The Women - The 2008 Version

Last year "The Women" was released. It was critically loathed and earned 1 razzie nomination for Worst Actress.

Friday I saw it for the first time, I've wanted to seen it since it was released but was scared off by all the negative critics (except Roger Ebert's one). Slowly into the movie I began to realize this wasn't that awful. Of course it wasn't anywhere near the 1939 version, but still not bad. The script was pretty dull though, but it was all helped up by the actresses in this movie. Bening, Ryan, Messing and Leachman are all great comedienne and didn't deserve mention by the Razzie, but Messing and Smith surely did. But it's during the last parts of the movie it begins to crash, not completely but almost. It turns out to be another one of these Hollywood comedies with the same predictable which is ofcourse really boring.

Overall this is a entertaining and sophisticated comedy, but with many flaws that the actresses even couldn't overcome.

Rate: C

Awardtalks Award 2008

The Year of Australia
2008:

2008 was the year i became a movie freak. Though It wasn't the best year of moviemaking, it sure was interesting. So enjoy my award. It's maybe slightly different than all the rest awards. I haven't seen many of the critical favourites of the year like The Flight of the Red Balloon, Frozen River, Synecdoche New York etc.

Best Picture
1. Australia
2. Burn After Reading
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Wall-E
5. The Wrestler

6. The Reader
7. Savage Grace
8. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
9. Doubt
10. Milk

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Joel & Ethan Coen - Burn After Reading
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Baz Luhrmann - Australia
Gus Van Sant - Milk

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Colin Farrell - In Bruges
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
Julianne Moore - Savage Grace
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actor
Ralph Fiennes - In Bruges
Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
Tilda Swinton - Burn After Reading
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Original Screenplay
Burn After Reading
In Bruges
Milk
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Wrestler

Best Adapted Screenplay
Doubt
Let the Right One In
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Savage Grace

Best Cinematography
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Let the Right One In
The Reader

Best Film Editing
Australia
Burn After Reading
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Art Direction
Australia
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Best Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Savage Grace
Revolutionary Road

Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

Best Make Up
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader

Best Original Score
Australia
Burn After Reading
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

Best Musical Score
Cadillac Records
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Original Song
"You'll Never Leave My Heart" - Appaloosa
"By the Boab Tree" - Australia
"Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
"Down to Earth" - Wall-E
"The Wrestler" - The Wrestler

Best Sound
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

Best Sound Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Wall-E

Special Citiation:
Honorary Award - Woody Allen "In recognition for his comic and dramatic skill, both as actor, director and screenwriter now in over 4 decades."

Awardtalks Special Achievement Award - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (for Make Up)