The 2009 Golden Schmoes nominees are announced!

The official nominations for the 9th
Annual JoBlo.com Movie Awards (aka the Golden Schmoes) have been
compiled and the official voting will begin on Monday (February 22 – March
4),
so sharpen
your fingernails and get ready to vote for your faves! The winners
will be announced on Friday, March 5th, just two days before those darn
"Oscar thingies" are handed out (which are getting later and later
every year, it seems).

Directly below are the films which received the
most nominations. I was personally surprised to see the top film with more
nominations than any other film in the history of the Golden Schmoes (the
previous record-holder was THE DARK KNIGHT with 16 nominations). The new
record-holder is now INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS! (yeah, I thought it would be AVATAR
as well). Four other films fared really well including WATCHMEN (another
surprise for me), DISTRICT 9, STAR TREK, AVATAR (there it is!) and ZOMBIELAND.

MOST NOMINATIONS
Inglourious
Basterds (18
nominations)
Watchmen (13 nominations)
District 9 (11 nominations)
Star Trek (9 nominations)
Avatar (9 nominations)
Zombieland (7 nominations)

Other films with a handful of
nominations include THE HANGOVER (6), UP (5), THE HURT LOCKER (5), 500 DAYS
OF SUMMER (5) and MOON (5).

Remember that
each person can vote only once for the Golden Schmoes, but you needn’t be a
member of our site to do so. We will also be running our 10TH
ANNUAL OSCAR PREDICTION CONTEST this year, so stay tuned for that as well. See
previous years’ GOLDEN SCHMOES winners below, along with this year’s
crop of nominations per category. Thanks for participating!!

PAST WINNERS:
2008
/ 2007
/ 2006
/ 2005
/ 2004
/ 2003
/ 2002
/ 2001

Voting
period: February 22 – March 4, 2010
Winners announcement: Friday, March 5, 2010

The official 2009 nominees are:

1) Favorite Movie of the Year:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek

2) Worst Movie of the Year:
Dragonball: Evolution
G.I. Joe
New Moon
Transformers 2
Wolverine

3) Best Director of the Year:
JJ Abrams – Star Trek
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Neil Blomkamp – District 9
James Cameron – Avatar
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

4) Best Screenplay of the Year:
(500) Days of Summer
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Up
Up in the Air

5) Most Overrated Movie of the Year:
Avatar
The Hangover
New Moon
Paranormal Activity
Transformers 2

6) Most Underrated Movie of the Year:
Adventureland
Moon
Observe and Report
The Road
Watchmen

7) Trippiest Movie of the Year:
Avatar
Coraline
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Moon
Watchmen

8) Best Comedy of the Year:
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
I Love You, Man
Observe and Report
Zombieland

9) Best Horror Movie of the Year:
Drag Me to Hell
Last House on the Left
Paranormal Activity
Trick ‘r Treat
Zombieland

10) Best Animated Movie of the Year:
9
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up

11) Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year:
Avatar
District 9
Moon
Star Trek
Watchmen

12) Best Special Effects of the Year:
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Transformers 2
Watchmen

13) Biggest Disappointment of the Year:
Public Enemies
Terminator: Salvation
Transformers 2
Watchmen
Wolverine

14) Biggest Surprise of the Year:
District 9
The Hangover
Star Trek
Taken
Zombieland

15) Best Actor of the Year:
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Shartlo Copley – District 9 
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days of Summer
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Sam Rockwell – Moon

16) Best Actress of the Year:
Zooey Deschanel – (500) Days of Summer
Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds
Zoe Saldana – Avatar
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

17) Best Supporting Actor of the Year:
Jackie Earl Haley – Watchmen
Zack Galifiakis – The Hangover
Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christopher Walz – Inglourious Basterds

18) Best Supporting Actress of the Year:
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Diane Kruger – Inglourious Basterds
Monique – Precious
Sigourney Weaver – Avatar

19) Breakthrough Performance of the Year:
Shartlo Copley – District 9
Zach Galifianakis – The Hangover
Chris Pine – Star Trek
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Christoph Walz – Inglourious Basterds

20) Favorite Celebrity of the Year:
Robert Downey Jr.
Zach Galifianakis
Zoe Saldana
Quentin Tarantino
Sam Worthington

21) Coolest Character of the Year:
Aldo Raine – Inglourious Basterds
Hans Landa – Inglourious Basterds
James T. Kirk – Star Trek
Rorschach – Watchmen
Tallahassee – Zombieland 

22) Best Music in a Movie:
(500) Days of Summer
Inglourious Basterds
Up
Where the Wild Things Are
Watchmen

23) Favorite Movie Poster of the Year:
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Moon
Where the Wild Things Are
Watchmen

24) Best Trailer of the Year
(2009 releases):
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Terminator: Salvation
Where the Wild Things Are
Watchmen

25) Best DVD of the Year:
District 9 (Special Edition)
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek (Special Edition)
Up
Watchmen (Ultimate Cut)

26) Best Action Sequence of the Year:
Avatar – Battle for Pandora
District 9 – Mech-suit shootout
Inglourious Basterds – Theater massacre
Transformers 2 – Forest Fight
Zombieland – Woody Harrelson vs Amusement Park

27) Most Memorable Scene in a Movie:
Inglourious Basterds – Opening scene
Inglourious Basterds – Basement tavern scene
Inglourious Basterds – Theater massacre
Up – Carrie & Elle montage
Zombieland – Bill Murray cameo

28) Best T&A of the Year:
Malin Akerman – Watchmen
Megan Fox – Jennifer’s Body
Julianna Guill – Friday the 13th
Sienna Miller – G.I. Joe
Emma Stone – Zombieland

29) Best Line of the Year:
The Hangover – “I didn’t know they gave out rings at the Holocaust.”
I Love You, Man – “Slapping the bass. Slappa de bass, mon.”
Inglourious Basterds – “That’s a bingo!”
Taken – “I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want… but I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.”
Watchmen – “You’re all locked in here with me!”

Return on
Monday and VOTE!!!
www.goldenschmoes.com