Hey everyone, Jack Drees here! It is Super Bowl Sunday here in the United States, meaning that everyone around here has a day centered around football, food, and company. I on the other hand, want to sprinkle in a pinch of movie magic for all of you tuning in on this bash of a day. After all, this is the first post of the year specifically dedicated to what I call my Super Bowl of movies, The Jackoff Awards, an epic awards show with a crappy title! For those of you who are not familiar with the Jackoff Awards, this past February I have started an all new tradition, an awards ceremony specifically run by me. Why? Because MY opinions are better than all of yours! Well, that and because it’s fun. I can’t forget that. The ceremony will include the traditions of many others where I present five nominees and announce one winner. And of course, this all leads to Best Picture, where I will be doing something slightly different than the other categories, specifically where I let YOU pick the winner! We’ll get to that later. But this post is going to be dedicated specifically to announcing this year’s nominations. If you are interested in the ceremony itself, that will be available on Sunday February 16th! I will point out one thing though, since it is my ceremony, I am only going to be recognizing films that I have seen. That means films like “Just Mercy,” “Hustlers,” “The Lion King” remake, and “Frozen II” will not be recognized for awards simply because I never particularly dedicated any time to watching any such films. But I did see a bunch of other films this year, many of which I have reviewed, a few of which I didn’t review. I am going to picking from that slate for awards.

I will announce again, each category will have FIVE nominees, except for Best Picture, which will be receiving TEN.

Without further ado, here are the nominees for the 2nd Annual Jackoff Awards!

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis, Bonnie Arnold)
• The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (Jinko Gotoh, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller)
• Missing Link (Chris Butler, Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner)
• Spies in Disguise (Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Michael J. Travers)
• Toy Story 4 (Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

• Ad Astra
• Alita: Battle Angel
• Avengers: Endgame
• Spider-Man: Far from Home
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

BEST SOUND EDITING:

• 1917
• Alita: Battle Angel
• Ford v Ferrari
• John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

BEST SOUND MIXING:

• 1917
• Alita: Battle Angel
• Avengers: Endgame
• Ford v Ferrari
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

• 1917 (Dennis Gassner)
• Joker (Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran)
• Knives Out (David Crank)
• Parasite (Ha-jun Lee)
• Ready or Not (Andrew M. Stearn)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

• The Aeronauts (Alexandra Byrne)
• Joker (Mark Bridges)
• Knives Out (Jenny Eagan)
• Little Women (Jacqueline Durran)
• Ready or Not (Avery Plewes)

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING:

• The Aeronauts (Jacqueline Bhavnani)
• The Irishman (Sean Flanigan, Nicki Ledermann)
• Joker (Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou)
• Judy (Jeremy Woodhead)
• IT: Chapter Two (Sean Sansom, Shane Zander, Iantha Goldberg)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

• Avengers: Endgame (Alan Silvestri)
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (John Powell)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (John Williams)
• Uncut Gems (Daniel Lopatin)
• Us (Michael Abels)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)
• Tracy Letts (Ford v Ferrari)
• Shia LeBeouf (Honey Boy)
• Al Pacino (The Irishman)
• Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Shuzhen Zhao (The Farewell)
• Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
• Toni Collette (Knives Out)
• Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
• Annette Bening (The Report)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster)
• Blinded by the Light (Sarfraz Manzoor, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges)
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Dean DeBlois)
• Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi)
• Joker (Todd Phillips, Scott Silver)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• Honey Boy (Shia LeBeouf)
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)
• Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)
• Parasite (Bong Joon Ho, Jin Won Han)
• Ready or Not (Guy Busick, R. Christopher Murphy)

BEST FILM EDITING:

• Joker (Jeff Groth)
• John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (Evan Schiff)
• Marriage Story (Jennifer Lame)
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Fred Raskin)
• Parasite (Jinmo Yang)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• 1917 (Roger Deakins)
• Ad Astra (Hoyte Van Hoytema)
• The Lighthouse (Jarin Blaschke)
• Parasite (Kyung-pyo Hong)
• Us (Mike Gioulakis)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

• The Hide and Seek Song- Headquarters Music (Ready or Not)
• Home to You- Sigrid (The Aeronauts)
• I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away- Randy Newman (Toy Story 4)
• I’m Gonna Love Me Again- Elton John, Taron Egerton (Rocketman)
• Together From Afar- Jónsi (How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World)

BEST DIRECTOR:

• Sam Mendes (1917)
• Alma Har’el (Honey Boy)
• Rian Johnson (Knives Out)
• Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
• Bong Joon Ho (Parasite)

BEST ACTOR:

• Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
• Daniel Craig (Knives Out)
• Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
• Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)

BEST ACTRESS:

• Awkwafina (The Farewell)
• Ana de Armas (Knives Out)
• Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
• Yeo-jeong Jo (Parasite)
• Lupita Nyong’o (Us)

BEST PICTURE:

• 1917 (Pippa Harris, Callum McDougal, Sam Mendes, Brian Oliver Jayne-Ann Tengren)
• The Farewell (Anita Gou, Daniele Melia, Andrew Miano, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Lulu Wang, Chris Weitz, Jane Zheng)
• Ford v Ferrari (Peter Chernin, James Mangold, Jenno Topping)
• Honey Boy (Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Christopher Legget, Daniela Taplin Lundberg)
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis, Bonnie Arnold)
• Knives Out (Ram Bergman, Rian Johnson)
• Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach, David Heyman)
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino)
• Parasite (Sin-ae Kwak, Bong Joon Ho)
• Ready or Not (Bradley J. Fischer, Willem Sherak, James Vanderbilt, Tripp Vinson)

BEST PICTURE VOTING FORM

If you want to partake in the voting for this year’s Best Picture winner, CLICK THE LINK ABOVE if you want to access the poll that will allow you to choose whatever movie you want to come out on top! Keep in mind that voting DOES NOT last forever, in fact this poll is scheduled to be closed once the clock hits 12AM eastern time in the US, so make your voice heard as soon as possible! Because for all we know, one of you reading this may have a movie that you personally want to win, but if you don’t vote for it, there’s a good chance it cannot take home the gold! Get crackin’ people! Be sure to stay tuned for the 2nd Annual Jackoff Awards, coming February 16th to Scene Before, which is the day before Presidents’ Day, so if you do not have any work or school in the way, this is your opportunity to waste some time staring at a screen! It’s your time, so use it wisely! Thanks for reading this post! If you want to be up to date on the latest content such as the Jackoffs from Flicknerd.com, give the blog a follow either with an email or WordPress account! Also, check out my Facebook page! I want to know, do you agree with my picks and nominations? Do you disagree? Do you think I missed something? Let me know down below! Scene Before is your click to the flicks!

By the way, the official intro is done and ready to go! If you want to check it out, it is located down below! It also doubles as a trailer, and it will give you a sense of some of the films that will reflected upon and honored during the Jackoffs ceremony. Check it out down below if you are interested! Or, if you want to be surprised, just wait until February 16th when the ceremony is in full swing! Literally the only difference that you’ll notice then is that the final title won’t be a release date. If you want to watch, enjoy! Until then, vote for Best Picture, continue supporting the Movie Reviewing Moron, and stay tuned for the Jackoffs coming Sunday February 16th!

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