My Final BEST OF 2001 list...

[ColinM]

Well, final thus far anyway. I did a kind of Olympics thing. Gold is the best, Silver is the second best, Bronze is the third best and then there are three runner-ups. Tell me what you think.

BEST PICTURE:
Gold: Moulin Rouge
Silver: Memento
Bronze: LOTR: FOTR
Runner-Ups:
- Amelie
- A Beautiful Mind
- Shrek

BEST ACTOR:
Gold: Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind)
Silver: Billy Bob Thornton (The Man Who Wasn't There)
Bronze: Guy Pearce (Memento)
Runner-Ups:
- Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge)
- Haley Joel Osment (A.I.)
- Samuel L. Jackson (The Caveman's Valentine)

BEST ACTRESS:
Gold: Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge)
Silver: Thora Birch (Ghost World)
Bronze: Audrey Tautou (Amelie)
Runner-Ups:
- Kirsten Dunst (Crazy/Beautiful)
- Nicole Kidman (The Others)
- Renee Zellwegger (Bridget Jones's Diary)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Gold: Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast)
Silver: Jude Law (A.I.)
Bronze: Jim Broadbent (Moulin Rouge)
Runner-Ups:
- Peter Boyle (Monster's Ball)
- Ray Liotta (Blow)
- Steve Buscemi (Ghost World)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Gold: Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
Silver: Cameron Diaz (Vanilla Sky)
Bronze: Carrie-Anne Moss (Memento)
Runner-Ups:
- Gwyneth Paltrow (The Royal Tennenbaums)
- Marisa Tomei (In the Bedroom)
- Scarlet Johansson (Ghost World)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Gold: Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge)
Silver: Peter Jackson (LOTR: FOTR)
Bronze: Ridley Scott (Black Hawk Down)
Runner-Ups:
- Christopher Nolan (Memento)
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie)
- Joel Coen (The Man Who Wasn't There)

[James Logan]

I can't do anything but agree with most of it, although I haven't seen SEXY BEAST. And I would place LOTR higher in a few categories. But that aside, it's a great list, Colin.

[The Other]

I will get back to this post after I've seen these potential "Best of 2001" flicks...

Amelie
Black Hawk Down
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
Iris
Monster's Ball

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[SAI]

Only one small thing.

In my opinion Nicole Kidman was better in The Others than Moulin Rouge (though BOTH are among the best performances of last year)

But hell, it's your list.

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[arto_j]

I agree with every single Gold medal you gave. I would've placed Ewan McGregor higher, but the guys there are great. I also thought that Nicole Kidman was better in Moulin Rouge than The Others. There's a lot of films that I haven't seen yet, so my mind might of course still change.

[movieDUDE68686]

pretty good list, I agree with you on most of the moulin rouge places.

[LAW]

Memento should be #1 across the board. What about Mulholland Drive? Who could have come close to pulling off what Naomi Watts did!!?? Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts, Halle Berry? Pa-lease!

[ColinM]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by LAW:
Memento should be #1 across the board. What about Mulholland Drive? Who could have come close to pulling off what Naomi Watts did!!?? Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts, Halle Berry? Pa-lease! </font>

Naomi Watts, along with Sissy Spacek and Stockard Channing, was one of the great performances of the year that I'm sorry didn't make the list. As for Mulholland Drive...eh...I just didn't care for that movie as much as everyone else did. I plan on seeing it again, but until I do...eh.

And...Sharon Stone? What performance of hers are you referring to from this year?

[ColinM]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SAI:
Only one small thing.

In my opinion Nicole Kidman was better in The Others than Moulin Rouge (though BOTH are among the best performances of last year)

But hell, it's your list.</font>

I rewatched The Others recently and yes, Kidman is amazing in it. It's almost difficult to decide which performance is better, but I just loved Kidman in Moulin Rouge. I thought she did a near-perfect job in it.

[urbanlegend23]

I will to do what you did, but keep in mind I haven't seen "Black Hawk Down" or "The Man Who Wasn't There" or "Mulholland Drive" or "Training Day" or "Monsters Ball" and some others yet, so yeah. Also I don't consider Memento a 2001 movie.

