Meh. Not the most exciting
GOLDEN SCHMOES we’ve ever had, but like my daddy used to say, they
can’t all be winners! Not surprisingly, THE DARK KNIGHT broke
all records by scoring the MOST WINS of any movie in the history of
our little JoBlo.com Movie Awards (previous record holder was LOTR:
RETURN OF THE KING back in 2003 with 10 wins) with 12 triumphs
including "Favorite Movie", "Best Director",
"Best Screenplay", "Best Codpiece" and many
more! (alright, the codpiece thing was a joke)
In fact, if you check
out the full list of WINNERS
HERE, you’ll note that 8 of the last 9 categories were won
by TDK. Wow. Thank God for Mila Kunis!!! 🙂 I’m not sure if I would
have picked TDK for all those categories myself, but that’s what
these awards are all about (the fans’ picks), so there you go! I
definitely would have picked Heath Ledger and the Joker as
"Best Supporting Actor" and "Coolest Character"
respectively though, which was the case. In fact, Heath Ledger won
his awards for "Best Supporting Actor" by the widest
percentage ever on the Golden Schmoes. He had 85% of the
total votes in his category. Good stuff.
The things I watch for
the most in the GOLDEN SCHMOES every year are the runners-up
and the smaller categories, and this year was no different. WALL-E
was the runner-up for "Favorite Movie of the Year" but won
for "Best Animated Movie of the Year", TWILIGHT was
chosen as the "Most Overrated Movie of the Year", IN
BRUGES won for the "Most Underrated Movie of the Year"
and finished just behind TDK for "Best Screenplay".
"Best Comedy"
went to TROPIC THUNDER, "Best Horror" went to CLOVERFIELD,
"Best Sci-Fi" went to IRON MAN and "Biggest
Disappointment" went to INDIANA JONES AND THE LONGEST TITLE
THAT THEY COULD COME UP WITH (with THE HAPPENING as runner-up,
of course). Not too many
surprises this year, although it was nice to see the final battle
scene from RAMBO finish as the runner-up for "Best
Action Sequence of the Year" (yeah, behind TDK).
Thanks to everyone who
participated again this year and who keep making our little awards ceremony more
and more popular every year. And if you haven’t done so already, be sure to
enter our OSCAR PREDICTION CONTEST right HERE!
And stay tuned for our Oscar coverage, this coming
Sunday, February 22nd. See ya’ll next year!
MOST WINS:
The Dark Knight: 12 wins
(Favorite Movie, Best Director, Best
Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Coolest Character, Best Music, Favorite
Poster, Best Trailer, Best DVD, Best Action Sequence, Most Memorable Scene and
Best Line…phew!)
The Wrestler: 3 wins
(Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and
Breakthrough Performance)
Iron Man: 3 wins
(Best Sci-Fi and Biggest Surprise)