2009 Really Reels!

In case you missed last night's podcast, Really Reel Reviews gave out its 2009 Really Reels for some of the best performances and movies of the year. (Listen to the award show here)

But for all the lazy fans of Really Reel Reviews, here's a list of the big winners from last night!

Best Female Performance

ERIC - Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe as "Precious Jones" in Precious






TERRY - Monique as "Mary Jones" in Precious





Best Male Performance

ERIC - Robert Downey Jr. as "Sherlock Holmes" in Sherlock Holmes




TERRY - Christoph Waltz as "Col. Hans Landa" in Inglourious Basterds



Most Memorable Line/Best Catchphrase

ERIC - "Your father was captain of a starship for twelve minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mothers and yours. I dare you to do better." said by "Christopher Pike" in Star Trek


TERRY - "Classic" said by "Alan Garner" in The Hangover




Best/Worst Adaptation

ERIC (Best) - The Blind Side








TERRY (Worst) - Angels and Demons







Favorite Cameo

ERIC - Eminem in Funny People




TERRY - Tyler Perry in Star Trek






Worst Movie

ERIC - The Girlfriend Experience








TERRY - The Collector







Worst Sequel

ERIC & TERRY - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen






Biggest Disappointment

ERIC - Surrogates








TERRY - Bruno







Weirdest Sex Scene

ERIC - Tabloid picture in District 9

TERRY - Jake and Neytiri in Avatar

(Pictures omitted due to us not wanting to wind up on any lists after googling "Avatar sex" or "Human/Prawn beastiality")

Golden Bullet (2009's Most Hated Character)


ERIC - "Melissa" in The Hangover





TERRY - "Skids" and "Mudflap" in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen



A Shot of Jack (2009's Favorite Character)

ERIC - Summer and Tom in (500) Days of Summer







TERRY - Alan Garner in The Hangover







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Best Movie

ERIC - Away We Go













TERRY - Inglourious Basterds










So there you go, Really Reel Reviews first Really Reels awards show. As always, if you have comments/concerns about the winners please email us at reallyreelreviews@gmail.com and we'll gladly post your feedback or read it on the next podcast.

And also feel free to nominate your favorite 2010 movies throughout the year and maybe they'll walk away with some hardware next January!

Angels & Demons

I don't remember much from the "The Da Vinci Code" movie, I know I didn't hate it and I know I didn't love it. That's not typically a good sign for a movie. Still I liked the book "Angels and Demons" a lot more than "DVC" so I was still looking forward to this movie. I didn't think Tom Hanks did a great job as Robert Langdon but I was willing to give him a second chance. Then when I found out my boy Ewan McGregor was going to be in it as well all bets were off. I saw it opening weekend.

And after two hours of watching Tom Hanks run around the Vatican and figure out every riddle in just the nick of time, I want my time back. The movie was just very bland and the supposed suspense never really got going for me. Now I should say that perhaps if I hadn't read the book and not known that pretty much everything was going to work out then maybe I would have been more on the edge of my seat. So I would say if you haven't read the book then it's worth seeing but I wouldn't rush to the theaters. If you have read the book, I'd just reread it.

Best Part- Tom Hanks' wig. My goodness it was breathtaking. He's in water twice in this movie and that thing doesn't move an inch. It was hypnotic, I don't even remember what happened in most of the scenes because I was too focused on it.

Worst Part- The female lead. She wasn't that attractive. I'm sorry but everyone in the theater was thinking it too. The girl from "DVC" was beautiful and then you lay this chick on us? No thank you Ron Howard. Also, she was not that good of an actress either.

Just Weird Part- At one point Robert Langdon falls down into a tomb or something and the entire room is filled with nothing but skulls. The walls are skulls, the floor is skulls. Yet he doesn't seem the least bit affected by this and it is never explained. Now I know the burial procedures hundreds of years ago were a little archaic, but I could have at least used Langdon saying something to himself about where he was or how these skulls got there

Biggest Gaffe- A Vatican employee comes to see Langdon in the beginning and in his office he has a framed photo of the girl from "DVC". Now “A&D” the book took place before "DVC" so he hadn't met her yet. I notice these things Ron Howard, and frankly I expected more from you. You should be very disappointed in yourself Opie.