1st ASPEYA 2007: Volume 2 – KRISTINA’S BEST & WORST VOTES!
The 1st Annual Stale Popcorn End Of Year Awards 2007
(or 1st ASPEYA 2007)
… But published in 2008!
Volume 2: KRISTINA’S BEST & WORST VOTES!
Here she is – my light, my love, my secret hardened rubber sex glove, my trouble, my strife, my hopefully future wife - Kristina! And here’s her Top Five picks for the Best and Worst of 2007. Over to you “darling” 
Best Scene
1. The Autobots descend to Earth-Transformers
2. Sandford town square shootout-Hot Fuzz
3. The Queen guts that little traitor Theron-300
4. Anton’s gas station chat-No Country For Old Men
5. Central Park sing-along-Enchanted
Best Actor
1. Christian Bale-3:10 To Yuma
2. Christian Bale-Rescue Dawn
3. Russell Crowe-3:10 To Yuma
4. Simon Pegg-Hot Fuzz
5. Viggo Mortensen-Eastern Promises
Best Actress
1. Julie Christie-Away From Her
2. Ellen Page-Juno
3. Amy Adams-Enchanted
4. Lena Headey-300
5. Michelle Pfeiffer-Stardust
Best Director
1. The Coen Brothers-No Country For Old Men
2. James Mangold-3:10 To Yuma
3. Edgar Wright-Hot Fuzz
4. David Cronenberg-Eastern Promises
Best Writer
1. Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg-Hot Fuzz
2. Diablo Cody-Juno
3. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg-Superbad
4. The Coen Brothers-No Country For Old Men
5. Halsted Welles and Michael Brandt-3:10 To Yuma
And her worst?
Worst Movie
1. SOUTHLAND TALES!
2. Dragon Wars
3. Across The Universe
4. The Bucket List
5. Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
Worst Scene
1. Imoogi Night Fight-Dragon Wars
2. Mr. Magorium dancing gleefully on top of bubble wrap-Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
3. Circus tent musical number-Across The Universe
4. Ridiculous finale of Southland Tales
5. The Rock and Seann William Scott exchanging the N-word-Southland Tales
Worst Actor
1. The Rock-Southland Tales
2. Seann William Scott-Southland Tales
3. Jon Lovitz-Southland Tales
4. Jason Behr-Dragon Wars
5. Jim Sturgess-Across The Universe
Worst Actress
1. Sarah Michelle Gellar-Southland Tales
2. Amanda Brooks-Dragon Wars
3. Mandy Moore-Southland Tales
4. Evan Rachel Wood-Across The Universe
5. Cheri Oteri-Southland Tales
Worst Director
1. Richard Kelly-Southland Tales
2. Julie Taymor-Across The Universe
3. Michael Bay-Transformers
4. Hyung-rae Shim-Dragon Wars
5. Rob Reiner-The Bucket List
Worst Writer
1. Richard Kelly-Southland Tales
2. Hyung-rae Shim-Dragon Wars
3. Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsmith-I Am Legend(for thinking they could “improve” the already great novel)
4. Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman-Transformers
5. Diablo Cody-Juno (this isn’t a typo. For trying WAY too hard to make her movie cute and hip, I’m putting her here as well as the best category)
Some interesting selections made there I think you’ll agree? No? Well that’s what the Comments Area is for. Go for it! Let us know what you think! Stay tuned because coming up “next” sometime next week is Volume 3 and (hopefully – **wink wink Wyverex**) Volume 4 where myself and then Wyverex dish out our Best & Worst too!
Ta Ta for now!
5 Responses to “1st ASPEYA 2007: Volume 2 – KRISTINA’S BEST & WORST VOTES!”
Akiva Goldsmith is more to blame for I Am Legend, I remember reading one Protosevich drafts which was more faithful and frankly better.
Akiva also “improved” I, Robot. Ugh.
That this guy still manages to get work after BATMAN & ROBIN alone amazes the living shit out of me!
Prosetovich’s script wasn’t that great in terms of story or faithfulness to the source. The giveaway is in the fact that it cites itself as being based on ‘The Omega Man’. I think it was just, generally speaking, another Hollywood compromise.
Your worst film list is spot on — I couldn’t imagine sitting through those movies! My eyes would pop.
As for Juno, yeah, it does look like it went through a lot of cutsey, trendy focus groups. Year of the Dog was a much better, honest film and Lars and the Real Girl for that matter. Ah well.
Good list. Quality stuff.
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