24th Shadows Awards
for 2004
Monday, 24 January 2005
All reviews are available online
DOGVILLE (Lars von Trier)
3. The Twilight Samurai (Yoji Yamada)
4. The Motorcycle Diaries (Walter Salles)
5. Bad Education (Pedro Almodovar)
6. Vera Drake (Mike Leigh)
7. The Incredibles (Brad Bird)
8. Kinsey (Bill Condon)
9. Facing Windows (Ferzan Ozpetek)
10. The Aviator (Martin Scorsese)
11. House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou)
12. Kill Bill Vol 2 (Quentin Tarantino)
13. Sideways (Alexander Payne)
14. Blind Flight (Johnny Furse)
15. The Sea Inside (Alejandro Amenabar)
16. Ray (Taylor Hackford)
17. Ae Fond Kiss (Ken Loach)
18. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright)
19. Baadasssss! (Mario Van Peebles)
20. Finding Neverland (Marc Forster)
21. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook)
22. My Summer of Love (Pawel Pawlikowski)
23. The Life Aquatic (Wes Anderson)
24. Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Anderson)
25. The Story of the Weeping Camel (Davaa & Falorni)
Lars von Trier’s Dogville
With one of the most astonishing films ever made, von Trier constantly confronts his audience, challenging us to understand a reality about humanity we'd much rather ignore (and deny). Americans especially are unlikely to ever warm to this stark message. It's not a remotely hopeful film - except that knowing the truth is the only place to start. Performances are raw and achingly honest; the production design is evocative and unlike anything we've seen on film.
Love it or hate it, this is a masterpiece.
27. Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho)
28. Walking on Water (Tony Ayres)
29. Closer (Mike Nichols)
30. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood)
31. Spring Summer Autumn Winter and Spring (Kim Ki-duk)
32. Stage Beauty (Richard Eyre)
33. Enduring Love (Roger Michell)
34. Hero (Zhang Yimou)
35. Hotel Rwanda (Terry George)
36. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (Berlinger & Sinofsky)
37. The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev)
38. Stander (Bronwen Hughes)
39. Infernal Affairs (Lau & Mak)
40. Super Size Me (Morgan Spurlock)
E T E R N A L S U N S H I N E
O F T H E S P O T L E S S M I N D
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2. The Motorcycle Diaries 3. The Aviator 4. The Incredibles 5. Million Dollar Baby 6. Sideways 7. Bad Education 8. House of Flying Daggers 9. Kill Bill Vol 2 10. Kinsey |
11. Fahrenheit 9/11 12. Vera Drake 13. Finding Neverland 14. Dogville 15. The Twilight Samurai 16. Ray 17. Maria Full of Grace 18. The Sea Inside 19. Facing Windows 20. Shrek 2 |
MICHEL GONDRY
(Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
BILL CONDON
(Kinsey)
2. Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries)3. Martin Scorsese (The Aviator)
4. Lars von Trier (Dogville)
5. Bill Condon (Kinsey)
6. Pedro Almodovar (Bad Education)
7. Mike Leigh (Vera Drake)
8. Alejandro Amenabar (The Sea Inside)
9. Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
10. Yoji Yamada (The Twilight Samurai)
2. Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)3. Pedro Almodovar (Bad Education)
4. Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor (Sideways)
5. Tina Fey (Mean Girls)
6. Yoji Yamada (The Twilight Samurai)
7. Mike Leigh (Vera Drake)
8. Alejandro Amenabar, Mateo Gil (The Sea Inside)
9. Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill Vol 2)
10. Brad Bird (The Incredibles)
MARTIN SCORSESE (The Aviator)
2. Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
3. Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine)
4. Alexander Payne (Sideways)
5. Marc Forster (Finding Neverland)
CHARLIE KAUFMAN (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
2. Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby)
3. Bill Condon (Kinsey)
4. Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor (Sideways)
5. Pedro Almodovar (Bad Education)
IMELDA STAUNTON
