This is the time of year when various film industry organizations hand out awards for the best in movies for the previous year. I love awards season! But an annual frustration occurs too when movies that I really liked get snubbed at the awards. For example, director Christopher (The Dark Knight) Nolan's Inception, which I thought was the Best of the year as an overall film. Second place would go to the Coen Brothers' True Grit for taking a great American story and spinning it beautifully to life. Third place would go to David Fincher's The Social Network which chronicles the birth of facebook.
Will it go the way I'd like it to? Probably not. It's likely that the King's Speech, an historical bio from the UK, will sweep the awards at Oscar time. It's a good little film, the kind that Academy voters tend to swoon for.
So, let me take this opportunity to give out the Terrys, my own award to the movies and the artists who make them.
Best Film: Inception
Best Director: Christopher Nolan (runner up: the Coens)
Best Music Score: Hans Zimmer for Inception (runner up: Carter Burwell for True Grit)
Best Actor: Colin Firth for The King's Speech
Best Actress: Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit
I still haven't seen The Fighter or Toy Story 3. So I have some catching up to do.
By the way, here is an excellent new blog devoted to film music: http://musicatthemovies.wordpress.com/
This blog entry is dedicated to the memory of legendary film composer John Barry who died a few days ago.
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