2002 Critics And Other Organizations Top 10 Lists (1 Viewer)

[Edwin Pereyra]

Very nice top picks by the National Society of Film Critics. I'm glad Brody is getting the recognition he deserves.

~Edwin

 

[Brian W.]

The Chicago Film Critics have announced the nominations for their awards ceremenony [edit: that's ceremony]. Gangs of New York is conspicuously absent from the Best Picture category:

This year's awards will break with tradition by announcing the winners well in advance of the annual awards ceremony scheduled for Feb. 24. Winners could be announced as early as this week. Here's a complete list of nominations:

Best Picture:
About Schmidt
Adaptation
Far From Heaven
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist

Best Foreign-Language Film:
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Canada)
8 Women (France)
Spirited Away
Talk To Her (Spain)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexico).

Best Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson for "Punch-Drunk Love,"
Todd Haynes for "Far From Heaven,"
Peter Jackson for "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,"
Alexander Payne for "About Schmidt,"
Roman Polanski for "The Pianist,"
Martin Scorsese for "Gangs of New York."

Best Screenplay:
Paul Thomas Anderson for "Punch-Drunk Love"
Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz for "About a Boy"
Todd Haynes for "Far From Heaven"
Charlie & Donald Kaufman for "Adaptation"
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor for "About Schmidt"

Best Actor:
Adrien Brody for "The Pianist"
Nicolas Cage for "Adaptation"
Hugh Grant for "About a Boy"
Daniel Day-Lewis for "Gangs of New York"
Jack Nicholson for "About Schmidt."

Best Actress:
Salma Hayek for "Frida"
Nicole Kidman for "The Hours"
Diane Lane for "Unfaithful"
Julianne Moore for "Far From Heaven"
Renee Zellweger for "Chicago."

Best Supporting Actor:
Chris Cooper for "Adaptation"
Willem Dafoe for "Auto Focus"
Alfred Molina for "Frida"
Paul Newman for "Road to Perdition"
Dennis Quaid for "Far From Heaven"
John C. Reilly for "Chicago."

Best Supporting Actress:
Kathy Bates for "About Schmidt"
Patricia Clarkson for "Far From Heaven"
Julianne Moore for "The Hours"
Emily Mortimer for "Lovely and Amazing"
Meryl Streep for "Adaptation."

Best Documentary:
"ABC Africa"
"Bowling for Columbine"
"The Comedian"
"The Kid Stays in the Picture"
"Standing in the Shadows of Motown."

Best Cinematography:
"Gangs of New York"
"Road to Perdition"
"Minority Report"
"Far From Heaven"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."

Best Original Score:
"Far From Heaven"
"Punch-Drunk Love"
"The Hours"
"Spirited Away"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers."

Most Promising Performer: Gael Garcia Bernal for "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and "The Crime of Father Amaro," Eminem for "8 Mile," Ryan Gosling for "The Believer" and "Murder by Numbers," Maggie Gyllenhaal for "Secretary" and "Adaptation" and "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," Derek Luke for "Antwone Fisher."

Most Promising Filmmaker: Henry Bean for "The Believer," George Clooney for "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," Dylan Kidd for "Roger Dodger," Zacharias Kunuk for "Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner," Bill Paxton for "Frailty."

 

[Scott Weinberg]

The 2002 Online Film Critics Society Awards:
(In reverse order, for fun!)
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Mark Romanek - One Hour Photo
Breakthrough Performance: Maggie Gyllenhaal - Secretary
Best Animated Film: Spirited Away
Best Documentary: Bowling for Columbine
Best Sound: Ethan Van der Ryn & Mike Hopkins - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Editing: D. Michael Horton & Jabez Olssen - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell - Far from Heaven
Best Art Direction: Far from Heaven
Best Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Original Score: Elmer Bernstein - Far from Heaven
Best Cinematography: Edward Lachman - Far from Heaven
Best Foreign Language Film: Y Tu Mama Tambien
Best Adapted Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman - Adaptation
Best Original Screenplay: Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven
Best Ensemble: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Supporting Actress: Samantha Morton - Minority Report
Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Quaid - Far from Heaven
Best Actress: Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
Best Director: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Counts:
Far from Heaven - 7 awards
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 6
Gangs of New York - 1
Minority Report - 1
One Hour Photo - 1
Secretary - 1
Y Tu Mama Tambien - 1
Adaptation - 1
Spirited Away - 1
Bowling for Columbine - 1
Overall, I'm very pleased with these results. Though they seem a bit stacked into two movies, keep in mind that over 130 online critics had their votes tallied...and these guys liked two specific flicks a WHOLE lot.
(Though six is more than a solid haul, I was hoping TTT would swing the screenplay award, but I certainly have no problem with the winner in that category! I'm proud that we picked Jackson's movie as Best Picture though! )
I wanted Paxton as breakthrough, but Romanek is an excellent choice too. J. Moore seemed a lock to me; she's that damn good. Maggie G. was up for lead actress, though I'm thrilled she won the Breakthrough Award...particularly considering who her competition was (Eminem, Nia Vardalos, etc.). And let's give it up for the Samantha Morton pick. My OFCS pals really know their stuff!
What do you guys think?