(Vera Drake)
JAMIE FOXX
(Ray, Collateral)
2. Nicole Kidman (Dogville, Birth, The Stepford Wives)3. Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland)
4. Annette Bening (Being Julia)
5. Natalie Portman (Closer, Garden State)
6. Ziyi Zhang (House of Flying Daggers, Hero)
7. Sarah Polley (The Event, Dawn of the Dead)
8. Sylvie Testud (Fear and Trembling)
9. Laura Dern (We Don’t Live Here Anymore)
10. Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)
2. Gael Garcia Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries, Bad Education)3. Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
4. Javier Bardem (The Sea Inside)
5. Kevin Bacon (The Woodsman)
6. Ian Hart (Blind Flight, Finding Neverland)
7. Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Assassination of Richard Nixon)
8. Paul Giamatti (Sideways)
9. Dennis Quaid (In Good Company)
10. Hiroyuki Sanada (The Twilight Samurai)
HILARY SWANK (Million Dollar Baby)
2. Kate Winslet (Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine)
3. Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
4. Nicole Kidman (Birth, Dogville)
5. Uma Thurman (Kill Bill Vol 2)
JAMIE FOXX (Ray, Collateral)
2. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator)
3. Paul Giamatti (Sideways)
4. Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine, Lemony Snicket)
5. Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Assassination of Richard Nixon)
CATE BLANCHETT
(The Aviator, The Life Aquatic, Coffee & Cigarettes)
PETER SARSGAARD
(Kinsey, Garden State)
2. Laura Linney (Kinsey)3. Mary Kay Place (Latter Days)
4. Cloris Leachman (Spanglish)
5. Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
6. Meryl Streep (The Manchurian Candidate, Lemony Snicket)
7. Lily Tomlin (I Heart Huckabees)
8. Patricia Clarkson (Dogville)
9. Scarlett Johansson (In Good Company)
10. Barbra Streisand (Meet the Fockers)
2. Paddy Considine (My Summer of Love, Dead Man’s Shoes)3. Mark Ruffalo (Eternal Sunshine, 13 Going on 30, Collateral, We Don’t Live Here Anymore)
4. Dustin Hoffman (Meet the Fockers, I Heart Huckabees, Finding Neverland)
5. Gary Stretch (Alexander, Dead Man's Shoes)
6. Freddie Highmore (Finding Neverland, Two Brothers)
7. Javier Camara (Bad Education, Los Abajo Firmantes)
8. Vince Colosimo (Walking on Water)
9. Thomas Haden Church (Sideways, Spanglish)
10. Phil Davis (Vera Drake)
NATALIE PORTMAN (Closer, Garden State)
2. Cate Blanchett (The Aviator, Life Aquatic, Coffee & Cigarettes)
3. Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
4. Meryl Streep (The Manchurian Candidate)
5. Laura Linney (Kinsey)
CLIVE OWEN (Closer)
2. Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)
3. Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)
4. Peter Sarsgaard (Kinsey, Garden State)
5. David Carradine (Kill Bill Vol 2)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
(Joel Schumacher)
MASS DESTRUCTION
(Faithless)
2. Surviving Christmas (Mike Mitchell)3. Garfield (Pete Hewitt)
4. Battle Royale II: Requiem (Fukasaku & Fukasaku)
5. Anatomy of Hell (Catherine Breillat)
6. Soul Plane (Jessy Terrero)
7. Raising Helen (Garry Marshall)
8. Shall We Dance (Peter Chelsom)
9. De-Lovely (Irwin Winkler)
10. Tooth (Ed Nammour)
11. You Got Served (Christopher B Stokes)
12. Taxi (Tim Story)
13. Sex Lives of the Potato Men (Andy Humphries)
14. The Chronicles of Riddick (David Twohy)
15. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (Sara Sugarman)
16. White Chicks (Keenen Ivory Wayans)
17. Imagining Argentina (Christopher Hampton)
18. The Whole Ten Yards (Howard Deutch)
19. The Big Bounce (George Armitage)
20. Alexander (Oliver Stone)
R E A D E R C H O I C E : W O R S T F I L M
CATWOMAN
2. Van Helsing
3. Alexander
4. Surviving Christmas
5. The Passion of the Christ
6. Garfield
7. White Chicks
8. The Phantom of the Opera
9. The Village
10. Fahrenheit 9/11
WORST ACTING: HALLE BERRY (Catwoman)
2. Kate Beckinsale (Van Helsing, The Aviator)