BEST PICTURE
Gold: "Moulin Rouge"
Silver: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
Bronze: "A Beautiful Mind"
Runner's Up:
"Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone"
"In the Bedroom"
"Vanilla Sky"

BEST ACTOR
Gold: Russell Crowe, "A Beautiful Mind"
Silver: Tom Wilkinson, "In the Bedroom"
Bronze: Ewan McGregor, "Moulin Rouge"
Runner's Up:
Tom Cruise, "Vanilla Sky"
Anthony Hopkins, "Hannibal"
Haley Joel Osment, "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"

BEST ACTRESS
Gold: Nicole Kidman, "Moulin Rouge"
Silver: Nicole Kidman, "The Others"
Bronze: Judi Dench, "Iris"
Runner's Up:
Sissy Spacek, "In the Bedroom"
Reese Witherspoon, "Legally Blonde"
Renee Zellweger, "Bridget Jones's Diary"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Gold: Jim Broadbent, "Moulin Rouge"
Silver: Jim Broadbent, "Iris"
Bronze: Ian McKellen, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
Runner's Up:
Hugh Grant, "Bridget Jones's Diary"
Rupert Grint, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
Nick Stahl, "In the Bedroom"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gold: Jennifer Connelly, "A Beautiful Mind"
Silver: Marisa Tomei, "In the Bedroom."
Bronze: Frances O'Connor, "A.I."
Runner's Up:
Cameron Diaz, "Vanilla Sky"
Emma Watson, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
Kate Winslet, "Iris"

BEST DIRECTION
Gold: Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
Silver: Baz Luhrmann, "Moulin Rouge"
Bronze: Ron Howard, "A Beautiful Mind"
Runner's Up:
Alejandro Amenabar, "The Others"
Chris Columbus, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
Todd Feild, "In the Bedroom"

[charliebobo]

BEST PICTURE:
Gold: Amelie
Silver: Moulin Rouge
Bronze: A Beautiful Mind
Runners up:
Shrek, Monsters Inc., A.I.

BEST ACTOR:
Gold: Russell Crowe, ABM
Silver: Will Smith, Ali
Bronze: Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge
Runners up: Guy Pearce, Memento; Haley Joel Osment,AI

BEST ACTRESS:
Gold: Audrey Tautou, Amelie
Silver: Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge
Bronze:Nicole Kidman, The Others
Runners up: Sissi Spacek, In the Bedroom;
Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones's Diary

BEST DIRECTOR:
Gold: Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge
Silver: Jean Pierre Jeunet, Amelie
Bronze: Peter Jackson, LOTR
Runners up: Ron Howard, ABM; Michael Mann, Ali

[ColinM]

Nice to see somebody else loved Amelie too...

[ColinM]

By the way...IT'S MY 7000th POST! WOOHOO! http://www.joblo.com/ubb/smile.gif

[A.J. Hakari]

BEST PICTURE

Gold - MEMENTO
Silver - MOULIN ROUGE (2001)
Bronze - DONNIE DARKO
Runner-Ups:
-THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
-MULHOLLAND DRIVE
-BLACK HAWK DOWN

BEST ACTOR

Gold - Guy Pearce, MEMENTO
Silver - Tom Wilkinson, IN THE BEDROOM
Bronze - Denzel Washington, TRAINING DAY
Runner-Ups:
-Jake Gyllenhaal, DONNIE DARKO
-Russell Crowe, A BEAUTIFUL MIND
-Gene Hackman, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

BEST ACTRESS

Gold - Nicole Kidman, MOULIN ROUGE
Silver - Nicole Kidman, THE OTHERS
Bronze - Naomi Watts, MULHOLLAND DRIVE
Runner-Ups:
-Halle Berry, MONSTER'S BALL
-Renee Zellweger, BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY
-Tilda Swinton, THE DEEP END

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Gold - Joe Pantoliano, MEMENTO
Silver - Ian McKellen, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
Bronze - Ben Kingsley, SEXY BEAST
Runner-Ups:
-Jude Law, A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
-Steve Buscemi, GHOST WORLD
-Viggo Mortensen, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Gold - Maggie Smith, GOSFORD PARK
Silver - Jennifer Connelly, A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Bronze - Carrie-Anne Moss, MEMENTO
Runner-Ups:
-Cameron Diaz, VANILLA SKY
-Fionnula Flanagan, THE OTHERS
-Hope Davis, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS

BEST DIRECTOR

Gold - Baz Luhrmann, MOULIN ROUGE (2001)
Silver - Christopher Nolan, MEMENTO
Bronze - David Lynch, MULHOLLAND DRIVE
Runner-Ups:
-Richard Kelly, DONNIE DARKO
-Ridley Scott, BLACK HAWK DOWN
-Peter Jackson, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

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[QUENTIN]