 

[Dana Fillhart]

Great list, Scott!
The only one I have any beef with is Dennis Quaid winning Supporting Actor -- I really did have some problems with his performance, and felt others have done better with their material (Chris Cooper for Adaptation, in particular). All the others...congrats to them, especially Jackson & co. for their wins!
Oh yeah, and I think I was one of maybe TWO people on the entire forum who felt Samantha Morton gave an award-winning performance in Minority Report (not just Morvern Callar, which I've not yet seen but for which everybody seems to gravitate to when her name is brought up for acting nods this year). I'm wondering if the same scene in MR that really did it for me also made it for the OFCS critics who voted for her (that scene right as Anderton shoots Crow, where she lets out a very pitable scream
). That one moment stuck with me more than almost any other scene I've seen all year...big-time congrats to her!

 

[Lew Crippen]

Overall a very good list Scott. I can see why you are pleased.

Unlike Dana, I feel Quaid’s performance to be absolutely first rate—for me, the standout of his career.

Personally, I find The Pianist to be the outstanding movie of the year. ‘TTT’, magnificent achievement that it is, suffers too much from the ‘second act’ syndrome. It will be easier to laud TLOTR, when it is complete. For me, Jackson is making one movie, not three. Just as Tolkien wrote one book, not three.

 

[Brian W.]

The Dallas-Fort Worth critics have weighed in:

Top 10 Pictures of 2002

1. Chicago
2. Far from Heaven
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. The Pianist
5. About Schmidt
6. Gangs of New York
7. Adaptation
8. Road to Perdition
9. Catch Me If You Can
10. The Hours

Director
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Runner-Up
Rob Marshall - Chicago

Actor
Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt

Actress
Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven

Cinematography
Far from Heaven

Best Foreign Film
Y Tu Mama Tambien

Best Documentary
Bowling for Columbine

Best Animated Film
Spirited Away

Worst Picture
Feardotcom

Russell Smith Award
My Big Fat Greek Wedding

EDIT: Julianne Moore does seem to be winning everything, doesn't she?

 

[Scott Weinberg]

2002 Chicago Film Critics Association Winners
BEST PICTURE
Far From Heaven
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexico)
BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes-Far From Heaven
BEST SCREENPLAY
Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman-Adaptation
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis-Gangs of New York
BEST ACTRESS
Julianne Moore-Far From Heaven
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Dennis Quaid-Far From Heaven
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Meryl Streep-Adaptation
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ed Lachman-Far From Heaven
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Elmer Bernstein-Far From Heaven
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Bowling For Columbine
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Maggie Gyllenhaal-Secretary/Adapatation/Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Dylan Kidd-Roger Dodger

 

[Chuck Mayer]

I was also happy to see Samantha Morton on the OFCS list. If Dana is one of the two here, then I must be the other. She carried a huge chunk of that film. I need to see FFH.

Take care,
Chuck

 

[Vickie_M]

My Tivo caught something that's going to be on the E! channel. The "2003 Critics' Choice Awards" (which is the Broadcast Film Critics Association) will be broadcast the 18th of January. Here in Chicago (Central time) it's on at 7:00pm and repeated at 6:00am the 19th. It's supposed to last 2 hours, and there's no indication if the first broadcast will be live. I'd highly doubt it.
Here's a quick link to their nominees (thanks to Alex Fung's page).
I love how they have 10 nominees for Best Picture. Talk about covering all your bases! They do have all the "right" ones listed. They only have 3 Best Actor nominees, but 4 Best Actress nominees. How odd.
Nice to see that they have a category for "Best Digital Acting Performance" and, of course, Gollum is nominated.

 

[Vickie_M]

