The 2011 Yappies — Part 1
Joe, Chris and Nick dole out The Film Yap Annual Awards — affectionately known as The Yappies. It's such a big show, we couldn't fit it all into a single podcast! This week is part 1; stay tuned for part 2 next week. The complete list of nominees is below.
The 2011 Film Yap Awards nominees:
BEST FILM 50/50 The Artist A Better Life Bridesmaids The Descendants Margin Call Melancholia Moneyball Page One: Inside the New York Times The Skin I Live In Super 8 Take Shelter Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy The Tree of Life
WORST FILM 30 Minutes or Less Abduction Friends with Benefits The Green Hornet Green Lantern Larry Crowne Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Real Steel Season of the Witch The Smurfs Transformers: Dark of the Moon Zookeeper
BEST ACTOR Demian Bechir, “A Better Life” George Clooney, “The Descendants” Steve Coogan, “The Trip” Jean Dujardin, “The Artist” Michael Fassbender, “Shame” Ralph Fiennes, “Coriolanus” Paul Giamatti, “Win/Win” Brendan Gleeson, “The Guard” Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “50/50” and “Hesher” David Hyde Pierce, “The Perfect Host” Brad Pitt, “Moneyball” Andy Serkis, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” Michael Shannon, “Take Shelter” William Shimell, “Certified Copy” Rainn Wilson, “Super”
BEST ACTRESS Elena Anaya, “The Skin I Live In” Berenice Bejo, “The Artist” Juliette Binoche, “Certified Copy” Jessica Chastain, “Take Shelter” and “The Tree of Life” Viola Davis, “The Help” Kirsten Dunst, “Melancholia” Vera Farmiga, “Higher Ground” Miranda July, “The Future” Carey Mulligan, “Drive” and “Shame” Elizabeth Olsen, “Martha Marcy May Marlene” Kseniya Rappoport, “The Double Hour” Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady” Tilda Swinton, “We Need To Talk About Kevin” Charlize Theron, “Young Adult”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Jeremy Irons, “Margin Call” Otto Jespersen, “Trollhunter” Nick Krause, “The Descendants” Nick Nolte, “Warrior” Chris O’Dowd, “Bridesmaids” Brad Pitt, “The Tree of Life” Christopher Plummer, “Beginners” Kevin Spacey, “Margin Call” Corey Stoll, “Midnight in Paris” Patton Oswalt, “Young Adult”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Viola Davis, “The Help” Elle Fanning, “Super 8” Charlotte Gainsbourg, “Melancholia” Judy Greer, “The Descendants” Anna Kendrick, “50/50” Melanie Laurent, “Beginners” Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids” Allison Pill, “Midnight in Paris” Vanessa Redgrave, “Coriolanus” Amy Ryan, “Win Win” Octavia Spencer, “The Help” Shailene Woodley, “The Descendants” Collette Wolfe, “Young Adult”
BEST ANIMATED FILM “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” “Kung Fu Panda 2” “Rango” "Winnie the Pooh"
BEST IN-JOKE / SIGHT GAG John Goodman clearly yelling “Get the fuck out!,” “The Artist” Peppy’s name being misspelled in her first acting credit, “The Artist” The 99-second stores, “In Time” Timothy Olyphant as Clint Eastwood as the Spirit of the West, “Rango" Any meta use of text in “Winnie the Pooh”
LINE OF THE YEAR “Trust.” – “Attack the Block” “But none of that matters now.” – “Battle: Los Angeles” “Let me tell you a story about a girl named Megan. When I say Megan, I’m referring to myself. It’s me, Megan.” – “Bridesmaids” "Paradise? Paradise can go fuck itself." - "The Descendants" “We all have urges. Mine just require more towels.” – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” “Minnie don’t burn no chicken.” – “The Help” "It's just money. It's made up. Piece of paper with pictures on it so we don't have to kill each other just to get something to eat." - “Margin Call” "You can fool me, but you cannot fool Ernest Hemingway." — "Midnight in Paris” “Your name is Lorenzo Zoil?” – “Paul” "Production value!" - “Super 8” “You know if you tell a lie long enough, you learn to believe it.” – “Tabloid” “Is anyone seeing that?” – “Take Shelter” “I don’t know about you, George, but I am extremely unfucked.” – “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” “The nuns taught us there were two ways through life – the way of nature and the way of grace. You have to choose which one you’ll follow.” – “Tree of Life” “I might hate you more, but I won’t love you less.” – “War Horse”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG “Life’s a Happy Song” from “The Muppets” “Am I a Man or a Muppet?” from “The Muppets” The theme song Austin made up for “War Horse” in the lobby outside the theater “Think You Can Wait” from “Win/Win”
BEST USE OF A PREVIOUSLY RECORDED VOCAL SONG IN A MOVIE “Yellow Ledbetter” by Pearl Jam, “50/50” “A Real Hero” by College feat. Electric Youth, “Drive” “Orinoco Flow” by Enya, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” “Dead Hearts” by Stars, “Like Crazy” “Army of Me” by Bjork, “Sucker Punch” “About Today” by The National, “Warrior” “The Concept” by Teenage Fanclub, “Young Adult”
