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Jackass Antics at Critics' Choice Movie Awards

The 16th Anual Vh1 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will be shaken up this year by the Jackass Crew. They will be doing parodies of this year’s movies up for best picture.

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Guardians Of The Galaxy Wins Big At This Year's Critics' Choice Awards

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Guardians of the Galaxy walked away from the 2015 Critics' Choice Awards with two gongs, but one was far more significant than the other.

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Argo Triumphs at Critics Choice Awards

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Hostage drama Argo was the big winner at this year's Critics' Choice Awards, hours after director Ben Affleck missed out on an Oscar nomination.

Affleck jokingly "thanked the Academy" as he accepted best director, but added: "This is the one that counts." The movie was also named best film.

Oscar favourites Daniel Day Lewis and Jessica Chastain won the best actor and actress prizes respectively.

alycakes4116d ago

I'm very happy about that. He so deserves it and more. It doesn't make up for not even getting a Nom for the Oscars but at least this something.

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The Social Network and Inception Win Big at Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

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With the beginning of the year underway, the movie awards season is really kicking off. Friday night (January 14th), the BFCA held the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards. Coming into the ceremony, Black Swan was riding high on an unprecedented 12 nominations. However, at the ceremony, The Social Network and Inception walked away as the real winners.

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JL4842d ago

Since this is usually the biggest indicator of how the Oscars will play out, I'm definitely looking for The Social Network to take Best Picture Oscar as well.

We're probably just a ways away from seeing it get the Golden Globe as well I'd bet. Sorkin just picked up Best Screenplay, so that's a bit of a sign.

Crazay4841d ago

I really liked the movie. Just saw it for the first time over the weekend and thought that Jessie Eisenberg was incredible.

JL4841d ago

Yea I saw it over the weekend as well (well..Friday). I like Eisenberg in anything he does really. I liked the movie too. I understand the Citizen Kane references that people have been giving it now.

Crazay4841d ago

I've never seen CItizen Kane nor heard of any comparisons to such a film but you're right about Eisenberg. He's becoming one hell of an actor. Hopefully this won't affect him coming back for another romp in Zombieland 2.

JL4840d ago

It's definitely received a few Citizen Kane remarks. If I'm not mistaken I even want to say it mentions it in one of the little "critic excerpts" on the box art.

And I actually understand those comparisons. Obviously it doesn't make sense if you've never seen Citizen Kane, but yea. Though that comparison coming from me doesn't mean the same as it does most critics I'm sure. Because, while I did enjoy Citizen Kane and it is a good movie, I think it's also one of the most overrated movies of all-time. In that it's definitely not the greatest movie of all-time like the consensus seems to state.

So by me comparing it to Citizen Kane it just means it's a really good movie that captures the essence of our generation in a sense while giving an inside look to the drama behind one of the industry's biggest players and the emotional depth of their tale. I don't mean it in the sense that both are absolute masterpieces (like others would imply or flat out state).

As for Zombieland 2, I see no reason why this would affect his doing that.

Sunny_D4839d ago

I rather have something other than Inception win the Oscars. I didn't think it was Oscar Worthy.

Soldierone4841d ago

Is it just me or is this movie too played out?

JL4841d ago

Which one? The Social Network or Inception? And played out how?

Soldierone4841d ago

The Social Network. It was a good movie, but it wasn't godly by anymeans. I like the actor, but this role just happened to be perfect for him. To me its just the fact that Hollywood is too caught up making crap, that when these films come around and impress us in other ways it makes them look better than it really is.

JL4840d ago

I agree. It's definitely no masterpiece like they imply. See my reply above concerning the whole Citizen Kane comparison etc and you'll see I definitely don't think it to be a masterpiece and how my comparison to that movie means something entirely different than critics.

On that note, it definitely was a good movie. And the role does fit Eisenberg well. I don't think he's a great actor by any means (maybe he'll prove me wrong someday), but rather he's a charming "loveable" nerdy guy that needs the role to kinda fit him. But when he does get those roles (which he's done very well at picking so far it seems), I absolutely enjoy seeing him on-screen.

I'd say you're also right in a sense about how the industry is so watered down that you get something good and it stands out more. Not to take away from the movie because it definitely was good and I thoroughly enjoyed it. But I'm not going around claiming it's a modern masterpiece like others seem to be.