Just For Fun

As you probably have guessed by now, I'm sort of a nerd. I like to make lists and notes pertaining to all kinds of things, most of all movies. So, before I start finalizing my best and worst lists of 2013, here are a few things I took of note of this year. Keep in mind I haven't seen a number of films I'm still excited for (Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle, Her). Let's think of this as early Christmas presents (and a few pieces of coal...)

MVP - Matthew McConaughey (Mud, Dallas Buyers Club, if he's half as entertaining as he looks in the Wolf of Wall Street trailer). A few years ago, McConaughey wasn't much more than a shirtless punchline. Now he's one of our most exciting actors.

Best Ensemble - Disconnect
Runner Up - 12 Years a Slave

Best Limited Role - James Badge Dale in World War Z
Runner Up - Adam Driver in Frances Ha

Best Movie Poster - Gravity
Runner Up - Oldboy

Best Trailer - Wolf of Wall Street

Best Kiss - Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley's first kiss in The Spectacular Now

Best Chemistry - Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke in Before Midnight

Best Dance Sequence - Greta Gerwig dances through the streets of NYC to Modern Love by David Bowie in Frances Ha

Best Fight - Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke's epic verbal showdown in Before Midnight

Best Image - Zombies climbing on top of one another in World War Z

Best Opening Shot - Single shot with no cuts (first twenty minutes) in Gravity
Runner Up - Tracking shot of Ryan Gosling on a motorbike in The Place Beyond the Pines

Best Opening Credits - The To-Do List's super 90's credits

Best Ending - You're Next

Best Action Sequence - Dwarfs in wine barrels float down a river while they (and two badass elves) fight some super creepy Orcs in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Runner Up - The plane crash scene in World War Z

Best CGI - Smaug in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Costumes - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (specifically Katniss' wedding dress / mockingjay dress and Effie's butterfly dress)

Best Cinematography - Only God Forgives

Best Score - 12 Years a Slave

Breakthrough Performance Male - Tye Sheridan in Mud

Breakthrough Performances Female - Mickey Sumner in Frances Ha

Best Villain - Michael Fassbender in 12 Years a Slave
Runner Up - Sharlto Copley in Elysium

Best Hero - Evangeline Lilly in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Sexpot - Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon

Best Original Screenplay - Woody Allen for Blue Jasmine

Best Adapted Screenplay - Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater for Before Midnight (for some reason, in Hollywood, if a script is based on pre-existing characters then it's considered an adapted screenplay, which I find stupid, but they are richer than me so they must know best!)

Best Quote - Nun: "You're a journalist?" Martin: "Yes, well, I used to be." Philomena: "Martin is a Roman Catholic." Martin: "Yes, well, I used to be." From Philomena

Best Bad Movie - Only God Forgives
Runner Up - Plush

And finally, the piece of coal, this years award for Worst Performance of the Year - Michael Cera in Magic, Magic