3. Ben Affleck (Jersey Girl, Surviving Christmas)
WORST ACCENT: JACKIE CHAN (Around the World in 80 Days)
2. Hank Azaria (Along Came Polly, Dodgeball)
3. Tom Hanks (The Terminal)
MOST UNFUNNY COMEDY: SOUL PLANE
2. Taxi
3. White Chicks
MOST PREACHY: The Passion of the Christ and Fahrenheit 9/11
2. Roses (Outkast)3. Vertigo (U2)
4. Millionaire (Kelis and Andre 3000)
5. Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
6. Harder to Breathe (Maroon 5)
7. Filthy/Gorgeous (Scissor Sisters)
8. Just Lose It (Eminem)
9. The Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice)
10. American Idiot (Green Day)
11. Gravity (Embrace)
12. Trick Me (Kelis)
13. Kiss of Life (Supergrass)
14. Orpheus (Ash)
15. Radio (Robbie Williams)
16. Your Game (Will Young)
17. Everybody's Changing (Keane)
18. This Love (Maroon 5)
19. Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
20. Laura (Scissor Sisters)
21. Leave (Get Out) (JoJo)
22. In The Shadows (Rasmus)
23. The End Has No End (The Strokes)
24. Toxic (Britney Spears)
25. Left Outside Alone (Anastacia)
26. She Will Be Loved (Maroon 5)
27. I Believe in You (Kylie Minogue)
28. Everytime (Britney Spears)
29. 99 Problems (Jay Z)
30. Air Hostess (Busted)
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T V S E R I E S : SIX FEET UNDER (E4) |
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2. ER (E4)3. Desperate Housewives (ABC) 4. The Simpsons (Sky/C4) 5. The Sopranos (E4) 6. The West Wing (E4) 7. Sex and the City (E4) 8. Friends (C4) 9. Nip/Tuck (Sky) 10. Will & Grace (C4) | |
selected by Shadows readers and contributors . . .
ENSEMBLE: CLOSER2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Sea Inside
4. The Life Aquatic
5. Sideways
BREAKTHROUGH: CATALINA SANDINO MORENO (Maria Full of Grace)
2. Zach Braff (Garden State)
3. Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation)
4. Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace)
5. Jacob Aaron Estes (Mean Creek)
MUSIC: THE INCREDIBLES (Michael Giacchino)2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Jon Brion)
3. The Aviator (Howard Shore)
4. The Passion of the Christ (John Debney)
5. A Very Long Engagement (Angelo Badalamenti)
SONG: FREEDOM ISN’T FREE (Team America)
Also: Old Habits Die Hard (Alfie), Million Voices (Hotel Rwanda), Double Trouble (Harry Potter)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: HERO (Christopher Doyle)
2. Collateral (Dion Beebe, Paul Cameron)
3. The Aviator (Robert Richardson)
4. House of Flying Daggers (Zhao Xiaoding)
5. The Motorcycle Diaries (Eric Gautier)
EDITING: ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Valdis Oskarsdottir)
2. House of Flying Daggers (Cheng Long)
3. The Aviator (Thelma Schoonmaker)
4. Closer (John Bloom, Antonia Van Dermallen)
5. Kinsey (Virginia Katz)
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW2. Spider-man 2
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. The Aviator
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
LEAST “SPECIAL” EFFECTS: VAN HELSING
also: Catwoman, Garfield
PRODUCTION DESIGN: THE AVIATOR
also: House of Flying Daggers, The Phantom of the Opera
COSTUMES: THE AVIATOR
Also: Lemony Snicket, House of Flying Daggers
STUNTS: HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
also: Troy, Hidalgo, Kill Bill Vol 2
BEST ACTION SCENE: Plane crash (The Aviator)
Also: Elevated train (Spider-man 2), Echo game (House of Flying Daggers)
BEST CHEMISTRY: Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine)2. Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler (50 First Dates)
3. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy (Before Sunset)
WORST CHEMISTRY: Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler (Jersey Girl)
2. Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon (Taxi)
3. Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans (White Chicks)
BEST SCENE-STEALING: Cloris Leachman (Spanglish)
Also: Frances Fisher (Laws of Attraction), Debbie Reynolds (Connie & Carla), Eileen Atlins (Vanity Fair)
