2010 In Review: 1st Quarter

I’ve been pretty busy, movie wise, during the first three months of the year so here’s a slightly irreverent review of the high and lowlights of 2010 at the movies so far. This will be a little different to the annual review of the year because I won’t be talking about just 2010 releases, everything I’ve seen for the first time this year is eligible for the awards.

Note: Most of the form this review takes is based on the monthly wrap up threads that AJ Hakari posts (and I contribute to) at Joblo.com

STATS
First Viewings: 98
2010 Releases: 41
Cinema: 41
Home: 97
Total Films Watched: 138

BEST FILMS
Cinema: The Princess and the Frog / Anonyma: A Woman in Berlin / Kick Ass
Best of the Quarter: KICK ASS


Home: Ball of Fire / Il Divo / Planet of the Apes [‘67]
Best of the Quarter: BALL OF FIRE



WORST FILMS
Cinema: Daybreakers / Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief / The Bounty Hunter
Worst of the Quarter: THE BOUNTY HUNTER


Home: Smash Cut / Dead Meat / Piranha 2: Flying Killers
Worst of the Quarter: SMASH CUT



Best Actor

Jean Poiret: COP AU VIN
Toni Servillo: IL DIVO
Olle Sarri: THE APE
Winner: Toni Servillo

Best Actress

Saoirse Ronan: THE LOVELY BONES
Barbara Stanwyck: BALL OF FIRE
Nina Hoss: ANONYMA: A WOMAN IN BERLIN
Sylvie Testud: LOURDES
Chloe Grace Moretz: KICK ASS
Winner: Chloe Grace Moretz

Best Supporting Actor

The seven professors: BALL OF FIRE
Nicolas Cage: KICK ASS
Winner: Nicolas Cage

Best Supporting Actress

Anna Kendrick: UP IN THE AIR
Mo'Nique: PRECIOUS
Maggie Gyllenhaal: CRAZY HEART
Ingeborga Dapkunaite: FAREWELL
Alice Gautier: FATHER OF MY CHILDREN
Winner: Anna Kendrick

Best Director
Ron Clements / John Musker: THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Paolo Sorrentino: IL DIVO
Matthew Vaughn: KICK ASS
Winner: Paolo Sorrentino

Best Original Screenplay
Charles Brackett / Billy Wilder: BALL OF FIRE
Paolo Sorrentino: IL DIVO
Jessica Hausner: LOURDES
Winner: Charles Brackett / Billy Wilder

Best Adapted Screenplay
Max Färberböck / Catharina Schuchmann: ANONYMA: A WOMAN IN BERLIN
Jane Goldman / Matthew Vaughn: KICK ASS
Winner: Jane Goldman / Matthew Vaughn

Biggest Surprise
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
SOUNDS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
GI JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA
KICK ASS
Winner: Kick Ass

Biggest Disappointment
A PROPHET
DEAD SNOW
GREEN ZONE
‘Winner’: A Prophet

Best Scene
The Funeral: THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
The contract: A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Hit Girl vs Frank D'Amico's goons: KICK ASS
The final shot: LOURDES
Winner: Kick Ass

Best Line
‘Francois Dillinger’: “I'm gonna wrap your legs around my head and where you like the crown that you are.”
Nick Twisp: “If that's okay with you.” YOUTH IN REVOLT

Otis B. Driftwood: “It's all right, that's in every contract. That's what they call a sanity clause.”
[Fiorello laughs loudly]
Fiorello: “You can't fool me! There ain't no Sanity Claus!” A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

Hit Girl: "Okay you cunts, let's see what you can do now." KICK ASS
Winner: Kick Ass

Services to Turd Polishing
[Best performance in a bad movie]
Marion Cotillard: NINE
Saoirse Ronan: THE LOVELY BONES
Stanley Tucci: THE LOVELY BONES
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: GI JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA
Josefin Ljungman: WARRIORS OF LOVE
Winner: Saoirse Ronan

Best Title
COP AU VIN
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
KICK ASS
Winner: Kick Ass

The Eye Candy Award
[Pictured below as listed]
Marion Cotillard: NINE
Anna Kendrick: UP IN THE AIR
Julianne Moore: CHLOE
Alexandra Maria Lara: FAREWELL
Diana Gomez: ELOISE