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Posted by: Josh Josh Binks 4th January 2016, 08:26 PM

Hello there and welcome to the opening round of Buzzjack's movie awards 2015. Below are some categories where you are able to nominate up to 5 things in each category (10 for best film), these will then be totalled up and sent through to the final round where you vote for your absolute favourites. Any film released in the UK from January 1st 2015 to January 29th 2015 (I've made a pretty definitive list below to help you out but feel free to add your own if they released in the UK between those dates) excluding some of last year's awards contenders (I have also included a list of ineligible films at the bottom). The end of this round will be at the beginning of February, exact date depending on number of responses. Please PM your nominations to me, thank you!

On lead actress/supporting actress split (as seem to be a few this year), I'd personally put Vikander in lead for The Danish Girl and Mara for Carol but you decide what category you think they belong in the end based on their opinion.

BEST FILM (up to 10 nominations)
BEST MALE LEAD PERFORMANCE (up to 5 nominations)
BEST FEMALE LEAD PERFORMANCE (up to 5 nominations)
BEST MALE SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE (up to 5 nominations)
BEST FEMALE SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE (up to 5 nominations)
BEST MALE OR FEMALE NEWCOMER (up to 5 nominations)
BEST DIRECTOR (up to 5 nominations)
MOST ATTRACTIVE ACTOR 2015 (up to 5 nominations)
MOST ATTRACTIVE ACTRESS 2015 (up to 5 nominations)
BEST ANIMATED FILM (up to 5 nominations)
BEST COMEDY FILM (up to 5 nominations)
BEST HORROR FILM (up to 5 nominations)
BEST ACTION FILM (up to 5 nominations)
BEST DRAMA FILM (up to 5 nominations)
BEST SCI-FI/THRILLER FILM (up to 5 nominations)
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE (up to 5 nominations)
BEST ENSEMBLE (up to 5 nominations)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (up to 5 nominations)
BEST SCRIPT (up to 5 nominations)
BEST CHARACTER (up to 5 nominations)
BEST HERO (up to 5 nominations)
BEST SCENE IN A MOVIE (up to 5 nominations)
BEST SONG (up to 5 nominations)
BIGGEST BOX OFFICE SUPRISE (up to 5 nominations)
BIGGEST BOX OFFICE DISASTER[/b] (up to 5 nominations)


ELIGIBLE FILMS:
45 Years
99 Homes
A Little Chaos
A Most Violent Year
A Royal Night Out
A Walk In The Woods
Absolutely Anything
Aloha
American Ultra
Amy
Ant-man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Bad Grandpa
Beasts Of No Nation
Big Game
Big Hero 6
Bill
Bridge of Spies
Blackhat
Black Mass
Brooklyn
Burnt
By the Sea
Cake
Carol
Chappie
Child 44
Christmas With The Coopers
Cinderella
Clouds Of Sils Maria
Creed
Crimson Peak
Daddy's Home
Danny Collins
Dope
Enemy
Entourage
Everest
Ex Machina
Fantastic Four
Far From The Madding Crowd
Fathers & Daughters
Fifty Shades of Grey
Focus
Furious 7
Get Hard
Good Kill
Grandma
He Named Me Malala
Hitman: Agent 47
Home
Hot Pursuit
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Hotel Transylvania 2
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
In the Heart of the Sea
Inherent Vice
Inside Out
Insidious: Chapter 3
Insurgent
Into the Woods
Irrational Man
It Follows
John Wick
Joy
Jupiter Ascending
Jurassic World
Kill The Messenger
Kill Your Friends
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Knock Knock
Krampus
Lady in the Van
Legend
Lost River
Love and Mercy
Love Is Strange
Macbeth
Mad Max: Fury Road
Magic Mike XXL
Maggie
Man Up
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Me, Earl And The Dying Girl
Minions
Miss Julie
Miss You Already
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mommy
Monsters: Dark Continent
Mortdecai
Mr Holmes
No Escape
Paper Towns
Pan
Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Pitch Perfect 2
Pixels
Playing It Cool
Poltergeist
Predestination
Project Almanac
Regression
Ricki and the Flash
Ride Along 2
Room
Ronaldo
Run All Night
San Andreas
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Self/Less
Seventh Son
Shaun the Sheep Movie
She's Funny That Way
Sicario
Sinister 2
Sisters
Slow West
Son Of A Gun
Song Of The Sea
Southpaw
Spectre
Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Spooks: The Greater Good
Spotlight
Spy
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Straight Outta Compton
Strange Magic
Steve Jobs
Suffragette
Suite Francaise
Taken 3
Tangerine
Ted 2
Terminator Genisys
Testament Of Youth
The 5th Wave
The Age Of Adaline
The Bad Education Movie
The Big Short
The Boy Next Door
The Danish Girl
The Diary Of A teenage Girl
The Dressmaker
The Duff
The Face Of An Angel
The Gallows
The Gambler
The Gift
The Good Dinosaur
The Good Lie
The Gunman
The Hateful Eight
The Intern
The Interview
The Last Witch Hunter
The Legend Of Barney Thomson
The Lobster
The Longest Ride
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Martian
The Night Before
The Peanuts Movie
The Program
The Revenant
The Ridiculous Six
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Signal
The Tale Of Princess Kaguya
The Visit
The Voices
The Walk
The Water Diviner
The Wedding Ringer
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Tomorrowland
Top Five
Trainwreck
Trash
True Story
Two By Two
Two Night Stand
Unfriended
Unfinished Business
Vacation
Victor Frankenstein
We Are Your Friends
While We're Young
Wild Card
Woman In Gold
X+Y
Youth

INELIGIBLE FILMS:
American Sniper
Birdman
Foxcatcher
Selma
Still Alice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Wild




MEMBERS NOMINATED:
• Acidburn
• Jahq
• Jack
• Harryflynn
• Ultraviolence
• popchartfreak
• Josh
• Regina
• notfurlong
• Jonjo
• Severin
• Joe.
• Frank
• Chez Wombat
• Oliver
• Qween
• Lindsey

Posted by: UltraChristmas 4th January 2016, 08:39 PM

Looking forward to voting in this, will probably leave it couple of weeks though so I can try and catch Revenant/Room/Spotlight/Creed/Maybe H8Ful Eight
Also if there is a film you want to nominate that isn't on either of the above list, please post in this thread and ask us as we may have missed it out accidentally! (For instance just realised there was no Testament Of Youth so added that )

Also please use this thread to make cases and remind others of films, particular performances you want nominated and try and convince people to see their film or remind them of their performance. A bit like a FOY (for your consideration) thing! Also feel free to use like pics and that to make it stand out more!

A couple of my FOY (will do more later!):
BROOKLYN
Best Picture
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan
Best Supporting Actor: Emery Cohen
Best Supporting Actress: Julie Walters
Best Script
Best Drama Movie

ALICIA VIKANDER (because she's been superb this year)
Best Actress: The Danish Girl
Best Actress: Testament Of Youth
Best Supporting Actress: Ex_Machina

HOME
Best Picture
Best Animated Picture
Best Vocal Performance- Rihanna

Hope you get the point

Posted by: Josh Josh Binks 4th January 2016, 08:47 PM

Ooh I like that idea Uv!

Don't forgot how good Chappie was as a character guys! :') I really liked Yolandi in it a lot too but seems nobody else did :/

A bit gutted Birdman is ineligible though because just watched it today and Edward Norton is insanely talented, bit gutted he just sort of disappeared for the last act

Posted by: Jonjowman ⛄ 4th January 2016, 11:52 PM

How long do we have for this? I'm waiting to see 'Carol', 'Joy', 'Revenant', 'Danish Girl' and 'Hateful 8' at least before nominating in this!

Looking forward to this a lot though.

Posted by: UltraChristmas 4th January 2016, 11:53 PM

Deadline will be 31st January earliest, probably early February likely but also latest!

Posted by: Jonjowman ⛄ 5th January 2016, 12:01 AM

Excellent.

Also, I meant 'Room' instead of 'Carol', but if I find time to watch the latter before, then bonus!

EDIT: Oh and 'Kingsman' for best scene in a movie for the massive Church scene!

Posted by: Acidburn 5th January 2016, 12:57 AM

I'm gonna do mine very soon

Posted by: Cody SlayBarry 5th January 2016, 01:56 AM

Are we not gonna have a "Best Villain" or "Best Soundtrack/Soundteack Song/Score" anywhere? The latter in particular.

Posted by: richie 5th January 2016, 08:46 AM

Didn't watch very many on the definitive list so I'll just nominate two.

Best Director - Sarah Gavron for Suffragette
Best Animated Film - Big Hero 6

Posted by: UltraChristmas 5th January 2016, 04:21 PM

Best Song was actually meant to be on there but it looks like the category just didn't get copied and pasted accidentally! The song category I'm pretty sure was on the list of categories we we're including Anyway added that to the first post!

I did think about Best Villian but the problem with that is that it could cause spoilers in case it is a surprise villian so don't think it is the best idea!

Posted by: Josh Josh Binks 5th January 2016, 04:23 PM

Yeah, song was supposed to be on there but I messed up when finally compiling the list!

You can nominate films that aren't on that list, that was just to give people a good idea of eligible films that they are likely to have seen!

Posted by: UltraChristmas 5th January 2016, 11:55 PM

I had quite a bit of free time now so I have added all eligable movies to the opening post so please check again if you are struggling for movies to nominate Mostly smaller and indie movies added, loads of horrors added and a couple of bigger films such as Straight Outta Compton and Legend

Also feel free to use this thread to write the movies in the opening post you have seen to make it easier for your shortlist!
http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=185262

Posted by: richie 6th January 2016, 01:41 PM

True, but I'm lazy! I didn't actually go to the pics that much last year. If you've a foreign film category then I'll nominate The Further Adventures of Belle and Sebastian!

Posted by: UltraChristmas 8th January 2016, 07:33 PM

My next For Your Consideration movie:
(will probably do a few eventually)

AMY
Best Picture
Best Scene In A Movie
Best Box Office Performance

Hoping Amy can get a nod here despite being a documentary movie!

Also would anyone be interested in a Best British Film category or not?

Posted by: UltraChristmas 9th January 2016, 12:45 AM

Finally ordered something! Will only change my nominations for when I see new movies!
Is it just me or are the Actor categories really weak this year? I had 8 contenders for Best Actor compared to the 27 for Best Actress! Also oops at Joel Egerton missing out on two nominations for best supporting actor in 6th and 7th in my votes

Movies with 3 or more nominations
Brooklyn
Chappie
Ex_Machina
Home
Inside Out
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Joy
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mockingjay: Part 2
Spectre
Spy
Star Wars 7
Steve Jobs
Testament Of Youth
The Danish Girl
The Good Dinosaur
The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Notes
Two of the five films with the highest nomination tally missed out on a nomination for best picture despite the expanded field.
On the other hand, 3 movies that got nominated for best picture only received 1 other nomination from me so are no on the above list
It's a Brooklyn/Joy/Star Wars 7 love fest for me with these movies receiving a combined 32 nominations between them!
Melissa McCarthy was very very unlucky to miss out on a Best Actress nomination due to how tough the category was. Quite a lot only just missed out in a big battle for 5th spot (the top 4 were locked)

Posted by: Josh Josh Binks 14th January 2016, 10:41 PM

Only 2-ish weeks left guys!

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 14th January 2016, 10:57 PM

Deadline is 12 February in just under a month Not expecting too many to vote now due to all of us wanting to catch more movies but please start getting them in early February at the latest!

I'm submitting mine on the 6th February after I've seen Spotlight! Aiming to see Spotlight, Creed, Revenant, Room, Big Short (all definites) and maybe The 5th Wave, Carol & Bridge Of Spies

Also please can we have some more posts for people campaigning for movies to increase hype

Posted by: Jonjo 18th January 2016, 09:08 PM

Can I push for Jacob Tremblay to be included in "Best Actor" as opposed to "Supporting" please?

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 18th January 2016, 09:10 PM

Yes definitely! I've also put him in lead actor as well in my nominations I'm working on!

Posted by: J▲hq 18th January 2016, 09:19 PM

Seeing Creed & The Big Short this coming weekend and Spotlight the one after hopefully then I'll be ready to submit!

Going to do a For Your Consideration for a movie which probably won't garner much attention (but everyone should see!!!)

Tangerine
Best Film
Best Female Lead Performance - Kitana Kiki Rodriguez
Best Female Supporting Performance - Mya Taylor
Best Male or Female Newcomer - Kitana Kiki Rodriguez & Mya Taylor
Best Director - Sean S. Baker

And if there was a Best Soundtrack/Score category I'd be campaigning for that too!

Posted by: Josh Josh Binks 18th January 2016, 10:22 PM

Oh, I've put Tremblay in Supporting in mine just cause that's what SAG did,. Lead is not that competitive though so depending on what everyone else does I might do the same.

Can I remind everyone how good Johnny Depp was in Black Mass, been forgotten this awards season but he was SO scary.

Posted by: Jonjo 19th January 2016, 03:13 PM

I think my main ones I need to see now are 'Straight Outta Compton', 'The Big Short' & 'Spotlight'. Then I'm ready. The other two I can't watch without my mate though, so I have to wait until beg of Feb for those!

SOC I'll watch either tonight or tomorrow night.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 20th January 2016, 11:07 PM

My Next Movie For Your Consideration!

JOY
Consider in:
Best Film
Best Female Lead- Jennifer Lawrence
Best Male Supporting- Edgar Ramirez
Best Male Supporting- Bradley Cooper
Best Director- David O'Russell
Best Drama Film
Best Ensemble
Best Script
Best Character- Joy


TESTAMENT OF YOUTH
Consider in:
Best Film
Best Lead Actress- Alicia Vikander
Best Supporting Actor- Taron Egerton
Best Newcomer- Alicia Vikander (also for Ex_Machina, The Danish Girl & The Man From U.N.C.L.E)
Best Drama Film

Posted by: •Josh• 29th January 2016, 08:18 AM

About 2 weeks left!!

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 31st January 2016, 10:33 PM

Nearly ready to send in mine, just Big Short + Spotlight to see now!

Revenant has got nowhere on my ballot and have put Creed in 3, maybe 4 categories!

Struggling so much with Best Picture (have about 13 I want to nominate) and Best Actress (have about 15 I want to nominate)!

Posted by: Jonjo 1st February 2016, 01:10 AM

Nothing for 'The Revenant', at all? I don't get that, but eh, whatever floats your boat I guess...

Just got 'The Big Short' to watch myself now and if I find time to do so, I'll try and get 'Carol' in before I nominate.

Posted by: •Josh• 1st February 2016, 07:57 AM

The Big Short really was bad, thought I'd be a fan but one of the movies furthest away from my noms I still want to see Spotlight before I hand in my noms but not sure if that'll be possible actually

The Revenant was beautiful and had some big highs but it's length was a real problem for me, no way that I can deny Leo one of noms though, he was terrific.

Jonjo, you have to watch Carol! My favourite film from Oscars season aside from Room, such an engaging tale and some fantastic acting, Cate Blanchett as my favourite performance up until Brie Larson.

Posted by: Jonjo 1st February 2016, 02:00 PM

Just realised I have a few more I need/actually want to hopefully see ('Bridge Of Spies'/'Macbeth') but I should be able to get them in, easily.

Can I also push for people to consider Bradley Cooper in 'Burnt' for "Best Lead Actor". His performance was really, really good in that. Probably my favourite role from him (despite the film not doing much for me generally)

Posted by: •Josh• 1st February 2016, 03:13 PM

I agree with Bradley Cooper, Jonjo, got him in my top 5 at the moment but might kick him out if you all decide Jacob Tremblay is a lead then I'll go with you lot!

Talking about Macbeth, thinking about putting Marion Cotillard in the supporting category because I liked what she did with the character but a few people are fighting for spots in that one.

Posted by: J▲hq 1st February 2016, 03:32 PM

The only reason Jacob Tremblay would go in supporting is to pump some life into a category that I consider to be LACKING compared to the rest.

Nothing from me either, but not out of pure hatred

Oh and I'm sure you don't need to see 'The Big Short' before submitting noms. It will change nothing, honestly

Posted by: Jonjo 1st February 2016, 03:44 PM

Haha!

I also hope people aren't just going for the "awards season" movies for these awards! Taron deserves a couple of nods for 'Kingsman'!

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 1st February 2016, 04:18 PM

Taron was in my final 5 till yesterday, B. Jordan knocked him out!

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 6th February 2016, 02:44 PM

Saw The Big Short, enjoyed it but don't think it's going to make it into any of my nominations! Just Spotlight to go and then I'm all ready

Also I will be sending a load of pm reminders tomorrow as the deadline is now in under a week

Posted by: Jonjo 6th February 2016, 03:27 PM

Save the reminder for me coz I will do it. I'm watching Bridge Of Spies tomorrow and if I can be arsed I'll watch Carol tonight!

Posted by: •Josh• 6th February 2016, 03:35 PM

You have to watch Carol, Jonjo! Such a beautiful story and so elegantly told/shot with some insane acting too, my second favourite film of awards season behind Room, really deserved a Best Picture nomination..

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 7th February 2016, 10:31 PM

Sent

My Nomination Noms Count:
Brooklyn: 11
Star Wars: The Force Awakens: 10
Joy: 7
Spy: 6
Ex_Machina: 5
Home: 5
Bridge Of Spies: 4
Mad Max: Fury Road: 4
Room: 4
Testament Of Youth: 4
Trainwreck: 4
Inside Out: 3
Steve Jobs: 3
The Good Dinosaur: 3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2: 3
The Man From U.N.C.L.E: 3
Tomorrowland: 3
Cinderella: 2
Creed: 2
Pitch Perfect 2: 2
Spectre: 2
Spotlight: 2
The Danish Girl: 2
The Longest Ride: 2
The Peanuts Movie: 2
Amy: 1
Ant-Man: 1
Chappie: 1
Clouds Of Sils Maria: 1
Fantastic Four: 1
Fifty Shades Of Grey: 1
Focus: 1
Hot Pursuit: 1
Hotel Transylvania 2: 1
Insurgent: 1
Kingsman: The Secret Service: 1
John Wick: 1
Jurassic World: 1
Minions: 1
Pan: 1
Shaun The Sheep: The Movie: 1
Sicario: 1
Southpaw: 1
The Boy Next Door: 1
The Duff: 1
The Gift: 1
The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials: 1

Posted by: Jonjo 7th February 2016, 10:53 PM

Gonna watch 'Carol' tonight and then get sorting now that I've seen 'Bridge Of Spies'!

Posted by: •Josh• 8th February 2016, 05:12 PM

Only four days left so almost there, some noms are really close so far (best scene doesn't even have one scene with more than one vote yet!) so as many as possible would be lovely. Thanks to all those who have sent so far, the results are looking interesting.

Posted by: Jonjo 8th February 2016, 05:15 PM

I saw 'Carol' last night, so I am now content with having only not seen 'Macbeth' (which is on my to do list, but my mate will kill me if I watch that without him!)

Excited to actually look through the categories and get my noms in!

Posted by: •Josh• 8th February 2016, 05:18 PM

I think the way they incorporated the 'everything comes full circle' line into Carol with the start and end being the same was like my favourite things aside from the acting. Cate Blanchett really needs some more love here so far guys!!!1

Posted by: •Josh• 10th February 2016, 01:01 PM

Only two days left now, more responses would be nice... Some are so close!

Posted by: Jonjo 10th February 2016, 01:31 PM

AHHH! I forgot to rank them last night!

I will do this tonight (sometime after midnight - 'Deadpool' comes first ;D ). Please PM me coz I might forget!

Posted by: Regina 10th February 2016, 03:37 PM

Dumb question time, do you need to nominate in all the categories? I've not seen enough films to do them all but wanna take part

Posted by: •Josh• 10th February 2016, 04:05 PM

No not at all, and you don't have to nominate five in each. You can nominate as many as you like (up to the limit of course) in any amount of categories!

Posted by: Regina 10th February 2016, 04:13 PM

Awesome, will get this done asap.

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 10th February 2016, 11:04 PM

Really big shocks, make sure you get your votes in before Friday

Posted by: Severin 11th February 2016, 01:01 AM

Sending mine

Posted by: Jonjo 11th February 2016, 03:48 AM

WHEW.

DONE.

Very excited for the next stage now!

Posted by: Frank! 11th February 2016, 03:47 PM

I wanted to PM you with my nominations but your inbox seems to be full Josh!

Posted by: •Josh• 11th February 2016, 03:57 PM

My bad, sorted now. Sorry!

Posted by: •Josh• 12th February 2016, 12:07 PM

The final votes have been passed on to UV now! Thanks for all your entries! If you have any last minute votes then we'll still have them

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 12th February 2016, 02:04 PM

You have till 23:59PM tonight to submit votes, would be much appreciated to have some more votes!

There will be a results presentation tomorrow starting around 7/8pm so hopefully loads of you turn up and comment and we can make it really fun

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 12th February 2016, 09:50 PM

2 hours left to vote, please do! If you are sending votes now, you can send them to Josh or me- not sure if Josh will be online before midnight + he doesn't have time to add up the extra ballots, and we both have the same up-to-date totals so it is fine sending me the nominations and might be easier for the last couple of hours

Posted by: Ultraviolence1989 13th February 2016, 12:02 AM

Thanks for the incredible turnout, 17 which is terrific!

Tomorrow I'll be presenting the Buzzjack Movie Awards Nominations on here with proper commentary and everything so should be fun, hope you all come here for that! Afterwards Jahq & I will be revealing the Razzies Nominations! More info will be posted in those threads coming up very soon! Also tiebreaker threads (16 to seperate across the 2 awards) also coming up now!