BEST SCENE-CHEWING: Richard Roxburgh (Van Helsing)
Also: Minnie Driver (Phantom of the Opera), Meryl Streep (Manchurian Candidate), Alec Baldwin (The Aviator)
BEST SINGLE TAKE: Nicole Kidman at the opera (Birth)
BEST VILLAIN: Jennifer Saunders (Shrek 2)
Also: David Carradine (Kill Bill Vol 2), Alfred Molina (Spider-man 2)
BEST CAMEO: Javier Bardem (Collateral)2. Javier Camara (Bad Education)
3. Gordon Liu (Kill Bill Vol 2)
4. Lynn Redgrave (Kinsey)
5. John Barrowman (De-Lovely)
MOST POINTLESS CAMEO: Dustin Hoffman (Lemony Snicket)
Also: Kathy Bates, John Cleese (Around the World in 80 Days); Robbie Williams, Elvis Costello, Alanis Morissette, Lemar, Sheryl Crowe (De-Lovely)
BEST HAIR: Johnny Depp (Secret Window)
2. Brad Pitt (Troy)
3. Khleo Thomas (Baadasssss)
4. Tom Cruise (Collateral)
5. Barbra Streisand (Meet the Fockers)
NEW LUST OBJECT: Ryan Reynolds (Blade Trinity)
also: Chris Evans (Cellular), Josh Duhamel (Win a Date With Tad Hamilton)
EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD: Peter Sarsgaard (Kinsey)
Also: Colin Farrell (Alexander), Steve Sandvoss (Latter Days), Anthony Mackie (She Hate Me).
MOST UNDERRATED: THE LIFE AQUATIC2. The Ladykillers
3. Birth
4. Ocean's Twelve
5. Beyond the Sea
Also: Jim Carrey, Ashley Judd
MOST OVERRATED: MILLION DOLLAR BABY
2. Sideways
3. Spider-man 2
4. A Very Long Engagement
5. Fahrenheit 9/11
Also: Leonardo DiCaprio, Julia Roberts
MOST IMPORTANT: HOTEL RWANDA
2. Dogville
3. Fahrenheit 9/11
4. Kinsey
5. Baadasssss!
GUILTY PLEASURE: SHAUN OF THE DEAD
2. Team America
3. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
4. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
5. Without a Paddle
BEST SEQUEL: SHREK 22. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
3. Spider-man 2
4. Before Sunset
5. Meet the Fockers
WORST SEQUEL: THE WHOLE TEN YARDS
2. The Chronicles of Riddick
3. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
4. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
5. Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
BEST REMAKE: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
Also: The Grudge, The Stepford Wives
WORST REMAKE: ALFIE
Also: Walking Tall, Taxi, The Stepford Wives
SCARIEST MOVIE: FAHRENHEIT 9/11Also: Saw, Open Water, Closer
BEST PLAY-TO-FILM: CLOSER
WORST PLAY-TO-FILM: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
MOST BLATANT RIP-OFF OF THE DA VINCI CODE: NATIONAL TREASURE
NOISIEST FILM: TORQUE
Also: Van Helsing, Alien vs Predator, Resident Evil Apocalypse, Blade Trinity
THAT ’70s MOVIE: STARSKY & HUTCH
Also: Baadasssss, Anchorman, The Life Aquatic, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, The Hillside Strangler, Toolbox Murders, Stander
COOLEST FUTURE: I, ROBOT
Also: Code 46, Sky Captain
MOST EVISCERATED BIOPIC: ALEXANDER
Also: De-Lovely, King Arthur, Troy
SHOULD RETIRE: BEN AFFLECKalso: Garry Marshall, Joel Schumacher, Jimmy Fallon
BEST CASTING: Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Ben Stiller's Parents (Meet the Fockers)
Also: Jim Caviezel as Jesus (The Passion of the Christ); Bruno Ganz as Hitler (Downfall)
WORST CASTING: Jimmy Fallon (Taxi)
also: Richard Roxburgh as Adam Ant meets Lilly Savage (Van Helsing); Angelina Jolie as Colin Farrell’s mother (Alexander)
THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN MOVIES: Jude Law (Sky Captain, Alfie, Closer, I Heart Huckabees, The Aviator, Lemony Snicket)
MOST WASTED DIRECTOR: Philip Kaufman (Twisted)
MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR: Irwin Winkler (De-Lovely)
MOST WASTED-AWAY ACTOR: Christian Bale (The Machinist)
BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Mother and child camels (Story of the Weeping Camel)
Also: Moses and Jinx (Meet the Fockers), Koumal and Sangha (Two Brothers), Chum (Spanglish)
BEST ANIMATED CHARACTER: Puss In Boots (Shrek 2)
Also: Elastigirl (The Incredibles); Donkey (Shrek 2).
