You may be asking yourself, "Self, just what are the Snubbie Awards?"� Well, they are an award chosen by me (Andrew) to honor the movie, or performer that should have won the Oscar.� Also there are several honorary Snubbies for movies that weren't even nominated.� The great thing about Snubbies, is I give an explanation for why each film won (something I wish the Academy would do sometimes).
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The 2000 Snubbies:
Best Motion Picture:
"Traffic" - This was one of the finest movies in recent years,� It was haunting, and yet ended with a note of hope.� This movie definitely was more powerful than "Gladiator" which simply confirmed the Academy's love of period epics (all the way back to "Ben-Hur" and "Ghandi").� These are usually the movies that they love at the time and make fun of five years later, "Gladiator" will be no different.� Plus, why should the movie with the Best Director, and Best Screenplay win the Academy's top honor?
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Best Actor:
Tom Hanks, "Cast Away" - Sure, I know he's won twice before, but he gave one of the most incredible performances in movie history, in a movie that could have used a better ending (but you can't hold that against him).� Hanks was literally the "best unsupported actor" for the entire second hour of the film, his only co-star: a volleyball.� Russell Crowe lacked emotional depth to his performance as Maximus, the would-be-Emperor.� This award went to him because people liked "The Insider" last year, not for this performance.
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Best Supporting Actress:
Kate Hudson, "Almost Famous" - She should have followed in mommy's footsteps on Oscar Night, but was robbed by Marcia Gay Harden, who was good, but let's face it, the movie was pretty bad.� Hudson's character in "Almost Famous" (a film that may as well have been called "Almost Ignored" as far as the nominations were concerned) is a Band-Aid named Penny Lane, who goes from funny, to emotional in an enviably fantastic way.
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Best Costume Design:
Tim Yip, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" - Who were they kidding picking "Gladiator" for costume design.� These costumes were probably already gathering dust in the back of the Universal costume closet until Janty Yates picked them up.� "Tiger" however, showed originality and creativity, while recreating some beautiful Chinese garbs.
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Best Visual Effects:
"Hollow Man" - As far as I was concerned, this movie was pretty bad (it was still better than the other movie I saw that week, Keanu Reeves in "The Watcher").� However, the effects were, I thought, stunning.� The technicians melted away Kevin Bacon to a skeleton, and then nothing at all, but I thought the best was the water fight.
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Best Animated Short Film:
"Rejected" - Only because it has a much cooler name than "Father and Daughter".
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Honorary Snubbies:
Since technically I can only give Snubbies to movies that were nominated, it seems necessary to also honor the ones who were cheated out of even a nomination.
Best Picture: "Almost Famous" deserved at least a nomination, it was much better than Chocolat, and it had an incredible cast, as well as an Oscar winning screenplay.
Best Actor: Jim Carrey.� OK, so he wasn't in anything great this year, but that didn't stop Russell Crowe.� Carrey still deserves it from "The Truman Show" and "Man On The Moon."
Best Actress: Helen Hunt take your pick, "Cast Away," "Pay It Forward," and "What Women Want" three great movies (not to mention the atrocious "Dr. T and the Women").� She was fabulous in "Pay It Forward" as the single mom, struggling to bring her son up right.