Our Top 10's of 2002 -- Time To Throw Down / The HTF 2002 Film Awards (See Post #1) (2 Viewers)

[Seth Paxton]

Oh, and I just bumped my total up to 103 with Femme Fatal and I Spy last night. Neither impressed me all that much, but both are fun at the rental quality level. I'm sure changing my total to 103 wouldn't have any effect at all.
Dana, excellent work on all of this and on the upcoming project ahead of time.
I'll probably skip the chat because the Hi Def set isn't near the CPU. Maybe if I get bored with the HD telecast (which seems unlikely ).

 

[Arman]

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[Cary T]

With more time in reflection, I moved Irreversible into my top 10 and bumped TTT out.

 

[Lowell_B]

Did some major rearranging, with Punch-Drunk Love taking over the top spot, and 25th Hour leap frogging up two spots. I moved Potter down 3 spots, and Igby Goes Down up 2. I also saw Moonlight Mile, a fantastic movie that's just a hair short of bumping Y Tu Mama Tambien.

So my revised list is like this:

2002 Top 10 List

1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. 25th Hour
3. Minority Report
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
5. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
6. Gangs of New York
7. Igby Goes Down
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
9. Catch Me If You Can
10. Y Tu Mama Tambien

Lowell

 

[Seth Paxton]

Sweet Home Alabama just made my 10 worst films list at #10. Nothing like a terrible script being "acted" in some sort of reading-it-for-the-first-time method.

 

[Jason Seaver]

Okay... I had some free time, so I opted to enter all the HTF award nominations into a spreadsheet and see what the results were. Votes were scored 5-4-3-2-1 except the categories which explicitly specified three entries, which were scored 3-2-1. Categories without a full complement of entries were used, and just counted at the high end (i.e., 5-4-3). If Dana anybody would like, I'll email the Excel sheet or post the "all entries" version.
And here the results are, as of 28 March 2003:
Best Director: Roman Polanski (The Pianist)
Runners-up: Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York), Pedro Almodovar (Talk To Her), Paul Thomas Anderson (Punch-Drunk Love)
Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis (Gangs Of New York)
Runners-up: Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Nicolas Cage (Adaptation), Michael Caine (The Quiet American), Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)
Best Actress: Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven)
Runners-up: Nicole Kidman (The Hours), Diane Lane (Unfaithful), Meryl Streep (The Hours), Cate Blanchett (Heaven)
Note: All actresses from The Hours got nominations for both "Best Actress" and "Best Supporting Actress"
Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper (Adaptation)
Runners-up: Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), Ed Harris (The Hours), John C. Reilley (Chicago), Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can), Dennis Quaid (Far From Heaven), Alfred Molina (Frida)
Comments: First, I think we need a seperate category for "collaborative performances" like Gollum; maybe next year. Also note that Reilley received votes for The Good Girl, and Molina received votes (well, okay, one, from me) as a lead.
Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep (Adaptation)
Runners-up: Samantha Morton (Minority Report), Kathy Bates (About Schmidt), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago), Julianne Moore (The Hours)
Comments: Streep, Moore, and Zeta-Jones(!) all received votes as leads in these parts; Steep also received a "best supporting" vote for The Hours
Breakthrough Performance: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary)
Runners-up: Adam Sandler (Punch-Drunk Love), Ryan Gosling (The Believer), Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Evelyn Sampi (Rabbit-Proof Fence), Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher)
Best Animated Feature: Spirited Away
Runners-up: Metropolis, Lilo and Stitch
Best Foreign-Language Film: Spirited Away
Runners-up: Y Tu Mama Tambien, Talk To Her, City Of God, Sex And Lucia
Comment: Just imagine how well City Of God will do next year when more people feel it's eligible.
Best Documentary: Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Runner-up: Bowling For Columbine
Comment: Not an official category, and no other entry came particularly close.
Best Art Direction: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Runners-up: Gangs Of New York, Far From Heaven, Road To Perdition, Frida
Best Costume Design: Gangs Of New York
Runners-up: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Chicago, Frida, Road To Perdition, Far From Heaven, The Cat's Meow
Comments: Close between GONY and LOTR, then a drop to Chicago, then another drop
Best Cinematography: Road To Perdition
Runners-up: Far From Heaven, Gangs Of New York, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Minority Report
Best Editing: The Hours
Runners-up: Chicago, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Gangs Of New York, Adaptation
Best Make-up: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Runners-up: Frida, The Hours, Gangs Of New York, Chicago
Comment: LOTR absolutely crushes its competition (60 pts vs. 24 for Frida)
Best Music Score: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Runners-up: Punch-Drunk Love, Catch Me If You Can, The Hours, Far From Heaven
Best Song: "The Hands that Built America" (Gangs of New York)
Runners-up: "Lose Yourself" (8 Mile), "Gollum's Song" (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), "I Move On" (Chicago), "8 Mile" (8 Mile), "Always With Me" (Spirited Away)
Comments: Even if Bill Harris's "8 Mile - Eminem" meant "Lose Yourself", U2 still takes the category. A lot of partial entries, too.
Best Screenplay, Adapted: Adaptation
Runners-up: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Hours, Chicago, The Pianist
Best Screenplay, Original: Punch-Drunk Love
Runners-up: Adaptation, Talk To Her, Far From Heaven, Spirited Away
Comment: There were disagreements about whether Adaptation or Gangs Of New York were original or not, though this hurt Gangs more than Adaptation
Best Sound: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Runners-up: Minority Report, Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones, Punch-Drunk Love, Gangs Of New York
Comment: LOTR 49 points, MR 28.
Best Sound Effects Editing: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Runners-up: Minority Report, Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones, Punch-Drunk Love
Comment: Another LOTR blowout; it scored over twice as many points as MR.
Best Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Runners-up: Minority Report, Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones
Comments: 66 pts for LOTR, 51 for MR, 24 for AOTC, and various others with a vote or two. I would have expected it to be a bit closer, and I'll leave it at that for now.

