No film blog would be complete without an awards ceremony...

No need for fancy dresses. Don't be bothered by the shameless paparazzi. Forget the red carpet. I'm proud to present the first "Lights, Camera, ACTION!" blog awards ceremony! Here goes...

• Best Film: "Nuovo cinema Paradiso" (This film exemplifies exactly what film should be. See my entry on "Cinema Paradiso" for my extensive accolades.)
• The Ishtar Award: "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (7 Oscars, I know. How? I don't know. Just plain awful.)
• Best Kiss/Love Scene: Toss Up! - "Chungking Express" (the airplane scene) & "Nuovo cinema Paradiso" (the kiss in the rain)
• The Pound of Flesh Award: "Six Shooter" (Just brutal...)
• Best Villain: "V For Vendetta" (Was V a villain? Not sure. Either way, he deserved some award...)
• Best Class Discussion: "Jesus Camp"
• Best Student Choice Film: Toss Up! - "V For Vendetta" & "Good Will Hunting"
• Best Line of Dialogue: "And while I'm on the subject, let me say something about Harry Potter. Warlocks are the enemies of God! And I don't care what kind of hero they are, they're an enemy of God and had it been in the Old Testament, Harry Potter would have been put to death!" - Becky Fisher in "Jesus Camp" (Okay, so maybe this wasn't the best, but I had to.)
• Best Short Film: "Piece By Piece" (Inspired another AoF-er and I to go buy our own Rubik's Cubes...)
• Best Location: "Nuovo cinema Paradiso" (Just gorgeous...)
• Best Outside Film: Toss Up! "27 Dresses" & "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" & "Music and Lyrics"
• Dynamic Duo Award: Toss Up! Eve Kendall and Roger Thornhill in "North By Northwest"
• Best Bromance: Toto and Alfredo in "Nuovo cinema Paradiso"
• Best Hair: Becky Fisher (Props to Andrew for this one... I have to agree with him here!)
• Honorary Award: Gus Van Sant
• Break in Continuity: "Elephant" (The part with the wet ground in one shot and not in another - I do love this film though...)
• Most Challenged: Peter Lorre in "M" (I would assume it's hard for a regular actor to play a child murderer...)
• Pure Champagne: "North By Northwest"
• Awkward Award: "Rushmore" (Need I say more? It was awkwardly amusing, though...)
• Film Crush Award: Salvatore from "Nuovo cinema Paradiso" (The scenes where he waits outside Elena's window make this a no brainer. That is the cutest thing ever.)

My awards might be slightly bias due to the fact that we just saw "Nuovo cinema Paradiso," but I did absolutely love it! I wish I could do more of these awards! Enjoy!