The Underdog Awards: What If?

The Underdog Awards: What If?

 

 

Okay so I know I said the Underdog Awards 2014 were over, but I had this great idea that I just couldn't let go. 

The idea was for me to go back to 2000 up till 2011 and see who would have won the Underdog Awards in each of those years according to me, I haven't seen any new films recently from those years especially from the early 2000's so my list might not comply with a lot of people. 

So the idea is to see who would have won the major awards for film, director, acting and writing. One rule I've negated is no comic book movies, so now any cbm is applicable and yes that means The Dark Knight as well. I'm only going to list the winners for the respective awards, if you want to know why they were selected then just go watch the movies and respective performances cause I'm too lazy to type much. No nominations.

I might just end up doing, one or two of these Underdog Awards What If extended if anybody really wants to see them (type in the comments) or if I have time next year during the road to the Underdog Awards 2015. 

So from 2000 to 2011, here's what the Underdog Awards would have brought...

Underdog Awards 2001

For the movies of 2000, here are the winners...

Best Film: Memento

Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Memento

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman for American Psycho

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Kate Hudson as Penny Lane for Almost Famous

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Stephen Graham as Tommy for Snatch

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Michelle Yeoh as Yu Shu Lien for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Best Original Screenplay: Gregory Allen Howard for Remember The Titans

Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Nolan for Memento, based on Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan

 

Underdog Awards 2002 

For the movies of 2001, here are the winners...

 

Best Film: Ghost World

Best Director: David Lynch for Mulholland Drive

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Ethan Hawke as Officer Jake Hoyt for Training Day

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Thora Birch as Enid Coleslaw for Ghost World and Naomi Watts as Betty Elms for Mulholland Drive

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Steve Buscemi as Seymour for Ghost World

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Scarlett Johansson as Rebecca Doppelmeyer for Ghost World

Best Original Screenplay: Wes Anderson for The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Adapted Screenplay: Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff for Ghost World, based on Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Underdog Awards 2003

For the movies of 2002, here are the winners...

Best Movie: Road to Perdition

Best Director: Sam Mendes for Road to Perdition

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Sam Rockwell as Chuck Barris for Confessions of A Dangerous Mind

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Maribel Verdu as Luisa Cortes for Y Tu Mama Tambien

Best Supporting Actor (Male): Jude Law as Harlen Maguire for Road to Perdition

Best Supporting actor (Female): Emily Watson as Lena Leonard for Punch Drunk Love

Best Original Screenplay: Carlos and Alfonso Cuaron for Y Tu Mama Tambien

Best Adapted Screenplay: David Self for Road to Perdition, based on Road To Perdition by Max Allan Collins

Underdog Awards 2004

For the movies of 2003, here are the winners...

Best Film: American Splendor

Best Director: Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill Vol.1

Best Leading actor (Male): Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar for American Splendor

Best Leading actor (Female): Uma Thurman as The Bride for Kill Bill Vol.1

Best Supporting actor (Male): Kevin Beacon as Sean Devine for Mystic River

Best Supporting actor (Female): Hope Davis as Joyce Brabner for American Splendor

Best Original Screenplay: Gurinder Chadha for Bend it Like Beckham!

Best Adapted Screenplay: Shari Springer Berman for American Splendor, based on American Splendor by Harvey Pekar

Underdog Awards 2005

For the movies of 2004, here are the winners...

Best Film: Downfall

Best Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel for Downfall

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Paul Giamatti as Miles for Sideways

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Julie Delpy as Celine for Before Sunset

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler for Downfall

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver for Kill Bill 2

Best Original Screenplay: Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg for Shaun of The Dead

Best Adapted Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke for Before Sunset, based on the characters from Before Sunrise

Underdog Awards 2006

For the movies of 2005, here are the winners...

Best Film: A History of Violence

Best Director: David Cronenberg for A History of Violence

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Bill Murray as Don Johnston for Broken Flowers

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Laura Linney as Joan Berkman for The Squid and The Whale

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Andy Serkis as Kong for King Kong

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Mario Bello as Edie Stall for A History of Violence

Best Original Screenplay: Noah Baumbach for The Squid and The Whale

Best Adapted Screenplay: Jeffrey Caine for The Constant Gardener, based on The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre

 

Underdog Awards 2007

For the movies of 2006, here are the winners...

Best Film: Thank You For Smoking

Best Director: Guillermo Del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth 

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor for Thank You For Smoking 

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Abigail Breslin as Olive Hoover for Little Miss Sunshine

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Hugo Weaving as V for V For Vendetta

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Emily Blunt as Emily Chalton for The Devil Wears Prada

Best Original Screenplay: Zach Helm for Stranger Than Fiction

Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman for Thank You For Smoking, based on Thank You For Smoking by Christopher Buckley

    

Underdog Awards 2008

For the movies of 2007, here are the winners...

Best Film: Gone Baby Gone

Best Director: Andrew Dominik for The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstorm for Lars and The Real Girl

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Keri Russell as Jenna Hunterson for The Waitress

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Casey Affleck as Robert Ford for The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford and Ben Foster as Charlie Prince for 3:10 To Yuma

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Emily Mortimer as Karin for Lars and The Real Girl

Best Original Screenplay: Nancy Oliver for Lars and The Real Girl

Best Adapted Screenplay: Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard for Gone Baby Gone, based on Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane

Underdog Awards 2009

This one's going to be a favorite, the winners for the movies of 2008 are...

Best Film: The Dark Knight

Best Director: Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Andrew Garfield as Jack Burridge for Boy A 

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Sally Hawkins as Poppy for Happy Go Lucky

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two Face for The Dark Knight

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Anjelica Huston as Ida Mancini for Choke

Best Original Screenplay: Edward Zwick and Clayton Frohman for Defiance

Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan for The Dark Knight, based on Batman by DC Comics 


Underdog Awards 2010

 
For the movies of 2009, here are the winners...

Best Film: Moon

Best Director: Duncan Jones for Moon

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell for Moon

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Ellen Page as Bliss Cavendar for Whip It!

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Mark Ruffalo as Stephen for The Brothers Bloom

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Melanie Laurent as Shosanna Dreyfus for Inglorious Basterds

Best Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man

Best Adapted Screenplay: Joe Penhall for The Road, based on The Road by Cormac McCarthy

 
Underdog Awards 2011

For the movies of 2010, here are the winners...

Best Film: Animal Kingdom

Best Director: Rodrigo Cortes for Buried

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Ryan Gosling as Dean for Blue Valentine

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Emma Stone as Olive Penderghast for Easy A

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin for The Social Network

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Marion Cotillard as Mal Cobb for Inception

Best Original Screenplay: David Minchod for Animal Kingdom

Best Adapted Screenplay: Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, based on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Bryan Lee O'Malley


Underdog Awards 2012

And for the final what if, for the movies of 2011, here are the winners...

Best Film: Drive

Best Director: Nicholas Winding Refn for Drive

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Michael Fassbender as Brandon Sullivan for Shame

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Elizabeth Olsen as Martha for Martha, Macy, May Marlene

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Albert Brooks as Bernie Rose for Drive

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Brit Marling as Maggie for Sound of My Voice

Best Original Screenplay: Will Reiser for 50/50

Best Adapted Screenplay: Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan for Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy. Based on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre



Thanks for indulging me once again. Remember, if you want to know why I awarded these particualr films or performances the award, just watch the films. After all it's cause not many people watched it to appreciate it, that they're on my list. 

If you want more details for a specific year, then comment below and I will make an extended post on that. Just fair warning though, for the earlier years I might have an inconsistent number of nominations.


'Nuff Said      

Aneesh Raikundalia