The First Big Screen Debut Annual Movie Awards

Well I had to cave to the masses of readers on this site (sarcasm ftw) and give out some awards to outstanding movie talent this year:

Animated movie of the year:

Wall-E

The outstanding movie from Disney/Pixar shows a futuristic, apocolyptic Earth being cleaned by a loveable robot who, through his love for another robot, leads him to reunite with the human race.

Comedy Movie of the Year:

Tropic Thunder

Hilarious from the outset, Tropic Thunder follows a set of prima donna movie stars filming in Vietnam only to unwittingly walk into real trouble. Stars Robert Downey Jr, Jack Black and Ben Stiller.

Action Movie of the Year:

The Dark Knight

Action-packed superhero blockbuster starring Christian Bale as Batman and the late Heath Ledger as The Joker.

Debut Movie of the Year:

Hunger

Steve McQueen's Directorial Debut came with stunning images and shocking vividness as he skilfully portrayed IRA supporter Bobby Sands' final days before dying in prison.

Actor of the Year

Heath Ledger

This award goes to the late Heath Ledger and not just for the sympathy vote as so many stated when his performance got such acclaim. His skills as an actor were clearly on show as The Joker in The Dark Knight and he fully deserves all acclaim. RIP Heath.

Actress of the Year

Angelina Jolie (No Joke!)

Angelina Jolie seems to recieve a lot of criticism for the roles she plays in certain movies (*cough* Mr and Mrs Smith *cough*) but in Changeling she puts in an Oscar worthy performance in a stunning movie. Just pips Meryl Streep to this award.



Consideration went to:

Kung-Fu Panda, Mamma Mia!, CoN: Prince Caspian, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., Meryl Streep, Burn After Reading and RocknRolla.

MOVIE SPECIAL! Iron Man 2 and The Avengers

Iron Man was announced as Robert Downey Junior's return to the big screen, and my god didn't he make the return with a bang. Now anybody who was geeky enough (I definitely was!) to watch the post-credit clip of Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson (playing Marvel comic character Nick Fury and told Tony Stark/Iron Man of a group named 'The Avengers') could presume that either a new Iron Man film or an Avengers film was on the horizon. Well. There's going to be both!

A new Iron Man film will be hitting the screens in 2010 with Don Cheadle reportedly picking up the role of Colonel James Rhodes from Terrence Howard after Howard was dropped over salary disputes.

Gwyneth Paltrow is set to resume her role as Stark's long time assistant Peppa Potts and Jackson is set to play some role as Nick Fury.



The Avengers on the other hand is rumoured to be released in 2011 and sees the partnership of Downey Jr (as Tony Stark/Iron Man) and Jon Favreau (director of both movies) return to the Marvel movie franchise. The rest of the cast is, as yet, rumours only with Iron ManEdward Norton (as Hulk - one of the original founding members of The Avengers) and Samuel L. Jackson (as Nick Fury) rumoured to be involved. Other than this cast and characters can only be speculated on with Captain America being a major talking point among comic book fans.

As I don't read or follow any comic books I can not further speculate on characters but I am now really looking forward to this!

Through the Looking Glass Part Trois

Two more films for you this week starting off with a February 2009 release, Crossing Over. This drama follows the story of immigrants attempting to gain legal national status in Los Angeles. Early synopsis and plot outlines show this to be similar to Crash, with multiple character stories running silmutaneously. Starring Harrison Ford and Sean Penn, Crossing Over will be one I will be tentatively looking forward to.



And finally this week we have a distant future film. Due to be released in 2010, The Kind One, is Ridley Scott's adaption of a Tom Epperson novel about Danny Landon (played by Casey Affleck, pictured), an amnesiac who works for a violent mobster.