I didn't get to see a whole bunch of movies last year compared to 2007. That's why I need your help. I need you to help me decide the best (and worst) in movies from January 1, 2008 to January 22, 2009, when those other guys announced their nominations.

Below is the official Igor ballot. You may vote for as many per category as you want. More categories will be added. Your votes are all due on Friday, February 13, 2009, unless I have to change the date for whatever reason. The deadline has been changed to Friday, February 20, 2009. Vote by replying to this thread with your choices and why you chose them (Remember, discussions). The votes will be counted and the final results will be posted to coincide with those other guys, who do their little puppet show on February 22. By the way, in case you're wondering, a lot of these nominees (esp. the movies I didn't see) are based on public opinion, critics' reviews, other people's reviews, and whether I think the movie would be interesting or stupid.

Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Haven't seen)
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon (Haven't seen)
Gran Torino (Haven't seen)
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire (Haven't seen)
Other: ____________________

Worst Picture
10,000 B.C.
Bride Wars (Haven't seen)
Cloverfield (Haven't seen)
Get Smart (Haven't seen)
Mama Mia!
Other: _____________________

Best Actor
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight
Jack Black, Be Kind Rewind
Daniel Craig, Quantum of Solace (Haven't seen)
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man
Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Haven't seen)
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon (Haven't seen)
Will Smith, Hancock (Haven't seen)
WALL-E, WALL-E (Haven't seen)
Other: _______________________

Best Actress
Karen Allen, Indiana Jones (Haven't seen)
Julie Benz, Rambo (Haven't seen)
Maggie Gyllenhall, The Dark Knight
Diane Keaton, Mad Money (Haven't seen)
Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man
Charlize Theron, Hancock (Haven't seen)
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler (Haven't seen)
Other: _______________________

Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges, Iron Man
Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight
Daeg Faerch, Hancock (Only seen his scene)
Danny Glover, Be Kind Rewind
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Gary Oldman, The Dark Knight
Eric Roberts, The Dark Knight
Other: _____________________

Best Supporting Actress
Eve, WALL-E (Haven't seen)
Maggie Gyllenhall, The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger (as Nurse Joker), The Dark Knight  ;D
Eva Mendes, Ghost Rider
Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man
Charlize Theron, Hancock (Haven't seen)
Other: _________________________

Worst Actor
The Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (Haven't seen)
Bill Maher, Religulous (Haven't seen)
Mike Myers, The Love Guru (Haven't seen)
Leslie Nielsen, ________ Movie Franchise
Adam Sandler, Zohan and Bedtime Stories (Haven't seen either)
Ben Stein, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Haven't seen)
Steven Strait, 10,000 B.C.
Other: _______________________

Worst Actress
Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert and Bolt (Haven't seen either)
Brittany Snow, Prom Night (Haven't seen)
Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia! (Haven't seen)
Naomi Watts, Funny Games (Haven't seen)
Other: _________________________

Worst Supporting Actor
Osama bin Laden, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? (Never even heard of it; thank you WIkipedia)
John Cho, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Haven't seen)
Neil Patrick Harris, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Haven't seen)
Marco Khan as Sid Haig, 10,000 B.C.
Ted Nugent, Beer For My Horses (Haven't seen)
Kal Penn, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Haven't seen)
Other: _________________________

Worst Supporting Actress
Camilla Belle, 10,000 B.C.
Cate Blanchett, Indiana Jones (Haven't seen)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Haven't seen)
Angelina Jolie, Kung Fu Panda (Haven't seen)
Susan Sarandon, Speed Racer (Haven't seen)
Other: ___________________________

Best Director
Clint Eastwood, Changeling & Grand Torino (Haven't seen)
Jon Favreau, Iron Man
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon (Haven't seen)
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Oliver Stone, W. (Haven't seen)
Other: __________________________

Worst Director
David Hackl, Saw V (Haven't seen)
Kenny Ortega, High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Haven't seen, thank God!)
Kevin Smith, Zack & Miri (Haven't seen)
David Zucker, _______ Movie Franchise
Other: ________________________

