The TEA Nominations! - Movies

Yes, it's that time again (considering that time has never come before)! It's time for the Tingler Excellence Awards for the year 2007!

BEST FILM (PERSONAL ENJOYMENT)

Transformers

No real contest here, it has to be the Robots In Disguise. It should've been harder, what with Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, The Simpsons Movie and Hot Fuzz all being out, but with the exception of the last one they all disappointed in some way.

Transformers was the film that re-kindled an obsession I thought dead and gone. Yes, the story's ridiculous and it's all just effects (a Michael Bay movie then), but it's got Starscream! Optimus Prime! Bumblebee! Megatron! Megan Fox! Don't deny the kid inside you - you loved it too.

BEST FILM (GENERAL)

Ratatouille

A tough one this year, since I throw up my hands and apologise - I did not go and see an out-and-out brilliant film this year. Last year it was a straight fight between Children of Men and The Prestige, with Pan's Labyrinth sneaking in under the DVD route.

This year however Ratatouille is the only contender, and a film with a rat who wants to be a chef doesn't really contend with those incredible feats of cinema mentioned above (no, I don't mean Transformers). Nevertheless, a truly excellent film, and one I'm prepared to argue for as Pixar's best after The Incredibles and Toy Story 2. It's that good!

BEST DVD

Blade Runner: The Final Cut - Collector's Edition

I should not have bought this. The Final Cut really does not add anything to The Director's Cut. Hell, I even like the voiceover of the first (well, some of them). And there needed to be a bit more of an ending in my opinion.

So why does this win when Hot Fuzz and Futurama: Bender's Big Score leave with nothing? It's this damn package! If you're a Blade Runner fan and you like different versions of the film, get The Collector's Edition and own them all! Hours and hours of extras on the making of a fascinating film and book! The Amazon version had the soundtrack too! It really is a complete package!

Note: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles might've won if they'd put them all in at least two box-sets rather than three. Three very very expensive box-sets.

WORST FILM

28 Weeks Later

A terrible, terrible abomination of a movie from the director of one of my favourite foreign -language films, Intacto. A script riddled with plot-holes that would make Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds blush with embarrassment, in a year I have been thrilled, entertained, disappointed and bored by movies, this is the only one that irritated me.

A terrible film in every way. And I saw Resident Evil: Extinction!

Next Time: The TEA Videogames Category!