Online Film Critics Society: ‘Hurt Locker’ named Best Picture of 2009 by Online Film Critics Society
The Online Film Critics Society, of which I am a member, has announced its award winners for 2009:
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress: Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on a book by Roald Dahl
Best Documentary: Anvil!: The Story of Anvil
Best Picture Not in the English Language: The White Ribbon
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds
Best Score: Michael Giacchino, Up
Best Editing: Chris Innis and Bob Murawski, The Hurt Locker
via Online Film Critics Society: ‘Hurt Locker’ named Best Picture of 2009 by Online Film Critics Society.
What do all of these award winners have in common? None of them were my pick for the awards in question. But then again, I didn’t see most of the 2009 nominees — or any of the award-winning pictures, for that matter. My vote was because it was mandatory, not because I felt I had a handle on the best of 2009.
(So why am I even in the OFCS, you ask? Hey, I’m just here for the donuts.)
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So what did you vote for?
Well, since the only things I saw this year that really impressed me at all were The Men Who Stare at Goats and District 9, they both figured heavily in my voting. (Somehow, The Fantastic Mr. Fox left me cold.)
I’d be very interested to know what the OFCS would consider the Worst [Insert Category Here] of 2009…or any year for that matter. These Best Of lists rarely surprise and always seeming a little too overburdened with “safe” picks. A Worst Of list might do more to reveal the character of a particular organization, and its members. Or maybe I’m just being cantankerous.
Unfortunately, worst-of lists can be just as predictable. Have the Razzies surprised any time in the past decade?