Open Thread. Wanna Help with my Critics Choice Ballot?
Monday, December 8, 2014 at 7:56PM 
Nobody was more badass than Emily Blunt as the Full Metal Bitch ... no matter what you're calling the movie nowYesterday I shared the eligibility list (not-official, but Nathaniel-created) for an underdiscussed Critics Choice category "Young Actor/Actress" but that's not the only category that the BFCA has that isn't discussed enough to insure widespread careful consideration for a strong lineup. Here are some other categories you can help me with.
FYC your favorites in the comments for the following COMEDY & ACTION categories! We're only allowed 3 votes in each so there are some no brainers for yours truly: Rose Byrne for Comedy Actress (Neighbors) i imagine she's a longshot for a Globe nomination which pisses me off to no end; Emily Blunt for action actress (Edge of Tomorrow); Captain America: Winter Soldier for Action movie... and it's just no contest. Other movies: You got nothing on Cappy in that elevator. Sorry bout it!
BEST ACTION MOVIE
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE - name AND film
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE - name AND film
BEST COMEDY
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY - name AND film
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY - name AND film
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
For some reason this one doesn't get acting categories to go with it. I'm a member but the Critics Choice Awards sometimes feel poorly thought out in terms of categories. Either commit or don't, you know?
Reader Comments (43)
Jenny Slate and Obvious Child for Best Comedy Actress and Comedy Film.
James McAvoy and X-Men DOFP for Best Action Actor and Action Film.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes for Best Sci-Fi
22 Jump Street for Best Comedy
Ralph Fiennes for Best Comedy Actor.
Josh Brolin for Best Comedy Actor
Horror/Sci-Fi Film
Under the Skin
As Above/So Below
Life After Beth
BEST ACTION MOVIE: Edge of Tomorrow
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE: Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow)
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE: Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow)
BEST COMEDY: Obvious Child
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY: Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY: Jenny Slate (Obvious Child)
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE: Under the Skin OR The Babadook
BEST ACTION MOVIE - Edge of Tomorrow
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE - Tom Cruise - Edge of Tomorrow
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE - Emily Blunt - Edge of Tomorrow
BEST COMEDY - Obvious Child
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY - Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY - Jenny Slate - Obvious Child
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE - Under the Skin
Yknow, now that I'm thinking about it, it was a weird year for comedy. Consider the below with a blanket caveat of "if you decide that this counts as a comedy"
BEST COMEDY - Obvious Child
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY - Ralph Fiennes, Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY - Elisabeth Moss, The One I Love
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE - The Babadook, naturally. (Or.. unnaturally. But you know what I mean.)
Best sci-fi: "Coherence", "Guardians of the Galaxy".
For comedy, I'd kind of begin and end with "Obvious Child". Or maybe "The Lego Movie", honestly. If they don't distinguish supporting for comedy, I would nominate Jillian Bell for "22 Jump Street".
ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Toby Kebbell & Andy Serkis - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
I really didn't watch enough comedies or horror movies this year, so I'm going with Guardians Of The Galaxy, Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow) and Scarlett Johansson (Lucy)
Actor Comedy-Kevin Hart, About Last Night
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
BEST COMEDY: Top Five
BEST ACTOR/COMEDY: Chris Rock in Top Five
BEST ACTION: Edge of Tomorrow
BEST ACTRESS/ACTION: Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow
BEST ACTOR/ACTION: Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow (hell just froze over)
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR: Under the Skin
Drama/Comedy: The skeleton twins
Actors: Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader
Scy-fy: I Origins or Predestination
COMEDY ACTRESS:
Jillian Bell, 22 Jump Street
ACTION MOVIE:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE:
Bryan Cranston, Godzilla
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE:
Jennifer Connelly, Noah
BEST COMEDY:
Inherent Vice
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY:
Bill Hader, The Skeleton Twins
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
Under the Skin
I second Rose Byrne. She might make my top 5 for the year in Best Actress.
BEST ACTION MOVIE - Godzilla
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE - name AND film - Chris Pratt in Guradians of the Galaxy. (can he be plonked here since sci-fi doesn't get its own?)
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE - name AND film - Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow
BEST COMEDY - 22 Jump Street. I surprised myself how much I enjoyed it. I honked with laughter.
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY - name AND film - Ralph Fiennes in Grand Budapest Hotel (how is this not SWEEPING?)
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY - name AND film - Rose Byrne in Neighbours. Duh.
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE - Babadook
I don't know where THE GUEST is eligible for... ACTION or SCI-FI/HORROR but it should be nominate wherever. Dan Stevens should also be nomination in the Actor category.
These are garbage categories. You're holding out.
ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE: Juliette Binoche in GODZILLA (sigh. It was all downhill after she exited)
ACTRESS IN A COMEDY: Jillian Bell in 22 JUMP ST, Kristen Wiig in THE SKELETON TWINS
ACTOR IN A COMEDY: Channing Tatum in 22 JUMP ST, Ralph Fiennes in THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
ACTION MOVIE - Interstellar
ACTION ACTOR - Matthew McConaughey, Interstellar
ACTION ACTRESS - Angelina Jolie, Maleficent
COMEDY MOVIE - St. Vincent
COMEDY ACTOR - Bill Murray, St. Vincent
COMEDY ACTRESS - Melissa McCarthy, St. Vincent
SCIFI - Snowpiercer
/3rtful -- i believe in voting for all categories for which I have seen enough films as a conscientous voters. The only thing i abstain from is documentaries since i generally ahvent' seen enough to judge this early in a season.
Best Action Movie - Edge of Tomorrow, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Snowpiercer, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Action Male - Chris Evans, Captain America AND Snowpiercer, Chris Pratt, Guardians; Andy Serkis, Dawn; Matthew McConaughey, Interstellar
Best Action Female - Scarlett Johansson, Captain America; Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow; Jessica Chastain, Interstellar... how about Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars and Angelina Jolie, Maleficent?
Best Comedy - Pride, Birdman, The LEGO Movie, Neighbors, Obvious Child
Best Comedy Male - Michael Douglas, Birdman; Ben Schnetzer, Pride; Andrew Scott, Pride; Paddy Considine, Pride; Zac Efron, Neighbors (yes I'm serious)
Best Comedy Female - Rose Byrne, Neighbors; Jenny Slate, Obvious Child; Naomi Watts, Birdman; Andrea Riseborough, Birdman; Jessica Gunning, Pride
Best Sci Fi/Horror - The Babadook, Enemy, Under the Skin... and I want to say Edge of Tomorrow and Snowpiercer again, haha
Best Actress in an Action Movie:
Shailene Woodley, Divergent
Best Comedy:
Begin Again, if you can consider it a comedy
My other suggestions have all been mentioned:
Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise, The Lego Movie, Ralph Fiennes, Jillian Bell, The Babadook.
I can’t think of a Sci-fi movie that doesn’t also fall in to the Action category.
SNOWPIERCER - agh. can't believe that didn't occur to me. This is why discusison is crucial.
BEST ACTION MOVIE: X-Men: Days Of Future Past or Captain America: Winter Soldier (although I reserve the right to change my mind after The Hobbit 3 comes out.)
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE: James McAvoy - X-Men: Days Of Future Past
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE: Emily Blunt - Edge Of Tomorrow (see end of BAF)
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE: Snowpiercer or Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
I'd put down Rose Byrne for Neighbors but honestly, it's one of the only comedies I've seen this year so far (The Interview will certainly join it, however).
Damnit! I did see more than one comedy this year, so far! I forgot about 22 Jump Street!
BEST COMEDY: Obvious Child - Filth - The Skeleton Twins
BEST ACTRESS/COMEDY: Jenny Slate, Obvious Child - Kristen Wiig, The Skeleton Twins - Maggie Gyllenhaal, Frank
BEST ACTOR/COMEDY: James McAvoy, Filth - Bill Murray, St. Vincent - Bill Hader, The Skeleton Twins
BEST ACTION: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - The Guest - Mockingjay: Part 1
BEST ACTRESS/ACTION: Jennifer Lawrence, Mockingjay: Part 1/Days of Future Past - Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow - Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
BEST ACTOR/ACTION: Dan Stevens, The Guest - Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy - Evan Peters, Days of Future Past
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR: Under the Skin - The Double - The Guest
BEST ACTION MOVIE: Snowpiercer
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE: Jamie Bell (Snowpiercer)
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE: Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)
BEST COMEDY: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY: Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY: Rose Byrne (Neighbors)
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE: Under the Skin
Best Action Movie: Snowpiercer
Best Actor in an Action Movie: Chris Evans, Snowpiercer
Best Actress in an Action Movie: Scarlett Johannsson, Lucy (say what you will about the film itself - and I love how gonzo bonkers balls-to-the-wall ridiculous it is - but she is DAMN good in it)
Best Comedy: Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actor in a Comedy: Ralph Fiennes, Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actress in a Comedy: Jenny Slate Obvious Child
Best SciFi/Horror: Stage Fright. Actually, it's kind of awful, but it's also a musical and it's VERY camp and it would be a hoot to see it nominated for any kind of award.
Best Action Movie: Snowpiercer
Best Actor in an Action Movie: Chris Evans, Snowpiercer
Best Actress in an Action Movie: Scarlett Johannsson, Lucy (say what you will about the film itself - and I love how gonzo bonkers balls-to-the-wall ridiculous it is - but she is DAMN good in it)
Best Comedy: Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actor in a Comedy: Ralph Fiennes, Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actress in a Comedy: Jenny Slate Obvious Child
Best SciFi/Horror: Stage Fright. Actually, it's kind of awful, but it's also a musical and it's VERY camp and it would be a hoot to see it nominated for any kind of award.
