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Boards.ie Film Awards 2014 - Results!

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    #32
    Goldstein
    Registered Users Posts: 1,551 ✭✭✭Goldstein


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Realistically this is all we can do. Especially with the 'best film' categories we have very much made an effort over the last few years to ensure it's not just Hollywood blockbusters that get a look in - and the lack of an overall 'best film' means they're all weighted equally.

    Other categories we can't really influence without some contrived trickery / weighting, and we shouldn't really try anyway! It is always going to be a public vote at the end of the day, where the most visible titles are going to dominate, but hopefully if we list the 'top three' in each category there will be more diversity in the final results :)

    Cool :)


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    #33
    A Disgrace
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭A Disgrace


    Would have stuck 'One Million Dubliners' into either the Irish, or documentary, categories


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    #34
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    I find this process confusing every year. There seems to be lots of meandering till we get to main bit.

    Just a thought.


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    #35
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,212 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    What's confusing exactly?

    There are nomination threads, and then there's voting. That's it. Just an annual tradition of getting all the film forum posters working together for a month or so.


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    #36
    IvaBigWun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    What's confusing exactly?

    There are nomination threads, and then there's voting. That's it. Just an annual tradition of getting all the film forum posters working together for a month or so.

    Oh ok, I thought there was a step before that.

    And then everything gets moved to a sub forum that has tumbleweed blowing through it. But I think there's usually a sticky on the main forum re-directing?


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    #37
    dark crystal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    Will ye make sure and let us know when all the threads re-open for voting, as there's about a half dozen films I have yet to get through before I vote!


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    #38
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,212 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Quick reminder to nominate in the current batch of categories before they close in the very near future.

    Here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=480


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    #39
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Final batch of nomination threads (Acting and Walk of Shame Awards) are now up.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=480

    If you missed the previous nominations - watch this space. As already said, all threads will re-open for last chance submissions prior to voting.


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    #40
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    All nominations threads have re-opened. If you missed the previous nomination batches now is your chance to submit your choices. Nominations will close tomorrow evening, so hurry.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=480


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    #41
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,212 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Final few hours to nominate. You forfeit your right to complain if you don't!


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    #42
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    A reminder also that Whiplash, Birdman and Foxcatcher are 2015 films and aren’t eligible for this year’s awards. If you want to change any of your choices, just post again indicating the changes.

    And if you haven’t nominated yet - do it now!

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=480

    Submissions to some categories are looking very sparse, especially those on the second page. Best Irish, Best Documentary, etc.


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    #43
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    The nomination phase has ended and voting has now begun. Follow the link below to place your votes. You have until the 27th of January (next Tuesday).

    http://spo.io/1Ja1xqR

    A big thank you once again to Mr E for putting the poll together. :)


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    #44
    Decuc500
    Registered Users Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭Decuc500


    Surprised to see The Immigrant and Snowpiercer featuring prominently seeing as neither got an Irish release last year. When/if they get an Irish release in 2015 will they be eligible next year too?


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    #45
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    We made an exception for Snowpiercer since it’s an eagerly awaited film which it was clear a lot of people gave up waiting for. Personally I think it featured so strongly this year that it shouldn’t be eligible next year, but we’ll wait and see.

    As for The Immigrant, we really only let it slip into that one category, so if people want to vote for it in the main categories next year they can. Assuming it gets a release over here and doesn’t pass unnoticed like in the US.

    Maybe we should have an award next year for Best Unreleased Film? :P


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    #46
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 35,956 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    And voted!

    If it hasn't been said elsewhere by the way, thanks to the Film mods for all their work over the last year and for putting together these annual awards. I'm sure it's not always fun corralling a pack of opinionated film-nerds, but you guys do good work :D


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    #47
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,212 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    A Saturday morning reminder to get those votes in if you haven't already!

    http://spo.io/1Ja1xqR


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    #48
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,212 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Poll closing tomorrow evening.

    Unsticking the thread in case anybody happened to miss it as a sticky!


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    #49
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,212 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    And here we are, the final results! Once again myself and Sad Professor would like to thank Mr E for kindly supplying the survey, it makes this process a whole lot easier and fancy-looking every year :)

    Results below. Feel free to disagree with them in a polite but firm manner:

    Supporting Actor
    Winner: Jonah Hill - Wolf of Wall Street
    Runner Up: Michael Fassbender- 12 Year a Slave

    Best Supporting Actress
    Winner: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
    Runner Up: Mia Wasikowska - Maps to the Stars / Only Lovers Left Alive / The Double

    Best Actor
    Winner (Tie): Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
    Winner (Tie): Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
    Runner Up: Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Best Actress
    Winner: Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
    Runner Up: Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night

    Best Newcomer (Acting)
    Winner: Agata Trzebuchowska - Ida
    Runner Up: Ellar Coltrane - Boyhood

    Most Overrated Film
    Winner: American Hustle
    Runner Up: The Wolf of Wall Street

    Worst Film
    Winner: Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie
    Runner Up: Transformers: Age of Extinction

    Most Disappointing Film
    Winner (Tie): American Hustle
    Winner (Tie): Godzilla
    Runner Up: The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

    Worst Performance
    Winner: Aidan Gillen - Calvary
    Runner Up: Seth McFarlane - A Million Ways to Die in the West

