2008 Movie Round-Up

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2008 Movie Round-Up
In which a fangirl hands out meaningless awards to those films that deserve them.


Best Drama Film

WINNER: Frost/Nixon
RUNNER-UP: The Duchess

Best Action/Adventure Film
(Excluding superhero films because those get their own category.)

WINNER: Quantum of Solace
RUNNER-UP: Wanted (may not have been the greatest film but the action was done amazingly)

Best Musical/Comedy

WINNER: Mamma Mia!
RUNNER-UP: Tropic Thunder

Best Romantic Comedy

WINNER: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
RUNNER-UP: Penelope

Best Superhero Film

WINNER: Iron Man
RUNNER-UP: The Dark Knight

Best Animated Film

WINNER: Wall-E
RUNNER-UP: I saw no other animated films save for Kung Fu Panda and that just shouldn't be on the list.

Best Plot

WINNER: The Dark Knight
RUNNER-UP: Wall-E

Worst Plot (AKA the WTF Plot)

WINNER: Wanted
RUNNER-UP: Burn After Reading

Best Hero

WINNER: Tie: Prince Caspian and Indiana Jones (Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
RUNNER-UP: Wall-E

Best Antihero

WINNER: Tony Stark (Iron Man)
RUNNER-UP: Bruce Wayne (The Dark Knight)

Best Villain

WINNER: Two-Face (The Dark Knight)
RUNNER-UP: The Joker (The Dark Knight)

Best Sidekick

WINNER: Mutt (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
RUNNER-UP: Agent 99 (Get Smart)

Best Team

WINNER: Batman, Gordon, etc. (The Dark Knight)
RUNNER-UP: Pevensie Children + Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)

Best Couple

WINNER: Tony Stark and Pepper Potts (Iron Man)
RUNNER-UP: Wall-E and EVE (Wall-E)

Best Kiss

WINNER: Drover and Lady Ashley (Australia)
RUNNER-UP: Penelope and Max (Penelope)

Best Cinematography

WINNER: Australia
RUNNER-UP: The Dark Knight

Best Score

WINNER: Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian by Harry Gregson-Williams
RUNNER-UP: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Paul Englishby

Best Costumes

WINNER: The Duchess
RUNNER-UP: The Other Boleyn Girl

Best Production Design

WINNER: Australia
RUNNER-UP: The Dark Knight

Sexiest Moment

WINNER: James McAvoy in Wanted (just...all of it.)
RUNNER-UP: Hugh Jackman in Australia - the gala/dance scene

Performer of the Year

Robert Downey Jr.
With his career on the rise and his past behind him, RDJ deserves the spotlight this year.

Film of the Year

Frost/Nixon
This film blew me away. Everything about it was absolutely flawless.

Hope you liked this year's! I look forward to doing it at the end of every year to come.

Catch you later, calculators.