FCM Awards 2009: Nominations

[RNL]

Final nominations to be submitted before midnight Saturday February 21st 28th.

Categories:

Best Film

Best Comedy Film

Best Direction

Best Action Direction

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Performance by a Male in a Leading Role

Best Performance by a Female in a Leading Role

Best Performance by a Male in a Supporting Role

Best Performance by a Female in a Supporting Role

Best Ensemble Cast

Best Sound Design

Best Production Design

Best Costume or Make-up Design

Best Visual Effects

Best Original Score

Best Mise-en-scène

Best Artistic Achievement

Worst Film

Retrospective 2007: Best Film

[jrod]

Can we just post them here or is it 100% private voting?

personally I like the option of public, so if I fuck up the lead/supporting thing or the original/adapted screenplay I can be corrected

[ronnierocketago]

Feb 6, 2009 21:21:32 GMT jrod said:

Can we just post them here or is it 100% private voting?

personally I like the option of public, so if I fuck up the lead/supporting thing or the original/adapted screenplay I can be corrected

I agree with jrod here.

BTW, how many nominees again?

[RNL]

Yeah, I think nominations should stay public. For the reason Jrod stated I think it's crucial, so we don't get any cross-category screwups.

[jrod]

In that case...here's my list so far. I reserve the right to update this post as I choose, with whatever Ive contorted it into at the deadline being my final ballot...

I dont recall many title sequences, so its blank for me...

Arent we doing best trailer too?

Best Film
The Wrestler
Chop Shop
Paranoid Park
The Visitor
Man on Wire

Best Comedy Film
Role Models
Hamlet 2
Burn After Reading
In Bruges
The Band's Visit

Best Direction
Darren Aronofsky for The Wrestler
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionare
Ramin Bahrani for Chop Shop
Eran Kolirin for The Bands Visit
Gus Van Sant for Paranoid Park

Best Action Direction (still dont know if this is specific scenes or not...
Car chase in The Dark Knight
Cavern Escape in Iron Man
LAIR in Role Models
Derby Team Race inSpeed Racer
Hellboy fights the Golden Army in Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Best Cinematography
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wrestler
Frozen River
Changeling
Paranoid Park

Best Editing
The Wrestler
Changeling
Slumdog Millionare
Doubt
The Visitor

Best Original Screenplay
The Wrestler
The Band's Visit
Chop Shop
Wall-E
The Visitor
Frozen River (if for some reason one of the above does not apply)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionare
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Performance by a Male in a Leading Role
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Sasson Gabai in The Bands Visit

Best Performance by a Female in a Leading Role
Kate Winslet in The Reader
Meryl Streep in Doubt
Ronit Elkabetz in The Bands Visit
Melissa Leo in Frozen River
Angelina Jolie in Changeling

Best Performance by a Male in a Supporting Role
Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges
Ralph Fiennes in The Reader
John Malkovich in Burn After Reading
Saleh Bakri in The Bands Visit
Barlow Jacobs in Shotgun Stories

Best Performance by a Female in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis in Doubt
Evan Rachel Wood in The Wrestler
Amy Ryan in Changeling
Mila Kunis in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Ensemble Cast
Doubt
The Bands Visit
Shotgun Stories
In Bruges
Burn After Reading

Best Sound Design
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
The Wrestler
Body of Lies
Slumdog Millionare

Best Production Design
Slumdog Millionare
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wall-E
The Dark Knight
Gran Torino

Best Costume and Make-up Design
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Wrestler

Best Visual Effects
Wall-E
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Speed Racer

Best Original Score
Wall-E
Slumdog Millionare
The Wrestler
The Band's Visit
Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Mise-en-scène
Wall-E
The Wrestler
The Band's Visit
Chop Shop
Frozen River

Best Artistic Achievement
Wall-E
Paranoid Park
The Wrestler
Speed Racer
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Worst Film
The Spirit
Quantum of Solace
What Happens in Vegas
Max Payne
Semi Pro

Retrospective 2007: Best Film
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Eastern Promises
Juno

[RNL]

There didn't seem to be a consensus on Best Trailer. I'm against it, I think there are enough categories. And we're not doing Best Title Sequence; that was Capo's idea, but he said he was indifferent to it himself, so...

[ronnierocketago]

So what is "Best Mise-en-scène" mean exactly again?

[jrod]

mise-en-scène refers to everything that appears before the camera and its arrangement – sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting.[1] Mise-en-scène also includes the positioning and movement of actors on the set, which is called blocking. These are all the areas overseen by the director, and thus, in French film credits, the director's title is metteur en scène, "putter on scene."


from wikipedia

[Pherdy]

Feb 7, 2009 2:08:42 GMT RNL said:

There didn't seem to be a consensus on Best Trailer. I'm against it, I think there are enough categories. And we're not doing Best Title Sequence; that was Capo's idea, but he said he was indifferent to it himself, so...

than these our Out Of Competition:
The Fall
Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis
Kung Fu Panda
RocknRolla
Quantom of Solace

(still to see Slumdog, Reader, Synecdoche, Rachel getting married, Wrestler, Changeling)

[svsg]

Feb 9, 2009 18:12:05 GMT Pherdy said:

(still to see Slumdog, Reader, Synecdoche, Rachel getting married, Wrestler, Changeling)

Pherdy, have you watched or are you planning to watch Waltz with Bashir?

[Pherdy]

Feb 9, 2009 18:19:30 GMT @svsg said:

Feb 9, 2009 18:12:05 GMT Pherdy said:

(still to see Slumdog, Reader, Synecdoche, Rachel getting married, Wrestler, Changeling)

Pherdy, have you watched or are you planning to watch Waltz with Bashir?

saw it Monday, as well as Doubt, and saw Synecdoche yesterday. I think I will nominate all three of them for something. Also plan on seeing Let the Right One In, Il Divo, Yougn at Heart, Man on Wire, etc.etc.etc the list is endless

[Omar]

I am pissed!

