Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Best of the Rest of 2019


(EDIT: I didn't get this article up in time on 1/8/2020 and it lacks the accompanying pictures for its winners. I apologize for it not being up to my usual standard. Please enjoy regardless.)


BEST BREAKTHROUGH: Park So-dam


Honorable Mentions: Samara Weaving, Roman Griffin Davis, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Asia Kate Dillon, Evan Alex, Julia Butters, Juan Ramón López, Susan Kelechi Watson, Paola Lara


BEST ENSEMBLE: Marriage Story


Honorable Mentions: Parasite, Knives Out, Avengers: Endgame, Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood, Booksmart, Us, One Cut of the Dead, Ford v Ferrari


BEST DIRECTOR: Bong Joon-ho - Parasite


Honorable Mentions: Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story), Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood), Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Hiroyuki Imaishi (Promare), Shin'ichirô Ueda (One Cut of the Dead), Jordan Peele (Us), Olivia Wilde (Booksmart), Rian Johnson (Knives Out), James Mangold (Ford v Ferrari), Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready Or Not), Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid)


BEST SCREENPLAY: Noah Baumbach - Marriage Story


Honorable Mentions: Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (Parasite), Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood), Jordan Peele (Us); Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and Jason Keller (Ford v Ferrari), Rian Johnson (Knives Out), Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy (Ready Or Not); Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, and Katie Silberman (Booksmart), Shin'ichirô Ueda (One Cut of the Dead), Robert Eggers and Max Eggers (The Lighthouse)


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jarin Blaschke - The Lighthouse


Honorable Mentions: Mike Gioulakis (Us), Hong Kyung-pyo (Parasite), Robert Richardson (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood), Anna Franquesa Solano (The Farewell), Robbie Ryan (Marriage Story), Tsuyoshi Sone (One Cut of the Dead), Lawrence Sher (Joker), John Mathieson (Pokémon Detective Pikachu)


BEST EDITING: Jennifer Lame - Marriage Story


Honorable Mentions: Yang Jin-mo (Parasite), Louise Ford (The Lighthouse), Bob Ducsay (Knives Out), Michael Taylor and Matthew Friedman (The Farewell), Fred Raskin (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood), Nicholas Monsour (Us), Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland (Ford v Ferrari)


BEST SCORE: Hiroyuki Sawano - Promare


Honorable Mentions: Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker), Randy Newman (Marriage Story), Henry Jackman (Pokémon Detective Pikachu)


BEST SONG: "Kakusei" by Superfly - Promare


Honorable Mentions: "Catchy Song" by Dillon Francis feat. T-Pain and That Girl Lay Lay (The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part), "A Glass of Soju" by Woo-sik Choi (Parasite), "Senza Di Te" by Fredo Viola (The Farewell), "Love Me Tender" by Stereo Jane (Ready Or Not), "Kōri ni Tojikomete" by Superfly (Promare), "Being Alive" by Adam Driver (Marriage Story)


BEST PREEXISTING SONG: "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys - Us


Honorable Mentions: "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by Vanilla Fudge (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood), "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" by The Beatles (Jojo Rabbit), "Doodle Let Me Go (Yaller Girls)" by A.L. Lloyd (The Lighthouse), "I Got 5 On It" by Luniz (Us)


BEST OPENING CREDITS: Promare


Honorable Mentions: Us, Jojo Rabbit


BEST ENDING CREDITS: One Cut of the Dead


Honorable Mentions: A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, Booksmart, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Knives Out


BEST STINGER: Zombieland: Double Tap


Honorable Mentions: Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, Captain Marvel, Frozen II


BEST POSTER ART: Us


Honorable Mentions: Midsommar, Shazam!, Uncut Gems, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum ("1 vs 100"), Jojo Rabbit ("Peace Sign"), Good Boys, It Chapter Two, Lucy in the Sky


BEST TRAILER: Joker


Honorable Mentions: The Lighthouse, Us


BEST ACTION FILM: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum


Honorable Mentions: Avengers: Endgame, War, Spider-Man: Far From Home


BEST ANIMATED FILM: Promare


Honorable Mentions: Ne Zha, Toy Story 4, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection, I Want To Eat Your Pancreas, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Missing Link


BEST COMEDY FILM: Booksmart


Honorable Mentions: Zombieland: Double Tap, Jojo Rabbit


BEST HORROR FILM: The Lighthouse


Honorable Mentions: Us, Tigers Are Not Afraid, Ready Or Not


BEST SCI-FI FILM: Godzilla: King of the Monsters


BEST GUILTY PLEASURE: Crawl



FUTURE CULT AND APPRECIATION

Films that I feel will grow on me beyond my initial expectations and opinions and become the great films that they sought to be.

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Missing Link
Tigers Are Not Afraid



UNDERRATED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED

Actors and actresses that gave great performances in bad films and/or in roles with little material and screen time.

Julia Butters (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood)
Enrico Colantoni (A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood)
Bruce Dern (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood)
Adam Driver (The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker)
Billy Eichner (The Lion King)
Dakota Fanning (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood)
Molly Gordon (Booksmart)
Richard E. Grant (Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker)
Jaeden Martell (Knives Out)
Stephen Merchant (Jojo Rabbit)
Bill Moseley (3 From Hell)
Frank Oz (Knives Out)
Christopher Plummer (Knives Out)
Jonathan Pryce (The Man Who Killed Don Quixote)
Kurt Russell (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood)
Melanie Scrofano (Ready Or Not)
Noah Segan (Knives Out)
Wallace Shawn (Marriage Story)
Jason Sudeikis (Booksmart)
Emma Thompson (Missing Link)
Merritt Wever (Marriage Story)
Bradley Whitford (Godzilla: King of the Monsters)
Benedict Wong (Gemini Man)

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