 

[Arman]

This post can now be deleted

 

[Nick C.]

finally managed to view City of God and Irreversible, damn those late March/early April release dates . also caught Punch-Drunk Love, Secretary, and a few others at long last
managed to squeeze a couple of those into the final, hopefully , top 10

 

[Arman]

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[Chuck Mayer]

Still catching up (and will be through June, it looks like).
Updated list:
Updated with Far From Heaven:
1) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2) Equilibrium
T3) Minority Report
T3) Catch Me If You Can
5) Gangs of New York
6) Chicago
7) Far From Heaven
8) The Bourne Identity
9) Y Tu Mama Tambien
10) Road to Perdition
11) Frailty
Take care,
Chuck
I still would like to see The Hours, Punch Drunk Love, and The Pianist. After that, no worries

 

[Damin J Toell]

Updated (!) my Top 10 with Spirited Away.
DJ

 

[PatrickDA]

TOP TEN FILMS OF 2002
- Chicago
- Minority Report
- Y Tu Mamá También
- The Pianist
- Talk to Her
- About Schmidt
- Road to Perdition
- The Quiet American
- Bloody Sunday
- Far From Heaven

BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- THE PIANIST
1ST RUNNER-UP - MINORITY REPORT
2ND RUNNER-UP - CHICAGO
3RD RUNNER-UP - Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
4TH RUNNER-UP - THE QUIET AMERICAN
5TH RUNNER-UP - BLOODY SUNDAY
6TH RUNNER-UP - TALK TO HER
7TH RUNNER-UP - ROAD TO PERDITION
8TH RUNNER-UP - ABOUT SCHMIDT
9TH RUNNER-UP - FAR FROM HEAVEN
10TH RUNNER-UP - HEAVEN

BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
- ROMAN POLANSKI, THE PIANIST
1ST RUNNER-UP - STEVEN SPIELBERG, MINORITY REPORT, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
2ND RUNNER-UP - ROB MARSHALL, CHICAGO
3RD RUNNER-UP - PETER GREENGRASS, BLOODY SUNDAY
4TH RUNNER-UP - ALFONSO CUARON, Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
5TH RUNNER-UP - PHILLIP NOYCE, THE QUIET AMERICAN, RABBIT-PROOF FENCE
6TH RUNNER-UP - SAM MENDES, ROAD TO PERDITION
7TH RUNNER-UP - PEDRO ALMODOVAR, TALK TO HER
8TH RUNNER-UP - TODD HAYNES, FAR FROM HEAVEN
9TH RUNNER-UP - JULIE TAYMOR, FRIDA
10TH RUNNER-UP - TOM TYKWER, HEAVEN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - 2002
- ADRIEN BRODY, THE PIANIST
1ST RUNNER-UP - MICHAEL CAINE, THE QUIET AMERICAN
2ND RUNNER-UP - HUGH GRANT, ABOUT A BOY
3RD RUNNER-UP - JACK NICHOLSON, ABOUT SCHMIDT
4TH RUNNER-UP - NICOLAS CAGE, ADAPTATION.
5TH RUNNER-UP - ANTHONY LAPAGLIA, THE GUYS
6TH RUNNER-UP - TOM CRUISE, MINORITY REPORT
7TH RUNNER-UP - DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, GANGS OF NEW YORK
8TH RUNNER-UP - GAEL GARCIA BERNAL, Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, THE CRIME OF PADRE AMARO
9TH RUNNER-UP - GREG KINNEAR, AUTO FOCUS
10TH RUNNER-UP - GIOVANNI RIBISI, HEAVEN