CAMEO OF THE YEAR (Potential spoiler alert) Kristen Bell, “Scream 4” Jack Black, “The Muppets” James Franco, “The Green Hornet” Zach Galifianakis, “The Muppets” Jon Hamm, “Bridesmaids” Neil Patrick Harris, “A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas” Hugh Jackman, “X-Men: First Class” Jim Parsons, “The Muppets” Steven Spielberg, “Paul”
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A BAD (OR DISAPPOINTING) MOVIE Hank Azaria, "The Smurfs" Kenneth Branagh, “My Week With Marilyn” Steve Carell, "Crazy, Stupid, Love." Jessica Chastain, “The Help” Sacha Baron Cohen, "Hugo" Leonardo DiCaprio, “J. Edgar” William Fichtner, “Drive Angry” William Mapother, “Another Earth” Rooney Mara, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Brad Pitt, “Moneyball” J.K. Simmons, “The Music Never Stopped” Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn” Billy Zane, “The Roommate”
BEST DEATH SCENE (Potential spoiler alert) Gwyneth Paltrow, “Contagion” Christina Hendricks, “Drive” The guy who gets his head caved in in “Drive” Harry Potter, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II” The bus of children, “Hobo with a Shotgun” The death by sewer grate, "Hobo with a Shotgun" Colin Farrell, “Horrible Bosses” The guy who takes a sledgehammer to the balls in “Immortals” Ben Foster, “The Mechanic” The whole planet, “Melancholia” Kevin Pollak, “Red State” Ellen Page, “Super” Noah Emmerich, “Super 8" The first college kid, “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil”
BEST OPENING SEQUENCE “Drive" “Fast Five” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (opening credits) “The Hangover Part II” “Hugo” “Melancholia” “X-Men: First Class”
BEST ENDING “Assassins” “Contagion” “The Descendants” “Moneyball” “Red State” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” “Super 8” “Tabloid” “Take Shelter” “The Tree of Life”
BEST VILLAIN (Major spoiler alert in the tiny-fonted last nominee; read only at your own risk) Kevin Bacon, “X-Men: First Class” Albert Brooks, “Drive” Chris Cooper, “The Muppets” The Creatures, “Attack the Block” Brian Downey, “Hobo with a Shotgun” Ralph Fiennes, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” Germs, “Contagion” Goro Inagaki, “1Assassins” David Hyde Pierce, “The Perfect Host” Kevin Spacey, “Horrible Bosses” Christoph Waltz, “The Green Hornet” Hugo Weaving, “Captain America: The First Avenger” Stellan Skarsgard, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
BEST SEQUEL “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II” “Kung Fu Panda 2” “The Muppets”
BEST COMEDY "Bad Teacher" "Bridesmaids" "Cedar Rapids" “Hobo with a Shotgun” "Horrible Bosses" "Midnight in Paris" "The Muppets" “Natural Selection” “Paul” “The Trip”
BEST ACTION FILM "Assassins" “Attack the Block” "Captain America: The First Avenger" “Drive” "Fast Five" "The Green Hornet" "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" “X-Men: First Class”
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN INANIMATE OBJECT The beaver, “The Beaver” Medusa the car, “Bellflower” The cupcakes, “Bridesmaids” Cap's shield, "Captain America: The First Avenger" Gwyneth Paltrow’s exposed brain, “Contagion” Ryan Gosling’s jacket, “Drive” Ryan Reynolds, "Green Lantern" Colin Farrell’s toupee, “Horrible Bosses” The axe that doesn’t really look like the number seven, which a student uses to try to kill another student, “An Invisible Sign” Robert the tire, “Rubber” The chamber, “Source Code” The hatch, “Take Shelter” Adam, "Real Steel"
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ANIMAL Animal, “The Muppets” Cosmo the dog, “Beginners” Crystal the monkey, “The Hangover Part II” Dolce the dog, “Young Adult” Joey the horse, “War Horse” Paw-Paw the Cat, “The Future” Snowy the dog, “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” The troll ensemble, “Trollhunter” Uggie the dog, “The Artist”
HOTTEST SEX SCENE / BEST NUDITY Kirsten Dunst, “Melancholia” Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan and a half-dozen or so other mostly anonymous female actors, "Shame" Bianca Kajilich, “30 Minutes or Less” Jessie Wiseman and Rebekah Brandes, “Bellflower”
BEST ACTION SEQUENCE The town showdown, “Assassins” The harbor town chase scene, “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” Coitus uninterruptus, "Drive Angry" The train robbery, “Fast Five” Foot chase through the favela, “Fast Five” Car chase dragging the safe through Rio, “Fast Five” The siege on Mount Tartarus, “Immortals” The climactic attack, “Kung Fu Panda 2” The airplane shootout, “Rango” The climactic ape attack, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” The train crash, “Super 8” The bus attack, “Super 8” The siege on Chicago, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
BEST USE OF 3D Cave of Forgotten Dreams Hugo The Green Hornet Transformers: Dark of the Moon
BEST FIGHT Ralph Fiennes vs. Gerard Butler, "Coriolanus" Ryan Gosling vs. Guy in Elevator, “Drive” Vin Diesel vs. The Rock, “Fast Five” Jay Chou vs. anybody, “The Green Hornet” Eric Bana vs. a horde of thugs, “Hanna” Daniel Radcliffe vs. Ralph Fiennes, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” Adam vs. Zeus, "Real Steel" Tom Hardy vs. Joel Edgerton, “Warrior"