I’ve already commented on the failure of the Saturn Awards and the Academy Awards always fail. The Razzies were pretty good this year, but still missed a few things, so it’s time to do it right. I’ll call it the Mattys. For a start, the nominees in each category will be the correct ones (can’t figure why others keep missing that—if you don’t know which ones are the correct ones, you just ask me; it’s simple). Next, I do both a “Best” and “Worst” in the major categories. As already mentioned, the multiple categories of The Saturn Awards doom them, so I’m just having two general genre film categories. Because of that, the Best/Worst film categories have a larger nominee list. As for Best Editing/Costume Design/Make-Up Design/SFX, these are categories best awarded by experts in those fields. No one should ever give an editing award (in film or literature) except other editors. And I dropped music because nothing is interesting this year. So first for the best, the nominees are:
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Film:
- Captain America: Civil War
- Deadpool
- Doctor Strange
- The Girl With All The Gifts
- The Lobster
- The Love Witch
- Morgan
- Passengers
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Star Trek Beyond
Best Animated Science Fiction or Fantasy:
- Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders *
- Gantz: 0
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- Your Name (Kimi no na wa)
- Zootopia
Best Performance by an Actor:
- Chris Evans as Steve Rogers (Captain America: Civil War)
- Chris Pratt as Jim Preston (Passengers)
- Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark (Captain America: Civil War)
- Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson (Deadpool)
Best Performance by an Actress
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Morgan (Morgan)
- Kate Mara as Lee (Morgan)
- Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn (Suicide Squad)
- Samantha Robinson as Elaine (The Love Witch)
- Sennia Nanua as Melanie (The Girl With All the Gifts)
Best Supporting Performance by an Actor:
- Dan Fogler as Funny Sidekick (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
- Jared Leto as The Joker (Suicide Squad)
- Karl Urban as Bones (Star Trek Beyond)
- Paddy Considine as Sgt. Parks (The Girl With All the Gifts)
- Paul Giamatti as Nasty Psychologist (Morgan)
- Sebastian Stan as Bucky (Captain America: Civil War)
Best Supporting Performance by an Actress:
- Alison Sudol as Best Thing in the Movie (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
- Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda (Captain America: Civil War)
- Gemma Arterton as The Teacher (The Girl With All the Gifts)
- Glenn Close as Heartless Doctor (The Girl With All the Gifts)
- Morena Baccarin as Perfection (Deadpool)
The Ewan McGregor/Obi-Wan Kenobi Award for Not Embarrassing Yourself in a Bad Situation:
- Jared Leto (Suicide Squad)
- Jeremy Irons (Bats v Supes)
- Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad)
- Michael Fassbender (Assassin’s Creed)
- Megan Fox (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows)
- Gal Gadot (Bats v Supes)
Best Direction:
- Anna Biller (The Love Witch)
- Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (Captain America: Civil War)
- Colm McCarthy (The Girl With All The Gifts)
- Morten Tyldum (Passengers)
- Tim Miller (Deadpool)
Best Film Screenplay:
- Captain America: Civil War
- Deadpool
- The Girl With All The Gifts
- The Lobster
- The Love Witch
Best Screen Moment:
- The Airport Fight (Captain America: Civil War)
- The Bargain (Doctor Strange)
- Deaths (Rogue One)
- One Less Hand (Deadpool)
- Tracking Device (Star Trek Beyond)
- The Tree (The Girl With All The Gifts)
- Wade Meets Vanessa (Deadpool)
- Why You Have Children (The Lobster)
The Worst of the year will be in the next post, so take a moment to digest these.
* Yeah, yeah, I know it wasn’t released to theaters. I’ll break my rules when I want.