Commie Awards 2007-2010

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THE 1st ANNUAL
COMMIE AWARDS
Presenting the Best in Motion Pictures for the year 2007

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This (well, the 2010 version) is what ive been wasting all of my free time on lately, causing me to be slow on updating on this site. First, let me explain the name. "Commie" is what people have, for whatever reason, taken to calling me on the board that I do these awards on, so I went with it. Now, im a huuuge fan of cinema, and because of that, I ended up as one of the main 'movie' posters over on that site. That evolved into me doing lists, then awards, and so on. The reason Im posting them here is because a) I feel bad about not being around much lately, and want to provide a reason, b) Maybe a few of you might enjoy something like this.

I thought id start with the first year I started doing these awards (2007), and work my way up to this year, where I still have a shortlist of movies that I need to see in order to complete the awards. So without further adieu, here are my Top 25 Movies of 2007 and my awards from that year.

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BEST PICTURE
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Once"
"The Lives of Others"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Zodiac"

BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, "Lust, Caution"
David Fincher, "Zodiac"
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, "The Lives of Others"
Joe Wright, "Atonement"
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Emile Hirsch, "Into the Wild"
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead"
Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Ulrich Muhe, "The Lives of Others"

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Ellen Page, "Juno"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Laura Linney, "The Savages"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en rose"
Wei Tang, "Lust, Caution"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Paul Dano, "There Will Be Blood"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Sebastian Koch, "The Lives of Others"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Cate Blanchett, "Im Not There"
Emily Mortimer, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Imelda Staunton, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
"Into the Wild" (Hirsch, Halbrook, Keener, Stewart, etc)
"Juno" (Page, Bateman, Simmons, Janney, Garner, etc)
"Michael Clayton" (Clooney, Swinton, Wilkinson, etc)
"No Country for Old Men" (Brolin, Bardem, Jones, Macdonald, etc)
"The Lives of Others" (Muhe, Koch, Gedeck, etc)
"Zodiac" (Gyllenhaal, Downey Jr, Ruffalo, etc)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Juno"
"Lars and the Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Ratatouille"
"The Lives of Others"
"The Savages"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Atonement"
"Away From Her"
"No Country for Old Men"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Zodiac"

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
"Atonement"
"Lust, Caution"
"Once"
"Sweeney Todd"
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"There Will Be Blood"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly", "Once"
"Happy Working Song", "Enchanted"
"If You Want Me", "Once"
"Rise", "Into the Wild"
"So Close", "Enchanted"
"That's How You Know", "Enchanted"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Atonement"
"No Country for Old Men"
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"The Orphanage"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Zodiac"

BEST ART DIRECTION
"Atonement"
"Elizabeth The Golden Age"
"Lust, Caution"
"Sweeney Todd"
"The Orphanage"
"There Will Be Blood"

BEST COSTUMES
"Atonement"
"Elizabeth The Golden Age"
"Lust, Caution"
"Sweeney Todd"
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"There Will Be Blood"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End"
"Sunshine"

BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"La Vie en rose"
"Lust, Caution"
"Persepolis"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"The Lives of Others"
"The Orphanage"

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COMMIE BREAKDOWN

"There Will Be Blood" / 9 Nominations, 4 Wins
"The Lives of Others" / 7 Nominations, 2 Wins
'Atonement" / 7 Nominations, 1 Win
"No Country for Old Men" / 6 Nominations, 3 Wins
"Michael Clayton" / 6 Nominations, 1 Win
"The Assassination of Jesse James" / 4 Nominations, 1 Win
"Once" / 4 Nominations, 1 Win
"Sweeney Todd" / 3 Nominations, 1 Win
"Elizabeth The Golden Age" / 3 Nominations, 1 Win
"Ratatouille" / 2 Nominations, 1 Win
"Sunshine" / 1 Nomination, 1 Win
"Lust, Caution" / 6 Nominations
"Zodiac" / 5 Nominations
"Juno" / 3 Nominations
"Into the Wild" / 3 Nominations
"Lars and the Real Girl" / 3 Nominations
"The Orphanage" / 3 Nominations
"Enchanted" / 3 Nominations
"Away From Her" / 2 Nominations
"The Savages" / 2 Nominations
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" / 2 Nominations
"La Vie en rose" / 2 Nominations
"Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix" / 2 Nominations
"Persepolis" / 2 Nominations
"Before The Devil Knows You're Dead" / 1 Nomination
"Charlie Wilson's War" / 1 Nomination
"Gone Baby Gone" / 1 Nomination
"I'm Not There" / 1 Nomination
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End" / 1 Nomination

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25. "Persepolis"
24. "American Gangster"
23. "Elizabeth The Golden Age"
22. "3:10 To Yuma"
21. "Eastern Promises"
20. "Lars and the Real Girl"
19. "Gone Baby Gone"
18. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
17. "The Savages"
16. "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
15. "The Orphanage"
14. "Away From Her"
13. "Ratatouille"
12. "Sweeney Todd"
11. "Lust, Caution"
10. "The Assassination of Jesse James"
09. "Atonement"
08. "Into the Wild"
07. "Juno"
06. "Once"
05. "Zodiac"
04. "Michael Clayton"
03. "The Lives of Others"
02. "No Country for Old Men"
01. "There Will Be Blood"

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Funnily enough, I run a movie podcast. You should be on sometime. We'd love to have you as a guest.

