The Academy Awards are this Sunday but here are our Superhero Movie Awards.
The 2014 Superhero Movie Season began with the Marvel universe changing Captain America movie that shattered S.H.I.E.L.D. and the status quo then Spidey came out swinging against an army of super villains then X-Men from past and present united to reshape the franchise and finally a motley crew from outer space conquered the planet!
As a lifelong James Bond fan I was thrilled the Oscars honored the 50th Anniversary of the 007 franchise and Adele received an award for the theme to Skyfall. I loved Shirley Bassey’s performance of Goldfinger.
That montage. Enough said.
Check out this fan’s montage.
Kees van Dijkhuizen Jr. deserves 00 status for this excellent tribute!
Will the OSCARS celebrate sci-fi, comic book or horror ever again? Avatar was the most recent sci-fi film to be nominated for an Academy Award. Looper should have a contender at least for screenplay. Oscar buzz inspired this list of my most anticipated genre movies in 2013. These flicks have not receive Oscars but could be next year’s Geek Oscar contenders:
#10 Sin City: A Dame To Kill For Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller take us back to the notorious haven of crime, corruption and women with dangerous curves! Eva Green as Ava, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Josh Brolin join the hard-core citzens of Basin City! October 29.
#9 Oblivion Tom Cruise is a repairman of the future who finds a clan of humans (led by Morgan Freeman) on what’s supposed to be a scorched Earth! This new film from director Joseph Kosinski looks action packed and thought-provoking. April 19.
#8 Kick-Ass 2 Sadistic, satirical and twisted! More “real” superheroics from the mind of Mark Millar. Jim Carrey as Colonel Stars and Stripes is among the new citizen heroes that follows Kick-Ass’s crusade but the Red Mist is plotting vengeance against the vigilantes! June 28.
#7 World War Z I absolutely love the book by Max Brooks. I already know the film is very different from the novel. It really should have been a cable series like the Band of Brothers of zombies. I choose to believe in the Pitt…Brad Pitt! June 21.
#6 Pacific RimGuillerno del Toro. Giant Robots. Giant Monsters. They had me with del Toro and giant anything! July 12.
#5 Thor: The Dark WorldChris Hemsworth portrays the Odinson again as Thor returns to Asgard! Malekitch (Christopher Eccleston of Doctor Who fame) leads the Dark Elves and the powerhouse Kurse! Will Loki be forgiven of his crimes in The Avengers? This cosmic clash is sure to be action packed and could include more of the Shakespearean family drama as Loki could find a shot at redemption. November 8.
courtesy Marvel
#4 Iron Man 3 Even after The Avengers I still believe fans want to see Robert Downey, Jr solo. Tony Stark’s world is obliterated by his arch-enemy. This third film unleashes the Mandarin (Oscar winner Ben Kingsley) and introduces the threat of Extremis and the Iron Patriot armor. The trailer is dark but I’m excited to see Shane Black direct a great performance out of Downey as a dethroned Tony fights his way back. May 3.
#3 The Wolverine I believe this is the movie that will be the definitive Wolverine story! The X-Man will faces an army of ninjas, the Silver Samurai and the woman who will change his life. Based on the classic series by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller and directed by James Mangold – this could be Continue reading Comic Book & Sci Fi Movies of 2013
As we count down to this year’s Oscars I can’t help but sigh that the Academy fails to recognize the powerful performances and amazing talents behind 2012’s big sci-fi and comic book (I’m including James Bond because I love him and why not) based films?
Here are my films, stars, creators that should be nominated plus some of my own geeky categories:
Best Picture: The Dark Knight Rises, Looper, Skyfall
Best Actor: Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Rian Johnson
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine, The Dark Knight Rises Javier Bardem, Skyfall Michael Fassbender, Prometheus
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises Emily Blunt, Looper
Will the Academy recognize the powerful performances and amazing talents behind 2012’s big sci-fi and comic book (I’m including James Bond because I love him and why not) based films? Here are my films, stars, creators that should be nominated plus some of my own geeky categories:
Best Picture: The Dark Knight Rises, Looper, Skyfall
Best Actor: Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Rian Johnson
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine, The Dark Knight Rises Javier Bardem, Skyfall Michael Fassbender, Prometheus
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises Emily Blunt, Looper
The Cast of X-Men: First Class courtesy Marvel.com
Best Film: X-Men: First Class
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender as Erik Lensherr/Magneto
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkholme/Mystique
Best Supporting Actor: Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy/Beast
Best Supporting Actress: Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
Best Director: Matthew Vaughn X-Men: First Class
Best Villain: Tom Hiddleston/Loki
Best Script: X-Men: First Class
Captain America: The First Avenger courtesy Marvel.com
Most Inspiring Moment: Captain America bringing back Bucky and his unit back!
Best Special Effect: Asgard and the Bifrost
Best Human Special Effect: Chris Hemsworth (male) January Jones(female)
Best Costumes: Thor
Best Decision to Change a Costume for the Big Screen: Captain America
Gone Too Soon: Darwin, X-Men: First Class
Coolest Comic Book to Movie Makeover: Azazel (Jason Flemying) X-Men: First Class
Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The First Avenger courtesy Marvel.com
Coolest Male Character I Hope to See in a Sequel: Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan)
Coolest Female Character I Hope to See More of in a Sequel: Lady Sif (Jaime Alexander)
Most Perfect Casting: Chris Evans (Steve Rogers) and Hugo Weaving (Red Skull)
Best Mix of Marvel Mythology in one movie while still keeping it accessible: Captain America: The First Avenger
Honorary Award: James McAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier. Michael Fassbender received most of the praise but he had the more demanding role. Everyone roots for the anti-hero. Xavier was the optimistic, steady yin to Erik’s passionate, revenge driven yang. Xavier is the mentor to the other characters and McAvoy was the rock for the rest of the cast.
Tom Hiddleston as Loki & Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Thor courtesy Marvel
Honorary Award: Kenneth Branaugh! I had serious doubts about making Norse Gods, Asgard, and the Nine Realms accessible and enjoyable but he pulled it off beautifully. His Shakespearean background was perfect to infuse the Odin, Thor, Loki conflict with power and drama.
A stellar year for Marvel superhero fans at the box-office. Great action, inspiration, and emotion. Thanks to all the creators and actors who accepted the challenge of bringing our heroes to the big screen.
