Awards 2015

After a long wait lo and behold the 3-4-1 awards are back! 

You might have missed us, but we are now in line with the Oscars.
Unlike them, we don't need fanfare or some big event so without 6 hours of ceremony here we go!

Nominations and Winners
2015

Best Film

SF: X-men: Days of the Future Past, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Imitation Game

50Eggs: Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gone Girl

DB: I have five nominations which go like this: Boyhood, and then in no particular order, Pride, Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler, Mr Turner. I didn't cry in Grand Budapest Hotel or Nightcrawler, and I laughed in all of them.
WINNER: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Director
SF: Paul King (Paddington), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy)
50Eggs: (Russo bros.) Captain America: Winter Soldier, David Fincher (Gone Girl), Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
DB: Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
WINNER: Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

Best Actor

SF: Benedict Cumberbatch (Imitation Game), Jake Gyllnelhaal (Nightcrawler), Leonard DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street)

50Eggs: Bryan Cranston (Godzilla), Martin Freeman (Hobbit 2&3), Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)

DB: Ralph Fiennes (GBH), Tim Spall (Mr Turner), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)

WINNER: Jake Gyllnelhaal (Nightcrawler)

Best Actress

SF: Rosmund Pike (Gone Girl),  Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow), Imelda Staunton (Pride)

50Eggs: Eva Green (300 Rise of an Empire), Scarlett Johanason (Winter Soldier), Rosmund Pike (Gone Girl)

DB: Imelda Staunton (Pride), Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Rosmund Pike (Gone Girl)

WINNER: Rosmund Pike (Gone Girl)

Worst Film

SF: Blue Ruin, Locke, Inbetweeners 2

50Eggs: I didnt spend any money watching a bad film, and I even enjoyed Inbetweeners 2!

DB: Horrible Bosses 2, Blue Ruin, Inbetweeners 2
WINNER: Blue Ruin

Worst Performance

SF: The whole cast of Inbetweeners 2 (because it was awful all round)

50Eggs: Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), a trained monkey would have been more convincing. [Ba dum tisch ed.]

DB: Ann Hathaway (Interstaller, I never wanted an inanimate carbon rod so much in my entire life), 

WINNER: All of them because it was all bad

Most controversial Film

SF: Mr Turner

50Eggs: Interstellar

DB: Both the above, I loved Mr Turner I just thought it was wonderful. I'm afraid Interstellar continued Mr Nolan's downward spiral post Inception for me.

WINNER: Interstellar

Awards 2012

Welcome to the 2nd Annual 3-4-1 Awards

We still have nothing to offer the Winner except our sincere admiration

Here are our nomination and winners in order of preference

Awards 2012

Best film
SF: Argo, Angel's Share, Untouchable
50 Eggs: Life of Pi, Cabin in the Woods, Avengers Assemble
DonkeyB: Argo, Skyfall, Angel's Share
Winner: Argo

Best Director:
SF: Ben Affleck (Argo), Ang Lee (Life of Pi), Joss Wheadon (Avengers Assemble)
50 Eggs: Ang Lee (Life of Pi),Pete Travis (Dredd 3D), Joss Wheadon (Cabin & Avengers)
DonkeyB: Ben Affleck (Argo), Sam Mendes (Skyfall), Steven Sodaberg (Haywire)
Winner:  Ben Affleck (Argo)

Best Actor in a Leading Role:
SF: Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi), Omar Sy (Untouchable), Mads Mikklesen (A Royal Affair)
50 Eggs: Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi), Michael Fassbender (Prometheus), Martin Freeman (The Hobbit)
DonkeyB: Jean Dujardin (The Artist), George Clooney (The Descendants), Mark Ruffalo (Avengers Assemble)
Winner: Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
SF: Robert DeNiro (Sliver Linings Playbook), Ezra Miller (Perks of being a Wallflower) Tom Hiddleson (Avengers Assemble)
50 Eggs: Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi)
DonkeyB: Robert DeNiro (Sliver Linings Playbook), John Goodman (The Artist), John Henshaw (Angel's Share)
Winner: Robert DeNiro (Sliver Linnings Playbook)

Best Actress in a Leading Role:
SF: Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone), Noomi Rapce (Prometheus), Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
50 Eggs: Jennifer Lawrence (That girl who is in Hunger Games)
DonkeyB: Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone), Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Bernice Bijou (The Artist)
Winner: Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
SF: Maggie Smith (Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Sigorney Weaver (Red Lights), Judy Dench (Skyfall)
50 Eggs: Emily Blunt (That girl who is in Looper )
DonkeyB: Anne Hathaway (Dark Knight Rises), Anna Kendrick (End of Watch), Judy Dench (Skyfall)
Winner: Judy Dench (Skyfall)

Best Animated Film:
SF: Brave, From up on Poppy Hill, Fullmetal Alchemist the star of Milos
50 Eggs: Brave
DonkeyB: Beauty and The Beast*, Brave, Pirates in an adventure with scientists
Winner: Brave
* But we all know Beauty and the Beast wins hands down but SF is refusing to nominate because of some silly new release nonsense

