Critics Pick their Favorite 2009 Cinematic Achievements
Hey movie geeks! For those of you making your favorite movie lists of the year here are three critic associations that have given the world their picks for best cinematic achievements for 2009.
I'm not surprised by the majority of the picks, and I'm not disappointed at all with any of them. The one surprise I did find was the fact that the New York Film Critics Online chose James Cameron's Avatar for Best Picture. I wasn't expecting that at all, and it has to say something about how good this movie is really going to be.
So here are the lists, check them out and share your thoughts in the rant back section below!
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Runner-up: Up in the Air
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Runner-up: Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Runner-up: Colin Firth, A Single Man
Best Actress: Yolande Moreau, Séraphine
Runner-up: Carey Mulligan, An Education
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi, In the Loop
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Runner-up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci and Tony Roche, In the Loop
Best Foreign Language Film: Summer Hours
Runner-up: The White Ribbon
Best Animated Feature: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runner-up: Up
Best Documentary: The Beaches of Agnes and The Cove (tie)
Best Cinematography: Christian Berger, The White Ribbon
Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker
Best Production Design: Philip Ivey, District 9
Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Avatar
Best Music Score: T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton, Crazy Heart
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox
New Generation Award: Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Douglas Edwards Award: C.W. Winters and Anders Edstrom, The Anchorage
Career Achievement Award: Jean-Paul Belmondo
The Boston Society of Film Critics
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Acress: Mo’Nique for Precious
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man
Best Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Foreign-Language Film: Summer Hours
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker
Best New Filmmaker: Neill Blomkamp for District 9
Best Ensemble Cast: Precious and Star Trek (tie)
Best Use of Music in a Film: Crazy Heart
New York Film Critics Online
Best Picture: Avatar
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds
Best Music: T-Bone Burnett and Steve Bruton, Crazy Heart
Best Ensemble: In the Loop
Best Debut Feature: (500) Days of Summer
Best Breakthrough Performer: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds