Tuesday, February 24, 2009

SECOND ANNUAL LALLY’S ALLEY MOVIE AWARDS (2009)

“BEST” MOVIE (i.e. “best” means what I dug most): SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

“BEST” DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle (SLUMDOG)

“BEST” LEAD MALE ACTOR: Phillip Seymor Hoffman for DOUBT

“BEST” FEMALE LEAD ACTOR: Sally Hawkins for HAPPY-GO-LUCKY

“BEST” MALE SUPPORTING ACTOR(S): All the child actors who played the two boys in the earlier stages of their lives in SLUMDOG

“BEST” FEMALE SUPPORTING ACTRESS(ES): Hiam Abbass for THE VISITOR and Misty Upham for FROZEN RIVER

“BEST” ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY(S): Courtney Hunt for FROZEN RIVER and Thomas McCarthy for THE VISITOR

“BEST” ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Simon Beufoy for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

“BEST” ENSEMBLE CAST: THE VISITOR

BIGGEST MOVIE SURPRISE OF 2008: Sally Hawkins’ amazing performance in HAPPY-GO-LUCKY

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2008: Too many depressing movies this year and not enough really great movies.

2 comments:

Saurabh said...

Hello, Mr Lally.. I was surprised to see people in West liking Slumdog Millionaire so much..In India, a chunk of the population did not take the film in good spirit..What did you like so much about the film? I would like to know a westerner's opinion on the issue..I personally liked the film, but had issues with the term"Slumdog"...which I felt was a bit derogatory...By the way, your blog is very nice, Congratulations !

Lally said...

Saurabh, thanks for the kind words. I wrote my review of SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE a while ago on this blog. You can look it up under the movies category, or go to http://lallysalley.blogspot.com/2008/11/slumdog-millionaire.html