Best Cinematography:
SF: Skyfall, Dark Knight Rises, Jane Eyre
50 Eggs: Life of Pi, Prometheus, Skyfall
DonkeyB: Skyfall, Dark Knight Rises, The Artist
Winner:  Skyfall

Best Documentary Feature:*
SF: Search for Sugarman
50 Eggs: Nor me.
DonkeyB: Search for Sugarman
Winner: Search for Sugarman
* this award has been updated

Best Original Score:
SF: Patrick Doyle (Brave), Howard Shore (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), Thomas Newman (Skyfall)
50 Eggs: I never pay much attention so: Thomas Newman (Skyfall), Patrick Doyle (Brave), Howard Shore (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
DonkeyB: James Newton-Howard (Snow White), Thomas Newman (Skyfall), Ludovic Bource (The Artist)
Winner: Thomas Newman (Skyfall)

Best Visual Effects:
SF: Avengers Assemble, Life of Pi, The Dark Knight Rises
50 Eggs: Life of Pi, Cabin in the Woods, Prometheus
DonkeyB: Skyfall, Dark Knight Rises, Avengers Assemble
Winner: Life of Pi

Best Adapted Screenplay:
SF: Eric Roth (Extremely Loud, Incredibly close), Stephen Chbosky  (Perks of being a Wallflower), David Magee (Life of Pi)
50 Eggs: Life of Pi, The Women in Black, The Hunger Games
DonkeyB: David O Russell (silver Linings Playbook), Stephen Chbosky  (Perks of being a Wallflower), Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Descendants)
Winner: Stephen Chbosky  (Perks of being a Wallflower)

Best Original Screenplay:
SF: Ken Loach (Angel's Share), Rian Johnson (Looper), Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano (The Untouchables)
50 Eggs: I think we have too many categories.
DonkeyB: Ken Loach (Angel's Share), The Artist, Ted
Winner: Ken Loach (Angel's Share)

**** Now some fun awards****

Most divisive film:
SkyFall
Ruby Sparks
Life of Pi
Winner : Ruby Sparks

Worst Film:
SF: Total Recall, Beasts of the Southern Wild, This Means War
50 Eggs: The Amazing Spider-man, War Horse, John Carter
DonkeyB: This Means War, Total Recall, Battleship
Winner: Total Recall - We still don't understand how they messed this up

Worst actor:
SF: Sam Worthington (Wrath of the Titans), Ryhs Iffans (The Amazing Spider-man), Nicholas Cage (Ghost Rider the Spirit of Vengeance) - honourable mention the whole cast in battleship.
50 Eggs: Sam Worthington (Wrath of the Titans), Ryhs Iffans (the Amazing spider-man)
DonkeyB: Colin Farrell (Total Recall), Tom Hanks (Extremley Loud, Incredibly Close), Ryhs Iffans (The Amazing Spider-man)
Winner: Sam Worthing (Wrath of the Titans)

Worst actress:
SF:Kate Beckinsale (Total Recall & Underworld Awakening), Reese Witherspoon (This Means War), Kristen Stewart (Snow White and the Huntsman)
50 Eggs: Nope, cant think of any.
DonkeyB: Kate Beckinsale (Total Recall), Reese Witherspoon (This Means War), Cameron Diaz (Gambit)
Winner: Kate Beckinsale (Total Recall & Underworld Awakening)

Most awful contribution to cinema in 2012:
SF: is it wrong to give it to 3D again?
50 Eggs: Nothing wrong with 3D but I’m going to say rebooting Spiderman with the same story but less good a few years after the last one.
DonkeyB: The audience we watched Gambit with- they laughed at the production studio cards!, 3D, The titles in The Raven completely out of character with the rest of the film.
Winner: 3D stoppit already, blurry, dark and pointless

2011 Award Winners and Nominees

So here are our 2011 Nominations, in order of preference and Winners.

To all the Winners, we humbly ask that you accept our applause because we can't afford actual awards.

Best Picture:
SF: Warrior, The Deep Blue Sea, True Grit
50 Eggs: Source Code, The Ides of March, We Need To Talk About Kevin
DonkeyB: The Deep Blue Sea, We Need To Talk About Kevin, Senna
Winner: The Deep Blue Sea (Despite the lack of sharks)

Best Director:
SF: Tomas Alfredson (Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy), Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin), George Clooney (The Ides of March)
50 Eggs: George Clooney (The Ides of March), Joe Cornish (Attack the Block), Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin)
DonkeyB: Terence Davies (The Deep Blue Sea), Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin), George Clooney (The Ides of March)
Winner: TIE: Lynne Ramsay (We Need To Talk About Kevin) & George Clooney (The Ides of March)