I don't know who these people are, but I don't think it belongs in the Guilds thread. Does it? These are professionals, but I don't think they're the ones who nominate the Academy Awards. ?
The Visual Effects Society
The Visual Effects Awards 2002 Nominees
(they have awards categories for television too, but I cut them out)
NOTE: Productions in each category are in random order
Best Visual Effects in an Effects Driven Motion Picture
Men in Black II
John Berton, Tom Bertino
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
John Knoll, Ben Snow, Pablo Helman, Rob Coleman
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke
Best Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Pictures
Gangs of New York
Michael Owens, Camille Geier, Edward Hirsh, Jon Alexander
The Sum of all Fears
Glenn Neufeld, Derek Spears, Dan Malvin, Al Disarro
Frida
Jeremy Dawson, Daniel Schrecker
Best Character Animation in a Live Action Motion Picture
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Rob Coleman, Hal Hickel, Chris Armstrong, James Tooley
Harry Potter "Dobby's Face"
David Andrews, Steven Rawlins, Frank Gravatt
The Lord of the Rings: "The Two Towers"
Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Ken McGaugh, Bay Raitt
Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
James Baxter
Stuart Little 2
Tony Bancroft, David Schaub, Eric Armstrong, Sean Mullen
Best Special Effects in a Motion Picture
Die Another Day
Chris Corbould
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Steve Ingram, Blair Foord, Rich Cordobes, Scott Harens
Best Matte Painting in a Motion Picture
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Paul Huston, Yusei Uesugi, Jonathan Harb
Gangs of New York
Brett Northcutt, Ronn Brown, Mathieu Raynault, Evan Pontoriero
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Yanick Dusseault, Max Dennison, Roger Kupelian, Mathieu Raynault
Best Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Brian Gernand, Russell Paul, Geoff Campbell, Jean Bolte
Die Another Day
John Richardson
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Richard Taylor, Paul Van Ommen, Matt Aitken
Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Patrick Sweeney, Marty Rosenberg, Carl Miller, Fred Meyers
Stuart Little 2
Earl Wiggins, Mark Vargo, Tom Houghton, Anna Foerster
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Alex Funke, Brian Van't Hul, Richard Bluck
Best Effects Art Direction in a Motion Picture
Minority Report
Alexander Laurant, Alex McDowell
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Alex Jaeger, Doug Chiang, Erik Tiemens, Ryan Church
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Alan Lee, Jeremy Bennett, Christian Rivers, Gino Acevedo
Best Compositing in a Motion Picture
Minority Report
Scott Frankel, Patrick Jarvis
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets "Quidditch Match"
Barbara Brennan, Jay Cooper, Kimberly Lashbrook, Dorne Huebler
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mark Lewis, GG Heitmann Demers, Alex Lemke, Alfred Murrle
Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin
Adaptation
Nicolas Cage
Men in Black II
Will Smith

 

[Vickie_M]

Here's an intersting tidbit I found on variety.com about the BAFTAs. I went to the BAFTA site to try and find an actual press release, but like most web sites, it's amazingly content-free. If anyone can find out more about this, I'd like to know.
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BAFTA's bevy of pix
Long lists of kudos contenders unveiled

By ADAM DAWTREY

LONDON -- The BAFTA race may still be wide open, but the field narrowed a bit Wednesday with the publication of the long list of contenders by the British Academy of Film & TV Arts.

"Far From Heaven" cannot win best film, nor can "About Schmidt," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" or "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind."

None of those pics are on the list of 20 contenders. Brit candidates "Sweet Sixteen," "Morvern Callar" and "24 Hour Party People" are also missing.

The long lists are compiled from the first round of voting by BAFTA members. The final nominees will be selected from those lists by a combination of membership and jury voting.

With 20 contenders in each category (apart from original screenplay, when a blip in the system produced 21 runners), the long lists do little more than confirm that the obvious favorites are, indeed, strongly in the frame.

"Chicago," "Gangs of New York," "The Hours," "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and "The Pianist" crop up in just about every section they can. So, perhaps a bit less obviously, do "Catch Me if You Can," "Frida," "Dirty Pretty Things," "The Magdalene Sisters," "The Quiet American," "The Road to Perdition" and "Talk to Her."

Other pics with frequent mentions include "Adaptation," "Rabbit-Proof Fence," "Y tu mama tambien," "City of God," "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," "8 Mile" and "Punch-Drunk Love."

The next BAFTA voting deadline is Jan. 23, with the nominations to be announced Jan. 27.
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[Vickie_M]

I don't think this was posted.

Michael Medved's Year-End list

BEST OF THE YEAR (With Top Choice Listed First)
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2. We Were Soldiers
3. The Rookie
4. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
5. Signs
6. The Importance of Being Earnest
7. Barbershop
8. The Road to Perdition
9. About Schmidt
10. Max

WORST OF THE YEAR (Worst Listed First)
1. Crossroads (Britney Speared)
2. Feardotcom (FeardotBOMB)
3. Scooby Doo (A Dog)
4. The Adventures of Pluto Nash (Pluto is Also a Dog)
5. Swept Away (Madonna is Also a Dog)
6. Pinocchio (Life is no longer beautiful for Roberto)
7. Pumpkin (Christina Icky falls for a mentally challenged saint)
8. Stealing Harvard (Tom Green Gets Fingered-Again)
9. Rollerball (Tepidly We Crawl Along)
10. Solaris (Bore-laris--Not Saved by Clooney?s Heinie)

Honorable Mention: Italian for Beginners, Stuart Little 2, Spiderman, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, The Pianist, Evelyn and The Emperor's Club

Dishonorable Mention: Eight Crazy Nights, Jason X, Mothman Prophecies, Mr. Deeds, The Art of Fancy Dancing, Bloodwork, The Sweetest Thing

Most Over-Rated Movies of the Year: Adaptation, Gangs of New York, Solaris, Far From Heaven

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