BEST PICTURE:
Gold: Vanilla Sky
Silver: Mulholland Drive
Bronze: In The Bedroom
Runner-Ups:
- Ghost World
- Monster's Ball
- Black Hawk Down

BEST ACTOR:
Gold: Tom Wilkinson -In The Bedroom
Silver: Russel Crowe -A Beautiful Mind
Bronze: Guy Pearce -Memento
Runner-Ups:
- Billy Bob Thornton The Man Who Wasn't There
- Tom Cruise -Vanilla Sky
- Samuel L. Jackson -The Caveman's Valentine

BEST ACTRESS:
Gold: Halle Berry -Monster's Ball
Silver: Naomi Watts -Mulholland Drive
Bronze: Emma Watson -Wit
Runner-Ups:
- Thora Birch -Ghost World
- Nicole Kidman -Moulin Rouge
- Piper Perabo -Lost and Delirious

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Gold: Steve Buscemi -Ghost World
Silver: Hayden Christensen -Life As A House
Bronze: Heath Ledger -Monster's Ball
Runner-Ups:
- Jude Law -A.I.
- Ray Liotta -Blow
- Ving Rhames -Baby Boy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Gold: Jennifer Connelly -A Beautiful Mind
Silver: Neve Campbell -Panic
Bronze: Scarlett Johansson -Ghost World
Runner-Ups:
- Gwyneth Paltrow -The Royal Tennenbaums
- Marisa Tomei -In the Bedroom
- Cameron Diaz -Ghost World

BEST DIRECTOR:
Gold: David Lynch -Mulholland Drive
Silver: Mathieu Kassovitz -The Crimson Rivers
Bronze: Ridley Scott -Black Hawk Down
Runner-Ups:
- Joel Coen -The Man Who Wasn't There
- Alejando Gonzalez Inaritu -Amores Perros
- Todd Field -In The Bedroom

[LAW]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ColinM:
Naomi Watts, along with Sissy Spacek and Stockard Channing, was one of the great performances of the year that I'm sorry didn't make the list. As for Mulholland Drive...eh...I just didn't care for that movie as much as everyone else did. I plan on seeing it again, but until I do...eh.

And...Sharon Stone? What performance of hers are you referring to from this year?</font>

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to list actresses that had performances in 2001 particularly, just to point out B-actresses (even C-actresses)that are showered with A-acting accolades undeservedly. Before Mulholland Drive I never heard of Naomi and she has been acting forever. She is seen and treated as a B-actress while in reality none of today's so called Hollywood female royalty is worthy to lick her boots. Even if you didn't particularly like Mulholland Drive, you should watch it again and try to imagine any other actress pulling off Naomi's role. I wish that's how acting was graded and awarded, not by "media popularity"(I do have to admit I subscribe to Entertainment Weekly - FOR SHAME!) or the "white-teeth" test. ISA's are the only, albeit small, step in the right direction to date.

[Benny]

2001:
BEST PICTURE:
Gold: Memento
Silver: In the Bedroom
Bronze: LOTR: FOTR
Runner-Ups:
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- The Others
- Shrek

BEST ACTOR:
Gold: Gene Hackman (The Royal Tenenbaums)
Silver: Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom)
Bronze: Guy Pearce (Memento)
Runner-Ups:
- Gene Hackman (Heist)
- Billy Bob Thorton (The Man Who Wasn't There)
- Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind)

BEST ACTRESS:
Gold: Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom)
Silver: Nicole Kidman (The Others)
Bronze: Thora Birch (Ghost World)
Runner-Ups:
- Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde)
- Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge)
- can't think of another one

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Gold: Steve Buscemi (Ghost World)
Silver: Ian McKellen ([bLOTR: FOTR[/b])
Bronze: Viggo Mortensen (LOTR: FOTR)
Runner-Ups:
- Owen Wilson (Zoolander)
- Brad Pitt (Ocean's 11)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Gold: Carrie-Anne Moss (Memento)
Silver: Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind)
Bronze: Marisa Tomei ([b]In the Bedroom/b])
Runner-Up:
- Scarlet Johansson (Ghost World)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Gold: Christoper Nolan (Memento)
Silver: Todd Field (In the Bedroom)
Bronze: Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge)
Runner-Ups:
- Peter Jackson (LOTR: FOTR)
- Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums)
- Joel Coen (The Man Who Wasn't There)

[The Other]

My Final Best of 2001 List:

BEST PICTURE:
Gold: THE OTHERS
Silver: IN THE BEDROOM
Bronze: A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Runners-Up:
-HARRY POTTER
-MOULIN ROUGE!
-SHREK

