Film Awards 2015 - Results!

johnny_ultimate

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VOTE HERE: http://bit.ly/1OOReho

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Regulars to this forum will know that every year we have a traditional Boards.ie film awards to celebrate all the wonderful films that were shown on our cinema screens this year.

Newcomers to this forum should know that every year we have a traditional Boards.ie film awards to celebrate all the wonderful films that were shown on our cinema screens this year :pac:

Yes, it's that time of the year again when we're asking you to participate in our little annual tradition. The first batch of nomination threads is open over in our spiffy dedicated film awards forum. Two more batches will follow in the coming days - we intend getting them up pretty close to each other this year - and then the nominations will be totted up and final voting will happen!

Don't worry - the nomination threads will be kept open into the New Year if you had been intending on catching up on anything over your Christmas break. We'll make sure to post reminders when the nomination threads will be closed.

So go nominate your films now - the general 'best film' batch is open now

Sad Professor

To help jog everyone’s memory, here is a list of some of the notable films released in Ireland this year:

Force Majeure
Birdman
Predestination
John Wick
Whiplash
A Most Violent Year
American Sniper
The Theory of Everything
Selma
Inherent Vice
Appropriate Behavior
The Water Diviner
Love is Strange
Wild
The Voices
Still Alice
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
A Girl at My Door
Jupiter Ascending
Blackhat
Cake
Spring
Maggie
Ex Machina
Chappie
Focus
Kingsman the Secret Service
It Follows
Mad Max Fury Road
Cinderella
Results
Fifty Shades of Grey
The Salvation
Testament of Youth
Slow West
Jurassic World
While We’re Young
The Cobbler
Phoenix
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
The Falling
Terminator Genisys
Avengers 2
Aloha
Far From the Madding Crowd
San Andreas
Spy
Tomorrowland
Me Earl and the Dying Girl
Entourage
6 Years
Escobar Paradise Lost
The Gunman
The Martian
Southpaw
Insurgent
Paper Towns
Steve Jobs
Inside Out
X+Y A Brilliant Young Mind
Ant-Man
Fantastic Four
True Story
The Gift
The Duke of Burgundy
Trainwreck
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch
The Man from UNCLE
Everest
Beasts of No Nation
Sicario
White God
American ultra
Diary of a Teenage Girl
Straight outta Comptom
Mistress America
Mr Holmes
Love & Mercy
The Tribe
Carol
Bridge of Spies
Girlhood (Bande de filles)
99 Homes
Mississippi Grind
The End of the Tour
The Walk
Beyond the Lights
Spectre
Magic Mike XXL
The Good Dinosaur
Black Mass
45 Years
The Hunger Games Mocking Jay 2
The Lobster
The forbidden Room
Pan
Tangerine
Black Coal, Thin Ice
Crimson Peak
Eden
Star Wars the Force Awakens
Brooklyn

Sad Professor

Nominations for the Misc Awards are now open!

johnny_ultimate

The final batch of nomination threads - Acting Awards and Walk of Shame 'Awards' - are open now!

Sad Professor

For future years:

Does anyone think we should drop the Worst Film award? Seems like there’s too much overlap with Most Overrated and Most Disappointing. Like pixelburp said in the thread, most people won’t have seen the truly terrible films in a given year.

johnny_ultimate

I agree we could lose a category in 'walk of shame', although I've always found more overlap between 'most disappointing' and 'most overrated'. They're both sort of 'meh' awards whereas I'd consider 'worst film' actively bad.

It's true that most of us will not have seen the worst stuff out there - but by the same extent would most have seen a broad enough selection for many of the other categories? I think it's a fact we just have to live with that nobody is going to be nominating having seen everything

Sad Professor

Maybe lose Most Overrated then.

JohnFalstaff

Should Beasts of No Nation be eligible? Personally I would have no problem with people voting for it, but I don't think it was given a cinema release here?
It's an interesting example of how things are changing in terms of film production and release schedules.

The same argument could be made against Junun, which has been nominated in the Best Documentary category. If a film premieres online/streaming should it qualify?