    Best Hollywood Blockbuster
    Winner: Interstellar
    Runner Up: Guardians of the Galaxy

    Best American Indie
    Winner (Tie): The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Winner (Tie): Her
    Runner Up: Boyhood

    Best Non-American English Language
    Winner: Under the Skin
    Runner Up (Tie): The Babadook
    Runner Up (Tie): Pride
    Runner Up (Tie): Snowpiercer

    Best Foreign Language
    Winner: The Raid 2
    Runner Up: Ida

    Best Irish
    Winner: Frank
    Runner Up: Calvary

    Best Animation
    Winner: The Lego Movie
    Runner Up: How to Train Your Dragon 2

    Best Documentary
    Winner: At Berkeley
    Runner Up: Jodorowsky's Dune

    Best Dumb Fun
    Winner: Edge of Tomorrow
    Runner Up: Guardians of the Galaxy

    Best Director
    Winner: Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Runner Up (Tie): Christopher Nolan - Interstellar
    Runner Up (Tie): Richard Linklater - Boyhood

    Best Newcomer (Director)
    Winner: Dan Gilroy - Nightcrawler
    Runner Up: Jennifer Kent - The Babadook

    Best Character
    Winner: Gustav - The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Runner Up: Lou Bloom - Nightcrawler

    Best Soundtrack
    Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy
    Runner Up: Interstellar

    Best Special Effects
    Winner: Interstellar
    Runner Up: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

    Best Scene
    Winner: Interstellar - Docking Sequence
    Runner Up: Wolf of Wall Street - Quaaludes

    Film That Deserved Better
    Winner: Snowpiercer
    Runner Up: Cold in July

    Best Screenplay
    Winner: Gone Girl
    Runner Up: Her

    Best Cinematography
    Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Runner Up: Interstellar


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    #50
    e_e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Yay for At Berkeley. Looks like more than 2 people saw it here after all. ;)


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    #51
    Goldstein
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    #52
    Looper007
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    Great to see the Raid 2 win Best Foreign film (good to see a few people with awesome taste ;)) and I'm shocked to Interstellar win a few of the categories (I loved the film but it's such a split opinion film on here) so that's awesome.

    American Hustle was so below par so good to see it win most disappointed and overrated film categories. It was a Martin Scorsese knock off without the skill and passion. O Russell is far better then this, still think The Fighter is his best film to date although I love Three Kings. I also didn't understand why Amy Adams was getting nominated for her role in this during award season.

    No other real shocks to be seen.


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    #53
    Mr Freeze
    Registered Users Posts: 6,618 ✭✭✭Mr Freeze


    Worst Performance
    Winner: Aidan Gillen - Calvary
    Runner Up: Seth McFarlane - A Million Ways to Die in the West

    Aidan Gillen must be seriously bad in Calvary if he was worse than Seth McFarlane.


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    #54
    e_e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Honestly Aidan Gillen was pretty weak in Calvary but he's just a mild and infrequent irritation compared to Seth Macfarlane who is not only awful but dominates the whole movie.

    Very egotistical performance in a "GRR I'm wittier and smarter than anyone here why can't I get a girl?" way too. :pac:


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    #55
    Looper007
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    e_e wrote: »
    Honestly Aidan Gillen was pretty weak in Calvary but he's just a mild and infrequent irritation compared to Seth Macfarlane who is not only awful but dominates the whole movie.

    Very egotistical performance in a "GRR I'm wittier and smarter than anyone here why can't I get a girl?" way too. :pac:

    I think its the fact Seth is the guy who should be playing the idiot friend of the hero or the bad guy's stupid sidekick. Basically a co starring role. He's not a leading man and it was clearly a ego stroke as you said for him. He had no chemistry either with Theron.


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    #56
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,187 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Lego Movie was great fun but not even nearly as good as How to Train Your Dragon 2 which was better than most of the live action films last year imo.


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    #57
    Decuc500
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    Bit odd to see American Hustle as Most Overrated. I thought it was a slick caper movie with a brilliantly created period setting. It was a lot of fun.
    It certainly didn’t set out to be anything more than that.

    Is it overrated because of the critical response it got? I remember that being lukewarm.

    Is it the Oscar nominations?
    I think people expected it to be great because of the Oscar buzz. But the Oscars can’t seriously be taken as a sign of quality.

    Sure overrated means a film that everyone loves, has the critics swooning and does fantastically well and you don’t like it?
    That’s definitely not American Hustle!


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    #58
    Falthyron
    Registered Users Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭Falthyron


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Worst Film
    Winner: Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie

    And with that, all in the world is set right again. :pac:


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    #59
    e_e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Lego Movie was great fun but not even nearly as good as How to Train Your Dragon 2 which was better than most of the live action films last year imo.
    I enjoyed both but if anything the results of the animation poll show that more people really need to see The Congress and The Wind Rises.


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    #60
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,187 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    e_e wrote: »
    I enjoyed both but if anything the results of the animation poll show that more people really need to see The Congress and The Wind Rises.

    I still haven't had the chance to see either, I thought The Congress had quite a lot of live action sequences in it though?


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    #61
    e_e
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭e_e


    I've the DVD ready to rewatch but from what I recall it's just the opening third and a little bit at the end that's live action.


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