BEST ACTOR:
Gold: Russell Crowe in A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Silver: Tom Wilkinson in IN THE BEDROOM
Bronze: Ewan McGregor in MOULIN ROUGE!
Runners-Up:
-Tom Cruise in VANILLA SKY
-Haley Joel Osment in A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
-Billy Bob Thornton in MONSTER'S BALL

BEST ACTRESS:
Gold: Nicole Kidman in THE OTHERS
Silver: Nicole Kidman in MOULIN ROUGE!
Bronze: Sissy Spacek in IN THE BEDROOM
Runners-Up:
-Halle Berry in MONSTER'S BALL
-Thora Birch in GHOST WORLD
-Renee Zellweger in BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Gold: Jim Broadbent in MOULIN ROUGE!
Silver: Ed Harris in A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Bronze: Jude Law in A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Runners-Up:
-Steve Buscemi in GHOST WORLD
-Heath Ledger in MONSTER'S BALL
-Ian McKellan in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Gold: Jennifer Connelly in A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Silver: Marisa Tomei in IN THE BEDROOM
Bronze: Cameron Diaz in VANILLA SKY
Runners-Up:
-Fionnula Flanagan in THE OTHERS
-Frances O'Connor in A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
-Scarlett Johansson in GHOST WORLD

BEST DIRECTOR:
Gold: Baz Luhrmann for MOULIN ROUGE!
Silver: Ron Howard for A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Bronze: Peter Jackson for THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
Runners-Up:
-Alejandro Amenábar for THE OTHERS
-Chris Columbus for HARRY POTTER
-Todd Field for IN THE BEDROOM

Even though I said that it was my final Best Of 2001 list, this list is subject to change. 'Cause there are just a few films left from 2001 that I want to see that I haven't that may make the list. But it won't change by much.

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[SteveSzyk]

BEST PICTURE:
-Memento, GOLD
-Moulin Rouge, SILVER
-The Others, BRONZE

-Session 9, RUNNER UP #1
-Lord of the Rings, RUNNER UP #2
-Tape, RUNNER UP #3


BEST ACTOR:
-Denzel Washington (Training Day), GOLD
-Jack Nicholson (The Pledge), SILVER
-Guy Pearce (Memento), BRONZE)

-Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind), RUNNER UP #1
-Johnny Depp (From Hell), RUNNER UP #2
-Billy Bob Thornton (Man Who Wasn't There), RUNNER UP #3


BEST ACTRESS
-Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive), GOLD
-Halle Berry (Monster's Ball), SILVER
-Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge!), BRONZE

-Nicole Kidman (The Others), RUNNER UP #1
-Thora Birch (Ghost World), RUNNER UP #2
-Uma Thurman (Tape), RUNNER UP #3


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
-Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast), GOLD
-Steve Buscemi (Ghost World), SILVER
-Jim Broadbent (Iris), BRONZE

-Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings), RUNNER UP #1
-Jude Law (A.I.), RUNNER UP #2
-Peter Boyle (Monster's Ball), RUNNER UP #3


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
-Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind), GOLD
-Cameron Diaz (Vanilla Sky), SILVER
-Carrie Anne-Moss (Memento), BRONZE

-Fionnula Flanagan (The Others), RUNNER UP #1
-Alakina Mann (The Others), RUNNER UP #2
-Maggie Smith, Gosford Park, RUNNER UP #3


BEST DIRECTOR
-Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge), GOLD
-Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings), SILVER
-Christopher Nolan (Memento), BRONZE

-David Lynch (Mulholland Drive), RUNNER UP #1
-Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko), RUNNER UP #2
-Ridley Scott (Black Hawk Down), RUNNER UP #3

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[Cosimo]

BEST PICTURE
Gold-Memento
Silver-LOTR
Bronze-The Pledge

BEST ACTOR
Gold-Jack Nicholson(The Pledge)
Silver-Denzel Washington(Training Day)
Bronze-Guy Pierce(Memento)

BEST ACTRESS
Gold-Tilda Swinton(The Deep End)
Silver-Nicole Kidman(The Others)
Bronze-Halle Berry(Monsters Ball)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Gold-Ben Kingsley(Sexy Beast)
Silver-Ray Liotta(Blow)
Bronze-Emilio Echevarria(Amoress Perros)

BEST DIRECTOR
Gold-Christopher Nolan(Memento)
Silver-Sean Penn(The Pledge)
Bronze-Peter Jackson(LOTR)

Quentin good call with Ray Liotta