2010 Film Awards Nominees

Hey folks! In the coming days you’ll get a plethora of posts from us as we wrap up 2010 with our awards. It was… interesting. We’ve just received the final votes from our international panel of critics (and yes, one is in England and one is from Canada, and no, I’m not lying) and we have our final five nominees for Best Film of 2010.

Here we will give you the nominees for all of our five major categories. Stay tuned though, as each day we will announce winners up until Sunday, when we hold our big awards show (from my living room) and post what everyone is dying to find out: the Best Film winner of 2010!

So, without anymore filler… I’m proud to announce the nominees for the 2010 Kamo and Kochems Film Awards! 

Most Disappointing

Dinner for Schmucks
Son of a bitch! I wanted to like this movie, but I just couldn't stand it. Unrelatable and extremely moronic characters had me ready to leave the theater. Galifianakis, Rudd and Carell were the Three Muskateers of garbage in this one- I usually like Rudd films, too...

Kick-Ass
I couldn't stand the main character in this otherwise great film. Nic Cage and Hit Girl were fantastic, but Aaron Johnson was a whiny bitch even after he became a "superhero"- Christopher Mintz-Plasse didn't help matters.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
A giant pile of puke that probably made Wes Craven cry and Robert Englund laugh at his new found immortality.

Clash of the Titans (2010)
I guess this movie is a joke? I didn’t know that when I went in there… So I guess the jokes on me… Mazel tov! 

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Jerry Bruckheimer tricked me! This is not as good as Pirates of the Caribbean! It’s like Aladdin meets Marty McFly! Damn you Bruckheimer!!

Best Movie to Watch Under the Influence

Due Date
Let down comedies always are funnier when you’re on something…

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Disappointing yes, but with one click of the mute button this might be worth getting drunk and staring at for a while with maybe some CCR in the background.

Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Come on... this was a given. Crazy animals talking. Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter! A DRAGON! Well, technically it's a Jabberwocky but that doesn't matter. What does is this movie was awesome, but a little something extra didn't hurt the viewing experience.

Hot Tub Time Machine
Oh God. This was just too funny to begin with, but watching it under the influence only made it that much better. The scene with Rob Corddry pouring the shot over his shoulder and then chugging the bottle of whiskey only made me want to drink (and laugh) even more.

Machete
Action packed, oddly funny, a bit sexy, a bit more action packed, a bit more bourbon, a bit more epicness... you guys get the picture.

Best Popcorn Flick

Iron Man 2
I had way too much anticipation for this movie, ever since the trailer… The strange thing is that it didn’t let me down. Big screen, surround sound are a must.

Inception
A complete must see in the theatres, Nolan scores again with great cinematography and NOT relying on special effects. Hans Zimmer could score me brushing my teeth and it would be epic.

Red (2010)
Been a frontrunner since I saw it, even thought about throwing it into best picture I liked it so much. Just good, quality satire/action fun.

The Expendables
There is just too much action in this film for my television to handle, and that's why I'll never watch it again. It wasn't a bad movie, I just can't imagine see Terry Crews walking down a hallway with a chain-gun, mowing down bad guys on my TV set...

Resident Evil: Afterlife
Zombies exploding in 3D. Boom. This movie was made for the big screen.

Best Comedy

Get Him to the Greek
Russel Brand returns as out-of-control British rocker Aldous Snow. Throw in funnyman Jonah Hill and a surprisingly hilarious and memorable performance by Sean Diddy Combs, and you have one of the funniest/best films of the year.

Hot Tub Time Machine
A lot of people were wary of this film because the premise is fucking ridiculous. A hot tub sends four friends back in time? DUMB! But it wasn't dumb, it was extremely funny (and kind of dumb) and the cast (John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry) embraced the ridiculousness and came out on top.

Jackass 3D
The Jackass crew returns for the grossest, craziest and funniest film yet. The 3D, while not completely necessary for this film to succeed, was a great added touch. And who doesn't like to see grown men super glue themselves to each other or kick each other in the balls? *A rhetorical question- everyone likes to see that*

The Other Guys
Like Cop Out, I was sold by the trailer… Unlike Cop Out, it didn’t disappoint. A true buddy cop movie with two horribly flawed characters that never gets so full of itself that they can fully break out of their own shells. The Rock and Sam Jackson could’ve had a movie of their own.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Yeah I know, a ton of people hate Michael Cera for some reason (can you really consider someone that young typecasted?), but this is probably the most underrated movie of the year as it is not only one of the best adaptations of a comic but also a great forum for video game nostalgia.

Best Film 

Toy Story 3
A light-hearted animation that has the broadest appeal of a film with a deep thematic impulse like I’ve never seen before, as only Pixar can do. 

True Grit
Western’s return! The Coen score (again) with probably their most straight forward and stable film to date. From script to screening, these boys don’t miss a beat. 

The Fighter
What some have called a worn story with great actors I call a fresh sheet of already seen cloth… with some of the best behind the threading. 

Black Swan
Suspenseful, psychological, sexual- can you say much more for this movie? With many directors it would descend into soft-core porn but Aronofsky shows he knows how to hold even the strangest films together. 

Inception
Definitely one of the most inventive concepts in recent cinematic history, coupled with probably the hottest director on the market, one of the finest actors of our generation, and the best score man in the business.

So that does it for our main categories. We’ll have the winner announced on Sunday, January 10th, but be sure to check back as we’ll be revealing other award winners each day up until the big finale.