1998 Golli Movie Awards



Welcome to my personal award presentation!  After a long year of movie watching*, I felt its my turn to give out some form of reward (ok, I know they don't give a damn) and recognition to the people whom have entertained us for the past 12 months. So here we goooooooooo....

* all shows are released in accordance to the dates in Singapore only (be it theatre or VCD)



 
 
Best Actor
Best Actress
Babe of the year
Best Scene of the year
Best Breakthrough Performer
Flop of the year
Quote of the year
Best Movie Poster
Worst Movie of the year
Best Movie of the year



Best Actor nominees

robert downey jr in "two girls and a guy"
- solid potrayal of a two timing struggling actor who lies effortlessly to avoid the truth while being the perfect mama's boy.

jim carrey in "the truman show"
- no talking anus, no contorted faces, no wacky hairdo, in short: WOW!

tom hanks in "saving private ryan"
- his tortued potrayal of the self doubting captain makes us laugh when he laughs and makes us cry when he cries.

john travolta in "primary colours"
- the voice, the look, the body language, travolta was so good in his clinton potrayal that i bet even ms lewinsky would "suck up" to the wrong guy.

aaron eckhart in "in the company of men"
- word has it that after making the movie, women has scolded him on the streets for being such a jerk in the movie.  talk about convincing acting!

and the winner is...



Best actress nominees

katie bates in "primary colours"
- when it comes to potraying a mean bitch, this gal can do no wrong.

heather graham in "boogie nights"
- her role as Rollergirl was so aloof and detached from any feelings  and thoughts  that you may think she's really on drugs while filming.

stacy edwards in  "in the company of men"
- wonderful potrayal of the deaf secretary whose love life turns upside down due to two jerks.

laura linney in "the truman show"
- you can never look at another advertisement the same way again, after her hilarious product placement scenes in truman show.

emma thompson in "primary colours"
- her hillary impression is done to perfection!  if you think about it, the way her british accent disappeared and replaced by an american accent, it's simply marvellous!

and the winner is...



Babe of the year

  heather graham in "Boogie Nights"

  catherine zeta jones in "The Mask of Zorro"

  Denise Richards in "Wild Things"

  china chow in "The Big Hit"

  Yang Gong Ru in "The StormRiders"
 

and the winner is...



Best scene of the year

Blade : bloodbath scene (aka the disco scene
- with New Order's "confusion" blasting away in the background timed with the surprising blood sprinklers right to the end of the fight scene, don't tell me you weren't impressed!

Saving Private Ryan : D-Day scene (aka war at the French Beach)
- with guts spilling here, a guy looking for his limb there, and hundreds of soldiers dying everywhere, you'll bound to miss something the very moment you blink

Two Girls and A Guy : the sex scene
- I've to say this is the steamiest sex scene I've seen in a Hollywood flick in a very long time!

There's something about Mary : the hair gel scene (censored in local releases)
- It may have only lasted mere seconds... but the scene where Cameron Diaz mistakens Ben Stiller's uh... discharge for hair gel is simply G-R-O-S-S!

Wild Things :  menage a troi scene (not seen on local cinemas)
- Now when is the last time you saw 3 Hollywood stars doing the you-know-what on the big screen huh?  Besides...Denise Richards is in it!
 

and the winner is...


Breakthrough Performer of the year

Heather Graham
- blonde, pretty and already going places...definitely one of the best finds of the year.

Jeremy Davies (I think)
- a perfect unknown who stole the show with his outstanding part as the cowardly clerk who may have cost his platoon their battle. Now tell me you didn't hate the guy when he didn't do anything to stop the Germans!

Jim Carrey
- no one expected Jim to do anything other than slapstick comedy, well now Jimbo has shut up all his critics by proving he too can act without contorting his face.

Mark Wahlberg
- his excellent potrayal of Dirk Diggler in Boogie Nights certainly made critics stand up and take notice.  Excellent career move by dumping his Marky Mark days to concentrate on acting.

Denise Richards
- dumping her barbie doll look for a sexy siren image in Wild things has certainly done nothing but boost up her career as well as driving the guys hormones up the wall!

and the winner is...


Flop of the year

Godzilla in "Godzilla"
- ewwwww..gimme the guy in the rubber suit any day!

Cheng E-kin in "The StormRiders"
- his potrayal of "Wind" not only made the comic book character look like a loser...he certainly damaged his reputation as a singer by croaking the title track for the song in mandrian (which sounded just like cantonese!)

Eddie Murphy in "Dr Dolittle"
- "Nutty Professior" he is not! To add insult to injury, Chris Rock actually stole the limelight even if he only appears as the voice of the guniea pig.

Mike Meyers in "Halloween:H20"
- What??? He don't talk, can only walk, and fashion sense? bleah! No wonder it gave Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) nightmares!  Guess the boogey men of the 80's need more makeover for the 90's.

Matt LeBlanc in "Lost in Space"
- Think: Joey in a space suit.

and the winner is...


Quote of the year

"Amercian components..Russian components..they are all made in TAIWAN!!!" - Armageddon

"He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting lightbulb."
 - Saving Pvt Ryan

"What's the difference between a golf ball and a G-spot?"
"I'd rather spend 20 minutes looking for the golf ball."  - In the company of men

"Draaa-goooon. I don't do the tongue thing." - Mulan

"I think everything must go back to the fact that I had a very anxious childhood. You know, my--my mother never had time for me. You know, when you're--when you're the middle child in a family of five million, you don't get any attention."- Antz

and the winner is...


Best Movie Poster

   The Truman Show
- Ingenius idea of combining thousands of pictures to form Truman's face. Explains the concept of the movie without even saying a word.

   Species II (Nominated Picture not found)
- Witness Natasha Henstridge transform into an alien before your very eyes!  How clever. Unfortunately the only good thing about the movie is this very poster.
   Saving Private Ryan
- I dunno why but I simply loved the movie poster. Simple and beautiful.

   Happy Together
- Poster may not mean much to those who didn't see the movie.  But if you did, it kind of explains the characters feelings of the movie.

   The X-Files: Fight the Future
- The set of 3 teasers with the words done what they were set out to do... tease the viewers into wanting more !
 

and the winner is...


Worst Movie of the year

Halloween: H20
- hailed as the best Halloween sequels ever.  Now I don't even wanna see any of the series. *shudder*

Species II
- this time, the movie doesn't even have much of a naked Natasha Henstridge to save the show!

Godzilla
- the secrecy, the mysterious new look, the teasing banners everywhere.  the disappointment. the pain. the anguish.

Young & Dangerous '98
- a goddamn boxing match?????? what's next? scrabble?? *gag*

John Carpenter's Vampires
- puh-lezze... I'd rather watch "From Dusk till Dawn" anyday, at least there's Salma Hayek & her snake.

and the winner is...


Best Movie of the year

Boogie Nights
- Porn and the seventies.  What more do you want?

The Truman Show
- Superb movie with the most original story of recent times.

Saving Private Ryan
- The greatest war movie of all time???? You bet!

Primary Colours
- Finally a movie that closely follows the novel and packed with superb acting. Incredible combo.

In the company of men
-Direct in-your-face honesty.  Low in budget, high in quality.

and the winner is...


[Star Wars Corner] [My 2 cents worth]

Winners to be announced by December 31st.


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Note: All movies are shown in Singapore within the calendar year.  All nominees and winners of the catergories are purely based on the author's (biased) opinion.  Voting is welcomed by the author.  All submissions can be sent through e-mail or by signing on the guest book.  All movies mentioned were seen by the author and not just heard of. All nominees are subjected to changes according to the author's amusement by December 31st, 1998. 1