Welcome to the first (and hopefully) annual FBOMB Awards. The goal is to give Milwaukee a chance to voice their opinions about movies. Since this is our first year it has been like pulling teeth to get people to vote and hopefully next year it will be easier.
We asked local film bloggers and critics to vote in 14 different categories. We assigned a point value based on the ranking of the films and the movies with the most points receive the FBOMB Award. We will announce the winner and runner up in each category except Best Picture where we will announce the top 5. We also asked for their suggestions for other categories we should have and we will share some of those and consider adding them for next year. There were some tight races and a few ties.
Here is the official list of winners.
We asked local film bloggers and critics to vote in 14 different categories. We assigned a point value based on the ranking of the films and the movies with the most points receive the FBOMB Award. We will announce the winner and runner up in each category except Best Picture where we will announce the top 5. We also asked for their suggestions for other categories we should have and we will share some of those and consider adding them for next year. There were some tight races and a few ties.
Here is the official list of winners.
Best Film Score
Winner - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Gone Girl
Runner up - Antonio Sanchez - Birdman
Best Song
Winner - Tegan and Sara ft. The Lonely Island “Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie
Runner up - Lorde “Yellow Flicker Beat” from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Best Supporting Actor
Winner - Edward Norton (Birdman)
Runner up - J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Best Supporting Actress
Winner- Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Runner up- (tie) Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer) and Emma Stone (Birdman)
Best Actor
Winner - Michael Keaton (Birdman)
Runner up - Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Best Actress
Winner - Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
Runner up - Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Best Original Screenplay
Winner - Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bo (Birdman)
Runner up - Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner - Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)
Runner up - Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)
Best Animated Movie
Winner - The Lego Movie
Runner up - Big Hero 6
Best Foreign Language
Winner - Ida
Runner up - Force Majeure
Best Documentary
Winner – (tie) Life Itself and The Overnighters
Best Milwaukee Movie
Winner - The Surface
Runner up - PsychoPath
Best Director
Winner - Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)
Runner up - Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
The Top Five Vote Getters for Best Picture
1. Birdman
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Gone Girl
4. Whiplash
5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Snowpiercer (tie)
The top five are an eclectic group and there was a tie for the 5th spot so there are actually 6 movies on the list. Birdman didn’t make every list but ranked high on the ones it did make. Guardians of the Galaxy the much loved blockbuster made almost every list to so even though no one picked it at number 1 it managed to jump into the second spot. I think the list is a good representation of the year.
Special Awards
The F-Bomb FBOMB Award- For the most F-Bombs in a movie goes to 22 Jump Street for at least 148 uses of the F word. (Source Kids-in-Mind.com)
Breakout Stars of 2014
Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
Chris Pratt for The Lego Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy
David Oyelowo for Selma
Jack O'Connell for Unbroken, ’71, and Starred Up
Ellar Coltrane for Boyhood
Gugu Mbatha- Raw for Belle & Beyond the Lights
Ned Benson for directing The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Matt Mueller’s pick for Best Cinematography goes to Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski for Ida
Mack Bates pick for New Filmmaker of the Year: Justin Simien for Dear White People
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Winner - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Gone Girl
Runner up - Antonio Sanchez - Birdman
Best Song
Winner - Tegan and Sara ft. The Lonely Island “Everything is Awesome” from The Lego Movie
Runner up - Lorde “Yellow Flicker Beat” from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Best Supporting Actor
Winner - Edward Norton (Birdman)
Runner up - J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Best Supporting Actress
Winner- Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Runner up- (tie) Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer) and Emma Stone (Birdman)
Best Actor
Winner - Michael Keaton (Birdman)
Runner up - Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Best Actress
Winner - Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
Runner up - Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Best Original Screenplay
Winner - Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bo (Birdman)
Runner up - Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner - Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)
Runner up - Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)
Best Animated Movie
Winner - The Lego Movie
Runner up - Big Hero 6
Best Foreign Language
Winner - Ida
Runner up - Force Majeure
Best Documentary
Winner – (tie) Life Itself and The Overnighters
Best Milwaukee Movie
Winner - The Surface
Runner up - PsychoPath
Best Director
Winner - Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)
Runner up - Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
The Top Five Vote Getters for Best Picture
1. Birdman
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. Gone Girl
4. Whiplash
5. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Snowpiercer (tie)
The top five are an eclectic group and there was a tie for the 5th spot so there are actually 6 movies on the list. Birdman didn’t make every list but ranked high on the ones it did make. Guardians of the Galaxy the much loved blockbuster made almost every list to so even though no one picked it at number 1 it managed to jump into the second spot. I think the list is a good representation of the year.
Special Awards
The F-Bomb FBOMB Award- For the most F-Bombs in a movie goes to 22 Jump Street for at least 148 uses of the F word. (Source Kids-in-Mind.com)
Breakout Stars of 2014
Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything
Chris Pratt for The Lego Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy
David Oyelowo for Selma
Jack O'Connell for Unbroken, ’71, and Starred Up
Ellar Coltrane for Boyhood
Gugu Mbatha- Raw for Belle & Beyond the Lights
Ned Benson for directing The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Matt Mueller’s pick for Best Cinematography goes to Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski for Ida
Mack Bates pick for New Filmmaker of the Year: Justin Simien for Dear White People
Tell us your thoughts.
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