in the Woods
These have really been helping me, everyone, I kid you not. I tried to post a big lengthy comment but the blog swallowed it up.
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (under 21) - Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
BEST ACTION MOVIE - The Avengers
BEST ACTOR in a ACTION FILM - Mark Ruffalo (The Avengers)
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION FILM - Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight RIses)
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE - The Cabin in the Woods
Some of my choices- Seann William Scott in Goon, Guy Pearce is pretty much anything- have already been taken, but I figured I'd mention them again here.
Another good choice would be Mark Duplass in Your Sister's Sister, who somehow manages to keep up with the awesome duo of Blunt and DeWitt. Guy's been everywhere this year, but Lynn Shelton really knows how to get the most out of him (see also: Humpday).
I'd also go to the mat for Will Sasso in The Three Stooges Yes, the movie had plenty of problems, but none of them were of Sasso's making. His Curly was spot-on, and I'm glad Jim Carrey ended up bowing out of the movie so the Farrellys could cast someone who was right for the role and wouldn't just make it feel like a stunt.
Finally, Gina Carano's been mentioned already, but if she doesn't get some serious love for Best Actress (Action) then there's something wrong. Watching her lay waste to the Cock-Rockin' Kings of the CIA in Haywire, I stopped thinking about her as a female action hero and just grooved on her as a plain-old action star. And if she isn't the greatest at delivering lines, since when has that been an issue in action movies? When she's in motion, she rules.
Best Young Actor: Tom Holland (The Impossible)
Best Action Movie: The Dark Knight Rises
Best Actor in Comedy: Edward Norton (Moonrise Kingdom)
Best Actor in Action Movie: Mark Ruffalo (The Avengers)
Best Actress in Action Movie: Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises)
Best SciFi / Horror Movie: Looper
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (under 21):
SURAJI SHARMA (LIFE OF PI)
TOM HOLAND (THE IMPOSSIBLE)
EZRA MILLER (PERKS OF BEING)
BEST ACTION MOVIE
THE GREY
LOOPER
THE AVENGERS
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY
CHANNING TATUM (21 JUMP STREET)
ADAM SANDLER (THAT'S MY BOY)
ZACH GALIFIANAKIS (THE CAMPAIGN)
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY
MERYL STREEP (HOPE SPRINGS)
EMILY BLUNT (THE FIVE YEAR'S ENGAGEMENT)
MILA KUNIS (TED)
BEST ACTOR in a ACTION FILM
LIAM NEESON (THE GREY)
CHRISTIAN BALE (THE DARK KNIGHT RISES)
MARTIN FREEMAN (THE HOBBIT)
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION FILM
JENNIFER LAWRENCE (HUNGER GAMES)
NAOMIE HARRIS (SKYFALL)
CHARLIZE THERON (SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTMAN)
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
HUNGER GAMES
KILL LIST
CLOUD ATLAS
Am I too late to suggest these supporting actresses:
Sami Gayle for Detachement
Kara Hayward for Moonrise Kigdom
Eva Mendes for Holy Motors
My favourite supporting actor:
Thomas Bo Larsen, The Hunt