Best Actor in a Leading Role:
SF: Tom Hardy (Warrior), Dominic Cooper (The Devil's Double), Brendan Glesson (The Guard)
50 Eggs: Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March), Ezra Miller (We Need To Talk About Kevin), James Franco (127 Hours)
DonkeyB: Dominic Cooper (The Devil's Double), Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy), Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March)
Winner: Dominic Cooper (The Devil's Double)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
SF: Benedict Cumberbatch (Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy), Jamie Bell (The Eagle), Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes),
50 Eggs: Andrew Garfield (Never Let Me Go), Ryan Gosling (Crazy Stupid Love), George Clooney (The Ides of March)
DonkeyB: Andy Serkis (Tintin & Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Moneyball), Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Winner: Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)

Best Actress in a Leading Role:
SF: Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea), Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin), Viola Davies (The Help)
50 Eggs: Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin), Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Abbie Cornish (Sucker Punch)
DonkeyB: Rachel Weisz (The Deep Blue Sea), Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Winner: Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk About Kevin)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
SF: Jessica Chastain (The Help), Haylee Atwell (Captain American), Octavian Williams (The Help),
50 Eggs: Jennifer Anniston (Horrible Bosses), Natalie Portman (Your Highness), Emma Watson (Harry Potter 7 Part 2),
DonkeyB: Jessica Chastain (The Help), Octavia Spencer (The Help), Alison Janey (The Help) because she's amazing.
Winner: The Help- It was a good ensemble cast so would be unfair to choose one over any other so we've decided they all get a joint award.

Best Animated Film:
SF: Tintin, Tangled, Arrietty
50 Eggs: Tangled, Tintin, Rango
DonkeyB: Tintin
Winner: Tintin

Best Cinematography:
SF: True Grit, Another Earth, Midnight in Paris
50 Eggs: Immortals, 127 Hours, Black Swan
DonkeyB: True Grit, Tree of Life, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Winner: True Grit

Best Documentary Feature:
SF: Senna, The Greatest Movie ever Sold, Turtle the Incredible Journey
50 Eggs: Senna, And er…, Senna?
DonkeyB: Senna
Winner: Senna

Best Original Score:
SF: Daft Punk (Tron Legacy), Atli Orvarsson (The Eagle), Alan Silvestri (Captain America)
50 Eggs: Daft Punk (Tron Legacy), Alan Silvestri (Captain America), Michael Giacchino (Super 8)
DonkeyB: Michael Giacchino (Super 8), Antonio pinto (Senna)
Winner: Daft Punk (Tron Legacy)

Best Visual Effects:
SF: Tron Legacy, Thor, Real Steel
50 Eggs: Immortals, Real Steal, Sucker Punch
DonkeyB: Tron Legacy, Super 8, Troll Hunter
Winner: TIE: Real Steel & Tron Legacy

Best Adapted Screenplay:
SF: We Need To Talk About Kevin, Moneyball, The Help
50 Eggs: We Need To Talk About Kevin, Money Ball, Limitless
DonkeyB: The Ides of March, Moneyball, The Deep Blue Sea
Winner: TIE (DonkeyB loves ties) We Need To Talk About Kevin & Moneyball

Best Original Screenplay:
SF: The Guard, Devil's Double, Attack the Block
50 eggs: Source Code, The Ides of March, 127 Hours*
DonkeyB: The Guard, Attack the Block, The Devil’s Double
Winner: The Guard
*Some of the choices may not be original material so this category is subject to change

**** Now some fun awards****

Most divisive film:
X-men: First Class
Tangled
Real Steel
Winner: Tangled

Worst Film:
SF: Tree of life, Drive, Green Lantern
50 Eggs: Hugo, Tree of Life, Drive
DonkeyB: Immortals, Immortals, Immortals
Winner: Tree of Life (DonkeyB still insists worst film should be Immortals)

Worst actor:
SF: Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern), Shia LeBouf (Transformers 3: The Dark of the Moon), Nicholas Cage (Season of the Witch)
50 Eggs: The London kids in Hereafter, Jason Mamoa (Conan)
DonkeyB: Mickey Rourke (Immortal), Sasha Baron-Cohen (Hugo), The Rock (Fast 5) out acted by a car, Special mention goes to Hugh Jackman (Real Steel) out shone by a robot.
Winner: We would like to invite all nine nominees into the appropriate circle of hell for their respective crimes against cinema and our sensibilities.

Worst actress:
SF: Rachel Nichols and Rose McGowan (Conan), Jennifer Aniston (Just Go with It), Carrey Mulligan (Drive)
50 Eggs: Carrey Mulligan (Drive), no contest.
DonkeyB: Mandy Moore (Tangled), Jennifer Aniston (Horrible bosses), January Jones (X-men: First Class)
Winner: TIE Carey Mulligan & Jennifer Aniston

Most awful contribution to cinema in 2011:
SF: The Dinosaurs in Tree of life
50 Eggs: The ‘chemistry’ between Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan in Drive
DonkeyB: 3D
Winner: 3D - it wasn’t close, 3D is the worst thing ever, nothing else could compete.