Just found out late last night that "Che" is playing in Atlanta as one four hour long epic, just until tomorrow! Then, starting Friday, it will be shown as two separate parts.

I have class at odd times today, and can't miss either of them. And tomorrow, I am leaving in the early afternoon for another state.

Oh well. At least I'll get to see it somehow before the awards. I didn't think I would get to at all.

[ronnierocketago]

Feb 7, 2009 4:15:17 GMT jrod said:

mise-en-scène refers to everything that appears before the camera and its arrangement – sets, props, actors, costumes, and lighting.[1] Mise-en-scène also includes the positioning and movement of actors on the set, which is called blocking. These are all the areas overseen by the director, and thus, in French film credits, the director's title is metteur en scène, "putter on scene."


from wikipedia

OK, but what in context or better yet, a good example or two for reference?

[Capo]

It's how the literal information in a frame - how it has been composed and placed - lends meaning to a thematic subtext.

As an example, where characters are framed in relation to other characters, and how this placement goes toward defining the relation between the two. As an example, think of the extreme widescreen deployed in Wyler's Ben-Hur, and how early scenes between Judah and Messala show the two a large distance apart - not only is that making use of the widescreen in itself, it also shows the gulf between the two personalities.

(But it's not just about the placement of information; it's about lighting too, which goes toward the 'tone' of the shot. Some argue that soundtrack should be included in mise-en-scene, too. For example, the sound of torrential rain in Seven or overhead helicopters in Boyz N the Hood; the former giving a depressing feeling, the latter a feeling of constant threat or chaos.)

I always think of Vertigo as a masterpiece of mise-en-scene. Perhaps not by coincidence, a masterpiece in general.

[ronnierocketago]

OK Thanks Capo

[ronnierocketago]

Best Film
THE DARK KNIGHT
MILK
GRAN TORINO
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
WALL-E

Best Comedy Film
TROPIC THUNDER
ZACK & MIRI MAKE A PORNO
BURN AFTER READING
HAMLET 2
PUNISHER: WAR ZONE

Best Direction
Christopher Nolan - THE DARK KNIGHT
David Fincher - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Gus Van Sant - MILK
Andrew Stanton - WALL-E
Clint Eastwood - GRAN TORINO

Best Action Direction
Christopher Nolan - THE DARK KNIGHT
Sylvester Stallone - RAMBO
Jon Favreau - IRON MAN
David Mamet - REDBELT
Lexi Alexander - PUNISHER: WAR ZONE

Best Cinematography
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
CLOVERFIELD
SPEED RACER
THE WRESTLER

Best Editing
THE DARK KNIGHT
CLOVERFIELD
SPEED RACER
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
VALKYRIE

Best Original Screenplay
THE WRESTLER
MILK
REDBELT
WALL-E
BE KIND REWIND

Best Adapted Screenplay
FROST/NIXON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Best Performance by a Male in a Leading Role
Frank Langella - FROST/NIXON
Heath Ledger - THE DARK KNIGHT
Mickey Rourke - THE WRESTLER
Chiwetel Ejiofor - REDBELT
Clint Eastwood - GRAN TORINO

Best Performance by a Female in a Leading Role
Kate Winslet - THE READER
Melissa Leo - FROZEN RIVER
Anna Farris - THE HOUSE BUNNY
Melissa Tomei - THE WRESTLER
Rhonna Mitra - DOOMSDAY

Best Performance by a Male in a Supporting Role
Aaron Eckhart - THE DARK KNIGHT
Robert Downey Jr. - TROPIC THUNDER
Brad Pitt - BURN AFTER READING
John Malkovich - BURN AFTER READING
Gary Oldman - THE DARK KNIGHT

Best Performance by a Female in a Supporting Role
Taraji P. Henson - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Evan Rachel Wood - THE WRESTLER
Tilda Swinton - BURN AFTER READING
Penelope Cruz - VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Amy Adams - DOUBT

Best Ensemble Cast
IRON MAN
THE DARK KNIGHT
BURN AFTER READING
TROPIC THUNDER
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

Best Sound Design
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
THE DARK KNIGHT
IRON MAN
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
SPEED RACER

Best Production Design
SPEED RACER
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

Best Costume or Make-up Design
SPEED RACER
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY
TROPIC THUNDER

Best Visual Effects
IRON MAN
HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY
THE DARK KNIGHT
SPEED RACER
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

Best Original Score
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
MILK
WALL-E

Best Mise-en-scène
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE WRESTLER
JCVD
WALTZ WITH BASHIR

Best Artistic Achievement
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE WRESTLER
WALL-E

Worst Film
DEATH RACE
THE SPIRIT
THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR
IN THE NAME OF THE KING: A DUNGEON SIEGE TALE
EPIC MOVIE

Retrospective 2007: Best Film
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
ZODIAC
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

[svsg]

Feb 20, 2009 20:40:07 GMT ronnierocketago said:

Best Adapted Screenplay
FROST/NIXON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

we know you like the movie, but this is an illegal way of increasing the votes

[jrod]

10 different movies all with one vote for best picture so far. Crazy

[Capo]

Oops. I'm unable to nominate before tomorrow night. I don't have access to my own Excel file till Monday. Also, I am seeing several "candidates" this week...


;D

[RNL]

So what do you want to do? Postpone it?

I wouldn't mind another week to catch up... I have a lot of stuff downloaded.