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2nd ASPEYA 2008 # 1: THE READER’S VOTE!

awards1What a difference a year makes eh? This time last year for the first ever edition of The Annual State Popcorn End of Year Awards 2007 we had ONE single contribution from long-time supporter, James which made correlating the results extremely easy as you could well imagine. This year we’ve had more submissions then I honestly could have predicted, which has made correlating the results an absolute son of a bitch!

There’s a few interesting surprises in the categories below, I have to admit. A lot of you have clearly put some thought into your suggestions. Obviously, the obvious ‘cinematic turkeys’ of 2008 are well represented but there’s a few films you’ve mentioned where I was like “Woah – really? I know it didn’t connect with a lot of people but the WORST?”. There’s also some inclusions where I couldn’t quite believe that they resulted how they resulted but, when tallied up from what you voted, this is where the results lay! Bizarrely, we have situations where the actor considered the “fourth greatest” of the year is also the one the readers consider to be the “number one worst”. And films that appear in the  year’s best list also appear in the year’s worst! Weird!

All in all, I just want to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to send in your submissions and I hope that the eventual correlation of results is representative of what you suggested in your vote. Over the next year days you’ll get both mine and Kristina’s opinions on the same category in our ‘Best & Worst’ articles, and then we’ll finish up with our individual TOP 25 pieces AND a most amazing competition to celebrate!

Anyway, without further ado, here’s The Annual State Popcorn End of Year Awards 2008: Reader’s Vote as voted for by YOU:

TOP FIVE MOVIES OF THE YEAR

5. PINEAPPLE EXPRESS

4. TWILIGHT

3. IRON MAN

2. THE DARK KNIGHT

1. WALL-E


BEST SCENE

5.  The Car Chase – PINEAPPLE EXPRESS

4. Tony Stark’s First Flight As Iron-Man - IRON MAN

3. Hellboy Versus The Elemental – HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY

2. The Armoured Car Attack – THE DARK KNIGHT

1. Wall-E’s courting of EVE – WALL-E


BEST ACTOR

5. Frank Langella – FROST / NIXON

4. Robert Pattinson - TWILIGHT

3. Mickey Rourke – THE WRESTLER

2. Heath Ledger - THE DARK KNIGHT

1. Robert Downey Jnr – IRON MAN


BEST ACTRESS

5. Cate Blanchett - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTONS

4. Ellen Page - JUNO

3. Marisa Tomei - THE WRESTLER

2. Meryl Streep - DOUBT

1. Kristen Stewart – TWILIGHT


BEST DIRECTOR

5. Ron Howard - FROST / NIXON

4. Guillermo Del Toro - HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY

3. Andrew Stanton - WALL-E

2. Jon Favreau - IRON MAN

1. Christopher Nolan - THE DARK KNIGHT


BEST WRITER(S)

5. Peter Morgan - FROST / NIXON

4. Mark Fergus / Hawk Ostby - IRON MAN

3. Simon Beaufoy / Vikas Swarup – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

2. Melissa Rosenberg / Stephenie Myer - TWILIGHT

1. Jonathan Nolan / Christopher Nolan – THE DARK KNIGHT

And here’s the “other side of the coin” – what you lot consider your worst of the year:

WORST MOVIE

5. INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

4. TWILIGHT

3. SPEED RACER

2. THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR

1. THE HAPPENING


WORST SCENE

5. “The Whole Of The Happening” – THE HAPPENING

4. The Glistening Dust – TWILIGHT

3. The “Twist” Being Revealed – HANCOCK

2. Mike Myers Fighting A Cockrel - THE LOVE GURU

1. Mutt Swinging Through The Vines – INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL


WORST ACTOR

5. Samuel L. Jackson - THE SPIRIT

4. Brendan Fraser - THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR

3. Mark Wahlberg - THE HAPPENING

2. Mike Myers – THE LOVE GURU

1. Robert Pattinson – TWILIGHT


WORST ACTRESS

5. Karen Allen – INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

4. Cate Blanchett – INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

3. Jessica Alba - THE LOVE GURU

2. Scarlett Johanssen - THE SPIRIT

1. Paris Hilton - THE HOTTIE & THE NOTTIE


WORST DIRECTOR

5. Jon Avnet – RIGHTEOUS KILL

4. M. Night Shymalan – THE HAPPENING

3. The Wachowski Brothers - SPEED RACER

2. Catherine Hardwicke – TWILIGHT

1. Frank Miller – THE SPIRIT


WORST WRITER(S)