BEST NEW TREND: Low-budget thrillers (Open Water, Toolbox Murders,Undead)Also: Nudism (Leo DiCaprio in The Aviator, Jeff Bridges in The Door in the Floor, Tom Jane in Stander, Louis Garrel in Ma Mere).
WORST NEW TREND: Cheap scares instead of suspense (The Grudge, Cellular, Saw, The Butterfly Effect, Wicker Park)
Also: Long, dry documentaries (Mondovino, The Corporation); Overblown but simple-minded epics (Troy, Alexander, Phantom of the Opera).
BEST TITLE SEQUENCE: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
WORST TITLE: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Also: You Got Served, Christmas with the Kranks
MOST IRONIC TITLE: The Terminal
S H A D O W S S W E E P S T A K E S 2 0 0 5the final standings as of 28.Feb.05 with 180 awards tabulated . . .
F I L M932 Sideways*
909 The Incredibles**
788 The Aviator*
756 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
658 Million Dollar Baby**
432 Fahrenheit 9/11
407 Finding Neverland*
397 Before Sunset
352 Shrek 2*
337 Kinsey
D I R E C T O R
572 Martin Scorsese (The Aviator*)
425 Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby**)
325 Alexander Payne (Sideways*)
180 Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine)
178 Mike Leigh (Vera Drake*)
S C R E E N P L A Y
586 Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor (Sideways**)
560 Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine**)
242 John Logan (The Aviator*)
226 Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby*)
205 Bill Condon (Kinsey)
A C T R E S S
616 Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake*)
582 Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby**)
517 Kate Winslet (Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine*)
367 Annette Bening (Being Julia*)
258 Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace*)
A C T O R
1000 Jamie Foxx (Ray**, Collateral*)
365 Paul Giamatti (Sideways)
351 Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator*)
282 Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland*)
280 Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda*, Assassination of Richard Nixon)
S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S
618 Cate Blanchett (The Aviator**, Life Aquatic, Coffee & Cigarettes)
528 Virginia Madsen (Sideways*)
420 Natalie Portman (Closer*, Garden State)
347 Laura Linney (Kinsey*, P.S.)
153 Meryl Streep (The Manchurian Candidate)
S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R
522 Thomas Haden Church (Sideways*)
412 Clive Owen (Closer*)
405 Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby**)
194 Peter Sarsgaard (Kinsey, Garden State)
155 David Carradine (Kill Bill Vol 2)
102 Sideways
43 Closer
35 The Aviator
B R E A K T H R O U G H
120 Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace)
88 Zach Braff (Garden State)
63 Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace)
S C O R E
162 The Incredibles (Michael Giacchino)
143 Finding Neverland** (Jan Kaczmareck)
142 The Aviator (Howard Shore)
S O N G
130 Believe (The Polar Express*)
123 Accidentally in Love (Shrek 2*)
113 Learn to Be Lonely (Phantom of the Opera*)
C I N E M A T O G R A P H E R
247 The Aviator** (Robert Richardson)
157 A Very Long Engagement* (Bruno Delbonnel)
129 House of Flying Daggers* (Zhao Xiaoding)
P R O D U C T I O N D E S I G N
256 The Aviator** (Dante Feretti)
126 The Phantom of the Opera* (Anthony Pratt)
109 Lemony Snicket* (Rick Heinrichs)
E F F E C T S
209 Spider-man 2**
121 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*
98 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
E D I T I N G
212 The Aviator** (Thelma Schoonmaker)
115 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Valdis Oskarsdottir)
101 Ray* (Paul Hirsch)
C O S T U M E S
202 The Aviator** (Sandy Powell)
112 Lemony Snicket* (Colleen Atwood)
75 The Phantom of the Opera (Alexandra Byrne)
75 House of Flying Daggers (Emi Wada)
W O R S T F I L M
280 Catwoman
176 Alexander
128 Van Helsing
113 White Chicks
94 Fahrenheit 9/11
Numbers are cumulative points based on Shadows' complex, highly secret scoring system.
* Oscar nominees ** Oscar winners