Posted by: Christine on Jan 1st, 2008

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The Third Annual Snobbies are here, and we couldn’t be more excited to announce the nominees. With no further ado, I give you the 2008 Snobbies Nominees:

BEWARE: Spoilers follow in certain categories, specifically Best Death In A Movie.

Worst Movie of the Year

• Primeval
• The Hitcher
• Norbit
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
• License To Wed
• Captivity
• Hairspray
• Bratz
• El Cantante
• Good Luck Chuck
• The Messengers
• I Know Who Killed Me

Best Ensemble Cast

• Smokin’ Aces
• Wild Hogs
• Grindhouse
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
• Ocean’s Thirteen
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Hairspray
• The Kingdom
• I’m Not There
• Spider-Man 3

Best Chick Flick

• Miss Potter
• Because I Said So
• Music & Lyrics
• Lucky You
• License To Wed
• The Nanny Diaries
• The Jane Austen Book Club

Best “Scare The Hell Outta Someone” Movie

• The Messengers
• The Number 23
• The Reaping
• Disturbia
• Vacancy
• 28 Weeks Later
• Hostel: Part II
• 1408
• Rob Zombie’s Halloween
• Resident Evil: Extinction
• 30 Days of Night
• Saw IV
• Zodiac

Best CGI

• 300
• Spider-Man 3
• Shrek the Third
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
• Ratatouille
• I Am Legend
• Transformers
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Resident Evil: Extinction
• Beowulf
• Bee Movie

Best “Laugh Out Loud” Movie

• Epic Movie
• Reno 911! Miami
• Blades of Glory
• Knocked Up
• I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
• The Simpsons Movie
• Superbad
• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
• Juno

Best Action Movie

• Live Free or Die Hard
• Transformers
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• The Kingdom
• Resident Evil: Extinction
• I Am Legend
• Smokin’ Aces
• Rush Hour 3
• Shoot ‘Em Up
• Hitman
• 30 Days of Night
• Alien Vs. Predator: Resurrection

Best Surprise Ending

• The Number 23
• Resident Evil: Extinction
• 30 Days of Night
• Saw IV
• I Am Legend
• Ocean’s Thirteen

Best Death In A Movie

• Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) by the Avada Kedavra curse (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
• Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) crushed by ice blocks (Saw IV)
• Robert Neville (Will Smith) sacrifices himself to save humanity (I Am Legend)
• Any bad guy killed by a carrot (Shoot ‘Em Up)
• Desh Bouksani (Joey Ansah) choked to death with a towel (The Bourne Ultimatum)
• Megatron (Hugo Weaving) All Spark jammed into chest (Transformers)
• Little Vampire Girl (Abbey-May Wakefield) beheaded (30 Days of Night)
• Anne Harris (Catherine McCormack) eyeballs squished in (28 Weeks Later)

Best Badass

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Lookout)
• Josh Hartnett (30 Days of Night)
• Bruce Willis (Live Free or Die Hard)
• Optimus Prime (Transformers)
• Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum)
• Will Smith (I Am Legend)
• Clive Owen (Shoot ‘Em Up)
• Jodie Foster (The Brave One)
• Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil: Extinction)
• Timothy Olyphant (Hitman)

Best Villain

• Xerxes (300)
• The Room (1408)
• Thomas Gabriel (Live Free or Die Hard)
• Megatron (Transformers)
• Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
• Michael Myers (Rob Zombie’s Halloween)
• Vampires (30 Days of Night)
• Creatures (I Am Legend)
• Jigsaw (Saw IV)

Best Explosion in a Movie

• Car into helicopter (Live Free or Die Hard)
• Exploding hotel while Hitman jumps through window (Hitman)
• Brooklyn Bridge (I Am Legend)
• Blackout destroys Cargo Jets (Transformers)
• The Cop Car (Superbad)

Best On-Screen Pair

• Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins (Fracture)
• Jonah Hill and Michael Cera (Superbad)
• John Cusack and Bobby Coleman (Martian Child)
• Helena Bonham-Carter and Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
• Will Smith and Sam (I Am Legend)
• Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
• Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg (We Own The Night)
• Shia LaBouf and Megan Fox (Transformers)
• Ellen Page and Michael Cera (Juno)
• Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up)

Most Unexpected Comedic Performance

• Seth Rogen (Knocked Up)
• Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard)
• Shia LaBeouf (Transformers)
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad)
• Ellen Page (Juno)

Best Bruce Willis Movie

• Live Free or Die Hard
• The Astronaut Farmer
• Perfect Stranger
• Grindhouse
• Alpha Dog
• Nancy Drew

Best Movie of 2007

• 1408
• Live Free or Die Hard
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Superbad
• I Am Legend
• Transformers
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
• Rescue Dawn
• Juno
• No Country For Old Men
• The Lookout
• Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Michael Clayton

Take a look at the winners of the First Annual Snobbies and Second Annual Snobbies and then vote! By casting your vote you have the chance to win free movies for a year, an 8 GB Apple iPod Touch, or 3 free DVDs. See our official rules for details. Please contact us if you have any questions about the contest portion of the Snobbies.

The Third Annual Snobbies will run from midnight EST on January 1st, 2008 to midnight EST on March 31st, 2008. The winners will be announced on April 15th, 2008.

Good luck to all the nominees, and to the voters looking to win some great prizes!

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