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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Bathroom Monologues Movie Awards for 2018

It's almost March 2019, so of course we're all talking about the best movies of 2018. Naturally I'll disagree with some of the Oscar winners. More naturally, I don't understand what some of the categories mean. But nothing shall dissuade me from telling a democratic body of people who devote swaths of their lives to film that their mass conclusions were wrong. So here we go!



The Robbed Award
Going to the movie that got no play last year
and is just as good as whatever won Best Picture
THE FLORIDA PROJECT



The Raddest Scene Award
Going to the raddest scene in a motion picture

The end of SUPPORT THE GIRLS
Honorable Mentions:
The foot race in MIRAI
 The snap in AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR


The Too Little/Too Late Award
Going to the movie I missed by several years,
but have now seen and wish I'd been on the bandwagon for at the time
Police Story 2


 The Best Music in a Motion Picture Award
John's already used the "going to the obvious thing-award" joke,
so this is embarrassing
I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW
Honorable Mentions:
SUSPIRIA
BLUMHOUSE'S HALLOWEEN
THE DEATH OF STALIN


The Dark Horse Award

Going to the movie that was way better than you all led me to believe it would be
JURASSIC WORLD FALLEN KINGDOM


The Frank/Nixon Memorial Award
Going to all actors who performed as well or better
than Frank Langella did in Frost/Nixon
For the eleventh year in a row, NO ONE



You're Actually All Great At This
Going to the best ensemble in a motion picture,
since a great cast is way more impressive than a single great performance
WIDOWS
Honorable Mentions:
THE SHOPLIFTERS
SUPPORT THE GIRLS
THE FAVOURITE
BLACK PANTHER



The "There's No Such Thing As The Best Movie of the Year" Award
Seeing as there is no such thing as a best movie amidst a field of
comedies, dramas, musicals, period pieces, speculative fiction, animation,
blockbusters and an international film market we're both not watching enough of as it is,
the award that simply goes to whatever movie brought me
the closest to both crying and laughing last year

 THE SHOPLIFTERS
Honorable Mentions:
WIDOWS
SUPPORT THE GIRLS
MIRAI
PADDINGTON 2



Previous Years

4 comments:

  1. Fallen Kingdom was a lot better than the last one, although nothing will live up to the original.
    And no one is going to win that Nixon award.

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  2. I have got to watch The Florida Project. I even rented it on iTunes and then never watched it. This must be remedied. As for the snap in Infinity War, it was more of an "are you fucking kidding me with this right now?" moment than a rad scene for me, but we can agree to disagree. I am looking forward to Captain Marvel, though.

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  3. I'm keen to see Widows, but apart from things I watched on planes (best was 3 Billboards...) I saw very few movies in 2018.

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