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Dark Knight -- Davis S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, & Jonathan Nolan
— Based on Batman characters created by Bob Kane, appearing in DC Comics
Frost/Nixon -- Peter Morgan
— Based on Morgan's play
Hellboy II: The Golden Army -- Guillermo del Toro
— Based on the comic book by Mike Mignola
The Incredible Hulk -- Zak Penn
— Based on characters appearing in Marvel Comics
Iron Man -- Marc Fergus, Matt Holloway, Art Marcum, & Hawk Ostby
— Based on characters appearing in Marvel Comics
Max Payne -- Beau Thorne
— Based on the video game by Remedy Entertainment and 3-D Realms Entertainment, created by Sam Lake
Slumdog Millionaire -- Simon Beaufoy
— Based on the novel, Q&A by Vikas Swarup
Other: _______________________

Best Original Screenplay
Be Kind Rewind -- Michel Gondry
Cloverfield -- Drew Goddard
Hamlet 2 -- Pam Brady & Andrew Fleming
Hancock -- Vince Gilligan & Vincent Ngo
Notorious -- Reggie Rock Bythewood & Cheo Hodari Coker
Zack and Miri Make a Porno -- Kevin Smith
Other: _________________

Best Original Song*
*Finally, a category where I don't have to have seen the movies. All I have to do is listen to the songs.

"Gran Torino" from Gran Torino
— Written by Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens
"Rock Me Sexy Jesus" from Hamlet 2
— Words and music by Ralph Saul
"Slept on Tony (with Dirt)" from Iron Man
— Words and music by Dennis Coles
"Wanna Know How I Got These Scars (Why So Serious?)" from The Dark Knight
— Words by David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, & Jonathan Nolan
— Music by James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer (Okay, it's not a song, but still good )
"The Wrestler" from The Wrestler
— Words and music by Bruce Springsteen
Other: _________________

Not Worthy of Their Talents*
*Haven't seen any of these, but they look stupid, and the critics (who have seen them) seem to agree with me

Jim Carrey, Yes Man
Kevin James, Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Eddie Murphy, Meet Dave
Mike Myers, The Love Guru
Adam Sandler, You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Other: _______________ (You can nominate any actor, writer, director, anybody you feel did an inferior movie in 2008-09 so far, compared to previous efforts)

Best Original Score*
*For this category, one only needs to hear the score (or enough portions of it to make a judgment)

The Dark Knight -- James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer
Iron Man -- Ramin Djawadi
Milk -- Danny Elfman
Pushing Daisies (TV series) -- Jim Dooley
Shrooms -- Dario Marianelli
Twilight -- Carl Burwell
Other: ________________

Who should be the namesake for the Hall of Fame (Lifetime Achievement) Award/honor?

Tim Burton
John Carpenter
Francis Ford Coppola
Alfred Hitchcock
Stanley Kubrick
George Lucas
Martin Scorsese
Steven Spielberg
Orson Welles
Other: ______________


On the flip side, from whom should the Hall of Shame Award/(dis)honor take its name?

Stephen Baldwin (Bio-Dome? The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas?)
Uwe Boll
George W. Bush (Not in entertainment, but he disgraced the country)
Madonna (let's face it, she has gotten flak for her acting from critics and audiences)
Joel Schumacher (Lost Boys was good, but Batman & Robin?)
Pauly Shore
Jason Statham (His films don't get the best reviews)
Ed Wood
Other: _______________ (You can choose actors/actresses, directors, writers, composers, editors, cinematographers, SFX guys, anybody... have a field day! )

Dog Movie of the Year
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Hotel for Dogs
Marley & Me
Slumdog Millionaire
Other: ______________

Best Parody of a 2009 Oscar Nominee
The Curious Case of Bennington Butterworth
— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbLsuYAz5Wo (CBS "Late Show with David Letterman")
The Dark Bailout
— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1X6RQLZtoA
The Dark Ranger
— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofjuMHoivY4
Frost/Other People
— http://www.fasthack.com/posts/4800/ (SNL)
Joker Gets Rickroll'd
— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMN0RG-yF0E
The Pink Knight
— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgxlO7m5YVA&feature=related
Slumdog Millionaire Sock Puppet Show
— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF1EGjShsYQ
Other: ________________

Best Villain
Jeff Bridges, Iron Man
Aaron Ekhart, The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Eric Roberts, The Dark Knight

Best Superhero
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight (Seen)
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man (Seen)
Edward Norton, The Incredible Hulk
Ron Perlman, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Will Smith, Hancock

Happy voting!  ;D

Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Haven't seen)
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon (Haven't seen)
Gran Torino (Haven't seen)
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire (Haven't seen)
Other: ____________________