I agree with all of Virginia's choices, and will just add that Ralph Fiennes should be a lock in the best actor category. Grand Budapest Hotel without him is inconceivable.
Ditto Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow, I don't know why she hasn't been in the conversation for best supporting. That's a great role, and a great role model for woman.
Pride was my favourite comedy... sorry I love Rose Byrne but I haven't seen Neighbours.
Horror - Babadook - I haven't loved a horror film so much since Carrie.
Best Action Movie:
John Wick
Alt: Lucy, Winter Soldier
Best Actor in an Action Movie:
Keanu Reeves, John Wick
Alt: Chris Evans, Winter Soldier
Best Actress in an Action Movie:
Scarlett Johanson, Lucy
Alt: Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow
Best Comedy (vaguely defined):
Only Lovers Left Alive
Alt: Begin Again
Best Actress in a Comedy:
Tilda Swinton, Only Lovers Left Alive
Alt: Keira Knightley, Begin Again
Best Actor in a Comedy:
Tom Hiddleston, Only Lovers Left Alive
Alt: Mark Ruffalo, Begin Again
Best Sci-Fi: abstain
I haven't seen Snowpiercer, Under the Skin, The Babadook
ACTION MOVIE - The Raid 2
ACTOR IN ACTION MOVIE - Brad Pitt, Fury
ACTRESS IN ACTION MOVIE - Angelina Jolie - Maleficent; Essie Davis - The Babadook (If possible)
A Brangelina presentation :P
COMEDY MOVIE - Obvious CHild
ACTOR IN COMEDY MOVIE - Channing Tatum, 22 Jump Street
ACTRESS IN COMEDY MOVIE - Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
SCI-FI/HORROR FILM - The Babadook
Oh, I forgot
ACTION MOVIE - Snowpiercer
ACTOR iN ACTION MOVIE - Chris Evans - Captain America/Snowpiercer
ACTRESS IN ACTION MOVIE - Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer
In order
Captain America Winter Soldier or Fury
Chris Evans, Snowpiercer
Emily Blunt, EoT(no one tops her in this category)
Grand Budapest Hotel
Ralph Fiennes, GBH
Andrea Risenborough, Birdman
Interstellar
Begin Again
Mark Ruffalo
Keira Knightley
and Ralph Fiennes obviously
Action: Lucy
Actor: Tom Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow
Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Lucy
Comedy: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Actor: Ralph Fiennes, TGBH
Actress: Elizabeth Banks, The LEGO Movie
Sci-Fi: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
nice post
amazing one
omg YES to Dan Stevens. Forgot him in my previous comment!
omg YES to Dan Stevens. Forgot him in my previous comment!
BEST ACTION MOVIE - Edge of Tomorrow
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE - Chris Evans in Snowpiercer
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE - Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow
BEST COMEDY - Obvious Child
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY - Bill Hader in The Skeleton Twins
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY - Jenny Slate in Obvious Child
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
BEST ACTION MOVIE: Edge of Tomorrow
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE: Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow)
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE: Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow)
BEST ACTION MOVIE: The Raid 2 - it's what you'd get if Sergio Leone were still alive and directing martial arts movies; a big upgrade from the first Raid film
BEST ACTOR, ACTION MOVIE: Chris Evans, Snowpiercer - the best performance of his career
BEST ACTRESS, ACTION MOVIE: Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow - the coolest
haven't really seen enough comedies to say, really
BEST SCIFI/HORROR: Edge of Tomorrow
BEST ACTION MOVIE: The Raid 2/Edge of Tomorrow/John Wick
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE: Keanu Reeves, John Wick/Tom Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow/Chris Evans, Captain America: The Winter Soldier
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE: Scarlett Johansson, Lucy/Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow/Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
BEST COMEDY: Obvious Child/The Grand Budapest Hotel/22 Jump Street
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY: Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel/Channing Tatum, 22 Jump Street/Paul Rudd, They Came Together
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY: Jenny Slate, Obvious Child/Amy Poehler, They Came Together/Tilda Swinton, Only Lovers Left Alive
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE: Snowpiercer/The Babadook/Under the Skin
BEST ACTION MOVIE: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
BEST ACTOR in an ACTION MOVIE: Matthre McConaughey in Interstellar
BEST ACTRESS in an ACTION MOVIE: Scarlett Johansson in Lucy
BEST COMEDY: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ACTOR in a COMEDY: Ralph Fiennes for The Grand Budapest Hotel
BEST ACTRESS in a COMEDY: Jenny Slate for Obvious Child
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE: Under the Skin