Sunday, July 10, 2011

The 2011 Mid-Year Ricochets

Welp, 2011 is over halfway over and I've officially seen twenty films released this year. That means that it's time for the first annual Mid-Ricochets. These aren't actually awards; this is more of a list of the noteworthy achievements of the first half of this year. A few categories will be missing because I haven't seen at least three films or performances worthy of mentioning in that category yet, and all of the movie genre categories will be missing because I haven't decided on any of those yet. You'll also see a couple new categories that I've added this year. I don't expect most of the films listed here to make it onto my finalized lists at the end of the year, but that's kind of the point of the Mid-Ricochets: to recognize these early-year films that will likely get lost in the awards season scramble at the end of the year. And finally, all of these are listed in alphabetical order and no winner is explicitly chosen, since this isn't the actual awards. Anyways, let's get on with this.

Actually, I've decided to just stick with the overall film, director, and acting awards instead of delving into the more technical things. I'll reserve those for the real Ricochets.

Films of the (Half) Year

Biutiful, directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
Rango, directed by Gore Verbinski.
Source Code, directed by Duncan Jones.
Super 8, directed by J.J. Abrams.
The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick.

Best Director

J.J. Abrams for Super 8.
Duncan Jones for Source Code.
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life.
Gore Verbinski for Rango.

Best Actor

Javier Bardem as Uxbal in Biutiful.
Paul Giamatti as Barney Panofsky in Barney's Version.
Jake Gyllenhaal as Colter Stevens in Source Code.

Best Supporting Actor

Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw in X-Men: First Class.
Choi Min-sik as Kyung-chul in I Saw The Devil.
Dustin Hoffman as Israel Panofsky in Barney's Version.
Brad Pitt as Mr. O'Brien in The Tree of Life.

Best Supporting Actress

Elle Fanning as Alice Dainard in Super 8.
Michelle Monaghan as Christina Warren in Source Code.

Best Comedic Performance

Johnny Depp as Rango in Rango.
Seth Rogen as Britt Reid in The Green Hornet.
Kristen Wiig as Annie Walker in Bridesmaids.


Best Supporting Comedic Performance

Jon Hamm as Ted in Bridesmaids.
Melissa McCarthy as Megan in Bridesmaids.
John C. Reilly as Dean Ziegler in Cedar Rapids.
Jason Segel as Russell Gettis in Bad Teacher.

Best Young Actor

Joel Courtney as Joe Lamb in Super 8.
Elle Fanning as Alice Dainard in Super 8.
Riley Griffiths as Charles Kaznyk in Super 8.
Hunter McCracken as Young Jack in The Tree of Life.

Best Cameo

The Black Pearl in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
James Franco in The Green Hornet.
Hugh Jackman in X-Men: First Class.
The Man With No Name in Rango.

Sexiest

Emily Blunt as Elise Sellas in The Adjustment Bureau.
Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis in Thor.
Cameron Diaz as Casey Case in The Green Hornet.
Minnie Driver as 2nd Mrs. P. in Barney's Version.
Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in X-Men: First Class.

Best Cast

Barney's Version: Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Scott Speedman.
Biutiful: Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella.
Super 8: Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Riley Griffiths, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard, Noah Emmerich.
The Tree of Life: Hunter McCracken, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Laramie Eppler.

Best Back-to-Back Films

J.J. Abrams, for following Star Trek with Super 8.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, for following Babel with Biutiful.
Duncan Jones, for following Moon with Source Code.

Best Poster

Bridesmaids.
Hobo With A Shotgun.
I Saw The Devil.
The Mechanic.
Midnight in Paris.
The Tree of Life.

Best Credits

The Green Hornet.
Rango.
X-Men: First Class.

Worst Film of the (Half) Year

The Dilemma, directed by Ron Howard.
happythankyoumoreplease, directed by Josh Radnor.
Sucker Punch, directed by Zack Snyder.
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