Sad Professor

Yeah, straight-to-DVD and straight-to-VOD releases are eligible, as long as they are movies not television and were released in Ireland in 2015.

johnny_ultimate

Just a reminder about this for anybody who missed it over Christmas. Few more days left to nominate!

Sad Professor

Guys, don't forget about the Best Non-American English Language Film category.

Some potential candidates to consider:

Ex Machina
Spring
Kingsman the Secret Service
Testament of Youth
Far from the Madding Crowd
45 Years
Mr Holmes
Brooklyn
The Forbidden Room
The Lobster
The Theory of Everything
The Falling
The Duke of Burgundy
Macbeth
Legend

Sad Professor

Also Best Foreign Language Film. Some ideas:

Force Majeure
Phoenix
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Mommy
A Girl at My Door
Girlhood
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Eden
The Tribe
Black Coal, Thin Ice
Clouds of Sils Maria
Taxi Tehran
Horse Money
Stray Dogs
Les Combattants (Love at First Fight)

Sad Professor

Last chance, everyone. Get you nominations in now! All nomination threads will be closing tomorrow.

johnny_ultimate

Hi everyone,

Sorry for a bit of a delay here, the boards outage last week set things back a couple of days. But we've have tabulated (the word of the day!) the nominations and we'd now invite you to vote!

You can do so here: http://bit.ly/1OOReho

As ever we'd like to thank Mr E for his help in putting the survey together. Please give him a virtual round of applause (or an actual one, if you wish, although we can't guarantee he'll hear it).

pixelburp

Voted; thanks for putting these together guys, great job, and great job throughout the year :-)

johnny_ultimate

Just bumping this for the evening boardsies!

johnny_ultimate

Just another bump ahead of the weekend. Vote now or forever hold your peace

Mr E

Less than 24 hours left. Voting closes tomorrow at 9am.

JP Liz V1

Damn left it too late

Sad Professor

And the results are in!

Johnny Ultimate and I would like to thank everyone who participated and especially Mr E for putting the survey together.

Let us know what you think.

Best Actor
Winner: Michael Keaton - Birdman
Runner Up: Tom Hardy - Legend

Best Actress
Winner: Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Runner Up (tie): Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road
Runner Up (tie): Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: JK Simmons - Whiplash
Runner Up: Oscar Isaac - Ex Machina

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Phyllis Smith (Sadness) - Inside Out
Runner Up: Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Newcomer (Acting)
Winner: Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina / The Testament of Youth
Runner Up: Daisy Ridley - The Force Awakens

Worst Performance
Winner: Eddie Redmayne - Jupiter Ascending
Runner Up: Jamie Dornan - Fifty Shades of Grey

Most Overrated Film
Winner: Avengers Age of Ultron
Runner Up: Jurassic World

Most Disappointing Film
Winner: Avengers Age of Ultron
Runner Up: Spectre

Worst Film
Winner: Terminator: Genisys
Runner Up: Fantastic Four

Best Directing Newcomer
Winner: Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Runner Up: Ana Lily Amirpour – Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Visual Effects
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
Runner Up: Ex Machina

Film that Deserved Better
Winner (tie): Man from UNCLE
Winner (tie): John Wick
Runner Up (tie): The Gift
Runner Up (tie): A Most Violent Year

Best Screenplay
Winner: Ex Machina
Runner Up: Inside Out

Best Director
Winner: George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Runner Up: Todd Haynes - Carol

Best Soundtrack
Winner: Whiplash
Runner Up: Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Character
Winner: Terence Fletcher - Whiplash
Runner Up: Sadness - Inside Out

Best Cinematography
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
Runner Up: Sicario

Best Scene
Winner: Finale – Whiplash
Runner Up: Sand Storm – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Dumb Fun
Winner: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Runner Up: John Wick

Best Hollywood Blockbuster
Winner: Mad Max: Fury Road
Runner Up: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Runner Up: Force Majeure

Best Animation
Winner: Inside Out
Runner Up: Song of the Sea

Best Irish Film
Winner: Brooklyn
Runner Up: Song of the Sea

Best American Indie
Winner: Whiplash
Runner Up: Carol

Best Non-American English Language Film
Winner: Ex Machina
Runner Up: Legend

Best Documentary
Winner: Amy
Runner Up: The Look of Silence