BEETLEJUICE'S SUMMER WRAP-UP

Hey there Beetle-heads. I've decided to wrap up the already long-gone summer with some quick movie awards.

FIRST COMES THE AWARD FOR BEST EFFORT

AND THE AWARD GOES TO: TERMINATOR SALVATION. I was one of the few people that actually enjoyed this flm. I thought that it's a misunderstood film for the most part. McG did his best to create a quality film but tragically fell short in the long run, failing to please most viewers.

NEXT UP IS THE COMEBACK AWARD.

AND THE AWARD GOES TO: SAM RAIMI FOR HIS WORK IN DRAG ME TO HELL. Raimi had started out making great films in the 80s but then made the somewhat dissapointing Spiderman Series. With Drag Me To Hell Raimi has proven that he's still got it. He made the comeback of the Summer.

NOW FOR THE FUNNEST FILM AWARD.

AND THE AWARD GOES TO: DRAG ME TO HELL. While Inglourious Bastards was a really fun film, it was interspersed with some truely serious moments, which is why this award goes to Drag Me To Hell. Every second of this film was pure, unadulterated FUN! You did good Sam Raimi...you should be proud.

NEXT UP IS THE BIGGEST DISSAPOINTMENT AWARD.

AND THE AWARD GOES TO: STAR TREK. This film had been hyped up beyond belief. The result: It tragically could not live up to my high expectations.

NOW FOR THE BEST ACTOR AWARD

AND THE AWARD GOES TO: SHARLTO COPLEY in DISTRICT NINE. He gives a no-holds barred performance in his first ever role on the big screen. He brought a healthy dose of humanity to the role that was missing in the other offerings this summer. The result: The audience was treated to a breath of fresh air.

NEXT IS THE AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS

AND THE AWARD GOES TO: ALISON LOHMAN in DRAG ME TO HELL. The crap she goes through in this film and the amount of energy and gusto she throws into the role is amazing to watch on the big screen.

And now we get to the BIG awards

WORST FILM OF THE SUMMER AWARD

This award is a hard one. when thinking about the worst films I've seen this Summer 2 ones come to mind: Transformers 2 and Halloween 2 (coincidence these are both sequels?). In the end the only way I could answer this is if I asked myself the question: Which film would I rather never see again. so, with that question firmly answered there is only one film that truely deserves this award

AND IT GOES TO: TRANSFORMERS 2. While Halloween 2 was truely a terribly film I could probably sit through it one last time because it had several cool visuals, but with Transformers 2 I'd rather shoot myself than be forced to sit through that shit-fest again. It was one of the rare films where I was anxious for it to be over. It was a tortuous experience.

NOW, THE AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR.

AND THE AWARD GOES TO: QUENTIN TARANTINO for INGLOURIOUS BASTARDS. In the film Quentin treated the viewer to an epic tale of WW2. It was one of the most unique experiences I've had at the movies in a while.

NOW FOR THE BEST FILM OF THE SUMMER AWARD.

As I said in an earlier review District Nine and Inglourious Bastards found themselves in a race for best film of the summer. The results were really close and really hard to call because they were both so amazingly good and so different. One was a pure, amazing escapist fantasy epic experience at the movies and the other was an intelligent low-budget film that had the balls to delve into the darkest corners of Humanity and show what it found on the big screen for all to see. this was the hardest award to call.

AND THE AWARD FOR BEST FILM GOES TO:......... DISTRICT NINE. While I really enjoyed Inglourious Bastards and believe it to be MY favorite film of the Summer, I beleieve the best, highest quality, overall most well done film of the summer was district Nine for all of it's engrossing themes and disturbing visuals. THAT is why it won the Best Film award.

Thats it for the awards and my summer wrap up, thank you for reading and I hope you ALL had an amazing time at the movies this Summer.

Recap
BEST FILM: DISTRICT NINE
2ND PLACE/ MY FAVORITE FILM AWARD: INGLOURIOUS BASTARDS
3RD PLACE:DRAG ME TO HELL
WORST FILM: TRANSFORMERS 2
2ND PLACE: HALLOWEEN 2
COMEBACK AWARD: SAM RAIMI FOR HIS WORK IN DRAG ME TO HELL
BEST EFFORT: TERMINATOR SALVATION
BIGGEST DISSAPOINTMENT: STAR TREK
BEST ACTRESS: ALISON LOHMAN in DRAG ME TO HELL
BEST ACTOR: SHARLTO COPLEY in DISTRICT NINE
BEST DIRECTOR: QUENTIN TARANTINO for INGLOURIOUS BASTARDS