THE MOVIEHOOVIE AWARDS - 2017
(all runner-ups are expressed in preferred order)
FAVORITE FILM:
(will, or have, re-watched; am obsessing over; just love, love, love)
“LA LA LAND”
(runners up: “Manchester by the Sea”, "Nocturnal Animals", "Paterson", "Pete's Dragon")
BEST EMOTIONAL DRAMA:
(runners up: “Moonlight”, “20th Century Women”, “Hacksaw Ridge”, “American Pastoral”)
BEST CEREBRAL DRAMA:
(runners up: “Childhood of a Leader”, “Indignation”, “Louder than Bombs”, “Chronic”)
BEST ACTION / SPECTACLE:
(runners up: "X-Men: Apocalypse", “Jack Reacher 2”, “Rogue One", "The Magnificent 7")
FUNNIEST COMEDY:
(pure comedies only; based mainly on laugh-ratio)
(runners up: “Deadpool”, “Sausage Party”, “Masterminds”, "Bad Santa 2")
BEST COMEDIC FILM:
(a little more mixed-genre; a little more mood-based than laugh-based, perhaps)
(runners up: “Love & Friendship”, "Hail, Caesar!", “The Lobster”, "Hunt for the Wilderpeople")
BEST HORROR FILM:
(runners up: "Train to Busan", "The Conjuring 2", "The Wailing", "Eyes of My Mother")
“DON'T BREATHE”
BEST SUSPENSE/THRILLER:
(runners up: "Green Room", "The Invitation", "Neon Demon", "10 Cloverfield Lane")
BEST SMALL-SCALE INDIES THAT COULD*!:
(*low-budget; no significant star-power; tiny distribution)
“SUNSET SONG”
(runners up: "Too Late", "The Invitation", "Lamb", "White Girl")
BEST FAMILY FILM:
(runners up: "Zootopia", "The BFG", "Finding Dory", "Kubo & the Two Strings".)
BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY:
(runners up: "The Lobster", "Nerve", "Doctor Strange", "Midnight Special")
BEST FOREIGN FILM:
(runners up: "Right Now, Wrong Then", "Elle", "Train to Busan", "The Wailing")
BEST LARGE-SCALE DIRECTION:
(Big set-pieces / big casts / complex technical accomplishments effectively rendered)
DAMIEN CHAZELLE - “LA LA LAND”
(runners up: "Hell or High Water", "Hacksaw Ridge", "Silence", "Captain America: Civil War")
BEST SMALL-SCALE DIRECTION:
(Uniquely stylized and assured direction of films told among limited locations/sets)
BRADY CORBET - “CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER”
(runners up: "Nocturnal Animals", "The Witch", "The Handmaiden", "Green Room")
BEST INTIMATE DIRECTION:
(Low-key direction with particular attention to story and performances)
(runners up: "Manchester by the Sea", "Paterson", "Right Now, Wrong Then", "Louder than Bombs")
BEST ACTOR:
(runners up: Andrew Garfield - "Hacksaw Ridge", Jake Gyllenhal - "Nocturnal Animals", Logan Lerman - "Indignation", Nate Parker "The Birth of a Nation")
BEST ACTRESS:
(runners up: Isabelle Huppert - "Elle", Annette Bening - "20th Century Women", Amy Adams - "Arrival", Kate Beckinsale - "Love & Friendship")
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
(runners up: Aaron Taylor-Johnson - "Nocturnal Animals", Lucas Hedges - "Manchester by the Sea", Jeff Bridges - "Hell or High Water", Michael Shannon - "Nocturnal Animals")
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
(runners up: Michelle Williams - "Manchester by the Sea", Nicole Kidman - "Lion", Tilda Swinton - "A Bigger Splash", Octavia Spencer - "Hidden Figures")
BEST CHILD ACTOR:
SUNNY PAWAR - “LION”
(runners up: Ashton Sanders - "Moonlight", Tom Sweet - "Childhood of a Leader", Julian Dennison - "Hunt for the Wilderpeople", Ferida Walsh-Peelo - "Sing Street")
BEST CHILD ACTRESS:
(runners up: Hannah Nordberg - "American Pastoral", Angourie Rice - "The Nice Guys", Ruby Barnhill - "The BFG", Oona Laurence - "Lamb")
BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE:
(runners up: Ryan Gosling - "Nice Guys", Daniel Radcliffe - "Swiss Army Man", Alden Ehrenreich - "Hail, Caesar", Tom Bennett - "Love & Friendship")
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
“LA LA LAND”
(runners up: "The Handmaiden", "Silence", "Arrival", "Nocturnal Animals")
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
“THE JUNGLE BOOK”
(runners up: "Captain America: Civil War", "Rogue One", "Passengers", "The BFG")
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN/COSTUMES/NATURAL MAKEUP:
(runners up: "La La Land", "Hail Caesar", "The Handmaiden", "Silence")
BEST FANTASY MAKEUP:
(runners up: NOT Wiggle-Witch from "Suicide Squad")
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: “MOONLIGHT”
(runners up: "Indignation", "Love & Friendship", "Arrival", "Fences")
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: “MANCHESTER BY THE SEA”
(runners up: "Nocturnal Animals, "The Lobster", "La La Land", "20th Century Women")
BEST EDITING: “ARRIVAL”
(runners up: "La la Land", "Hacksaw Ridge", "The Handmaiden", "Hell or High Water")
BEST SCORE AND SONGS: “LA LA LAND” (All Songs)
BEST SCORE AND SONGS: “LA LA LAND” (All Songs)
(runners up - score: "Childhood of a Leader", "The Handmaiden", "Moonlight", "Swiss Army Man")
(runners up - song(s): All Songs - "Sing Street", All Songs - "Moana", The Ballad of Weiner-Dog - "Weiner-Dog", Dance Rascal, Dance - "My Name is Doris")
(runners up - song(s): All Songs - "Sing Street", All Songs - "Moana", The Ballad of Weiner-Dog - "Weiner-Dog", Dance Rascal, Dance - "My Name is Doris")
BEST SOUND EDITING & SOUND MIXING: “ARRIVAL”
(runners up: I dunno, just cut and paste The Oscars here)
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WORST MOVIE OF 2016:
(runners up: "Triple 9", "Mrs. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children", "Suicide Squad", "Gold")