Brian J. Blottie
-We tape Wednesdays.

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2008

BEST PICTURE
"In Bruges"
"Let the Right One In"
"Rachel Getting Married"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Wrestler"

BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan, "The Dark Knight"
Cristian Mungiu, "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days"
Darren Aronofsky, "The Wrestler"
David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Jonathan Demme, "Rachel Getting Married"
Romas Alfredson, "Let The Right One In"

BEST ACTOR
Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Colin Farrell, "In Bruges"
Michael Sheen, "Frost/Nixon"
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
Sean Penn, "Milk"

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Kate Winslet, "Revolutionary Road"
Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
Kristen Scott Thomas, "I've Loved You So Long"
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep, "Doubt"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bill Irwin, "Rachel Getting Married"
Brad Pitt, "Burn After Reading"
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt"
Ralph Fiennes, "In Bruges"
Robert Downey Jr, "Tropic Thunder"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, "Doubt"
Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler"
Penelope Cruz, "Elegy"
Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Rosemarie DeWitt, "Rachel Getting Married"
Viola Davis, "Doubt"

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
"A Christmas Tale" (Deneuve, Roussillon, Consigny, Amalric, etc)
"Doubt" (Streep, Hoffman, Adams, Davis, etc)
"Rachel Getting Married" (Hathaway, Dewitt, Irwin, Winger, etc)
"Revolutionary Road" (DiCaprio, Winslet, Shannon, Bates, etc)
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Pitt, Blanchett, Swinton, Henson, etc)
"The Dark Knight" (Bale, Ledger, Oldman, Eckhart, Caine, etc)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"A Christmas Tale"
"Burn After Reading"
"In Bruges"
"Rachel Getting Married"
"Rocknrolla"
"Synecdoche, New York"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Doubt"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Reader"

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
"Blindness"
"In Bruges"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"WALL·E"

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Down to Earth", "WALL·E"
"Dracula's Lament", "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"
"Gran Torino", "Gran Torino"
"Little Person", "Synecdoche, New York"
"O... Saya", "Slumdog Millionaire"
"The Wrestler", "The Wrestler"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Let The Right One In"
"Revolutionary Road"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Reader"
"The Wrestler"

BEST ART DIRECTION
"Let the Right One In"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"Synecdoche, New York"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Duchess"

BEST COSTUMES
"Australia"
"Changeling"
"Milk"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"The Duchess"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Iron Man"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"WALL·E"

BEST ANIMATED FILM
"Bolt"
"WALL·E"
"Waltz With Bashir"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"A Christmas Tale"
"4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days"
"I've Loved You So Long"
"Let the Right One In"
"Reprise"
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"

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COMMIE BREAKDOWN

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" / 10 Nominations, 7 Wins
"The Dark Knight" 8 Nominations, 1 Win
"Rachel Getting Married" / 7 Nominations, 3 Wins
"The Wrestler" / 6 Nominations, 2 Wins
"In Bruges" / 5 Nominations, 1 Win
"Let the Right One In" / 5 Nominations, 1 Win
"WALL·E" / 4 Nominations, 1 Win
"The Duchess" / 2 Nominations, 1 Win
"Doubt" / 6 Nominations
"Slumdog Millionaire" / 4 Nominations
"The Reader" / 3 Nominations
"A Christmas Tale" / 3 Nominations
"Synecdoche, New York" / 3 Nominations
"4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days" / 2 Nominations
"Milk" / 2 Nominations
"Frost/Nixon" / 2 Nominations
"Revolutionary Road" / 2 Nominations
"I've Loved You So Long" / 2 Nominations
"Burn After Reading" / 2 Nominations
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" / 2 Nominations
"The Visitor" / 1 Nomination
"Tropic Thunder" / 1 Nomination
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona" / 1 Nomination
"Elegy" / 1 Nomination
"RocknRolla" / 1 Nomination
"Blindness" / 1 Nomination
"Gran Torino" / 1 Nomination
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" / 1 Nomination
"Changeling" / 1 Nomination
"Australia" / 1 Nomination
"Iron Man" / 1 Nomination
"Waltz With Bashir" / 1 Nomination
"Bolt" / 1 Nomination
"Reprise" / 1 Nomination

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25. "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
24. "Revolutionary Road"
23. "Elegy"
22. "The Class"
21. "Reprise"
20. "Gran Torino"
19. "Synecdoche, New York"
18. "WALL·E"
17. "Burn After Reading"
16. "Frost/Nixon"
15. "Slumdog Millionaire"
14. "A Christmas Tale"
13. "The Visitor"
12. "I've Loved You So Long"
11. "The Reader"
10. "Doubt"
09. "RocknRolla"
08. "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"
07. "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days"
06. "Let the Right One In"
05. "The Dark Knight"
04. "The Wrestler"
03. "In Bruges"
02. "Rachel Getting Married"
01. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"