Worst Picture
10,000 B.C.
Bride Wars (Haven't seen)
Cloverfield (Haven't seen)
Get Smart (Haven't seen)
Mama Mia!
Other: _____________________

Best Actor
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight
Jack Black, Be Kind Rewind
Daniel Craig, Quantum of Solace (Haven't seen)
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man
Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Haven't seen)
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon (Haven't seen)
Will Smith, Hancock (Haven't seen)
WALL-E, WALL-E (Haven't seen)
Other: _______________________

Best Actress
Karen Allen, Indiana Jones (Haven't seen)
Julie Benz, Rambo (Haven't seen)
Maggie Gyllenhall, The Dark Knight
Diane Keaton, Mad Money (Haven't seen)
Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man
Charlize Theron, Hancock (Haven't seen)
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler (Haven't seen)
Other: _______________________

Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges, Iron Man
Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight
Daeg Faerch, Hancock (Only seen his scene)
Danny Glover, Be Kind Rewind
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Gary Oldman, The Dark Knight
Eric Roberts, The Dark Knight
Other: _____________________

Best Supporting Actress
Eve, WALL-E (Haven't seen)
Maggie Gyllenhall, The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger (as Nurse Joker), The Dark Knight  ;D
Eva Mendes, Ghost Rider
Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man
Charlize Theron, Hancock (Haven't seen)
Other: _________________________

Worst Actor
The Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (Haven't seen)
Bill Maher, Religulous (Haven't seen)
Mike Myers, The Love Guru (Haven't seen)
Leslie Nielsen, ________ Movie Franchise
Adam Sandler, Zohan and Bedtime Stories (Haven't seen either)
Ben Stein, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Haven't seen)
Steven Strait, 10,000 B.C.
Other: _______________________

Worst Actress
Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert and Bolt (Haven't seen either)
Brittany Snow, Prom Night (Haven't seen)
Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia! (Haven't seen)
Naomi Watts, Funny Games (Haven't seen)
Other: _________________________


Best Director
Clint Eastwood, Changeling & Grand Torino (Haven't seen)
Jon Favreau, Iron Man
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon (Haven't seen)
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Oliver Stone, W. (Haven't seen)
Other: Tie between The Dark Knight and IronMan


Best Adapted Screenplay
The Dark Knight -- Davis S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan, & Jonathan Nolan
— Based on Batman characters created by Bob Kane, appearing in DC Comics
Frost/Nixon -- Peter Morgan
— Based on Morgan's play
Hellboy II: The Golden Army -- Guillermo del Toro
— Based on the comic book by Mike Mignola
The Incredible Hulk -- Zak Penn
— Based on characters appearing in Marvel Comics
Iron Man -- Marc Fergus, Matt Holloway, Art Marcum, & Hawk Ostby
— Based on characters appearing in Marvel Comics
Max Payne -- Beau Thorne
— Based on the video game by Remedy Entertainment and 3-D Realms Entertainment, created by Sam Lake
Slumdog Millionaire -- Simon Beaufoy
X Based on the novel, Q&A by Vikas Swarup
Other: _______________________

Best Original Screenplay
Be Kind Rewind -- Michel Gondry
Cloverfield -- Drew Goddard
Hamlet 2 -- Pam Brady & Andrew Fleming
Hancock -- Vince Gilligan & Vincent Ngo
Notorious -- Reggie Rock Bythewood & Cheo Hodari Coker
Zack and Miri Make a Porno -- Kevin Smith
Other: _________________



Best Original Score*
*For this category, one only needs to hear the score (or enough portions of it to make a judgment)

The Dark Knight -- James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer
Iron Man -- Ramin Djawadi
Milk -- Danny Elfman
Pushing Daisies (TV series) -- Jim Dooley
Shrooms -- Dario Marianelli
Twilight -- Carl Burwell
Other: ________________

Who should be the namesake for the Hall of Fame (Lifetime Achievement) Award/honor?

Tim Burton
John Carpenter
Francis Ford Coppola
Alfred Hitchcock
Stanley Kubrick
George Lucas
Martin Scorsese
Steven Spielberg
Orson Welles
Other: ______________



Dog Movie of the Year
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Hotel for Dogs
Marley & Me
Slumdog Millionaire
Other: ______________


Best Villain
Jeff Bridges, Iron Man
Aaron Ekhart, The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Eric Roberts, The Dark Knight

Best Superhero
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight (Seen)
Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man (Seen)
Edward Norton, The Incredible Hulk
Ron Perlman, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Will Smith, Hancock



My choices are mostly based on personal preference. Of course, if Twilight had been in every category, I would say they would win, but I have to be a little bit serious. ;)

I deleted the options I had no idea about.
And of course, if Heath Ledger wins, he will roll over in his grave! He hated anything to do with glorifying actors for doing their jobs.

