The Third Annual Snobbies Awards


		The Third Annual Snobbies Awards

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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