All the award shows have come and gone, the hangovers but a memory. Time for the FINAL AWARDS: the Book-Film-TV-Video Critiquees, the Best of 2002 as selected by your Blogcritics. Please note the votes for Critiquees were in before the Academy Awards
Please take these awards as hearty recommendations and pick up the winners via Amazon below.
Books:
Best Nonfiction
The Threatening Storm: The Case For Invading Iraq, by Kenneth Pollack
discussed here, here, and here.
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, by Eric Schlosser
discussed here
Best Fiction
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
discussed here and here
Prague, by Arthur Phillips
discussed here and here
Film:
Best film
Chicago
discussed here, here , here, here, here, and here
About Schmidt
discussed here, here and here
Best actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
discussed here, here, and here
Best Actress
Nicole Kidman, The Hours
discussed here and here
Best director
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
discussed here, here, here, and here.
TV:
Best drama series
24
discussed here, here, here, and here, here, and here
Best comedy series
The Simpsons
discussed here, here, here, here, and here
Best short series or special
The Blue Planet
The Gathering Storm
DVD/Video:
Best release of the year
The Royal Tenenbaums
Best extra DVD material
Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Rings (Platinum Series Extended)
discussed here and elsewhere
The Music Critiquees, announced last month, are:
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Songwriter of the Year
Rock Album of the Year
Country-Americana Album of the Year
R&B Album of the Year
Jazz Album of the Year
Electronic Album of the Year
Soundtrack of the Year
Reissues and Collections
Best New Artist
Article comments
1 - rebecca
Presenting this year's book-film-tv-video
critiqueesvictors, per blogcritics.org.2 - rebecca
Presenting this year's book-film-tv-video victors, per blogcritics.org.
3 - Al Barger
Pretty good results. I just want to get in a little plug for my own favorite non-fiction book of the year, Ann Coulter's Slander. Aside from mostly agreeing with her political views (which is really NOT what the book is about), it was just HILARIOUS how she took the liberals apart. She's so spot-on with this, and very clever and entertaining in how she expressed it. No wonder the commies hate her so vigorously.
Not that it's specifically relevant to 2002 books, but just by way of being fair and balanced [like Fox News], I'll note that I also really like the closest counterpart to Coulter's book, Al Franken's infamous RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT.
4 - James Russell
Daniel Day-Lewis best actor for Gangs? Wow. I must've seen an alternate version of that film where Daniel overplayed an absurd caricature...
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