Thank you for your votes. I originally posted this on IMDb but wasn't get anybody to vote at the time. Nobody has been voting at MovieTome, either. At least somebody on IMDb finally voted, but there is a severe shortage of votes. Unless I can get some more voters, soem categories with have ties with single votes.

Anybody willing to jump on the bandwagon?  ;D

Who's Igor?  Is this a combo Oscar/Razzie?

Who's Igor?  Is this a combo Oscar/Razzie?


To answer your second question: Yes, this is a combo Oscar/Razzie. Like many of us, we felt that a certain film or two The Dark Knight was/were misrepresented as an Oscar nomination.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/batman.gif And I felt that I should do the film justice, the same way I did it last year when I made Rob Zombie's Halloween sweep the awards last year.

To answer your second question, there is no Igor. All of the other names are taken; the original name for the "award" was Felix, but that already exists, so this year I changed it to Igor (although I would also have gone with Ingmar, though Pushing Daisies is a TV series, not a movie) because it was one of the only names I could come up with.

Ah, so this is a your-own-thing kind of thing.  Hmm.

I'll set up a list right now 8)

Best Picture -- I have "The Dark Knight" edging "Iron Man".  I thought TDK was better plotwise, but Iron Man was better action-wise.

Worst Picture -- I only saw "10000 BC" and it was pretty bad.

Best Actor -- I voted for Will Smith because he was great as a superbastard.

Best Actress -- Charlize Theron.  She's hawt.

Best Supp Actor -- Heath Ledger.  He made the Joker awesome.

Best Supp Actress -- gotta think a bit here, I'm pretty sure Kate Winslet was good in something :D

Worst Actor -- Keanu Reeves in anything

Worst Actress -- Let's go with anything involving Lindsay Lohan

Worst Supporting Actor -- I'd have to go with Terence Howard in "Iron Man"...he just didn't seem right for the role, I think they were right to replace him with Don Cheadle for the sequels

Worst Supporting Actress -- Angelina Jolie in Kung Fu Panda was pretty useless

Best Director -- Chris Nolan, for making TDK awesome

Worst Director -- Uwe Boll!  How could you exclude Uwe Boll?

Best Adapted Screenplay -- I heard Slumdog Millionaire was pretty good

Best Original Screenplay -- Be Kind Rewind was a very good movie

Best Song -- I'll have to go with Bruce Springsteen.  Go Boss!

Not Worthy -- Jackie Chan in Kung Fu Panda...he was just kinda there, he should've had a bigger role

Worst Picture for 'Get Smart'?  OF all the movies I saw in 2008, that was one of the best.  I loved it.  To each his/her own though

I like Christian Bale, but I don't know about best actor for The Dark Knight  He did a good job in the role, but realistically, anyone can put on a bat suit and run around the city saving the day.  It's the villains who make superhero movies what they come to be

IF anything. Nic Cage as worst actor for 'Bangkok Dangerous.  That movie sucked big time ass

I have changed the deadline to Friday, February 20, 2009, which is closer to Oscar night, and it gives me more time to lure in new voters. Still not a lot of people voting: One person on IMDb, two people here, and zero on MovieTome, plus my own votes.

Best Minor Character
Daeg Faerch as French boy Michel, Hancock
Stan Lee as himself, Iron Man
Tom Morello as Insurgent #5, Iron Man
The guy walking behind the clapping Joker, The Dark Knight
The guy on the TV in the mob room, The Dark Knight

Lifetime Achievement namesake

I would have to say Scorcese or Welles.

I'm gonna need more votes, because the deadline is approaching! With the overall lack of votes, I decided to factor in reviews from Google Movie Reviews and Rotten Tomatoes, and other critic reviews. With those factored in, the numbers are huge, and it's close among the copntenders.

Have a field day with voting. Everything is due February 20, 2009!

Yup, today's the deadline. I hope you all got your votes in, and I'd like to thank those of you who voted for your favorites. I would also like to note that I finally got to see Hancock, via the Unrated version.

The winners will be announced in the style of a mock-Oscar "ceremony" to coincide with the other guys. See you there!  ;)