5. Melissa Rosenberg / Stephenie Myer - TWILIGHT

4. David Koepp - INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

3. The Wachowski Brothers – SPEED RACER

2. M. Night Shymalan – THE HAPPENING

1. Frank Miller – THE SPIRIT

See what I mean about a truly BIZARRE set of results? Same films appearing in the Best AND Worst categories! Mediocre movies or crushing disappointments being considered the WORST  movies of the year? The Spirit clutching most of the top “Worst” awards despite only opening a week before the closing date? The sudden appearance of Jon Avnet as Worst Director from out of nowhere?

Hmm…. Well, I’ll be back tomorrow with my own set of thoughts and Top 5 countdowns so… see you then!

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Posted on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 at 9:00 am under Features by Gazz.

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11 Responses to “2nd ASPEYA 2008 # 1: THE READER’S VOTE!”

  • Kristina Said on January 3rd, 2009 at 9:04 am 1

    Kristen Stewart was the best actress of the year?! 8)


  • Gazz Said on January 3rd, 2009 at 2:09 pm 2

    Allegedly :|

    According to our readers :blush:


  • HAZMAT Said on January 3rd, 2009 at 2:29 pm 3

    yey i nailed some of those
    but apparantly some of you havent seen 10,000 b.c. and i am truly glad for you, really

    SHAME on whoever put cate blanchett as worst actress!

    im sorry this may be a dumb question…who is the elemental?

    and i didnt see the happening…and now because of this list im happy i didnt


  • Gazz Said on January 3rd, 2009 at 4:24 pm 4

    10,000 BC is pretty well represented on my list which goes live tomorrow Hazmat!

    The Elemental Scene is referring to the set piece where Hellboy stands off against “the giant plant thing” whilst rescuing the baby!


  • HAZMAT Said on January 3rd, 2009 at 8:28 pm 5

    ugh. you saw it? that movie is responsible for the most harsh movie review ever written by moi in the school paper

    oh that scene! i voted for the nuada scene at the end…

    and…David Koepp was the writer for indy 4?? i voted for george lucas as worst writter! was lucas not the writer for indt 4? DAMNIT!!!!! I ****ed UP!


  • Gazz Said on January 3rd, 2009 at 9:49 pm 6

    Yeah, and you also voted for The Mummy 4 – which, erm, doesn’t exist.
    Yet.


  • HAZMAT Said on January 3rd, 2009 at 10:22 pm 7

    oh no it will never exist my friend, not after abominable snowmen
    lol
    well you know what i meant =]


  • HAZMAT Said on January 3rd, 2009 at 10:52 pm 8

    oish
    i just wikied it
    george lucas did write it, along with that other gentleman
    only one titanic mistake =D

    but i am sure that if the mummy 4 DOES come out…it wont be good at all


  • pimpirelu Said on January 5th, 2009 at 7:50 am 9

    its like you guys saw the same 15 movies all year.pathetic


  • Gareth Said on January 6th, 2009 at 10:24 am 10

    So what would your choices have been “pimpirelu”? Or is that “pamparam”?

    Anyway, if a movie is bad, more than one person is going to vote on it – same if a movie is good. Which means the more high profile releases of the year (movies like The Dark Knight, Twilight, Iron Man etc etc) which is why, on any “Best and Worst” list of a given year you are going to see a lot of similarities.


  • Gazz Said on January 7th, 2009 at 12:14 pm 11

    Wyv, I’m not even going to dignify this ****ing tool with an intelligent response.

    People like this piss me right off – they sit off on the sidelines, don’t contribute to the vote itself and then bitch when the results are cast.

    PATHETIC!!


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