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - 2002
- RENEE ZELLWEGER, CHICAGO
1ST RUNNER-UP - NICOLE KIDMAN, THE HOURS, BIRTHDAY GIRL
2ND RUNNER-UP - JULIANNE MOORE, FAR FROM HEAVEN, THE HOURS
3RD RUNNER-UP - MERYL STREEP, ADAPTATION., THE HOURS
4TH RUNNER-UP - SALMA HAYEK, FRIDA
5TH RUNNER-UP - CATE BLANCHETT, HEAVEN
6TH RUNNER-UP - MARIBEL VERDU, Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
7TH RUNNER-UP - EVERLYN SAMPI, RABBIT-PROOF FENCE
8TH RUNNER-UP - DIANE LANE, UNFAITHFUL
9TH RUNNER-UP - HELEN MIRREN, LAST ORDERS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - 2002
- DENNIS HAYSBERT, FAR FROM HEAVEN
1ST RUNNER-UP - CHRIS COOPER, ADAPTATION., THE BOURNE IDENTITY
2ND RUNNER-UP - ALFRED MOLINA, FRIDA
3RD RUNNER-UP - CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, ARARAT
4TH RUNNER-UP - BRIAN COX, ADAPTATION., THE BOURNE IDENTITY, 25TH HOUR
5TH RUNNER-UP - PAUL NEWMAN, ROAD TO PERDITION
6TH RUNNER-UP - RICHARD HARRIS, THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
7TH RUNNER-UP - THOMAS KRETSCHMANN, THE PIANIST
8TH RUNNER-UP - MAX VON SYDOW, MINORITY REPORT
9TH RUNNER-UP - COLIN FARRELL, MINORITY REPORT
10TH RUNNER-UP - GEOFFREY RUSH, FRIDA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - 2002
- CATHERINE ZETA-JONES, CHICAGO
1ST RUNNER-UP - KATHY BATES, ABOUT SCHMIDT
2ND RUNNER-UP - PATRICIA CLARKSON, FAR FROM HEAVEN
3RD RUNNER-UP - SAMANTHA MORTON, MINORITY PREORT
4TH RUNNER-UP - LOIS SMITH, MINORITY REPORT
5TH RUNNER-UP - QUEEN LATIFAH, CHICAGO

BEST FILM EDITING OF THE YEAR
- Michael Kahn, Minority Report
1st Runner-Up - Clare Douglas, Bloody Sunday
2nd Runner-Up - Thelma Schoonmaker, Gangs of New York
3rd Runner-Up - Martin Walsh, Chicago
4th Runner-Up - Jill Bilock, Road to Perdition
5th Runner-Up - Hervé de Luze, The Pianist

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR
- Conrad L. Hall, Road to Perdition
1st Runner-Up - Janusz Kaminski, Minority Report
2nd Runner-Up - Edward Lachman, Far From Heaven
3rd Runner-Up - Pawel Edelman, The Pianist
4th Runner-Up - Michael Ballhaus, Gangs of New York
5th Runner-Up - Christopher Doyle, Hero

BEST SOUND OF THE YEAR
- Gangs of New York
1st Runner-Up - Minority Report
2nd Runner-Up - Chicago
3rd Runner-Up - The Pianist
4th Runner-Up - Road to Perdition
5th Runner-Up - The Quiet American

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF THE YEAR
- Colleen Atwood, Chicago
1st Runner-Up - Sandy Powell, Far From Heaven
2nd Runner-Up - Deborah Lynn Scott, Minority Report
3rd Runner-Up - Emi Wada, Hero
4th Runner-Up - Sandy Powell, Gangs of New York
5th Runner-Up - Julie Weiss, Frida

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN OF THE YEAR
- Dante Ferretti, Gangs of New York
1st Runner-Up - Alex McDowell, Minority Report
2nd Runner-Up - John Myhre, Chicago
3rd Runner-Up - Huo Tingxiao & Yi Zhenzho, Hero
4th Runner-Up - Allan Starski, The Pianist
5th Runner-Up - Dennis Gassner, Road to Perdition

BEST SOUNDTRACK OF THE YEAR
- Elmer Bernstein, Far From Heaven
1st Runner-Up - Thomas Newman, Road to Perdition
2nd Runner-Up - Philip Glass, The Hours
3rd Runner-Up - John Williams, Minority Report
4th Runner-Up - Elliot Goldenthal, Frida
5th Runner-Up - Craig Armstrong, The Quiet American

 

[ZacharyTait]

Top 10 of 2002:
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Honorable Mention:
Spirited Away
Far From Heaven
All or Nothing
About a Boy
About Schmidt
Antwone Fisher
Bloody Sunday
Bowling for Columbine
Chicago
Gangs of New York
Good Girl
Lilo and Stitch
One Hour Photo
Punch Drunk Love
Solaris
Talk to Her
Femme Fatale
Signs
Rabbit Proof Fence
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The Rookie
Blue Crush
The Bourne Identity
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Undercover Brother
Narc
Damn, 2002 was a pretty good year at the movies.

 

[schmidtt]

Best of 2002
1. 24 Hour Party People

2. The Piano Teacher

3. Adaptation

4. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

5. Bloody Sunday

6. Roger Dodger

7. The Quiet American

8. The Pianist

9. Punch-Drunk Love

10. Y Tu Mama Tambien